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' tlflboutI ticHoclift.OUHWolelion(11 I milloft• by i hobof ■ (wl Ihoi parpm1[CuMMUMlCATHli. |At a respectable mooting of tlm Inhabitants of St. Simons and Jokol (aland, to take intocon-sideratinn tho seditions ami iniom'otvomvry proceedings of .t Fanatical Society at New-k ork, who have presumed to address some ol their superstitious, stupid and vile publications to the Fo-t Office of Frederica op tins Island. Colonel ii az/.Aim was called to the (Muir, a:ul James F. Gould, Lsq. appointed Seoiefarv, when the following Preamble and Resolutions were otfored, and oUer sotii discussion on a substitute olFerod by Mr. John Courr.n, Sen. (which was withdrawn) they weie tin mituoiisly adapted.VVItilo wo know how to discriminate between the Fanatics, Garrison, Thompson. Tappnnaud their colahorers m thurobherv ofnnr property, the sacrifice of our lives, and the utter rum of our country—and those high-minded Citizens, trho resist their designs at the North, and who wo cannot loo highly applaud, for their generous elVorta to piesrvc? a Government our Fatliers intended should secuioto us uninnmirablo and mnuolos* ted, the right to possess slave property; we cannot but feel, that it is our duty; nay, the imperative duty of every Southerner, to unite against our most malignant traducoiv, and tin? deadly enemies of our peace and safety, who ace lightingthe torch, to apply to our dwellings, and sharpening the ki.ilo for our throats, and ourinnoccm w ives aud children, to call on the sous ol the SoutAjtorally under one banner, otto nrinciplo; Southern Rights, Southern safety, and defy the world in arms.!!If ever Abolition was practicable, says a dts-tingu.-,icd writer, it is impracticable now: e\ clt;?pt mom way, the extermination of the Southern People. Let Abolitionists know this, anil know that nothing can be more certainly, more infallibly true! Let them. then.ask whateffect* these insidious publications, sent to our Post Of*lice, will have on the present happy condition ol j so! our d.av.'s/ We answer, to add man weight j tei to bondage and render it indissoluble !!How contemptible the superstitious and kna-vi si Pliikmthriipy oftbe.se designing and bigoted in pocryts must appear io every reflecting miud, when they cant about the evil of Slavery, ami attribute to it the prevalence of Cholera,.and the introduction ol Uatholics, as an evidence of Gods wrath; when Cholera has visited every climate, j and Catholics are the must ancient Christians on t tiie ulobe, their own citizens are actually murdering and cruelly beating the Blacks, firing their houses, and robbing them of a miserable pittance in RhiladelphiU, .New-York,and other places, under the eyv of this base combination of Garrison, Tnoinpson, Tap pan. Co.. while otu salves are enjoying the most perfect security ami lrt?ed im from excessive labor, the most lawlessli prosimkmtrieHerwitproInot lii am the of I libi tralio’ce;1 tv ItasVVPialltoeriniriots and violence, so frequently iuflictlid on theI Blacks of the North, without exciting ono feel-irntrn.•scsmg of commiseration, our euort to relieve them; w inch tnigm be done by 'appropriating to the Colonization Society, tiie ,dO,tldU to he wasted m Abolition Publications.It is ,i tact, known to every planter of the South,that our slaves, at some s • isons of' the year, do mil labor half tho day to accomplish tlvAvork required,while it is a matter of record before the Committee of \V.iys and Means in Congress, that the laborers in Novjievn Manufactures aiorequired to work from tlic earliest dawu of day, to 9 o(lock at nigh;M'he condition of our slaves are therefore implicitly more independent, cmnlbrtublo and free, tJia.i those over-worked and oppressed laborers, as they are clothed and fbjl—have as much land as they can cultivate— raise uh abundance of poultry, to exchange for tf.j comforts and souiu ol liiu luxuries of life; and when sick, or the intimities ofa faithful old age seed res to them such a freedom as the hypocrits and fanatics of this uholl-tion mania will never atibrd them, then wants are supplied and they are carefully attended in a comfortable Hospital on must plantations; because it is the the interest of a master to relieveLivvtriPiedit.spu\ai!}P‘r\sitithlvhia!SitlCl;scvi*C(iiatiouavliVce.orussi-88If/.meInc.inicliivilofatelifichie[ nr#*iga-thetheacklu.-Cirv.Me is tin-trodoing.to i lithe sutteruigs of his slave. It is l.is plcasuic to s;-t? them contented. rv.ieh are the relations be-?(j j tween master and servant, and these vile Abolitionists, these Diiiitniunistsaiid Anarchists would ir-! s.jvvr, and such are tin happy people they wish , to cast unprovided for upon a wide and pitiless world MThe South, it is tn.°, apprehends no permanent evil; l)'tt the bloody tragedy of Southampton and .Missisij»pi. is loo recount to foiget what u night might uchieveona local theatre of delude,) and excited actors,and both as it respects iiis immediate comfort and future happiness, the slave may bitterly curse the in t?rfe ranee of Nor them Fanatics! !tic it therefore Resolved, That as the fourth ar-n* 1 tide of the Constitution of the United .Slates,a, | provides, that no person held to set rice or lubor in one Staled under the laws thereof', escaping into another, shall in consequence of any I,no or re. •illation therein, hr discharged from such service or labor, hut shall be ((cheered tip on claim of the party to whom such service ur labor may be due, that werecommend to our fellow citizens of Georgia, to raise twenty thousand dollars, if necessary, to employ Attorneys to proceed to the North am claim every Have that has. or may hereafter escape from Georgia—ach claimant describing his slave uud his probable residence to the Attorney, appointed ui a meeting i»i the subscriber*.O'soloed, As the a hove died article further guarantee* to every State a republican form of government and wilJ protect each of them asm is! ino iS'.aa\ and on uppbradon of the Legislature, or lt;t tii:: Lxecutivo (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic riulrnee, and as vv,: consider the bolding of slaves as \w|| as oilier property a most perfect and constitutional ri-ifit, and believe tin* ill directed zeal of Abolitionists eminently calculated to destroy our Republican Government, and inevitably produce priv conspiracy,rebellion and domestic violence',' v’e earnestly ivqu-'-tlfitiLxcelloney (joveruor Lumpkin, to call me utteution of the President of.u United states to the late proceedings ofGurrison, riioinpsou, Tappan and others, m N',.vv \ ork, and the conveyance of their infamous publications by the U.S. Mail.In solved. I’ll tour Senator and Representatives consult their friend*in the Legislature,as to the pas age of,t law admitting negro evidence, when white cannot bn procured in a Magistrate's Court,to convict awhile man ofdi-triimtiug Abolition publications and exciting insurrection.On motion of Capt. C. Du Bignon.it was u-naimnou.slyRnolvcd, That we entertain the highest admiration for the firm and patriotic letter read l»v the. Chairman to this meeting, from tin* Right Rev. Bishop nglnnd of Charleston, South Carolind, to O’Connell, in consequence of IG; late libel on the slave holding States* our cause,supported by the liberality and ability of such pious divines, must triumph over bigotry and fanaticism. Resolved, Tlmtacopy of the above be signedgu-ofidurnchther anr.-1dinttheap-nphandbutveryim*irill-ableiavcinto li-isaanderu-#it— rest.b^r the presidingollicers, and atldressed tlt;» IiisLxcelleney, and another to the Rrvuhlii. __________ ipuhlican Officefor publication and that the Georgian and all other papers fiivorabl i to Southern Rights and Southern safety, he requested to insert the same, and address ft printed copy inclosing the siditious publication received at ibis office to Messrs. (ramson. Thompson, Tappan it Co. of New York, with the request that they will annex the same to their future publjeatioiiH that an unprejudiced iudgeir ?ntm iv h- formed.VV.M. WIIKJ IIAZZARD, Chairman.James f. (joui.n. Secretary.Club llou.se, St. Simons, Ana. 23, 181)5.
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Savannah Daily Savannah Republican
Savannah, Georgia, US
Fri, Aug 28, 1835
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