New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-12-22
ONE OF THE RESULTS.

The suboined ordinance, adopted by the City Coun-
Gil of Memphis is of the first fruits of the pesti-
ferrous and diabocal agitation set on foot and con
tnued by the Abolitonists of the North:
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letters in Sabbath Schools elsewhere within the
. m,s Of negro sab6a, eoaIs etc. n"c
Of @ sha be- S eo reGS e Ic es" @ on
vctiou be fined not less than $780, exceeding $780, for each
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the and under the supervision Of police force detailed
Undressing such neens 1eEroes ermn i to BE held
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n the shall be SD for each and every offence
Abolitiondom will raise prolonged howl over the
foregoing action of the municipal authorities of Mem
phs. Poor Memphis will be denounced in unmeasured
terms and if the doom of Sodom and Gomorroh
does not speedily ovcrtake her, the superrigheous
planthropsts will declaim against COP himself Tor
nonaction in the premises! Such is aboltionism in
its worst aspects and throughout the North the SEN
tmcnt is getting worse instead of better No matter
in what direction we look, not the smallest symptoms
of improvement are dscoverable We tell our readers
these things in sorrow-n0t i'll anger-ln order that
the warning may reach them in time to prepare Tor
an event. the happening of which cannot be post
poncd many years longer, by any human agency at
| all likely to be brought to bear.
These wretched abolition slaves to miserable
fanaticis1n will while execrating the Memphis re-
straints upon negroes, be, or pretend to be- wholly
oblivous to the important fact that hey exclusively
are the sole and only of the imposition OF those
restraints; that their conduct has brought about the
abrogaton Of ancient customs and that, If the slave
is prevented from progressing in future, as he was
progressing under the generous and enlightened
| training of his master, who alone knew his moral
mental and physical wants. and attended to them as
they ought to be attended to-that they will be re-
sponsibe in the sight Of COP aud man for whatever
i'll results may follow
But what will be the course of these conscienceeSS
and soulless fanatics? We can tell to fraction
They will anathematze the whole Southern people II
the most fearful manner for this action at Memphis
They will hurl invectives at us that would disgrace
prtca crew Of piratical ship. They Will abuse IL
without stint, without remorse, without truth AM
without Justice and make us out to be worse thai
the worst class of men that ever brought oploquy VI
i on the human character This is what they will dc
And what will they do it for? Why, simply beea'ls
a line of policy has been initiated that will soon be
. come general, which their wanton, internal machlna
tons have compelled US to adopt, in order to secul
q with hesh yin,lictveness, because the seed soWn
themselves has brought forth the only crop 1t VIZ
possible to bring forth under any circumstances.
Ordinances, or State laws, similar to those enactc
.. in Memphis, are required in every city and incorp
in rated town in the Southern States 50 far as Our N
very limited knowledge enables to judge. If Il
I" day fixed Tor the meeting Of the Legislature was
50 close at hand, we should call for immediate aCtl
on the part of the Common Council of New Orleal
1t In this city, persuaded unlawful and dangs
IS Gus practices are Of every day occurrence Sehoc
for slaves are common and white teachers are plent'
,c than the schools. Bat, rs We believe the need
s action should come directly from the supreme legiS
II" tive authority of the State in order to endow it WI
N' unoualifcd force and virtue, it will be better, We
=; inclined to think to await the Judgment OF the 1t
makers before taking any decided steps.
The fines and other penalties should be eXemplar
- and at least one-haf Of the monies collected shot
Wv 20 to the discoverer and successful prosecutor
md those who engage in illegal procedures.
is In discussing and acting upon questions like the
ts let there be no mincng of matters. Let the SUBJECT
w crapped with grip Of IRON and all danger will Sc
cent disappear But, let it be dillydaed with, let h
hip way measures be adopted, let miik-and-water cou
we prevail and there is no no foretclling the col
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