The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-03-20


apParch'. inm ha, We daily hear, rha, thu
hos become he pre,a,og and fixed opinion
OF ret mslrr,iy ofthe community.
Nov, ask, what limitation car ros.ib', l.
placed upon The powers Of Go,etnmei
cia'u irg aid esrrcisins such ii.brsi And
mote con he, hw con the ssparate govern.
'nea'. u the States msin,an aud protect rh'
poHtfs reserved TO them By The Consituion
OF lEepeople Of the several States mainlair
Ihrss @bIcb are reserved 10 them, and among
others The sovereign powers by which the,
ordained and established not only their sep.
afaie Safe constitutions AID governments,
but also the Constitution and Governmeu, Of
the United States But if they have no con.
s'IlG'ional means OF maintaining them against
he tlch, claimed by this Cove nmcni, II ue.
cesssfily follows that they hold them q, its
pleasure snd discretion, and that all The pow.
etsa the system are IN reality copceut,ated
~ u. II also follows that the chafac,er o.
'he Government has been changed 10 conse.
qlerte from Federal republic, as II origin
ally came from the hands Of its trainers, aud
that II has been changed into grea, national
Colsolldl,td democracy. II has, indeed, al
pres'u', all the characteristics OF the latter,
and nj oDe Of the former, although it still re.
lalus lis outward form.
TIE result Of the whole Of these causes
combined Is, ,ha, the N aih has acquired de.
cdet asce ntancy over every department, of this
Government, and through II q control over ali
he powers OF this system. A single section
Cove etd by The will Of The numerical nalori
iy, has now. in fact, The control Of the Gov.
ernuenl and The entire powers Of the system.
W hat was once a constitutional federal Re
puhlic. IS now converted, in reality, into one
as absoue as that Of the Autocra, Of Russia,
and as desponc IN is tendency, as suy sbso.
lute government that ever existed
As, then, the North has the absolute con-
troll over The Government, it is manifest, ths,
On all questions between II end the South,
where there are a diversity OF ln'etes's, the
interest rf the latter will he sacIIlired to that
d he ormef, however oppressive the off,.c,.
nias be, as h South possesses no means
bs Nh'ch It can resist, through the action OF
the q lvetRuent. But # there was nc cues
i'tr O. p'ai importance to he S 1u'h 10 ic.
leicHce Ia. .>h,sh thes. Diversity o'
'less het"een he tao >ecacn>, his state Of
3" - ''-h' uC tHNb'i u, W W. VI Nne n z II q
ui oesitucunn to The ,uih. Bui such i 10,
! 'hn act. Ihete g question of vuai mpo,
tance TO The Sou hern secllun. IN ref renee 1,
shta The 'Iews and feelings Of the two sec.
tlnn. are as opposite and hose as they can
possibly be.
! 'eler to the relation betv cen the two ra.
Ces II tie Southern section wbich CONSTITUTES ;
wal portion ot her social orsan,z ,,ien.-
Every portion Of the North en!ef,s,ns vieu
aud ceilings more or less hostile to Il. Those
mos opposed and hcsile, regard i, as s,n
, eud consider themselves under the most "a
c,ed eb'lgat on to use every effort 10 DESTROY
II. ludted, 10 the extent that The, cunccIvr
} they have pnaer, they regard themselves as
implicated 10 the SIC, and responsible Tor .up
pressing II by The use OF all aud every uears
iho-r les opposed and hostile, fesafd It a a
ciiHe-an Hence against humanity, as they
cal II; nnd although not tanatical, feel
lhem,el,es bound to use ali Efforts to eff CT the
same object: ahile those who are leas, oppo
, std end hosl'P, regard II as a blot and STAN
on The chotac er OF " hat they ca he Nation,
and feel themselves accofdinsl, bound 10 sIve
It no coDuenance or support. Ga the contra.
~, tho Souhe.n section regards the relation
IS one ~tlch cannot he destroy ed withou. sub.
ieclng The two races 10 The creates, ca'sml'y,
, aud the seclon TO poverty, desolailou d
, ~rclchedness ; end accordingly, they ieeI
bouGd, by every consideration OF interest aud
safety To deierd II.
THIS hostile feeling on the par. Of the North
towards the social orgsniz 'lon of the South,
k,ng lay dormant, bu, It only required some
cause v hlch would make the Impression on
those who iel, 1t mos, Intensely, that they
were responsible for its Continuance, TO cal' II
INTO acnoa. The iucreasn. power Of this
Government, aud of the control Of the North
srn section over sll IT'S departments, furnished
the cause. |, was this which made an i'm.
p,ession on the minds OF many, that there was
htte or no restraint to prevent the Govern.
ment from dong whatever 1t might choose TO
DO. THIS was sutiicIen, Of itself to put the
mos, tanatical portion Of the North IN action
for the purpose OF destroying the exislIn. re.
la'icns between the Two races in the South.
The first organized movement towards il
commenced in 1885. Then, for the first time,
societies were organized presses established,
lecturers sent for 10 excite the people of the
North, and iucendiary publications scattered
over the whole South, through the mail
The South was thoroughly sroused. Meet.
Jugs were held every where, and resolutions
adopted, calling upon The North TO apply a
remedy to arrest the threatened evil and
pedging themselves TO adopt measures for
their own protection, if il was not arrested
Al The meeting of Congress petitions poured
in from the North, calling upon Congress 10
abolish slavery in the District of Columbia.
and TO prohbl, what they called the internal
slave trade between the States, announcing,