The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-10-03
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is naked concession to the abolition sehu :
ment Of the North,
Ihterdict the traffic, and restrain the free
alienation Of this species Of property, and the
institution itself must go down.
Ifit were interdicted every where, no one
would deny that such would be the result.
It's Introduction In the District will not oft
self produce this result, but must to some ex-
tent affect the talue of that species Of property.
Whatever restraints and shackles are impos-
cd upon the transfer of property, must in some
degree affect its relative and commercial va
lae. This is a plain principle Of the laws Of
trade, that no sane man will gaiusay.
This was doubtless one ofthe results If the
Bill, contemplated by the lynxeyed opponents
ofslavery, that ia amed,dieif zeal forits passage.
The traffic in slaves Is an incident Of the instr
tuition, absolutely necessary to its existence
and perpetuity. Every true hearted South
erner must deplore the Intellectually ftct that
this Slave Bill was but another concession to
the demands of abolition.
We might indeed feel tome surprise, Gf we
had not almost ceased 10 be surprised at any
ground some journals may take on this ques-
tor, s),to lind that the N o Pieayune and
other papers Of that ilk and kidney, have be-
come in some sort, the apolosists, il not de-
tenders OF that Bill.
If the Bill had abolished not merely the tral-
&c in slaves, but slavery itself in the District OF
Columbia, it would have had ils advocates IN
the southamong the friends of coaciiation,har-
mony aud adjustment.
tThe one is lu.t as de(ensi5le as the other. and
the satne tain ofreasoning that would Justify
the abolition of the mArt, would also Justify
the abolition of the institution itself in the
District.
No matter what miy be done, there are al
ways found friends Of power, who will preach
acquiescence and even attempt to show that
the supposed aggression,is no aggression at all,
but mdryellolsly proper aud suitable lesisla-
tion-.to which the South ought not only to
submit, but as in duty bound, ought to hail
with patriotic reoicings. Such counsellors are
too abundant ia the South for her own good,
but we trust in God, their influence is fast 'ds-
minish lag. From first to last, they have been
forouieLag all a~gitaiion upon Meerciti"g topic,
and are always found more ready to p%alllate
than to- denounce the mischievous intermsti-
ding Of northern fanaticisn. As an egiisnce
that this Bill, in some sort defended by some Of
Southern press, was a mere oxaction Of aboll.
ton. it was sustained in the Senate by a dis
tinct Northern vote, but two Southern Senators
voting for it, and they the least reliable 81 fanny
others from their section on this question,
Messrs Clay and Benton. With Mr.. Clay
opposition to slavery isa fixed, settled senti.
ment. In early life, the Grst political struggle
in which he embarked, was in opposition to the
adoption of slavery by the tate Of Kentucky.
Since then he has lost none Of his opposition to
it, and in his letter last year to the Convention
Of ffeesoilers at cleveland he went us far as
the most. ultra of that party need desire, in the
uvowal cfhis opposition to its farther extension.
Mr.. Benton, the other Southern Senator that
voted,for the Bill, bus progressed SO Gar in the
principles Of l~reesoil, that he is regarded by
many as the probable candidate Of that patty
in 1859.
/
This Bill then, abolishiug the slave trade in
the District, was opposed in the Senate by the
united South, with the exception Of the above
namedunreliabIe Senators, (the Senators from
Delaware arenot included, as she is in 10 pro-
per sense slave State) On the other hand
it was supported by Seward, Hale, Chase and
the entire body Of freeSoilers.
This Bill then, opposed by the sOdt tn, and
carried despite their opposition, by the vote Of
the North, finds eulogists at all events apo3ogi1
among the moderate and conservative journals
Of our own section. Their course upon this
slavery question will soon bring their sobri-
guets into contempt, and soon We win under
dtdtAa wv pSAua WVWSiWtS WHV -OV""1'OWt'tt IS
synonymous with something near akin to abb
clifton.
II any further evidence were wanted of the
determination Of Northern Senators to make
this. bill stand out in bold reliefa as an absolute
unqualified e%xacton Of abolition, it will be
found in their refusal to vote for the amend
Of Mr.. Pratt, making negro stealing in the DIS
trict a penitentiary offence.
| Southern members who have taken their ser
wants with them to Washington, as also TIL
people of the District themselves have suffered
, greatly from having their slaves enticcd iron
their service BY organized band Of aboIitionist
that infcst our National Capital. The peopl
Of the District having no power to legislate 70
: their own protection, the duty devolVes upoI
Congress to pass all laws necessary for til,
: protection Of property within the District.
At present they complain shat no adequat
punishment can be inflicted upon the thieve
! that steal and i%nyeigle away their slaves
The s%tealing Of a negro is as much a Grim
as stealing Of any other species Of property
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