The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-12-25


h. Out clear CO, sttuona provision! II il
l. the only compensation which they have re-
Sc Iceived for what they believe 10 be The grea
j. Injuries they have sustained. Will they tLer
patiently submit to have this law repealed
II essentially modified. or nullihed? BeEoe ils
5 passage, the Constitution had become, IN
d regard to fugitive slaves, almost dead let
e ter. II is notorious fact, that all along The
IS border which separates the free from The
e slave States, every facility was afforded fol
! the escape Of slaves lrom their masters. L
y they could pass the line, their safety was al
g most certain. They were scarcely ever, in
: The language of ihe Constitution, ''del,vered
d up on the claim of the party 10 which such
c service or labor may be due.'
n In many instances, the master or his agent
e who pursued them was insulled, assaulted,
r beaten and imprisoned; and few men couId
be found bold enough to incur the hazard uf
I such dangerous undertaking. In his man
: ner the southern people we're annually dep j.
we'd of their property, guaranteed to them y,
, the Constitution, to the amount Of hundreds
of thousands Of dollars. The Consttution
was nulfied, and this law was passed for The
I; protection Of their Constitutional rights J.
! Will they tamely surrender it? Let The
: voice which speaks in tones of thunder from
the united south answer this question. Tuey
will at last, | trust and believe, submit 10
the provisions Of the compromise, provided
the Fugitive Slave Law be faithfully exc
cuted in the north; but they will go no fur
tber. All the resolutions even OF the Union
meetings in the south speak this language
Future aggresslOns must cease, OF the Union
will be in imminent danger.
! Let US then resolve TO put down agitation
at the north on the slave question, by the
force Of enlightened public opinion, andi
failhfuly execute tho provisions OF the Fu- |
gitise Slave Law. Should this be done, III
will eventually exlnguish those geographical
parties so dangerous TO the Union aud sol
much dreaded by the Father of his Country
= which have sprung into existence; il will
ameliorate The condition of The slaves, by
enabling their masters to remove the rr-
strlctons imposed upon them in selr-defence,
sInce The commencement Of the present
troubles, and will restore the natural and
Constitutional progress Of emancipation
by the violence of the aboltlionsIs.
| The Union cannot long endure, if it be
bond together only by paper bonds II can
he firmly cemented alone, by he affections
OF the people Of the different States for eaclli
other. Would to Heaven that the s. irit oil
mutual lorbearance and brolherly love which
presided at It's BIRTH could once more be res
stored to bless the land! Upon opening
volume, few days since, ny eyes caught q !
resolution of convention Of the ccuniies Of
Maryland, assembled at Annapolis, il June
l774, in consequences Of the passage by the ,
British Parliament Of The Boston Port Bill, |,
which provided for opening subscription "in
the several cDlntes of the Province, for an
immediate collection for The relief of the dis
lressed inhabitants Of Boston, now cruely
deprived Of the means of procuring subsist
auce for themselves and families by the ope-
ration of the said act for blocking up their
harbor." Would that the spirit of fra,ernaI
affection which dictated this noble reso!u>
ton, and which actualed all the conduct of
our revolutionary fathers, might return to 1
SIess and reanimate the bosOlns of their de,
scepdants! This would render our Union
indssolube. 1t would be the living soul
infusing iselfinto the Constitution and in I
spring it with irresistible energy.
am not one of those who can ever con,
sent TO calculate the value OF the Union. lis /
benefits and Its blessings are inestmable u
God forbid! that fanaticism should ever ap,
ply torch 10 this, the grandesl and most
glorious temple which has ever been erected
to political freedom on the face of The earth!I /
Whilst the friends of human liberty through
out the world would forever depIore the lrTe>
parable loss of our example 10 The nations.
This catastrophe would be the prolific source
ofevils to all the Sates-norb, south, ensI
and west from the enumeration Of which
my mind recols with horror
Would any OF all Of the injuries which
the south have suffered, or which hey sup.
pose they have suffered, from the agitation Of
the north, and ON the Compromise, Justify
a resort TO the last dead extremity OF d,s,
solving the Union? believe not; and after
the sober second thought the patriotic people
Of the south, will, lhaVe no doubt, by a Arne
majority, arrive at the same conclusion. FIR
such causes, they wll.unever forfeit all the
innumerable blessings Of the Union, and
subject the country aud the lovers Of rational
freedom throughout the world, TO the mos
astounding political calamity which has ever
befalen the human race.
II is not very wrong may, il Is not every
grieVous wrong which can Justify or even
pallate such fearful alternative. ia This
age. and in this country, there is an inces.
santfux and reAux Of public opinion, Sub
jecs which but few yeats ago excited the
puhllc mind to madness, have passed AWAY
and ale almost forgotten, TO employ The
eoqpenl language Of Mr.. Burke, they are
volcanoes burnt out J. and on the lava and
ashes and squald score Of old efupuons
grow the peaceful olive, the cheering vine.
and the sustaining corn'
The aeiia ion al the north on lie suhlec,
Of domestic slavery in the south, like eveIf-
thing human, will have lie day. We have
already reached, and, trust, passed The
dangerous crisis. Should this prove 10 be
the case, the tempest which has been raging
will purify the polilical atmosphere, aud in.
part new and heallhful life ana yigor 10 ne
body polite. Is
But Il, in the midst Of such temporary
excitement, the Union should be dissolved.
the mischief will then be rrcparable. "Na-l
tions unborn, and ages vel behind." viii
curse the rashness Of the deed. Should atbel
silver cord be loesed, and the golden bowl
be broken q, the iouniain,n human powerl ,
will pover be able to rc-nnile lie scatloledI /,
iIsgmenis. " the Almighty Ruler OF he
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