The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-10-26


would be violation Of the constitution, as |
did not believe tRould be 50. The opposi.
ton to it was 50 great that the resolution was
withdrawn, and teeFe ended the question:
Then must infer that this was refusal to
take stand against the admission Of California
on consttu ional gounds Ttwns MT regarded
as a violation Of the constitution, and to have
made it subject OF resistance would have
been departure from our position, as we had
taken sour stand on the plain principles OF
the constitution" This would have been
to bring UP cause Of com 'laint out Of the
pale Of the constitution Here then fellow
citizens, is tine extent Of your demands.--
Have your fears and apprehensons been real,
lied? Has Congress by "a Northern majority
tinGtctsdaon youNny Of Tie evils yor feared and
declared you would not submit to! Has it by
the violation Of any constitutional rights placed
you in an attitude which demands resistance
according 10 your own positiOnq Look At
your demands--at the ground you have claimed
to occupy Of right, and then look at what you
have got. To enumerate the several meas
ures Of Congress on these subjects let us re-
verse the order and begin with the fugitive
slave bill. TIL at on that subject was drawn
up by a Southern man, and no act can be
much more stringent than it is. We must
suppose 1t was drawn to suit the Southern view
and it leaves, as far as can perceive, no Just
ground of complaint. In this respect we must
suppose the South is satisfied that its demand
las been admitted IN the next place, has
Congress prohibited slavery in the Territories
belonpi1g to the United States! Has The Will
moi proyisu been attached to any Territorial
oovernmentl Two Territorial governments
hav, been organized, for Utah and New Mex
leo, and slavery is not prohibited IN cither.--
No prohibitory clause oi any kind is engTaIIe'
=, on them; on the contrary, they have oeen OF
canized with an express provision that the!
, may hereafter come into the Union, when pre-
, nared to do so, either with or without slavery
this at leas, is the case with one, perhaps It |
80 with both; at any rate it is true with regar'
TO both. Is there any thing in this to com
plain OF; it is precisely in accordance VIII
the Southern docirine-the very thing "
have been contendiug for. 1t is the point
i which we most apprehend DANGER and II hO
re been abandoned to US. But, say those who Or
rs oppose those measures, these Territories wi
VI ultimately come into the Union as tree states
'e Very well, this may be true, but how is
~ he prevented! Do they want Congress TO 81
Oh in advance they shall not come in as tn
We statest That body has no right to maj
ISL such a pledge, and If made II ~ou'u !"
&c he binding on any one. Congress cam
e~ con,rol that question; il will depend upon u
le inhabitants who may 60 there. o"r drc''
'u' is total non-interventon on the part oil W
ta- oress. and according to our own theory slave
II How exists there. This objection IS dePa
res ure from our position, and in making 1t
ppi no bevond the pale OF the constitution
W. a'u In the next place, has the slave trade
-" tween the States been interrupted or has
icy ...u n,oao - ,r,arfore with itl NJ
IL" whatever that am aware OF; and Judg'
"o from the temper exhibited with regard to oll
'"o scts, we are not at liberty 10 suppose II
'' he ,ouEhed. We cannot have posllVe as
'o' rance on that subject from Congress; y co'
fles sav Chat shall be done hereafter Lastly,
Uy slavery been abolished in the District OF
'e Iumbiag 1t has not, aud feeble ell
OU' to accomplish that object met sucl' ue'
rate no IN amount to a rebuk 10 those VINO
'ere rash enough to make the etioT'' Inc pro
es" .;,ou belieye received ten votes in tile :
1--WE ate out of sixtv-twO; and because ten Z"
may Sho seek TO dissolve this Union, have g.
om' dsunion votes, are we to resist IN advance
'u3u the strength Of their votes as evidence OF v
''e will be dohe Hereafter! should ara"
1--WE to,en, conclusion. This vote, and the ac
'ne of Congress on these several measures anu
slnk snoacbes which have been made there s
. 60 10 me 10 indicate abatement OF 'he ues''
anu- nress offensive measures upon u.s. "hic"
hich ho,e,otore been SO generally exhibited Oy
ded, ~. NAV be mistaken, but such is
II NOftns i may ue h'0'"'
OO'u view, and il 1t be correct on'' II se'p
gone give promise Of an ultimate aoandon"en
anV ,he unfounded claims Of power hefe'.
'eSls' made by the North, which we shoulu ~
not at. Whilst we are firm in our de'e'"'"'
ions' 10 adhere 10 the position taken at our %"
the tion. let us still hope that we may moi oe
have en- 10 dilemma which demands res'S''
o say mo "a h
r,.ss snch. fellow-citizens, seems to me TO
ofe.s. ouifude Of Mississippi with regard 10 '"e'
resis. tai questions, and fair view OF the ac'''
nmor Congress on them. 1t is most man''e''
nld resistance on account of these meaSu'
ission incompatible with your former pos'''o",
,.,;or nus+ abandon that and take up WIN
rtiop, grounds, or YOU must aeqOesee' D"'
"a - sa;d our attitude was changed oy 'ne
o.,;no o( The Nashville Convention; ana '"'' :
,s.;nS me 10. moke lew remarks in relation It
,,;o, bodv and its action. Few bodies nave