The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-19
ID unconstitutional to sbis BY il honoraby and grace

h 100 plain for argument This act being In s nature
unacceptable OF repeal. The only competent measure OF
Tesisance ia secession This would not repair me loss
sustained viz: deprivation OF the right 10 introduce
slayery into california Bni il would subject Georgia,
irs 10 the additional oss OF all she has gained by the
scheme Of adp:,msai e e. the provision made ior The
reclamation OF fugtfc slaves; and, secondly u would
annhilae forever all the advantages foreign and domes
lie, deyabe from het 10 the confsderacy Il
may nod be overlooked that aside from the new Issues
presented BY the late territorial acquisitions the position
Of the South upon the congressional record is better this
'' Georgia. then, will abide by the tseen, action Of Con
ihe people Of the non sayehoding Sales viii yield ac-
auiescence in and faithful adherence to- thai entire ac-
ion To this course she impeled BY an earnest desire
10 perpeuate the American Union and TO restore that
peace and harmony upon which its value to herself to
her confederateA and 10 mank ind. essentially depends
Here,if 81 sense al duty permitted. we would gladly
pause but the signs OF the times invite TO more extend
ID review d Our federal r laons. and 10 more dsae,
ayowal OF the position occupy The country requires
Apose Vain, utterly vain are all concessions that fail
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baed the aggressive spirit OF representatives Of the non
ssyeholding States Bat tie sources OF ubd stream
nsy are ~
sion for the sovereign people Of Georgia 70 commune
with the sovereign people % those Sstes, We would
address them he q calm sd agk
recall them to the faithful discharge OF their duty con
fedsa,es by an appeal % Their reason and their moral
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We would premise few suggestions to the opponents
OF slavery, which time des moi permit us to elaborate
Slavery introduced into this country by the enter
prise Of Old England and New England; was main.
ained in the latter dining the day. OF her greatest pu
rty, when the spirit OF auscfe and Incorporating
religious faith not only regulated social intercourse, but
controlled the operations Of government hwas dscon
tation the soil and climate II has been retained u, the
South by reason Of the fitness OF our soil and climate 70
its employment Under it's auspices the negro has been
lfntNxfa
cal comforts unknown 10 his satantic ancestors
and elevated in the scale of being. Let any man who
questions the truth OF This assertion 60 70 Liberia, and
compare the negro trained under the Influences of slavery
with the negro OF the same generation reared In his
tive barbarism The southern slave. unnfuenced by
the promptngs Of mschieyous Intermediates is sincerely
attached 10 his and happy in the condition assigned
him by an all-wse Providence. Familiarity with the
practical operations Of the INSTITUTION would sahsfy any
Ingenious mind that these things So ssi3 ni agi
But apart from this abstract view the South 10 entitled
to absolute security and qgiet on this subject.
The constitution OF ihe United States is ia lie terms,
bond Of political union between separate sovereigntes
and involves high moral obligation. The latter is in
deed the seal and sanction OF the iotmer The southern
States, upon entering into this compact. brought with
them as part of their social system, the snbsatum
Of their industrial pursuits the institution Of slavery
and the northern States, BIZ the compact recognised its
existence, and guaranteed It's enjoyment Beyond
the obligation thds Created the people OF those States
have no more concern with il than have the subjects Of
the British Crown The trainers OF the constitution de-
cared, in lige, the purposes 10 be accomplished by IL
in the following terms "We, the people OF the United
States in order TO form more perfect union, establish
ustice insure domestic tranquility. provide for the com
defence promote the general welfare, and secure the
blessings oil liberty 10 ourselves and our poslery, do or
dan and establish this constitution for the United States
Of America The people Of each State, becoming. a
party 10 that instrument, entitled to all the benefits
therein distinctly enumerated, and are under the most
solemn obligation 10 abstain from all practices incon-
is nominated in the bond" that the people of one
State shall disturb the domestic franguiiify" OF any
other Georgia lays open the volume Of her his
tory and proudly challenges her conederates TO the
abduction Of single incident yiolatye OF this obi
CATION. She does more. In all kindness compatible
with the assertion OF right she charges upon the non
srsa9d sass nde e this spSsSSn si u The
de Of organized societies avowedIy devoted to the an
initiation OF an institution inwrought with the frame
work OF her social system, and In no way modifying OF
affecting their ownsociees employing missionaries and
substituting the press TO propagate heir destructive doe
unes, and even 10 excite within her own limits a spirit
Of dssection among her citizens and OF INSTRUMENTATION
among her slaves-sociches which have boldly entered
the political arena seized upon The balance OF power and
obruded their fanatcism into the halls OF federal
legislature There measures OF hostility are necessarily
proposed and discussed 10 the interruption OF the eg
mate business OF ieesiatonde day by day
uttered against slavery and Shareholders against conied
crates and their institutions In this state OF things the
remedy TO be applied by those States is apparent Ii
oreshado we'd N The able and patriotic message proceed
Ing from the executive TO the legislative department OF the
State OF New York in the year 1895 IL Is by the active
lnefPOsuon Oh conservative puplc opinion ana III tnat
be insufficient, then by legislative enactment II the
ward of this insane crusade Ia ever 10 be
stayed i u time that measures Of resistance be put in
Desiring to be distinctly understood i'd order that in
ealcuIableeyils may be ARRESTED BY timely return 10
the early policy OF the country, we rest not this renon
STRANGE upon generaties The practical results aimed at
BY these agtaors are rst abolition OF slavery IN the Dis
ire OF Columbia. Maryland never would have ceded
part Of her territory transferred The jurisdiction
over portion OF her citizens, had she supposed their
social stem would be revoluonized against their viii,
tory, materially variant from and hostile 10 her own
Such an act therefore, cannot be consummaed without
bed faith 10 her, and 10 Virginia, whoee territory is CO.
temnous, in the determined resistance oil which they are
entitled TO the cooperation OF their southern conederaes
secondly that kindred measure, sometimes threatened
Of sboshng slavery in the military posts, dock yards
and other ireehods OF the general government. lying
within the boundaries OF the sIavehodng States These
coded TO the United States for purposes OF
utility and convenience, in the generous confidence that
they would not be used to The deriment Of the ceding
States. Thirdly, an amendment oil the acts organizing
territorial governments for New Mexico and Utah.
whereby slavery shall be prohibited In those Territories
rourtny the passage OF act for the suppression oil
The slave trade between the people OF the slavehoding
shfes, which we regard otcious and unconstitu
me oil those measures at the recent session oil Congress
tones within the scheme OF adjustment, and materially
Influences the decision OF Georgia. r
One other subject challenges especial notice IL IL
ne threatened repeal OF the Tor the reclamation
o. fugitive slaves. That statute was demanded az an
questionable constitutional right, and as remedy for
reyous and growing evil, and therefore cannot be sur
rendered. ~, ~
History bears testimony TO the importance OF this sub.
pe IL mingled in the earliest discussions upon the for
nation OF the American Union. II commanded the pro-
found deliberaton of the trainers Of the constitution tho
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