Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-04-22

month IN which he has not some part
Of the time been stinted for meat
Many mother j. there who viii tell
YOU that her children are but Scantily
provided with bread, and much more
scantlly with meat; and, if they be clad
with comfortable railncnt, it is al the
expense OF these Scantv allowances OF
food These may Le startling state
ments. but they are nevertheless true;
and, If not lelieved in Charleston. the
members Of our Legislature, who have
traversed the State in electioneering
campaigns. cam attest the truth
Attest the truth of what? That
there are thousands of men, not in her
crowded cities. but in her remote dis
tricts. who are suffering for food and
suffering for raiment When gentle
men talk of the poor of the North, let
them remember that they have the
poor with themselves. Let them re-
member what Gregg SAYS, that their
poor are not more than half civilized.
Here is raw material for them to ope-
rate upon. They have been operating
upon it for a hundred years; and when
they have been operating on it for u
hundred years more, | have no doubt
they will find still a surplus of that raw
material. 4's.
Our churches and school houses are
priced as we prize our household gods.
1t is with these and with our plows,
our loooms, and our anvils, we advance
our civilization. Would it be believ-
cd that in proud South Carolina such
misery exists? And yet it is lamenta-
bly, true, as Mr.. Gregg attests.
1t could not be otherwise when the
rich and productive land is all owned
and used by the Slave Owner, while
the unfortunate poor whites are left to
the sand-hills and pineswamps, upon
which church mouse would starve If
allowed the range of thousand acres.
a Senator from South Carolina
asks, what would we think if they
should send missionaries among our
people? Why, sir, the people OF In
diana would like to see such missiona-
ries from the South among their poor
people. They would take great pains
to aid them in their benevolent pur-
poses. They would exhibit to them a
people enjoying all the comforts Of
life; where Free. Labor not only re-
ceivcS It's meritcd reward but is count
ed honorable. They would point
them TO the thousand monuments of
general prosperity to be found all over
our State. They would teach them
the true value of our free institutions.
When thus shown the peace, happi-
ness and prosperity that pervade every
class of society there, finding instead of
white Slaves, as the Senator seemed
To think them, noble set of Freemen,
/ fully informed as to all their rights,
blessing and adorning a country where
free thought. free speech and free
press are enjoyed to their fullest ex-
tent, and properly appreciated, ! fear
these same missionaries would hardly
return to the South. But should they
do so, and give the poor white men OF
the South true history of what their
eyes had beheld, they would flee from
that region like rats from sinking
ship. until there would not be enough
of them left to patrol the streets and
/ plantations, and watch the Slaves
while their master sleep.
But, says my friend from Mississip-
pi. Mr.. Davis, you are making war
upon their institutions; and when YOU
make war upon their institutions, the
South will visit YOU with fire and
sword. We'll, sir, let them come.
Let the gentlemen bring an army OF
the unfortunate poor Of the South with
them, and fire and sword We will be
glad to see them. We will not meet
them with soldiers. We. will treat
them well; and the soldiers, attracted
by our free institutions, will leave
their .colorS. We have riot acts, and
may, perhaps, indict the leaders for
riot; but we will infict no greater
punishment upon them. We will vim
dicate our laws, but treat them with
kindness, and still be Just to the
South; and when they get there, they
will find it so great paradise that
they will be glad to find an asylum
among us; and we will receive them
with open arms.
a gentleman the other day read an
extract from speech delivered by the
gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Faulk-
ner, in the Legislature of that State,
in 1882. Sir, the page which records
that speech of the gentleman will
stand as the brightest page in his BIZ
ography. His name will stand record
ed side by side with the great names
of Washington. Jefferson and many of
the most distinguished men of Virgin
ia or of the country. l would not
have that page hlotted out. were it
mine, for all the wealth that Slavery
can give.
But there is another extract which
| wish to read, from speech delivered
in the same debate by another distin-
guished Virginian. Mr. Curtis. in
speaking Of this Institution, said:
See the wide spreading ruin which
the avarice of our ancestral govern
ment has produced in the South. as
witnessed in a sparse population. Of
freemen, deserted habitations, and
fields without culture. Strange to tell,
even the wolf, driven back long since
by the approach of man, now returns,
after the lapse of a hundred years. to
howl over the desolation of Slavery"
After huntred years, the wolf will
come back to howl over the desolations
of Slavery in old Virginia, the mother
of States and statesmen-the mother
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