Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-07-11
nnmnrnlirntInn OF the South.

ed Or even cXcuseu ~ pu"llS rN"NW.Ws !"
the slave States. when the first jubilant
notes over the cowarlly assault reached us
from Richmond and Charleston when the
triumph Of eut,n pcrcha over brains was
hailed ~ victory worth Dragging about,
and the bully who showcred storm Of dead
IN blows upon an unarmed and delcnculcss
victim, was instantly oanOniEcd ~ the pat
ron saint Of chi,alry, I'VE were told, and
we verify believed, that all this WIS an
cbullition Of frc-cating ianaticism, and that
the LANCER aud better portion of our southern
cluutrymcn would stcrnly rchuke this in
famous outrage, Wccks have ELAPSED. the
first flush or excitement about the affair has
subsidized, and now whore j. the calm aud
sober rebukc! We confess we do not know
whore % look Tor H. We have read accounts
of scores OF public meetings, called ElDrily
tho locl, hut have not heard ol one, south
Mason and Dixon's line, 90 dcuouncc IT,.
Canes without number have been sent a.
testimonials 20 Brooks, but not one poor
resolution Of sympathy has been offered %
sumner We know Il has been Saif that
private letters represent very different state
Of feeling from what those things would sCcm
% indicate but II there Is wholesome pub
lie sentiment nt the South, why does it sui-
fer itself o. b. 81 grossly misrrprrscutcd 10y
few dJmagosucs? True, here and there a
Newspaper has tinidly limited IT. disnppro'al
uf this new style OF lower law, and a lew
journals have characterized the act OF Brooks
rs IL deserves, taking care at the same time
to dCnouncc the victim as stouilyas they DAD
the asailaut Hut urcycry line Of cDndrm'
nation that has appeared, columns Of ap'
vr1yul might De- quoted. And thIs isall the
public rchukc the Brooks outrage has r.
criycl no the South, - Car as We can learn.
II the press Is fair exponent OF public -cn-
timgut, We must conclude that toe damning
deed ls not only generally approved, by ilr
southern men, butaTphudcd and not only
Brrlnude,l but assumed and adopted, Ne The
act uC the SUuth. % Gr ~ this y possible.
Nav, morn, is repetition upon the heads OF
other members OF Congress who dhrr -
breathe w1rl against slavery, is clamor'
ously demanded in many quarter
We ncei not draw memorial from al this.
Every thoughtful mind will $40 M it the un-
mis,akablr indications of O fearful drtnuch-
cry Of public morals, % strange p'rygr''un
II every principle " honor and manIino''
a shameful disregard VI the rights and moral
sentiment 81 a large portion OF ih' conici'r-
at.d state, and MA utter contempt Tor irc'-
dom Uf sperch Such ar some Of iho iruis
OF ,lr southern Uus,. whirharr ta-uH down
Northern throat. Can anything To- done
90 arrest this downward Itugr-s towards
larllrim and lrsputtm' Ormust 1--WE hole
our Tongues, and iu,l our hands, and suffer
0ur.alyr. % lr quietly borne along un the
tide 90 ruin, let Trrll,ru'urn wn should 'cz
our southern brethren, and disturb tho bar
mUuy OF The Union, by any attempt 90 r.m-
cdy tag r,il'
A-apT1p5, o. the foregoing, We append %
paragraph from the Citizen, q .uumal pub
Ii,hrI in rnl,Nillr. Alabama Alter stat.
lu. tha; there are but two IaVrrs iu that
state which DO not fully approve Of thruHi-
rage, aud recommend other m.mh,r- Ui t1u-
cre,- o. initiate Brook example, thc Citizen
add.
lulo,l, il Isquiie apparent, from recent
developments, that ihc WiHltt u thr hrst
argument. 90 Poe applied o. -uch iIE bred
When ilo Em..rut Md
Societies began % s.ul their t1ulsiD Kansas,
they v,rr told that If their object was 90 r,-
uNusu colony Df negro thieves, under The
name oi " irr state men, Uu tho border ui
Missouri, Coz tHe purpose ui hopping out
>luihurnur,, and destroying slavery. they
msv f-if-lul lst them understand now
that DO they intend % carry their Ahalii1n.
ism into tuu-rU,,, and pour forth their die
cus,iu. uI..'uity and abuse ui thc south in
the senate Chamber, and iGrco their doctrine
down the threats Of S1uihrrnrr-, they wuv
h.Lt 1T Greeley D, severely cowhidrl.
and hr will crlsc o. publish his hIackguard.
l.m about Southern men, l.t Wilson, ami
sumner, and seward, and tho whole host ui
AhIli,0ua.iui0rs, IN Congress, lg chlstl,'i
o. thrir heart content, aud our worl iUrlt,
they will cease % heap abuse upon Our citi-
rDns WrrrAt, l,t our representatives IN
Dan.rr.. uss ihe clwhila and hickory stick
land ifursl De-. the bowie knife and rnyUl-
,pr.) more frequently, and wc'll bit our old
hat that it will soon como O. Ias, that
southern institution, auI>uuthHu men wall
De- respected n. l.. Farmer.
The above T., a melancholy picture mr a
lover of bis country to look UPON, but how
much NOR, shameful i, j., to find men hero
in Maine. - lost to all sens, Of dcccncy, aud
shame, as to .ay amen to all this, and rep
rc.autatiy,. from our very milst-boTn aud
educated hcr,-iu.tigius not only this, by
their ,o,r., but riot, arson, aul murder,
both n Washington and Kansas. There j.
-lmc excuse Tor the lawlcS, and ruihanly
.piri, manifested by those educated in tie
polluted atmosphere slavery. lawlcs'yio-
Isncc. iuhumauity, drunkenness, blood and
l,spotic rule, they arc accustomed TO see
and hear justified from their birth, and At is
not strange they should grow up dcbauchcd,
aud iuhuman, aud brutal ,ynnt', or that
they should justify acts Of inhumauity, and
tyranny, and rulEanly violence. But for
the men here in our own community, born
and brought up in the midst Of free instiiu-
tons, and the light Of Christianity. who
Justify, apologize tor such deeds, there Is no
excuse. They show themselves tcn.iold more
degraded, uuprinciplcd, and shameless than
IN, men who do these deeds. They have
.nulTcd the pcsiilontial stream Of air that
CONES up from the slave pens, and been
poursl into their nostrils through the tube
Of party, and III has polluted their very souls
With such examples Of degradation among
US, who will say We have nothing to do with
slavery? That it is matter that does not
concern us? It j. debauchiDg the whole
nation, and it will require but a short time
at the rate it has gone on for the last ten
years, /, sink US to a depth where We shall