The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-04-03

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10 90 Contribute aud II is my ii,m opnien /, !,
's doy' that within the last twenty vesfs r,
nj much money has been collected and r.;a n
y. the abolition societIes abolition presses an i
h sh"'i'on lecturers as would purchase l,o
1t ksr"nm ofevery slave man, woman. ard ch,jJ
y N The Sale of Maryland, aud serd then, MI
J. 'o Liberia. have no doubt Of il. Bn, I
o sa'e yer 10 learn that the hrnavnlcpce {
;, '"eso abolhion societies has at any time IA.
9 ken that particular turn. (Lauehtef)
!. Aga'a, SIR, Ahe violence of the pgcse is CON.
y piahed Of. The press violent Why. SIR
" the pfess is violent every where. There ale
outrageous reprosches in the NORTH against
the South, and there are rtproacbes IN ro,
much better taste IN the South against The
North. Sir, the extremists Of both rarts er
'his country are violen they mistak2 loud
a,d 'Iolen, Ia K fur el qucnce aud for reason.
ihey think hat he who talk the uudest rem.
sons the best. And this We must eYnec,
when ihe press Is free, as il is here. and
trust always will be-for, with all lis Iiccn.
'i"usness, and all It's evil, the entire and ahso.
'nie freedom nf the press is essential 10 he
preservation Of government on the basis Of a
ifee constitution. Wherever it exists, there
VIII De f'oi'sh paragraphs and violent para.
graphs ~ ihe press, as they are, am sorry
70 say, foolish speeches and violent speeches
IN both Houses Of Congress. In short sir.
| mus. say that, in my opinion, the vcrnacu.
ar tongue Of the Country has become orca,.
1 ly vitiaed, dep'syed and corrupted bv tho
.iy'c Of our Congressional debates. TL,sugh.
ter And If ii we're possible for our debatos
!" Congress TO v'iaie the principles of the
people as much as they have depraved their
taste, | should cry out, /" cd save the Re.
public! -
Well, in all this see no solid grievance.
no grievance produced by the South, within
Tho redress Of the Government. but the sin.
gle one TO which have referred and ,hat
is, the want OF proper regard to The uiunc
tion OF he constitution for the deliver, of
fugitive slaves.
ihere are also complaints of The North
against the South. need no, go over them
particularly. The first and gravest is. that the
North adopted the constitution, recognising
The existence Of slavery in the States. aud re-
cogn'slhg The ri2ai 10 certain extent Of re-
presentation Of the slaves iu CONGRESS. nader
stale OF sentiment and expectation which
do not now exs' and that, by events. bv cir.
tun-tanees, by the eagerness of the Sou,h to
acqu'fe territory and extend their slave pop.
ustion, the North tiads tsclf, IN ureg4rd to the
lhhuence ol the S"u'h and NORTH, nf the fee
otales ahd Save s'a'es, where it never did
expect to had Itself when they entered The
compact OF The constitution. They complain.
'heteto e, that instead of slavery beipp fe
gafoeu as ian EVIL, as II was hen, an evil which
all hoped would be exl.0guished gradnallg. il
is now ieglrded by the South ss an institution
to be cherished and preserved and extended:
an institution which the South has extended
10 The ufmost ot her powers ty the acunl,i.
ion OF new territory. " ell. then, nassl
ir"a that, every body in The North reads:
aho tV ~ body reads 9haftueter lie news.
papers contain aud the newspaper, some of
them, especially those ptes.e, 10 WLca have
alluded, are careful 10 srfead ahcu among
the people every reproachul senllneu, uter.
90 ~ any 1thfr man bearing al II against
me North, every thlng that Is ca'cul4ied 10
eX sperae, 10 allenate; and there ara nnnv
'uch thInSs, as every body will admit, from
'he ooh'h OF some portion OF it, which are
spread abroad among the readlag people ;and
they DO eXasperalc, and allenate, aud produce
most mschevlous efFec, upon the public
mind at The North. Sir. would not notice
'h'ngs OF lhis sort appearing in obscure quar-.
'et-; but one thing has occurred in this de.
oate which struck me very forciby. An
honorable member from Louisiana addressed
Us he other day on this subject. | suppose
there Is mol more amiabe and worthy gen.
'efah IN ms chamber-a gentleman who
would he more slow to give offence TO any
body, aud he did not mean in his remarks TO
give offence. But what did he say Why sir.
he took pains to run contrast between the
slaves Of The South and the aboring people Of
the North, giving preference in all points of
condition. aud comfort, and happiness, to the
slaves OF the South. The Senator doubtless
d'd not suppose that he gave offence, or did
any injustice. He was merely expressing
his opinion. But does he know how remarks
OF that sort will be received by the laboring
people OF the North : They are the North.
hey are the people who cultivate their own
farms with their own hands, freehoders,
educated men, independent men. Let ms
say, sir, that fve.sixths of the whole proner.
ly of the North is IN the hands of the labor
ers of the North, they cultivate their farms.
they educate their children they provide the
means ol independence if they are not free.
holders, they earn wages, these wages accu-
muiate, are turned into capital, into new free.
holders, and small capitalists are created
That is the case. Aud what can these neo.
pie think when SO respectable aud worthy
gentlemen the member from Louisiana
undertakes 10 prove tina, the absolute ignor.
ance and the abject slavery of the South is
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