The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-06-01

4 SENSIBLE DENocRAT.-Iohn II. Rea-
gan. q number Of Congress from Texas,
has addressed letter to his constituents
from which we make the following eX-
tract. Il affords Us sincere pleasure to To-
cord such sentiments from such a quarter:
In reference To the rc-opening Of the
African slave trade, it Is simply ridiculous
To talk Of doing il IN the Union. unless II
he a-certaincd that Congress. has not auth
ority To lcgi~late on the subject; and II i
q very crazy man who would wish to des-
troy e government under which we are
IN so happy and prosperous, for the igno-
bic and wicked privilege of being permit
/ ted 10 liduap and murder parcel OF the
-9yageS Of Africa. IL j. believed To he
/ true. bv those who are informed n to this
/ trade that from two To four negroes are
/ killed for every one that i captured. and
| then manvother- die on their voyage to
our coasts. IL we rs a people sanction
/ this trade we plainly and clearly make
/ ourselves either principals or accessories
| to these murders. There j. no denying
I this. / know il il said that we cannot sue
/ ceS-mlly defend slavery unless we can
I Justify it, origin. the slave trade. This
| proposition is uu-ound in logic, in law, in
/ morals a. would Doe my declaration that
| Won cannot successfully defend your title
/ 4, the horse YOU bought aud paid for, un-
| less Won can show that you have a right
I to steal my horse or knock me of and rob
me of him. And If those who advocate
I thi, policy can succeed i'm proving to the
I world that slavery, rs It exists with us ut
I this time. rests on no higher authority
/ than our right to kidnap and murder. they
[ may then congratulate themselves that
| they have succeeded in doing what the
! wi-est aud most wicked aholitionist, have
been unable To- dn-thry will have struck
the sovere~t blow no slavery it has ever re-
ceivcd. There is such a thing as the NOR
al law: there are such things as reason
/ and right there l. such a thing as con-
! science and though men may force them
1 selves 10 stihe and disregard them, they
are, nevertheless, the basis Of all good and
wise and just government. and they must
be recognised by any people who would be
I either free, or happy, or prosperous.
~-
The following very sensible remarks we
take from the Washington .Staf,s:
TuE SLAVE TRADE AND TIE SoUTHERS
I CONVENTION is not surprising that the
public refuses to attach any importance
to the action of the Nicksburg Conven-
| ton. The body was in no sense a repre-
sentative of the Southern people nor are
it. declarations an expression of Southern
| sentiment. We have not seen an official
! report Of its proceedings, but our eXchan-
| ges inform US that only eight States APP
Z gcared, a nominal delegation Of seventy
four persons. Of whom fifty were from
. Mississippi. eleven from South Carolina.
( four from Louisiana, four from Tennessee,
two from Georgia, and one each from
I Texas. Alabama and Florida. The leading
slaveholding States were unreprcsented.
II is plain that the persons present reilec-
. tel their own peculiar opinions rather
than the ideas Of the community in whose
behalf thoy presumed TO speak. The peo-
pie had no agency in the appointment OF
delegates. They were either volunteer
deputies, or else were selected by irrespon-
sible pcr-ons from among individuals
known 10 be favorable TO the objects OF
the convention. The men who are averse
to the agitation Of the slave-trade issue
have renowned all connection with the
body. and il is now nothing more than an
assemblage Of the advocates Of that policy.
To saw that the champions of the slave
trade have triumphed in the Southern
convention, is merely 10 boast that the
Dutch have taken Holland.
We have no objection to an intelligent
and tolerant discussion Of any measure
which proposes the interest Of the South
FORTS object. What we protest against IN
this agitation for the revival Of the slave
trade is the attempt Of few enthusiasts
to make the support Of an obviously i'm
practicable enterprise, an absolute condi'
ton Of recognition among the friends o.
the SOUTH Washington Suites.