The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-06-25


the n0n.savcholdng States Immediately
claimed the night 10 exclude the people Of
the southern States from all the territory ae-
qnired, and % appropriate II to themseivea
nthis pfetension arose from a mere lust OF
power, Il would be hard 70 boart the suPcn'
oity and mastery il implies. II would de.
gn1dc The southern States from being the
equals Of tue northern Stetes, 10 n position
ff colonial infenority. But when your ex-
ciusioa Is not from a mere lost Of power
but y only n further step in the progress OF
things, aiming az the abolition Of slavery in
the States, By the extension and multiplica'
ton Of non-slaveho.ding States in the IN
ioa the pfctension is seen 20 be as alarming
asst IS insulting. The southern States, IN
their Legislatures, set forth with great una
niinity Tie rights in our territories belong
!, rug TO them Ia common with the Northern
Stales, aud declared their determination to
maintain them and finding in the Northern
States 80 disposition 10 abate their demands,
the Convention in which we are assembled,
has been brought together 10 take counsel
MS 10 the course the southern States should
pursue, for the maintenance OF their rights,
liberty and honor.
Such lie a brief, but imperfect statement of
past transactions and they force upon us
the question, Ia what condition do they
place the southern Statesl And fret, what
Is theis condition in Congress The time
was when your Representatives in Con
press, were neither offered, nor would they
endure, reproach in your behalf. But for
many years past. they have heard You IN
Congress habitually reyiled by the most OPP
probrious eplthets on account Of the institu-
ton Of slavery. If their spirits are yet I'M
broken, they must be chilled by a sense OF
humiliation at the insults they daily receive
Us your Representatives. You are arraigned
rs criminals. Slavery is dragged into every
debate, and Congress has become little else
than q grand instrument in the hands OF alb
olitionists 10 degrade and ruin the South. In
stead OF peace aud proteetioa, aggression
annd insult on the south characterize its pro.
fceedings and councils. And what is your
condition, with respect to your sister States
Where is that respect and comfy, which
(dae from all nations toward each other) is
moro especially due from States bound to-
gether in n confederacy, and which was
once displayed in all their intercourse. In,
stead OF respect and sympathy-denuncia,
ton and hostility, on account OF your insti
tuition OF slavery, have for years past ctarac
terlzed the COMMUNICATIONS addressed tC
you by the Northern States. What is you
- condition in the Union! The non-slave
holding States stand combined, not only t.
wrest from you your common property, bul
- .lnm. ss..0.. ..n... C...t a.. I.wI rAf f.E.a.
GRITTY. You are not to extend, on account o
your institutions, but they to increase ant
multiply, that the shame and sin Of slavery
may, by their philanthropic agency, be ex
~tinguished from amongst you. But tn,
worst feature of your condition is, that it i
progressive. AS low and humiliating us j
nov may be, il is destined. il not arrested
to a slower deep Every effect is a cause
aud the spirit OF ianaticism hrnokS "a" aei~.
in the progress it creates. If you were 4
yield every thing the North now requires
abolish slavery in the District of Columbii
submit to be legislated pirates for convey
inu slaves from one State TO another-let tri
nj by jury and the writ of Habeas Corpus
wrest from you in the Northern States ev
cry fugitive slave-give up all your terrific
RES to swell Northern arrogance and pre-
dominance--would things stop there p
These are all means aiming at one grea
eud-the abolition of slavery in the States
Surrcndering one Of these means You vii
but inhaine the power by which anothe
will be exacted-and when all are conquer
ed, will the evil be arrested In fifty years
twenty new non.slaveholding States may b.
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now slave-holding, may become non-slave
holding States. There then, will be m
need US now, openly TO put aside the consti
tuition to reach their object. If they vii
deign to do it, the non-slaveholding State
will then have ihs power by two.thirds il
in Congress and ree-fourths of the States
TO amend the constitution, and then have il
express sanction TO cousummate their poll
cy. Your condition is progressive.
Ii from the past transactions we have mar
rated, we learn our condition in the Umon--
they teach us also that our past policy O
non-action and submission 70 aggression
cannot bring us peace and safety. Whel
the doors of Congress were thrown open 4
agitation on the subject of slavery, if tn
Southern States had moved vita energy I
avert a state of things urconstitutlonal il
self, and surely tending to bring the slave
holding and non-slaveholding States int
collision--although late, it might not hav
been too late to stop subsequent encroach
ments upon our rights. .But the Southern
States were passive; and their forbearanc
had the effect of inspiring the Northern PEG
pie with the belief, either that we value
union with them more than we value tn,
institution Of slavery or that we dare no
move from a conscious inability to protec
ourselves. You have ungonerously stoo,
still, whilst your supporters and the defend
ers Of the constitution in the Northern
States. in their efforts to protect you from
the agitations of slavery in Congress. hav,
been politically annihilated or have turned