, 1860-02-02

II fIn Tue liHsl1u 4ihI-li9lHCEE HIe1E-l
No class of citizens hayc been truer to the
rights Of the South than the Irish In all llc
contests in the free States with the anti slavery
party, the Irish hare stood up 1nanfally for the
constitutonalriEhts Of the South, ut all hazards.
s., steadfast has their course been in this re-
spec that in several Of the free States attempts
hare been made TO chauge their constitutions
so as to deprive them OF their political privi-
lercs Tie attempt in Massachusetts was suc~
etssiul to the extent Of making u distinction Of
two ycars between uatlve and adopted citizens.
Two Goregnnrs ot Massachusetts in succession
-t;oyernors Gardner and l,auks-nssi:ned u
reason for it that the Irish could not be made
to vote in harmony with the cherished scn1i.
n,ent vf tile people burn upon the soil. THIS
cherished sentiment is opposition to slavery, us
it exists u, the South. All this is known. or
"nxht TO be, st the South By every white man.
The Southern citizen who does hot know this,
has shameful y neglected his duty to himself
and his country. Relieved By the LAWS and in
sttutions under which he lives from servie
labor, his country has right 10 demand Of hin,
high degree Of moral aud mental cultivation.
CONSTITUTED hr Law the governing class, the
whites Of the South shonld qualify themselves
for the duties Of their position, which is re-
sponsible one. \ knowledge Of the principles Of
truth, justice honor, and the illustration oi these
virtues in their daly lives, is what the country
has 2 right to expect Of Them
In Columbia, South Carolina, young Irish.
man named Jau,eS Powers, native Of tic coun-
~ Of Wexford, expressed his honest opinion
that the negroes should not be employed in me-
chancal pursuits, but should be contrcI TO
| field labor and housework. This opinion nav
not have been sound one, but that It wAs hoc-
cst1v entertained cannot be doubted, and it GER
tainly safe one for the South, 50 far as the
preservation Of the peculiar institution is con-
csrncd. Powers, We presume, did say that the
| employment of negroes in the mechanical
| trades had i tendency to degrade such employ
n,ents. and keep the white men OF the souii,
out Of ,hcu. Our own opinion is, that in pro-
| portion as the slaves are instructed in the me-
| char ical arts, the institution will be endanger-
| ed, aud that neither the blacks nor the whites
living together viii to benefited hy the change.
| This seems 10 have been the opinion OF Powers,
| and for exp, essing it he was imprisoned six
| davs, then taken out, scpurged, tarred and
| frnthercd, and conveyed to Charleston. where
| l,r was again scourged, and. for want Of feath.
CTS, was covered with cotton wool, applied to the
| tar, still adhsring to {his body. While at the
| North, following his vocation as Stone-cut,er,
| Powers had always voted the Democratic ticket,
which implies that he was disposed to sustain
| the constitutional rights Of fhe South. Had
| these outrages been ths work Of few drunken
aud miserable individuals, We should'not be jus
| tifed in devotipG so much space to it; but the
| officers uf the Law conuived at them, and no
| white man protested against them. At our last
accounts poor Powers was lying iii in Philade:-
phia.
We would suggest to the Southern people,
that q few more outrsges Of this character will
| greatly reduce the number Of their frnest
friends at the North.