Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1860-09-12
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ter of Mr. MeF nncy than could be
; CLEANED from Abolition lectures and ser.
mons in ten year of diIiecut compila.
. lion Ii fact ul in truth 10 correct
conclusion can ever be reached By read
ing tie efusious Of anti.slayery aqitators.
Their object is 00' to arrive at the truth =;
it is agigtioa this is tho end, and not
the means. They agitate to crafty their
. spleen, aud a, The sane timc to win pc
~litical power and advantage, 10 con-
summarize good ends they would of neces-
sity be c3ateut to represent the facts as
they arc, But as they propose only a
wicked and reckless agitation, they coin
their facts aud draE their conclusions to
further their proposed ends.
Not 50 with IcKiprey, Brutally
treated as he has been On Southern soil,
through the macl inatious Of a william, he
is still loyal to tia trlth. We .confcss
that We are surprised that a man who has
so %unjnstly suffered MS Mckinney has
should be capable OF forming 50 perfect
and correct a JUDGMENT, lie not only
@tolls the exact state Of feeling at tic
Sou.h, bit assigns the true aud only
cause for 1t, II is pnf3ctly true that a
deplorable state of things exist at tie
South but assigns tlo true and only
cause for it. Il is perfectly true that a
aeplorabie state Of things exists IN the
South in reference to suspected persons.
Il is true that it is in the power Of de-
signing conSPlrators to c|Hdanger tie SAFE
y Of innocent persons By the charge Of
AboIiioui,m. The results Of in,urrcc-
,icu are 50 horrible, and the efforts to
produce i, 50 concealed aud 50 dinlcult
Of Iegai proof, that people can and will
brook no t%amponng with the safety Of
.hcir homes and families.
The agitation at the North and the
frequent attempts, and sometimes sue.
cossluI ones, to ias.iglte slaves to mpr.
dor and rebellion, have made the South.
era go'N'e suspicious As tins .tation
mas oSeh nuitu'ed under I'M cloak otll-
'3'o'' anu re'eiy1l ITS chez sap and
ao.r,'''ooot from the Pu!rl, the suspi.
g.o.' '''' been peculiarly strong against
Northern preachers. ldis sons.iyencss
on the part Of the South las mo- arisen
without ample cause, 1t never existed
until Northern aggression commenced.
aud has simply kept pace with that az.
erosion. Ibe more Northern agqreS-
SION renders insecure the very households
OF the Southern people, the more deter.
mined aud even reckless must become
the defence Of the Sonth This over
sens!tiyeness often works extreme iuju,.
tee, and pIaces it in the hand of the
wicked c1nsp.rator to e~ndangcr the limo.
cent,
At first glance men who do not com.
prehend the true danger and position of
the Southern people, Judge them far too.
harshly for their rash acts. When wo
reflect That the lives of whole communi.
ties may be DESTROYED by the macbino.
lions of one vile incendiary, and that Of.
ten no amount Of vigilance can prevent
the dreadful catastrophe when we re.
fleet too that the very n1ture Of slavery
places the liyos oftbe citizens within Tie
reach of the slave, it IS not to be Won.
dared at, that men should look upon
those who flourish fire brands over this
social magazine, with the fcrcest hatred.
When We reflect that John Brown was
a quiet citizen Of Virginia for six months
during the time lie was plotting whole.
sale murder, and that Cook, his accom-.
pllce, vas actually trusted as the teach.
cr Of his victims children, and uadcr the
sanctity Of their socia! circles. We need
not be surprised that people of the South
should all too really suspect danger
from such sources, Not one man in a
hunlrei from the North would wilfnlly
commit such crimes as Brown, and vet
as the hundroth guilty man j. unknown,
all ale suspected, and the slightest aecu.
sation creates m~addeniag conviction in
the minds ofirritatad aud alarmed people.
Men cannot aud viii not reason under
such circumstances. Tnnocent men must
and will suffer under such a state Of pub.
ne