The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-30

finishing stroke only remained to be given voluntarily
sufps nd IT. or permit any constitutional scruPles or
considerations Of Justice to arrest It, To these may
DO added an aggression. though not yet commenced,
long meditated and threatened prohibit what the
thereby the transfer Of slaves from State to
other from whatever motive done or however effected
Their object would seem to be to render them worth
leM by orowdng them together where they are, and
thus hasten the work Of emancipation. There IL
SON for believing that 1t will follow those In
progress unless indeed, some decisive step should be
taken In the mean time to arress the whole.
The question then 10 will the measures Of aggression
proposed TSsv IN the n. Hou,s be adopted .,,
But when We take into consideration that there IL
majority now in favor Of one Of them, and strong
the House has been taken that there will be In all
probability considerable increase in the next Con.
eress Of the vote in favor of them and that 1t will be
LARGELY increased in the next succeeding Congress,
under the census to be taken next year 1t nts
almost to certainty that they will be adopted, unless
rome de measure taken in advance to prevent Il
But, even these conclusions should prove errons-
GUS II fapaticm and the love Of power should, con-
trsry to their nature for once respect constitutional
barriers or II the Of policy should retard
the adoption Of these measures, or defeat them
altogether there would be still left certain way
accomplish their object, II the determination avowed
by the North to monopolze all the territories the
exclusion of the South should be carried into effect
That OF itself would at no distant day, add to tho
Moth sufficient number Of States give her three
fourths OF the whole when, under the color Of an
amendment Of the constitution, she would enamel
pate slaves however opposed might be to s true
intent
Thus under every aspect, the result is certain If a.
gretsion be not promptly and decidedly met How Il
is to be met 1t Is for you to decide
Such. then being the case, 1t would be to insult you
to suppose you could hesitate To destroy the
South would lead to consequences unparalleled in his.
tory They cennot be separated and cannot live to-
ssse, except in their present relation. Under any
other and misery and desolation would
overspread the whole South. The example Of the
Britith West In dies ss bghting as emancipation has
proved to them very faint picture Of tho
calamties 1t would bring on the South. The oiroum-
under which IL would take place with rs would
be entirely different which took place With
them, and calculated to lead to far disastrous
suits There, the government of the parent country
emsncipaed slaves In her colonial posse ,sons-a 60
vernment rich and powerful and actusted by views of
policy, (mistsken they turned out to be) rather
towards the owners even in the act Of smancpating
their slaves and to protect and foster them
1t gly appropriated nearly $500 900
to thu for their losses the act which
sum- although 1t turned out to be far short Of the
amount, thought at that time to be liberal Since
the emancipation, It has kept up sufficient military
and naval force to keep the blacks In ave. and mum.
Der CT and eonstables and other civil off,
GERS to keep order In the towns and plantations and
enforce respect to their former owners To con-
siderable extent, these have served substitute
the police formerly kept on the plantations by the
and political superiority Of the hte race But not
wibstandng all this, tho British West India possess
sons are ruined. impoverished, miserable, wretchsd
and deetined probably to be abandoned to the black
race. Very different would be the circumstances
under which emancipation would take place with u.s.
II 1t should be effected, 1t will be through tho
agency of tho federal controlled By the
dominant power OF the Northern States Of the con.
fedsIscy, against the resistance and struggle Of the
IL then only be Effected by the prostraton Of the
white race; and that would necessarily sngender the
North But the would be the case bstween tho
blacks South and the people Of the North Owng
their emancipation to them, they would regard them
ipgly. all their sympathy in them The people Of the
North would net fail to reoprooate and to favor them
Of the whites Under the Of such feel
ipgs, and npelled by fanatioism and love Of power
they would not step ct emancipation. Another step
would be taken-to raise them to political and social
equality with their former by giving them
right Of voting and holding public Offices under the
federal We the first step towards It in
slaves with the right to vote the question Of
patton in this District But whom raised to an
equality they would become tho fs: political associates
ITEMS and by this political union between them hold
ing the white ut the South in complete subsection
The backs end the pro6gate whites that might unite
with them. would become the principal recipients Of
federal Offices and patronage, and would, in
political and social scale We would, In word, change
con ditons with them degradation greater tha has
yet fallen to the lot Of free and peo
emancipation take place, (which it certainly will II not
prevepted) but by fleeing the homes Of ourselves and
ance tors and BY abandoning our country to our for
slaves to become the permanent abode Of disorder
anarchy. poverty misery, and wrstchsdness.
With such prospect before tho gravest and most
solemn question that claimed the attention Of
people presented for your consideration What is to
be done to prevent It 1t is question belonging to
you to decide All We propose to give opinion
We then Of the opinion that the first and indis-
pepfable step without which nothing be done and
with which everything may BE- 10 to be united among
want Of union and concert in reference to It has
brought The South, the Union and system Of 60
Of placing s5oVs iii othsr. Il ha. BEEN mad. suSor
diDate not only to questions Of policy but to the
preservation Of party ties and ipsuring Of party
cess As high a We hold due respect for these. We
hold them subo drste to that and other questions In
volving our safety and happiness. Until they 80
held BY the South the North viii not believe that you
in sarnest in opposition to their
and they will continue to follow, after another
until the work Of abolition 10 finished To convince
them that you you must prove by your acts that
you hold ali other questions subordinate 10 It. you
bect ne united, and prove yourselves In earuest the
North win be brought to pause and to calculation
Of copiequences and that may lead to . change Of
measures and to the adoption Of course OF policy that
may quietly and peacesby terminate this long dict
would remain for you but to stand up immo,sbi, in
defence of rights involving your al-your property
prosperity, equality, liberty, and safety.
human and divine in repslling . blow dangerous,
without looking to and to resort to all
and not you, would be rssponsibe for 90 nsequenses
EDterts ming there opinions, We earnestly entrest
you TO be united and for that purpose adept al psces
fsryfmessures Beyond this, We think 1t would not be
proper to go at present.
We hope, II you should unite with anything like
upsnmity, 1t may Of itself apply . remedy to this
csepesttd and dangerous dissase; but such should
not be the care that time will then have for you
to decide what course to adopt
Mr.. CLAYTON moved to lay the whole subject on the
table. The yeas and nays being demanded the motion
was r,jeeted- yeas ~, nays GO
Thots Who voted In the Affirmative arc
xers Clayton, sp'uance, Pesrce Johnson, Mecafe I'm
derwod Bell, Chapman tristed. Rom Goggin Clngman
Kbg Bsrrrger. Stephens, Toombs Morehcad, Barrow
Cooke Cro,er Gentry HASKELL Cabe, Fournoy and Pres
top-E
Those who voted in the nsgative are
MesIs Mas Dupur, Butler. Calhoun Downs Tuney At
ehi,on, Dsvs foos King Borand weseott Yulee Ru.k
Bouttop Lyon BeLspe nson, Bayly Bedneer Bocock W.
Brow kesre Mcdowell rut n r. TbomEop. hokav Daniel
PEI dleton, dimes Rret simpson Wallace woodward H.
cttp H.vAiscp, isen on Jones Lumtkn W. r. W. Cobb.
etyle bsris A. q. Brown. Feaiherston. J. Thompson,
To. pips billiard. Hsrmsnsos Morse sere Boy re,ton,
i St,nion. Thomas Kaufman. Psbury Bowin T. W. John.
SGT. b. " johnson, Berien. and Venable-6O.
Mr. BsRKiEN moved to re commit the address to the
ccmmirtte, with Instructions
Mr. NcLArE moved to divide the proposition, which
was done aud the address committed without
Instructions
The y,as and nays being ded were ~ follows:
yeas Al, Rays 40.
IT,. . ~ vnts "a In tbe sa1ru, ativs