Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-10-02

ever | deny the assumption altogether | maintain
maj C''.ress has the hight to legslae the subject
oh IN Inc BATES and in the Ter iDres-and that they
ar oonnd by the mist solemn Considerations. exercise
he power When the occasion calls for and there
Fl was period when their action more urgently
'i.e i'I han the present But this power Of -gsa
9l i.Ae all others given protect destroy
II was designed shield ana not as spear As well
H4at 1t be sad that b-cause Congress cannot rghlfuy
give away the whole OF The public domain by law TO
hli'.4ua NJ oiae, It right to egsiate at all
% ihe subject, as say tha because it cannot abolish
slavery by law It has power l. leIislae all the
subject All Its powers wee given for the purpose OF
preserving Inc rights Of Individuals and Of Staes;-and
MI Cas- must have knOwn that lis prop slflon, wh-
seems to favor The South, Strikes Theoretically and
practically. fAta. blow the only security which II
enjoys vlz:-ine power Of Congress to enforce the
guarantees # the Constitution Weak and Inefficient
Is tile act 81 193 IS, the only which Congress
has vouchslted shield Of protection 10 property;
aud he well knew th3tthe savehuldng States mad,
by Law, made highly penal for any Of their citizens to
an IN The execution of It's provisions He also knew
that petitions, numerOusy signed, have been, and are
constantly pressed upon Congress repeal even the
dead provisions Of This act-LecGuse as they state, 1.-THE
lar is contrary 10 he spirit and ,cord Of God'-and
because the a,r is Intended to prop up system ,rh'ch
makes 1t criminal 10 teach Gods creatures his hoy cord
-deprdres The master and the Stare and is the fruitful
source u great eriis, both refg ious and p9ltlcat
/ Al this and more, Mr. Cass must have known; and
while. in sliding from his Wimo f1rovis1 platform, he
10 act In def.rence to The South, he have
been that he redy sustaining the very worst
principles Uf the abOtionists aIa. we concerned.
Mr.. Cas- maintains if rightly understand him.
that the people Of the Territories have the exclusive right
to determine whether Southern shall enter on ~ns
portion OF the public domain, with his slaves not
lie TO have arrived this conclusion by very
simple process Of reasoning, ylz:- Congress hare no!
The right Of probao The people Of The Territories must
haze 1t. This Is very summary mode of decdlu. such
nm. e1r lfa- that only
intent ofa powers, far slavery concerned. must
be 10 destroy IT, gives PER saHen authority TO the
squatters on the public lands, far g-s;er in extent,
IN rAtier nIntueE@e Than any wich possess either
y die States the supreme Government of the oA
and YET it difficult suppose that Nh Cass have
been gnuant Of The TACT that the tenants Of tn.
public lands whether acquired by conquest o' purchase.
are not gzed by the Constitution having. q, II
ing entitled to hav any political power whsever They
are not known 10 Constitution at ally. nor 70 the
States which framed t,-unti, by the,, consent, the
shall have become citizens of distinct ReMbes of the
contederacy. Before This event they have no political
powerno political existence whatever Che prlseges
granted TO them by OF Congress,-the permission TO
form temporary systems of internal police, NOT IsCos
ssrEsT WITH THF PROVISIONS OF THESE acrs.-haSe
ess respect THEM, individuals communities. shan
&c he which they occupy; and constitute. in fact,
the substance these ''needfu rres ard 2ulaions
corning the and other property of the United
Sta'es which, by the Constitution, Congress has the
PINt III Is an an liiSu. 10 Tell US lnAt leO
>caereu Indians and half breeds have right drive
froma territory. which, If right belongs 70 and
nJt u them
have great confidence in Congress. Fax o.her-
wise The opportunities which have enjoyed IF siudy
ing the character and marking the conduct Of it. mem
bers, nave caused lose all respect fur b4dy
That there men Of great purity and patriotism
amongst them, one doub but the mass utter
y prJhlgate and aband0ned-a pest ADD disgrace 10
the country. HE "sLAvIsH PARLIAMENT' Of Henry
Ill We're not more Obesquous 10 that despot, than
the majority to the party President for the time beng-
and the public scenes Of the the billings
gate and backgnardSn heard daily in their hals-Wn-
out tracing them to their midnight reves in the stewS
and brothes-too shamefuy tell Of what stuff they are
made Still they Constitute the only body which, by the
Constitution, throw the gs Of the national talth.-
The panoply OF the public and the public honor ov
eT our rights, persons and properly Ii they fan
to do thls-and they viii fail verify believew have
no other resort than that which BRAVE MEN and COW
ARDS alike appeal to IN desperate cases-seJ defence.
The Oregon bill is before the Senate. Whether
The question will be kept open for the benefit OF Pest
dental candidates. the w lmot Proviso be adopted, il
is impossible to determ The or the other IS GER
tain;-aud either will be defended by the Treasury poll
clans and President makers who expect gain by the
result Of the election. The prospect is. indeed gloomy
but for one, feel new anxiety. This suhject-bIg
with the fate of the Union-pregnant with momentous
consequences to human liberty hrough0u the world -
has been madly lrlad wi,h-kcked about as foot, bal
from year to year, for the sole benefit Of dirty political
asplrans. 1t is high time, IF LATE, to put
stop to IT, The South, for many past, has been
by hearts OF unpnc Piled and designing men, divided
and Conquered. Let Democracy and Whggery an
swer for 1t. | have taken part with either. Nor
Will now 1t is, at the best but the thonghlless pav
chdren the verge of precpce. United in AcrloS
as In INTEREST, the South night yet preserve, if lis
property at least It's honos. But divided-wosse than
dlvlded-runnlng furious tilt against each other, 70.
he pDorp nd hollis f D,iol
but little hope. ueve! feared the North, as lave
observed, on this any other subject. Yrom the very
commencement of this crusade have feared the SourR
far more than the NORTH Her Treasury politicians
have been foremost in proposing 'coNckss, AVID
COMPROMISES, ''-regardless Of the fact that all lawful
CONC EsSIoNs and COMPROMISES included IN the coz
srITuToN, and that they had right pledge the peo
pie further. | deny their right to make any compro
misses whatever which may, in any degree weaken
the guarantees of the Constitution The game then play
is for their own individual aggrandizemen One is will
ling to accept the Wimot Proviso-anoer the Missouri
Compromises third the territorial panacea Of Mr. Cas-
am opposed to each and to ell. am content even
with the admission of slavery without restriction in all
The territories maintain, not only that Congress has
no right prohibit from carrying my slaves inu the
common territory Of the Union, (much less Mr.. Cass
Mexican poems bui that it is bound TO Inc in
the enjoyment of this right 90 further and say, ,ha
under the compact Of Union have right TO trarel in
any State with my property freely and securely; aud that
| am entitled TO reclaim any slave, who flies from my
possession into any State Territory This right Con
greSs bonnd that enjoy The fullest ex,e~t-
for guaran ed to by express provision Of the
Constitution The States have no right to pass any law
modifying limiting this privilege but on the con-
trary, by the faith of the Federal compact bound to
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