The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-02-02

ern States. while the North reaped the benefit He
also calculated the cost of dissolution and argued
that would be advantageous the slave States in
commercial, moral, social, and especially in po-
ltlcsl point of view. Baltimore Charleston Mobile
NEW Ofleuns, and all the commercial cities of the
Save States, would abstract d large portion of the
trade OF New \ erik, Boston, and the commercial CT
ties OF the fee States. The South would grow up in
wealth, while the North would retrograde. The
South, he sald, We're willing for fair settlement Of
this question
''But when ask for Justice and to be let alone,
we are met by the senseess and insane cry of Gun
lon unlon?' Sir, am disguised with it. When it
comes from northern gentlemen who attacking
US, 1t falls my ear as it would do if band of rob-
bers had surrounded dwelling, and when the in
mates attempted to resist, the assaiants should raise
the shout OF 'Peace-u nion-harmony % If they
VIII DO US justice, do not need their lectures. As
long as they refuse it, their declarations miser-
able, hypocrltical can't When these things come
from southern men, have even less respect for them
Even the most cowardly men, when threatened with
personal INJURY, do not usually announce in advance
mat they mean to submit to all the chastisement
which an adversary may choose to inflict And
those persons who, seeing the aggressive attitude of
the North, and its numerical power, declare in adj
vance that Tor their parts they intend TO submit to
Whatever the majority may do, are taking the best
course to aid our assaiants and need not wonder if
the country regards them as enemies of the South.
III northern gentlemen will do Us Justice on this
great question, we may consent to submit to lesser
evils. We may acquiesce in a most oppressive rev
enue system. We may tolerate most UNEQUAL dis
tributon OF the public expenditures. We may bear
the loss OF our fugltyes slaves incurred because the
Legislatures OF the northern States have nuliGed an
essential provision of the Constitution, without which
the Union could not have been formed because mere
pecunlary considerations not controlling with u.s.
we may even permit such portions of the northern
people as are destitute Of proper serespect to send
up mere occasionally representatives whose sole bu-
siness seems to be to lrrtate as much as possible
southern feeling, and pander to the Iaudices of the
worst part of the northern community We NAV
allow that the northern States shall keep up and fos
ter In their bosoms abolition societies. whose main
purpose to scatter rebrands throughout the South
TO nclte serylle Instructions and stimulate by licen
tous pictures, our negroes to invade the persons of
our white women. hut it, in addition to all these
wrongs and insults you intend degrade and utter
~ rum the South, then we don't go it We do not
love you, people of the North well enough to become
Your slaves. God has given us the power and the
viii to resist. Our fathers acquired our liberty by
the sword, and with ii, at every hazard, we will
MAINTAIN IT. But before lesorting to that instrument
hold that all constitutional means should be exhaus
ted''
Dir. G. proceeded to say that the Southern mem
bers had the power to block the wheels of Govern
ment until tins question settled and he was in
favor OF DONG IT. Let no appropriation bills be pas
sed TILL the Territorial question is settled A minori-
ty OF one-ffth may demand the yeas and nays. and
as long as this provision stands we can prevent legs-
latlon till this question is settled
u hold 1t to be the duty of every southern repre-
sentative to stay here and prevent till the close of
our official term, the passage of any measures that
might tend to force our people to unjust submission
In the mean Tune the southern States could, in con-
vention, take such steps as might be necessary to
sert their right to slave in the public territory
this interregnum were to continue long it mIht drive
both sections to make provisional governments, to
become permanent ones in the end
i But 1t Is advised, IN certain portions of the north
ern press, that the members from that section ought
to expel such as interrupt their proceedings. Let
them try the experiment. tell gentlemen, that this
IS our slayeholdlng territory. We do not intend to
leave It, lfthey think they can remove us, it is a
proper case for trial. In the present temper of the
public mind, it is probable that collision of the kind
here might electrify the country, as did the little
sklrmsh at Lexington the colonies in their then excl
ted state. Such struggle, whoever might prove
the vlctors IN it, would not leave here quorum to
do business. Gentlemen may call this treason
high treasonhe highest treason that the world ever
saw But their words idle. We shall defeat
their movement against us. But even if thought
I"thcl"iSe, Noulu sun resist. sooner than submit
TO what they propose, would rather see the South
like Poland, under the iron heel of the conqueror
would rather that she should find the fate of Hun
gary.
1t was but the other day, and under our own ewes,
lha the gallant Hungarians asserted their indepen
dence. Though in the midst of, and Struggling
against those two immense empires that could bring
more than million Of armed men into the field. thew
were successful at first in beating down the power Of
Austria. 1t was not until some of her SONS became
traitors that Hungary was finally overpowered, borne
down. and pressed to death by the long columns and
gigantic strength of Russia. lf necessary, let such
be our fate.
! 'tDetter be
Where the extinguished Spartans still are free,
In their proud charnel ofIhermopyla.''
Rather let the future traveller, as he passos over
backened and desert waste, at least excaim. sHere
lived and died as noble race as the sun ever shone
upon' II we were 10 wait until your measures were
contaminated, and your coil like that of a great ser
pent, was completely around us, then we might be
crushed Seeing the danger, we have the wisdom
and the courage to meet the attack now, while we
nave the power to resist We must prove victors in
this struggle. we repel the wave of aggression
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