Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-01-21
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ny TO the South, then am her enemy.
/ But, as to Southern rights, let no man
/ lay his hands upon them. My obserVa-
| ton in life has taught me to believe that
IN all domestic quarreis there are usunl'
iIv fauI's on both SIDES Aud ! will saw
to NY Northern friends, Why be eter-
nally striking at that sore, which God
knows, is sore enough without blowS
| from you? Why keep up this eternal
turmoil and excitement about aboIlllonf
Why this constant determination to DIS
turb and NEEDLE with US in our domes-
tic concernsf | can conceive Of no 9TH
er or better reason for it than the man
gave for beating his wife-"because !
am able to do H." !, was dangerous he
knew TO attempt to prophecy, but this he
would venture to predict: if ever this
gorgeous, this glorious temple Of human
freedom, should be pulled down or con-
sumed, that was the thing that would
do it
When Americans spoke Of disSoying
the Union, they spoke Of what they
should not--the idea was unnameabIe.
The Greek legislator gave ii as reason
for providing no punishment Tor parrI'
eide, that such o crime ought never TO be
mentioned; but if northern gentlemen
chose 10 use their strength for such an
end as abolition, this Union must Cum
BILE, come what might. ToattemPI such
thing was TO violate the original COM
pact ol all the States.
The slave States were Save States
before this UuIon existed: they were
Slave States v hen the Cavaliers Of the
South first joined the Northern PreSby-
terlans to drive lack the assaults ot oP.
preston. When Greene aod Marion
fought side by side in the ranks Of arm
ed treemen for The protection Of their
rights, the Southern States were slave
holding States, and their rights as slave
holders were among those for the pro-
lection of which the sword Of the Revo
luton was drawn. They held constr
lulionaI recognition, and constitutional
guaranty Of their rights as Shareholders,
in the provision which required their
sister States to deliver up runaways,
when found. 10 their rightiul masters.
and 10 aid their Southern brethren in case
of a servile insurrectlon. The dreams
Of modern philanrhrophlsis about all
men Of all colors being possessed OF
equal political rights and privileges had
not been lbe doctrine of those days, and
African slaves were not then rec ognlsed
or treated rs American citizens. The
national guaranty then thrown over the
8lavehcIding States guarded them as we'll
against their sister States ss against the
po yer ofthe General Government. The
Slate of Ohio must deliver up the fugi.
tive, despite of all her Stale sovereignty
ami all her abolition notions. Southern
Institutions were solemnly recognized by
the organic law oil the Confederacy:a :and
vet gentlemen now came forward and
insisted that, because they were the
stronger party, they might do what vas
expressly forbidden by the original com
pact that held US all together! If they
should attempt this, ii would be an act
of Iawloss vIolence-an act which could
not, which ought not, and which would
not be borne.
On this subject of slavery, Mr.. M.
said he might pursue what policy he
pleased: his State was sovereign ana
could act her pleasure. For himself, hs
had done his part in her Legislature 10
prohibit the introduction ol slaves Vlthln
her borders, and the exertions Of himself
and others on that subject had been
hitherto successful. So far as Kentucky
was concerned The domestic slave trade
was at this hour absolutely prohibited,
Would 10 God it might ever remain SOL
But that was their affair: it belonged 10
and to them alone. The con.
slitution had thrown It's conservation
round the rights Of the master, and,
thank God, no power on earth could
lawfully interfere with it.
Why, lhgn, must the Northern and Inc
Southern States be forever waglng war
upon each otheI9 Why must a jealousy
10 lostered between them amounting sl-
most to hatredH He must believe, him
self, there we're faults on both sides. AS
a Southern man, he looked upon New
England as an essential part ofth's great
national Union, entitled to liberty and to
the enjoyment of all her social rights
To crusE her, to attempt 10 strike her
down, 10 diminish her capital and ruin
her manufactures, was TO sin against the
Union. Every blow struck at her was
blow at the United States. But, on the
other hand, he spoke what he knew when
he warned her, by all her responsibilities
70 that God whom New England men
were so proud to acknowledge and 10 be-
Iieve in, bv all their sacerd responsible
ties TO poslerity ;, 20 beware how thev stir
red n fire which when once enkinGl4d,
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