Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-06-11

in 1888, the people of Cheviot, remembering
his public services, and willing to forgive, no'
10 forget, his great political crime--tor aboli,
tion had increased, no, minshed--invitedl
him 10 a public dinner. His friends urged him
to make no aIluson TO abolition; that decent
respect to those who had invited him--a very
large portion Of whom were abolltlonsts--ae
manded that he should make no alusion to the
past. lie at once determined that nc would
not; but, on his way to Cheviot, he found the
dangerous spirit Of abolition more rifle than
ever. He determined to rebuke IT, and he dld
SO. | wish you to remember that his speech
was moi made TO aveholders, but that there
was mot a man in the assembly who was not
opposed 10 slavery, and a large number oil
them abolilionists. TO such an assembly hel
held the following language:
'.'rhere is, however, subject now begin
ming to agita'e thenh 1.-THE Southern SIa'es) III
relation to which, iftheir alarm has any soun
Idation, the relative situation in which they may
stand 10 some of the States will be the very re-
verse of what it now is. aude to suppose
disposition in some individuals in the non.slave
Iho'ding States to interfere with the slave popl-
h,ion of the other States, for the purpose OF
forcing their emancipation. donot call your
attention TO this subject, leow-cltzenS, IRON
the apprehension that there is Il man amongst
YOU who will lend his aid 10 project SO preg'
Inant with mischief and still less that there Is
a State in the Union which could be brought to
rive il coun,enance But such are the feeling
Iof our Southern brethren upon this SUBJECT
such their views, and their just views, OF the
lewis which an interference Of this kind would
bring upon them, that, long before It would
} reach the point of receiving the sanction OF
State. the evil of the attempt would DO con
i summatcd, as far as we are concsrned. by .
dissolution olthe Union. llthere Is any prln
: Isipl. of the Constitution of the United States
less disputabIe than any other. It is, that the
> slave population is under the EXCLUSIVE CON
lTRoL of the State which possess them.
There is any MEASURE likely to rIvet the chains
/ and blast the prospects OF the negroes Tor
= Emancipation, ii is the interference oil unauthor
lied persons. Can any one who is acquaInte
with the operations of the human mind doub
phhisl We have seen how FESTIVE our Southern
!, brethren have been from supposed violation
n of their political rights. What must be tn
IS consequence of an acknowledged violation
,r these rights. (tor every man OF sense must a.
n nit it TO be SOY conloined with an lnsutln
ID interference with their domestic concerns!
~ piH not stop TO inquire into the mo ICES
e. those ,cao are engaged IN this fatal and unco
" stitulioaaL project. Taere may some clo ma
IS embarked in It aoithoM property considering
Mt CONSEQUENCES, and lco are acLuated BY 6eneoofe
to and rirtuous principles. But, if such there ar
as an pery certain hat, should they continue the
Al present course, their feliov citizens wiH, e.
/. long, 0cMrse The uirtueS Which hare uHdoHs Me'
he country"
.'Should be asked if there is no way b
n which the General Government can AID IN
aicause CT emancipation, answer that It ~
" long been an object near my heart to see tn
re whole Of its surplus revenue appropriated
e. that object. With the sanction OF the State
Of holding the slaves, there appears to me to
no constitutional objection TO its being thu
CT applied; embracing, not only the colonlzali(
m of those that may be otherwise lreei, but Il
of purchase Of the freedom of others. ny yea
as Gus prosecution of plan formed upon In
a basis, we might look forword to "A day not vcI
ofldistant when North American sun would n
h, look down upon a slave. To those who ha'
he rejected the plan of colonization, | would ask
"a they hayo well weighed the consequences
f. Iemancipation without it? How long would Il
he emancipateI negroes remain satisfied WI
IS that? Would any Of the Southern States thS
G. uhe negroes armed and organIzed) he aoc
he resist their claims 10 participation IN all Inc
as POLITICAL rights?-- Would it even stop Their
ISL Would they not claim Abundance to all u
he social rights ami privileges OF community
no which, in some instances, they would c)mpo
us the majority? Let those who take pleasure
2, the contemplation Of such scenes as must !
&c eyitaby follow finish out the picture
rs If lam correct in the principles mere a
r. vanccd, repeat my assertion, that inc dlScu
VI? sion on the subject Of emancipation in the no
e 4layeholding States is equally injurious to I
let slaves and their masters, and that II has
of sanction in the principles OF the Conslllutl(
ndII must no, be understood to say that there
on any thing in that instrument which promo
IS, such discussion. know therois not. BIT
in. man who believes that the claims which
lal iellow-ctizens have upon him are satisfied
5 adhering to the letter Of the political compa
in. that connects them, must hayea very lmptt
he feet knowledge of the principles upon VIM
Ir. our glorious Union was formed, and by VIM
be alone il can be maintained"
ns The following extrac; Of letter from an
lr- Innate friend Of General Harrison places
or conduct on that occasion in a striking Polnl
me view:
or. "But his speech at Cheviot affords ST
,ou stronger proof on his point. was dellser'
he YOU will recollcct, on the 4lh Of july It v
roy delivered, 100, before the very men who h
my opposed him because Of his slavery views
ent lS,relv. then. he would not now touch this dt