The southern press., 1850-10-07
The Issue.

The Issue.
He who will not reason is bigot, he who
cannot reason is a fool, and he who dares not
reason is slave"
Tie design and effect Of the recent acts OF
Congress are to increase the number OF slaves
in the existing States of the South, and to d.
ro;n;sh the number of whites. The Texas bill
provides for the transfer Of the territorial rights
or claims of that State to New Mexico, down to
tho line of 80 on the Rio Grande-dOwn to the
line which divides the United States and Mexico
And this gives to New Mexico, population and
territory enough for large State, and insures
her admission as State by the next Congress;
or at the next session Of the present Congress
This bill passed after the inhabitants OF New
Mexico had proclaimed the exclusion OF slavery.
When New Mexico is admitted as a State there
fore, the avenue Of slave emigration by land into
al the new territory will be effectually closed.
And as the boundary of California, Free-soil
State. il also extended down to Mexico on the
Pacific all access to the interior by sea, is also
effectually barred against slave emigration-for
it cannot pass through Free-soil States. The
consequence is, that whites may einigrate to all
the new States and territories, but slaves cannot.
And as many Southern shareholders were wait
ing until these questions were settled, to 60 to
California, they will now be compelled to sell
their slaves before going instead OF taking tllem
"a oh and inf out N
Now it needs no argument to prove that no
policy could be more disastrous to the South
than to increase the blacks and diminish the
whites within her borders. Since the passage Of
those ncts we have conversed with a number OF
the most intelligent men from the South, par
ticularly from Virginia, who tell us they are now
waiting to see whether the South will protect
herself. If not, they are determined to emigrate
as they cannot think of leaving their families and
fortune to the fate which those measures will
bring upon them. And we predict, that unless
prompt redress and security are Obtained by the
South, there will be stampede of her white
population.
There is another process now going on
equally fatal to the South. The Federal
Government, having become the enemy OF South
ern institutions is engaged in sowing dissenslons
among her people Federal patronage and power
are employed to secure the support of the border
States which have least interest in slavery, there
by to detach them from the common cause o.
the South The present cabinet, consisting o.
seven members, contains three from slave hold
ing States, one from Virginia, one from Ken
lucky, and one from Louisiana. The firs'
nominees of Mr. FILLMORE did not include ;
single person from planting State Snbse
aucnty one was selected from Georgia-tha'
State having given Wing vote. But Mr.. JEN
KINs declined Louisiana the only planting
State represented in the cabinet, is the one usu
ally the least sensitive of them on the SLAYER,
question Look now at our foreign missions
We have nine of the first class, of which thu
South has five. Mr. RwEs of Virginia, to France
Mr.. Brown Of Tennessee, to Russia, Mr.. BAR
RING Err of North Carolina, to Spain, Mr.. LETcHEl
of Kentucky, to Mexico, MIR. PEYToN OF Loui
siana, to Chill none from the planting States
except from Louisiana. and I'LL remarkable 70
their proclivity to Northern rather than Southcrl
policy From the North we have Mr. Law
RENEE of Massachusetts, to England, Mr.. BAR
NARD of New York, to Prussia, Mr.. MARSH o.
Vermont, to Turkey, and Mr. TOP of Ohio, t..
Brazil Wehave sixteen half missions or Charges
of which the South has five, Mr.. CLAY Of Ken
lucky, to Portugal, Mr.. CLEMSON of South Caro-
lima, to Belgium, Mr. AIcCLuNG Of Mississippi,
to Bolivia, Mr. HARRIS of Virginia, to Buenos
Ayrcs, and Mr.. STEELE of Maryland, TO Vene
zuea. The North has the residue, viz: Mr.
Folsom of New York, to the Netherlands, Nh
Forward of Pennsy lvania, to Denmark, Mr
McCURDY of Connecticut, TO Austria, MIR. Cas-
of Michigan, to Rome, Mr. MORRIS OF Pennsyl
vania. to Sicily, Mr.. CUSHING of Indiana, to
Ecuador, Mr. FooTE Of New York, to New
Granada, Mr. SCHROEDER Of Rhode Island t.
Sweden, and NJ KINNEY of New York, to Sar-
dinia, &c.
Now the Federal Government was established
to manage our foreign affairs, and in time OF
peace our foreign con merce is the principal OBJ
ject of concern abroad. In that commerce the cot
ton States have greater interest than all the other
States together, for they supply the greatest part
of our exports by which foreign goods are pro-
cured They are nearly one-fourth of all the
States in number, yet they are without single
minister out of eight Of the first class abroad,
and have but two out of sixteen of the second
class, and one of them, Mr.. CLEMSON, was ap-
pointed by Mr.. TYLER. In this way are the
honors of the Federal Government conferred on
those States of the South, the least identified
with the South. ard having the most affinity with
the North and on that particular class of polti-
clans the most National, that is Northern, in the
favored Southern States. The system of excu-
sion thus running through the Cabinet,and the for
eign missions, comprising more than thirty Of the
hiphcst Offices of Government, cannot be the ef-
feet Of accident, but will be understood by all
who reflect on tie events OF the last five years
If the cotton States are excluded frem the