The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-12-05

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Ffit- ftis made Mater or conscience, and
thosewto oppose n Are prescribed with more
sindictiseness than .heretics formerly were BY
uhich eser cbanccxf 10 be the establishsd Church;
and these who knov the spirit of aholitiohism
cannot doubt thai only want Of power prevents
Il from practising uponits opponents worse cru
elites than are pictured inthe Book or Martyrs.
The burning Of towns-in Texas, the attempts to
incite insurrections throughout the South the
numbering Of men and women, and the John
Brown raid into Virginia, are but specimens of
the pious works Of \ bolitionism. ssYsT FFsTf
4. This anita ohi5n institutions, customs
and IDEAS bstwssa North ard South, Is com.
plete, and cannot be demo away with, except at
our expense. Reasoning from the broad pre-
mise that the African is man, Tabeltionisn De
clares him to be endowed as other men, and en-
titled toall the privileges of other men. There
are but two methods Of combating this ridicu-
lOus abstraction by the teachings Of compare
tive anatomy, or by practical demonstration,
The first Of these methods viii not reach the
multitude, because they are moved more by i'm
pulse and primary principles than by the teach
ings of science The second method proves in
cfectua, because but an infinitesimal fraction Of
the Northern people can or will come to the
South to witness the practical working of "sla-
very" The Southern peoTle are, therefore, in
the position of minority section, united, With
out the requisite guarantees for their protection.
with an entirely antagonistic majority section,
under government which gives to that domi-
nant antagonistic section, the making, the inter
probation and the execution of the laws The
question then arfscs-Is it wiser for us t. re-
main part off government in which our rights
are 10 be persistently ignored our customs de-
rided, our property destroyed, and cur interests
and institutions gradually undermined and
weakened, until we are insensibly demoralized,
impoverished and subdued! Or shallwe, now,
before the shac,les are upon us, in the majesty
and the might of freedom, rise up and assert
| our Independence, and swear with our lives,
our fortunes and our sacred HONOR to preserve
| inviolatc and uncontaminated our rights, our
laws, our customs and our Institutions?
We are confident there is not man in Mis-
sissippi who does not blush indignant at the
thought, that, on the 9th ofNovember, the vote
of the blacklist negro in Ohio or Massachusetts,
had more potency in making the President than
his own. A Mississippian's fist would inyolun-
| tarily doubleup at sight Of buck negro gal
lanting white woman to Church or other pub
; lie gathering There are no fathers or mothers
amongst us but would spurn the idea of sending
their dear children TO school, where, upon the
same form OF in the same class, were ranged
the odorous children ofnegro parents. Yet VIC
are part and parcel ola system of governments
in which these things and norse Han these, arc
permitted and encouraged. We are the weaker
section in government where the dominant
section has ridden into power on the idea of ne
gro equality, the natural tendency of which is
K the production Of such results as are above
named This idea is an aggressive one, and it,
fhlminators will not rest content until it is q
part of our system Of government. The only
way in which to arrcstit, is separation. Scpa.
ration from the North is the only salvation for
our customs and institutions. That separation
may or may not be PEACEFUL but nor, or soon,
the effort must be made History, philosophy
common sense and instinct teach US that nor Is
the hour Of our deliverancc, and that to delay is
hut to bare our necks to the death-strokc.