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FYom the Charleston Mercury.
Remarks of I. W. HAVRE, Esq.,
At the Meeting at Hibernian Hall, Thursday Evening,
October 3, 1H50. '
Mr. Chairman awd Fki.low-Citizcks:?I do I
not doubt tltut the objects of the meeting, as ex- j
plained by the Chair, receive the hearty concurrence
of all here assembled. It would be as inappropriate
at this day, as it is unnecessary, to enter
upon a discussion of Southern wrongs: the argument,
we all feel, has long since been exhausted; I
and an elaborate consideration of the mode and 1
measure of redress would be, at this time, pre- '
in,lure and inopportune. A series of acts hate, ; 1
in very deed, consummated that state of things j \
which South Carolina, in common with most of j i
her sister States of the South, stands pledged to ! I
resist, ?'at all hazards and to the last extremity."
The South has not only been cheated and de- I
j. i -r ..i" . ; ..
irauueu ui uci tan miaic ui lerruory, in lOK ac- I 1
quisition of which she has expended more than j
her fair share of,blood and treusuce; but we have, j
as a people, been ignominiously excluded from j
every part of its soil. And the miserable shills 1
and bald devices by which it litis been attempted j
to reconcile her to pulpaple injustice, and niamlfcst!'
degradation, from a position of equality in the | '
community of States, have aggravated the insult I 1
of the "oppressors wrong." Never in the Halls
of Congress has slavery been more bitteg^y tie- jf
nounced, never has the spirit of Abolition agita- j1
non reared u bolder and prouder crest than in the |
late session at Washington. Not only has the 1
slave trade, hy a Federal act, been abolished ir. |
the District of Columbia, but instead of visiting !
the offender with a penalty, the slave introduced j1
is on account of the master's breach of the law,
to be emancipated by Federal legislation. Not 1
only are we excluded from all new soil acquired,
but a part, of Texas is purchased for free-soil purposes.
But we are spared," it is said, " the |
gratuitous insult of the Wilmot Proviso." And
why? Not that they admit that we have any
right to claim such forbearance; not that tliey usk
to be understood ns waiving on their purt the intention
to enact it whenever it might be necessary
to secure to themselves a foot of soil which otherwise
might become ours; not that they regard our
threatened resistance as more than the empty
railings of impotent discontent, but because say
they?they openly proclaim it?" We can effect
the self-same results by other nieuus, and we will
generously afford you an excuse to submit:
" We cannot alter tilings" they say,
" But by G we'll ciiunge their names, sir."
" We will drop the Wilmot Proviso eo nomine?
we will call it non-intervention.' It is true you
lose all you contended for, but you had better
make a virtue of necessity?we will cull this a
* Compromise,'and be assured it is the best you
can get." And Southern men hnve echoed the
craven cry: " it is the best we can get."
Other means have been adopted, the end has
been attained, we are cheated out of still more territory.
And have we by the ignominious concession,
bought even an inglorious peace? No, not
so much as a day's truce. The beagles still bay ut
our heels. Seward and his pack mingled tlieirdis
curuam uaraiuigs wnn (tie .ouu lioznnnss wliicll
Souther men served to swell in rejoicings over this
notable " Adjustment."
Thank God this " adjustment," as they fondly
term it, has to be passed upon by the sovereign
States*bf the South. Until these have acquiesced
in the degradatinn we claim still to be the equals of
the North.
I feel, however, that I detain you from what is
better than speaking. We have already "had
something too much of this." In these times
true eloquence does indeed consist, to use t!,e
language of the Grecian Orator, hut in a nobler
sense?in "action, action, action." It is the heginning
of" action," we propose this night. Let
us organize. Let us prepare for that consultation
and concert which alone can render action effectual.
What means more potent for this purpose
than affiliated societies throughout the South,
embodying the sentiment of each locality, acting
and reacting on each other and affording at all
times facilities for rapid and easy communication?
A friend present has a constitution prepared, i
after consultation with other friends and careful I
comparison with the constitutions of similar us-1
sociations elsewhere. It is simple and cotnpre-1
henaive, and 1 doubt not will meet with the con-\
currence of all who have the great object at heart
of eventual deliverance.
Fellow-citizens, a very few words more and ]
have done.
For myself, I confess 1 see no ultimate remedy
but disunion; " to this complexion it must coin'!
at laBt." But, 1 can speak but for uti individual,
from the response just beard, 1 may ascume thatl
speak your sentiments, but we cannot speak fur
South Carolina. And were South Carolina in position
to speak for herself, she would, 1 trust, remember
that other Stales are subject to tlie same
erievance with herself, and are alike pledged to resistance.
South Carolina would be willing, 1 presume,
to resort to any remedy which the other
Stales, in like circumstances with herself, might
xii good faith deem effectual, even though she I
herself believes it to be nugatory. She will try
any thing,is prepared for any thing but submission.
Sir, twenty years ago, the great statesman of
Massachusetts threatened us with a" Hemp tax,"
and pictured jeeringiy the ignoble fate of a death
" without touching the ground." The great
Kentucky statesman has renewed the cry ofSouth
Carolina " treason " and lha threat nf flip " trni.
tor's doom." Aye, and it was called forth by
^words uttered in this hall near this very spot.
Sir, proverbially, " catching comes before hanging,'
and whether it Le attempted in person or
by proxy, these gentlemen might be practically
taught that there are indeed " tw o ends to a ropeSir,
"treason, "in my vocabulary, implies falsehood,
a betrayal of some trust reposed, the use
for selfish ends of power conferred, in opposition
to the wishes and interests of those conferring it.
Let the great Kenluckian look to himself and
some of his coadjutors, representing slaveholding
States, whose rights, interests and honor they
have sacrificed in political manoeuvring and the
game of President-making. "Oit? withers are unwrung."
We betray no trust. We are true to
our kindred, our homes, and firesides. We are
not found boasting that we would trend with hostile
foot the soil in which rest the bones of our
ancestors, and where live those to whom nature
has bound us by holiest ties. We have not lost,
in unbounded admiration, for the distant Government
which confers Presidentships and Foreign
Ernliassies and Secretaryships, all respect for tliut
nearer and more pervading power which has protected
our persons and property?the persons and
property of our fathers before us?and to Whose
protection we expect to leave our children after
us?our Government at home, which has never
threatened or oppreHsed us, but which fosters and
cheriahes us, and, exhibiting a mother's love
challenges the best affections of her sons. Sir, in
this question of allegiance, "the head may learn n
useful lesson from the heart." The Tories of
the revolution who plundered and burnt the1
dwellings and massacred the sleeping families of
their nearest neighbors, could have presented an
argument in favor of their notions of allegiance,
which Mr. Clay would in vain attempt to equal.
They belonged to the same expansive school of
loyalty, and philanthropy, and yet they have
met the execrations of all posterity. We have
no faith in those affections whose circumference is
ao extended that we cannot find a centre to the
circle. South Carolina is our centre, and we insist
that it is no treason "to love her," even
though it should be "death to defend." "A felon's
death" forsooth ! All. diHii'imtn. the incur
nal? God himself died (he deuih of the'cross, died
between two thieves, und the charge against him
was treaeon. Do tiiese gentlemen imagine that
eloquent and elevated as they are, they can attach
a stigma to the /ate of UtiBsell and of Sydney.
Fellow-citizens, there may be danger in disunion?aye,
there in danger; we can brave that; hut
there ia no disgrace. 1 have a peculiar right to
deepiae thia taunt, and to hurl hack on those
who utter it, my scorn and defiance. Whatever
of pride of anceatry I possess, rests upon tny reverence
for one who died upon the "gallows"?one
who paid Mr. Webster's "hemp-tax," who died
that "awkward death in the air, without touching
the ground;" one of Mr. Clay's "traitors,"
who met that "doom" which he now threatens;
and I here pledge myaelf that when South Carolina
commands, that traitor's grandson will not
shrink from obeying tier, though " treason " and
"gallowa" were hiaaed from the moutha of fortv
thousand Clays, and all yankeedom echoed with
the aound. Why ia it that taunts like these are
o constantly directed towards South^Carolina ?
"Hemp," "treason" and "South Carolina" are a
favorite aaaociation. Mr. Chairman, BelIon a
hereai/ could not have bellowed bigger or bloodier I
worda than did certain senators and representatives
from other Southern States in the rarlierj
pmri of the session of Congress. The voice off
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8*mproniua himself vw not louder " for war"
than that of wine of these word-valiant gentlemen.
Yet they were spared the taunt as tp
"hemp," and "treason," and the threat m "ovti* j
whelming regiments." Was if thai their words ]
were known to be "mere sound and fury, signify- j
11 ig nothing i" Waa it that South Carolina only j
hue been thought to be in earnest, that the at- !
tempt has been made to stigmatize her peculiar- j
ly f Or wkis it to isolate her und cut her oft' from
the sympathies of her sisters of the South ?? J
Whether the object be to frigthen us, or to render j
us odious, or to exasperate arid provoke us into j
premature action, the mad-dog cry has lost its
power. It has become a familiar sound and has :
ceased to startle.
"We bide our time." If South Carolina forbears
to take forthwith that action she most approves,
it is not through fear of Mr Clay, or his
lieutenants North or South, morally' or physically,
tongue or sword. It is because of her respect for
her sister States, pledged like herself to a common ;
resistance. She would not willingly jeopard the
interests and honor of those embarked with her
in u common bottom. So that these do not mistake
her, South Carolina is content
With renewed apologies for the detention, I
?ive place to the business which lias called you i
together. i
From the Houston (Texas) Telegraph.
Public Mlisting.?Agreeably to public notice,
* large number of the citizens ol the city ot
Houston, Texas, convened at the Old Capitof, on j
he evening of theSOth nIt , to deliberate on the
question* growing out of our Santa Fe relations
<virh the General Government. i
The Hon. Francis Moore, Jr., Mayor of the i
ity, was called to the Chair, and Thomas Har-1
iaon, esq.,'was appointed Secretary.
The Chairman briefly and eloquently explained '
lie objects of the meeting.
On motion of Hon. Harvey H. Allen, a comniitee
of fifteen was appointed to draft resolutions
expressive of the sense of nieetimr.
The Chairman appointed the following gentlemen
on said committee: Hon. H. II. Allen, E.
W. Taylor, James Bailey, Dr. H. C. Parker,
E. A. Palmer, esq., W. R. Baker, S. K. Mcllhenriey,
Dr. C. McAnelly, Gon. E. B. Nichols,
T. M. Bagby, A. McGowen, Paul Bremond, J.
B. Hogan, Col. C. L. Dell, T, Stansbtiry.
The committee, after a short retirement, by
their chairman, reported the following resolutions
as unanimously adopted in committee:
1. Resolved, That weloveand cherish the Union,
as transmitted to us by Washington, Jefferson
and Adams, and their compatriots, and in its
support " we pledge our lives, our fortunes, and
our sacred honor.
2. Resolved, That the people of Texas are prosperous
and happy, unci tltey will not become the
instruments of ambitious and mercenary faction
ists in other States, to destroy the most perfect I
ftthric of Government hitherto transmitted to men,
and to peril the progress of civil liberty and republican
institutions throughout the world.
3. Resolved, That to send troops to Santa Feto
enforce the jurisdiction of Texas over her northwestern
territory, after the avowals of the Cabinet
at Washington, would result in war with the
United-States, and is impolitic and improper in
the present state of nffnirs.
4. Resolved, Tliut inasmuch as the Senate of the
United Stales, and probably both Houses ofCongress,
have passed a bill to adjust our northern
boHiidarypand pay Texas an equivalent for the
surrender of her territory exterior to the limits
fixed by staid bill, and if the same shall become a
law, it must be accepted or rejected by the legislature
of t4iis State, it is the duty of the legislature
to await the result of the public sentiment of the
Sta'e, before taking any step adverse to the propositions
contained in said bill.
5. Resolved, Thut the school fund now accumulated
in the treusury is solemnly and sacredly set
apart by .the constitution for the ?du ation of the
youth of this State; and that to divert it to uny
other use or purpose whatsoever, is n direct and
palpable violation of that instrument, entirely subversive
of the will and wishes of the people, and
must inevitably defeat the Important object to
which it was so solemnly dedicated.
6. Resolved, That this meeting heurtily approve
of the action of our senators in Congress, on all
the momentous issues that have been presented to
that body during the present session.
7. Resolved, That we appiove the patriotic and :
decisive course of Gov. Bell, in calling the extra j
session of the Legislature, under the circumstances j
existing at the lime the cull was made; and that j
from ibe wisdom, experience, and patriotism j
heretofore manifested by that body, we have entire
confidence that it will apply the same princi- |
pies end motives to its action on all the importnnt
questions now submitted or to be submitted to it at
this extra session.
8. Resolved, That copies of these resolutions,
with the proceedings of this meeting, he transmitted
to our senator and representatives in the
Legislature, and tlmt they be requesU-d to lay
them before that body.
A motion was then made by Mr. Wm. Clark, i
' to adopt the resolutions of the Committee.
On motion of Wm. J. Harden, esq., the fol- j
Inu'intr ivmi?Iii f inn si u'itp ntfV?ri?tl i%u n fciinatif iiIr for I
tl?c resolutions of committee:
Resolved, That we disapprove of the Compro-!
twise bill, known as Pearce's bill, and will use all j
proper means to oppose and reject the same.
Resolved, That we view the features of said bill
as insidious and dangerous to the well being und
prosperity ofTexus.
A warm debate here ensued. The Hon. H.
H. Allen advocated the resolutions of the committee,
and 13. P. Tankersley, S. N. Tompkins,
and Win. J. Dardeit, esqs., opposed them.
On motion of Dr. J. S. Roberts, the substitute |
of Mr. Da id en was laid on the table. Motion to j
adjourn by 13. F. Tankersley, esq., lost.
The question then recurring on the motion of
Mr. Win. Clark, the resolutions of the committee
were adopted.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
FRANCIS MOORE, Jh., Chairman. !
Titos. Harriso.v, Secrelury.
Resolutions tassed at the Mass Meet
ting at Town Creek Church, on the 27th
ult.?Whereas, in our opinion, an important
crisis has arrived in the history of this Government,
in which are involved the dearest interests
of the South?Iter political rights, her honor,
and future safety?and whereas resolutions have
been almost unanimously adopted by the Legislatures
of the Southern States, and by the people
in their primary assemblies to the effect, that
the enactment of the Wilmot proviso, would be j
resisted by them to the last, extremity. And
whereas, by the admission of California into the j
Union, contrary to all precedent, and constitutional
law?anil by refusing to assert the repeal j
of the Mexican law, which abolished slavery,
and which is maintained to hold now in the j
ceded territories, Congress has virtually, and to ;
all intents an! purposes, enacted the Wilmot
Proviso, and enforced the great principle thereof,
to wit:?the exclusion of slaveholders from all j
the territories belonging to the United States;
and whereas, the abolition of the slave trade j
in the District of Columbia i-< evidently but'
j the entering wedge to the abolition of slavery in
I said District, as well as in the Navy Yards,
j Forts and public Arsenals, located in the slaveholding
States.? and to still further encroachments
upon the rights of (he South, as shadowed
forth by Hale, Chase and Seward, of Congress.
Therefore,
1. Resolved, That wo have cherished a warm
and devoted attachment to the Union?having
I been taught to believe it to be the '"Ark of our
] safety" and the "Palladium of our Constitution
! n! liberty," but long continued agressions on the
part < f the North, have not only compelled us
to calculate its value, but to adopt such measures
as will best secure the rights purchased by the
blood of our sires,
i 2. Rt-suited, That there are greater evils than
| disunion, and when a confederated Government
j fails to protect the citizens of the different States
| in the enjoyment of equal rights and privileges
?and instead of maintaining justice and equnlitv,
adopts measures that cannot fail to destroy
| both?it is the duty *nd privilege of the States
i thus aggrieved, at once, to dissolve the political
bands which bind thein together.
3. Ue.solrrrL, That the action of the North for
many years past, r.r.d especially a series of incisures
enacted by the present Congress, evince
1 a settled determination on the part ofthe North
I to deprive the South of equality in the Govern1
ment, ard are such as will steadily nnd surely
; lend to an nlteation of the Constitution, to the
i Abolition of negro slavery, and to the final ruin
of the South.
I 4. Rtmlved, That the late Congressional acts
are in themselves measures fraught with sufficient
wrong and injustice to the South, to justify
the secession of every Southern State?but that,
taken as great land marks indicating * radical'
' change in the chaaatev of this Govermueol
; transforming it fiwi Cpbfederaey of sovere^gi
I States into aeonfeQfcratdlvdeinocnicy?the/ nri
| fell of instruction and warding to the true fmndi
of liber y everywhere.
6. Resolved, That we can -no longer look t<
Congress lor a defence of Houthern rights?tlia
she is but a tool in the hands of political op
pressors, who are engaged in riveting the ehaim
of despotism upon the already degraded ant
down trodden South.
6. Resolved, That the feelings and the pan
siunsof the people of the free States, eogenderet
by the prejudices of education, have maturet
into a settled hatred of every thing Southern
nnd the onward march of abolitionism?appeal
I ing, as it is made to do, to the religious sentiment
of s whole people, and wielded ns a politic*,
weapon, with the power of u Hercules, in tht
hands of unprincipled demagogues, imperatively
demands t f the people of tne South a bold and
determined stand for justice?and the Constitu
tion having failed to secure it, we unfurl tht
banner-of Independence, and il permanent dissolution
ensues, we wash our hands of the blarue
and point to our oppressors.
7. Readied, That by the Missouri Compromise
the South said to the North, we will nol
cross the line of 36 (leg. 30 mill., and the North
said to the South, to that line we will go and
no farther, with our anti-slavery enactments?
hut by admitting California into the Union, with
boundaries include a large portion of territory
south of 36 deg. 30 min., and that, too, in opposition
to the expressed wishes of the people
thereof, the Noith has violated her plighted
faith; she has crossed the rtibicon, and the
South?by every principle ofbonor, and of justice
to herself, and to posterity?is called upon
to draw the sword of secession, and resist thi>
foi 1 domination of an unprincipled Northern
majority.
8. Resulted, That an our sister of tlio South
Georgia, is in advance of us, we, a portion ol
the citizens of Alabama are listening witJj
greedy ears to hear from her the first gun in defence
of Southern rights: and whatever shtMnay
do in that sacred cause, she has but to touch the
wires, and w e will he with her.
!). lit-sulied, That in order to an effectual organization
of the true friends of the State and
South, we wi(l form ourselves into a Southern
rights club, for the purpose of distributing infonnation,
of acting in unison with friends at n
distance, and of enabling us to be more efficient
in behalf of the cause, w believer action shall become
necessary.
10. lie suited, That we believe a Convention
of the Southern States to be the best means to
: concentrate the energies and the wisdom of tin
South, and we therefore call upon our delegate*
to the Nashville Convention to repair thither al
the time appointed, and when there, to act a*
Southern men, firm and true, having at heart
the future welfare of the South, and not as era
I veil subinissionists, who, for present ense or in
I to re.it, would leave to their posterity a heritage
of woe.
11. Resulted, That it is the deliberate opinion
of this meeting', that the Governor of tlie Statt
should call nn extra session of the legislature
by the tirst of Deeetnber next, for the purpose
of culling a Convention of the people, to adopt
such measures as tlio emergency of the time.'
demand.
Id. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be forwarded to the Governor of the Stale
and to our Senators and Representatives in
Congress.
Col. P. F. Byrd, a very worthy and esteemed
citizen of this vicinity, proposed the following
as a substitute:
YVhkkkas, great excitement exists in the
South, on the subject of Northern aggression,
we, a portion of the conservative, peace-loving
citizens of the State of Alaban a, take this
method of expressing onr sentiments. Therefore,
1. Resolved, That we acknowledge a fanatical,
and unjustifiable spirit of aggression in
the Northern people, against the institution ol
slavery. Yet do not consider I lull a sutlicient
c uise to dissolve the Union.
2. Resolved, That we believe the South has
a peaceable mode of redress in her power, bi
voluntary non-mteicourse with such States ai
may, in any way, interfere to prevent the ex ecu
tion of the provisions of the fugitive slave bill.
i 3. Resolved, That in the scries of measures
1 recently passed by Congress, we recognize n<
unconstitutional feature, nor discern any char
acter of oppression, sutlicient to dissolve tl;<
Union.
-I. Resolved, That we approve of the coursi
of our Senators, and a portion of our Represen
i>% ('niiiir..o< i,n llu> Ti'Vin twill !ld:ir\
question, l>y which they have shown a tnu
regard for justice, and u proper appreciation u
the value of the Union.
5. Finally Resolved, That we would conside
| the palpable infraction of the Constitution, hj
J legislation in Congress to abolish slavery in tin
! District of Columbia without the consent of tin
' owners, and full compensation, u sufficient const
for dissolution?and that at the consummation
of such event, wt pledge ourselves to sustain
the South in any measures she may adopt, for
the preservation of our lives, our liberty and our
property.
Which, on motion of Col. George W. GuHes
were indefinitely postponed, " one voice only
dissenting."
Public Meetinq at Wharton Texas.?In
accordance with previous notice a meeting, of
the citizens of Wharton county was held at the
Courthouse in Wharton, on Monday, July 29th
at which Joseph H. Deadcrick, esq., presided
and William 11. Millmrn, esq., was appointed
Secretary.
The Chair explained the object of the meet
ing to be to give expression to the opinion ol
the county, in relation to the attempts now
making to wrest from Texas her fc?untu Fe conn
try, mid to declare our views of our rights
and duties in reference thereto. The meeting
was addressed by Judge Stewart and other gentlemen.
^ o nr*l. __ ._ TiL *,.1. ?
un 1)1 oil on OI 1 nomas 1 Ijiucner, csij., ? nun
mittee w a raised to report resolutions exprcs
sive of the sense of the meeting, and the vhaii
ap]>ointed Judge VVectns, Judge Lann, J. S
Anderson, Tlios. Thntcher, J. C. Clark, Georgi
Quinan, and V. A. Stewart that committee, Ic
report on Monday the 5t!i of August next, t<
which time the meeting was, on motion ad
journed.
And on Monday the 5lh of August, th<
meeting again convened at the Courthouse, ii
Wharton, w hen w ere present a very numeroui
assembly of the people of the county.?Tin
Committee appointed at the previous meet
ing to prepare resolutions, adopted the follow
ing:
Wlicrras, a portion of tlie population of thn
part of our Territory embraced in the county o
] Santa fcV, eouiitenaneed and aided by the ofli
1 oors of the federal Government has attempted
| to set up therein a State Gaverment, in viola
| tion of the rights and in open defiance of th
authorities of Texas; and w hereas the Governo
of this State has called together -the Legislator
j to consider of the emergency presented b]
i this action of the people of Santa Fe and th
! officers of the United States, and it is dcemei
1 expedient that there shall be a general expres
sion of the w ill of the people in relation thereto
limolrrd, That in the sense of this meeting
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uie uiie in i e.Mis u> me oounaanes eeueu ii
licr bv the Santa Anna treaty of 183(>, and tie
j c la red in the act of her Congress of that veai
I is clear and indisputable.
I Resolved, Tint the Government of the Union
by the recognition ol the Independence of (h<
Republic ; by the overturea and promise* of lie
j Ministers and agents, previous to annexation
j by the articles of annexation; by the war uitl
I Mexico ; by the repeated declarations and as
| suraucesot her Executive, and by irnnyconsid
erations of honor and equity, is forever br.rm
from contesting it.
Resolved, That the possession of all the ter
ritory embraced within our declared boundaries
is essentiul to the eeenrity of our institutions
the enjoyment of our property, the proteetior
of otlr people, the well being of so?dety, rim
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? ; the waUSww of the State: that out titla thereto
i is OOt tltatefore a possible subject of sal* or
b; compromise, but ought ct >tll hazards to b# des
fended.
Resolved, That it is the dutj of the authorities j
> of the State to maintain the jurisdiction of the i
t State over the county of Santa Fe, by avery !
- means to that cud, ami we pledge them our cheer- '
? ; ful support in their efforts thereto. j
1 Retqlial, That a copy of these resolutions be ;
forwarded to our Representative, James C. Wil
sort, for his instruction.
1 Alter the reading of the resolutions, the uneetI
; ing was addressed by Judge Stewart, James C.
i Wilson, and Georga Quinan, esqa.; and
1 On motion, t e resolutions were unanimously
! passed.
I ! On motion of Gov. Horjon, it was ordered
s ! that the proceedin m of this meeting bo pub'
j lislied, and the meeting adjourned.
I J. 11. DEADERrCK, Chain/tan.
W. II. MtLBl'KN, Secretary.
. | Prom the .Vaithti Free Trader
j The Deed in Done !?The equality of the
Union is destroyed ! The North lias refused to
. uliow the {South any participation in the vast
territories conquered from Mexico.
We are, in the language of Mr. Chase, surrounded
by a cordon of free States and territories.
The Constitution is violated. We hereafter
hold our slaves by the tenure of Northern
will. The Government, with ail its control of
the public revenues and ollices, is in the Itands
of tin; anti-slavery power. We are ^limited,
localized, and discouraged." SLAVERY AND
i u;mua i nwiiu *yv/tmtiuu
. j TO EXIST TOGETHER. The cannon of
,1 Northern Aholi/iimism and Southern Submission
, | have responded to each otiier ; and now the al
, ! tentative in presented to us of resistance or sub
! mission. We declare for the former, and never
w ill we bow at the footstool of Northern power,
f We recommend State secession; it is a con!
stitutional, peaceful and safe femedy. Under
our State turn reignty, we tear not Northern
power or domestic sedition.
W e see hut two ways?secession or submission.
Let our peo|)le determine. Confer together?argue
together?and keep cool. Do
not hurry the timid or the doubtful; and, our
word for it, there will be great unanimity in favor
of secession. Let our legislature at once
recall oui Senators and Representatives, and cull
a State Convention, and let the issue be pre.
seated fairly to the people?secession ou submission.
, Let us keep the pence amongst ourselves; ar,
gue the matter in each county; and then the
. voice of the people will decide.
, If the South submit, lot them do so humblv
^ and without grumbling. A dissatisfied slave
, brings misery on himself, and annoys his mast
ter"
Hereafter, in arguing this matter, we will term
the two parties Secessionists and Subrnissionists,
. for wo believe that those are the only issues before
the country.
From the Georgia Times.
44 The Union upon the las is of the late. Congressional
adjustment of the territorial and sinI
very questionsSuch is the faith by which
we shall live and die.?Athens Bit tier.
Which, being interpreted, means unqualified
submission. The banner had better nuke its
will, for it will not "live" long, politically, on
' such a "faith" as this.
Let us see what this "faith" is. An ounce
I ot" fact is worth a pound of talk and a bushel of
" faiths.'
" The Union tif>on the basis of the late Congressional
adjustment of the territoi ial and slavery
questions !"
; Stick a pin there.
And now for the "territorial adjustment,"
what is it?
The Mexican u\tr debt expended to conquer
this territory was one hundred millions of dollars.
Of that it has been demonstrated by
. official financial documents the South has to pay
skventv- fivk luiLuoxs. The Treaty of Peace
with Mexico involved another expenditure of
fifteen millions of dollars, of which the South
* pays ten millions. The Texas bribe to be paid, j
is ten millions, and of this, in the same ratio, i
tliQtSouth is to pay <$7,500,000. Add seventy-!
live to ten millions and to $7,500,000 and you
( have KiNKTir-T\vo a\n a half millions i*s the
( Southern contribution for the purchase of this
Territory. Well, the dispute about this territory
is the one just adjusted in Congress, r"d on
which adjustment the Banner pins its f; ith i<> ,
"live or die" by. Now what does the South I
get for her share of an expenditure of ninety- \
' two and a half millions? IIow much land ! \
How many acres or square miles of the 800,000
j. square miles obtained from Mexico ? AW a
square mile, not an acre, not a toot, no, not an
inch !
Is this denied? Then. we. ask. where is it.?
Not in California with her Wilmot Proviso constitution?not
in New Mexico, where her Freesoil
constitution is already made and waiting
! a decent time, for the South to digest the
| other pills that have been crammed down Iter
. ostrich throat, to he admitted. Not in Utah
among the Mormons, for what slaveholder will
take his property there,, with the. fiat announced
by the Northern majority in Congress, that 110
, more slave States shall be admitted into this
Union ? Where, then, is the foot of land the
South obtains the use and enjoyment of, out of
1 this nearly a million of square miles, paid for at
a cost of 92+ millions of dollars ? " Echo ans
wcrs where!"
, Hut is this r.ll ? It is only one chapter in the
I book of infernal outrage. The United States
I sent sixty thousand troops to fight this Mexican
war. Of these forty thousand (in round numbers,)
went from the South, and twenty thou f
sand from the North. What does the South
get for her share of the victory ? What to com.;
pensate her for the blood of a Hutler, a DickinII
inson, a Clay, a McKeo, and n Harding? Not a
r doit?not the pairing of a man's nails! Hurra
- then, for the Banner's "^Congressional adjustment
< f the territorial question." Glory to
- the noble " faith by which it will live or die.
All honor to a "tentorial adjustment," by virr
tue whereof, in the vigorous language of Ran
. dolph of Roanoke, "Southerners with their!
> slaves are forever forbidden by Congress to oe-|
> copy one foot of the Territories, for which tliev j
>1 are te provide, three fourths of I he money.cost and j
. have already contributed, tiro-t,ho ds <f the men \
' AND FOUR-FIFTHS OF THE GRAVES !" !
li But is this all ? Does the "Territorial adjust- I
J incut" stop with taking awav from the South all \
5! liie common land? No, indeed ! Not content
e with gulping down the whole of the common ;
- prize, these greedy free soil cormorants have
- actually "adjusted away 60 millions of acres of
Texas slave soil?enough to make two States
t as big as Georgia. And this is part of the Banfj
ner's "faith." Noble faith! True hearted,
-j champion of the South! Fling up your hats all
1 1 ye Southern submissionists, who can stand 011
-j the Banner's "territorial adjust me nf' and "live'
0 : or die" bv a faith, that robs, and plunders, and
r j insults and degrades you.
e l<et us recommend to^thc "Banner" while
> hunting up new devices to inscribe on the snbe
niiiuwon banner, under which it proposes to go
il into the tight, to pivc some attention to its pa- |
i- per. We hear that Mr. Cobb hns been ro-christi:
ened in this district, and is now known as th?
\ "Hon. hsa 11 Cobb." Suppose the Banner!
d drops its title of "Southern Banner" and raises
- its true flag of tlie "Xorthern Banner" with '
, Northern principles.
i. Thf Rice Harvest.?The Savannah llrt.
} ublican of Monday ?t ites that rice of '.lie new
r crop is now all cut. The crop is most abun;
dnnt. and the grain of a su|?erior quality. The
i weather has been most favorable for harvesting
.land continues good, though a pale now would ;
. j hp attended with disastrous consequences. It is j
] J said that the crop was never harvested so late j
before. The very first of this new crop is now j
. ready for market, being about one month behind
t the ordinary time at w hich new rice is delivered.
, ? Charleston Covrirr.
1 Following bnloons and collecting printer a bills,
1 is considered nn uphill business.
frjm MfftoMittnO*
ArfDTHEjiC'oiw Sx4|tm?.?Prppmbie and Rdsolutions
pasted h* the TkyMQuarterly Meeting
Conference of 'Mactgt. Circuit, Alabarn4
('unfertncr, held at Worrit >t fit and Camp
(iround, Aug. 30,18,10.
Whete-is, utile hist Session of the genital
Conference of the if. E. Church South, a proposition
was made to expnnge from trie Book of
Discipline, the ninth section relating to Silvery,
and whereas a majority of said conference voted
against entertaining said proposition, contrary
to the views and wishes of this Conference, and
as we. believe contrary to our membership generally,
therefore be it
Resolved, That this Conference holds that the
ninth section of our Book of Discipline does
not accord with any relations either civil or social
of the Southern People holding membership
in the M. E. Church South, and in its nature
and operation will ever be a principle that
will mar the harmony and prosperity of the
Church South.
Resolved, That we heartily approve of the
Auburn resolutions, calling for a convocation
of the General Conference to reconsider their
action upon that subject
Resolved, That thu thanks and approbation
of this Conference are hereby tendered to those
of'our delegates who voted tor striking out said
ninth section.
Resolved That the Secretary spread the foregoing
resolutions upon the reeoids of this Conference.
Resolved, That the Secretary furnish the
editors of the Macon Republican, and Southern
Christian Advocate, and Auburn Herald each
with a copy of these resolutions for publication.
1I1RAM READ, Secy.
From the Stafford Republican,
The "Settlement."?Can it bo possible, that
the compromisers themselves believe they have
''Mettled tlu* Slavery Question V They say they
huve settled it, and their echoes all about the
country, repeat what they say. But do thev
really believe it ? No! They only think and try
to draw attention Irom it, and they wouid not
hesitate to do any thing to accomplish this object.
It took about nine months to debauch and
bedevil Congress sufficiently to get through the
Compromise projects. The passage of the Fugitive
Slave Bill shows that the work was done
thoroughly.
The compromisers and gamblers for the next
Presidential election try to feel in cxtacies over
what lias been done. Clay praises Footo. The
Tammany Hunkers praise Clay and Webster.
Fillmore feels exalted. The administration papers
are taking courage to denounce those who
do not swear by the Omnibus measures; or if
they do not go quite so far in the more Freesoilydi
regions, they exult over the "settlement,"
and then by way of appendix, say they "regret
the loss of the Wilrnot Proviso."
Meanwhile we do not hear who arc the canlidates
for the office of slave-catcher in the various
counties of Connecticut. This most dignified
and honorable office will doubtless occasion
a tremendous rush among the office-seeking
gentry. Wo: re to have three slave-catchers to
a county.
.Meanwhile slavery already exists in Utah, and
Congress must prohibit slavery in the territories.
This nuestion settled! Gentlemen will see
whether it is or is not settled.
The Free-soil men of the coir.try never had
more work to do than at present.
From the Charleston Sun.
Large Meeting in Columbia.?A large and
re-pec table body of citizens of the Congressional
District, composed of Richland, Fairlield, Kershaw
and Sumter, assembled in the Presbyterian
Church in the town of Columbia, 011
Saturday last, at 11 o'clock, a. m.
The object of the meeting was to greet their
immediate Representative in Congress, the Hon.
Joseph A. Woodward, who had just arrived, and
to receive his views on the great questions of
tlio day. Delegations were in attendance from
the various Southern Rights Associations of the
Congressional District.
The meeting was organized by Wade Hampton,
esq., President of the Richland Southern
Rights Association, taking the Chair, and Win.
B. Johnston, esq., ae#ng as Secretary.
The Hon. gentleman, in very pertinent remarks,
explained the " place that he had occupied
in the picture"?spoke of the many grievances
the South had borne at the hands ol
Northern legislators, and their only ultimate
n?mi>dv. Sfcession.
lie "thought it beat for the State of South
Carolina, not to be precipitate in rualiing into
the breach. He thought that she should await
the action of the Southern Convention and of
her sister States, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi*
South Carolina he knew to be prepared
to act on any emergency.?Therefore bethought
it best to bide her time, " and come into measures
simultaneously with the action of the
above named States." If they refused to consider
the late agrressions of the United States
Congress, not a sufficient oause for the united,
energetic action of the Southern States (which
God forbid) then South Carolina he knew, to
be ready for the out-break of that terrific storm
which would undoubtedly burst upon her devote*
1 bead.
His eloquent remarks were listened to with
unbounded applause, which proved that he was
borne out in his views of our political affairs by
his constituents as a unit.
From the Fredrickshxirg (Fa.) Recorder.
Secession.?When South Carolina nullified
the tariff law, because she considered it oppressive
and unconstitutional, the legislature of Virginia
adopted a series of resolutions in which
they did not recognise the right of a State to
remain in the Union and refuse obedience to
the law s of Congress, but expressly maintaining
?' " i-i.rlit f,f coc/itai,in Tlii< i? l!u* rwisiliuii vvii
now hold, and upon none other can a states-right
republican stand. The only question, is not,
(as it seems to us,) in regard to the right ot
secession, but whether this be or not, a proper
occasion for the exeicise of that right. W e shall
not repeat the Lets and arguments which have
convinced us that it is. Let it suflice to say,
that they prove beyond controversy, that the
North, by partial and unconstitulior.nl legislation,
have for thirty years been growing stronger,
and the South weaker, and from this let us draw
fair and rational deductions instructive of the future.
Let us look at the question not with excitement.
but in calmness and soberness of
thought. Let us be guided by our jo Igment of
what is right, worthy of us. and becoming an
honorable people. These questions, we are
persuaded, should be settled by a Southern Convention
ol discreet and kober minded men.?
We trust such a Convention will be held. We
arc persuaded that there are many who concur
with these views, who have 1 ecu kept from so
ying, from the fear of beirg stigmatised as disunionists.
Let them take courage, and come
out.
There have been great floods in the South of
France; between Toulouse and l'erpignan a
diligence was overturned by the force of the i
torrent
An earthquake was felt at Algiers on the" 10th
ot isepternOer.
The King ?>f Denmark has convoked the Diet |
for the 6th of October.
The Prefect of Police, at Paris, has prohibited
I he a cent of balloons, except for scientific purposes.
Within the last four months, through the activity
of the Minister of Trade, 1000 miles of .
telegraph have been opened in Austria, making
the total mileage about 8000 miles, of which
about one-quarter iias the w ires laid underground i
on the improved system. Another KMX) miles
will be ready by nevt year. The telegraph now 1
works from Cracow to Trieste, 700 miles. On
the 1st of October the new telegraph union between
Austiia, Prussia, Saxony and Bavaria,
cornea into operation, under a uniform tariff
which is one-half of the former charges.
, fThe foHowiag it<t>t|pwfh of Judge 8rxwPresident
: Hafkle bhen appointed at a
Mpvjou# steeling one of the commute to draft a
*St of i-MolutiOQM to he submitted to itje present,
mating^ f with to malt* a few re.nurks, and offer
a few of iW reason* why this meeting should
adopt the resolutions just read. The two principal
propositions contained in the reaoluttons are.
"should Texas enforce her jurisdiction over an
her territorial limit* ? "Jshould Texas dispose of
any portion of her territory u? is contemplated in
lite "Compromise bill, reported by the Committee
of Thirteen ?"
These are important questions ur Texas, and to
all the slaveholding ^States, to enable us properly
to comprehend their political bearing on the institution
of domestic slavery, and the equal rights
of the Southern States,, generally, it is necessary
that we should refer back to the political history
of the United States ;?which exluhits our continued
effort on the part of the non-a!aveholding
Slates to enlarge their political power?while at
the seme time, they have done ail in their power
to diminish the political strength of the slaveholding
States.
Let us refer to the report of Richard M. Young,
Commissioner of the (General Land Office, of the
33nJ of March, 1848, and the accompanying map,
showing the area of each State and Territory, hi
acres. This document shows what the free States
| were, at the time the "CniW commenced, and
i what they have grown to be, by the unjust legislation
of this "Union" Government.
In fact, we may trace the original purpose of
Northern domination, as far back as 1787, to the
; ordinance excluding slavery from the territory
now composing the States of Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of the territory
of Minesota, making an area of 167,475,840
acres, a country much larger than all of the then
Northern States, including New York and Pennsylvania.
The eight Northern States, including
New York and Pennsylvania, contained nnlyllI5,011,840
acres, leaving a difference of 62,464,000
acres, in favor of the country, thus secured by
northern ambition, as the basis of future political
power.
To enable us properly to appreciate northern
ambition in thin matter, we muBt reflect that our
western boundary only Extended to the Mississippi
river, and our southern boundary to Florida.?
At that lime the vast amount of territory since acquired
by the United States, or the "bmim" was
not thought of, by any person. Therefore, the
North believed that she had secured the elements
of power neccessary for controlling the Federal
Government, even at that early period.
The Northern people clearly saw, that the African
slaves, then in the Northern States, were
fast leaving the North for the South, where their
labor was in great demand, and consequently,
where they could he sold for double what they
were worth at the North. The Northern people
saw that the signs of the times clearly pointed to
a northern interest, and a southern interest, and
they determined to secure the power in their own
hands, of rendering the Southern section sitbsyr- '
vient and tributary to the Northern section. And
they saw that the dividing line between the two
sections was to be marked by the institution of
African slavery ;?therefore they fortified themselves
with Free-soil territory, to the exclusion
of the African slaveholder ; thus securing the great
element of political power necessary to control
this great "Union" by numerical strength.
But in 1803, the United States extended her
territory, and we are furnished with another evidence
of the determined purpose of the people of
the non-alaveholding States to secure to themselves
the elements of political power sufficient to ,
control the Federal Government and consequently
the destinies of the Southern section. The
Floridas. Louisiana, and Oreeon contain 1.017.
423,920 acres ; of this territory, the non-slave- ;
holding: Suites appropriated to themselves 873,246,640,
leaving the Southern section 144,177,- ]
280 acres. Thus we see that the people of the ,
non-slaveholdirig States, had by the year 1845, ,
excluded the African slaveholder from 1,040,722,- |
480 acres of the public domain ; and what is still (
more humiliating to the people of the South, this (
has not been effected with the sword. It has been |
aconiplislted by a whinning, canting hypocrisy j
on the part of ibis glorious "Virion." " Washing- ,
ton's Union." The "great Union" which we |
are called on to defend, even while it is robbing
us of our property, and our civil and political
rights. And litis "great and glorious Union" has
thus dismantled the Southern section, in violation |
of the Constitution, that sacred instrument which |
created the "Unioti."
And we might here institute an inquiry into the ,
ministerial conduct of John Q.. Adams, and find
the real cause why Texas was abandoned to Spain |
by that statesman. As the location of Texas was ,
such that the North could find no plausible ex- |
euse for excluding the African slaveholder from j
its territory. 1
Thus stood the situation of the two sections, at |
the time that Texas entered the " Union." Tex- ,
as entered this "grrnl Union" under the provi- |
sions of a special contract?being as free, and as ,
sovereign, as the "great Union" herself; at least j
i...ic ..r .i.o ?r i,., nn.n ^,?t,;,,.r.
uuc-uuu vumlki... ..c. w?.. ?^, ,
therefore the "great Union' must not compliant if |
Texas claims one-half of the right of deciding ]
whether or not that contract has been complied .
with, as one of the sovereign parties to the con- ,
tract. Texas being a free and sovereign State,
and the owner of all Iter public lands, she
joined the "great Union" with her boundaries
described and defined in the contract with the
"pent Union" as it had been defined in the treaty
with Santa Anno, and also on her statute book.?
Therefore the " great Union" must stand to her
part of the contract, or Texas is released from all
obligations to the "great Union."
And Texas further contracted with the "great
Union" that her citizens should be allowed to own
African slaves in all her territory south of 36?30'
north latitude. The "great Union" must Rtnndto
this contract or Texas is under no moral obligation
to the "peat Union."
But, Mr. President, we see that the "great
Union" is disposed to rob us of 69,000,000 acres
of our territory, and for that purpose the "great
Union" has sent her agents to Santa Fe to excite
her citizens to rebellion against the authority of
Texas. She then comes forward and proposes to
dismantle Texas of her territory,and pay her about
14? cents per acre, for Iter territory, or #10,000,000
for a country worth #100,000,6000; and ns to
the political value of that territory to Texas, and
nil the South, it is so vast, that it is beyond the
reach of calculation, or of bargain and sale. Why
this great effort on the part of the "great Union"
to procure Santa Fe from Texns ? Texas is in this
.. _ rr ;rc.?,n r\.
" greac vnum auu II uauia I c lo III jLCAao,K;aiiiu J
Ft* is also in the "great L'nion." I
But, Mr. President, here lies the whole naked
truth?the "great Union" covets the territorj' of (
Texas for two reasons?the first is: she wishes to
organize a free soil State within the limits ofT^xas.
The second is: she wishes to interpose a free
soil State between Texas and California, so as to '
prevent Southerners .front emigrating to Califor- '
nia with their slaves. And if the "great Union"
gets 69,000,000 acres of Texas territory with the '
present population of Santa Fe, she can organize '
a large free soil State out of the territory of New 1
Mexico and the territory taken from the State of 1
Texas. But if Texas extends her jurisdiction 1
over Santn Fe, that country will be settled by the 1
owners of African slaves?and thus the way to 8
the gold country left open to the South with their
slaves?New Mexico west of the Rio Grande, '
can do nothing separated front Santa Fe.? '
Mr. President, in addition to the efforts thnt '
are being made on Texas by the people of the i
non-slaveholding States, for an enlargement of '
their political power,we see that they are disposed '
to adjudge to themselves all of California and New '
Mexico. The adjustment bill, it is true, propo- '
ses to establish territorial governments for Utah '
and New Mexico, without the provisions of the '
Wilmot Proviso, but it admits California, as n
free Stnte, and excludes the slaveholding States f
from the coast of the Pacific ocean; and it content- 1
plates the division of the State of Texas?let that '
bill become a law, and let Texas be divided, so as 1
to cut off ibe present population of Santa Fe to 1
themselves?wlto does not know that Santa Fe *
and New Mexico will be free soil? and nil the ter- '
ritory taken from Texas. And wlto does not '
know that Utah will he free soil ? and all Califor- '
-o-.. .- ... A.,..,, ,k? I L
111(1, UIIC4 IIIU1. cyuilll jr in ncpajnicu H'/UI tuc oiuvu- r
holding States; which will he the case if Texas '
parts with her territory, which God forbid that '
Texas si.all ever be so blind to her interest, as
to be duped by the subtle and dishonest provissions
of tho Committee of Thirteen. The fate of
Southern interest in this confederacy is in the
hands of Texas?to defend that interest at all hazards,
is a duty which she owes to herself?to the
whole South. The South Iims nobly defended the
rights of Texas?let it not be said of Texas, that
she, for $10,000,000 deserted the South, and consented
to erect a free soil State within her limits,
and that too. when that State is to be interposed
between the whole South and their constitutional
interest in California. If Texas accepts of the <
110,000,000 bribe, as ths price for a free soil State
within her limits, shs will diminish the real value
of the sugar and cotton landa of Texas and Louisiann
fifty per cent. It is for Texas to say, whe?
-
- ""'""W"' '
?a???**#
titer or not, she wiif tafia' if tat witfaia tar own
limit, ft* tlU tattaita ?T MnilWiitai fiftop*
fhe will reject the flujOOQjbOO or even $100,000,
000, and provide for t|ui extension ortier jurisdiction.
Our sister States are prepared to aid and
d?frnd us. Let the "great Omen "attempt to crash
Texas with the arm v and navy-wip violation of
taw and Justice?and the North, or pitta? tiie
"great Uaiuu" will learn the military resources of
the Sooth, and the Western States will team their
dependence on the South. I proclaim it to the
world, that the Southern States, are not in the eon'
dition, or position, to he crushed by the united efforts
of the free soil North and West. The South
contains all the elemeula of independence, and defiance,
and nothing hut justice should hold the
South politically connected withfhe North or free
soil States. T?e hewum of free ao.l attachment
to the " great UkicHrf is estimated, and
in proportion to ths amount of dollarf and cents
which they can extort front the South?it ietime
that the Soufh should'sst bounds to their rapacity
and their lawless intermeddling with the internal
policy of the South.
The President end hie cabinet, in the plenitude
of their power, concluded to bestow California
and New Mexico on the non-slavebolding States,
i - c ...? !.. ? :
nnn wimiu? ivi iimtuviu Ml uiv riv4.<i pid**dential
election.. The oh) General wished to he
re-elected, and he concluded to be President of the
"great Union," instead of the United States. And
as the South formed no part of the "great Union,"
he concluded to give her no territory; and by that
meant quiet the country on the subject of the Ivilmot
Proviso'. Alas, the General's military laurels have
withered into civic contempt.
The Free-soilerx thus armed with a President of *
the "great Union," willing to do their bidding, it
would seem that their most extravagant spoliations
on the rights of the South, are not likely to
be successfully opposed, by the refractory Smith,
in the councils of the nation. Thus, at the same
liine, the South is robbed of her property, her
constitutional and political rights, l>y a lawless
majority of the "great Union," the Free-soil era
acquire the elements of future great political power
and wealth. It has become a very stale theme
to descant on unconstitutional acts, and dangerous
precedents, in this our ageof humanity and
socialism, and the time has arrived in these United
Stales, when the Constitution has no control over
the will of a majority oflawless Free-soiler*.
California and New Mexico contain 336,689,920
acres. If the Free-soilers succeed in robbing the
South of this territory, and get 69,000,000 acres
of the territory of Texas, it will swell the amount
of territory, or rather the amount of their robberies,
on the South to the enormous area of 1,440,
419,460 acres. It is territory sufficient to make
twenty-five or thirty Sattes. With these facts before
us, who can doubt that it has been the leading
policy of the non-slavebolding States to obtain
the entire control of the General or Federal
Government? And by *khat means, control the
destinies of the Southern section, by the enactment
of laws sectional in their operation. This
we are compelled to believe, if we are allowed to
judge of the future from the history of the past.
The doctrine of balance of power is just as necessary
between the South and the North as it is
in Europe; and any cause that will disturb that
balance, will be deemed a just cause for political
separation, revolution, or any other political action,
that may be necessary for sectional preservation.
This doetrine has been- forced en the
Southern people, by the lawless outrages of the
North.
1 am opposed to every feature of the Compromise
bill as reported by the Committee of Thirteen,
simply because it is no compromise. It is u
full surrender of the property and political rights
of the South. It is a covered and flimsy effort to
impose on the South, and therefore it adds insult
to injury. It is only another bid for Northern
support to make a President, ut the expense of the
South. 0, shame ! where is thy bluoh?
The South has lost too much of her territory to
hope to maintain her political balunce in the Federul
Government; therefore, the whole matter resolves
Itself into a question of expediency. Can
the South continue her political connection with
the North? The answer, to this important ones- (
lion, is embodied in the past history of the law- i
less outrages of the people of the non-slaveholding
States against the South, and the future expe- '
rieuce of the Southern people. Time will procluim
that experience.
1 cannot close my remarks, Mr. President,
without again urging the necessity, and duty of
rexas, to enforce her jurisdiction over Santa Fe.
It is a solemn duty she owes herself, her Institutions,
her future peace and quiet, and her future
prosperity and greatness. It is a duty which she
awes to her sister States of the South. JAnd,
Mr. President, I must again urge the importance
of our territory to the prosperity and
stability of our institutions. That territory, is
the key to California?to nil the slaveholding
Sta'es?and should Texas dispose of it to the
United States, it will become free-soil, and thus a
[Yee-soil State interposed between the South and
ill California, it will be a nest in which Southern
troubles will be hatched, that will diminish the
ralueof the sugar and cotton lands of Texas and
Louisiana fifty per cent. If we would avoid real
trouble and ruin, let us hold on to our territory.
If we would deserve the respect of all the slave- j
tolding States, let us not sell our territory at any
irice. Sir, so far us I am concerned, $5110,000,000
ivould be no inducement.
VIRGIL A. STEWART.
From the Jllusiasippion.
Are the people afraid of their government?
?Time has been when the whole American people
lay down at night and rose up in the morning
with grateful hearts to Providence, th.it so great a
;ood had been vouched safe to thein us the Govirnmcnt
of these States. Has that time passed
:oo, und gone with the framers of the Federal
Constitution to that bourne whence no traveller
returns? True, lamentably true! Look around
pou anu answer, if the people are content with
heir Government. Do they look to it as the ark
if safety which shall protect them from the storm?
\ stern, sullen No, is the response of a majority j
if the whole American Union at this time, to this '
nquiry. Our Government has become one which
s suffered, not enjoyed. The great body of the ,
leople now look to Washington with repressed
ipprehensions of evil, and not with pleasing forebodings
of good. The people have become ufraid
if their Government. The terror of governmentil
authority, and the fact cannot be denied, at
his time, absolutely constrains individuals and
immunities from the bare assertion of their rights
tnd their honor. Such in very truth is the terror
if the Government, that even those, who, under i
ordinary circumstances might remuin passive in "
heir submission to abuse and outrage, nave now
jeconie active in the work of condemning those
.vho would struggle to defend the common rights
>f all.
He that would deny these facts, is perversely
jlind. No one can do it whose intercourse with f
.he people affords the slightest opportunity for the '
iscertainment of their sentiments. Meet whom
pou will and where you will, and put this one
piestion: "Do you not think the South was justly
mtitled to a part of the rich domain accpiired by the
var with Mexico?" and the answer will be
promptly in the affirmative. Relate, then, the
startling tact that the North has usurped the
vhoie, and although the person interrogated may
say witli a yawn, " to ell, t re tcill have to submit, ' i
S'pt in his heart he is deeply dissatisfied, and stifles
lis rage from prudential considerations. Relate'
lie same (to the South) degrading fact to another
ess submissive in his temperament, and he will
muse to inquire a remedy to redress this foul
ivrong. You may tell him that the majority in
Congress are dead against us, hut that wrtl not
rule him down nor cool the burning sense of his
legradation. He will presently ask you, as we
tow ask: " Can the State not no something to
iecurk our rights?"
The urst impulse of the people is not for resistince
to the Fedesal authority; and few there are,
*'ho at the lirst blush of usurpation ore ready to
all into the discreditable category of meek subnissionisin.
Nothing could be more foreign to
lie character of the American freeman, than tame
ibedience to oppression. A strong devotion to the
itRiitminiis under which he lives, and of which lie
las been wont to boast, would naturally induce
lim to bear with much?to hesitate long?and to
>onder anxiously upon ll\e causes winch may
lave contributed to the commission of wrong, be-l
ore he will admit that an outrage has been perperated
by the Government. But once satisfied of
he fact, he arouses from his lethargy and sets
ibout securing his lost rights.
ITiis is emphatically the state of public mind in
he Southern States at the present important period
n the history of the country. Our people?every
me of them?for all agree that a flagrant outragt
ias been perpretrated by the Federal Gayernmen
?are anxiously inquiring what ought to be doN
o secure to the South those rights which ar*
ibout being wrested from it? Some have said, w?J
susl perforce, and will submit. A very large ma;
nritv. v th?v wvi i vat anhmit hr
ore first exhausting^every remedy which belong;
o them as freemen and equals under a splenn
omjiact. *
It is this great majority of all political parties ii| ^
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