Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-06-07
From the Richmond Enquirer.
InsoIence Of the AboIitionists.

The habitual insolence of the Abolitionists
in Washington imposes upon the Representa-
tives of the South the necessity either of shame
full submission TO insult and obloquy, or oil
some appropriate and adequate redress oftheiI
grievances. To retaliate in kind would be alb.
horrent to all the manly instincts of Southern
gentlemen, and would besides soon convert Con,
gress into brothel or bear-garden, where the
antagonism OF opposing parties would be re-
duced to contest Of filthy vituperation. The
Abolitionist recognizes no responsibility on the
field Of honor for words of wanton or deliberate
denunciation. What recourse, then, has the
Southern gentleman? If he has not been
abused in his own person, his State and his
country have been traduced, and all the finer
feelings of his heart tramped upon by beast
of an Abolitionist. To endure such indigni-
ties would imply an absence of that sensibiity
to insult and Of that fearless impulse Of re-
sentiment, which constitute the chivalry of the
Southern character. The obligation to avenge
any personal af1ront or libel upon his State is
as keenly felt by the Southern gentlemen as the
duty of repelling the assault of public enemy.
This pride of personal inviolability, and this
perfect readiness to confront death in vindica-
ton Of his honor, impart to the character of
the Southern gentleman the dignity and deli
cacy of sentiment which distinguish it from
the habitual dispositions of any other commu-
nifty. With passions inflamed and pride hui
inflated by an intolerabe insult, by what mode
of redress can he satisfy his wounded sens-
bility except by the infection of personal chas-
tisement on his adversary?
There may be some persons who contest the
necessity of such violence Of resentment on the
part OF Southern representatives, on the ground
OF want OF adequate provocation. This objec
ton implies an utter ignorance of the habitual
tone and temper of abolition speakers. The
vile and ferocious passions of their vulgar con-
stituency, find full utterance on the floor Of
Congress- If anybody wants an illustration Of
the characteristic sentiment aud speech of the
aboltionists, let him turn to another column
of this paper and read the proceedings of q
recent antislavery convention in Boston.
When George Washington is spit upon, and
denounced as scoundrel it is not wonderful
that Southern men are stigmatised with the
most opprobrious epithets in the vocabulary of
abuse.
A circumstance is disclosed in the proceed
ings of this convention which still further justi-
fes Col. Brooks in his castigation Of Sumner
1t appears from letter to Theodore Parker
that Sumner vauntingly proclaimed premedi-
tated purpose to pronounce the most severe
philippe ever heard in Congress. For such
deliberate malice in abuse no punishment
could be excessive.
But the funniest part Of this affair is Wilson's
pretended regret that he was not present to re-
pei the assault upon Sumner. How very lus-
tily this cock crows upon his own dunghill
At Washington, in presence of the persons
with whom ne is eager to grapple, he is as
harmless as any other non-combatant. In
Massachusetts he is all ablaze with Indignation,
and thirsts for blood with the appetite of
hungry tgress. He even boasts of having
made belligerent demonstration in front Of
Mr.. Keitts room! What pitiful poltrooneryl
General Washington's Estate-Another
Slice of the Property for Sale.
We see it announced that Mr.. Aaron Leggett,
of this city, has offered for sale about seven
teen hundred acres of land belonging to the
original tract of the Mount Vernon estate.
Ibis property is, we are informed, exceedingly
fertile, and enjoys a most beautiful and roman
tic situation on Potomac river. Mr.. Leggett
purchased it about ten years since, and has ex.
pended nearly sixty thousand dollars on its i'm
provement since that time. The effect of his
care is shown in the fact that he has nearly six
hundred acres of the land under cultivation at
the present moment and that the remainder
can, with little trouble, be made to bear like
garden spot As this property is Immediately
joined to, and Is the only land adjoining, the
original Mount Vernon estate owned by Mr..
John A. Washington, we think that the people
of the United States should come forward as a
unit and purchase the entire concern. 1t
would make noble public park, worthy at
once of the country, of Washington, his name
and fame. The "ladies" and other patriotic
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hint We are told that Mr.. Leggett would be
likely to sell his holding at the rate of $50 per
acre, making the cost of the entire tract once
farmed by Washington himself, about $40, 900.
If along with this the Mount Vernon estate of
Mr. John A. Washington could be obtained
for, say 100000, the total sum would be only
triaing, and our citizens would have secured a
spot on which pilgrim martyrs and advocates
Of liberty from all parts of the world could
worship and have their faith strengthened.
N. Y Herald.