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6T JOHltf J. PALMEB, I
BMTOa AXI PROPRIETOR. )
CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, KORTH CAROLINA.
$2 PER ANNUM
In Advance.
VOLIJME 5.
NUMBER 6-
Office on Main Street,
ONE DOOR SOUTH OF SADLER'S HOTEL.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2fi, 1856
New Sorioi
OF THE
TERMS OF THE PAPER
(Tiuo Dollars a mar, in obancr.
I I S
I ravine recently visited New York, and se
lected from the old ami elegant
Foundry of Geo. Brace, Esq.,
a quantity of
Jlrui (mil asionahlrftupr,
We are inw prepared In Execute
Ixx tlio jE3ost Stylo,
ALL KINDS OF
"JKmiitpiW the .yfrtus, and you
ntuitipiy fine Rexuii,"
j- mm i" the eatrnMiwhed me riniof bmrinoss.
ORDERS Ft IK
PAMPHLETS,
II YX MULLS.
CARDS,
CIRCULARS,
L YBEI.S,
CLERKS' BLANKS
SHERIFF'S do.
CONSTABLES' do.
M AG ISTR ATES'do.
ATTORNEYS' do.
OU FOR
Required by the hu.-iness Comraonity,
WILL r.K RXBCUTCB WITH
TT 313 t rr 353 s s ,
I S IM T 4 23
A X It
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,,sss 9
Various Atincls olT
ALWAYS ON HAND.
3 0t (Smnttu to rkr.CSL)
l.Nt uj II ( ) THIS km kiSii.
r3TMW. and.'reigned begs b-aTe
a toil turn his ihanki to tl osc
who fivoretl bin with call dur
iag the last year; and be would
r u etfally infarnn th pnb!iethai
li has reaaoved to the Machnr
8bnp furaarrly oecnpied by i ssr. George &
V -:.mt. adjoining Mr. .!. KudisUl's Steam
Planing Mills, wheie be is prepared to execute
.ll wont in his line as cheap and as good as can
h done in the S;at-.
Turuiug, Httini? Serews, Kepair
iu Boilers and ln?ines of all
descriptions, Making and Re
pairing Mill Spindles, Wood
Plainers, Making Ploughs, Iron
ing Wagons; and in Horse-Shoe-;
ins, e will yield to no ono :
for neatness, wear, and dispatch. Inter- !
ferine Shoes $1 85, common ditto . cast- '
M i toes, or Steel plate. $-2.
1 hare also ejected an Air Furnace for mend- j
iag Brass, which answers finely. The public can
n..v t brass and composition casting? by call
ing at th - aheve establishment, and furnishing
patterns. Old Urass melted averat aredneed price.
witb neatness aud despatch. Oid Copper and.
Brass wanted.
S J. PERRY.
'h.irlotte, Jan. 1. I 56. tf
BOOKS
For Sale
at Tiir.
CHARLOTTE BOOK STORE.
'HUE NEW PURCHASE, or Early Years
X ix TflB Fa Wi:sr-I, i:lrt Carlton.
THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA
:n Turk-y, Persia, and Russia E.lit. d by James
M"rier.
STANHOPE BURLEIGH, The Jesmkes n
our jn j. One of the most interesting Xovt-ls
that hxs b-eu written iu mauv vears bv lllm
DHh.
THE MUSEUM of Remarkable and Interest
ing Eveuts, coutaiuiug Historical Adventures
and Incid'-nts.
BUANCHE DE A R WOOD a Tale of Modern
Life.
EVENING TALES being a selection of
wonderful and supernatural Stories, translated
' "in the Chinese, Turkish, and German, and
v 'nipiled by Hmru St. I lair.
LEXICON OF FREE
MASONRY,
Containing a definition
The True Masonic Chart, by J. L. Cross. G. L
The Free-Masou's Manual, by Rev'nd K. J.
Hf.-wart.
M ackey's Ahinan R -zon of South Carolina.
The N w M;is,nic Tnistle Board.
THE ODD FELLOWS' MANUAL, by the
Rev. A. B. Grash.
LOWRIE & ENNISS,
Charlotte, March 4, ISGfi Book-SelU-s.r
Fresh Fluid and Canipheue.
VT PRTTCHARD S Drug Store, you will
get these articles pur. Fluid at $1 per
gallon Camphiue 90 cents, cah April 8, '5
i
TIR. Jl. J. CltAICi,
Three doors lx
4 ll.l III.4H ri:
April 22, l,r6. ly
urs. vi in: w
Opposite the Pul-Oflice.
ALL DRESSES cut and
iiiad" by the celebrated
A-II-' method, and war
ranted to fit.
BONNETS
Trimmed in tin latest style, at
tin- shortest notice.
Charlotte, Feb 19,1868. tt
TO Till: PIBLIC.
fHAVE JUST RECEIVED and opened the
l:irgt iiml v;iri-l t k
Drills, Medicines. (heni
icals, Paints, Oils, Win
dow (ilass, Putty, Dye
Stuffs, Perfumery. Toilet
A'fieles, dc AcaTSEVER offer-
KD IN THIS MARKET.
All ot" which will he sold ;it extremely short
profits, for cash.
I defy c. mpei itiox anil if yon want articles
in my line, cill. you shall l- satisfied, both
with regard o price an. I quality.
Respectfully, &e.
II. vi. pR rCHARD, M. ,D.
Wholesale It Ret mil Druggist,
Cramtk Kow, No 3.
Charlotte, May 6, 1856. if
NEW TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT.
ILEX INKER Ai LEilTELE
' H I. I inform the
W citi ns of liar-
lotti- .and ilii- stirroiindinir
oonntry, that they have
taken the room f,
H 111' Kt , for
merly occupied by K. M.
Kobtson, where they in
tend carrying n tin- Tai
i.okim; fit m.m:ss in all
its branches. Having cn
gagvd the services ot A.
. ilmn-, whose reputa
tion as a Cutter, is well known in this communi
ty, tin y feel no hesitancy in raying that they
are as well prepared to give satisfaction as any
ntli r estabtisbaveBt in thai part of the country;
ami by close application and strict attention to
bur iness, they hope to merit a liberal share of
patronage. Good fits warranted.
' c Fashions n oeived monthly from the best
njwrts. ALEXANDER & LEXTELE.
August 10, ,-.".C tf
FASHIONABLE TAILORING.
THIS subscriber announce
to the pulilic generally, that he
is now receiving a large assort
ment ol new
Cloths, Cassimeres
AVD
for Gentlemen's wtar, and will
be ad tor Cash at a eMail profit, or made to or
der according to the latest styles. Shop next
door t Elm - ' Grocery St.. re.
S. pt. 39. 1S")1 10-f D. L. REA.
WOULD inform his customers, that he has
taken the room lately occupied by Mr.
Iv. M. Robison, three doors east of the Charlotte
I! mk. All work dear by him shall be executed
fan the best style, for which in every instance,
payment is required in cash b. fore taking tin
work awav. ALEX. DETHLNE.
dune 1853 3w
a
AND
JEHELRY.
THOMAS TROTTER
A S( )N have just re-
e ived i and will c rejru-
larlv receiving additions thereto) a choice stock
of bandsesae and fashionable WATtMIES from
th- most eel brated makers. Also, a rich assort
ment ot
Fashionable Jewelry, Chains, &c.
All of which will be sold low for cash, or on short
time to punctual dealers.
THOMAS TROTTER & SON.
Charlotte, June 10, !- tf
and.
3 DOORS SOUTH OF TIIE MANSION HOUSE,
Charlotte.
8. M. HOWELL
HAVING made more extensive preparations
for the Manufacture of
o IMH J and HARNESS,
lb- would respectfully inform the citizens ot
North Carolina, that he is now prepared to tur
fornisfa A 1I !.:? A ! i H4RHS
of a superior quality, of his own mauHjacturr,
at the .
Very Lowest Possible Prices.
r t"
WW
'77a,ia.-tl33. Saddles
By leaving their orders, can be furnished as low
as' they can procure the same at the North.
April 15, 185o tf S. M. HOWELL.
BOONE & CO.'S
B00T&SII0E
t. i a- VV.V STORK.
A3 I I1HI CW I J lilt ii A. T w-a
NO. 3, BRICK RANGE,
Opposite the
BURNT DISTRICT
WHERE they will be pleased to see their
old friends and customers.
BOONE & CO.
Charlotte, July 8, 1S56. tf
IE. E! JSL O V -Al JLb
i m
Sttos of He 88.
Fighting in an OMXiucs.-On the morn
ing of the 18th instant, a political dispute
arose between the Hon. Fayette McMnUen,
of Virginia, and the Hon. Amos P. Gran
ger, Members of Congress, while riding to
the Capitol Building in an omnibus. Mc
dulleu eeized Granger and struck him in
the eye. The parties then clinched, but
were separated by the passengers before
any serious injury to either occurred
The
House appointed a Committee to investigate
the subject and to report at the meeting in
December. Granger threatened that the
North would compel the South to submit af
ter the 4th of November, and this led to high
words and then to blows.
Barm Burnt by Lightning. We have
I l ll fit tMenswi tl.nt rano l.itrlit ii tlit rlv tin rf
of this week the barn of Mr. Samuel Coble
caught fire, from lightning, and was entire
ly consumed. We regret to learn that a
number of horses perished in the flames.- -Mr.
C., also lost a large quantity of wheat,
oats, hay, &c. Greensboro1 (N. C.J Pa
ir iu!, Aug. 15th.
Extraordinary Freak of Nature.
Mary, a negro woman belonging to Dr.
John II. Hundley, near Mooresville, Ala.,
gave birth, on the lUth instant., to three
living infants, two whites and one blae'...
It will puzzle the medical fraternity to ac
count for this singular event.
Great Excitement at Mobile. A
despatch from Mobile, dated last Saturday,
says : A great excitement prevails in this
city, growing out of the alleged sale of ab
olition books by Messrs. Strickland & L'p
sier, large stationers. A committee of cit
izens was formed and they were ordered to
h ave the city in five days, but the excite
ment increased to such extent that they fled
immediately.
DISTRESSING Homriuk. On Thursday
night last, Mr. Mark Parker, of this coun
ty, killed his brother George 13. Parker.
There had been some rumors in that vicin
ity of trouble among the negroes, and George
returning home lute at night was hailed by
his brother as he entered the house receiv ing
no answer, Mark fired his gun at the
supposed intruder, shooting him in the
breast and instantly killing him. They
were both young men without families, and
sons of Arthur Parker, deceased. Tarbu
ro' ( A'. C.J Southerner.
OUTRAGE AND RETRIBUTION.
The Kanawha Republican states that on
the 1st inst., near Harboursville. Cabell
county, Virginia, Samuel Stanley shot his
wife, as is said, with intent to kill. The
ball entered the hip, and her recovery is
regarded doubtful. Stanleyfled. The cit
izens immediately raised, b subscription,
$aiJU for his apprehension. He was appre
hended on Tuesday, the 5th, in Boone coun
ty, by St. Clair Mallard, the Sheriff. He,
in company with others, rode up to Stanley,
who was liesurely walking in the road with
his rifle on his shoulder, seized the rifle,
and commanded him to surrender" as a pris
oner, but he took to his heels; whereupon
Mr. Ballard shot him in the hip with the
same rifle which be (Stanley) had shot his
wife. He fell to the ground severely, if
not mortally wounded.
A NICE INCOME.
Albert and Victoria receive one million
of dollars annually. By strict economy.
they are able to support life on this small
amount. It is proposed to settle three hun- j
di ed and fifty thousand dollars on the Prin
cess Royal of England as her annuity after j
her marriage with the Prussian Prince.
Having been trained to frugal habits, it is
hoped that the young house keepers will
avoid all unnecessary expeuses, and thus
be enabled to make the two ends of the
year meet.
US"" At the recent Dentists' Convention. 1
Dr. Harris, of Baltimore, exhibited an in- j
strument invented by Dr. Putnam, for pro
ducing local anathesia, very useful for ex- :
Iracting teeth without pain.
Dr. Putnam stated that he had extracted
three or four thousand teeth with the aid of
this instrument. The agent used was ice
and salt, and the instrument was so contri
ved that the application couid be made to
the smallest portion of any external part of
U U.t.l.r im-o a cmo-nlnr isiot. hfl ro-
marked" that, when applied to the gums, it
produced no pain, as it did to the outer sur-
face of the bodv. The gums were frozen
bv tho application, and the teeth extracted
ithout the slightest pain, and with no bad
consequeuces. It required bat two minutes
to etfect the purpose-
at most three or four.
Av iPrtBTANT Discovery. Dr. Ben
iamin Palmer, of Pittsfield. Miss., calls at-
- .... - , aa
teutiou, through the Nev7 lork saeoicai
Medical
Times, to the valuable medicinal properties
of the marine plant alisdium bloodgettii,
discovered bv Dr. A. E. Rue, on tho coast
of Australia.' It has been used with "the
most gratifying results ' in many cases ot
consumption and scrofulous diseases, and
Dr. P., thinks the plant may be success
fully cultivated in this country.
r3 The Hon. Win
A. Richardson of II-
Ku.m has resized his seat in the House of.
Ronresentatives. He
i l .1
. .i i irrii iai.riiia.uia. t. u i
for Governor of that State
COTTON AND CONQUEST.
From'a document"" recently laid before
Congress we gather an array of facts in re-
lation to cotton which will make every
friend of a small naval establishment rejoice
at its increased cultivation. The annual
importation of this great staple into Eng
land for the past five years, has been BaO,
000,000 of pounds, of which about one-sixth
has been thence exported, leaving 715,
000,000 for the annual home consumption.
1 T"'s 's a rather large quantity, and yet the
United States furnishes three-fourths of the
gross amount. The East Indies supply
180,000,000, which is used exclusively in
the manufacture of the finest fabrics; Bra
zil a0,000,000; Turkey, Syria and Egypt,
about Xj0,u00,000 ; the British West Indies
500.000.
Since the tariff of March, '45, cotton has
been admitted duty free into British ports,
Prior to chat date it paid, when exported
from British possessions, eight cents, and
from all other places seventy c-'nts per
ewt. of 112 pounds. It was hoped by this
tariff that Hindostan and the West Indies
would be enabled to compete with the U.
States a hope which time has proved to be
a fallacy of the first water.
The great mart for American cotton is
Liverpool, and nine-tenths of that which
England imports are taken by Liverpool
firms. Four-fifths of the whole amount are
manufactured in two counties, Lancaster
and Yorkshire counties in which the peo
ple talk of nothing but cotton, see nothing
but cotton, hear of nothing but cotton, and
whose very bread is purchased with cotton.
The average value of the staple in the
ports of this country is about nine cents
per pound, aud at the doors of tiie Manches-
ter factories twelve cents. In the year
just past the whole money value of the crop
sent to England by us was $57.(ilG,40.
Or rather, to speak more correctly, wo
should say that this has been the average
of the last four years. The value of man
ufactured cottons which Queen Victoria's
subjects export, average, annually, $112,- ;
000,000, saying nothing of the yarns which '
she exports to the amount of $33,000,000,
giving a total of $145,000,01)0.
Such being the case, who will attach to '
John Bull's want of pugnacity toward the !
United States any imputations of cowardice
John Bull is prone to crustiness at times,
and has a penchant for burning towns, but
his calculating developments are such that
he rarely enters into a scuffle before he has
"struck a qalance' and ascertained how far
the fight will pay. When an estimate of
this kind promises to drain his Exchequer,
I Mr. Bull changes the subject, and instead
of calling in the aid of Mars, invokes the
goddess of Peace. Philadelphia Evening
Journal.
WHEAT.
We have noticed for some two weeks past
the arrival of daily trains at the depot of
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Com
pany loaded exclusively with wheat from
the middle and western counties of North
Carolina, intended, we believe, for direct
shipment to New York. We are informed
to-day that about 40,000 bushels have al
ready been received, and thut 100,000 bush
els more are expected to complete the pres
ent crop that is, that part of it delivera
ble before "'corn harvesting."
The trains run through from Charlotte to
Wilmington and back, carrying goods both
ways, in three days. This latter feature in
the arrangement seems to us to be most ad
mirably adapted to facilitate and develope
the great and growing trade over this line
of road, to and from the great western coun
ties of the State. We learn that the ar
rangement is to be continued as a peruia
ment thing both ways from Goldsborough,
which will enable the merchants in the in
terior to receive their goods in three days
with certainty as far west as Charlotte.
For the perfecting of this arrangement,
which we rust will prove mutually advanta
geous to Wilmington aud to the interior, the
Engineer and Superintendent of the Wil
mington and Weldon Railroad, we know,
labored with all his mergies. Without de
tracting from others who are entitled to
credit, we think it right to give credit here
where we feel assured that credit is due.
- Wilmington Journal.
PROSPECT OF CHEAP FLOUR.
The Cincinnati Price Current estimates
' the 9"" "f heat Sphered the present j
! harTe8t M fuI1 ten lier ce,,t- Sreater thai1
has bee gathered any previous year. The ,
" i y i
: " IJ V " , b" ,
of the new wheat is excellent. The
is lull ana origin, anu perfectly dry and :
sound; and, from a careful examination of
the advices which it has received, it feels i
imifUwl in triki the following fi,mr..a n
; the quantity of wheat gathered In each
t gtate this year :
, States.
' ffffc, nr(
, Vermont
; Mase huaetts
Bushels. Statrs.
4tO,UeO Mississippi
230.000 I exas
640,000 Arkansas
4ti,0u0 Tennessee
Bushels,
500,000
1 50 t "00
3uo'ooo
3,20o,000
5,750,000
5,b00,000
14,t0,000
14,250 000
16,800,000
5,200,000
8 50 0oO .
4Joo'ooo I
1,000,000
60,000 Kentucky
16.20o.0OO , Miasouu
New Vcik
N w Jersey 1,1100,000 I lliine-is
Pennsylvania 18,50,000 Indiana
Delawaie 700.U00 Ohio
Maiyland 5.100,000 Michigan
Virginia 12,500,000 ! VV isco:,sin
N I nlma 4 -2OO.0O0
Iowa
j s. Carolina 2, lOO.uOO California
Georgia,
1,750,000 j
! Alabama l.iOU.UWi i otai
I42,83o,000
In the British Islands, at last accounts, '
j the weather was favorable, and the crops
, looked well. In France, there is some fear
j of a 8nor crop, but any deficiency will be
j largely supplied from the countries border-
ing on the Mediterranean, and perhaps in
some measure from Russia. In Russia the
crops are reported as promising well. This
prospect of cheap bread is a joyous one for
the toiling millions.
Size of the West. Illinois would make
forty such States as Rhode Island, and
Minnesota sixty. Missouri is larger than
all New England. Ohio exceeds either Ire
land or Scotland, or Portugal, and equals
Belgium and Switzerland together. Mis
sourri is more than half as large as Italy
and larger than Denmark, Holland, Belgi
um and Switzerland ; Missouri and Illinois
are larger than England, Scotland. Ireland,
j and Wales.
THE SUMMER, WHEN THE DATS
WERE LONG.
In Summer, when the days were long,
We walked together in the wood :
Our heart was light, our step was strong.
Sweet flutterings were there in our blood,
In Summer, when the days were long.
We strayed from morn till evening came,
We gathered flowers, and wove us crowns;
We walked 'mid poppies red as flame,
Or sat upon the yellow downs;
And always wished our life the same.
In Summer, when the days were long,
We leaped the hedgerow, crossed the brook ;
And still her voice flowed forth in song,
Or else she read some graceful book,
In Summer, when the days were long
Aud when we sat beneath the trees,
With shadows lessening in the noon;
And, in the sunlight and the breeze,
We feasted, many a gorgeous June,
While larks were singing o'ver the leas.
In Summer, when the days were long,
On dainty chickens, snow7 white bread,
We feasted, with no grace but song,
We plucked wild strawberries ripe and red,
In Summer, when the days were long.
We loved, aud yet we kuew it not,
For loving seemed like breathing then;
We found a Heaven in every spot;
Saw angels, too, in all good men;
And dreamed of God iu grove and grot.
In Summer, when the days are long,
Alone I wander, muse alone;;
I see her not ; but that old song
Under the fragrant wind is blown,
Iu Summer, when the days are long.
Alone I wander in the wood :
But one fair spirit hears my sighs ;
And halt I see, so glad and good,
The honest dayiight of her eyes,
That charmed me under earlier skies.
In Summer, when the days are long,
I love her as we loved of old ;
My heart is light, my step is strong,
For love brings back those hours of gold,
In Summer, when the days are long.
THE DEAD CHILD.
Few things appear so beautiful as a young
child in its shroud. The little innocent
face looks so sublimely simple and confid
ing amongst the cold terrors of death. Crime
less and fearless, that little mortal has pass
ed alone under the shadow. There is death
in its sublimest and purest image; no ha
tred, no hypocrisy, no suspicion, no care
for the morrow, ever darkened that little
face; death has come lovingly upon it; there
is nothing cruel or harsh in its victory.
The yearnings of love, indeed, cannot be
stifled; for the prattle and smile all the
little world of thoughts that were so delight
ful are gone forever. Awe, too. will over
cast us iu its presence, for the lonely voy
age ; for the child has gone, simple and
trusting, into the presence of an allwise
Father; and of such, we know, is the king
dom of Heaven.
CO-OPERATION OF THE WIFE.
No man ever prospered in the world with
out the co-operation of his wife. If she
unites in mutual endeavors, or rewards his
labors with an endearing smile, with what
confidence will he resort to his merchandise
or his farm, fly over lands, sail upon seas,
meet difficulty, and encounter danger, if
he ktiows he is not spending his strength
in vain, but that his labor will be rewarded
bv the sweets at home ? Solicitude and
disappointment enter the history of every
man's life, and he is but half provided for
thiri voyage who finds but an associate for
nappy Hours, wnne ior mourns oi uis uaris-
ness and distress, no sympathizing partner
jg prePared.
lir -vou,1g mau once P'CKeo up a sov-
eretgn lying on the road. Ever afterwards,
as ho walked ftlonS h P1 his eyes fixed
steadily on the ground iu hopes to find ano-
ther. And iu the course of a long life he
,jjd pick up, at different times, a goodly
.
number of coins, both gold and silver. But
ajj these vears, while ho was looking for
. . . ., . , . , .
them, he saw not the heavens were bright
above him and nature beautiful around.
. , . . , ,
He never once allowed his eyes to look up
from the mud and filth in which he sought
the treasure ; and, when he died a rich
Gj man jie only knew this fair earth of
ours as a dirty road in whioh to pick up mo-
ney as you walk along.
tht jllabmr utstioit.
0
PUBLISHED by beqi est of a lady.
From the Knoxville tTeun.) Presbyterian Witness
LETTER FROM DR. ROMS.
Huntsville, Ala., July 14, 1856.
Brotheb Blackburn : I affirmed in
my New York speech, that the slavery agi
tation has done, and will accomplish good.
Your very kind and courteous disagree
ment on that point, I will make the occasion
to say something more thereon, without
wishing you, my dear friend, to regard what
I write as inviting any discussion.
I said that agitation has brought out, and
would reveal still more fully, the Bible, in
its relation to slavery and liberty also, the
infidelity which long has been, and is now,
leavening, with death, the whole Northern
mind. And that it would result in the tri
umph of the true Southern interpretation of
the Bible; to the honor of God, and to the
good of the master, the slave, the stability
of the Union, and be a blessing to the world.
To accomplish this, the sin per so doctrine
will be utterly demolished. That doctrine
is the difficulty, in every Northern mind,
(where there is any difficulty about slave
ry,) whether they confess it or not. Yes,
the difficulty with every Northern man is,
that, the relation of master and slave is felt
to be sin. I know that to bo the fact. I
have talked with all grades of Northern men
and come in contact with all varieties of
Northern mind on this subject. And, I
know, that the man who says, and tries to
belitve, and does, partially in sober judg
ment, believe, that slavery is not sin, yet,
in his feelings in his educated prejudices,
he feels that slavery is sin.
Yes,, that is the difficulty, and that is the
whole of the difficulty, between the North and
the South, so far as the question is one of
the Bible and morals. Now, I again say,
that sin per se doctrine will, in this agita
tion, be utterly demolished. And when that
is done; when the North will know, and feel,
fully, perfectly, that the relation of master
and slave is not sin, but sanctioned of God.
then, aud not till then, the North aud tho
South can, and will, withort anger, consid
er the following question; whether slavery,
as it exists iu the United States, all things
considered, be or be not, a great good, aud
the greatest good for a time, notwithstanding
its admitted evils? Again; whether these
evils can, or cannot be, modified and re
moved? Lastly, whether slavery itself can
or cannot pass away from this land, and the
world ? Now, sir, the moment the sin ques
tion is settled, then all is peace. For these
other questions belong entirely to another
category of morals. They belong entirely
to the category of what is wise to realise
good. This agitation will bring this great
result. And therefore, I affirm the agita
tion to be good.
There is another fact, also the result, in
great measure, of this agitation, which in
my view proves the agitation to have been,
and to be of great good. I mean the as
tonishing rise, and present stability of the
slave power of the United States. This
fact, when examined, is undeniable. And
it is equally undeniable, that it has been
caused in great part, by the slavery agita
tion in all its bearings. It is a wonder
ful development made by God. And I
must believe he intends, thereby, either to
destroy or bless this great Union. But as
I believe he intends to bless, therefore I am
fortified iu affirming the good there has
been, and is, in this agitation. Let me bring
out to view this astonishing fact.
1. Twenty -five years ago, and previ
ously, the whole slaveholding South and
West had a strong tendency to emancipa
tion, in some form. But the abolition ag
itation then began, and arrested that South
ern and Western leaning to emancipation.
Many people have said, and do say, that,
that arrest was, and is, a great evil. I say
it was, and is, a great good. Why ? An
swer : It was, and would now be, prema
ture. Had it been carried out it would have
been, and would now be, evil, immense, in
conceivable to master, slave, America,
Africa, and world ; because neither master,
slave, America, Africa, the world were, or
are ready for emancipation. God has a great
deal to do before he is ready for emancipa
tion. He tells us so by the arrest put up
on that tendency to emancipation years ago.
For He put into the hearts of abolitionists
to make the arrest. And He stopt the South
ern movement, all the more perfectly, by
permitting Great Britain to emancipate Ja
maica, and letting that experiment prove,
as it has, a perfect failure, and a terrible
warning. JAMAICA IS DESTROYED.
And now, whatever be done for its negroes,
must be done with the full admission that
what has been attempted was in violation of
the duty Britian owed to those negroes.
But her failure in seeing and doing her du
ty, God has given us to teach us knowledge;
and, through us, to instruct the world, in
the demonstration of tho problem of slavery-
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2. God put it into the heads of Northern
men especially abolitionists to give Tex
as to the South. Texas a territory so vast
that a bird, as Webster said, can't fly over
it in a week. Many in the South did not
want Texas. But many longer-headed ones
did want it. And Northern men voted, and
gave to the South, exactly what these longer-headed
Southern statesmen wanted.
This, I grant, was Northern anti-slavery
fatuity, utterly unaccountable, but that God
made them do it.
3. God put it into the hearts of Northern
men-
and especially abolitionists to vote
for Polk, Dallas and Texas. Thit gave us
the Mexican War; and that immense terri
tory, its spoil. A territory which, although
it may not be favorable for slave labor, has
increased, and will, in many ways, extend
the slave power.
4. This leads me to say that God put it
into the hearts of many Northern men, es
pecially abolitionists, to believe what Great
Britain said, namely : that free trade would
result in slave emancipation. But lo! the
slaveholder wanted free trade. So, North
ern abolitionists helped to destroy tho tariff
policy ; and thus to expand the demand for,
and the culture of cotton. Now, see tho
gold of California has perpetuated free trade,
by enabling our merchants to meet tho en
ormous demand for specie created by free
trade. So, California helps the slave pow
er. But the abolitionists gave us Polk, the
Mexican War, and California.
5. God put it into the hearts of the North,
and especially abolitionists, to stimulate the
settlement of new free States, and to be the
ardent friends of an immense foreign emi
gration. The result has been, to send down
to the South, with railroad speed and cer
tainty, com, wheat, flour, meal, bacon,
pork, beef, and every other imaginable form
of food, in quantity amazing, and so cheap,
that the planter can spreud wider, aud wider
tho culture of cotton.
6. God has, by this growth of the North
west, made the demand for cotton enor
mous in the North and Northwest. Again,
He has made English and French experi
ments, to procure cotton some where clso
than from the United States, dead failures.
In the East Indies ; Egypt, Algeria ; Bra
zil. God has thus given to tho Southern
planter an absolute monopoly. A monopo
ly so great, that he, the Southern planter,
sits now upon his throne of cotton, and
wields the commercial sceptre of the world.
Yes, it is the Southern planter who says to
day, to haughty England, go to war, if you
dare ! Yes, He who sits on the throno of
the cotton bag has triumphed at last over
him who sits on the throne of the wool sack.
England is prostrate at his feet, as well as
the abolitionists.
7. God has put it into the hearts of abo
litionists to prevent half a million of free
negroes from going to Liberia; and thereby
tho abolitionists have made them consumers
of slave products to the extension of the
slave power. And by thus keeping them in
America the abolitionists have so increased
their degradation, as to prove all the moro
the utter folly of emancipation in tho Unit
ed States.
8. God has permitted the anti-slavery
men in the North, in England, in France,
and everywhere, so to bliud themselves in
hypocrisy, as to give the Southern slave
holder his last perfect triumph over them.
For God tells the planter to say to tho North,
to England, to France, to all who buy cot
ton : " Ye men of Boston, New York, Lon
don, Paris ye hypocrites ye brand me as
a pirate, a kidnapper, a murderer, a demon
fit only for hell and yet, ye buy my blood
stained cotton. 0 ! ye hypocrites. Ye Bos
ton hypocrites why don't ye throw the cot
ton in the sea, as your fathers did the tea?
Ye Boston hypocrites ye say if we had
been in the days of our fathers, we would
not have been partakers with them in the
blood of the slave trade ? Wherefore, ye bo
witnesses unto yourselves that ye are the
children of them who, in fact, kidnapped,
and bought in blood, and sold the slave in
America ! For now, ye hypocrites ye
buy the blood-stained cotton in quantity so
immense, that ye have run up the price of
slaves to be more than a thousand dollars,
the average of old and young ! 0 ! ye hy
pocrites ye denounce slavery, then ye bid
it live, and not die, in that ye may buy su
gar, rice, tobacco, and above all, cotton !
Ye hypocrites ye abuse the devil, aud then
fall down and worship h'tn ! Ye hypocrites
ye New England hypocrites ye old En
gland hypocrites ye French hypocrites
ye Uncle Tom's Cabin hypocrites ye
Beecher hypocrites ye Rhode Island Con
sociation hypocrites. O! your holy twad
dle stinks in the nostrils of God, and he
commands me to lash you with my scorn,
and His scorn, so long as yo gabble about
the sin of slavery, and then how down to
me. and buy, and spin cotton and thus
work for me as truly as my slaves. 0! ye
fools and blind fill ye up the measure of
your folly and blindness, and shame. And
this ye are doing. Ye have, like the French
infidels, made reason jour goddess, and are
exalting her above the Bible. And in your
unitarianistn and neology and all modes of
infidelity, ye are rejecting aud crucifying
the Son of God."
Now, my brother, this controlling slave
power, is a world wide fact. Its statistics
of bales, count- by millions. Its tonnage
counts by hundreds of thousands. Its man
ufacture is reckoned by the workshops of
America and Europe. Its supporters are
numbered by all who must thus be clothed
in the world. This tremendous power has
been developed in a great measure by the
Abolition agitation controlled by od. I
believe, then, as I have already said, that
God intends one of two things ; be either
intends to destroy the United States by this
slave power, or he intends to bless my
country and the world by the unfolding of
his wisdom in this matter. I believe be will
bless the world in the working out of this
slavery. I rejoice, then, in the agitati ;s
whioh has so resulted, aud will so termi
nate, to reveal the Bible, and bless mau
kind. Your affectionate friend,
F. A. ROSS
Rev. A. Blackbubk.
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