The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-15

p-spis Of 40 uuuoni land . would make no
Difference In ptlnsiPle Il every en- Of them
had been native BON Americana poured into
,hs county and melted BY various Influences
among which that % the Federal Government
vas most prominent formed a State o%onsiito-
ton excluding the South from the enjoyment
Other property This was IN act Of usurpaiion
by which the Southern States were dispossess.
I'd. n ives tho exercise oftho night Of revolution
against the Southern States. So far was Il a
wrong done Us by the people which had how.
ed into this cotaiyi but we suffered a wrong
IN another way, in our federal relations as be-
tween the States Of the confedency This
was the violent seizure Of this whole country
by one iniefest-ihe Nouhem-as opposed TO
anolher--the Southern. A seizure which gave
to one the prepouderance and decided advan-
tage over the other to which il is in deadly OPP
position.
All Of these acts outrageous as they were,
had no vitality however they were unconstitu-
tional and unjust, and therefore null and void,
unless Congress choose to give them life to
adopt them as constitutional.
What was the duty Of the Federal Govern
meutl Its duty was to preserve the c%onstitu-
tioual rights Of every portion of the Union. II
should have rejected this usurpation by these
people, and remanded them 10 a territorial form
Of government. II should have renounced
this appropriation by the Northern States, by
placing the right of the South in an undisputa-
bic and invincible position. And finally, when
tho time arrived in which all things concurred
to make it proper, by its action all Of the States
should and would nave transferred their sover-
eign rights TO the people Of that country allow
ing them to form u constitution, and being then
a State, to apply for admission into the Union,
with whatever constitutional provisions they, in
their sovereign capacity, chose to adopt.
Instead of taking this clear path of duty,
what has been the course of Congress7 Ii has
broken the constitution by admitting into the
Union that which was no new State, which
character must be borne by the country which
applies for admission. 1t has broken the con.
s%titution by giving vitality to laws dcpriving
the Southern States of their sovereign rights.
By these unconstitutional acts, an influence
has attained the ascendancy in the Federal
Government with the power over the South to
whose institutions il is totally at deadly war.
By its power il can increase itself by swift de.
grees, until there is no more place for the South,
and no more liberation or safety for her institu-
tons: this is the openly avowed design of the
Northern people.
Congress has broken the constitution, by abol-
ishing the slave trade in the District of Column
bia, and by making the penalty of an infrac-
ton of the law, that if any slave be brought in,
contrary to its provision, "Sucn SLAVE SHALL
BECOME LIBERATED AND FREE" asserting in it.
self a power (as is affirmed already by the abo-
ltion organs) to regulate or ABOLISH slarery
whereuer IL EXISTS tctthia its Jurisdiction.
It would be useless to enumerate all the 9th
or acts done in violation of both Of the c~onstitu-
tional and common rights of the South, by the
Congress, the Northern States, and the North.