The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-06-23
NUMBER 1T

1t IS but few weeks sirce a New England
chapalin, writing from New Orleans u q
New York paper, declared that the South
Is without schools" when the truth is,
that the State CT Louisiana, froln which
this clerical 7agaboHd wrote. ka; the i!ues.
system OF Common schools OF any State IL
the Union; CT had before Butler 5rvko
them up IN New Orleans, and Bank i. IL:
country, a> far Is he has advanced T.:
State Of louisiana has y Universities,
with al average Of $50 scholars, wh.lc
Massachusetts, has only four, with =.
acreage Of 769 scholars. And yet 4 Mas
sachusctts mIni;te write, home .tha. the;
have no schools n Louisiana :"
9. For wears the Abo.ition;.ts havs
urged, as charge against slavery" thai
Is was the cause Of great deal of illici-
Intercourse between the whites and tA-
blacks. In 1859, according TO tie cesus,
there were in the United States 495.75l
mulattoes; OF these there was one muatto
out OF twelve among the STAY -" au1 :.
fraction more than one ou. OF two al.on.-
free negroes. That IS the Illicit iutc.-
course between whites and blacks IS tea
times greater in the North than IL tho
South, with the slaves" THUS We sec
that Northern Gators, cergymcn, and pol
iticians; have been IN the habit OF caarg-
ing rpon 'slarcry' as sin, the very tLiLg
that the North is ten times more guilty o.
than the South. Or, it used to be counted
crime, but now. in these ripe days u
'Repubiicanism' aud miscegenation, this
kind Of intercourse between the whi,es
and blacks has suddenly become yi..uc
which, if not rare, is the crowa:ng anC
glorious triumph of the Repullie-a
party.
II the linits of ,his article Permitted,
We could name even other matters. iua
comparison Of the two section:, still 70 the
disadvantage Of the North. In some tu-
ture number of the Uld Guard We shall
resume this subject, with view OF point
ing out the causes which have led to Tic
differences OF the two sections. as develop
ed by the census. We shall be able to
show that many OF these Southern advan-
tages are actually due to the Institution OF
negro slavery that not only tic census,
but moral an1 political philosophy demon
stratc that the institution Of negro slave
ry' deyelopes superior mental aal phya-
ical condition of the white race.
This statement may cause Mr. Sumner
to open his eyes with horror; but NJ.
Sumner dare not enter into TAR debate
with the editor Of the ca Guard On this
subject lie knows that the chag-es
which have been brought against the
South viii not stand the test ot argument
and facts. The very history Of ;h. toun-
dation OF our Government is perpetual
reiutation of the cardinal SANDERS of the
Abolitionists. The architects ii American
freedom were "slavehoiders." Washin.-
ton, the Father OF hi. Country" was !.
''saycholier." The author Of the Decl.-
ration Of independence was = -slaveho.d-
er. Religious liberty on this continent
was established by shareholders"
While the New England Puritans were
drowning the Baptists, whipping the
Qaakers, boring holes through then ton-
CUES with red hot irons, and drivin.
women raked through the streets OF Bo.-
ton, because they would not ADOPT the
Puritan sectarianism, the Catholic slave
holder" OF Maryland were layin- the
deep foundations of religious liberation anu
liberty. Ii &c arc ii any mood for look-
ing facts in the face. contrast the condition
OF our country now with what it Was when
all were shareholders. Contrast o;.f
present Congress for character. dignity aud
ability, with the Congress when almost
every member was 4 stakeholder" or the
representative OF 4 ''slaveholdirg" constit-
uency. Well may We adopt the line, VI
Burns:
You see yoursel with them compared,
And shudder at the infer"
Or. ii we dare tell the whole truth COM
pare Abraham Lincoln, The type-man OF
Aholitionisln, with Jefferson DAVIS. the
ypc-man Of Shareholders Measure them
intellectually. morally, rciigiously, or -
gentlemen, ana tell Us what you discover
Then II you want 10 sec the thing further.
compare Hannibal uamiH with Acxara
Il. stephens If YOU are net already sick,
make the best cempar's son vcu can. al
COMPARE Gen. Grant with Gen. Rob,r
Ice; or Stoncwall jackson with the Pope-
Iiookers ard Burnsidcs sent 10 confront
him in battle. But TINS Is cruel. 1t il
dstastcIul 10 US. We are ashamed ot' these
contrasts; but Wc are Stlll more ashamed
Of the SANDERS and f.lschools waich ihc
public opinion Of the North seems to have
imbibed in relatipu - tie South. Our
sole object Is to save our own section from
an ignorance, a deu-on and falsehood,
which las reyiici e1erlasiingly the peace
of eur ctuntry We Ncrc born in Ne'
England, and krox how TO be proud of
much that belongs to New England but
we also know how TO blush for its implaca-
bic fanaticism.
Said Grecian philosopher, DO not tell
me my virtues: tell me my faults" That
is the part Of honor and OF true friendship.
We have pc f .rmed that part in this arti-
Gle. Elder John Leland, a somewh9t
eecentric but famous Baptist minister IN
Vermont, in the early history Of our conn
try, was one day praying. at the installa-
ton of Il vain and conccited young minis.
ter. when he said. 80. Lord, Go thou bless
thy Young servant, Make him huG,bl.
.. ord. let him not be rriicd M but d.
thou prick him. and let the wind out