Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-04-24
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or yR. CALuoUa's LAST SLAVERY srE

or yR. CALHoUa's LAST SLAVERY SPEECH
The Union has extended itself, by enter.
Prise and b. conquest, to th3 shores of the
larthesI ocean slavery tracking ,hes,
conGuests, claims admission to its new
realms the nation pursues with u1aba,ec
energy, its prodisio-sscourse of pacific y
grandizemea,, bat the diseased limb Of tht
South, views with jealousy and irI;,a,io,
:hat growth which she can not rival, enc
atiributs to the injustice Of her confsdera,es
;esul,s which sP-;ag directly and inevitably
from her own socia! condition.
l. is undoubtedly true, that. If we follow
Mr.. Calhoun in his comparison oeiwcc:
the relative powers Of the Northern and
Southern sections of the Union, in l79H,
and in 1850. the results demonstrate an in
crease in the free States, altogether dispro-
portiona,ed in amount 10 ,ha. OF the States
still infested with slavery. In some OF the
latter, as 10 Virginia. Tie ncntsr CT repre-
sen,aiives 10 Congress has actually dimin-
ished in all i, has increased with far less
rapidly than in the North: The contrast
is drawn TO its ssarpesi edge between the
contiguous States OF Ohio and Ron.ucky.
The free State was founded twelve years
later tha, the slave Sicte-their soil and
climate are eqaal--yei, in less than half
century OHIO has million of citizens more
than its neighbor. The consequence has
naturally been, that the North has. by its
natural growth, acquired constan. aug
''-~.''--''-- -f 'hat nniifical ascendency, of
which Mr.. Calhoun and the South comp.
lain. Pu, that fac. is inherent, not in the
political institutions of the Union, bu, in the
soci.! condition OF the States themselves
and the injustice, or inequality against
which Mr.. Calhoun protests, are the direct
consequences OF that very state Of things
which he attempts 10 porpetuaie and TO e1-
tend. The North has gone on, with gigan-
tic strides, to cross the Rocky Mountains
ami sabdue the Prairies Of the Wc.:; the
South has infinitely less force to multiply
itself, 10 expand, to increase. But the rea-
son Is clear; the institutions of i..o North
:end 10 this rapid and audacious progress
those of the South clog even the natural
progress Of society. In the North labor is
honored, and every man is the CHEF work
man in the fabric Of his inGependence-in
the Sou.h II IS servlle and the possession
OF other beings alone commands the cult. !
ya,on OF tie soil. Towards the North u |.
ceaseiess stream OF emigration, from Eu-
Korean nations swelis the population with !
fresh offsets s-but the brilian, regions OF
he South tenpts no foreign emigrant TO
heir tropical soil. In the North the land
S the prlze and the means OF labor in the
Soui.: lsnd i= useful only to The stakeholder
The North presents all tie conditions ia
:orab.c to the increase Of native population
in the .ooL;h FopC.ation increases more
slowly, and one-fourih OF it consists, no, Of
,iiizers. bu, OF slaves. and political power
Ji!o~ the same law. The one is living
Incarnation OF principle Of national growth
the oihe- Of principle Of fear. The
Isedun of the North seeks TO extend IL
oif IN po,. commonwealth, anJ to x,,,,I,; |
,ly confederate S.ates-,he slavery of the
South c.iass TO the old States, and views
'l'h jealousy ms rise of powers which d.
ide VI lessen its authority in the Union.
The social condition OF the North inciies
md lnvigora,es man for energetic entcrpri-
Of The South eneryc,ee ard de-
!rades him. The ore aspires 10 complete
freedom-,he other is sometimes
to sacrifice freedom Itself to Sc
urity and precautions. The men of the
North live in jealous independence Of any
Of government IN their public
Of the south are daily re-
minded that the authority Of stringent laws,
nd vigorous government. are needed TO
reserve them from the wors, calamiiies OF
ocial war. These causes are amply suf-
cient to determine the inequality of the
wo sections Of the Union end i, is by the
laws Of human nature, tha; the
ne fourishes in unboundsd luzuriance,
whilst the other is crippled by the elements
t its own existence London Times.
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TIE Editor OF the Syracuse Protector,