The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-02-16

to any considerable extent. OF the truth sG
this, we have ample eyideRce in what has oc.
the House Of Representatives, where
popular feelings arc soonest and most intense
ly felt.
Although Congress has been in session but
little more than one month, a greater number
OF measures Of an aggressive character have
been introduced, and they more aggravated and
dangerous, than have been for years before.
And what clearly d~iscloses whence they take
their origin, is ne fact that they all relate to
the territorial aspett Of the subject Of slavery,
or some o;he- or nature and character init
inately connected with II.
The first Of thls series Of aggressions is rea-
olution introduced by a member from MassO-
c%husetts, the object Of which is to repeal all
acts or parts Of acts, which recognize the ex.
issence OF slavery or authorize the selling and
dlsPosing Of slaves in this District. On ques-t
ton Of leave TO bring in a bill, the votes stood
SO for and 81 against leave. The next was a
resolution offered by a member from Ohio. in-
structing the committee on territories to report
forthwith bills excluding slavery from Califor-
MIA and New Mexico, It passed BY a vote Of
lO7 to8O, That was followed. by o bill intro
dnced BY another member from Ohio, to take
the votes Of inhabitants II this District, on the
question whether slavery within it's limits
should be oabslished.
The bill provided, according 70 the admission
Of she mover, that free negroes and slaves
should vote. On the question to lay the bll
on the table, the votes stood, for l26, against
70. To this succeeded the resolution Of q
member from New York in the followi0g
words: "Whereas the traffic now prosecuted
in this metropolis of the Republic in human
beings, as chaEtels, is contrary to natural JUS
tice and the fundamental principles Of our pO-
litical system, and is VIGOROUSLY %reproach TO
our country, throughout Christendom, and q
serious hindrancs Of the progress of republican
liberty among the nations Of the earth, There
fore
Resolved, That the Committee for the Dis
trict Of Columbia, be instructed to report q bill
as soon as practicable, prohibiting the slave
trade in said District" On the question Of
adopting the resolution, the votes stood 98 for,
and SO against. He was followed by a mem-
Der from Illinois, who offered a resolution for
abolishing slavery in the Territories and all
places where Congress has exclusive powers Of
legislation, that is, in all forts, magazines, ar
s%enaIs, dock yards, and other needfuI build
ings purchased by COngresS,wit the consent of
the Legislature ofthe State.
This resolution was passed over under the
rules of the House without being put to n vote.
The votes in favor of allthese measures were
confned.to the members from the Northern
States. True, there are some patriotic mem
bers from that section who voted against all of.
them, and whose high sense Of Justice is duly
appreciated; who in the progress of the ag-
gressions upon the South, have by their votes,
sustained the guarantees Of the Constitution,
and ofwhom we regrett to say many have been
sacrificed at home by their patriotic course.
We have now brought TO a close a narrative
ofthe series Of acts of aggression aed encrOach-
ment, connected with the subject of the adj
dress, including those that are consummated
and those still in progress. They are nume-
rous, great and dangerous, and threaten with
destruction the greatest and most vital OF all
the interests and institutions of the South. In
deed it may be doubted whether there is a sim
gle provision, stipulation, guaranty Of the Con-
%s:itutio n, intended for the security of the South
that has not been rendered almost perfectly nu-
gatory. 1t may even be made a serious ques-
ton, whether the sncToachments already made
without the aid Of any other, would not, il
permitted to operate unchecked, end in eman-
clpation, and that at no distant day. But be
that as it may, it hardly admits Of a doubt that,
if the aggressions already commenced IN the
House, and now in progress, should be con-
smmmated, such in the end would certainly
be- the consequence,
Little, in truth, would be left to be done af-
ter we have been excluded from all the terri
lorios,includrng those to be hereafter acquitted
after slavery is abolished in this District and
In the numerous places dispersed all over the
South, where Congress hasih exclusive right
of legislation, and after the other measures
proposed are consummated. Every outpost and
barrier would be carried, and nothing would
be left but 10 finish the work Of abolition at
the pleasure Of the States themselves This
District and all places over which Congress
has exclusive power Of Legislation, would be
asylums for fugitive slaves, where, as soon
as they place their feet, they would become
according to the doctrines Of our Northern
assailants, frees unless there should be some
positive enactment to preventit.
UndeEsuch a state Of things the probability
is that emancipation would soon follow, with
out any final act toabolish slavery. The de-
pressing effect Of such measures on The white
race at the South, and 1he hope they will
.r.otn in thc black If a anAedv amaneinAtion