The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-23

that DIR. Craik's effort Was a powerful one, an
commanded the most marked attention durinl
its delivery. We hope he viii succeed, and i'm
bue the Church with his enlarged and philan
throPic spirit.
warmer and Warmer.
Our Carolina friends are waxing warm
One of them, through the Charleston Mercury
says, "let US act-lei US have a Southern Con
vention." AS to the means or manner of get
ting it up, he makes the following proposition
Executive correspondence may arrange such
preliminsrios and particulars as may be necesss
ny 10 be entered into for the carrying out the
election and assembly Of such boGy.
Let proclamation be thea made 10 the people
by the Executives of each State, si,aHllaRe04sls
announcing the purpose of the SoHtAerH States
10 hold Convention for purposes of Southern
Interest and safety. Let wriis Of election be is
sued for the election Of members is this Con-
vention, and when this is done, anG the people
are called upon 10 60 Lssir dgfy, depend upon il,
they will do il with hearty welcome, and with
patriotic zeal, perhaps seldom fever witness
ed before within the limits Of these Southern
States.
IL this course be Objectionable, let statesmen
or politicians propose some course of policy for
the South 70 pursue al a crisis like this Ii this
be not such a one deserves consideration, let
some other be proposed and adopted And let
something be adopted which embraces and points
to united action ia this important position Of our
Southern interests
No man Il speak of Southern mem can re-
iuse TO admit the justice of the Ssuth's resis-
ance; and every nal should be prepared TO
enforce sorse course Of resistance. Then why
are the citizens Of the South, her leading men,
as well as her nOre private and retired politi-
clans, SO s!Or 10 sgggesf and GdrOcsfe some
course Of policy and conduct adequate to the
occasion and &c her posifisal
She has already suffered enough, both in
reputation and interest, from her ruthless con-
federates.
Southern interests-what are theyl Every
Stste-Congress-the Supreme Court-al saw
the rights of masters are fnlly protected under
the law Nots move is made TO wrest from Caro-
lima, or any other Southern sovereignty, her
ezeiusioe sovereignty over the subject of slavery
What else is demanded "Yes. yesr' replies
this CaroliaiaR, 1--WE know that; bat the South
has already suffered enough, both in reputation
and interest, from her ruthless confederates !"
How, when, wherel "The tariff" responds our
friend. But you have one now which Mr.
Calhoun voted for, and pronounced satisfac-
tory" well, WE'LL testify continues the
Carolinian, the free States won't let us go with
eur slaves where We please" "They can't help
that-fhe IaU deternsiHss his-besides, how can
you admit the right of Congress to create slave
ry, since by that admission You confer necessa-
rily the right to destroy itl'' s'No NATTER" re-
Joins the Nulli6er, "we will have our way; give
ms nj nd H. TTuso
In thi. spirit, the Carolina perpetuslis;s write
and talk, "Disunion," "ruihless eonfeder-
ates, /" Southern resistance" s'the trescherous
Democracy" -" the recreant Whigs''-these, and
like phrases, dance through their communica-
lions and speeches in thick prOfusion.
In North Carolina, except in a few districts,
this spirit is condemned. In the other South
ern States it is feared and disapproved. A
Southern Stsfesman Of eminence-one whom
we shall not much fear TO guess, and whose
counseIs and word would be deeply respected
all over the South-writes a friend as follows
on the subject Of Slsvery-ExtensiOn-an the
course Of South Carolina:
IL California any other Mexican
Department were ceded TO US, the people (hayine
already municipal laws would thereby change
allegiance; their relation 10 their ancient SOW
ereign wssld be dissolved; but their relations TO
each other and their Rights Of Property would
remain undisturbec; and, their laws do not
now recognize slaves as property, bat forbid the
relation Of Master and Slave, how could il be in
troduced without law Of Congress creating il?
W You'd not mere sileRce exclude IL as effectually
as any other model wide Peters Reports, 81,
&c. IL Sc, the South will have TO demand of
Congress law to propagate slavery by creating
IL de nou0l III they do this, iehsf becomes of oar
old doctrine If neR-iRfeTferencc? Ii Congress.
has no power 10 abolish it, how do we find pow
er to create it
Congress never yet created Slavery in any
State or Territory. No Stale OF the Union ever
created Slavery. In ell former acquisitions
the Territory was coded uih Slayery-the re.
lstion Of Master and Slave already existed there
in; and all that has been done at anv time was
to abstain from aboiishing those rights Of prop
srty as they existed at the period Of our pur-
chase.
The Wilmot Proviso priaeipLs, therefore. is
not an old question. So far as it is identical
with former contests in this respect, the srgu-
ment is against Slave Extension; for il Con
gress sdheres 10 the old rule, Of taking Territory
as we lind ii, the new purchase must be accept
ed ss IS, with slavery forbidden by the exist
ing law.
AHe " hnot 1foFfso is notnlng more nor less
than friendly notice that this policy will be
adhered TO- so Il strikes me. And il here oc-
ours TO me that Mr.. Calhoun's abstract resolu- |
lions are exactly what will leave tho newly sc- |
CURED territory free Of Slavery If they are fair
iy carried into practice.
Unless, forsooth, we act on the recommends J
ton Of a line andno peace, and consequently no |
Treaty, until immigration behind the Army
pushes Slaves into the land under the sanction
of Congress: whereby we shall find Slavery in
the land when we acquire it by line and acaui-
escence, or by Treaty at some future dav.
Hands off" VIII suit then. I have sometimes
believed that this was Mr.. CaIhoun's DESIGN.
aa1 Il Is the only supposition that reconeiles his
course with his reputation for sagacity.
What would the leading men of ali sections
in Washington have thought ola proposition 10
seize upon a neighbor's territory to plant Negro
Slavery int And what must the Christian
Statesmen Of day feel in their hearts at this
singular eKhibiiioa2 Not leading politician In
al the South, however, dares speak out his hos
lii'ty ssbbery for the sake of perpetuating op-
present. MOI single Press in fourteea States I
Asrs 70 say, 1--WE are unwilling 10 do this thing