The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-07-11

gro slaves in our Southern States, but assert
a well known truth that they have there ar
rived at greater degree of civilization than
thev have anywhere else on the earth re-
fer. to this letter in orsrr that acontrast may
be drawn between the negroes referred to and
those in state of freedom in Liberia where
you, in the name of humanity had the Echo's
negroes sent to ba educated and civilized in
the remarkable short time of six months; (has
President Roberts got patent for speedy ed
ucation) but taking it for granted that they
were all highly educated, l would ask to
what use is this education to be applied, for,
By their own statistics this Liberia concern is
not sei.sustaining in any respect; like all 9TH
err free negro machines il won't work, for last
year their entire export amounted to the
enormous sum of four dollars and sixty cents.
There has been over Il 600 negro e1nigrants
sent there from this country. One knowing
how rapid the negro population increases in
the Southern slave States, would suppose in
a state of freedom they would increase much
more rapidly, but strange to say in addition to
the presumed increase, and the so often boast
ed of accessions from the interior, the popula-
ton there does not exceed 10000. This
shows that something is rotten in Denmark.
that either the country is unhealthy "a reou,
freedom is not the negro's normal and natural
| condition. As to which of these reasons are
to be charged with these lamentable results. I
shall not stop to inquire. But it nevertheless
establishes the fact that although your mo-
tives are pure and philanthropic YOU commit.
ted a grave error in sending the Echo neoroas
| to Liberia Now, Mr.. President. as true NH
lanthropists, which zee know ace are it is our
duty to have not only those now in Florida
| but all that NAV be captured in a similar wav
| civilized in this country on sundry good. heal.
| thy and well-regulated sugar and cotton plan-
tat'ons for the accomplishment of this preat
and truly phllanthropic Object | propose to
take all that or, now, or may hereafter be
| brought into this country; for we all know
that even the time az monthS) proposed by
| that truly philanLhropic Senator of Ohio Mr.
| PuGh, (wl,o denies that protection to his
Southern brethren he votes TO extend IN b,r-
| bariansm,) is entirely 100 short. We see bv
our wise laws that it requires five wears for an
| educated, enlightened civilized foreigner to
become naturalized citizen. Besides five
years is generally allowed to educate our
,chite children where we have school system
inferior to none in Europe and perhops e1,tay
TO any in Liberia. What would be thought
Of parent who would talk about educating
his child IN or Il months, and | believe /
am not claiming too much when I saw that
the white child is at least equal to the negro
in point Of intellect; therefore, think that the
time even proposed by Mr.. Pugh entirely too
limited to bestow on these barbarians the me-
cessary education in order to prepare them for
selfgovernment. There is France 1--WE will
not agree Is yet prepared) which has been
bathed IN blood thousand times in her re. |
p-ated struggles for liberty and still those |
same modern phianthropists insist on distil- |
ing or rather drilling this knowledge into the |
negro $ BRAIN IN the shortspace of SIX ortweve !
months. C9foit~hate Uiate men tsut zoe s0eie |
MT stt norm 0acf. As an outsider | would |
suggest that tue period ror educating and civ /
lilznS or rather galvanizng a negro into a |
white man be extended, and all those who in
slst that all men are equal pay out of their
own individual pockets all the expenses - |
For we Of the South who believe in the inc.
quality Of races, are not willing to he further
taxed to build fine naval vessels to be used as |
a free African transport Nor guarding the
African coast for the benefit OF England or
robbng honest men Of their property on the
high seas under the plea of law which is with
oat warrant IN the constitution, or building
up and protecting free negro, colonies in any
country. Against all these impurities we en-
ter our solemn protest. If these phanthro-
pic gentlemen who pirate about Democratic
frauds, corruption and extravaganza, insist
on such useless and infamous expenditure of |
the peoples money, say, in Gods name let !
them pay 1t out of their own pockets until .
they comprehend the plain and unmistakeablc |
language Of Divine Prophecy as laid down in
the 9th Chap. of Genesis %, 26 and 81 YER
ses. will now state my proposition, which |
Is In strict conformity to that of the British .
apprenticeship, universally practiced by that |
abolition philanthropic Government, in all
similar cases arising where the negroes were
captured under this police arrangement
propose to refund to the Government every /
dollar advanced in behalf of these and all /
other captured Africans taking them for ap-
prenticeS for time of from ten to twenty |
years, feeding, clothing and educating in the |
mean time. At the term Of their apprentice
ship, will obligate myself to send all those |
who may be alive and ,Cssh' to leave me, to |
some free State, provided any such State will |
receive them) or to South or Central Ameri- |
ca, (the plan of Senator Trnmhnll, or back to |
Africa, (he plan Of the English cotton grow
er) who wants cheap negro producing la.
Dor, SO that with cheap productions he can
with cheap goods, cheap ships, &c, undersell
and destroy the Factories and shjps of the |
North, which is now, like a cancer, eating the
life out Of the English commerce, or retain
them as slaves, the English plan practically |
carried out for years in Cuba, Brazil and per- |
haps other countries; SO that our Northern
trends (who insist on cutting our throats) |
may have an increase of Southern production
and corresponding increased Southern de-
mand for their manufactured fabrics. Instead |
OF 700, would 100000 Africans thus put |
to work, damage any Northern interest they /
will find. The more negroes there are in the |
Southern States the more there will be for the
Northern mechanics to do The time will |
soon come when men of the North will see
through their pretended philanthrophy as the |
mghtiest impoSture that ever darkened the |
understanding or perverted the moral instincts |
of mankind.
4 With these patriotic motives and philan-
thropic views, place the matter in your hands, |
hoping that you will at once lay my humane |
and economical proposition before Congress, as
it is eminently important that something |
should be done with these Africans
now the favored national guests and special pets }
of the philanthropic and civilized world.
am, dear SIR, with great respect, your obe-
dent servant and philanthropist,
JOHN COWDON.
?. 81 write this at the instance of Une !
who is your personal friend, and who is sec |
ond to no one as a true philanthropist; one |
who has filled with great honor very high |
places of trust; one who has ever battled with |
the constitution for the constitutional rights Of
all; one who in every sense is no orabe and |
no less honorable than venerable and he is by |
four years more venerable than the consttu- |