The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-11-03
From the New York Evening Post.
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From the New York Evening Post
slavery or Treason.
We have often had occasion to remind oui
to nder footed dem ocratic brethren at the o,'n,
who were "ss much opposed as any ono ~
the extension Of slavery, but who were unS
iny 10 wound the sensbities OF their ooutheIn
allies. by making opposition thereto q party
test, that they had never exPerienced 'ne same
forbearaucs from the South. We have brougn'
10 their notice frem time TO time, the deciars-
lions made by the legislatures of tve or SIX
sout hern States, that under ono political neces-
sity whatever" would they support any canol.
date for any public cfiice, who hesitateo aoou'
| the propriety of extending slavery to the new
| territories; and more recently we nave REFERRED
| TO the adoption and ratification OF the famous
address of the Southern Members oil Con
rress," by nearly every county convention ID
every southern State, whereby they severaiiy
| resolved to resist with violence any attempt 10
enforce the doctrines Of the Jeffersonian ordin-
ance. Our record would not be complete, u
We we're to overlook the proceedings OF o'ate
Convention lately held at Jackson, Mississippi
| the perusal of which, must prove highly grau-
Tying to the an,i-test section OF the New iorA
democracy.
| AT the conclusion of an address OF some
length, in which the divine origin and purposes
Of slavery are vonched for, after the fashion oil
| the chivalry school, the following resolutions
were adopted, among others, with entire una
nimity:
| Resolved, That Congress has no power to
pass any law abolishing slavery In the Dls'ic'
| of Columbia, or 10 prohibit the siave-trade De-
tween the several States, or TO prohibit the IN
PRODUCTION Of slavery into the territories oil the
United States, and that the passage by Congress
of any such law, would not only be danger
Gus violation Of the Constitution, but would al
ford evidence of fixed and deliberate design
on the part of that body, TO interfere with the
institution of slavery in the States
That we would regard the passage by Con.
gress of the "Wilmot Proviso' (which woulo
in effect, deprive the citizens Of the sayeho'd-
ing States of an equal participation in the ter
ritories acquired equally by their blood and
treasurer as an unjust and insulting discrimin-
ation-ts Which these States cannot, rithouf po-
litical degradation, submit; and to which this
Convention, representing the feelings and oPin-
ions Of the people Of Mississippi, s0lsmn1v de-
clare they piH not submit.
5 That the passage of the Wilmot Proviso, or
}, of any law abolishng slavery in the District Of
J. Columbia, by the Congress OF the United States
d would Of itself, be such breach OF the federal
compact as, in that event, tciH make IL the duty
as IL 10 the righi of the sauehsIding States, ID
= take Of their opH safety and 10 treat the nor
It sarehoIding States enemies to the slaUehOldint
u States and their domestic Institutions.
e That the Legislature Is hereby requested e
n pass such laws as may, in their opinion, be bes
e | calculated to encourage the emigration Of citi
-e zens of the saveholding States, with slaves, 4
ID the new territories Of the United States.
l. That, In view Of the frequent and increasing
As evidence Of the determination of the people o
10 the non slaveh holding States TO disregard tn
l. guarantees OF the Constitution, and TO agitat
d the subject Of slavery, both in and out of Con
gress, avowedly for The purpose of effecting 1t
e. abolition in the States; and also. in view Of IN
facts set forth in the late "Address of the South
in ern Members Of Congress-" this Convention
Of prcclaims the deliberate conviction that IN
e. time has arrived when the southern State
y, should take counsel together for their commo
ly safety; and that Convention of the slaveholC
Of ing States should be held at Nashville, Tenn
ID essee. on the first Monday in June next, to Dc
Mt wise and adopt some mode Of resistance to thes
tn aggressions; and that this Convention do az
n point twelve delegates and twelve alternates-
IS being double the number of our Senators an
Representatives in Congress-to attend sue
Convention, and that the other slaveholdIn
States be invited to appoint delegates agreeabl
to the same ratio of representation
That we recommend TO the Legislature Of th
ay State, that at its next session, law be enacts
aking il the duty of the Governor of the Stat
rs W PAVStohaeioht W Soil q BcucThi 1OuNcnuN
of the State, and TO issue wrlts Of election bas,
IT. upon the ratio of representation in the Sta
h, Legislature, upon the passage by Congress
nc the "Wilmot Proviso," or any law abolishiI
raj slavery in the District Of Columbia, or prohib
ing the slave-trsde between the States, to tai
into consideration the act Of aggression, and Il
By mode and measure Of redress"
~. 1t is a little singular that the valiant Pisto
of the south, who get together and buster b
ks.s1 ..0k.
X never discover the absurdity Of complaining
re- the north for violating the constitution, whs
they never open their own mouths at a publ
meeting, without speaking enough treason
al hang them. II has never been proposed by an
political party at the north TO attempt TO int
' fere with slavery or any other institution, e
wv cePt IN coustitu tonal mode, TO be determin,
he upon by the representatives Of the people
IN Congress assembled. The north expects in 2
u" things to abide by the will of the people as e
as pressed through constitutional channels, M
has II ever been proposed among us, as far
We We know, to modify the laws or Institutions
IL the country by any other process.
RS Nearly every enc of the slave States. on Il
ur other hand. have threatened so frequently
ut abandon the MON, and set up as indepepde
to nations, during the past half century, that il
as now taken as a matter of course, whenever ii
de southern representatives find themselves yotir
Of In minority, that the Union is 10 be dlssoly.
n straehtway.
Nd or course, nothing Of the sort has ever O.
or Cured, or ever will occur, and the impotenc
Inconsistency and folly Of those who mai
such threats, are becoming more conspicuoI
nc every time they are repeated. And vet the
IN are those at the north who think we ought n
to agitate any question about which the som
in differs with us, because it rrtates the feelin
Or. OF southern people and provokes sectional COZ
lis troversies. Then we may Is well withdraw O,
nd northern representatives from Congress. TT
ID southern people are not educated TO abide by n
~, will Of the majority. They cannot reconci
~ themselves to the supremacy Of any law
ne which they imagine .ss sF own interests ar. n
mi 70 oe promoted. And il is Idle To suppose IN
M the rights of the north can be preserved n nor,
Is, ern statesmen are to be silent, wheueyer sou,I
ell ern politicians threaten disunion. Here viii
,e. In the current month, we have the Stat.
Mississippi resolving in a State convention. N
be TO submit to the Constitution Of the Uni,,
lie States single moment, after a msioritv of n
members Of Congress shall have prohibited n
% Introduction Of slaves into California. and >
M commencing the Governor to be required. uno
be the occurrence Of such an event. 10 order ,
N. election OF an independent legislature for n
en- State OF Mississippi. What pretence or mott,
Sc has Mississippi, for promulgating treason M
a. thisf why, according to the address of a
~ delegates, to abolish slavery from the territore
., Is to prevent an advance in the price of sIa,
ss property In the States. The planter. with
On hundred slaves, may not be able to sell them {,
nd ten per cent. more than they will bring at pre-
or ent, unless the California market /, opensd ,
n mem ms may be very good reason to sla,