Southern patriot. (Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-09-12

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a. histhe doctrine rePudiaied by
hose brilliant luminsries Of the con
aiiuiion. Mr. Calhoun and Nr Der
len It is The doctrine which ad'
nits the principles commended Tor by
7orwin. Hale Dix. and the Free soil
,artv generally ofihe Norih-it is q
doctrine which &c established to be
correct. sweeps from US. every constr |
iutioual ground Of resistance TO the
acknowledgements Of the North, upon
our rights. and leaves us the humble
suplients OF an Inscriptions and
despotie majority
That we maynot be misunderstood
or contradicted when we assure our
readers that it is the doctrine repudi'
aicd by Mr.. Calhoun, and Mr.. Beien,
we give the following extracts fom
;Eeir speeches
We will continue to furnish like ex
tracts from the speeches Of distin-
guish Southern gentlemen, from time
to time as it may become necessary:
Extract from Nh. CALHoUN's UNI
answerable speech Of the 9th June,
1915.
lie said There is a
very striking difference between the
position in which the Slave-holdmg
and non slaveholding States stand in
reference to the subject under consid-
Grafton. The former desire no action
Of The COUsrHmaE demand no laU
to give them any advantage in the
Territory about to be establshed;are
willing TO leave it, and other Terrific
Tics belonging to the United States
open to all their citizens, so long as
they continue to be Territories, and
when they cease 10 be so, TO leave II
TO observation-disclosures 10 form such gov
ernmeniS as may suit them, without
restriction or condition, except that
imposed by the constitution as pre-
requisite for admission into the union.
In short, they arc willing TO leave the
whole subject where the constitution
and the great and fundamental princi-
pies Of selfgovemment place it
On the contrary, the non slaveholding
States, instead Of being willing to
leave 1t on this broad and equal loun-
dation, demand the interposiiion OF
the government .
Mark the languago-"The former
Che Southern Stotes) desire no &C
ton Of the Govemmer demand nc
law to give rhem any advantage in
the Territory aboutio be established.
Extract from Mr. BEgmEx's speech
Of the Goth Of June, 1913.
Il repeat to you, SIT Otis all we
0sk, lei Us alone, With our domes.
tic institutions, authorized and pro
tected by cur own laws, and recog
nized and guaranteed by the Fedora
Constitution, we are contented anC
happy; iDe do not aSk your aSsistauc,
10 uphold Htm; we cannot submit Il
your interference with them directly
in the States where they exist, Of
elsewhere, aud indirectly by denyint
to US the enjoyment ola common RICH
because Of their existence among Us
We say TO you continue to enjoy il
fullmeasure the blessings which Prov
idcnce has allotted to yOu-the free
soil and free labor which commenC
themselves to your taste and are ap
proved by your judgement; but letu
alone; leave us TO the ENJOYMENT o
those institutions which we have re-
ceived from our fathers, and do no
seek, because we prefer them, 10 de
prive rs Of our common rights unde
the constitution"
Mark the language-"We do no
ask your assistance TO uphold them.
Another extract ofMR. BEEREN'
speech
TO my political friands-to those
with whom | have voted in resisting
the acquisition Of territory;I sayad
here to the principle which governed
you then You sought to exclude thi,
question from our national council.
by resistance TO territorial acquisition
Ia this you have failed. What re
mains but 10 refuse all legislative
interference with a question so preg
nant with danger to the integrity o
the Union? laddress myselralso, If