Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-09-28

s'nuosts erbus TIA cer Sc gyrantis. ut etiam illus
ih0rdt co'las, qua cgput sLrsta attoere debeGt In
hc Pdfdm tendTe crederes ct s5lto niOrefuF IN oPpo-
s'tdn ut nus uiG pdssum supersiHt restiga. nee sc"'
PossH, qua Her srun lteRdat. Tam 9cctd stnt oPef-
let co"siiid ct cogitata PrinciptHa
B. hat has he granted, What have IRE gained III
this Dutch system Of bidding for Presidency! II We
must sell our blrthrght, let Us, IN the lnanou trains
., ltaS get our mess ct roiage. Has MI Lass OF
NJ. buchanan offered This? Not al all. They have,
Indeed cun>ente that Congress shall not priniolt Us
rom entering with our property on the common
territory OF the MON; bot we call THIS ialH-
ainanco # The guarantees Of the COnstiuonE According
y my reading o. thai instrument tie citIZens OF
are entitled 10 all the rights privileges and mnu"iIes
OF The citizens OF the several States. w Oud citizen VI
any one Of The -savehoding States consider II
great concession 10 be told that Presidential candidate
had assured him that Congress should not prohibit the
Introduction Of his goods and northumberland ms
leIHtcry! suppose not. And have We become -
blinded ~ undeIstandlng,-so degraded n sf As 10
look upon such BON great concession, IN reference.
10 our ave>l Are thay not also property Is ri
the >y much olus as iheirs7 And not, under
the guarantees Of The Constitution, fully entitled 10
poire enGctuens by way OF security as they II would
seem, from the letters Of these gentlemen, that we are
not and what IS still extraordinary, .he Southern
adherents appear disposed 10 admit H.
But hat Is the force what IS the tendency-what
IS The effect OF this Negative pregna1t-ths enGoachn9
Concession? Practically. they themselves admit II IS
n0LilH9 for hey declare that, in The very nature oi
things, slavery the soil in question. w ny,
then, make any reservation in favor Of the tre tendhs
OF the puoc lands! 1t could only Tend to settle certain
heory-to estabI!>ha certain prmctpte, which, III my
oplnon is far dangerous than the Provlso IL
self for dePrves US OF all hight OF protection from lie
ederal GOvenment-lhes supreme power OF the Chloi-
and consgns to the tender merces OF few scat
tered half Breeds Ind ans and vaaabond Mexcans. Ac
cordng 10 Mr.. Cass's views Of The Federal COnsiuon
those worthy bandtt,-unknOwn 10 tue Consiltullun-
having no political existence, and who cannot even adopt
temporary system Of police, but by the authority OF
Congre>S-posess, nevertheless tar greater powers tha
he accoIds to the Federal Government or 10 The SateS
Neither of these can prohibit the introduction of slaves
into Territory, but the vagrant hordes roaming over
its surface may sc9rn 10 reply to such stun III
This miserable perSitla5e mlsead the South they
nave reached point OF degradation where they ought 10
the place OF their slaves. For one am iIe5 10
confess that if am to be prohibited from migrating to
the TeT1ires acquired by common blood ard treasure,
prefer ii should be done rather by Congress than by
those whum we have conquered. lean never bring my
self to believe that they have right 10 prescribe terms 10
ne.
Il is most manifest to the commonest unders andng
that under the Constitution, the people of the Southern
STATES have an equal right o,-an equal interest IN the
public domain, wh the people Of the Northern States
1t equally manifest that they have an equal rghl to
BE- protected in the peaceabe possession and equipment
j their property Are slaves property? Were they
80 regarded by the Southern SAFES at the time oil the
adoption Of tie Federal Constitution! If so,-and no
sane car doubt deny it,. did they cease to be
property the adoption OF The Constitution! Did the
Southern States in that instrument make grant 10 |
0ngrtss Of the power 70 change the essential character
IT the subject and by Its edcl, to convert stare as prop
srty, into persons endowed with equal rights as ch1ens
.ther in lie States or in the Territories? SO, the ar
yu!utnt is end and there is no use IN tabrcang
oolls distinctions and silly subterfuges. We have, BY
he admission, shown that sufficiently stulhed
Without the myscaon Of political elenchs, entity mems
md So. SYMPTOMS We mus; give Them up, both IN the
Stale, aud the Iertories;-tor the Constitution con-
aims clause defining the exact line where they snail
to be Sares and become ci-ehS- or on the DINER
and prepare 10 protect ourselves. The guar
Of the Constitution if there be any, are absolute
nd independent Of all merey Typographical llmlallohs
nd equally operative and binding IN every State, as
veil in evey Territory Suppose citizen OF any one
i the Northern States, crossing the Potomac, should
e tOrclby stripped Of his property goods ware, or ot-
appealing the Courts of Justlo ,shou
e told that the laws OF Virginia, authorized, II they Old
lot expressly enjon such robberes; what would le,-
What would the slate of which he citizen, say to
UGH outrage? And yet this is precisely what The laws
# nearly all the non slaveholdng States eX resoy au-
hurze If they do not ejon, IN reference 10 us and our
properly Ia direct intervention Of one of the most I'M
portan nJuucous of the Constitution, is made high
nsdemeanor, punishable by fine and Imprisonment, tor
my officer, Judicial minis erla for any private cit
zen 10 aid. in any manner TO abet IN the appehen-
ION delivery Of any fugitive slave, taking refuge With
n their limits. 1t is far more dangerous 10 make such
IN attempt-far difficult to succeed In 1t. within the
limits Of what are called Sister States" than In
he donilnlOns Of foreign power. speak from expe-
Hence. Eave found the highest EXecutveand Judicial
tces Of British province; boldly exposing their per-
sons to the fury Of an enraged at midnight, In win
icaon OF the plghed faith Of their government, and In
efenca OF the person and property of Vr5inan; while
N the other hand, haveseen his life threatened, and
he property reclaimed such hazard wresed from him
md liberated BY these calling themselves Jelo~ci-e's,
'ut who never knew what meant by Inc words, pa
'ate honor public faith. And yet have the daily
argon OF these people, about the rights Of the States
Tie sacredntss Of The Constltutiun-he glory Ct The
Union. Sc, Sc, and President makers assure us
heSe The safest select 10 protect US In
,ur property, honor and our lives
To be continued
To The Editors Of The Tugtian:
On Monday last the citizens otBuckingham were I'D
dressed by Willis p Bocock and Joseph X. Irving the