The New York herald., 1850-12-06

The following IL that portion Of the message Of Gov
Floyd, OF Virginia to the Legislature Of that state
touching the slavery question and the action OF Con.
gress the reop -
moeI protsct.o aud portspt session held
the present OF The United states Its DO
hbsrstions we're marked by feeling at once mo.
Dteus anu sectionsi ssd especially characterized ON
the part Of the Northern by spirit
startling aggression upon the rights or the south
the institution slavery The result OF their action
has been to place the Union la the most momsutou
dihcut crisis through which 1t has ever passed
Some OF its ensstmsnts have produced isg deep
for the recovery fugitive slaves has been vito
reception NJ the erlh little, all short OF opea
grown out OF an unwsrrsD,able int.rf.r-nc- on the
part Of Con gress with the subjc oil slavery and is
another proof OF the great danger whoh iol
low any attempt, The part Of that body to trans
cend the clear and we'll defined limits by ths con-
stituton TO govern and control their sctisn
That restless spirit Of ana,icsm whcn tor the last
twenty years hss bee iostsred IN the states aud
directed sgainst southern slavery has at last grown
to such iesful magnitude that II thre ser
sutly q disruption OF the Union It will rrQuire our
csmest delibeI alton ana coolest but deter
mint iution withstand the shock it has pro-
wolves and the Union which is itself psriled in
the strife To with rsshness stion s to
sever at enee the bonds which unite to faltsr
In the occupation Of the ground have
the maintenance OF the principles often and
SO strenuousy maintained Is to forfeit self
respect the respect the nation and to bring about
stste Of things which will ultimately lead 10 the ine
vitsble overthrow Of slavery itself
The resolutions passed by the last Legislature
ing distinctly the grounds Virginia intendsd mau-
tain have not be,n explicitly violated BY any action
of Congress- and yet the IL kglation remove
the causes Of disturbance 1t Is much t. be sppre-
hepded has failed OF it's effect We fail to be
sensible Of the great sacrifices incurred by the SOUTH
Ter Of all the priceless domain, won from Mckee,
chiefly by the vAlor OF Southern there is left
open OF that worth having one square foot for the
occupation Of the STAKEHOLDER. 1t would be an idle
attempt to disguse he fact that thi. ranks,
ho af fheS md unth h,.tt
hepe that This action OF Congress has settled forever
all sgtson OF the slavery question, could ought
TO- reconcile us to lite course But II peace aud quiet
can be restored If the constitution shall respected
and the Union preserved, We may even regard the
sacrifices, great they light In comparison with
the objects we attain Should ths reasonable expeo
tation prove allacious and the abolition agitation be
still continued in the halls of Congress iJ will furnish
proof convincing and conclusive, OF that txed aud
settled hostility to slavery the part OF the North
which should and will satisfy every Reasonable man,
that peace between US is impossible; AMI then a
cessify stronger than all Law, tbs eessty OF sef
pretervstion will demand Ut our hands separation
from those who the relationship OF brotherhood
only for the purpose Of infictiDg upon US the worst
acts tf slgnant hostility
There has been reprehensible supinsness at the
South spon this slavery agitation, and to this, Ia
measure, Is owing the present alarming posture Of
affairs We find excuse for this alone 10 one point
OF view; and have been unable to realize the fact
that an ipjuttice so nonstrous and folly 40 great
could hnd advocates in majority OF the Northern
people. We know the vaiu. OF the Union to them,
ana have always believed 1t to be too apparent to
they would espouse the cause Of fanatiosm leading
them ss does, to the violation OF every princtple
dear to the hearts of patriots and mea have been
unable TO understand how the sound discriminating
judgment OF the Northern people could be warped
by he pursuit Of delusive phantom TO prrciptsts
themselves into gulf of irreparabe ruin in the vain
hope OF attaining by the laws OF Congress- object
which mountains OF treasure and oceans Of blood
would be inadequate to accomplish A few amongst
us, 10 be sure, have for years been psrsuaded AMI
have eDdesyored TO persuade 9th of the dangers
which beset our paths; but until recently they
tstion attracted but little general notice during It's
progress and yet the history Of IL presents OF the
most remarkable chapters In the chronicles OF any
nation
To those familiar with the peculiar torn Of our
erpm.nt who know that In all matters direct
embraced within the provisions OF the federal
stituton the separate States are distinct an dis
united as the kingdoms OF France and Germany-the
gratuious OF the free States With slavery
must appear TO be the moss arrogant presumptuous,
unjust and inquio us outrage ever perpeted by one
civilized people upon another. All the authority
given TO Congress directly Indirectly to speak upon
the subject OF slavery, Is in single clause OF the
stituton, which imposes upon tnem the duty OF pro-
viding means Tor the reclamation OF slaves, who alb
ecoDding from their mastsrs and their way into free
States. And Jet the right has been claimed By agta-
tore In Congress to sbo.h slavery In ths District OF
Columbia In all the forts and arsepss throu yhout the
slavehooiBg States, TO prohibit the citizen OF
state frOm ceiling his slave to the citizen OF another
State and to declare that no ow ming sIsys. .hali
be aowsd to smgrsre wiIh tbs 60 territories, the
CON mon property 80 cal the States.
Thcs- movsnsn nts In Csasress, ara tho result. OF a
hostility amongst the citizens OF the free state to
slavery as IL .xrts amongst us-ope which has ex-
hioited itrelf In them In manner much NOR. often
sve than that displayed ia the halls OF Congress
Some OF them have by law prohibited their officers of
every kind under heavy penalties from .pderin any
assistance In srrestiDg fugitive slaves they have
fuse the Of their jsils the OF
scoDdng slaves though they often i'm prise the
ter going in pursuit ot them They have parsed LAYS,
which pct every master attempting to pturs his
runaway negro within their borders ia imm nsnt dan
ger u being tried feoa. and sentenced TO impri
mt in their penitentiaries The chief executive
authorities these hs in
obedience to the provisions Of the Uoted States
stution refused 10 deliver up fugtves from justice
upon legal and proper demand. because the ofrncs
with which they stood charged was that OF negro
stealing, Slaves themselves charged with felony aud
made for their delivery fugitiyes from justice besn
feius'd ON the ground that our laws coDetitung
tain of ncee felony were not recog Bizd by the free
Statft to which the slave bad fed lt is thing of
constant occurrence TO the master In pursait Of
his SLAVE openly insuled and outraged treated With
moIs contsmsly and contempt than II he were bim.
self fugitive frOm justice heeiDg for the crime Of
murder
Hv,ry device shieh parliamentary Law would ALLOW
Ia the balls OF Congress ana COUNTLESS expudeDt- in
the free States have been to for the purpose Of
irritating insulting and njuring the south. IL IL no
Ion ger matter Of surprise that Excitement and exas
peTston both nov exist to slaf ming extent among
ut, In consequences OF there Acts.
But the sfirit IN which the law for the reclamation
of tive tlnvoa has been n the stst.s Is
eminsntly caleuated - embit-r sti the feeling
Of .unity between the tree aud savs states Tns act
10 The only ore Of Congress for many years directly or
has spproxmatsd TO rsrds justice TO the South,
and y has been met there would meet a disor.
gaming proclamation % sn invsdiDy Zoe. Public
meetings have been called 20 deuounce " the nswspa
per IfsSs has nsssiled with unusual bitterness the
preachers Of the gospel have inveghed against II from
the Tupt; oppositioh 20 u la, IN many places obi
tTsted party lines and tevery rank and copdi-
tcn q ic oi every degree oi int,lge nee aud inhu
erce, have banded them elves togs her vi,h tie
ed tetsrmiuaticn ofressinr the iGs whist upon
the statute book, and OF ultimately eGectns Its re-
peel
virginia ard, think, all the savsholdny states
and ought, almly but explicitly g. declare that
the reTehl ofthe Fugitive Slave law or euy essential
medication Of A. H. virtual repeal o the Union The
faithful execution OF this aw ~ 10 iutgm nt' the
only means nov left BY which the Union can he pre-
served with honor to Ourteves and peace TO the cOun
try such declaration on the part OF the south viii
give strength and great moral weight 70 the con'erva
tive patriots ~ the North trugplng for the con
ttitption aad the fupremasy of the Laws who are In
truth fgLtiog the battle 81 the Union In the bo 'om of
the ronslaveholding States. There we're never more
impcrtsrt trusts united 10 the hands OF srg men
Their ttiumph Il TIE victory ~ order anarchy OF
peace over bioodshed and ere Tnsir defeat v the
knsl 81 the Union for ~ the fanatics Of the North
Gene into the halls q Congress with poser 20 control