The North-Carolina standard., 1850-02-06
THE REGisTER-sLAvERy ours,ro,,

THE REGiSTER-SLAvERY QUESTION:
The Register has improved very much of l.,a
the Slavery question, yet it is still far from ~;
right. It givesAxeod pail of milk, and then s I',
it over. Il talks, but It neither acts nor advises
is clearly Of opinion that something ought a -
done, yet it opposes the Nashville Conveption 's
any Convention at this time. 1t says:
"While, therefore. we oppose the Nashville e..
vehuoh' or any Convention, yet, until sometbina !:
done, requiring action, counter-action on our na,
warn our Northern friends that there is point We
yond which forbearance ceases to be avirtue. % Se
South has been insulted, wronged, STUMP almo..a ae
madness, and the restraining influence of our ~;s.
and coolest heads is even needed to preser.a
peace. and to save the Union; although a. yet Ms
Now such as that, we respectfully submit. il H.,
better than whining and gasconade. Where !. ,".
"point, p" and sohen is the South, "stung" a. :, ::
" almost to madness, :" to repel these "insults 80,
to demand with one voice that those "w.onps sh.m
cease! Are to wait until utter madness'' oye,I.a
US! Until Slavery is abolished in the Dis,;o,,
Until the Aboitionsts come here and attempt to ~.
ry of our slaves under our own eyes! Are We H..
the tortoise, to remain in the same spot until tho e.
Of an internal Fanaticsm shall have burnt us to ..'
tvra.
goaded into action! Is this all the Register has
offer for the salvation of the South and the prese,.
ton of the Union? Why, even Gen. Cass Se,.
tor from free State, declares that before he vii; w
such an outrage as the Wilmot Proviso upon us +.
will resign his seat, and with it his official bo,o,
and his pay and Nj: Dickinson, another Sen,,o.
from free State, announces that before he will 90.
North Carolina and her Southern sisters tramnea
he will draw his sword and fight for them to th'
death. And what is the Registers response to tbh,
Here it is: sc We are right in opposing Souhe,,
Convention, and the people Of the State are wronr
the people here unite to demand their rights som,
of their acts may amount to treason, and we h,,.
no wish to be called a traitor But we warn ou,
Northern friends yes. we warn them not to en-.
| body their injuries in acts" That, we suppose
what the Register calls standing up for the South.
The Register says '' these injuries have not bes,
embodied in acts" Does not that paper knou tb,
for years number of the free States have delibe,
ately violated the plain letter of the Constitution
relation to fugitive slaves! Does it not know t,,
the South loses hundred of thousands of dollars an
nually in this way! We advise the ssLocum Tenen,"
of that paper, if he does not know these facts. 70
read the Speeches of Messrs. Butler and Mason
without delay. They may impart some information
to him, perhaps, on these points; and then if he
should still consider that the best plan for obtaining
justice for the South, he may ''warn our Northern
friends again.
We 90 for Southern Convention boldly and ~:s (.
out reserve. We believe it is the only course, in
this emergency. to preserve the Union and to save the
South from accumulated aggression and insult. We
demand, in tho name of the people, that this ques
ton Of Slavery be settled now. by the present Con-
gress, and settled forever. Delay is faught with
destruction to the Union, and it may produce caami
ties unutterable. "These are the days which try
mems souls " and the soul which feels itself unequal
to the trial, must shrink back into its native nothing
ness. These are days which, if the Union should
survive them, will give new life to the Union and
add scores of years to it's existence. The very dam
gers through which all of as shall have passed, will
render it dearer to US than ever; and this question
settled. there is nothing that seriously interrupt
our harmony or impede our march to greatness.
Let our watchwords be :-ss Equality or Independ.
ence the union of the South for the sake of the
Union and of Southern rights.