The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-03-23

r made desperate by your a,,yre.siops :" t''i'
+ Do you know, Mr. Chairman of ,nv oc,s oo,,,
: nittcd or meditated bv the NORTH o,,in., ~,
people Of the slaveholdng States. that can nv nm,
possibility Justify such dcclations a. those ba,,
quoted; know of none and am sure the zen
'ieihah nom Mississippi will find il vcry diri,uI
!" p'nt them out to his constituents II is easy
indeed 10 deal IN general charges again, the North
ana When requested to specify those charges. I,
say. as the honorable gentleman from Nli,sissinr
does Il will not recount the storS Of our vrap,,I
But Will such course satisfy a people. patriotic
, intelligent and inquiringi Future deyeionm,.,,,.
Will show.
And What, sir are the cause as i.,ncd TO iu.,f,
me act OF d>soIving this Union They are al
q lodged agcressionS by the Misunderstanding state.
upon the tights Of tue ,laveholdug in respects tC
slavery. All tho charges put forth against The
SMVeholiing States have reference 10 that cues
"'h solely; and they are AL comprised and com
P,hd'ou.ly set forth IN single brief sentence
"hcn mere quote from the speech before referred
', Vi tue gentleman from North Carolina, Mr.
LlNGHAM After referring at some length Va II ~
benefits and advantages of slavery, he saws
in spite, however Of these great facts which
ought To strike all impartial minds. the course rI
the North has been constantly aggressive on iii.
qusetlon.'
Now, sr on behalf Of the North. I rencI fine
charge And affirm that, for ANYTHING the North
mas done to justify the overthrow of the Govern,
mem, ,,, any attempt to do So is naked treason.
stanty aggressive, rmo' w. ne 9.a'es Ugeh con
ton: Let us sco-Iinrt' ,ro ,'"I' "i o4 ''e qu,''
Constitution seventeen States have been od,n;,to,j
INTO the Union. Ofthis number, n;ne are slave.
holding States and ,L, nn,,Yl',.oh,, "'e save
sir, it has so bannenod ,bot a, co.,, NV
anv of those slayebuldir,, ST., - s'' ',,''
admission the Nortb has "a crn,, "lP.'Go 'or
in both branches of Corrras, ls,' asv,uH''',y
power to exclude ony or sil of,,o., iT,y ir,,n'y 'ne
all admitted slnv.Loll,., ,,o,, "eiu
u N constitutions os tIo,,Loa ai 80 ~" !,''
themselve, l. dis n ;.rt ., a.. 'o ep "'op' lor
course" on the sInvor- n,,os.;o, III ,,it'
has Constantly" rprsuclJ "'''''' ''' ''oi"
Again: Oftbeio tba ,arr;.,~,. o,.1.-,-..,.
the seventeen StotcstLrs .J,.oJ J".J'"eu SI'''
comprise Sg8a5o souSre ,os. o''I '''I ',Ie M ot",eS
States 78OS76 soua,a r,iras Th,' "''n ''e nv
the extent of slave territory a5r,,ttoJ , 'i"' .I
| non since the adoption Of ,lo ra,,,.;.a.;a,
considerably more tion tri,o a., =
the free territory. Dnos tbis Io i '',, u
on the part Of the free States to ,rs,,,' y
Constant aggression" to,vor1s ,la c',,.r, VI
subject of slavery Wv
AEain: The ,lrnoyot;,,, or T..
liarlv Southern maasrro TIo -. "': ~
acquri,ion was distinctly n,,co1 hy ". ~ ''s
himself the embodiment ,,rr SOD.
cples, and the mas,cr.,,iri. nf ,Io ,l,' I'm
trationupon the want, Of .loy"ry Tn,ha t'',i W',,
measure was di,ta,terll To the yor,h ,h, ,,' '"'
sure was ds.astcf!l Tho nortL rn,.ar 10 -
for is own sake. the aconi. tnn Cr Jo,, eu'
theless the South carne.y de,i,;oa,;t 80 y -.
" - ''"e.'!' Just gwen M,
,a'se,E5 ~, aC,,ou ~ ',.e 'h'usH
acbured-and n, tEs co.t ~ san,,,,nar'. 80 WI w..
expensive war we took into tho V9;on ., "ra
swoop, an amount of .!ayeterritory couol in eytcnt
20 the entire original thirteen stale. IltIi. ttn
non slaveholtinr States u,i-lt bave ,,ro-",,,oI
but did not. l. ti, Northern oo,,.,r,..ii,,', ,,,n
the rights u the South on the sla24ry oTe.,iI,s
/, this enc of the net, Of ",cpre,sjon, On III. sb.
jcct whchis To irstify gentlemen of H., south il,
dissoIvug the Union.
The power Of Congress to aoolish fine .'ovc.
tradeani slavery AT tie arsenal. 'f,r.s anil ro,,
wards and in TIN, District ,illbarily ha n,,asti,,.
cd by any Of our Southern frinnl. trl GO,
neither ong nor the other ha. b,,u oboi.het IN
th. day in any Of these rla,ea. Even ,Igvs.
dealers now drive their or,vnation in M. Di.tr,,
pleasure. Could no. ,Ae North h,d ii. cl,s.n
so to DO have put an end to slavery enl h. sl,,,.
.,.,. l.. Il