Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-06-19
For the L.uisburg Chronicle.
Some Of tie Sufferings of the South.


from South Carolina paper, is indeed an
amusing specimen Of composition. but am
unable to satisfy myself whether ii is put
forth as broad joke over which The writer
and his friends had hearty laugh, or ~he-
ther he really believes what he states.
The gentIeman's argument is briefly
| this: that the U. s. Government Is hound
to project and advance Slavery but that
the oyerbearing North has constantly VOL.
ated tha, right, and the mech South have
pa,rioticaily submitted!
Permit me TO show that both these asser-
lions are exactly the reverse oil The truth.
So far from iavoring Slavery, Ike U. S.
Constitution is not even marred with The
word. Its OBJECT is expressly stated to be
to "establ,sh Justice, secure the blessings
Of LIBERTY" &c. Slavery had been
regarded as a curse inflicted by the mother
country whose permission ofihe 'execrable
traffic" was one cause OF the Revolution.
The Constitution indeed provides for the
recovery Of persons held 10 service in one
State, escaping 10 another: and also that
citizens of one State shall enjoy all their
rights in any other Stale. The Ncrth do
not aid in enforcing the first provision as
regards colored, mulallo or white slaves !:
the South violate the rights Of colored per-
sons, or whites who are suspected of belize
wing the Declaration OF Independence. ln
the violation of these requirements, South
and North are at best Oh equal Ioo,ing.
It was the admitted understanding a,
tho formation of our Government, that
Slavery was TO become obsolete. Hence
the Abolition acts Of a majority of The orig
inal States. Hence the Ordinance Of 'S7,
passed by South and North, abolishln9
Slavery in all the territory northwest OF the
Ohio. Hence the law, passed by South
and North, making the Slave trade, piracy
Thus far, under the Constitution, The
South and North acted in concert, for Lib
erly and against Slavery.
Bat for 46 out Of so years past, South
has (by her sagaci,y and unity Of actIon)
become almost omnlPotent, having welded
the power oil the Government TO iostef and
extend Slavery.
1t was early discovered lha! we "needed'
the Mississippi country, and Fifteen Mill
ions OF Dollars were paid for tha, batch OF
Slave States but the 81. Lawrence, stu.
a,ed IN Free territory, was never ''needed' u
by our Government!
Slavery likewise deemed the purchase OF
Slave Florida. AT the cost OF Millions. al.
visable, as it 'harbored runaway negroes :;
bu. she never urged the "anuexa;.on" OF
Free Canada, although i, has TEN iusi,lve
slaves where Florida had ONE.
In admitting Missouri. the Nor,h-wilh
the power to prevent i,-save that State up
to Slavery. Ia the subsequent acts which
secured the country North and We>, iron
that curse, the South con ,urred. rs the soil
was not adapted to Slave labor.
| The Florida War, costing Twenty or
Thirty Millions, originated in the escaping
Of Slaves and mixing with the Indians. The
efforts 10 capture which bred anmosl!Ies
and lmplacabie hosiiiiiies.
The South openly, in defiance of inter.
national laws, treaties and good faith, aided
in revoluiionizing Texas and introducing
Slavery, which the sister Republic OF Mex
leo had prohibited: but she promptly sup
pressed the Patriots effort 10 relieve Can
ada from the Monarchy whose yoke our
| fathers broke.
BY Disgusting facts, and smuggling i, in
with Party interests. all vast Texas was
added TO the Slave power: and The results
are still endangering the very existence OF
this Republic.
A Slave-hoIding Administration gave up
our "clear and indisputable title" to 54o4O
in Free Oregon, without, struggle: bu,
for Slave Texas doubtful claim beyond
the Neuces, it without consulting Congress
then in SESSION. plunged the Nation INTO a
war which costs US Thousands OF Lives
and Millions of Treasure.
In addition TO the Fifty or Seventy. Five
Millions OF Dollars whch'rexas has already
cost the Nation, the South is now urging "A
scheme-dubbed "Compromise winch
proposes 10 give Texas, say Ten Millions,
TO bribe her to Withdraw her sham claim 10
New Mexico. This immense bonus doubt.
less is relied upon to buy Off votes for the
Compromise, just as Texas Bonds were in
W nose
who choke on Gaiphin aud guip down this,
are doubtless the verita ble individuals who
"straln at a gnai and swallow a camel."1
A few months ago, the South was foam
ing with warIike spirit agains, Spain
with an eye on slave-ridden Cuba-ior an
alleged siratagem in securing the Spanish
fugitive, Rey, at New Orleans: altho' she
echoed Amen when an English vessel ent-
cred a New York harbor with an armed
force, and killed the American. Durfee, in
cold blood-EngIand avowing its approval
and knighting M'Nab, the commander.
A year ago, the South was for rushing
California into the Union at once, declaring
with characteristic assurance that Congress
had no right TO touch the Slavery question,
which belonged to California alone to set
tie now the same Southern Members have
stopped the wheels Of legislation over half
year. violated The spirit of their oaths.
and threaten reasonable acts, if California
be admitted with constitution Of her own
choice, without legislation on Slavery by |
Congress-the South claiming the rigid
to force Slavery upon a people who with /