The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1850-09-19
CALIFORNIA nrrR.,


We learn from the following despatch,
taken from the Mississippi an, that the Bill
to receive California with. her anti.slavery
Constitution, has passed the House:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9th.
The bill to admit California into the
Union which had passed the Senate, has
passed the House, ayes 1877, nays 81.
JACOB THOMPSON.
SO this scheme, conceived in deepest sin
''has been brought forth i'll iniquity," and
the South virtually deprived Of every foot
Of the immense territory obtained from
Mexico, immense both in extent and wealth.
!: is news we have been expecting, hence
we are saved from the shock it is otherwise
so well calculated to occasion. The ter~
rible reality, though long expected, is never
theless appalling. A few SubmissioniSts in
the South may regard with indifference tins
hgh-handed spoliation, but we hav mis-
taken the beating of the public pulse, if il
does, not stir up the warm blood in the
hearts of the millions
Let this vile edicI of the majority iE Con-
gress remain and the doom Of the South
and slavery is inevitably fixed. The three
or four States where slave labor is already
becoming Improbable, will run their slaves
TO the South, by which means they will be-
come so much crowded that their labor will
be unproduciive; we can. free them, nor
ship them to a more productive region, SO
we must either slaughter them or be
slaughtered by them. This is an extreme
to which we are approaching. 1t is not
so far distant that it cannot be fairly con-
templated, nor yet SO near that it cannot be
averted. 1t may be, however, that the
South will prefer ignoble submission, and
will, like the cowardIy spaniel, kiss the
hand that smites ii. If not, and she intends
TO assert and maintain her rights, now is
the moment Of action, and 10 time is to be
lost. We should not deceive the North by
apparent submission to their unjust legisla-
ton, but adopt measures forthwith to coerce
the North to decent respect for our rights
and privileges. This yet remains to us.
Not indeed by dissolving the Union nor by
collecting armies and brandshing the
sword. These may be extremes to WI ich
we may be driven, but cannot be looked to
as remedies for any CT the ills of our body
polite. They are extremes which we
should not court. nor baseiy shun, if forced
upon us. If the Union must be dissolved,
let lis no! take the initiative. but act as we
have heretofore acted, on the defensive.
We by no means feel competent to pre-
scribe all effective course of redress, but we
conceive that that the South is not so bar
rem of resources, as not to be able to pro-
vide something that will equal the demand.
Every wrong must have some adequate
remedy. It may often be doubtful inquiry,
whether it would not be better to bear the
wrong than seek the remedy. AT present
no such inquiry need arise.
We have it in our power to close mp our
ports against the revenue officers, and thus
deprive the government of the means to
carry on its financial affairs, by refusing to
sell our cotton to the North, we may effect
ually stop her spindles, and turn loose a
horde of hungry operatives whose clamnrs
would soon drive the devil out of those
possessed, when they would soon be seen
sitting at the feet Of the South "cothed in
their right minds" We may refuse to elect
members 10 Congress, and thus hinder al
legislation.
! A number Of other methods, more prac
ticable than these perhaps, might doubtless
be adopted, none of which contemplate I
revolution, or a dissolution Of the Union
They would be inconvenience to wh;cl
the Moth could not long submit, and the!
woul then be driven to the necessity, o
eit4er giving us equal and even HANDED
justice, or OF forcing US to submission. Tn
latter they may do when they have mad
peace with their God and taken leave O
their wives and children.
THAT THING.
We observed the other day, gentleman
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