Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-12-20
iacendiary Publications.

Post Master ,Gener;l HoL5 has written a let
ter u one of the Virgins. Ist,f,;,sters auJ"r-
xing him 7" search liie masi hays, aud taking
out slch newspapers ~ publications. - he may
deem :. inceudIary" 10 DIES troy Them. This Is
done with The authority OF The Adninistrat non.
and. at course. is Democracy carried out ~
practice. W. qno.c ,he f'ii"wins extract from
his letter to show tiiar we are not exsserstiIig
in the least
You must" ~sv- he, s,.de- the rrsl.asi-
biitles resting upon v,,ss as ~, ,Sfis.r aud
q citizen. Determine whether tie books, pam
paicts newspapers, dc, received ly yuu f,r
drstrbfiun. ar. 81 the inceIa'iIary character de-
scrii~-d IN The 4s;ute AID, IT you bciiese they
then You moi only not Obliged 10 deliver
taesn IA Iii,-t. ~ a4rom ley addressed bar
you etu power and required. by your duty
- the State of wiii,-Ii y.iI a citizen. 20 dis
p4se If them IN sIrci conformity 10 The pro-
of the. Law referred The people of
Virginia nat only forbid the introduction
AMI dissemination 81 such documents within
I..ir borders but. # hroti;thi ise mails.
they NAV. by Appropriate legal proceedings,
have Them destroyed.
Now want TO k If this is not in direct
eraihict with the principles Of "ur Constitution.
which provides that Congress. shall pass law
ahrid ,ing freedom Of speech or the press. And
If Congress. csnnot pass such law. what right
h.. 7. 81 Gen Hor-r to establish 1t AS law
Who. after this will talk Of Censorship of the
pras- In France. Austria or Italy. when Gov
srumeus officer appointed for the purpose,
aI. 40. publications ard pr rhibits at his Pile
their circulation is it not even worse here p
No, nue officer ~ appointed censor. hu, every
petty posiinaster IN the land, can take posses
s,os Of and destroy any books. papers or prop
ertv going through his hands, by simply de-
elar,ng they are incendiarv." man in the
South who wants To- read the y Y Era. Post
1ip,es. Tribune, or any live paper. cannot get II,
although he paws his money for II. Some igno-
rant, grocery keeping Postmaster, will declare
It incendarv." The Bible Is incendiary,
the poets are incendiary," histories :" IN
cendlary" Ha-hingtons writings incen-
diary" .IviTersons Notes ON Virginia" are
..ineendlary" And in prootf of this latter ruth
we quote from Jeff.rsons :. Notes" pages 403
and 4O4. Vol. I'll as follows:
There must doubtless be unhappy infiu-
e:,ce ou th. manners of our people produced bv
the existence uf slavery among rs. The whole
Commerce between InaSfcr and slave Is per
r.itlaI exercise. the most b''i1tcrots passions
and most unrenitting despotlsm az the one part
und degrading submissions the other Our
childrei. ace this aud initiate IL for man Is an
initiative animal TINS quality IL the germ "f
eli education in him. From his cradle 10 his
grave he l.. learning do What he sees others
do Ii n parent could find no motive either IA
his ri ii,,IihropN his self love for restraining
the inieunlerat Of passion towards his slave.
il should afways he a sufficient one that ms
chld is present But generally II - not suifi-
-. - .sfFlF Il lnffE
catches the i,uearnenrs Of wrath, puts on the
same airs IN the circle of eualler slaves, gives
l.s,-e rem To- tle worst Of passions, and thus
nursed educated and daily exercised IN tyIr.ln-
nv cannot bur toe tempted by II with "tiious
peculiariiies- The man must be a prodigy wh"
can ret ain his manners and morals un'IcpraVei
by such circumstances. And ,r1th uhdt erecrd-
ton stoad the statesman b. i0d ri, vho permit
ting half the citizens thus to irample on the
rights the other, transforms those luto des-
pots and these into enemies. destroys The NOR
ais Of the part and the amor I-4trs@ ct the
other. For If The slave can have q country IA
this world. IL must Ice any other than that III
which ne j. born ~ live and labor ter another ;
in which he must lock up the faculties OF his
nature contribute A. TAR a. depends on ms Iutil-
yidual endeav"rs 10 the evanIshment "t The hu-
man race. entail his own miserable e"nditI"n
on the endless generations preceding from him
With the morals Of the people, utrir industry az
80 rs d, stropoi For III warm climate no man
will labor for himself who can make another
labor for him. This is - true thai of he pro-
pristors If slaves a very small proportion indeed
are ever seen 10 labor And can the liberties Of
union be thought secure when We have re-
moved their only firm basis conviction IA the
minds of the people that these liberties are the
gift of God That they not 10 Ice violated
but with wrath he}rod tre,rsbic for my co'os-
try wlera rcfect thai GOD Is i,st that hls justice
cannot sleep forever; ;ha~ considering numbers.
nature and natural means only, Il rrralitioH of
the nlcei sf fortune eJckalsgo or situation arc
most probable events that It may become prob
able By supernatural interference! The Almighty
has no attribute which con take side with IN
such contest. The way. hope. - pre-
pairing under the auspices Of heaven. Tor total
e,nis.cit PATTON and that this i disposed, In the
order II events. IL be wish the consent of the
masters. rather than hy their extirpatlon.'
county Expenses.