The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-12-26
MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY MORNING DECEMBER a6 1850

hlnulSu hhedSuIe-tHt dOOllIon OF slavery |
itself within the district. Abolished there
and excluded from all the territories, will
the Aboltionists stop half way fn their .
work Is there anything in their history
to induce US to believe they will D.
Strengthened in theft position and eager
TO see their honest purposesn consumma-
ted in glorious victory, the next blow will
be struck at the abolition of slavery in the
States themselves. Meantime the South |
is advised to be passive and Indifferent to
what Is occurring II she continues tot
sluulber, her doom is already recorded.
1t would be well for Southern men tot
contemplate the consequences which will
flow from the movements Of the Adolf
stionists and Free-soiers, unless checked
in some way or other. Nothing short of
the entire abolition Of slavery 10 the South,
il may be fairly assumed will satisfy them.
Indeed for this we have their often re-
peated declarations and conclusive evi
dence OF their sincerity Of purpose is not
wanting2 Ia such an event, what would
be the condition oil things In the slavehold.
ing States. The picture, even in water
colors, is frightfuI 10 look upon. In these
States, there are now at least three mil
lions of slaves Their value at this time
may be computed at sixteen hundred mil
lions OF dollars. The lands which they
cultivate (of diminished value without this
species Of labor) with the appendages,
would make the value OF both kinds OF
property something like two billions Of dol
lars. Such is the stake in dollars and
cents involved in this momentous contro-
versy. The ex tinclion of so much prop
erly is the aim andgthe end OF the Aboli-
tionists. To what a condition would the
Southern people be brought by its destruc-
ton ! DesolatiOn, such as the world ne1
er saw, would follow. Fields the most
fertile would lie in waste Cities the most
Aourishing would crumble into ruin. In
dustry the most vigorous and profitable
would be paralized.' A commerce which
pours its stores. into the lap Of every ma
ton would cease. Homes the most happy
would be converted into novels the most
wretched. A social organization The most
perfect and independent would give way
10 feuds the most deadly and to system
Of vassalage the most abject.
But this is not all. Beyond is a catas-
trophe, if possible, more dreadful and sp-
paIlng. A war OF determination mighi
follow the act Of emancipation. The
white and the black races cannot live upon
terms Of social or political eqaIiiy. fo
the one or the other must the sou be aban
doned. The conflict would be bloody
one, butthe result certain. The blackrace
now enjoying comforts and made happy IL
their condition, (more happy perhaps thar
the peasautry Of any nation, would elthel
be nut TO death or removed from that state
which of all others best, suits their charac
ter and habits. Such is the ultimate enc
TO which successful abolition would lnev
itaby lead. And we may here ask wha
is to be gained by it? Fanaticlsm vii
have established its dogma, and the worl'
have realized, in political abstraction
inumerable woes and widespread ruin.
But the question that Immediately ad
/ dresses itself to US is, how are these dan
2 gers, so far as we are concerned, to be
d yerted? The question carries with it
a deep import and challenges the wisest con
/ alterations. 1t Is neither to be snswere
v by the language OF despair, nor met by tim
q I'd resolves. Ve must feel ourselves stron
j. enough for the crisis, and courageous
+ nough to look it full in the face. We haV
t, tried the efficacy Of compromises. The
{ have brought no remedy. The party vii
: whom we have compromised and TO who's
n eSactions we have yielded, have not dea
i honestly win Us; ;hey have failed to kee
o ther pliqhted faith for the sGke OF powt
d and the lust Of domination, and we haV
n no reason to believe that they will be MOI
i sincere in times TO come, than they nav
ID been in time, past. On the contrary, ev'
Is nv concession we make and every compt'
J. mise we enter into, are regarded as
8 much extorted from or feaIs; and. instes
a. Of satisfying them, only encourage lhe
= audacity TO sci up more extravagant claim
H. The truth is, yield as much as we ma
IS we deceive ourselves most woiully, IL y
es sunpose that any concession we NAV max
n short of the. abolition Of slavery. viii satl
rs fv these Northern people. Already hay
he yye nearly compromised ourselves to deaf
he The ordinance of 'S7, although in no tee
on nical sense compromise, yet by me Tern
rs OF cesslon it partook OF the nature OF
G, contract. Virginia. in a moment oil ma
II nifceat folty, surrendered to the NOT
e. that immense domain called the NOT
w. Western Territory, with Two condluo
attached-the one was that only four slal
should be formed out OF it, and the otn
~ y. was that fugitive Slaves should be dell
y, - cred up on demand Of their masters. Y
10 10 course such present was not declined u
:. on the conditions annexed. But nc hc
4, - have these conditions been fulfilled III
n, sH States have been carved out Of this ter
em tory. insteadsof four, and as far as the q
80 livery Of fugitives is concerned, instead
Nv !" the slaves being surrendered TO their ow
as =, ers. the owners in pursuit Of them, ha
'ho IN been delivered to the tender mercles
~ ng mobs, and to the generosity ofprisons.
ns ~. But when that great compromise VI
ns' entered into, known as the Missouri CoI
! - promise. Mdt was to be permanent s
'Ho eu dement, Of this yexed and delicate qui
.pe Wy lion. Here the South again gave up mnt
'. se # not everything, and the North nothlT
lye IN this case the North demanded the rig
N ol to exclude slavery from any part OF
ioI ioa territories, and upon the question chats