The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-03-28

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EXTRACT PROM THE SPEECH OF
iR. CL1NaMAN, oFN, {, on THE TER
srToR1AL QUESTION, If gentlemen
eon that the Union, upon the princt
Is of the Constitution is desirable,
n not controvert that opinion. But
ke Union never could have been form
without the written Consultation. =
}, il yon now, byyou action, practl.
llv destroy the Constitution, those
Riared. II ablato resist, will nots bmit
hat instrument was ordained, in its
VA language, TO establish justice, IN
lre domestic tr oquiliv, and secure
be blessings Of liberty" II all parties
i it-nameIy, Of the freemen of the
Tjnion. II, therefore, under lis for 7
ross injustice is done, insn rrcctianS
kcited, qndthN citizens Of part Of the
ratps p,ltically enslaved, then The
9nion ought not to.srand, as an instru-
ent Of " elg Aad oppression,
There Is roughout the South a
roag a'tc4mant to the union of thu
2 Fatas rhlS sentiment rests not so
lnrh upnn anv calculations of inter
aS on hlStorI: associations q the
lcOllectnnS of common ancestral
ulggleS and trim nphs...-0nE -penpl.i
Ike pride in the name ofrhe u. SIS,
nd IN being members of a great re-
nblic that furnishes a cheering exam
10 to the friends of liberty through.
,tthe world. But the events OF, the
Rst few years are rapidly weakening
bis feeling. Seeing that there ap'
pared to be a settled purpose in the
Vorth to nut them to the wall, many
our people, regarding a dissolution
t the Union as the result OF this
ggresslon, have looked fnrw I'd tc
he consequences of such IA state o
hingS.
| submit it, then, Mr., Chairman
almly to northern gentlemen, tha
hey had better make up their mind
b give lis at once fair settlement
Dot cheat MS by mere empty form
Without reality, but give somethip
nhSlantial for The South We might &C
huiesce in the Missouri compromiselln
should Individually prefer, nuder a
he circumstances, giving mp the Who'll
pf California, provided we could hav
n on this side Of II, up to about the pa
Rllel Of 4Oo, not far from the norther
Inc Of the State Of Missouri rathe
han its southern-36o 80. We wonl
ehus by getting the whole Of New Me!
co, and having the mountain chai
And desert on the west, obtain a proE
p frontier. We might then acquir,
y some future day, whether united c
llVded, possession ofthe country |
ong the Gultot Mexico, we'll snite
= Oe occupied.by onr slave population
Il. y Oe imposed by Congsssssl 81 this terr i
w, ou! that after it has been left ope
. az Glasses for proper period, tn
majority 9y may then, when they max
! ola'e constitution, determine "a
themselves whether they will perm
slavery or not. The South will aC
"nSce u any reasonable settlement.
l. pu' wnon we Osktorjushce and I
y Iel alone, we are met by the sense
~ VS. aholnsane cry Of "Union, Union!
plr, am disguised with it. When
aus on my ear as it would do If
panu Of robbers had surrounded
Hwelllngi and when the inmates al
'snpled 70 resist, the assailant shoul,
Ia'sa the shout Of aPeace -union-har
'a0nyF II they will do us ;astsce
" 90 not need their lectures. a
VIZ as they refuseit, their declaration
'sem ". miserable, hypocfiticaI canl
"nen these things ometromsonthert
.sn, have even less respect for them
hsen the most cowardly men, whef
W ..sa1ened with personal injury, do no
'saaly announce in advance thai the,
NJ Nh @ submit to all the chastiselnen
4. gA.cn an adversary may choose to in
~. Y And those persons who, seeing
Y " aggressive attitude Of the North,
n rs numerical power, declare in