The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-03-13
A Voice from Bunco,nbe.

"A voice from DuhCVsuWSs
from the Asaesiile IN CO Messenger Of FEB 70.
The Constitution wisely providesa remedy 10
,st the consliiurionaliiy Of laws made by Con. !,
sess-,he Supreme Court five are forced
b. majority, let US les, il q, this legal trlou'
oil; ifjustce is no, done us there let US then
rsis,, 6gat, die If necessary-nct before
But cur own seri US cpinicn is, that he WI
net proviso cannot noT, and rerer riH pdss
a cur ,pinon is { unded on what has al.
ready occurred on the Root Resolutions
hhe opposition If Mr.. Cass, Mr.. Benton, aid
many distinguished men in the free States.
Aud cur ,pnion is iha, all those Territories
aha, NAV now or hereafter come 10, have, and
ought 10 have, the right, and be The sole Judges
of wha, shall or shall not be the laws OF their
own latd ard territory, which resolves the
question to this simple result: j the people Of
lli SJu'h desire the territory 50 much, aud
esteem i, SO highly, let the people of the South
go 10 it. people it, represent il, govern Il. II
The ,eope Of the North place the same esll.
ma,iou upon it, let them so and do Hkewiss;
ans lie, those who are hardy AID adventurous
enourh 10 burrow themselves upin those
rocky, snowy, aud sterile mountains, away
from their homes ard the haun,s oicisll'zed
men, when they have fifteen hundred mil
ious Of acres Of vecant laI DIS lmmsdate'ya a,
} home, besides world Of lands all around
the IN uncul.iva,td, have the privi sc ,f ma
!. king tLeir own idrs. We honesty believe
50 far as we emigra,e with cur slaves fsou
the South to those far oif regions, 80 lar d.
we mpoverish cur own brdeIs, drpopAlste
. and weaken the very States that cur whole
energies and capital ought 10 be sPpli to II
order to build them up. The old broom
straw fields and red exhausted bills OF SOUL
Catoins, and portions Of this and oihe
F.. States, speak volumes on this subject, no, Il
be misunderstood. Had our Southern popu
laiion twenty years ago remained with US
imp foved their lands and built up manutac
,ories, as they are now dong, we should a
9 this time have had no cause OF complaint
, but would have Wed with any Northern o
Eastern State in wealth and prosperity.
is his spirit of emigration that has and eve
will re,ard our progress IN population On
e wealth. Stay at home and rork is our mot
To, and We shall have enough TO do and d
enough.
As dissolution of The Union Simply Jt
rhat IRE nou suffer, or what IRE think u
l are hkdy 10 s'fer soon, we spurn the though
We abhor the idea; aud can have no sympa
thy with any one that favors II, so far a
that is concerned; for the reason thu, ne
a not, nor have We been able to discover th
9 we are very much oppressed, or tina. o,
e rights have been seriously ifampled on so I
=, to rjlre them.
There are many circumstances that roh'
e Justify US in separating, but they are all IN
y 0ginary; as We think, so far, there Is noti
e ing done yet tina, we think, would justify
move towards such a result. Let Us aPpe'
to orgrmeni; If iha, fail, LOT appeal 10 III
supreme laws Of The land; if they fail lei II
!, scparat~, and do the best ean. TIL the
) never
a IA union Of Lakes, un on OF Lands.
union Of States ono may sever;
l. union of Hearts, union Of Hands.
), AsERicAS UNIoN FOREVER :"
- our motto, and, ul a worse tine com
han we have seen ct, we shall religious
y stick TO it.