The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-03

hee may be 10 the proper construction Of that para
| now quote from he speech q the gentleman from
North Carolina, IMr. CLIkcnAs.l already referred 70:
!. advised Gay. hs l. certain poG Io. o. ooy ss
expe such interrupt their p,oceedngs let them Try
the experiment tell gentlemen .ha. this = our Il slave
think they remove us !, T. proper case Tor rial in
The present temper Of the public mind IS probable that
lie iuc krsh al Lexington he colonies in their then
excited Such struggle. whoever might prove the
may call this treason, high freasonihe highest
that the world ever saw But their words are Idle
We shall defeat their movement against u.s.
II this does not sufficiently show where and how the
revolution to commence let US turn again to the speech
Of the gentleman from Mississippi, Mr. BRows,l and
read another extract
"My own opinion i hi, that we should resist the intro
duction OF California a State and resist sueessng-
resist by our votes fr and tasty by other means s
This being DONE sao. The southern States, In con-
veniion Nashville, win devise means for yndicstng heT
rights do know what these means pH be, bur know
what they may be, and with proprey and safety Tnsy
aay be % carry slaves into all q southern California a. ~
have right % dol and fmoested, defend them a. BON
"Ws ask YOU 70 give us our rights by NON isrERsros
If you refuse, am for taking them by ARMED OCCUPATION
Resist the passage Of law admitting California hrsil
BY votes, and lastly by "oter means" Mr. Chairman,
does the constitution which support. or
the rules of this House, point out 70 US any .0hr
means" of resisting the enactment Of law. except by
means OF votes I We can adjourn. But how ADJOURN
ment" says the gentleman. And Thar force is the otber
means by which the admission Of California Is TO be re-
sisted, "and resisted SUCCESSFULLY" And what next
Gary slaves into all of southern California as the prop
ety OF sovereign States, and there hold them, we have
right to do and, il moested defend them as Is both
our right and duty" And thus is California to be
"faken" by EARNED occupation" Alas for the 900 men
already there, or their way thher, from whom CAL
orna is to be taken by force. and held by armed occu
patton that slavery may be introduced there against their
Idoubt not, Mr. Chairman. that by this time you and
this committee satisfied. as am, that unless the IN
been mistaken BY some OF their representatives here,
conflict of between the government OF the United
States and portion of the is inevitable
But, sir, have permitted myself to doubt the
patriotism Of the American people. And shall be
slow especially 10 dislrust that quality in the people oil
the generous South Left to their own unprecedented judy
dare hardly answer however for the effect which the
speeches, especially that OF the gentleman from Mssls
spp, mr. BRowNl may have upon the minds Of Ia gal
liant people, naturally ardent and impusiye Indeed, SIR,
shudder at the thought of the effect which passages
like that which shall now quote may, had almost
said produce the feelings of our southern broth.
pose they will as faithful statement OF the cruetes and
enormes about to be visited upon them BY the hands q
their northern brethren. would be strange indeed if
they failed TO be wrought up to the most intense degree
OF excitement and evaporation
sour country to be made desolate We TO be driven
from homeshe homes haiowed by all the sacred as
people God 10 wander through the land home
less hooses and snass or wha zen n9p na
prosperous and happy, and see ourselves our wve ana
are the GSa s
you would entail upon Picture TO yourselves Hungary
as ppa o. liberty soud
stout resis,ance what may you no, anticipate from eisn
Do you know, Mr.. Chairman, OF any acts committed
or medtated by the North against the people OF the
saveholding States that can BY any possibility justify
such declarations as those have quoted know Of
none, and am sure the gentleman from Mississippi will
find il very difficult to point them out to his constituents
II easy, indeed to deal in general charges against the
North. and when requested 10 specify those charges, to
say, as the honorable gentleman from Mississippi
does, 9" will not recount the story OF our wrongs But
will such course satisfy people parotic intelligent,
and inquiring' Future Developments will show
And what, sir the causes assigned to justify the
act OF dissolving this Union They alleged aggres.
sons by the slaveholdng States upon the rights OF
the savehodng IN respect to slavery All the charges
put forth against the savehoding States have refer
ence TO that question solely; and they are all comprised
and compendously set forth in single brief sentence
which here quote from The seG M referred to Of
Alter referring at some length 10 the benefits and advan-
tages OF slavery, he says
In sp,e however, Of these great facts which ought to
strike all impartial minds the OF the North has been
con SANITY aggressive on this question"
Now sir on behalf OF the North, repel the charge.
And affirm that for anything the North has done TO
Justify the overthrow OF this government any attempt TO
do so is naked treason What the course OF the free
States been constantly aggressive" upon the South on
the slavery question Let US see Since the adoption OF
the constitution, seventeen States have been admitted into
the Union OF this number, slayeholdng States
and eight non slaveholdng. Now, sir. it has so hap
pened that at every time when any OF these slaveholdng
States have applied for admission, the North has had
complete ascendehcy in both branches oil Congresscon
sequently, the power 10 exclude any or all OF them.
They all admitted, sayeholdng they were. with
just such constitutions as they had chosen TO adopt for
themselves Is this part OF that aggressive course"
the slavery question which the North has constant
ly" pursuedi
Again or the territory embraced within the seventeen
States thus admitted, the free States comprise 1893 $50
square miles, and the slave States 730376 square miles
Thus that the extent OF slave territory admitted
into the Union since the adoption OF the constitution is
considerably than twice great that OF the free
territory. Does this look like disposition the part OF
the free States to pursue OF constant aggres
sion" towards the South on the subject OF slavery
Again; The annexation OF Texas was peculiarly
southern measure. The necessity OF its acquisition was
distinctly placed by Mr.. CALHous-hmself the mbodi-
men OF ultra southern principles and the master spirit OF
the then adnnIstrationupon the wants OF slavery. To
the North the measure was dsaseful The North never
nevertheless the South earnestly desiring it, and Mr.
CALHouss great influence being brought TO bear in IFS
favor for the reason, chiefly just given the North gen.
erousy acquesced in the measure though possessed OF
ample power to defeat Il Texas acquired; and, at
the cost Of sangunary and expensive war, we took into
the Union at one swoop, amount OF slave territory
equal in extent TO the entire original thirteen States All
this the saveholdng States might have prevented,
but did not Il this northern aggression upon the
rights OF the South the slavery question L. this
OF the acts OF aggression on that subject which is TO