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I bi-ini' nut? t» a niretV Upii 1l..- rrk.liW tivv-. strength I • :l iJ. ami ;.iihai(lililt;’s (l ”ovesus«»ii.n:g. if iH-rMs-jiry, a S«.i1hmi H-nn immense powei anil n.iluer * e lieii* imant . jrMef « i!h tin* suga- ami cotton planter.* of Louis. . lt;1k|h( tana. ‘‘Peace hath her victories, as well as . f (war.” 1; the sugai planters of oui Stare, j alone, would withhold their shipment from \ Cincinnati, Boston, Philadelphia,and New !f|\ ork this season, it would be a rebuke and a ! w j ( j on to the fanatics of the North far more potent than all the threats fulminated Dy the -css or tire-eating Congressmen ; the latter -e harmless words, lacking the enngetic ; M'*w staining power «.t the Southern jeople. *ver he l »rmer touche* the Yank.- in hi; moet J n*° v 11Ineiable pait—his pocket No other argti- ! t,on ' ruent or thresr has any force witji him; and. nl ^ ^i,Vs the horrors ot civil war, there is no debt. ?Sson so saiu.ary a* that which can. this Line eason. be adn inistered by sugar planters. diirii:Have not the pa*npne«l luun lsth.it are beii u baying at us b?en fed lung enough by South- crim-ern patronage f Is it p$/-ilib that the chiv- migh airy and genen-ity « i Louisiana is to become ,»fu 1 a byword, and that our planters wili s'il! j {s,j , kneel at the shr ne oJ pecuniary inteu-t. j.when all that ilt; noble and patriotic in their '' hearts point u;t a charge in their business 1policy? t|It would be interesting; to know bow ^ ^ many commission houses in the cities I have ^ ^ ^ ' named have gown ivccithy on the? patronage ^ ^ ^: of oui State alone. It makes no sort of d:(T-' '-recce whether these houses be 01 be not I [nt i sound on the slavery question ; their locality ' “P i' sufficient, ami Southern patronage has been S?4',JT I m.-.de indirectly to tVi the mo .ths out | eiji-luic.'. and build up prosperity in rif.e* *‘,,e ‘ J where a Southern plantei's slave wind be;n.rc.l iy taken from him. and sub- j :4, jlt;pet«J iiivuh. I till- I('ii.eiunati has become amaiket foriiiiect *JI coii'ignmeiits of bo ill sugar and cotton, and ^ • t . . great an ex’, i t that htr .*o:L»n bnJ | eir i si.rjii'Sed in ex'c.t lt;.•:,!y by her n:-\ii wrew [ tr Concentrate the patronage lb T i.a r,'Pri1h.-. . iavi-fifel upon Ibis Bla-k R-pul.-i.j .in aui ■ !w .-IM.-.- or Iliu -V.-rth and Ku-t i £ J„!, upon the citv of New t»ilcan. and in a I w , ab »•(enemies me. • pvii u sing e Presidential can.i.ni.Pe. suiely we nil bu uniled in m.oiimon m j afj ably correct as that, at all b»/anls mid sacrifices. our hone markets ami home inauofactores and South* rn meichants lt;ho‘*Id have undivided patronage and support.Aside from seif-iesj ect ai d patiiidisn:. planters have this sea.*lt; r. th-ir inleie*s In look to. The priidei.. e » i sum ,,men'smay well ie doulded when ti.e wholevo'n-trv se. m threatened with discord ami civil war. Ii.ves:merits, aies, and confidence ir ineichmro of Sou:In*in markets. arc beLer p aced at oil times, hut more especially intimes like She*.*.Let planters, then, bell at home, or send theii crops to New On cans. If the Wife-Awakes want Son the in pioduce. let them fi'iiie for it, hty, and pay lur it hfre. Then our cotlun ni d sugar markets will cense To he ruled by those of the North, aid our money maikets fice from much, if not all, of the in Hue nee of Wall street.All that legislative and conventional enact* meuls can efleet, cannot, and will not, have the power that lies in the hands ol our sugar planters. Let them see to it that this power is wielded with a unanimous and telling effect. Yours respectfully,$C»i::h i;rn SrrRn.rily.fof lii^ RO diiThe Bardabism ok Slavery.—By the Bo-hfintioH we obtain the following pleasant little news item :Jifrun.—The human sacrifices at Dahomey far exceeded tbe nu-rber reported- The victims were reckoned by thousands.Even those who do not admire Arrrrican slavery may infer that ‘he negioes in the South a re rjuite as well off as they would be under the benignant rule of Da homey :s King.A very large pnition ol the sl-tve* have been cnriverted to Christianity, and those who have traveled through Europe, where women I tow (iie canal treats, or yoked with dogs, are I employed as beasts of burlen. or in wretched manufactories toil till health and life are lost, are inclined to think that the condition of the duces'; slr.ves jt far more enviaMe ; but when ......trastcd with tint of subjects of His Majesty i t i a I f v of Dahomey, ought it not to reconcile us ' p-rhanot k after cutio educf fluent party fa milthe o to the Souththe o«someof the ke| ture o to lie upon t•cmewhat to the peculiar institution?”—Philadelphia Evening Jou nul.The fA woggish darkey, who was waiting at the table at the pmce’s ball in Montreal, was beset by a bev«y of young ladies for the glass from which royalty haddiunk. They were j . shown the glas*.and then inquired the very ! *nr ol place which royal lips had touched. This w,Jl b was also shown, when the girls applied their own “cleft rosebuds” to the glass at the designated place. Afler his beautiful ceremony was over, one of the damsels, doubting some, inquired if the colored person was sure of his statement. “Ah, yit. Missus; I want for to drink after the prince myself, so! watch him and drink dai just afore ye come.” The meeting was adjourned immediately,Thf Kisl.ei future tical t.HerJibertjdom.
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Sugar Planter
Port Allen, Louisiana, US
Sat, Nov 17, 1860
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