The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-25


States is II safe for the South To yield up the last
practical check which II has 10 the management OF
the affairs Of the nation
This aspect OF the question presents serious con.
sideralioos we are happy IN the belief that the
great body Of the Northern people do not enter into
the views which are expressed 10 their name ON.
erwise We should expect Union, one section Of
which hated and abborfed the other 10 have a yery
short and undesirable existence Bot we do believe
that the feeling manifested by MIR Webster and by
the quotations above, sufficiently general at The
North to warrant the Southern States m assuming
compact front and firm ground upon The question OF
the annexation OF Texas, and 10 declare that the
Iea'e s.iensiA OF me slaye-hodlng aud non-slaye-
holding States shall not be changed in the Senate
Indeed, without reference TO The insulting and mn
uiohefIy zone with which we are addressed in re-
gard TO the peculiaries of our institutions the mfr
h,tes OF human nature--thc teachings Of history 10
w"'en pir' webster refers with SO much complacen.
lcy-ought 10 warn US, ought 10 every friend of
the Union, whether at the North or the South thar
lhe entire ascendehcyn the politics Of The Republic
OF either geographical division, would inevitably
right II II 1t did not divide the Union
On these grounds then, we have a right when We
are told that no new Stte be adm tied at the
South, to respond To the Norh--not in the vein in
when they auni us, that there is something about as
that tn dislike, therefore they will not endure aoy
more oil our sort-6ut, IN the language Of femon-
strance and appeal that cannot consent that the
equilibrium OF the Union shall be further broken uDs
that our own safety and due regard for the peace
oil the Union, which We love with fraternal love
require us to insist that the territory which was
once wrongiuly relinqushed, and which is necessa-
~ TO maintain a balance between the Northern and
Southern sections Of the Confederacy now sihat a
fair opportunity is offered shall be re acquired and
re-ncorporaled into the Republic
We had written thus far when we received the
following letter. and we gladly relnquish the topic
into hands so much ADLER to treat il i
TO THE HON. DANIEL WEBSTER
SIR: Your letter of the 23d January IN reply 10
the citizens Of Worcester on the annexation of
Texas to our Government, should claim the deep Al.
ention of all soveholdng States-for their wellbe-
ing, and even their existence is incidentally imuli.
Gated IN this question. My birth was in the South
my lie OF NIFTY odd years has been passed in the
South therefore can but view the insdious mani
iesations In your letter, TO annhllale the Southern
interest and Jeopardize lives with feeling as
hostile towards your political opinions as their con
summation would be destructive f. the South You
say that you see lnsurmounlable ections the an
ne1ation of Texas TO the United States these objec-
lions are constitutional, and those connected with
the question Of slavery. The constitutional objec-
lions you raise agans, the annexation have all been
critically examined by the honorable Senator from
Mississippi, mir. Wal kerr in his letter 10 the people
OF Carroll county, Kentucky. His reasoning tho
roughly exposes all clubbing that be made as to
Constitutional restrictions, and ] shall ony rem1Gk
that surely what we have done on large scale, We
can do on smaller one, aud by the rule that
We annexed Louisiana, we can annex Texas. This
mater-oi-iact argument will be understood by tho
yeomanry of the colntry-ai least ty those ,ho nhaJ
he raley # The Mississippi.
You object to the annexation of Texas because il
would extend the slavery Of The African race on this
continent-declaring slavery TO be a great moral So
cal and political eyll but that, being guaranteed by
the Constitution, il is beyond the reach of Congress
and is concern of the States themselves AZ it exists
within their respective limits; / ask you, Mr.. Web
ster, can II be from feelings Of philanthropy towards
the African race that you are unwilling To extend
the limits OF the country in which they are held,
when, by so doing you would most assuredly very
much better their condition, giving then a milder eli
mate and more ferle soil 10 work and whence their
owners Would be enabled from the products Of their
labor 10 allow them liberal port in the comforts
Of life. BY extending the limits Of our slave coun-
try, you DO not mean hope TO imply that we OF the
south wish 10 increase the quantity any further than
the laws Of population naturally will do. IL So "a
sprn the idea this vile and debased work has been
done by the NoriherDer and the European. Yes they
are the men who have robbed Africa of her popula-
ton and Tor lust OF gold have thrown them and Their
progeny into bondage and forced them on the South
ern States against their viii and remonsrances 70
their Government on the occasion. Twas in Cuba
few years since MIR. Webster; the slave trade was
then as II Is now no doubt led on extensisely-
made particular inquiry whether there were any
Soulherners engaged in the Infamous traffic. Icould
mol learn that there was one they were Northern
men and Europeans; and Of all the slaves that have
ever been imported into the United States from the
hrs commencement Of this damning ira fic few very
few indeed, verify believe have been wre,,ed from
Their country, and thrown INTO bondage nv Southern
men; and sincerely do wish that eyery man who
engaged IN IT, could have been suspended from tue
yard arm, and we of he.Sou,h should then be eN-
emp,eo from our present position | must Mr..
Webster, mention 10 you another fact, because not
having travelled among US, you do not perhaps know
H. liyou wish m our country 10 find cruel unfe,l.
ing master, who iashes his slaves hard and deals to
em scsnV support IN iood and rament, you must
hunt SIR, for a .Northtrnr a European This is A
well known truth, as general rule; IL has its ex
cepuons, agree. We who are born and raised with
slaves have kinder feelings toward them than tLos.
who are not, and GRE more ndulgent to them.
cannot construe your unwillingness to extend the
l,mhs OF 'he slave territory to proceed from phar-
throphy towards the slaves No sir the covert Oh.
Ject Is, by cOuhning them within rcumscribed Uu.
ITS, the Northern and European aboluonists hoe
to produce quick aud speedy franohisement Of tie
slave population. You think by oon6ning the steam
you viii burst the boiler, regardless of the eon,e.
quences which may result from the explosion You
say mat Tie subject slavery has not oni, attract
ed att non as atuestion of politics. bu, il has sruc.
a lar deeper toned chord II has arrested the relgi-
Gus feelings Of the country # has taken strora bSd
on the conscionces OF men,
MY feelings are so indignant at the clear induction
IRON TINS sentiment you have expressed that really
can hardly give them their true coloring What Mr.
Weos'erl are we Of the South 10 have your code of
moral conduct crammcd down our thro,ts y heth,r
or mott Are we TO have consciences squared and
rounded oh by your rules Of judgment You Of New
hngland must 'urely suppose that you have tie paor
va kerS To try Tor unbelef as In the DAYS Of your
o'ermuch rghteousnoss But, sir, lei me tell you We
consult our own conscience and that man, Of the
Southern gentlemen scholars Of high intellectual
auainmenis AM deeply reflect on all tie obligations
mat surround them IN this state OF humanity as fp
Ind hem%iro placed IN IT, and II YOU Of the Nori
shsh ever atiempt to ooerce OF the South code
mn
you yourselves viii stand aehast at IL YOU. Mr.
W soster, and all those OF New England VITO make