The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-03-16

1t hardly admits Of a doubt that, II the az.
gfessions alrsedy commenced in the House,
and now in progress, should be consumma.
ted, snch in the end would certainly be The
consequence.
Little, in ruth, would be left 10 be done
after We have bees excluded from all tho
Territories, including those to be hereafter
acquired; after slavery ssbolished in this
District and ip the nuaerous places dis
persed all over the South, ~hsfe Congress
has the exclusive right Of legislation. aud
after the other measures. proposed are con-
summased. Every outpos. lnj barrier
would DO left but 10 finish tie wurk Of sbo-
lalon at pleasure in The States themselves.
This District, and all places over which
Congress has exclusive power Of legisa.
ton, would be asy lunnns ior fugitive slaves,
~hese, as soon as they placed their feet,
they would become, according 10 the doc.
trlnes Of cur northern nssaliants, free IN
less 'heie should be sume positive enact
menis 10 prevent II.
Under such a state Of things The prola.
biI,y 10, that emancipation would soon To-
low, without any final &C, 10 abolish slave. !
ny. The depressing chc. ot such n'es.
SUI es on the white fsce al the S,uib, and
The hope they would create IN the back Of
a speedy emancipation, ~orla produce
state Of feeling Inconsistent with The much
longer continuance Of the existing relations
between the two. Bat be tha, as It may,
II is certain, If emsncl pnion dad sol follow.
as a matter of cours., the final &C. in The
States would not lie long delayed. It's
wan, of constitutional power would oppose
feeble resistance. The great body Of tho
North is united against our peculiar iDs,l.
tuition. Many believe i, to be sinful, and
the residue, with uncomfortable exceptions,
believe ii to be wrong. Such being the
case, it would indicate q vefy superficial!
knowledge Of human nature TO think that,
after aiming q, abolition systematically for
so many years, and pursuing II with such
INSCRIPTIONS disregard Of la" aud consii.
tu,Ion, the lane tics who have led the way
and forced The great body Of the North 10
follow them, would, when the finishing
stroke Gully remained 10 be given, vo!unis-
rlly suspend i, or ps'IBi; any constitutional
r,st il. - these may be sdded an ag-
erosion, though 90, yel commenced, long
nedi,a,ed aud ,hreattned--lo prohibit what
the aboi.lionis!s call the internal slave
trade, meaning thereby the transfer Of
slaves from one State to another, from
whatever motive done, or however ef.
Iocied Their object ~culI seem TO be TO
fl. l. Il
together where they are, aud thus hasteu
the work of emancipation. There is tes.
son Tor believing that II will sGon follow
those now in progress, unless, indeed some
decisive step should be Iaksn IN The mean
time TO arres. The whole.
The question then is, Will the measures
Of aggression proposed in the House 10
adopted
They NAV not, and probably will not b
this session. But when we take into con.
slderalon that there is a majority now in
favor Of one them, and strong minority
in favor Of the other, as iar as the sense OF
The House has been taken that there will
be in all probability considerable increase
in the next Congress Of the vote in favor
Of them, and that it will be largely increas.
ed in The next succeeding Congress under
the CENSUS to be taken next year, it amounts
almost to a certainty that they will be
adopted, unless some decisive measure 10
taken in advance to prevent it.
But, if even these conclusions should
prove erroneous-if iana,icism and the
love Of power should, coattary to their ma.
iure, for once respect constitutional bar
riers, or if the calculations Of policy should
retard the adoption Of these measures, or
even detea, them altogether, there would
be still left one certain way 10 accomplish
their object, if The determination avowsd
By the North to monopolze all the terri.
tories, to the exclusion Of the South, should
be carried into effect That Of itself
would, al no distant day, add 10 the North
a sufficient number Of States TO give her
three.f our.hs Of the whole when, under
the color Of an amendment Of the consti.
tuition, she would emancipats our slaves,
however opposed il might be TO ito true
intent.
Thus, under every aspect, the result 10
certain, If aggression be not promptly and
decidedly met. How is it 10 BE- met, it 10
for you TO decide.
Such, then, being the case, i, would be
to insult you to suppose you could hesitate.
To destroy The existing relation between
the free and sersle races q, the South
would lead 10 consequences unparalleled
in history. They cannot b separated,
and cannot live together in peace or har.
mony, or to their mutual advantages, ex.
cept in their prssen, relation. Under any
other, wre,chedness, and misery, and des.
oation would oversproad the whole South.
The example Of tho British Yves, Indies,
as blish,ing as emancipation has proved to
them, furnishes very faint picture of the
calami.ies it would bring on tho South.
The circumstances under which it would
tako place with Us would be entirely differ.
ent from those which took place with
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