The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-06-14
From the Charleston Mercury.

: Democratic party in Baltimore.
: The proceedings Of that body have fale
= like the startling tones Of an alarm bell G
= the ears Of the South. Its nomination ,
Gen. Cass--Iis resolution about slavery
> It's eniire proceedings, from beginning |
end, iillusw with apprehension almost amoun
: ing TO dismay. The opinions of Ger
!. Cas-, promulgated in his late lcner-,ba
, the inhabitants Of territory, before the
are invested with the attributes Of sell
: government and so,ereign'y--re tenants q
The public lands, at the suherances Of IN,
s;a'es-mere squai,ers, have the right Il
appropriate the territory that may be &C
CURED by the treasure or the gallanify o
all the States, and to exclude from il.
limits the property Of fourteen of the
Sta'es-had been repudla,ed by the pres.
and the people Of the whole South. /, i.
O. doctrine too monstrous 10 be tolerated
an os'raclsm too degraded to be endured.
The Democratic Conventions Of Virginia,
Alabama, and Flonda, had unanimously
denounced with indignation this fisgrant
heresy. And yet Virginia and Alabama,
to say nothing Of Georgia, SO far as their
delegates in the Baltimore Convention can
bind them, are pledged 10 approve and sus.
tain the nomination Of one who thus IN.
suits and degrades The South from is con.
s'iuiional equality with the North 10 The
common property Of both.
BIZ, II tho opinions Of Gen. Cass are thus
Objectionable, wha, shall be thought OF the
resolutions aud proceedings Of the Couven.
lion itself, which has nominated him and
made him The standard. bearer Of the De.
mocracy. Do ,hey-idle AMI ridiculous
AS are such proceedings mere traps TO
catch contidIng and homes, people-do
they. We ask, provide platform on which
honor
THIS Convention gravely promulgaies
the doctrine that Congress has no right TO
interfere IN the States, with State policy
and Sinte institutions. Is not this the
whole scope and purport Of The resolutions T!
Let any honest mind or honorable man
read, and then ask himself il it means
anything more. Ii refuses TO affirm, by
the adoption Of Mr.. Yanceys resolution,
that Congress has not the right to inter
fere with slavery in the territories. Why,
G,ddiogs never asserted the contrary, aud
Hannibal llamlin agreed TO the resolutions
of the Convention. Was there ever
mockary more barefaeed and uub'ushing
And Virginia and Alabama, with their
resolutions fresh IN the memory Of the
South, are called on by their delegates to
to this betrayal Of their rights and
Of their principles.
We cannot in sincerity say that We ever
the Convention would uphold the
rights Of the South. We knew that an
honest and frank avowal Of opinion upon /
slavery. by any Presidential aspirant, or
any Convention, would drive off either the /
North or the South. We anticipated an
attempt 10 surrender the South TO the !
North, as we knew the North would yield
nothing to Justice or the Constitution. Bn, /,
We supposed that a. least a pre,ext would
be resorled to, in order that the sacrifice !
should be made with ordinary decency.
But the harmony OF the party was TO be (
and this could only be effected
by the pros,ration Of the rights OF the
South. viii The people rali(y this shame /
less conoessionl Will they bow their nccks
like beasts Of burden to this yoke, which +
irresponsible office seekers have prepared
for them, and proclaimed thst they shall
wear When it IS Iecollected that the
of the Convention that nomina I
ted Mr.. Polk have already received more
than seren hundred thousand dollars IN the ,
Of Executive patronage, the /
inducements Of a Convention like that at
Baltimore TO preserve The harmony OF the
Party may be seen and appreciated. But
wha, boots party to the people When
trampling under foot their constitutional
rights, party becomes an Inscriptions
combination for the distribution OF spolls
torn from the hands Of honest and patient
industry. Let the Soulh-,he people OF
the South, reject this wicked contrivance
TO betray and deliver them, like sheep in
the shambes, bound hand and foot, in the
power Of tho North. lfthey have the spirit
of freemen-of men--let them 81 bear II
not"
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