The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-11-05
From ris MissnuPPiaH-
spx,roR FOOTE'S ASSERTIONS THAT
TIE NORTH Is SATISFIED

senator Foote. when speaking IN
our city. assured u that the people OF
the North acquiesced ia The Omnibus
bills. and that there was no unusual
excl emrni at the North. lie prophe-
cied in fact that the fugitive slave law
would remain on the statute book Tor
one hundred years. We copy the fol-
lowing article from the New YORK
Herald. TO put u people on their
GUARD against all such hollow profess
sions of peace II Mr. Foote has any
evidence to prove the remarks of the
Herald unlounded, we should like him
TO produce them. As the Herald truly
remarks. the signs of the times at the
North Indicate IAN agitation of a most
fearful and revolutionary character in
reference to the AfricansOf the South"
From the New York Herald.
TgE CRISrs AND T CoNsEQUENCEs.-
We are in revolutionary times. Blood
has alreGdy been shed in the streets oi
Philadelphia, growing oul Of the con-
nict between the African and the An
gIo. Saxon races on his continent; and
God only knows when the streets OF all
our other cities. from The Potomac ia
.rhe borders of Canada, will be crimson
ed from the same cause. 1t is about
twenty years since the agitation and
conflict between those races commences
ed in the city Of Boston, and it has now
reached a point hat affects our church
es, our parties, our politicians, our
statesmen, and the great and vital IN
teresis of the republic. The whole
country-North and South, East and
VESTS now about 10 enter upon a
re agitation of this suhject-an ogjta>
ti0n Of a most fearful revolutionary and
flood. thirsty character IN reference to
the african rGce Of the South, and the
Anglo-Saxons of the whole Union.
Previous to the meeting Of the last
Congress, the agitation Of this senti>
ment was felt to such an extent as to
harrass political circles at Washington,
and throughout the country, as the
events which subsequently transpired
in that city fully justified. In the la
inevitable condition of things which en-
sued, and the danger in which the Uni.
on was placed, the great patriots and
statesmen of both parties, friends oil
the Union and OF the constitution, uni
led their efforts in favor Of cancellation,
and went to work with the energy
which characterized the revolutionary
period of our history, and accomplished
their patriotic purpose, by the passage
Of the bills known as the compromise
measures But these very bills con.
tain in hem the germ of "A new agita'
ton, o a more horrible aspect and Of a
more bloody character thar any thai
has taken place in this country within
the last half century.
When he original abolitionists com
mcncod the agitation Of the slavery
question, twenty years ago, at the
North, churches of every denomination
were connected, and joined in the bond:
of brotherhood-political parties were
organized on general principles, ant
on "a broad platform throughout thu
Uni ed States-1he democrats were
united on certain general principles
and so were the wings. In the cours,
of time, however, and through the in
strumentaRy of the aboliIionistS, tina
ag alton operated to such an extent a
to break up the union which previous
ly existed between Northern and South
ern churches, of every denomination
except the Catholics. 1t has also bro
ken up political parties, and severed
the social and friendly ties which exist
ed betwce e the Northern and Southern
States. The same cause is, we feaI
about to destroy the commercial reia
tons. which exist between those sec
tons. OF the republic; and the final con
summation will. we fear, be the diSrup
ton Of the constitution and the Union
which have made this country what i
IS, and our people feared and respect.
ed throughout the whole civiIize,
world. The compromise measures re
Gently passed by both houses of Con
gress, have been seized upon by the
Ga, risons. Stewards, Weeds, GreeIeys
and other abolition fanatics oil thu
North, and they are making them tht
subject Of fresh agitation and excite
ment in New England and in New
York, and par i%cuIarly on the FagitiU,
Slave Blu. That measure is to form III,
principal plank OF lhe new platform o
the abolitlonists, o fevery character.
What is the fugitive slave law, anc
its character? Under the constitutio,
there a be no doubt of the pertec
right of the masters of slaves to re
claim those who run away, and seel
refuge in the Northern and slave.hold