Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1847-05-27
From the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer.
THE NORTH AND SOUTH.
NO. v.

the blood of the Revolution," | have not
fought the battles of my country. Twas as
Zone born out Of due time" The mother
that bare me, was, at one day old, rocked
in her cradle by the Earring of the earth
from Bunker Hill, and her lullaby was "rhe
thunder. of the captains and the shouting"
He that is now "a Northern man with
Southern citizenship" was, in the war of
1912, feeble boy of Ten years old. ] have
been, in succession, citizen of Massachu-
sets, of Virginia, and of Maryland. am
allied to those States by ties the tenderes'
and the hottest. If moral courage is requr-
ed, in defence Of the liberties which are
mine by heirshp, the inheritance which |
have SO fully and freely possessed, shall not
be found wanting. If fearless announcement
of obvious truth is needed, |. for one. shall
prove that the blood with which this Union
was bought, was not shed for me in vain.
if''Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty"
and if have not been deceived as to the
maxims which 1.-THE Father of his Country"
bequeathed to posieri,y, ] shall be found
upon the watch,ower.
ltbecomes me, in thus addressing states
man, to present fact, not feeling; argument,
not egotism. And yet some apology is due
for Constitutional argument on States right
doctrines, lest should assume to s'inform
princes, and teach senators wisdom"
My Constitutional argument, has more Of
the heart than of the head in it. The mean
ing of the Constitution which the trainers
meant-which its authorized expounders
mean-which its sworn supporters mean,
whether their oath is ITO support i, as they
understand it, or otherwise, touch not.
There is meaning of the Constitution
distinct and apart from all these, modified
though it is by the authoritative decisions
of the Supreme Court, and by the expressed
opinions of statesmen. The Constitution is
from day to day, and from year to year, &C
complishing its destiny; and the annals of
time are recording the meaning which it
actually fnl6ls. To this meaning of the
Constitution | propose to confne my re-
marks
The North had moral influence with the
South, twenty years ago, on the subject Of
Slavery; they have none whatever now-
The positions of the two we're not then as
thoroughly defined as now. The North
shen approached the South in respectful,
deferential, Christian and prevailing spirit.
Though we saw not how their views could
be safely carried into practical effect, yet
their mild Christian earnestness won us, and
though we saw much in their reasonings
which we knew to be the result of mistake
and Misrepresentation, yet v e were disposed
10 think that such excellence OF Christian
temper must, after all, be in the right.
Proceeding from New England south
ward, towards the equator, relaxing of that
indomitable disposition to think for ones
self on all subjects, is observable. 1t doubt
less is, in part at least, an influence of eli
mate which disposes us to let others, our
parents, our teachers, our orators-in short
those whom We respect, and 10 whom we
are attached, think for US.
Southern youths, receiving education at
the N orth-N or,hern teachers, particularly
clerical teachers, a, the Souih-much N ORTIZ
ern influence has heretofore been produced
on the South. The rise of colleges and uni
versities in the Standardization forced up
on the British West India lslands-Aboli-
ton breaking out at the N orth,-the public
mind, both at the South and at the North
reused to a state of observation-disclosures
taken-the result attained may be thus de-
scribed. The two communities have rece-
ded in opinion from each other, and now
occupy these ascertained. positions. The
North is comprehended and fully stated in
one proposition, and one inference. To
own slaves is sin. Sin must be Immediate
ly abandoned.
The South say that sin lies not in own
ing slaves. Sin is predicated of slave-hold-
ers and Of non-slave-holders irrespectively
of the matter of slave-hoiding. A man may
be in stale of allegiance to all Gods re-
vealed will, and yet be a STAKEHOLDER in
perpetuity.
Shareholders, knowing that their politi-
cal rights were secure, formerly did not take
the trouble to think very conclusively upon
the subject; and accordingly admitted thai
slavery was great moral, political, and So
cial evil. They have now reflected as they
never did before, and have arrived at the
conclusion that it is not so great an evil, in
either of these respects, as they had sup
posed.
The North have so generalized their pro-
position as to include us all, clerical and
lay, male and famale, under sin. Formerly
the clergy of both sections were agreed, and
they are no less so now, that it is sin tc
treat slaves ILL., But all this is thrown into
position of irrelevancy, in the presen, ad
vanced stage of the discussion. Nothing
but airect showing from the Book of God
the mutually recognised standard is inpoin
now. The North are the aggressors They
affirm sin of us all. We wait, and shall
walt in reserved slence,,tl they prove, o
attempt to prove, from the Bible alone, wha
they affirm.
No.;orn &c ACKNOWLEDGEMENT incident ia III