Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-11-17
THE DEMOCRAT
P. A. ROY, ................E Editor.
Overt Acts.

those who seek to Justify or paIllate
their acquiescence in the rule Of BlacE
Republican dynasty over these States
on the weak pretext of waiting for al
overt act of outrage and oppression
wonld do we'll to read and consider the
following array Of overt acts of aggrcs
sion against the South, which Governo,
Wise has so forcibly grouped in one oI
his recent speeches.:
After rehearsing history of the rise
and progress of slavery agitation, Gov.
ernor ". proceeds:
This makes the triumph of what is
called Black Repubicanism certainly
probable in the next thirty days. And
we need not to be informed what Black
Repubicanism is. 1t is the very demon
Of national discord. 1t is death to the
slave States or to the contederacy of all
States.
1t obtained its own compromise in the
Constitution to continue the importation
of slaves, and now sets up Il law higher
than the Constitution to abolish proper
ty in slavey which it sold to us it's
ncighbors.
In lSl9-2O it deprived us of equal
settlement i'll more than half the terrific
ry acquired from France.
1t seized upon Texas North So deg.
so min, and carved out OF Texas "A, 600
square miles of slave territory South Sc
! deg. 80 min.
1t seized upon all the territory ac-
qnircd by common conquest from Mexico
aud deprived slave labor of the privilege
of operating in the wealthiest mines of
eartll-the gold mines of California.
1t had bribed a slave State with ten
millions of common funds to sanction
a prohibition of slavery in all New
Mexico.
1t claims to abolish slavery in the
districts, forts, arsenals, dockyards and
other places ceded to the United States.
To abolish the inter State slave trade,
and thus cut off the Northern slave States
from their profits of production and the
Southern from their sources Of supply Of
labor
1t claims to forbid all equality and
competition of settlement in the COM
mon Territories, by the citizens of slave
States
1t repe1s all further admission of new
slave States.
1t has nulIilicd the Fugitive Slave acts
in fourteen States of the Union 1t has
denied extradition of murderers and ma
rauders, and other fclons in several
others
1t has caused and shielded the murder
of masters or owners in pursuit of fugi-
tive slaves.
1t has refused to prevent or punish by
State authority, the spoliation of slave
property; but on the contrary, it has
made it a criminal offense in the citizens
of several States to obey the laws of the
Union for the protection of slave prop
erty.
1t has advocated negro equality and
made it the ground of positive legisla-
ton hostile to Southern States.
It opposes protection to slave proper
ty on the high seas, and has justified
piracy itself in the case of the Creole.
1t has kept in our midst emissaries of
incendiarism to corrupt our slaves and
induce them to run off or excite them to
rebellion and insurrection.
1t has run off millions of slave proper
ty by a system of what is called "under-
ground railroads, "and has made it's ten
ure so preearious in the border slave
States as nearly to have abolitionized
two Of acknowledgement and Missouri;
and it is making similar inroads con-
stantly upon Virginia and Kentucky.
It is necessarily scattering frebrands
Of incendiary appeals in our midst.
1t has extended fanaticism into our
own borders.
It has invaded a Territory by arms
furnished by Emigrant Aid Societies,
under State patronage, and by funds
furnished by foreign enemies in Canada
md in Great Britain.
It has invaded Virginia and shed the
llood of her citizens on her own soil.
It has justified and exalted to the
highest honors Of admiration and re-
'pect the horrid murders, and arsons,
md rapine of the raid of John Brown;
md has canonized the felons themselves
IS saints Of martyrdom.
It has burned the towns, and poisoned
he cattle, and formed the midnight con-
piracy for the depopulation of North
Texas.
It has proclaimed to the slaves the
lorrid motto: Alarm to the sleep, fire
o the dwellings,, poison to the food and
water" of Shareholders.
It has published its plan for the abo-
ition of slavery everywhere. To tres
,ue slaves at all hazards-form associa-
ions-to establish uresses-to use the