Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-08-04
For he ReglNteJ.


 NO. V. -,' 70 =. .'- -- The only remaining paragraph in the letter of Me- Bolts to which will direct my attention, has been reseryed for separate analy ysis, in order that raneous matter should be nterposed between its eN hibition and the contumeiy to which it is entiler
 The elevated ground which the Southern States have eyer.occuped, has been, that this single and -v.tai leet they determined 10 remain impreg unable, and for which they will ask no ayors. I ~ | They will sacrifice readily any portion of the conederacy, and '' for the sake of the Union," all pride of opinion created on subjects of dubious or constructive import. Their past history testfes to- the willingness and pronptness with which life and treasure were avished for the common Their present history evnces how much they have orborne | under the most gang and perplexng trals. They foolishy permitted hintsto ripen into words, words t, swell into action, and even then, hopng againa, Hope" they have slept with fatal security until the chain with which Ihey. to be rredeemably bound, has nearlN surrounded the infatuated victims, an when they are encrcled in its monstrous folds, the {" PiianthtopistsI like the 1hane of CawdOr, sl Il | strike them down with one fell swoop. 1.''.
 .Itis time nowsto shake of this balmy slumber.-- The vampire no longer fans y0u while he drains your life blood. The mask is of, and Heaven forelend 1.-the issue.- --------- -'--- --- - tr'
 The constitution of the United States Article 4th, l Section 5d, holds this language :: " No person held to service labor in one State under the laws there of escaping another, shall in consequence of any | law or regulation theren be discharged from such serylce or labor; but shall be delivered up, on the cam of the party to whom such service labor rmay De due: 'eThis, we presnme, plain ineligible Ian guage, and right, we would suppose, whose integ- rty, no freeman to whom it appertsined, would per nit to be brought into jeopardy by discussion. Yet strange relate, this is the very which Mir. E. has selected to offer up as pacebo to the wounded and melting senslhlties of the aboltoniss. He is too discursye foi detail of hls ideas be present. ed, but we will follow him in brief. ls, he glances 1 at the difference of opinion between the Southern I and Northern States upon what he calls the " ad vantages" and the~e disao,aungess of slavery; 2d, he supposes the escaped Qne tuore of our slaves
 he points sogt tue 4 obstacles and mpedimems'ato their recovery; and thinks that the South may find it necessary to apply to Congress pass some general law, by which :" such property may be restored'to Lits proper owner, , .on .s,-- '-.'.ss W ','4l | And now comes the pth and marrow ofAis suppo- siiio1. @ v, /, ,-I. ..,,c' gi5..... 7,s
 ISuppose,'' says Mir. Bolts, 6 present peli- tion from my constituents, and the Northern mem bers should object to it on the, ground that grev- 4 ance has not been made, Be-, and then he asks [" Does the South hold itself ready to acquiesce in the adoption of a. rule by Congress, tliat resou- tion or memorial or other paper upon the subject, shall be entertained in any way whatever" Y ! I will answer him summarily and distinctly lst, the constitution is the citadel npon which we take our stand, [sect. 2 4 and 'by referring to it's plain and unequivocal letters, we set our faces di- recty against permitting any set of men to discuss I V mode or form in which we choose to avail ourselves ofs beceft, provided that in so doing we neither in. fringe upon te rights of others, nor disparage tIem Thsse who would VI sweetly discoprse'' their hands into our pockets and their feet upon our necks are perfectly right, five Tie down and submit quietly to be feeoed. 2d, the @' escape" and 1" obstacles, J tl are longer supppsable cases. They are nelan. choly truths What thenl Shall xe, with Mr.. B., I g6 crngingy 9n bepded knees, seeing distinction Between petition and a resolution, and ask boon at our masters hands for that which we pre- scrptvely right, intangible and indestruct,- ble in moral honesty, and only to be yielded with life Ito the overpowering of brute force and robbery!i RShall we ask them to define for us wherein con sists grievancei Shall we consent to the compar. ative opinion, whether it be greater grievance tc them that we own property or to us that they rob ni And if, forsooth, in their excess of clemency nhey perchance display their magnanimty and grant us the privilege of redressing our wrongs, shall we
 crouch for present favors and pray for future mercy ] 4wilf pf6ceed no further The subject maddens me- when l reflect that l am compelled to address the'ffeenen Of the South, co-heirs with the whole republic to the legacy bequeathed us upon the huih
 iating spectacle of Southern Representative cater ing to the rabid appetite ofthese buccaneers, and m
 king acknowledgements, ,-Yhere- Me-hase aa- upmit- 1 ed privilege to commando "a ~NT0A feCfS
 Irepeat to him, bensfcium, aeeipers est ibersasum pendert. We receive no fayors OH this subject We hold our liberty and our rights above all price, and emphatically tell Mir Botts, in answer to his en- quiy. we will never aoquesce nthe adoption of an, rule by which we to be stripped of our property by those very fanatics to whom we originally in debted for its introduction among us and if it SC pleases him, we commission Mir. Bolts, as the agent of both parties, to tell them mlch It they per. sst in their demands, we instruct hm'to say for us in the language ofthe sversmith of Ephes,s sirs by flis craft we have our wealth. Hands of.
 E. To he Editor ef fhe Mobile Advertiser and Chroni, Eoie: SwTo the .bes. of my ability have eneeayors ed tQ comply with the appeal you made in ygur paper ef the 18th ut. have given to Mir. Botts' leitei the earnest consideration you asked for it and, assure you, entirely dvested of all party influence have especially paid deference to your wish, aud have examined it withran eye single to the duty owe to myself, my family my country Bu; sir, Jmving done all this, yet am unconsefted to your dogma, that il must carry conviction to every un- prejudiced miud.'r Row belief, sir, that "the po- tsitions assumed by Mir. Bouts sound and correct Ard cannot be eyerhrSwh." !" is no doubt honest, and l 'nosi ineharitable ofstour saoaId not have
 fpected otheEwlss atS a1t ltn,is but more partisl
 atls sgsss VII AasA,isxAseasd It, regardless olsss eakf fS party' demagcgues. That you should thor- oaehly agree with Mir Botts requires no stretch of the iaasi61