Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-12-21

issues presented by the late territorial acquisitions inc POSI-
ton of the South upon the Congressional record Is oe'er TINS
dsy than ever before.
Georgia. them will abide by the recent action OF Congress-
herein before referred to- in hopeful reliance ha the people
Of the nonsasehong States will yield scquiescence ano
faithful adherence that entire action TO TINS course sne
ipeed by desire to perpetuate the American
Union and 10 restore that and harmony upon which lis
value herself to her confederaes and 70 manAnd
tally depends.
Here if sense of duty permitted, would gladly pause
but the signs the times invite to more extended review OF
our Federal Relations and more distinct avowa OF the
position we occupy. The country requires epose vain,
utterly van are all concessions that fail to terminate ths sec
tona controversy Through Representatives IN the Halls
Of Congress have long comoaed ne sPin OF
Representatives Of the non-saveholdng States But the
sources of this ubd lie beyond they TO be found
in the midst of their several constituencies We deem this
an appropriate occasion for the sovereign people OF Georgia to
commune with the sovereign people OF those States We
would address to them the language Of calm and frank
STRANGE rather than of defiance We would recall
them to the faithful discharge Of their duty conederates
by an appeal to their reason and their moral sense.
We would premise few suggestions to the opponents Of
slavery which time does permit elaborate. Slavery
was introduced this country by the enterprise Of Old Eng
land and New England. Il maintained in the latter du
ring the days of her greatest purity when the spirit OF an
austere and incorporating religious faith not only regulated
social intercourse but controlled the operations Of Govern
ent It discontinued only when experience had proven
its Of adaptation to the soil and climate Il has been
retained the South by Of the fitness Of soil and
climate its employment Under its auspices the negro has
been secured beyond contingency, TO the enjoyment of ply
steal comforts unknown to his transatlantic ancestors and
elevated in the scale Of being Let any who questions
the truth of this assertion 60 Liberia and compare the
gro trained under the influences OF slavery with the negro Of
the same generation reared in his native barbarian. The
Southern slave by the prompRgs Of miscev-
intermediary is sincerely attached to his owner and hap
py in the condition assigned him by al[wise Providence
Familiarity with the practical operations of the institution
would satisfy any ingenious mind that these things
absolute security and quiet this subject The Constitution
Of the United States Is in its terms bond of political union be-
tween separate soveregntes, and involves high moral obi
CATION The latter is indeed the seal and sanction of the
former The Southern States, upon entering into this
pac brought with them part OF their social system,
the substraum Of their industrial pursuits the institution Of
slavery and the Northern States by the compact recognised
its existence and guaranteed its enjoyment Beyond
the obligation thus created the people of those States have
with it than have the subjects of the British
Crown. The trainers of the Constitution declared Emne
the purposes to be accomplished by in the following
We the people Of the United States, in order to form
more perfect unon establish justice domestic IRAN
qy. provide for the defence promote the gem
er,l welfare and the blessings Of liberty ourselves
and posery, do ordan and establish this Constitution
for the United States of America" The people Of each
State becoming party to that instrument entitled all
the benefits therein distinctly enumerated and under the
most solemn obligation to abstain from all practices inconsistent
with their enjoyment by the other parties SIT nominated
the bond that the people Of State shall disturb the
" domestic tranquility" Of any other. Georgia lays open
The volume Of her history, and proudly challenges her con-
edeates to the abduction of single incident voave Of this
obligation. She does In all Kindness compatible
with the assertion of right she charges upon the nonslave
holding States n6ey to this stipulation in the compact
She instances the existence within their borders of organized
societies. avowedy devoted to the annihaon Of an instu-
lion nwought with the framework of her social SYSTEM and
in way modifying affecting their societies en-
poyng missionaries and substituting the press propagate
their destructive doctrines and excite within her own
nf hare Iofi
dnaon among her slaves societies which have boldly
ed the political arena, seized upon the balance of power and
obuded their anatcsm into the halls Of Federal Legis
lature There of hostility necessarily
and discussed to the interruption of the legitimate business of
legislation denunciaons day by day uttered against slavery
and acknowledgements confederaes and their institutions
In this state Of things the remedy to be applied by those
States apparent 1t oreshadowed in the able and pa
oc message proceeding from the Executive the Legsa
tive Department. Of the State of New York. the year 1885,
1t is by the active nterpostion of conservative public
opinion, and if that be insufficient, then by legislative enact
ment If the onward Of this insane crusade is
be stayed it is time that Of resistance be put
in progress there.
Desiring to be distinctly understood in order that incacu
liable evils may be arrested by timely return to the early
policy OF the country, rest not this remonstrance upon
generaties The practical results aimed by these sgaos
First abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia
Maryland would have ceded part of her territory nor
transferred the jurisdiction portion of her citizens had
she supposed their social system would be revolutpnzed
against their will and State policy established in the heart
Of her territory materially variant from and hostile to her
Such an act therefore cannot be consummate without bad
faith to her, and to Virginia. whose territory cotemnous
In the determined resistance of which they entitled to the
cooperation Of their Southern confederaes Secondly.
That kindred measure sometimes threatened of aboshng
slavery in the military posts dockards and other eehods
Of the General Government, lying within the boundaries of
the savehodng States These possessions coded to
the United State for purposes Of utility and convenience
the generous confidence that they would not be used the
detrimen Of the cedng States Thirdly. An amendment of
the acts organizing Territorial Governments for New Mexico
and Utah. whereby slavery shall be prohibited in those Ter
riories Fourhy The passage of for the suppress
sion OF the slave trade between the people the savehodn
States which regard ofcious and unconstitutional
those measures at the recent session of Congress within
the scheme of adjustment and materially influences the dec
sion Of Georgia.
One other subject challenges especial notice. 1t is the
threatened repeal OF the recent for the reclamation of ug
tive slaves That statute demanded unquestona-
and aremedy for gevous and grow
ing evil and therefore cannot be surrendered History bears
testimony to the importance Of this subject It mingled in
the earliest discussions upon the formation Of the American
Union. commanded the profound elaboration of the
trainers of the Constitution, who assigned prominent
place 10 that instrument They ordained that no person
held to service or labor in State under the laws thereof
and escaping into another SHALL in consequence Of any law
regulation therein be discharged from such service or
abor, but shall be delivered up, claim Of the party to
whom such service or labor may be due 1t is universally
conceded that this provision inserted to the of
fugitive slaves and that without it the avehoding States
would have entered into the Union No candid
will controver the proposition that is binding alike upon
the States soveregns upon their officers, executive judi
ca and ministerial upon voluntary associations OF PERSONS
and upon each individual citizen of the United States
Hence any obstruction the recovery Of fugitive slaves
emanatng from any Of those involves its nfac