The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-28

oIihOunNeu vi Can De knoWn 10 tne people
These high officers constitute part of III
government Of this district; and they az,
in connexion with this legislative powe
pertaining to the district, put under iniunC
ton by the oligarchy Of South Carolina, i
The name Of che people, to deny hearin
to those who nave no law-giver but III
Congress Of the United States. May W
not invoke the sympathy Of the people Q
South Carolina themselves, to unite witt
US against those agressors who usurp the
power TO rob Us, as they do them, of tn,
dearest rightsi
The gentleman who represents in III,
Senate Of the United States this oligarch,
Of slavery in South Carolina, in his lat,
caucus address, followed up his uniform
course Of Intervention against the rights o
the district, deprecating its delivery from
the evils Of slavery under which it Ian
guishes, because he chooses 10 consider i
an compost" Of slavery And are we, thu
people Of this district, to be- debarred from
an appeal for redress Of grievances to
our only legislature, in consequence Of the
intervention OF the Senator from Sout!
Carolina, and Of the South Carolina Legs
lature! Congress is emphatically told that
''to debate" such subjects as the appeals oil
the people Of New Mexico, of California,
and the District of Columbia, on the SUBJ
ject Of slavery. is not allowable. "The
time is passed" for the federation of debate.
The application of the Convention of New
Mexico, to be protected against the inuu.
sion Of slavery in its free territory, was pro.
nounced "imPudeRt" by the Senator from
South Carolina on the floor Of the Senate.
Thus the State Legislature, by resolution,
and its Senator in person, interpoSes to as
sert an authority over the people Of New
Mexico, and the legislative body to which
they have given their allegiance, and which
alone has power to legislate for them!
II New Mexico, California, or the peo-
pie Of this district should interpose actual
imPediments to the Legislation Of South
Carolina over the people there, OF deny the
authority Of that body over its asserted
jurisdiction, would not this be held unwar-
rantable intefyentionl Is il not equally 50,
on the part Of the Stale Legislature, to in.
teIvene and defeat the relative rights tx.
isting between Congress and the people OF
territories and districts. but entirely by the
constitution, under the exclusive legislation
OF Congress-
The wrong done in this TO the people
who petition, and to the body bound to re-
dress their grievances, is too palpable not
to be felt even by those who insist upon it.
To escape from this difficulty, they propose
to give the newly acquired territories over
TO the dictatorship Of Southern President,
and to recede the District Of Columbia to
the State Of Maryland, to perpetuate slave
ry within H. So far as we are concerned,
We protest aga inst this scheme. and can
assert with confidence that there il hardly
one citizen who Will not unite IN the pro-
test.
The preteKt asserted for the perpetuation
Of slavery in the district, (n the late caucus
address, is, that the district must be held
as a necessary compost" Of slavey-that
il slavery be excluded from it and the ter
ritories, ''every outpost and barrier would
be carried, and nothing would be left but
to finish the work OF abolition, at pleasure,
in the States themselves" that "this dis
trict, and all places over which Congress
has exclusive power Of legislation, would
be asylums for fugitive slaves, where, as
soon as they placed their feet, they would
become, according to the doctrines Of the
North, free, unless there should be some
positive enactment to prevent it"
We hold this TO be mere interrorem ar
gument TO fighten the Southern people
into the attempt to enforce on others 4
wrong which they would not themselves
endure. Delaware is embraced and over
Swallowed by the free States Of Pennsyl
vania and New Jersey; why is it not clam
orous for lost slaves, and rife for dissolu
ton Of the Union, by way Of redressl-
Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Mis-
souri, form a Gordon Of slave States AROUND
the free; how do these States exist, wher
an asylum is presented at every step alont
line Of two thousand miles, where fugi
tive slaves, ''as soon as they place thei
feet" over the invisible border. would b
free? Do Kentucky, Maryland, Western
Virginia and Missouri, become frenzie'
with fear at this dangerous proximity, an
propose a dissolution Of the Union, to es
cape the apprehension? No! South Caro-
lima, which scarcely ever loses slave by
flight, is alone distressed, and would hav
the little District Of Columbia re-ceded {
Maryland, abandoned as the seat Of govern
ment, and slavery perpetuated in it, be
cause, otherwise, 'noshing would be left bu
to finish the work Of abolition at pleasure
in the States themselves"
We trust that these panic-making strain
have lost their power TO excite the feeling
Of the people Of the south, and the threat Of
dissolution Of the Union, its influence owe
! the patriotism Of the north. Ii may be tbs
the oligarchy OF South Carolina, which mad
J the continuance OF the horrid African slav
{ trade the sine qua non in the establishner
Of the confederacy, will seek TO dissolve i
} rather than see its relic extirpated ia Ii
; District OF Columbia. But what other souti
em State would join in this national psrr
cidei Would the southern people, Undue
: with the liberal spirit of the age, and e
{ the most part, out of South Carolina. eI
e ioying popular institutions, be willing
q rally around an oiigarchy, which does NJ
!, allow the mass Of the people to vote f
5 senators or representatives, governor or pre-
& dent, and make it the nucleus Of ne
e confederacy? Would they do this at ii
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