The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-03-02
The slavery Question.

The Slavery Question.
No fair man of any party who calmly re-
fleets upon the origin Of our Union, the COM
promises upon which it was based, and the du-
ties which grow out of these compromises
the Importance Of that Union to every section
oil the country, the prosperity it has secured to
all, and its influence upon civil and religious
liberty throughout the world;-no statesman
who at heart appreciates the value of the
Union and the blessings it imparts-its abso-
lutte necessity as almost the sole element of our
individual happiness and national greatness
can look upon the reckless efforts of f~an.ilscs
aiming at disdnion, and the hasty and inconsid
crate measures of needless politicians, tending
to the same result, without pain and mortifca-
ton, even when they do not excite alarm
We. as we have repeatedly SAID, do not appre-
bend that under any circumstances, actual
disunion can possibly be accomplished: be-
cause in our judgment, the interests of the
North and South-tne East and the West-are
so inseparable and indivisible, that when ac-
tual danger threatens, the Union of these States
will be preserved at every hazard, at eve-y
conceivable sacrifice, and if needs be, by an
appeal to arms.
ltcannOt be concealed, that much Of the ag-
itation which now exists, grows out of disap.
P%olntments arising from the defeat of the Loco
foco party in the recent Presidential contest;
and that the hope of embarrassing the admin
istration of General Taylor, has prompted I'M
scrupulous politicians to lend themselves to the
fostering Of an agitation so frauglt with dan
ger to the harmony and the prosperity Of the
country. And yet to our shame as a party be
it said, that Wings in Washington, at Albany
and throughout the country, have inconsidor
ately loaned themselves to the unscrupulous
devices of their political opponents, and by
their hasty and ilI-advised acts, virtually, but
unintentionully, aided to the fullest extent,
their INSCRIPTIONS efforts to smbarrass, if not
to destroy the usefulness of an administration
Of their own choice.
In support of this position, we have but to
point to the "free soil resolutionso as they are
called, recently adopted by the Legislature OF
this State, and the manifestly unconstitutional
bill now before one body, tor6idding The STATE
officers TO discharge The duties prescribed to them
under eristing laws, passed in conformity with
one of the plainest provisions Of the Constitu.
tiou of the United States.
We are no friend to slavery; but with ua tho
Constitution and Union of the States, are para
mount considerations, We deem slavery q
curse; butt is a curse to those who are DOOM
ed to live in its midst, not to the people of the
free States, who virtually reap all Its fruits
which are not noxious or demoralizing. But
while we hold it to be a curse and an injury to
the South, we shall deny, and shall ever con-
tinue to deny while we believe the Bible to be
Cons word, that it is "contrary to the law OF
Cod and man." On this subject it would be
well if the mere fanatic, whose reason is al
ways made subservient to his feelings, could BIT
made to listen to the following language from
the New York Observer, the leading organ
of Presbyterianism on this continent. Thar
able paper saysiO relation to Slavery
81. Our southern brethren are not responsible
for the origin Of the evil.
2. 1t is not easy to get rid Of the evil sudden
".
3. Our Southern brethren have done more
to get rid Of the evil than could have been rea
sonably anticipated.
A. Christ and his apostles did not denouncr
or ~irritate the stakeholder.
a. The Bible method Of dealing with SLAYER,
and shareholders is the best method"
There is wisdom and truth in the above; an,
when honest Swell meaning men at the North
who have been temporarily led astray, will
reason in this manner-leaving to madheh an
fanatics, the work Of agitating upon SLAYER
within the limits of the constitution; and wheI
the reasonable men of the South, will responl
to this good feeling which'pervades the grea
mass of the people of the NorlhAregardless @
the scheming Of disappointed politicians an
the fanaticism cf men who aim at a severanc,
Of this glorious Union we may safely trust t
the triumph Of reason over passion, Of wisdom
over folly, and Of virtue and patriotism owe
wickedness and disunion,-N Y Courier an
: Enquirer.
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