The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-12-21
. From the Constitution.
Black Republican Documents and
the Character Of the Authors.

Black Republican Documents and
the Character Of the Authors.
We published on yesterday the evidence,
clear and conclusive, OF the completely Of many
Of the Black Redublican leaders With the at
tempted servs insurrection az Harper's Ferry,
and we showed that the manifest tendency of
the book Of Helper entitled "a Compendium Of
the Impending Crisis in the South" which is
endorsed by SO many Republican leaders, is to
this result The subjolned extract from the
debates of Congress shows the character Of this
spostate Helper, from the lips Of one ofthe most
truthful men of the nation, the Hon. Asa Bggs,
now the United States District Judge in North
Carolina. The exposure was so crushing. that no
reply was made or attempted to be made. 1t
places upon the records of the nation the char.
acter of the Black Republican witness upoa
whom the Black Republican party now rely to
sustain their reasonable cause. A desperate
cause can only be sustained by desperate means.
! "'I'o what vile uses may we come, Horatio!".#
| This document proves that Helper Gas he
now calls himself) is a renegade, L not refugee
from justice; that he is guilty OF breach Of
trust and theft; and no doubt, if he returns to
where he was born, will receive the punishment
which the law Of North Carolina inficts on lar.
ceny: .. .... ...... ..
| tFrom the Congressional Globa, Ist session, 35th
. Congress. 1919, part ., page 1859
"lN SENATE, Monday, April s, 1S58,-Mr.
BiggS said: want to disabuse the mind of the
Senator from Massachusetts and those who read
this hook as to the reliability of the authority
on which he relies. Who, then, Is this Mr..
Heller, of North Carolina relied upon in the
Senate ofthe United States as evidence from
the South OF the state OF Southern society?
speak from authority that cannot be doubted.
| Hinton Rowan Heller, the author of the I'm
pending Crisis is native Of Davie county,
North Carolina. His first appearance in active
life was as clerk of NJ chael Brown, merchant
in Salisbury. North Carolina Mr. Brown is
an elder of the Presbyterian church; and after
Heller removed to Salisbury he also Joined the
Presbyterian church, and, so far as we publicly
known, conducted himself with propriety.-
A fter living with Mr.. Brown several years as
clerk, it was understood at Salisbury that he
formed copartnerShip with Mr.. Coffman in
the book business, and left for the North to buy
in stock OF books. lie did not return as ex-
pected but shortly thereafter went to Calior-
MIA, and there, or shorty after his return, wrote
a hook called Land of Gold.' He returned to
Salisbury about 1854, where he remained some
time without any apparent business. In the
summer Of 1885, as is reported and believed, he
procured surety for and obtained money. He,
however, about that time left for the North,
where he now resides, never since having re
turned to North Carolina. After leaving North
Carolina he chan ed his name from Heller to
Helper; and it was disclosed last year that, ,
while a clerk for Mr. Brown, he purIoned from
him three hundred dollars, and after an expo
sure by Mr.. Brown, Helper, making virtue OF
necessity, himself publicly confesEes, in n hand
bill which | have be ore Inc, this thievpg on his
prrt, and excuses it upon the ground that he
was enticed to the act by some ambiguous ex-
preston of a friend Of his that it was allowable
e r clerks so to do. and the further excuse that
it was an indiscretlon OF youth, although at the
time he was in full standing in the Presbyteri-
an Church, and, as he says himself, Was seven
teen years Of age. 1t is due to the Pieshyte-
rian Church TO say that this man is moi now
member Of that Church. Now, sir, when and
why he altered his name know no., except he
defines Helper, one who helps himself from the
purses Of others without their consent; and
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pirate to his character. lie is dishooest, de-.
graded and disgraced man, and although, much
to be regretted, native Of the State yet he is
an apostate son, ruined in fortune and character,
and catering to diseased appetite at the North
to obtain miserable living by ISLANDERS upon
the land of his birth; and | deeply regret that
the Senator from Massachusetts has, by n ref.
erence. so dignifed the creature as to render
necessary this exposure Such is Mr.. Helper,
Of North Carolina, author OF the Impending
Crisis Of the South alias Mr.. Helper, once OF
North Carolina. tut who has left the land Of his
birth for the good OF the State.
Now, | would most respectfully suggest to
the honorable Senator from Massachusetts to
append note to the addition his speech. CIV
ing the true character ofthe author of this book,
upon which he has relied, so that the readers OF
his speech may not be, as he has been, so un
willingly misled by authority so degraded and
unreliable" ..-n.