Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-09-22

slaves into the waste Territories. If there were
such thew eeuld 90 into New Mexico and Utah.
IA to the latter who owned no slaves, he desired
to know what interest they had in the question
whether slaves were permitted to go into the Ter
riforiesr or not. He illustrated the t%alseness. of the
clamor las he alleged) made by Southern men
for the right touching slave property, by an anec-
dote of Judge Porter's. The Judge was accosted
in the Harrison campaign by an freshman who
deplored the ruin in which the South was about
to be overwhelmed. What's the matter? said the
Judge. Oh, replied Pat, they are going to elect
/ Gen. Harrison President, and he is an Abolition
list. and will take away our slaves. How many
have YOU GOT? asked the Judge. None, replied
Pat. Well. I have more than a hundred, added
| Judge Porter, and if can trust him, l think, Pat,
Won can afford to do the same. And this, said
Mr.. Soule, is the condition of the Pats of the
present day.
Here was an undisguised attempt to array in
hostile positions the two classes of shareholders
and observation-disclosures, and a brazen and auda-
cious declaration that because a man does not
own a slave, therefore he is not interested in this
vital question. And this argument, the very
lever by which an Abolitionist expects to effect
the final eXtirpatiOn of slavery, was applauded
by some of those who set in the stand. We no.
ticed one whe refused to applaud the Infamous
sentiment, and who exhibited very marked signs
of disgust, as we believe all the rest would have
done, had they reflected a moment, and been
more anxious to listen to truth than to encourage
the speaker by applause, however feehle.
The absurdity of his argument is transparent.
Suppose while he was Minister to Spain, that an
American steamship had been fred into from II
Cuban port, and Illegally seized by the Spanish
authorities. Would he have refused to demand
redress? Would he have justified such refusal
before Louisianians by saying to them-you are
divided into two classes, owners OF steamboats,
and non-owners of steamboats,. You that are
owners of steamboats, are not going to send or
carry them from the profitable trade of the Mis-
sissippi, for which their construction fits them, to
the waters of Cuba, and therefore the question
does not concern you. You who don't own any
steamboats, have nothing to dread from Cuban
batteries, and therefore it does not concern you.
liza. (Alexandria) Democrat.
We publish the above as fully ex-
pressing our views, with regard to the
present extraordinary course Of Mr..
Soule. We had written a piece, per-
haps too severe, on the subject, but we
suppress it, as we a scarcely treat the
matter dispassionately, such is u in
dignation at seeing q man, once SO trust
ed by the South and the Democracy, now
false to his faith, his party, and his
former friends.
His invidious comparisons were not
only made in Alexandria and this parish;
we find the following in the Bayou Sara
Ledger, of the 18th instant:
Mr.. Soule's speech, before the Bell
Everett Club, was just such an n as
we expected to hear from a disappointed
and soured malone who had not sue
coded to the full of his ambition in the
Democratic party, and who would pre-
fer to rule outside, rather than serve in
the party! He announced one sentiment
in his speech which took us completely
by surprise; it was "thatthe non-siave-
holder of the South had no interest with
the planters and might be used against
them = that the Black Republicans
counted on them to form party in the
Southw What think We Of that, South
ern men, whom fortune has not smiled
on, like Southern planters? Are you to
be told that you are less patriotic, less
a true son of the South, or less worthy
Of the confidence Of your felloW-men, be-
cause you do not happento own a negro?
No, you will not stand the foul imputa-
ton, but larl it back in the teeth of
those who sent it by voting for Breckin-
ridge and Lane, and thus declare your
devotion to the Constitutional rights of
your section in language that cannot be
misunderstood.