The North-Carolinian., 1850-03-30

tacit permission to reap harvest they
had not sown; but when they undertake to
form constitution without authority Of
law. excluding us from all participation IN
the advantages Of the territory they occu-
pv, we may we'll ask, ''whO. and how
many are you. and by What title do you
mold the land. from which you attempt to
prevent our entering with our property;
you who are not citizens Of State. but
only occupants Of a great encampment,
s"journers in "A land to which you have
vowed no allegiance. to which you are not
bound by motives of hearth and home. and
were it's shining placers suddenly ex-
hausted. and richer veins discovered in
Oregon or Mexico. you would desert as
eagerly as you had sought 20
As regards numbers. though large. it is
doubtless exaggerated and a. there has
been no census taken, no count made,
no satisfac tory evidence laid before Con-
gress that the country Professes the rcqui-
site amount Of population. We cannot form
even an approximate estimate; but from
the fact that those who sailed from this
country are almost exclusively males.
am inclined to believe that najority Of the
inhabitants would be voters. and that the
votes of 1000 cast at the recent election
than 40 or 5000.
Now were there in the territory 60, 900
persons engaged in the various branches of
regular industry, pursuing the different
avoc atiens Of mechanical art, agricultural
labor. and professional science. .levelop-
ing the resources AMI adding to the wealth
Of the country they design to make their
home, and surrounded by their families
with nature for permanent
benefits. clearing land, building houses,
making roads-should those persons after
thus identifying themselves with the soil.
deliberately decide upon the exclusion Of
slave labor, from the territory actually oc-
cupicd, do not doubt that the South. al
though she would regret. would readily
acquiesce in this decision. But when in
stead Of this population we see a smaller
and uncertain number engaged in very
different pursuits, exhausting instead OF
increasing the wealth Of the country, digg-
ing the sol, indeed. but not for the purpose
Of planting. whose friends and families are
far away; who give no evidence Of an in
tenti"n Of residing permanently in the
territory. but on the contrary many, il not
the most Of whom look forward to return
ing to their old homes, there to enjoy the
fruits of their labor when we see these
u
regular and informal manner, attempt to
frame a constitution. extending its juris-
diction far to the eastward Of their present
includes a vast extent Of territory, on
which civilized man has never looked. and
forever presenting the introduction Of the
species Of labor peculiar to the South
should Congress ratify their monstrous
and unfonnded claim, the South ought, as
she undoubtedly would resist the aggres-
sion in this form, as fully and feariessly
as if it had been committed by direct leg
islative enactment.
have given a concise account Of wrongs
Of which we complain. some of which have
been committed and others cOntempia-
ted and beyond these there is shatl0wed
forth not diuly, the intention on the part
of our adversaries to strike a final and
fatal blow ut our institutions ; a blow
which we will be unable to resist or avert,
and which will render our ruin inev table,
com plete, and irretrevable : pretext for
this final assault will not he wanting, should
farther pretext be sought than what may
be contained in the whining preamble to
the emancipatins bill. Fo: il we tamely
submit to arbitrary oppression when we
are united, ready aud strong, we cannot
expect to be treated with very great deli
cacy when we are unprepared and weak.
But of this last and finishing assault, l
will not farther speak ''sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof.''
But will say few words concerning
the mode on which the South seeks to
obtain redress for past and security against
future injuries. 1t is the adoption Of
made by the Mississippi con-
ventlen. that a convention composed Of
delegates from every southern State should
assemble in Nashville in the month Of June,
who after the fullest information being
obtained Of the sentiments, wish
cs, and intentions Of the different states,
would be enabled to speak by authority to
the Northern People, statesmen and States,
with soiemnity, that would command at
tention. to tell them that the tiae had come
when the South would no longer submit to
oppression that much as she venerated
the Union, she did rot worship it ]; that
endeared as it was to her by old associations
as we'll as by the many sacrifices she had
made for its sake, yet honor & duty had high
er and holier claims upon her obedience; &
at their call she would project the rights
and privileges of her citizens at all hazards
and regardless Of consequences. In the
effect Of this warning, uttered rs it will
be calmly and respectfully, zee the fair
est, if not the only prospect Of amicably
arranging the existing difficulties. And in
the action Of the convention, / cannot dis
cover any grounds for those approximations.
in which many persons indulge. II the
edifice of the Union is indeed in danger.
it is not that the South is attacking ITS