The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-07-27
Number Az

the! al may dsly appreciate its impofis
:. "McaflcRILO, April e, 1870.
i thank yOa, dear Sir, for lhe copy yuu haxe
been 90 ktnd as 10 send me Of the lellet 10 FonP
constituents on the Missouri qnession. Itisa
perfect justification 10 them. / he'd FER 4 Iona
time ceased % read newspapers, Of pay any a.
ten'lon to.publie affairs cUpkdent they were h
good handss and content 70 be I passenger ID
our bark 10 the shore from which am NOT dir
tant. But this menentCus question, like FRA
bell 10 the night, awakened and filled me wilA
terror considered Il u once as shss sknsIl a
the Union. Il 10 hnshed, indeed, for the rno1
meuii but this is Z repFieve only. not anal
PssntehceS A geogTaphicain line, coincidinR
With marked principle, moral and polisicak
once conceived and held Up ID the angry psse
slons OF men, will never be oblitefated. and
every new irritation will make il deepes and
deeper. can say, with conscious truth, thas
theTOf Is not man on earth who would sacFiEes
more than would to relieve us from this heavy
FeProach 10 any practicable way. The cessiOA
OF that kind OF property (foF so il is misnamed)
ls q bagatelie, which would not cost me seca
ond thought, If IN chat way, general eman-
cipatiOn and eTpat1fGtion could Be effected; and
gradually, and with due sacrifices, I think Il
might be. But as il iA we have the wolf 81
the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor
safely let him 60. Justice isin one scale, and
sell-pleseFvation in the other. OF one thing
am certain, that as the free passage OF slavee
from one State TO another would not make
slave Of single human being who would nos
be 50 without il, so their diffusion over 4 QreatA
eT surface would make them individually hup-
plel, and pToportiOnslly facilitate the accom-
plsnment Of their emancipauon, BY dividing
the burden on greater number Of coadIusoFF.
An abstinence, too, from this act of pOwet,
would remove the Jealousy ex cited by the unA
dertaking OF Congress to regulateIh condition
OF the different descriptions Of men composing
State. This certainly is the exclusive right
OF every State, which nothing IN the ronstituA
: lion has taken from themA and given 10 tho
, General Government, Cuald Congress- TOT
example, say that the nonAIreemen Of Connect.
icut shall be fTeemen, or that they shall not
emigFate into any other Stalss
regret that am now 10 die In the belief
: that the useless sacrifice Of themselves by the
generation Of l776, to acquire selfsRoSernSAent
and happiness to their country, is 10 bethFowM
away by the anwise and unworthy passions oF
Q their sons, and that my only consolation II 80
a be that live not 10 weep over il. " they
would but disPassionately weigh the blessnes
. they will throw away against en- abstract Pria>
!, ciple, more likely 10 be effected by union than
q by SciSsiON they would pauSe beGose they
would perpetFate this act o. suicide on shemA
selves, and Of treason against the hopes OF lbs
q world. To yourself as tbO faithtsl advoGste Of
q the Union / tender the offering Of my nigh
e THOMAS JEFFERSON"
= But viii further read from the eommeau Of
Il Mr.. Calhoun upon this letter:
d "MaFk, (sald he) Mr. JeEemon's prophetic
It words! Mark his profound reasoning! E
e "'lt the question: is huOhed gSf tte Msontemk
- But this is a repfievs only, not .GtaG sentence,
= A geographical line cOinciding with mark I'd
:, principle, moral aud political, once conceived
!, and held up 10 Me angry PGsnions Of men, stil
= neUer be Oblterated, ard every He@ Irritation WtA
. MAX " Deeper and desPer.'
IL "Twenty eight years have passed since 'hese
10 remarkable words were Penned, and lhefe il
il not thought which time has not thus far veEi.
is fed, and il is to be feared will continue 70 ves.
"a ity until the whole will be fGlGllCd. Certain
10 it is that he regarded the compromise line 81
b. utterly inadequate to arrest that fatal course ci
or events which his keen Sagacity anticipated
le from the question. Il was bat e. Teprisvs.F
'Rerreve only; not a fnal se,tlementp and
s le yet gentlemen, who profess the most profound
II difference for ME. Calhoun's opinions, and who
10, seldom, when alive. ventuFed to differ viii
'r, him at oil upon any public question, are nov
" insisting that nothing else can be relied upon
hr but the Missouri compromise, for the psrms
he neul settlement Of the snding sec.iOnOl con.
DO trOVessy. Now, sir, I, who entertained higl
20 respect for the opinions Of Mr.. Cahoun wheg
rs living, but who did sometimes undstlske &
contest his views ia regard 10 great ns,iOna
70, measures, musl be permitted to declare, that
G. do not entirely concur in all that hetaid IN III
i speech from which am reading, in relation !,
III the Missouri compromise Ba. 10 proceed wi.l
ly the speechs
MARX (said Mr.. Calhoun) the deeply mel
x ancholy impression which Il made on Mt. Jel
he lerson's mindl
~ 81 regret that am 10 die IN the belief the
ch the useless sacrifice of themselves BY the gen
w Grafton Of l776, 10 acquire self government al
'ao happiness for themselves, 10 to be thrown ava
a. by the unwLse and unworthy passions Of ,hB
III sons, and that my only consolation 10 10 be lhl
VI n | shall not live to weep over iI.a
he Scan any one believe, after listening 70 hi
81 letter, that Jefferson is the author OF the 8,
II. called Wilmot PrOvso, OF ever favored il 3 An
IN yet there are at this time strenuous slior
uri making in the North TO form purely section
cir party on it, and that, too, under the sanction
lie those who profefs the highest veneEalion Il
of his character and principles! Bot must spes
tal the truth, while | viHdicats the RsmOgy
vas Jefferson from 60 foul chaFge, hold that
i Is not blameless Ia reference 70 this subios
,sv He committed a great error IN inserting Il
so provision he did ia the plan he reported for Il
oys government Of ihe Territory As much m0diai
asiI was. Itwas the first blow, the 6Esl eesi
by 70 aFaw geogIaPnlosl ilns c3.mclI'ng 49,
az mated with him in philanthVopic but nsissakt
.sd views Of the most dangerous character, Il
of shall show in the sequel. OlhsEo, wilh ve
An different feelings and vlews. followed and he
ysd given to Il direction snd impetus VII uh,
,hs not promptly and edicienlly aEEesied, will d
Viii il the dissoluli0n Of tho unioRaaa The deagu
,me ton Of our political institutions"
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