The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-11-05

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regarded them as property ourselves
and IL was not until we found them
Improbable property, that we consent
ed TO the abolition of slavery.
Apart from the fugitive slave hin
the Southern people have, under The
constitution, a perfect right 10 demand
reclamation 0 ftheir lugitives; and We,
in the face Of that contract betweon
the States OF this confederacy-in Win
lation of that constitution which wos
solemnly entered into by the thirtesn
original States, and was signed by the
immortal Washington and his comnat,
riots, and which never would bavo
been agreed to without the proyision
relative to fugitive slaves-we see H.
a~boIihoniSts of the North. and a norton
Of the whig party, opposing that lavy
and that very provision of the const;.
tuition, making their opposition to be
the corner stone Of thiS neU mOUemenss
and agitating the public mind to such
an extent in connection with it, as Der.
haps to carry the next Congress under
hat rallying cry. The ultra SCENTS
ments of Garrison and he original alb.
, oliiionists are precisely similar TO those
recently avowed by the Seward portion
OF the wing party at their convention
in Syracuse /; so that, as far as the
slavery question is concerned, there is.
to all intepts and purposes, a union
with them.
What, then, is the prospect before usl
According to all appearances, the
slavery excitement as Increasing eUeru
day, in eCery possible form and shape.
Even some of the organs of The demo>
cratic party-the Evening Post in New
York, and the Atlas in AIbany-are ia.
voring the destructive movement, and
playing into the hands of the Seward
aboli'ionists, and may possibly draw
into their ranks democratic rree-soilers
enough to enSur The success of the So.
racuSe ticket, at the ensuing election.
This renewed agitation is not confined
to New York. Meetings are held in
opposition TO the fugitive slave bill in
New England, also. The excitement
is spreading and increasing, and out Of
the large cities there seems to be but
n ground assumed on the question,
and that is, opposition to The measures
OF compromise recently passed by Con-
gress, without which this Union is not
worth a straw, and would be shattered
into a thousand fragments within five
years. And according to al appears
ances, we would not be surprised to
see the SelOard abolition nominations nut
forward dy the Syracuse Contention.
carried trjamphaatly 1.-THE neat election.
IN consequence of The new abolition eff
fervescence, and the new movement
undertaken by Seward and his associ.
ates, and this resh outburst of anti>
slavery sentiment. II such should be
the case, and the next Congress should
be elected under the cry of abolition.
what would be the result? What is
the prospect of a continuance of this
Union for even two, three or 1--WE yearsl
The South is excited as much as the
North, on this question, but in a differ
ent manner, and will not submit to
the repeal of the Fugitive Slave bill.
without n Of the most terrible con.
v%ulsions that has been witnessed in
this country since the foundation of the
government.
The prospect is indeed gloomy. The
people OF this city, and The friends Of
the Union, are sleeping on a mine of
%gunpowder that may. explode at any
moment, without the slightest warning.
Apathy, inexcusable apathy. prevails
amongst our merchants, our bankers,
mechanics and tasiness men of all
Kinds, whose interests depend upon the
perpetuity of the Union. No one seems
to perceive the Importance of the terri
bic crisis, more than any that we have
yet experienced. We may as well pre-
pare now. as at any time, and endeavor
to ward off the dangers that assail us.
1t this abolition agitation go on. and the
next elections should be called under
me cry OF abolition, we may make up
our minds that a dissolution of the
Union will lake place in less than five
years. This result is positive-certain
interchangeable as the laws OF nature.
Look out for a social convuIsion-pre.
pare Tor revolution and blood.
u The old and influential wing paper,
the New Orleans Bee, comes out, and speaks
sas follows:
"Our readers will bear witness that this
journal has stedily defended the Compro mise
and the Union. The Fugitive Slave bill
was the leading feature in that Compromise
which gave satisfaction to the South, and
enabled the friends ofthe Union NJ to point to
something which established lncontroverti-
bly, the justice of Congress. We say now,
in the fullness IF, sincerity, that unless that