The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-01

their own plans OF yillany as well as execute order
smsnatng IRON efoelgn sources hare ~ indeed loo
much reason 10 believe that a. tins moment they are
made TO occupy the situation OF SIZES IN our camp and
disseminate through The entire body OF our slave popu
laion the poison OF i'm uhoIdnaiion pref AIRED in the gea
laboratory oil northern lanatlcism.
In every community where the institution OF slavery
with its social s. stem, the public tranquility
and safety demand the liberation Of only two classes
white men and cooIed slaves nibe existence OF third
class, with many OF the most valuable rights OF the form
er, on level with the latter 10 TepugnaDce TO labor and
possessing all their mental traits Of character, unchecked
by the restraints OF plantation discipline, the coloTed free
lives degraded and unpltied being, Toe 10 public
prog and uncoHceTned IN all that relates 10 the vel
fare OF his feowcreaiures History aiiesls that in eyey
servile war, or attempt al instruction IN our country
this unfortunate have been the chief actors nsi
gators The dark and bloody scenes IN ST Domingo
would have occurred, even II the famous decree OF he
National Assembly oil France, OF the 10Th OF May, 1891
In South Carolina free negroes, mulatioes, and nes.
zoes possess all the rights OF property and protection 10
which the while inhabitants are entitled. They may
purchase hold, and transmit BY descent real estate In
despite OF these and other nesmable rights which they
enjoy there are few OF The 600 IN
limits who own property beyond a very ted amount
In view Of their early removal from the Stale, rec.
ommend that the collectors be instructed 10 ascertain
the number OF free negroes muatloes and meszoes in
the several districts and parishes, and how many OF each
who real estate slave properly and that heyte
port to The leg islaiure at It's next session.
AT my recommendation, and IN pursuance OF your
conceptions OF duty, was resolved. at your last
gislature, il moi ia session, should the Wmo Povso,
or any kindred measure be passed by Congress As the
contingency which The resolution had reference
Cured i'll September profound respect Tor the executive
departure nj OF HE government and The honorable body
by whose mandate called TO bill il, induce
say in general terms, that public consde raons Of agrave
and Wegbty character forbade from acceding the
wsh OF The legislature Independent OF the semi Official
for this refusal which have been communicated
10 our fellow citizens there others that, could they
have been made generally would ~ my Judgment
being enabled 10 assure you that the correctness OF my
decision has been almost unanimously sustained BY the
people.
The last meeting of the Congress Of The United States
was the most even,ful and disturbing that has been held
since The establishment OF the federal government Az
ter many years Of unwaIIaniaois egisla.oh 1y laat
ae citing deeply and essentially the rights and interests Of
one half the Union. Whether The endangered States
should longer hold an equality q rank with their coPa.
and privileges consuonally guaranteed TO
BOTH were virtually the monenous and 70 us huml.
ang issues which the Legislative branch q Inc central
authority was engaged in considering for about nine Of
the len months in which il was in session. The Som
promise" ultimately adopted consider another triumph
over the South by the fell spirit Of aboitionsm
The aggressive Of federal rulers, and the
States aud people of the North had at an earlier period
assumed alarming aspect that, by invitation OF Mis-.
ssspp the slayehodng States, nine OF Their number
assembled at Nashville, in May last for consultation con-
corning the Of saving the Union by preserving IN
violate the principles and guarantees oil the constitution,
Over the deliberations OF that august counc-composed
largely of the talent and patriotism OF The and-the spirit
of harmony presided. In demanding the protection OF
rights eoparded by the unialernal acts OF their own
counimen, they applied to Their sense Of justice and the
endearmens of family association the plain terms oil the
bond that united them, the ennobng and proud recoec-
tons OF the past and the glorious anticpaons OF the u.
tue The result has shown that the Authorities aud the
people whom they addressed are in feeling and sentiment
alien to us their political allies, and that the North have
resolved possessing the unlimited and permanent con-
troll OF our civil institutions.
To operate on the fears of the minority section and ex
pose the supposed hopeessness OF lis condition. the Pes
dent had voluntarily promulgated, IN advance MS hxed
determination to settle by the sword disputed question
between the general government and sovereign member
of the Union In following The ingorlous precedent es'
abished by OF his predecessors, the principle was
maintained that State resistance 10 congressional edict
would by him be cassed among the unreecing acis OF
mob The more deliberate opposition OF band oil organ
lied individuals TO admitted lawful authority
II is foreign omy purpose TO speak elaboraey OF mat
tiers that have OF late been so painfully brought 10 your
notice. California, created Stale BY Congress, was adj
mlted into the confederacy against all precedent and ~
violation OF the laws aud constitution OF the country IL
pfemeditaied insult and injury 10 the savebodng
States, and wanton assault upon their honor 10 the
act aboshing the slave trade in the District OF Co
uhba, the right of furnishing the owner by nanumitng
his slave is prominent among ITS PROVISIONS by tns
bold and successful attempt to nkral aoolionlsn on lne
principles OF political system power has been as
sumed which, by expansion, may yet cothe the enure
federal community IN the hablimenis OF mourning
These and other wifai perversions OF nigh trust have
abogaed the powers necessary to the safety Of
the sovereignty OF the States The whole authority OF
the federal government granted and usurped, which is
now concentrated in the will of absolute and inter
ested majority is hereafter to be welded TOR the exclu
benefit OF the northern or stroRger interest To lis
ambition and cupidity fifteen members OF the consiiiu.
tonal compact, by whose wealth the government sup
pore and our confederaes enriched 10 be compelled
Ignomniously TO minister Ia word, the Congress OF
The United States no longer TO be the executor OF the
will of co sovereign States, but OF the party banded To-
gether by the wofod incentive oil sectional aggrandze-
ment and public plumber.
Ii the fundamental object of our federauve system
have been desgnedly perverted, there is no remedy IN
The ordinary checks power. The ballot box is mel
iectua and the press poweress in its appeals TO an op
pressor deaf 10 entreaty, 10 argument aud the admon:
lions OF humanity and patriotism. In federal council
il is certain that the voice OF the minority will never
again be needed. BY "A slow, cautious, but regular pro-
cess the rights OF the people and the sovereignty OF The
southern States will be cutaed until their total extn
punishment is effected. By multiplying the number Of
free States resisting all attempts TO enlarge the area oil
the slavehoding community, and discriminating be.
tween the rights OF northern and southern persons ana
property another decade will not have passed before the
general government will enforce edcis greater in Their
results on human liberty and the progress Of political
Of desposn Before that period arrives, the existence
OF South Carolina, as copartner IN great Common
wealth. will have ceased. Merged the limits OF con-
guons provinces the truthful memorials OF her history
will lie scattered over her hills and valleys. On the
printed page the tale OF her origin and progress may pc
found, but the real and of her political
will never there be read
The North and South differ fundamentally IN insuu'
lions, and from the framework OF their social oganza
lion they need different laws. While a strong govern.
men, with all the appliances of extensive PATRONAGE,
necessary 10 the former mild and equal system Of eea
restraints is required by the latter The restriction on
foreign commerce is the policy Of the oneree trade ha
Of the other. The North 10 from necessity commercial