Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-06-16

he was beaten at the next eiectl0li ~ 0u..eo-
luence Of his vote on the Missouri question.
AZ the same time and on the same occasion,
We find Mr.. Van Buren, exertIng his whole
energies to exclude Missouri from the. Union,
lnless slavery were prohibited within her Inn.
Is! If we have regard to professions and
declarations, when did Mr.. Van Buren, ever
lenounce abolition and abolitionists IN such
indignant terms as General Harrison did at
Cheviot in 1888, and again at Vlncennes IN
1886!
Erhact from General Harrison's Vinee'u'es
Speech-1S35.
81 have now felIow.citizens, few words
more to say on another subject, and WHICH
is, in my opinion, of more Importance
than any other that is now in the course
of discussion in any part Of the Union
alIude to the societies which have been
formed, and the movements of certain in
dividuals, in some of the States, in relation
TO a portion of the population in Others.
The conduct of these persons IS the more
dangerous, because their object is masked
under the garb of dislnterestedness and
benevolence; and their course indicated
by arguments and propositions which in
the abstract no one can deny. But. how
ever fascinating may be the dress with,
which their schemes are presented to their
fellow.citizens, with whatever purity of
intention they may have been formed and
sustained, they will be found to carry in
their train mischief TO the whole Union,
and horrors to large portion of it, which,
it is probable, some of the projectors, and
many of their supporters have never
thought of; the latter, the first in the Sc.
ries of evils which are to spring from this
source, are such as you have read of, to
have been perpetrated on the fair plains
Of Italy and Gaul by the Scythian hordes
of Attila and Alaric; and such as most OF
you apprehended, upon that memorable
night when the tomahawks and war-clubs
of the followers of Tecumseh were rafting
in your suburbs. regard not the disa.
vowals of any such intention upon the
part of the authors of these schemes, since,
upon the examination of the publications
which have been made, they will be found
to contain the very facts, and very argu-
ments, which would have been used, il
such would have been their object, am
certain that there is not, in this assembly,
one of these deluded men, and that there
are few within the bounds of the State. -
IF there are any, | would earnestly entreat
them TO forbear; to pause in their career
and deliberately consider The consequence
of their conduct TO the whole Union and
TO those for whose benefit they profess tc
act. Thai the latter aciH be the uictims Of
The Weak, injuoiciouS, preSumptuous, ana
unconstitutional efforts to Serre them, q
thorough examination Of the subject mus
conrince them. The struggle land strug,
gle there must be- may commence with
horrors such as | have described, but i
will end with more firmly rfveting the
chains, or in the utter extirpation, of those
whose cause they advocate.
Am Lacrong. fellow- citizens, In applying
The terms freak, presnmptuolts and uncou
Stitutional, to the measures of the enlan
cipators? A slight examination will,
think, show that am not. In vindica
ton of the objects Of Convention which
was lately held in one Of the towns o
Ohio, which saw in newspaper, il wa:
said that nothing more was intended thai
to produce state of public feeling which
would lead to an amendment of the Con
stitution, authorizing the abelitionsofslaye
ry in the United States. Now, can al
amendment of the Constitution be effected
without the consent ofthe Southern States
What, then, is the proposition TO be sub
mitted 10 them Ii is this: "The presen
provisions of the constitution secure t
you the right Ga right which you held be
fore it was made, which. you have neye
given up to manage your domestic con
Germs in your own way; but as we arr
convinced That you do not manage then
properly, we want you to put in the hand
of the General Government, in The coun
ellis of which we have the majority, TIT
control over these matters, the effect o
which will be virtually 10 transfer thos,
powers from yours into our hands,"
Again: in some of the States, and il
sections of others, the black population far
exceeds that Of the white. Some Of. the
emancipators propose an immediate abo
lition. What is the proposition, then, a:
| 1t regards these States and parts of States
but the alternatives of amalgamation witt
the blacks, or an exchange of situation.
with thema Is there any man of common
sense who does not believe that the eman.
clpated blacks, being a majority, will in
slst upon a full participation of political
rights with the whites. and, when pos
sessed of these, they viii not contend for
full share of social rights also What bur
the extremity OF weakness and folly eoule
induce any one TO think that such PROPOSE
tons as these could be listened TO by:
People so intelligent as the Southern
States? Further; the emancipators gen
erally declare that it is their intention Il
effect their object although their acts con
tradict the asseFtion) by no other mean
than by convincing the shareholders tina
the immediate emancipation of the slave
is called for, both by moral obligation AMI
sound policy. An unfedged youth, a
the moment of leaving Indeed, in man,
instances, before he has left ity his theolo
fgical seminary, undertakes to give lecture
upon morals to the countryInen OF Wythe
Tucker Pendleton, and Lowndes; an,
lessons of political wisdom to State
whose affairs have SO recently. been direc
ted by Jefferson, Madison, Macon am
ICrawford. Isit possible that instances o
greater Uanity and presumption could be ca
hi6ited But the course pursued bg til
enaanclPatorS is unconstitutional. do nc
say that there are any words in the Con