Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-04-25

evil is with them. If there is guilt in 1t, the guilt
is theirs, not ours since neither the States, where
it does not exist, nor the Government Of the U.
States can, without usurpation of power, and the
violation of solemn compact, do anything to re-
move 1t without the consent Of those who are i'm
mediatey interested. Every movement which is
made by the Abolitionsts in the non-slave-hoding
States is viewed by our Southern brethren an at
tack upon their rights and which, if persisted in,
must in the end eradicate those feelings Of attach.
ment and affection between the citizens Of all the
States which was produced by community of in
terests and dangers in the War of the Revolution,
which was the foundation Of our happy union, and
by continuance of which, it alone be preserved
entreat you then, to frown upon measures which
are 10 produce results so much to be deprecated
The opinion which have now given, have omit
ted no opportunity for the last two years TO lay be-
fore the people of my own State. I have taken
the liberty to express them here, knowing that even
if they should unfortunately not accord with yours
that they would be kindly received"
Fellow citizens, OF MSsouri-May we not
here enquire, in the language of one Of the most
upright and distinguished statesmen of the ago*
whether there tcan be found, even in the produc
tons Of any southern statesman, more energetic
and unsparing denunciation of the schemes of the
abolitioniStS? He pronounces them to be "weak
presumptuous and unconstitutional" illegal per.
scouting and dangerous" and after depicting in
glowing language the fatal consequences 10 which
they must lead he calls upon his audience with
indignant earnestness, to 'Jro,on upon measures
which are to produce results so much to be depre
Gated" He lays down in the broadest and most
unequivocal terms, the fundamental principle that
the subject Of slavery is under the sole and ex.
elusive jurisdiction Of the States in which it sts
and that neither the General Government nor the
n.slave. holding States have any right whatever
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that discussions upon the subject in the non.slave
holding States, tending in their consequences, as
they do, to leopard the peace and impare the
of the freedom Of speech and OF the press, in vi.
olation of the spirit and pervng design of the
Constitution. The same declarations were made
by him, and with greater emphasis, if possible, in
an address delivered to an assembly of his fellow
citizens at Cheviot, in Ohio, on the 4th Of July,
1888; from which an isolated passage, lin which
the author admitting slavery to be an evil, says he
would gladly see the surplus revenue of the
Union devoted to its progressive extinction by the
purchase and colonization Of the slaves, with the
sanction of the States holding hem,) has been
artfuly culed, and given to the public, carefully
suppressing the conte1t, in which General Harri.
son maintains, in the strong and unqualified lam
guage | am about to cite, that ''the slave popua-
ton is under the exclusive control Of the States
which possess them" and that ''neher the Gen
eral Government nor the non.slave,holding States
can interfere in any acay, with the right Of pro.
perty in slaves, and at the same time denounces
the schemes Of the abolitonists as fraught with
"horrors, upon which an incarnate devil only
could look with appreciation"
But even il The incidental and abstract suggeS.
tons above noticed in the Chevoit speech Of
Gen. Harrison were to be looked al, disconncc
ted from its context, however we might differ
from him both as to its prac,icability and some
Of the principles involved, justice and candor
would still require US TO bear in mind that, but
few years ago, similar sediments were freely
expressed both by the prees and public coun>
ellis Of Virginia, and that plan effecting the
same object, almost identical with that thrown
out by Gen. Harrison, was developed and eurn
estly advocated by Mr.. Lferson in letter ad-
dressed by him, during the last year Of his life.
10 Mr.. Sparks, which you will see in the Attn
Vol. Of his writings, page 39S-391. But |
again repeat, where is the man whether Of the
Eorth who, in the practical assertion of the
rights of the south, and in energetic AMI decis
i've Reproduction Of the projects Of the Abolition
lists, has gone farther that Gen. Harrson' A
just people cannot forge, the noble and selfsac
rfcing devotion with which he stood alone,
out Of all the Representatives Of the Western,
aonslaue.holding States Except McLane, OF
Illinois and the little band Of but two or three
from the whole non-slave. holding region of the
Union, in steadily resisting on behalf Of the
rights and nterestst Of the south. the memoir
able Missouri restriction, and the kindred pro
position made at the same period TO restrict the
introduction Of slaves into the Territory of Ar
Kansas patriotic selfdevo,ion by which he
lost his seat in Congress, and incurred popular
odium and prescription, for season, in his own
State. All this Gen. Harrison did freely, from
sense Of his duty to the Constitution Of his
Country, and to the rights and interests Of the
uhern States, at time when he had NOTHING
10 ask at their hands. What was the course OF
the present chief Magistrate in whose behalt
General Harrison is now sought 10 be stigma
tzed as an AJolhiOniSt, under the same cir.
cumsances? He, then, as member Of the
Senate Of New York, voted in favor Of instruc
tions 10 the Senators and Representatives Of
that Stale in Congress- TO support the Missouri
restriction, and year or TWO afterwards, as d
member Of the Senate of the United States, 70
ted in favor Of proposition 10 restrict the in
PRODUCTION of slaves into The Territory o
Florida. Well, therefore, might the south re-
quire Of HIM some pledge Of fidelity 10 the
rights, when he became a candidate for theil
suifrages TO elevate him TO the station he now
occupies. B 1t what further or higher pledg
can General Harrison have to give, than hi.
conduct and opinions, uniformly sustained
through every change OF circumstances, and ii
every personal sacrifice, coupled with tina
inst and Repuhlican definition Of the true mr. NJ