The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-12-13

ofthem. must necessarily come into competition
with The cotton region of this country. One @
the alleged designs Of The Blush Government 4
|, create competitor and rival to our s uthern
S ales by stimulating the cultivation OF eolto" ID
Texas.
After settling the question as to The pecuniary
interests Of the People OF the South, The writer
addresses himselfto their fears, He says
aIf The owners of slaves fear the moral influence
of free State bord ring towards the South as on the
North let them eonsi er how much more Their inter
esls would be compromised ~ moral point oil we"
by measure that would revolt the moral sense oil The
cyil,xed world. With the question OF slavery. with
in the limits of the slave States rome are competent 10
interfere hut those residing within those limits but
when il becomes question olntervcning To prevent
the establishment OF IL, edom IN another country then
il becomes question OF very different character, one
whereon the good Of every cline Of our own country,
well foreign countries, VIII marshal themselves
against the Shareholder"
The object in annexEg Texas would not be
s'to prevent The establishment OF freedom in an
other counlry,n though the effect Of il would be
10 prevent the intended abolition Of negro slave
nv in Texas. The object Of the Southern Peo-
Die would be purely one Of soli-preseryaion,
and to arrest blow directed, in The name OF
philanthropy, not only against their peace and
welfare, bu, agains, the integrity of The Union.
They must protect themselves from imminent
danger, even al the hazard of Offending the pre-
tended moral sense ofihe civilz ID world. When
tina, moral sense becomes 80 NEEDLE ONE aud
restless, that not content with an ample field for
the exercise of charity in alleviate g The suffer
ings of white slaves AT home, il rambles abroad
to interfere with the domestic affairs OF foreign
nation, aud remedy evils of which it cannot pos
sby understand the nature or extent, there is
no safety in yielding an inch 10 1t, and hardly
any in remaining merely on the defensive. The
efforts of abolilonisls, at home and abroad, 10
array sIhe moral sense of the civilized world
against The People of the South, are constant
and increasing. Must the South remain entire
ly silent and passive, not under abuse and ms
representation only, and threats, but actual at
tempts 10 carry threats into execution ii she
is conscious that she has justice on her side
that she is arraigned convicted, and about 10 be
punished for evils not of her own creation, and
impossible for her TO rem, dy THE sooner she de-
tends herself and asserts her rights by an act
which, without affecting any evil, or adding
single one to the aggregate Of slaves, may yet
have The effect Of rousiag "the moral sense OF
the civilized world" the better it will be for the
reputation, as well as the peace and security, OF
her sons. Lei her, instead Of covering like
conscious criminal, do something which will
draw the attention Of ''ihe civilized world' 10
the quesion--occasion II 10 be fully discussed,
and leach pretended phan hfopis's, at home
and abroad, that it is a question upon which
may be said on both sides.