The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-03-14

VIII iHftlIiuI iFHS tudu tltS willie Nv
content. This -ihr guaF upon which
%fauatici N HAS Gyed ia gage, wilh a
look as wisbful as that If CoIa'rbHs to
wards the Western world; this 10 the
treasure upon which Calculating avalice
has laid It's greedy hand, with a eripe rs
unreiaxiug, as that Of lhe nor bern rob
her ufaou The throne of1hr Saxon. A
crazy fanalicism, and purltsplc phiIaH-
ihropy had long assaulted m vain the
oil the South, bat ii was not nulil
ceuain politicians, & political economist
were srizel with The idea that on the
destruction If Southern slavery, an in.
meuse demand woullbe created fir the
free labor Of HE North. HAT this move
ment hrcamr formidable, BY fpr the
most formidable opposnlanto the rights
Of the South. has lis origin in a cold
political calculation. Interest, gain,
under hand pnwer, lhDngb having Goa
lesced with, have oyershadowed rellgiun.
zeal and false philanthropy. There is
no doubt, much Of sound and fury,
much i%autaronadr aud blus'er. bnl be.
meath the din. there is a f)reIing calm,
wary. determined, anil AL peryading
These twn principles Of action, though
yivihed by different motives, soon sym
pathjsed, and enicred into a compact
which was ueyer To end bDi with the
extinction Of slayery IN lhe Snnth. But
they are by 10 means 50 ihcaullous,
and indiscrett, as to attempt such a
blow as tins At the beginning Vt their
career. M, this would alarm and mite
The South, and prodnce ut once a des-
prrats aud eliectuaI resistance. The
advance IS to I've made with slow and
waly steps, and the demolition Of Tie
fortress IL te by %piocemeal, Each cain
HAT is rode will prepare the South for
acquieseeuce in further encroaches, md
emloIlen HE North. for further aggres.
%>ious. Ii at any one tine, too much is
demanded, and The South become too
much aiarUed, the plan is 10 recede, de-
mand less under the name ct comrr"-
mise, but never to lose sight Of the ulli-
N lie olJect, the compIele overthrow 81
! slavery, aud he certain in each attempt
shat some advance IS made. The
" iimot Pruviso' #as commenced as
one lux 10 the Chain, as one advance.
as oue ofrhc movements iuokIng to the
same great end, but it Iuumtnced a
principle TO sweeping the South be-.
came toe much alarmed, too much e,
sistance was arlciputed and The org n.
i2ed aim If abolition makes a show I'll
abandoning It's purpose and makes it,
rrappeurance, in The aftemptto smngglt
]iuto.tIpe union, III immense free t%erIitl
~, under the uume Of the Estate Of
California. This is the drsluf 8 pro.
geny, wiruSe brethren ate crl1ain tosuc.
crel. The appauli4n Of al armed head
has already risen, and Ihncgl lie trust.
ing, mi judging Nacbeils may cry, .
Til ace ~ mpre!' the rest will III.
low IN steiu Succession. The Jug
cling Genis' who have paJterei va;
US in a double sense" Will again, aud
again be trusted.
II ally namber Of people, however
small, however transient and irrespor.
sjble, are allowed To select uh0l por ion
lhey PLEASE Of the territory, however
large beloa ing to The whole people ot
the u. 5, and erect il into a state, then
The Wltmut Proyi4o is already in force.
People with no claim To the name Of
citizens, or at least who have no evil
4 deucGs ct being such, select territory
enough 10 make a dozen states, aud
organize it iuio a free stale, ,hugt
themselves hhlbltins but a corner III il
Enthusiastically small; That tbisB me
Of those glarlug Hauds, which nothing
but brute tlmce. and arbitrary power
would attempt To put in practice is tot
p,aln for argnmout. S.ave.nwnrshay,
been kept N terror o fIhe Wimot Pra
!, yiso, just for a sufficient lenglh oilim,
to aliuw this lIaud TO be cn0summpted
Thai decentralization Of slavery LAS M
been long since overlhrowu, iias bee
merely owing TO want Of power, in lh.
fJee sialcs suilicieal 10 edecl The object
This is shown by the fact, that 50 man.
Of those states have passed laws, yirtu
ally ahr0gatns that part ofthe consti
%tutinn, reqnirmg fugitive slaves to b
given up to tbGir ownurs His the,
had it il thril power to do, and the,
did not hesitate to act, although in dl
rect niAasaiou to an express euactnen
Of The constitutions. lfthey would lhu
trample IN one portion of thar instru
meut, what paruufn are we justified il
surprising hey would regard as sacred
They merely await The time whel
they shall have sufficient powerto ac
complish ait, aud the power necessary
They expect 10 acquire by the admission
81 new stales into the Uulan With con
stilutions excluding slavery Ever,
effort viii be made by ami.sIayrry an
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