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


foreed-to be cheated and then laughed at-ruined by
ndrecton and consoed that the provso not passed
IN name. but forever fixed upon them IN effect Abo-
ton in this District the dockyards forts and arsenas
must be no longer urged and State laws preventing or
impeding the capture and recovery Of fugtives from
labor must be repealed If the will Of your constitu-
ents the state Of public opinion at home your own con-
Sciences of duty require you to refuse these
acts Of Justice the evil is ncursble. Separation will
become Inevitable. Our wrongs nsupportable and
can be tolerated no longer. But remember. we cannot
be turned aside from demand for redress by the cry of
disunon should it really ensue your heads be the
guilt for We strove TO avert the calamity Equality
or independence" is our motto and our watchword.
This we demand and this will have. Political en-
picS endeavor to pallae without removing the disease
in vain Party ties rope Of sand when not strength.
ened by common interest and the sanctions of justice.
They fall asunder at the first touch without these ele
ments Of cohesion. hosannas to the Union afford no
remedy they only awaken the recollection of what the
Union was in the better days Of our early glory
"When none were for party,
When all were for the State;
The lands were fairly portioned.
The spoils were fairly sod
Before we warm'd in faction
Or in virtue had grown cold"
That Union, idol, is a sword to dlt
not shield 10 protect The distribution OF WASH
ingons Farewell Address will give relief from the
pressure of wrongs inflicted and rights withheld. He
was in life own, and Washington, STAKEHOLDER and
friend of institutions, dwelt amongst his peO-
ple,' and died surrounded by his domestcs His me-
mory is too dear to the South for her TO bring on it
and oppression not the less CALLING because enfoc
ed by authority. He owed bis allegiance to the
king, held commission in his name, and fought battles
to extend his empire. When that king wronged his
section of the royal domnone he led victorious armies
against him. and dissolved the union between the crown
and the colonies Resistance to wrong has not sent
patriot and statesman. We deeply resent the abuse Of
his great name to sanction such unmanly course as
submission to wanton usurpation. The perversion of
his sentiments to give respectabty TO such policy is
Aof NnnaN and InPu
Compromises such offered restore con-
6dence The South knows that every previous com.
promise has been but ananti isavery victory. kept by
them in good faith, and violated by the North made
for consideration but the hope Of peace but in the
event deepening the of injury by disregard of
the conditions which they were adopted. 1t is in
this difficulty. to quiet the agitation We had part
In creating the trouble, and unjusiy called on to
make sacrifices to allAy it, We cannot offer additional
Inducements to rapacity by rews1ding its camors in
Gently offered by the venerable and distinguished Sena-
tor from Kentucky IS but another gded pill contain
ing the deadly poson-saying to the generous South,
He had long before the introduction of his resolutions
OF compromise LEFT the South. without doubt, his
views OF their rights in the territory acquired from
Mexico. In letter addressed to the reesoil
ton at Cleveland in June last, he fully disclosed his
opposition to the introduction of slaves into that terrific
W either by private enterprise or the authority Of Con-
gress Thus giving the weight of his name and iRhu-
ence to close forever all that rich domain against his
ellow-citizens of the South. His resolutions ostens
oily tor compromise demand gratuitous concession al
together BY the South of all, all, Once be-
fore, the South gave up all that was asked. and now
with scheme of pacihcation presented by statesman
who Identifies himself with the proviso party in fact if
not IN name we are again required to give up all that IS
demanded for empty declaration about the District
and fugitive slaves. and the migration Of slaves from
State to Staterghs already secured by the Constltu-
on, but ruhessly invaded. We must give up the ter
rtory for the consideration of the North in acknowcdg
ing rights which plainly guaranteed by the bond OF
Union.
Sir, none of these expediens will answer-the South
must and will have her rights without dimnution She
can protect herself having all the elements OF
y; eight millions of people have nothing to fear NO
power on earth conquer US. none dare invade US;
and position make ths
We demand our rights, and whole rights under the
Constitution; will have nothing less AS people
under Heaven have expect or less to fear
At one time in the history of the Republic, the Gaus
pushed their conquests to the gates OF Rome. Time
after time they bought off BY the public treasures.
Those bribes expended. induced return to their
demand. On the last occasion the impoverished Com
monwealth again compounded for their deverance-
frequent exactions, however, had brought them to
exhausted treasury To obtain safety they surrendered