The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

every 2,645. In New England there is
one free negro insane for every $50; while
in the South there is but one insane slave
for every $3.50! Can any man bring
himself to believe, with these facts before
him, that freedom in New England has
proved blessing to this race of people,
or that slavery is to them curse in the
Southern States? The morals and char
acter of the negroes themselves, are of a
far higher grade in the slave States than
in the free States, although surrounded, in
the latter, by the refining, elevating inllu-
ences of Black Republican society!
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OF HYPOCRITES.
In It'll, there was slave depot cStab
lished in New York, in what is now known
as Wall street, and slaves captured on the
Western coast of Africa were landed there
I uy tTew I10gr.s51a. .,-,.-- - - w.
Southern market. About the same time
another slave depot was opened in the
God-fearing and liberty loving city of Bos-
ton, near to where the "Frankln House"
now stands! They kept but few of their
captives among themselves, because it was
not profitable to use negro labor in the
cold and sterile regions Of New England.
And when they enacted laws in the New
England States, aboliShing slavery, they
hurried their negroes round South, in sail
vessels, and sold them into bondage to
Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolina>, be
fore their laws could 20 into operation J.
What an unmitigated generation of hypo-
nHjloG ThnAT Ifplf, npI S,,lI inf
ual bondage race Of human beings it
was not protitat IL to keep, and for whom
! they now, like SO many gracclesS ei'9ieS,
refuse aRwaTranty. And w hat few Amer
lean ships are in the trade now, at the
peril of piracy, arc New England ships.
TIE rIETY q or THE AToLIrloNIsTS.
am personally acquainted with some
of the AbolitioniSts of the North, connect
ed with the Methodist Church and al
though | suppose they are about as pious
and reliable as AbolitiOniStS of other de-
nominations, have but little confidence
in their piouS sympathics for Southern
| negroes. Their clergymcn will enter their
fine churches on the Sabbath, preach aud
pray against the sin of slavery, shed their
tears over the wrongs of the servile pro-
gcny Of liam" in the South, and, on the
next day, in purely business transaction,
in dry goods store, or candy shop, in
closing up book account, they would
cheat Southern slave out ol the pewter
that ornaments the head of his walking
stick But then, they have this redeem
ing quality: they would do it religiousy,
and i'll the sacred name Of the Lord.
BIowNLow's OPINION OF CALHOUN, THE
| GREAT NrLLIFIER.
| What next? a distinguished states
man and patriot, now no more, delivered
speech in the United States Senate on
the 4th of March, 1850, aud it was his dy-
ing speech, for hc never spakc thereafter.
| lie was posted on the slavery question, in
all its bearings, and tor quarter OF Il
century, while in the public council, of
the country, he watched the movements
of parties with Slccpless vigilance. Speak
ing Of the effect Of the Abolition agitation
! upon the religious cords which assisted in
| holding the Union together, this dying
statesman said:
"Thc first of these cords which snapped
under its explosive force C\holitioni,my
was that of the powerful Methodist Epis-
copal Church. The numerous and strong
ties which held it together arc all broken,
and its unity gone
These were among the last words of
that great and towering intellect, and
tried patriot, John {. Calhoun, who liter
ally died in Southern harness, battling for
the rights Of the South, under the Consti-
tuition. A man ol unblemishcd private
character, a consistent member of the
church, aud firm believer in the truths
of the Bible, hope, nay, believe, he has
| found calm and welcome retreat from
the cares and anxictics Of political strife,
in the paradise of our God. where the
harsh cpthcts and rude insults of nnprin-
cipled freedom Sll!iekcrs and false hearted
AboitioniSts will never fall upon his car!
for that class of men, after death, never
travel in the direction Of Gods habita-
ton!
ABOLITIoNISTS WILL NOT 60 TO HEAVEN.
| As churches at the South, we cannot
affiliate with men who fight under the
dark and piratical flag of .Abolitionism,
and whose Internal affairs smoke with the
vile incense of northern fanaticiSm.
have no confidence in either the politician
or the divine at the North, constantly en-
gagged in the villainous agitation Of the
slavery question. There are true, reliable,
conservative, piouS, and patriotic men in
the North, and there are similar men in
the South, who came from the North, hut
they are not among the gracclcss agitatorS.
And if ] find any of these agitatorS in
IIcaven-wherc | expect to go after death
i shall conclude they have entered that
world of joy by practicing gross fraud
upon the door-kcepcr!
SLAVERY TIE CORNER STONE.
| indorsc, without reserve, that much
abused sentiment Of all eminent southern
statesman, now no more, Governor Ne
| Dutlic, that " slavery is the cornerstone
of our republican cdilicc :" while rcpu-
diatc, as ridiculously absurd, that much
lauded, but nowhere accredited dogma Of
Thomas .JeitcrsonS, that "all men are
born equal" God never intended to
make the negro the equal of the white
man, either morally, mentally, or physi
caly.
BRowNLow PROPOSES TO TURN MISSIONARY.
The cities and towns, and many of the
interior settlements, in the New England
and Northwestern States of this Confcdc-
racy, in my honest Judgment, open a
wider and more inviting field, at this
time, for honest, faithful, evangelical mis-,
sionary labors than IIindostan, Siam, Chi
ma, Ceylon, or Western Africa; for the
reason, too, that the natives Of these be-
nightcd lands, who have been denied the
light Of the blessed Gospel, cannot be
held to as rigid an accountability, in the
next life, as those who see the light, like
the Free Soil population Of the North, and
still love and do the deeds of darkness!
| seriously contemplate getting up mis-
sionary organization, to be styled "The
Missionary Society of the South, for the
Conversion of the Freedom Shrickcrs,
SpiritualiStS, Free Lovers, Fourieritcs,