The North-Carolina standard., 1850-03-13


alutary, has become mschievous. We have by fear
n progress. departed from the simple ends for which
he Union formed. and the great distraction which
low exists s the necessary consequence. Year after
ear has the Congress of the United States assumed
aud extended jurisdiction, until the trustee has be-
the eestuyqe trust the agent the principal; and
al that secured by the Constitution O the States,
is in process Of absorption by the Government heie.
And this is called the Union. Held mp as subject OF
veneraton sacred that the deepest denuncstons are
hurled those who presume 10 inquire into the abuses
practised under its name. When 4 wanton majority
here lush the barriers of the Constitution. and as
sail our property and endanger our safety, and bring
the white in the Sonth to the level with the negro
to our emonstrances for existing wrongs our warnings
concerning those in future, answered with-Save
the Union! When insult is added to injury, to every
declaration that the Constitution has been violated. and
the compact which unites US broken, the reply rs
Be patient-sore the glorious Union! When CALLING
sense Of justice from some new outrage exces so9tn
representatives to strong expressions OF indignation
they are denounced as dIsunionss The atohement IS
peon 10 the Union, or quotation from washington
Farewell Address SIR, it is time that this insidoas
game ended, and that these who perPetuate IL,
whether holding high stations or occupying those less
elevated, should be rsbuked by the stern and solemn
voice Of truth 1t time that justice should be neara
above this idle clamor The bidders al the auction OF
popularity should longer be rewarded for can't slang
and teachery Southern constituencies ought to know
the settled purpose, that under this great hame.Me
Uaion-they be degraded by authority. pundeIed
by staue and disanchised by act Of Congress 1t is
this abuse of the bond Of unon that IS really endan
gered this prostitution of its influence, that 1t Will tor
felt respect Deeply siI ought we dcplore me pohey
which produces spirit OF disrust and weakens the re-
CARDS between the citizens of country on sect!onal
grounds The attachment to the Constitution as bond
Of union with us was once strong ana Pervao'ne NO
permitted himself calculate its value or to speak
of its destruction Although long convinced that II
OF commercial value to the South stl Tor other
reasons well principle OF veneraon for our an
cestors, the feeling was ardent, deep. controlling
But sir repeated injuries have done much to change
this state Of things That attachment to the Uulon IS
but little more than sentmen-cherished stili.
is true, but rapidly yielding to another sentiment
equally ccngenal 10 southern heart. refer TO de-
to redress wrongs, whatever may be the
consequence Abolition missionaries. incendiary pam
phlets. northern kidnsPpers, and all the appliances
which can either annoy or endanger our prop
ey have alienated much Of the regard once felt for
citizens OF the non-slaveholding States We are
rapidly approaching the conviction that in feeling and IN
interest not one people, Here sir Is extreme
danger the Union The South has not spared the reven-
Of the Government for the benefit Of the North. From
Lake Superior to Lake Champlan from the Canada from
tier 10 the mouth Of the Delaware light Innum-
erable shine in the darkness like stars the bosom Of
the wave. There more of those beacons-and with
no great necessity for them-in the State Of Maine. or
either of the maritime New England Middle States
either the lower border lakes, than from the en-
OF the Chesapeake to the mouth o the Rio Grande
Your ports protected with forticatons; your har
bours improved at great opened roads
constructed, lands given for the purposes of internal
Improvements and educaon-all by the acquescence
and appreciation of the South. Your fishermen receive
bounties and drawbacks from the public purse and all
that lIberality conceive, has bee fully
ded or this we have not yet complained would not
have mentioned these facts, but place in bold rolief
the contrast of the southern and northern pocy-the
Just lberality Of the South and the wanton, reckless
INJUSTICE of the North.
Not content with all these advantages institutions
are assaied and the public domain monopolized, our
safety and our property made the subjects of fanatical
and political experiments Nor is it deemed proper that
should be informed to what extent this spirit oper-
alive, who the persons who make these assaults.
If disorganzng and offensive resolutions introduced
here, thrown frebrand into this House. re-
qued to them by at the peril of being held up to
the country dsturbcrs Of the peace. Sir, when such
incipcnt steps to ruin made in this House, ain
resolved to spare effort show the people who the
friends Of such direct vote shall be taken
as long find those who will aid in the work.
Insncerity shall find dodgng place, but the South
shall know who these conservative friends of whom
We hear much. Their names shall go to postcrty
upon the record They shall stand up like open foes
not waylay the path with the assassns stiletto. Are
gentlemen desrous to avoid the nfmy of the vote the
hand, and yet afraid to vote lest their
stucnts should be ncensed against them Sir, if such
the state of public opinion among their constituents
great, very great, is the danger to the Union.
The South has lost confidence in the justice Of many
OF the non-slavcholdng States members Of this Con-
federacy The loss Of property in fugitive slaves is
the bodness of northern knappers has increased
beyond the whole Atlantic coast is exposed to
northern shipping, and the citizens of portion
OF North Carolina holding conventions called together
to arrest this evil. recent abduction of slaves by
Boston ship is the exciting cause. Experience has
taught US that the attempt to reclaim is usually aborve
always hazardous, and sometimes fatal People, laws
and courts arayed against them, and the power o.
the mob in advance of all forbids the reclamation Sir
outrageous disregard of the bond of union has alien
ated our feelings, and destroyed confidence. W.
may have fewer schools less ostentatous
fewer prayers in public and less flourish about charity
and benevolence; but we have code of ethics which
makes either of those commodities all of them together
set-of for the recognition of crime accomplish
ment, or the protection of felons duty.
Sir, the South has kept faith with the North in al
things In which the covenant bound them. They
would gladly see return on the part OF their fellow
citizens OF that to sense Of obligation CROWN
out of the constitution. but they we'll hs hopeless
and for this repeat great is the danger h,
Unon. There is yet another ingredient in the cup
prepared for and which by high author
) lty required to take without murmur Iallud
to the policy Of this Administration in thu
California and New Mexico Territories do not nov
propose TO do T. than make reference to this sub
ject At another time. when the Executive commu
ncaon shall have bee printed and the whole matte
pac ed before US, shall express my views in relation
thereto. fully in the conclusions OF my abl
and distinguished friend from Virginia. [Mr. Seldom
for the strong and eloquent development Of the subjec
in his address to the House. But do deplore thi
whole transaction by the distinguished individual VIII
y occupies the Executive mansion. lspeak OF his con
nectlon with this with regret-not with bit
n terness. 1perceved months ago that measures wer
: in progress to exclude the savehoding States from
l. this territory The King of Israel, when Absalou
rose up, in agitation exclaimed: Surely the hand
Joab is in this matter" Sir felt from the first tha
we had nothing to hope from Prime Minister
Secretary of State-who had voted in the Senate
the of the Wilmot provso into the Mexi
e can treaty. He had voted TO bind Governmen
e by treaty stipulatons with Mexico, 10 exclude tn
South from this domain acquired by conquest and b.
,f purchase Before the rains and the dews had washe