The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-12-27

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heads? Is il not enough to hare The soil free.
haue carried euery thing before as, without re
3 preaching the South more, exasperating it fui
iher and leopardizing the very existence OF ou
glorious Union7"
This is the language of bold man. VIII
4 speaks out his sentiments in manly and one
manner. "All is ours," he says; ..all of tina
land for which so much Southern blood wa
shed, d,--so much Southern money spent" [aAl
right" exclaimed some one in the crowd. |
it be all right let us surrender at once, and b,
all slaves. And now, he asks, do not heap coal
ot fire on the head Of the South: do net wrong
! her further; DO not impose further up0n her pa
tience and submission; put limit upon you
ambition and aggressions. Oh, fellow.citizens
when has the oppressor beer satisfied, as Ions
as The oppressed is knef ling before him am
asking mercy? But we were told that, although
these were grievous wrongs, wesmust acquiescs
in them, because they would bring peace to tht
nation, and that, when such men as Cass, Dick
inson and Webster had declared in their favor
the people would bearken. and be convinced
With this promise the South has to be hushed
into silence I lead in a speech, delivered a
short time ago at Baton Rouge, this pledge, Civ.
en- in regard to the irresistible influence of these
great names. What are the facts? How is il
in Massachusetts? Webster has lost every
point, has been defeated in every direction.
His remurseless enemy has been returned 10
Congress in his own district against all his in
huence. And the "great defender of the Con-
stitntion," with slavery the Fugitive Slave. bill,
the Compromise, and every thing else. has been
thrown overheard LIIow is it with Dickinson
in New York? The Legislature is oyerwhelm.
ingiy against him, and the great national Union
party there means Fish instead of Dickinson.
Cass has Jared no better. All bis influence,
backed by the popular Compromise, could not
reeect the very worthy and intelligent gentle
man who represented the Detroit district In
Congress last year. So much for the weight Of
their great names.
But we are told that we must not doubt that
the Fugitive Save bill will be faithfully execu-
ted. What are the facts on this point? There
have been three attempts 10 execute this law.
Two Genrgians went to Massachusetts to claim
their property, under the Constitution--und
the Compromise. What was their fate? They
were three times arrested, put under bonds for
$4,000, and finally compelled to leave the State
without their slaves. This is certainly pecu-
liar mode Of executing the Compromise, and
manifesiing devotion to the Constitution. At
Detroit, too. an effnrt was made by a save-own-
er to avail himself Of this law. He was pur-
sued by mobs, threatened, pn; in great peril, and
finally compelled to take $500 for his slave; he
would have taken three dollars TO get out of the
scrape he was in.
There was also case in Pennsylvania. An
owner showed his title TO slave, running
through three generations. 1t was decided that
the title was not established. In another case,
in New York, three persons came forward and
swore the man who claimed the slave had been
guilty of perjury.
And these fellow-eitizeDs, are evidences OF
the good feeling with which we are assured the
North will carry out that bill which constitutes
our chief compensation for the concessions of
the compromise bill. Here let me read from
the New York Express, conservative journal:
Discomfort, however, is now bitter, never so
bitter as now between the two opposing ele-
ments ol which we speak. The South is soured
BY losing all political power in our vast Mexican
acquisitions. and by seeing the administration Of
the Government virtually pass from its hands.
The North. eren amidst its greatest rictory euer
gel aUon orer Slarery, in the erclusion If SLAVERY
from California, and lis virtual Limitation 10 the
places aOhere IL oac is get refuses TO carry out lis
solemn compact 10 surrender fugitive sLaree; f0r
IL IS bnt cheat for US 10 sag ,oe are opposed 10
The details of the Fpgitire Stare llc, as zoe are
opposed 10 the PRINCIPLE itself The stipulation
in The Federal compact is odi0us, inerecusable as
yet. and zoe are nullifers in spirit and IN fact
Freenlen ici uot be "Saue caichers," zoe are dai.
ly told IN responsible organs Of the public press
SLAVE CATCHING is unpopular; and 10 be popu-
lar zoe turn nulIfers. not only Of the laos. but of
the Constitution itself
Ard thus you find the whole North proclaim
ing that the passage Of these bills has killed
Slavery forever, and yet we, who proclaim that
such was the purpose and object of tnese meas
ures, and therefore opposed them, are branded
as traitors!
How did the Louisiana delegation stand on
these bills? AS regards the California bill, the
delegation voted unanimously against it. My
colieauge and myself then stood together. We
voted together, also, for the Utah and New Mex
leo bills. voted against the bill selling the
boundary Of Texas, as could not conceive how
we could. with honor, not only suffer ourselves
to be excluded from the new territory, but also
deprived Of portion of that which we already
had; and further, be muIcted in damages of ten
millions, Ny colleague was sick and did not
vote on that question. TsHow would he have
yoted?''l understand that he said at Baton
Rouge, he would have voted for it. He voted
a gainst The abolition of the Slave trade in The
District Of Cnlumbia-so did I. He voted for
the Fugitive Slave bill-so did /. So we were
together on all the questions upon which we yo-
ted
But, because we do not counsel quiet sub.
mission to these wrongs and grievances, we are
branded as tTaaors and disunionists. certain
party, distinguished for it, ingenuity in conceis-
ing. and facility in changing names. has created
a new party, to be called the National Union
parry. aud others, not of that party, have caught
the bait, and falenihto the ranks under this new
banner. Well, we will see after awhile TO
whose benefit this new combination will inure.
We must take care least this new name may
be adopted by some of our own party, as a cover
under which to desert to the enemy.
On this question: however, would sink all
party feeling, forget all party distinctions.
Here there should be no wings, no democrats.
(Iloudcheers. We as brothers and coaborers.
ers, fighting for common rights and interests. Let
u" advance all to our ranks, of whatever politi-
cal shade. view with strong disapproval any
attempts.to make political capital out this sub.
ject.
And now come to the important question:
What is the remedy for these wrongs and
grjevances7 Shall we quietly submit, or shall
we sever our connection with the North? /
will answer frankly This Union was founded
on the equality of the aovereigns composing It;
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