The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-06-25

- ,b.,, constitution. Local and section
M ,u,ere,,s absorb the time and business OF
Compress. and thus. n sectional despousm'
totally irresponsible 70 the people OF the
South-oomuiuted Of the Representative
IN Conness from the non-slaveholding
: statss-.momnt Of our ieeiinga conditiOn
: and Neutrality-suspicious. 90 washington
These arc the fruits Of your past iorbcannce
and submission.
II we look into the nature Of things such
results will not seem 10 be either new OF
strange. There is nut one condition, in
which one people can be safe under the do
minion Of another people and that Is when
their interests are entirely Identical. Then
the dominant cannot Cypress the subject
people. without expressing themselves. The
identity Of interest between them, IS the &C.
curity for night government. But as this
identity can scarcely ever exist between w
people, history bears but one testimony as
to the fate Of e subject people. They have
always been compelled to minister to the
prosperity and aggrandlzement OF their mas
tiers. II this has always been the case nm.
der the ordinary difference, OF interests and
feelings which exist between States, how
mnah more certainly must the experience OF
history be realized. between the people of
| the Northern and Southern States. Here IS
a difference Of climate and productions
+ throughout a territory stretching along the
whole belt Of the temperate zone, affecting
the pursuits and characters Of the people in
habiting Il. But the great ditierence-the
M great diGerunce--the greatest which
can exist among a people, is the institution
I, Of slavery. This alone sets apart the South
+ ern States as Il peculiar people-with whom
I, independence as TO their internal policy, Is
the condition Of their eKlsssDce. They must
rule themselves, or pefe# Every colony
. in the world where AiFiehn slavery existed
{ with one exception, las been destroyed
q and If this has been the case under the old
| and efetc governments of Europe, will il
j. not prevail under the dominion OF the rest
less people of The Northern States? They
!. do not practically recognize the inferiorlty
i. Of the African TO the Caucasian races. They
, do not realize, because the circumstance o
their condition do not compel them TO real
r ize, the impossibility Of al a~malgamatior
? between the races. Exempt from the instl
h ton Of slavery, It is not surprising that thei
: syfnpathies should be against us, whilst thu
dogma on which they profess to build thel
a system of free government--the abSoIa1,
rule Of the majoyity--leaves no barrier Il
their power in the affairs of the Genera
Government, and leads them to its consoli
dation. Religion too, false or real-iire
| tbotx .akbsta,auna anatnaf nm ingflinfInu
which many of its professors believe to b.
inconsistent with its principles and precepts
a TO expect forbearance from such a people
II under such circumstances, towards the in
s~titution Of slavery, is mairfestly vain. ]
# they have been false to the compact mad
d with us in the constitution, and have ALLOW
, ed passion and prejudice to master reason
they have only exemplified that fraility ant
"a fallibiliiy OF our nature, which has produced
Is the necessity of all governments, and which
il il unchecked, ever produces wrong. Th'
4 institution Of slavery having once entere'
Ethe popular mind Of the non-slaveholdinI
csatss, Coz oattan and o~antrol, the rost Is In
evitable. Ii unrestrained by us, they will &
on until African slavery will be swept iron
IN the broad and fertile South. The nature 0
things therefore, independent Of experience
teaches us that there can be no safety il
: submission,
To submit Devils, however great, willis
they are endurable, is the disposition Of ev
cry people-especially OF an agriculture
: people, living apart, and having no associ0
n ton in their pursuits. But the responsible
ty of preserving a free government rest
with all its members, whatever may be thei
ar pursuits, and not alone with those who hav
The power or the will to destroy it. A mi
= nority, by submission, may as much betra.
"a the constitution, as u majority by aggression
re The constitution does not protect a major
q. ty; for they have all the powers of the gov
"a eminent in their hands and can protect them
b selves. The Limitations of u constitutio
m are designed to protect the minority--thos
% who have no power, against those who hav
N it. Hence, the great motive and duty c
: selfprotection is peculiar toa minority, indie
pendent of that faith to the constitutio
/. which they owe in common with the ma
jorty. They must protect themselves, an
protect the constitution and if they fail il
this double duty, they are at least as culpa
bic as those who, IN aggressing upon thei
m rights, overflow the constitution. And tn
N public opinion of the world is in conformit
ID with these views. The oppressor is hated
10 but the INCREASINGLY oppressed is despised
More respect follows the tyrant, THAI tn
h slave who submits to his power. TIL
southern States, therefore, although a min
10 GRITTY, are,not exempt from the responsible
70 of preserving the constitution, and, in pre-
serving it, to protect themselves.
M In what way shall they preserve the con
~stitution and protect themselves
As a general rule, it is undoubtedly trut
, that when, in a government like ours a cor
"a s%ttution is violated by a majority, VIII,
alone can violate it in matters of Legislation
it cannot be restored to its integrity through
"A the ordinary means of the government; 70
these means, being under the control of tn