The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-01-16

Ject VI SidNtil ndNc oeoh uuSh hhisiS-
presented in the South, the following ex.
tracts from an Address delivered by him
at Nincennes, (Indana,) two years since,
will satisfy the public IN this respect.
have now, fellow citizens, a 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 dis
cussion in any part of the Union. | allude
to the societies which have been formed,
and the movements Of certain individuals
in some of the States in relation TO por-
ton Of the population in others. The con-
duet of these persons is the more dan.
gerous, because theif object is masked un-
der the garb of dIsinteresltdness and bene-
violence; and their course indicated by
arguments and propositions which in the
abstract no one can deny. But, however
fascinating may be the dress with which
their schemes are presented TO their fellow
citizens, with whatever purity OF intention
/ they NAV have been formed aud sustained,
they viii be found TO carry in their tram
mischief 10 the whole Union, and horrors
10 large portion OF it, which, ii Is proba-
BILE, some of the projectors and many OF
their supporters have never thought of;
the latter, the first in the series of evils
which are 10 spring from their source, are
such as you have read Of to have been per-
petrated on the fair plains of Italy and
Gaul, by the Scythian hordeS of Attia and
Alaric and such as most of you apprehend-
ed upon that memorable night, when the
tomahawks and war clubs of the followers
OF Fecumseh were rafting in your suburbs.
regard not the disayowals of any such
intention upon the part OF the authors OF
these schemes, since, upon the examina-
ton Of the publications which have been
made, they Will be found to contain the We
~ fact, and very argument which would
have been used, If such had been their OBJ
lect. | 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, to the States more lmmcdi-
ately interested, and TO those for whose
benefit they profess to act. That the lat
ter will be the victims Of the weak, inlu.
dicious, prcsumptuous and unconstitutional
efforts to serve them, thorough examina-
ton Of the subject must convince them
The struggle (and struggle there must be)
may commence with horrors such as
have described, but it viii end with moro
firmly rSeung the chains, or in the utter
cx;irpatlon Of hose whose cause they ad.
yocatc.
Am | wrong tellow-citizens, in applying
the terms weak, prespmPtuous aud uncon-
! stituuonal, to the measures OF the emlncl-
pators 4 slight examination will, | think
show that | am not. la y!ndlcauon Of
he objects Of Convention which was
lately held in one OF the towns Of Ohio,
which | saw IN a newspaper, II was sad
that nothing more was intended than to
produce a state of public feeling which
would lead to an amendment Of the Con
stltution, authorizing the abolition Of Save
~ in the United States. Now can an
amendment Of the Constitution be effected
without the consent Of the Southern States ?
What then IS the proposition to be submit.
ted to them Ii Is this =" The present
provisions Of the Constitution secures 10
YOU the right "a right which you held be.
fore 1t was made, which you have never
given up,) TO manage your domestic con-
Germs ~ your own way, but as We art con-
yinceI that you do not manage them pro-
perry, We want you 10 put in the hands OF
| the General Government, IN the councils
of which We have the majority, the control
over these matters, the effect Of which will
be virtually to transfer the power from
yours into our hands" Again in some
Of the States, and in sections Of Others, the
black population far exceeds that Of the
white. Some of the emancpators pro-
pose an immediate abolition. What il the
proposition then, as II regards the States
and parts of States, but the alternatives Of
amalgaInation with the blacks, or an ex-
change of situations with them Is there
any man Of common sense who does not
believe that the emancipated blacks, being
a majority, will not insist upon fall par
ticlpaton Of political rightswlth the whites /;
and when POSSESSED Of these, they will not
contend for full share Of social rights al
50 What but the extremity Of weakness
and folly could induce any one to think,
that such propositions as these could be
listened to BY a people SO intelligent as the
Southern States Further. The eman-
clpators generally declare that it is their
intention TO effect their object although
their acts contradict the assertion,) by no
other means than by convincing the slave
holders that the immediate emancipation
Of the slaves IS called for, both by moral
obligation and sound policy. An unnedg-
cd youth, at the moment Of his leaving
Gndeed IN many instances before he has
left IT, his Theological Seminary, under
takes to give lectures upon morals TO the
countrymcn Of Wythe, Tucker, Pendleton
and Lowndes, and lessons Of political Wis
dom to States, whose affairs have so re-
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