The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-11
CHARLgsroN. Aug. 2. 184

s. ChAkLEsroN, aug. g, Iotd.
4 SIR: We trust that we shall not be con
sldered as taking an unwarantable liberty
in addressing 10 yourself, and some others
IN whose discretion we rely, the following
communication. We make an appeal Ia
! you. irrespective of party politics, as one
having common interest with ourselves,
upon matter, as We conceive, Of msmen
, tous concern to every Southern man.
You cannot but have observed the rapid
progress of the Anti Slavery Split, for some
. time past, and the alarming influence it has
r exercised On the politics Of the country. u.
exhibited at Washington, and throughout
the non-slaveholding States Of the Union
Il The inundation of Congress with peti
tons for the abolition Of slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia, though the act Of petition
+ ing for such a purpose assumes an inferi
, ority in the slaveholding States, and the Ian
guage Of the petitions is replete with vitu
peratiOn and insult, has been perssvered in
until it has almost ceased to arrest attention.
The application, in the United States, o
the principle Of the English case Of Som
merceu, decided by Lord Mansfield, by
which ii is declared that the relation Of mas
ter and slave ceases as soon as the parties
pass the jurisdiction of the local laws which
authorize slavery-a principle which iso
lates and disgraces the slaveholder-has beer
more than half acquiesced in. We have
seen Stale after State legislating with a
view to avoid the act Of Congress in regard
to fugitive slaves, and prevent its interior
ence with the above principle, until We are
50 familiarized with such legislation, tina,
the public are scarce aware that the Penn
sylvania Legislature has recently nullifed
this act Of Congress, and affixed a heavy
punishment TO the attempt to enforce il
within the limits of the State
The missions of Hoar and his compeer to
South Carolina and Louisiana, by which
Massachusetts, undertook, on the very sol
OF these States. ny agents resident in Charles
ton and New Orleans, to obstrllct the exc
cution of the local laws in regard to the
introduction Of free colored persons. though
met promptly by the States, respectively to
whom particularly the insult was offered
excited in the South but passing interest
and is now almost forgotten.
Apathy on our part has been followed by
increased and still increasing activity on the
part Of the enemies of our institutions.
The introduction, at the close Of the .es
sion Of Congress, before the last, Of the VII.
mot Proriso, and its passage then in the
House of Representatives. by vote Of 81
IN h. laet
against slavery, in the bill organizing gov
. eminent for Oregon; and the Reputation o.
, the principles of the Missouri compromise
evinced by the rejection of Mr.. Burt.
amendment; the renewal Of the Wilmo
proposition by Mr. Preston King, the vote
on this, and the adoption finally of the Pro
viso, as shaped by Mr.. Hannibal Hamlin, o
Maine, in the House of Representatives, by
large majority, are facts, which leave nc
shadow Of doubt as to the utter disregard o
!, Southern rights in that body. The defea
Of the obnoxious measure i'm the Senate
gives us no security in the future. Senators
in their places, openly proclaimed their ap
prevail Of the principle it contained, ant
placed their opposition, distinctly, on thu
ground that, though right in itself, the ''tim'
and occasion rendered its adoption inexPe
: dent. The Legislatures Of eleven State
: have, with singular unanimity, urged re
newal Of these efforts Delaware, Penn
i. sylvania, New Jersey, New York, Rhod
/ Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massa
n chusetts, Ohio, Michigan, and more recent!
0 Maine, have all through their Legislatures
spoken still more explicitly than by thei
r Representatives in Congress.
The tone Of the press, Wing and Demo
s cratic, Agrarian and Religious, in ever.
y non-slaveholdins State, manifests foregon
|, conclusion, that the Abolitionists are to b
5 conceded to, at least 50 far as to forbid tn
/. extension Of slavery in the United State
e beyond its present boundaries.
While clouds thus gather, what prepars
II ton do We make for the impending storm
e Are our people even aware Of its approach
e How have the Abolitionists, so incor
y siderable in numbers. and themselves with
IS out official station, effected 50 much? tn
G answer is obvious. They have adhered
n principle. They have made it paramount
y TO party organization and temporary policy
Il and they have thus held the balance Of pos'
l. er between the two great parties. The
y have on this account been courted alternate
). Iy, and altogether, Ivy Wh;e a'rd Doulv..-
" until it has come about that no politician
N on either side is considered as "ar0ilable,
ir who cannot enlist in his behalf this nece
rs sary vote and they are actually at this m
II ment controlling the destinies OF this gre
ir Confederacy! Shall we not profit by the
II example!
.ir The Abolitionists have throughout 4
IS, non.slaveholding States pressed zealousl
m ably, and efficiently, enforcing their view
is and presenting their paramount principle
st. and they have lately established an organ
W, the city Of Washington.
e' We have, in, the South, papers Of both Ps
m ties worthy of all confidence, but these are
I'd. little read elsewhere; and there 10 no one
las them of very general circulation, even in
Southern States; and We have not one paper
a non-slaye- holding State, and none In the c
Do. Of washington, which, in this emergency, J
90 proved a fast and fearless friend; not one viii
hsbitually reflects the psbtic sesttment q
we Sov,h on this question. The Intelligent
-ay hInks the question; the Union rebukes equa
No ,h. .p;rit of Abolition, and the spirit which
80 s;sts its aggressions; and with su, except
co. Aboltionisis themselves, party success. with
On. triumph and ito spoils, 10 the absorbing, II
his the sole consideration.
,at. The object Of this communication 70 10
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