The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-01-26

U ) Iu oui icSuS week beiOIe last, we
copied an article from the Monroe Demo
crat in reference to the character of Help
or, the author Of the book entitled e I'm
pending Crisis whom he denounees as
base "hypocrite' entirely void of "sincer-
ity," because be at one time apparently
recommended slavery, and now takes
strong grounds against it. Now all our
readers are we'll sware that the Monroe
Democrat talked both ways on the Lee
compton Constitution, which instrument
be boldly denounced as the most despotic
and undem ocratic measures ever con.
cocted by free people, but soon after,
very cowardly, when be saw the fashings
which admoDished him Of coming Admin
i,tration thunder. the Squire. to save his
share of the public plunder turned di
rectly around and told the public that all
he had said against the Administration
vas all bosh, aud that the Leeomptou
Dem ocracy was genuine, It certainly is
not remarkable that the Squire should
call Helper ool,dyed hyPOcrite un-
wOrths of confdepce;" for none knows
ve;ier than himself that the Squire, in his
change of opinon, played the part of a
wool l-dyed, or cotton dyed, or more ap
propriateIy, Post ice yed bypocrite, and
to judge Helper by himself was but natu
raj. But from the subjoined letter from
Mr. Helper it sppears that be never re-
commended slavery except in very mod
ifed degree, and consequently there is no
change on his part. Squire, you call this
book in question "rebeilious volume.
We challenge you to point out a sin
gle sentence that is rcbellious, you
should know better than to believe what
your Di>uuion party tell you without ex-
animation. If they make fools Of them
se!ves, you ought not to DO so. As to
your exutation over the contempt you al
lege to have shown to certain enemy,
We will just add that If you could see your
sef as others see you in that matter, you
would see the Democrat with ears at least
foot long. As to your coming down Oh
us "like an avalanche" We will eagerly
but calmly await you.
a Mares Nest in Congress.
To the Editors of The Esening Post.
SIRs: Through the medium of your
paper, | beg leave to offer another com
muncatiou, which nearly month since
sent down to Washington, but which,
owing to the continued unorganized con
diton of tie House of Representatives,,
base Withdrawn from there, for pubica
ton By the Pro Slasery press, both at
the North and at the South, aud by Ger
tain fre-eating me em bers of Congress, it i
asserted that, in a nall volume entitled
The Land o! Gold," which | published
in Baltimore, in 1855, soon after my re
turn from California, advocated the
forcible introduction of "Slsrery into Nj
caragua." Now, take great pleasure
in being able to give full assurance to ths
hungry dsco7erers of this mares nest
that they are thrice welcome to all the good
eggs that they can find therein. Let them
therefore, lose 20 time in going through
the process of feeling, of shaking. of dip
ping 10 lye, or of otherwise subjecting to
proper test the quality of such oval fruit
or treasure as they have found. What
follows will, | trust. facilitate, iu some
degree, the ordeal of their mauipulations
Incidentally in the manuscript of the lit
tie work to which | have ju-t referred,
took strong ground against the eoDtin
uance of Slavery 10 Southern cities, srgu
ing that, as a means of success, either
capital or liberal education is indispen
sably necessary 10 every one who lauBch
es himself upon the tumultuous sea Of city
life, aud that, as slaves are possessed OF
neither the one requisite nor the other
they should ell be at once removed from
the cities and toacnS, and put upon the
feltLS, where the rude labor could uques
tionatly be used to better advantage, aDd
where the bad influences resulting in di-
vers ways from their weak minds and NOR
ale, might, in great measures, be curtail-
ed. So deep aud exciting were the i'm
pre-siOns made upon me by an examiDa
ton of what had seen iu the North com
pared with what bad seen in the South
so universal, irresistible, and oVerwhel-
ming where the eyidences of the superior
ity OF Freedom over Slavery-that. when
writing my Land of Gold, | could not.
in justice to ny feelings. refrain from say
ing something on the sutjeet. | did say
soGetLing--Wueh more, 10 fact. than was
ever put in print But still | was not
yet wholly emancipated from my original
Pro- Slavery errors and prejudise-. for. as
will readily be seen from what have al
ready stated in substance, while | cobten
ded that Slavery should at once and for
ever cease to exist 10 all the incorporated
cities and towns of the South, | was, new
ertheless. willing that it should, for the
time at least. hold an unlimited lease OF
life IN the rurs districts To he entire q |