The Feliciana Democrat., 1856-01-05
SOUTHERN SONS, AND SoRrnEERS E


SOUTHERN SONS. AND NORTHERN
slPREUDICES. q og rna,s hi
The tenacity with which the human mind is
known to hold on to first Impressions, and the
certain bias such Impressions give to the char
actcr and conduct of each individual in after
life are philosophical truths, that need only to
be stated, to be admitted. gI n6 t3
These truths established, and their effect
foresecn, how does it happen that our south
crn people, send their sons to the north to be
educated in schools where they are constantly
taught that slavery il sin in the sight Of God,
and grnat moral, social, and political evil
The people of the s!avc-holling states must
awake from their mistaken course in this res
pect. This doctrine is II false doctrine which
tell us that slavery is either d sin or an evil.
On the contrary it is a blessing to the master
and the slave The slave is not fit for free
dom, and never can be, from the very nature
of his physical, moral, and intellectual coudi-
ton. He is not susceptible Of sufficient i'm
provement for selfgovernment He needs the
care, protection, and direction Of the Caucus
sian race, to save him from himself BY this
wise provision of providence, the poor African
in this country, subject to the control and gov
ernmcnt Of the white man is the happicst por-
ton Of our population. II only subjects him
to enough labor to keep his mind properly
nj to IA, br,tne ,;,,t~
that are beneficial to his moral, and physical
welfare. The negro is Of nn inferior race, and
Is wholly unfit to associate With the whites
except ms u slave. This fact has been so often
proven by the condition of the free negroes in
the northern states, and the Islands ofSt Do
mingo, and Jamaica, that every man of reacc-
tion should at once be convinced. When
these facts are considered, and the condition
of the African in his native country is under
stood who is not prepared to say he is thou
sand times better or as a slave in this land oil
christian privileges, and benevolent associations
protected by government and law, than to be
free here, or back in his native lands. The
rights OF the slave under the guardian spirit
OF our laws, are sought to be protected, and
are constantly undergoing legislative examina-
tion, to make them perfect as human power
can attain. Such being the true state of the
case, why should the southern people send
their sons north, to imbibe notions and pref
udiccs, which in all probability will last them
through life, inimical to the best interests OF
the master aud the slave! Let us have our
own literature, foster our own schools aud build
up our southern colleges. This we can do,
and duty TO ourselves, impcrativcly demands
that We should lose no time in carrying it in
to effect. No books should be taught in onl
schools, that are not entirely free from abo
tlon sentiments! Why should southern faith
crs patronizc northern schools and colleges
when there are so many noble institutions o.
the kind at the south Do their children re
ceive better educations, or become more usefil
citizens because they receive and finish thei
education at Cambridge, Yaleand Dartmouth
colleges, instead Of the Virginia University
old William and Mary, or Columbia, and ou
southern colleges generally? To affirm sucl
proposition would subject the person to tn,
charge of insanity? Yet the example Of ma
ny go far to establish the superiority of north
4 ern over southern places Of learnisg in th,
public mind 1t is time to pnt stop to sucl
mistaken policy. Will the soutl, awake?
=a#. POLITICAL, DEIlTSION