The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-01-08

round and take for nothing, the
property from its citizens, which it
had solemnly agreed to protect"
"The government done it as a
punishment to the south, for at.
tempting to destroy it, 1.-THE govern
ment. J"
"The south did not wish to ces-
troy the government; the north was
not satisfied after the slaves had all
been run down and sold in the
south, but the people orgp Aizt I'd
themselves into bands or societies.
with a view Of assisting al, the
slaves to escape; this Of course en-
gendered i'll will between the north
and the south. The people Of the
north began to abuse and yilifv the
people Of the south, for holding
the very slaves, which their parents
nad sofa to1the Gouth. They taught
the doctrIne that it was less sinful
70 De "a full fellowship, with the
Dew, thar with shareholders. In
the war with Mexico, southern
Flood rFAn as free as water, and min
gled with the blood Of the north,
Mexico was subdued, and a treaty
OF pfsace-called the treaty of Qua
del upe-Hidalgo-was made and rat
If 4ed. By the terms Of that treaty
"a vast area Of territory was ceded
to our government. Who did that
territory belong to, after it was &C.
= ded to our governments Didit be-
long exclusively to the north! An,
swer that question, Scottie."
II should say thati was the joint
) property Of all the people of the
United States, and that all of her
l citizens had an equal right to GO
) there and enjoy it."
"Just so, Scottio; that is exactly
what all impartial judges would say;
but our northern brethren wouldn't
agree to that. My father was a cap.
tain in the Mexican war, lost his
left leg at Moline Delray; his blood
helped to purchase that territory.
When Kansas was organized into a
state my father wanted to go there
with his family, including white and
black, but our northen brothers said
no; Capt. Bark, you may 60 there
yourselfif you wish, but you shall
not take your slaves. Now that
was equivalent to telling him that
he should not go at all; because no
consideration on earth would have
induced him to sell his negroes.
There was the good old negro wo-
man on whose breast | have chung,
when an infant. How could we be
so cruel as to part with that dear
f old creature9 Yet our northern
brothers, who are Boosting to the
world oftheir extraordinary notions
Of Justice, appropriated all that ter
rltory to themselves. The negro
population was increasing with
great rapidlty, and the territory
where they lived, was too small to
support them; and when we wish
ed to move them to other places
we were told that we should not do
it,"
"You argue your side of the case
well. but you are bound to admit
that great cruelties were inflicted
by some slave owners on their ne
groesS'
eyes; but they were of the same
stamp Of Tom Rigmarole. 1t would
be unjust to hold the entire south
responsible for the crimes of a few.
II that was to be the rule, what
would be the fate of the north,
when she is responsible for the very
existence of the institutiong Some
how our northern lriendsIdid not gel
struck with the abolition pain, IN.
til after they had sold all their
slaves, and got the money in their
pockets; then they began to have
fits about the awful sin of the insti
tuition. A thousand wrongs canl
make one right. No government
can be justified in robbing those
whom duty calls on to protect.
Slavery ought to have been abolish
ed a hundred years ago; but the
loss should have fallen on all in
equal proportion. You say that
the government abolished slavery
in the south in order to punish reb.
! els;I think that is the whole truth,
Scottie, and nothing but the truth.
III ereiore / hope they will quit try
ing to make the world believe it
was done as a matter of justice to.
the DIOR negro, Ifthey were liber-
ated III order to punish the owner,
then let then, cease talking about
their love Of freedom, because if it