The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-08-15

ri "A shopKeepef once WTote 10 MS sister
sour aged father died this morning OF
large assortment Of dlsorders.".
Comm u~nicated.
Mr.. EbfroE;-
1t uow becomes the duty o
every lover Of his country and our free in
stitutions, to reflect and wen consider thu
$ present state of our political Affairs. Grea
men and great measures may rise and may
lall; great Constitutional Questions once
decided BY Ihajorities may leave a wound
in the heattof our body polite, as the IN:
quehched spark in the hay stack, may al
some unsuspected moment burst forth with
such fury that all hopes Of its safety may
be given up. There cannot be a doubt bul
many a true patriot andlover Of his couh-
try believed thatthe measures Of the great
KentuckysS Senator would heal up our po-
hticai disease, and for all time to come
guarantee a healthy state 10 all The mem
5ers OF this great body Of coniederated
members, towhich a large number Of equal
ly patriotic treemen have in ioto dissented.
They believe that the measure would
have created a wound Of pride, honor and
right. These would take deep root, and
spread over the entire face'o of the confeue-
rated body, and become seated beyond the
cure Of cur great constitutional consefVa-
tive remedies.
This is one % THE guaranteed rights Sc
cured to each American citizen by our re-
evolutionary fathers, TO form his judgment
as 10 what is the right and imperative duty
of each subordinate member Of this great
political association. Those feelings and
noble sentiments brought about the war OF
Independence, aid relieved The minority
from the unjust acts and expressions of
The majority, and enabled the agile Of lib
erty to pluck out the eyes OF the lion, and
exile him from this land of freedom to the
land and the homes Of kings, tyrants and
desTotic majorlties. Flere, Mr.. Editor, |
might stop, and hope TO see the sons OF the
land Of Washington, Franklin, a Jefferson,
a Jackson, and a host Of others, rise and
proclaim, with one united voice, justice,
peace, harmony and good viii be 10 all.
But sdthe will say as Mr.. Clay's remedy
has failed, what now? If one could go
back and stand as we did before the be-
fore the passage Of the ordinance Of 1897,
and the Missouri compromise, we would
be %erfectlY justidable in taking our stand
on the circumference platform, but after
we have surrendered 10 the fTee-soflers
these iinPortant( features and thereby placed
the South in the minority, we are advised
to fall back behind the last redoubt,and sur
render the fort and battery into the hands
of our opponents, and throw down cur
weapons Of defence and demand justice
by the sound Of our words,
As SO deg. 80 min. north latitude, so far
as territory is concerned, will stop at the
shores Of the Pacific Ocean, and. as it has
been heretofore Settled as a principle, |
cannot see the objections TO it that are
seen by others. This line will secure TO
I'm
the southern members Of the confederacy,
a guarantee of right, when the others have
lett all in doubt, in such a way that no
man can for one moment believe that the
slave States would gain one foot of terri
tory, taken from Mexico by the best blood
Of the American sons united north, east.
south and west
But this is not all; it proposes to disfran-
elise the State Of Texas Of a large proper
ton Of her territory, ard put Ii under a
territorial government, which is a positive,
palpabfe and dangerous violation of the
constitution Of the United States. The
constitution alone Empowers Congress i'd
l
divide a State, or take part of one or more
States, and 10 form States out of said ter
ritory by the consent of the legislatures of
the States Interested, II e,) the people Of
any section Of a State, or parts Of States,
may form a constitution by the consent of
the State legislatures from which they wish
to separate the selves, and apply to Con
gress fol- admission into the Union as a
separate member Of the compact. The
power to admit new States is with Con
gress, and if she is made known Of the
Tact that the State or States from which
the telritoiy forming the hew Slate, have
given his Or their assent BY legislative en-
actment, then it is at the pleasure Of Con-
gress to admit or not. / know that soma
OF the old States ceded territory 10 the
United States, With the laudable intention
Of enabling The federal government to Jay
the revolutionary war debt, which have ,
been accented in hut a.,L;I