, 1860-03-29

Excitement In Enterprise, 1If@&.
"a public meeting WAS held in Enterprise,
Miss. ON tho l.:h inht.. a,l 1e:o..,':nns were
adopted requesting; llnn. ". l.; l;ird tu rc~tSu
the utlicc y: Mayer OF tha ctr, aud co3jrnIniu..
4 book ca!icd .Cotton is King" which had
been sold by Bishop and Manchester, two
agents, "ho we're a:nprieoned, indicted, tried
md acquitted on their trial.
The work in question is believed to be incen-
diary in its character, aud hostile to SLAVERY,
and on the tE.ai of the agents, Sir. Eird defended
them IN the capacity Of hwy er. Hence the in
diguation OF the people"
We clip the above from the last number Of
the Columbus. {Ga.) SIN. There are two or
three curious points about it which We will
briefly state:
!. Mayor Bird was requested to resign because
he had defended, US q lawyer. two men charged
selling.
@ 1he two men were acquitted by Southern
jury.
.. The "pub1ic meeting" Condemned the
book chilled "Cotton is King" which ais be-
iieved TO be incsndiery in its character and hos
tile to slavery"
,Entclrpsisiug people-that! Very. Why,
bless their innocent souls, the book is as ortho-
do1 a pro slavery work as was ever written, aud
has just been republished by southern house,
10 BIZ circulated US defense Of slavery. The
good people Of Enterprise, Miss, must bc sad
blotklteads- May he they can't read th. mselves,
and 20 took the character Of the the book,
which was " believed to be iucendiary," uE trust,
The truth is. probably, some one saw On the
lille page tue name Of the worthy Or. Christy.
"agear Of the American Colonization Society"
and jumped at once to the conclusion that he
was no better than he should be. In Miesissip-
pl. the bcnevolent uims Of the African co!oniza-
ton scheme are not fully appreciated By the
masses They regard plans for colonization Us
little better than IN: :sGer stealing" Not being
that points to the betterment Of the ccMLi1ion
OF tile negro, is denounced By them in language
more remarkable for t.rseness und profanity.
than for discrimination or elegance.
1t has been said that the I1ishman's cre:d is
"bad lack 10 oal1 England, long life to the
praste, and d-n niger" The creed uf the
people Of Enterprise. Hiss, is probably dis.;,
minus the first two particulars. There is much
reason 10 appreheni that the literature which
shall penetrate the opacity in which their minds
are enyelopcd, is not as get printed
In tue same number Of The Georgia paper.
from which we have quoted the above. appears
lamensasio3 over the susrension for want .:
monthly, published at Charleston. 5. c. This
was oae Of the two or three literary journals Of
tue south, and hcs gone DOM to tie tomb Of
Tue Capufets, where SO many Of its pretlecess essors
Lave been SO quietly inurned. The Columbus
SHn thereuron INDUCES in the following 1ne.aa-
cLoly reflection:
The necessity of supporting Southern peri
od:ca's has beea made lie text for many u long
newspaper article, but their appeals iu layor Of
tome literature lave fallen stisl-born upon
their readers, and all such arguments, tor the
future. will lie as ef1ectual as declaiu,ng to tile
winds.''
Just so-it is much easier to "cal spirits
from tue vesty deer" to It create soul u1d.r
the ribs Of deatl,," )" 10 arut fire ioto ones
breas: by 1biokinz on the frosty Caucasus" or
to achieve any other OF the like arduous enter
nrises, thhn to create a literatur: which shall
lire amidst the atmosphere .! >sasery.
Why, wha! would ynn have: When peo-
pie are SO far remote from the Intellectual
sphere as to make bontircs Of half the bo5ss
that come among them--rLen they ere so bliud
TINT they cannot even distinguish those which
make lor their own side how can you expect
from them any patronage for even Saau1h.
ern htern:nIe! Cau q man whose supreme
test ol truth lies 10 deeper than f..ot ar:u-
meat, BE- expected to lissen to the voice even
Of Carolina cbarruefr, Such ears as sLese
are net to be .entrttalncd By roetsy. pull
nall; a.a;ns. wisdonl, come from what quarter
it may.
BESIDES, it is a wise provision Of nature, that
Thought aud genius shall far,ake the spots
where festers are made ready for them. The
loteit Ct disdans to hold its cdom ut the ncr-
cs o 4 NIB. The muses. alsays prefer tile cold,
bleak mountains Of frecdonl to The hot and stag
uaut plains Ct slavery. When literature is un.
der the surveillance of 4 despoti.u1 tempered bv
Tue torch and the iail-w hen its utserances a!t
s+atcaet, lis footsteps dosscd, and lis liberty
always in danger-it is in no condition to prove
either fruitful or valuable.
That VIC hare to reap what 1c SOW is the most
inevitable Of tue laws that govern tie world,
The intellectual husbandry Of these Southern
people who have taken to book .brrniuy. will b.
productive Ct nothing but Il dense crot Of IT,
n":ance. These spunky children OF tie SOUL,
wonld do well to Remember that they can't eAt
illsir case, and Eaye it too. To crush Gut tile
mems Of inteltigcs:ce; to c1tiusuisf the l:h; cf
kno" !c'.ge; to stitle every uiterAnce OF free
thought; to Danish school teachers, tar and
feather book agents, and ride ministers Of the
GOSPEL on 1ails; to rob the mails o. their CON-
tents, and cons'gu books, newspapers and mag
azircs 10 the 1sulcs; to muzzle tue press, aad
imrrison men suspected oe having flee souls;
a!l these may seem Eery. pleasant pastin.e fcr
1ncn who can zee no farther than to DAY,
But tue leckeniu. is coming, anu viii have to
he paid. ifthcy do not have ia settle it, tie
coming generation will They are rrrpariuc
for their children wusse tta.s Egyptian dark
uess. This cuuEse, persisted in, ii.ar, indeed.
save slavery hut it will saye it ut the e4ncnse
of ofintell!aence and of civi'iz :tiou-at :..e ex-
pense If erything that ul9kss thought .oler4-
b'e ar existence desirable. The game i!lha.d-
shall hare succeeded in shutting out the wiz.
dom, progress and enlightenment Of the aye,
will BE- community whose welfare will be ses
back ior centuries. The fathers hare eaten sour
grapes. and the children's teeth will be set ter
rlbiy on ed.r.-f"arin.ati E.mntrtidi.