The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-01-11
THE REPU BLIC.

thousand extra copies, that the whole South may
know what the North now claiming the power
TO do.
The South desired nothing of the North what
ever, 10 be let alone-to have the free and
unlimited control over their property, without
any ofhcious NEEDING ON the part OF any one
There was slave property at the South valued at
nine millions of dollars. Why does the North seek
TO interfere with it, Suppose the South were to fill
the capitolwith petitions to burn down your iacto-
rie5, break up your factory prisons, destroy your
manufacturing pursuits, would the North submit
to iii Would they tolerate it for an Instant Ii
| they did, they would belle the character univer
sally awarded to the Yankee nation.
The Senator from Ohio says he will not be de-
tered by threats of disunon. He did not want the
Senator to be deferred he wanted him, in Ian
guage used in the other House, 10 stand up and
face the music;' - let him come up boldly and
introduce the bills which he stands instructed
To introduce The South desired him TO do SO.
| The South longer to be actuated by
prudential motives. II these prudential con
siderations which had brought the South to her
present position. II was the moderation of the
South which had induced these repeated ag-
gressions upon her rights 1t was now time
tor the South to show that she was in earnest in
her present determination of resistance. II was
time for her TO teach the North that there was
line at which forbearance must cease. The line
has been marked, and let the North cross il if she
dare The first movement on the part of the North
was Free Soilism; then comes the abolition of
slavery in the District of Columbia; then, as these
resolutions of Vermont declare, abolish ii in the
that would follow surely the sun which rises
i'll the morning will set at night. 1t had been said
that there desire TO interfere with slavery in
the States. This he did not believes but even If he
did, he would not hesitate To say to the North you
must STOP Concession never satisfied fanaticism.
The marauder and the robber were never stayed in
the preparation of their crimes by the supplicatons
Of their victims. One thing must and will follow
another. The doctrine had been preached in the
other end of the capitol that the true policy was
propose one thing at time. But the South had
become alarmed, was awakened, and the North
was obliged 10 show her hand much sooner than
was Intended.
The Senator from Ohio said he belonged to the
free Democracy, and belonged to that party hold
ing the creed entertained by Jefferson and jackson.
Mr.. e. thought he knew something of that creed,
and the Senator must be mistaken. That creed was
a strict construction of the Constitution, and all
doubtful powers 10 be left alone Where does the
Senator lind in this creed any foundation for his
principles? What becomes of his Interpretation of
it Apart from all constitutional provision on the
subject, he could nothing just equitable in the
exclusion of he South from an equal participation
in the public property, nor in the North appropria-
ting the whoe OF the territories to themselves Did
the North by their blood and treasure obtain it?
Had the South no hand in the matter? From the
beginning o. the Government down TO the present
day, examine the history of the nation and point to
any instance where the South did not contribute her
share both Of life and money. southern man
pointed out The means to independence; southern
man led your armies TO victory through seven
} years war I; southern breast barred to the
! British baycnets at New Orleans
The bloody fields of Palo Alto and Resaca de la
Palma gave evidence that southern general
shrunk notfrom danger; southern man stormed
the city of Monterey, and bore the American flag
. through it: bloody Streets; and at Cerro Gordo,
where the arms Of the nation achieved such mper
/, ishable glory, the regiment of the much dcrided
Palmetto State found in the thickest with
strife and Hood He was not disposed TO speak dis
paragingly of the North; he wanted not To tear a
single laurel from her brow He accorded TO her
han all he raF all ha Al.
that she would allow the South equal rights;
that the South should be allowed equally to part-
cipate in the acquisitions obtained by mutual means.
Was there any thing unjust in all this? Yet TO the
Senator frem Ohio it seemed most horrible. Ii was
! but justice, and il shall be had. The South had
yielded one thing after another, but would yield no
more. She was aroused, and the descendants Of
those who fought at Eutaw and Guildford, at Cow
pens and Camden, would never allow themselves 10
be degraded. IL might not be inappropriate to re-
call to the attention OF the Senator from Ohio that
/ the whole northwestern territory now comprising
the States OF Ohio, Indiana Illinois, Michigan, Wis
consin, and Iowa, slave territory, and was gem
erously coded TO the General Government by the
State of Virginia, and now that territory peoped
by those who prepared perhaps 10 sting the
hand of their generous benefactor In 1903, Louis
lana became the property of the Union, and by the
Missouri compromise the South robbed Of four
fifths Of that territory The South yielded, and yet
after this Wholesale robbery, which borne with
patience which Job might have enyied the North
claims all OF the new territories and the half of
. Texas.
Il had become the fashion of late 10 answer the
claims of the South by singing praises Of the Union.
The South was not 10 be frightened by this cry nor
by calculations Of It's value. For one If the Union
was to be a means of degradation to the South,
he cared nothing for it, He priced the Union
highly, and would follow the Constitution I'm liz
original purity through every peril that could be
proposcd but IL the Constitution was 70 be blottcd
out, he cared nothing for the Union. The Senator
from Ohio asks Tor tho grounds Of complaint He
would answer hm. Clubs have been established
In the North to send pamphlets into our country
by which the slaves are taught 70 look upon the
murder of their masters, upon the burning of our
dwellings, upon the ruin and murder of our wives
and daughters, things which are no crines
There organizations at the North 10 prevent the
master from recovering his runaway slaves to aid
the slave by all means to escape; 10 throw ali Oh
sacles in the way Of his capture, and If notbiny
else will do, 10 get up scenes Of boodshcd and rid
TO effect the purpose. The pulpit has been made
an engine 10 cast invcctives upon IA and rrr,,.l
instructions among our people. All these him
, have been done, and yet the South l. askeI ~
what she complains The answer given 80 our
demands Tor lcrbcaTancc is the " Union" what
ever arc the benefits of the Union il has no haI,,
for wounds Ike these. The Senator from Ohio
says that Congress is only asked 20 abolish slavery
in the territories, ports, dock yards and arscnas:
: the moment these places arc made free, that mo
mcnt they become places Of refuge for slaves n
was true this fac less than the Vermont rcsolu
tons, but the Senator had, in his party rucr, who
! were less wise, OF perhaps holder, who went uucb
farthcr Among tncse Was The Senator from Nevv
York, (Mr. SgwARD.) The senator from Ncu,
York had been excluded from the Frec-soil mar, y
by the Senators from New Hampshire and Ohio.
but he would say to them, that the Senator from
c New York deserved the highest place in the svna
gogue. That Senator had merits for his advocacy
Of anti slavery doctfnes before which those of The
! President Of the Senate, (Mr FILLMoRE) great az
E they were, must fall. Mr.. G. then read some ex
tracts from a speech delivered in Ohio by Mr.. sr
. WARD, in which strong anti-slavcry ground was
taken, and then bid the President Of the Senate 40
? blush for his own feeble, timiG and weak adyo
? cacy Of the cause. II these were the sentiments
| Of WM. II. SEwARD alone, he would have passed
I them by but the state Of New York having honor
; cd their author by placing him the .enatorisl
robes, he considered II a. strong evidence OF The
sentiments ofthc people mt the North lie then asked
what respect the North could feel for the intellect
Of the South H. with these evidences before them.
. they hcsitaied TO prepare 10 meet the worst He
felt that he was speaking the sentiments of the
! whole South, when he declared that he knew no
man in bis State who would, under any circun.
stances, submit TO any degradation Iftbe Union
Il 10 be preserved, the laws violating the Constitu
ton must be repealed II seemed TO him that hi,
Union, about which go many beautiful sentences
had been uttered, was already dissolved by the