Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-11-30


It Soutern soul, every mine that is worke
q can tell ol the energy Of the S'outhernel
In seeking after his lnrtune III the cite
It ahd the towns. in The plains and III th
If forest, IN the lnountalls and IN the valleys
e the South is found represcute1 how
i then can it be said, that the slaves Of tn,
/ south were improperly kept ont Of Cali
j., IornIa Fellow citizens. il is very ,loub,fu
/ whether slaves could have been a1vanfa
n geously taken to that portion ofour country
h 1t Is too lar disant--Whlte labor too aluu
/ haht-circunstancas too poorly adapted
q to the Use Of slaves, aud the fact of the
g mines being long worked. without thea
t aud this too, while there was no coneti
> tntlonal, Or other prohibition ayninst
sIhvety, shows the doubt. which have
: advanced. | cannot concur with one OF
the Senatnrs from Virginia, that the per.
mission to take slaves to California. would
( have raised the value Of negroes Hrye, to
the extravagant sum of $4,000 each: let
| ll'nGout satisfy me Of that fact, aud | will
guarantee to buy out California, to he pre-
sented tp tlle South
should have preferred, iellow-rilzens.
TO have had the boundaries Of California
restrlcfed and ITO prohibition aranst slave
ry adopted, yet because my views are not
carried out, can see no sufficient reasons
for resistance. We live under a rnpuli-
can form Of government, and our creed is.
the majority must r,lle--we must abide hy
the decision Of such majority. when Eegiti-
nate|y expressed, and itcwoua be loliy
lndeel, to quarrel anl lit. at every dlf-
ference OF opinion. When opposed and
defeated at our clecl,ne, we generally feel
little sore but yet we turn quietly to our
own homes, and our places of business.
hoping for. and ofteu receiving, bpttcrSrel
next tine, =, To do otherwise, would he
too much y yse the NJ xcans. Until our
army taughG them little rejslbIicnnjsn.
they could not have al election without n
reVo|ttlon--eIeCtion aud revolution were
"iIl them, convertible terms.
| Fellow Citizens the safety of this cOr1n-
Try consists III acknowledging the doctrine
that the majority must rule.
Let lls look at the bill abolishiur the
slave trade in the District of Columbia.
This is snlaII affair aud indeed. amounts
almost to nothng-IlteralIy nothing. It
involves no principle, aud costs the South
not one cent, it is but a municipal reruIas
ton, governing hut about five n,ire etTtjarr,
aud similar to the stntutes Of several of the
Southern States, which prevented the III
PRODUCTION OF slaves for sale. within their
ll"lts. II is true. considered the act nm.
necessary, and therefore voted against it
but IY'an see no reason for 4 violent nlp-
position to The law; aud nothing to lnsti.
~ dlslnlun III any form
These are the objections to the Conpro-
mise. Now let lis see what we have pau-
ed
u will not be forgotten that The battery
OF the South has been heretofore mainly
directed against the Wilnot rroyiso-this |
was the great quesiou--the re ieclou Of it |
the doeldnratltSn with the South. Utah
and New Mexico were admitted ; no pro- |
vIso stained TIC statute; the South tr- |
unphed and tho hldcous form Of fanati- |
clsm tell PROSTATE To the ground, beneath |
the troWn Of au indignant people n tho
hr'l for the territorial governments, it is
provided that Utah aud New Mexico shall |
come into the Union. with. or without
slavery, as the people may determine; y
clause found IN no other territorial bill |
Moreover. when the Northern Representa-
tlvea who stood by tho bill. rendered al
account of their stewardship, they have
been III many instances returned to Com
gress. while the reputed father of the Pro-
viso, il kept at homo, to think over that
caInnny he can no Ioueer utter
Next, Is the fugitive slave bill. ThtSct !
of Congress based upon the Constitution.
was for n time faithfully carried ont after
n Willie, however, 'aGatlcisfn. and aboli-
tlonlsn, increased in growth and strengths.
they attacked the law, and the law became
Il dead letter; the South was deprived Of
much OF hcreproperty, and in one case life
was the pelS'ty paid. for an attempt to
rescue that property. IN this condition
OF things, the South demanded something
etIectual, and what said the people of the
North We acknowledge the iuRtncss of
your claim upon us; take up the matter
make your own bill; keep it within the
provisions of the Constitution and we
will bear it through Notwithstanding
we have some prejudice 10 encounter, you
are entitled to our assistance, and you
shall have it. The bill was passed, and
time, that great test Of everything human,
has shown its efficiency. The provisions
Of the bill were simple, and yet sufficient
Every emergency is provided for, and the
strong arm Of the law, and Of legal author
lty, now protects and assists the owner of
a runaway slave.
Felow-ctizcus, I cannot but refer to a
few cases, at the North, to show the opcr-
alton Of the bill, now under consideration.
A fugitive slave having been arrested and ,
brought before Judge Grier, great excite
ment was produced, and a mob threatened ,
10 rescue the negroe. AS God Iiveth, and ,
rs my soul Iivcth, said the Judge, 'the law i.
shall be respected, and If it be necessary, |
will send TO the arsenals and the navy :
yard, for fosce. to carry it out " tn Chi .
ago, another slave was seized by his mas
er, and bro1ght before the proper officer
% be dealt With according to law. Riot
md confusion was the consequence and a
% far did matters progress, that the City
Council met, and passed n resolution in f
to the fugitive slave bill. Sen t
ltor Douglass, III the hot-bed of abolition r
SIN, demonstrated with the people; ex- |
,lained to them the necessity of upholding p
statute constitutionaIy passed and i'm fl
'lored them to a discharge of their duty. t.
The appeal was not i'll vain; reason tri- Il
.mphed over fanaticisn, and the fugitive r,
vas carried quietly to the house of his rnas | +,