The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-30

and to ascertain its meaning by compGri-
son Of its provisions lCith each other, and
tciA the previous situation Of the severGI
States scho sCere parties to IL. In portion
Of these Slavery cGs recognized, and they
took care 10 hare the right secured to them,
to folloU and reclaim such of them as mere
fugitires TO other States The Idws of Con.
grcss, passed under this poicer, hdre prorid-
ed punishment to any irho shall oppose or in
terrupt the exercise of this right. Non can
any one belicre that The instrument ,rhich
contains a provision of this kind, trhich Gu-
Morizes a master 10 pursue his stGre into
another State, take him back, and provides
punishment for any citizen or citizens Of
that STATE aoho should oppose him, should, at
the same time, authorize the latter to assem-
be together, to pass resolutions and adopt
addresses, not only to encourage the slGues
10 IeaUe their masters, bat to cut their Mrodts
before they do so?
II insist that If The citizens of the nom
sIdoe-holding States can GcGa themselves of
the article of the Constitution arhich Prolsi6-
its the restriction Of speech or the press, to
publish any thing injurious to the rights Of
the sldUe holding States, that they can go to
the extreme that IhGre mentioned, and effect
any thing further which writing or speaking
could effect. But .felIotD- citizens, these are
not the principles Of the Consultation. Such
"a Constitution would defeat one of the great
objects of its formation, which was that of
securing the peace and harmony of the
States which were parties to it. The iber-
ty of speech and of the press acas giDe1 as
the most efectuaJ means to preserre to each
and every citizen their olCn rights, and to the
State the rights phich dppertdined to them,
at the time of their adoption. II could neper
hare been expected that 1t ,UouId be used By
the citizens Of one portion Of the States for
the purpose of depriUing those of another
portion of the rights ,chich they had reserved
at tie adoption of the Consultation, AND IN
TIE EXERCISE OF WHICH NONE
BUT THEMSELVES HAVE ANY CON-
Germ OR INTEREST. If slavery is an
evil, the evil Is with them. If there is guilt
in It, the guilt is theirs, not ours, since neith-
err the STATES WHERE 1T DOES NOT
EXIST, NOR THE GOVERNMENT OF
The UNITED STATES CAN, WITH
OUT USURPATION OF POWER, AND
THE VIOLATlONOF A SOLEMN COM
PACT, DO ANY THING TO REMOVE
ITWITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THOSE
WHO ARE MlMEDIATELYIN INTEREST
ED. But they will neither ask for aid, nor
consent too be aided, whilst the illegal, per-
scouting and dangerous movements are in
progress, of which complain; the Interests
Of all concerned require that these should
be stopped Immediately. This can only be
done by the force of public opinion, and fhat
cannot TO soon be brought into operation
Every movement which is made by the abo-
litionist in the non-slave-hoiding States, is
viewed by our Southern brethren as an at
tack upon their rights, and which, If persist
ed in, must in the end eradicate those feel
ings of attachment and affection betweenthe
citizens Of all the States, which was pro.
duced by a community of interests and dam
gers in the war of the revolution, which was
the foundation of our happy Union, and by
continuance of which it can alone be pre-
served entreat you, then, to frown upon
the measures which are to produce results so
much to be deprecated.
stTHE OPINIONS WHICH HAVE NOW GIVEN
HAVE OMITTED NO OPPORTUNITY TO LAY
BEFORE THE PEoPLE OF NY OWN STATE. /
HAVE TAKEN THE LIBERTY TO EXPRESS THEM
HERE, KNOWING THAT EVEN IF THEY SHOULD
NOT UNFORTUNATELY ACCORD WITH YOURS,
THAT THEY WoULDBE KINDLY RECEIVED"