The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-27

/ HE &utsIiona 18xTLEPy--1ow ea0iy mls-
taken IRE those 0outh6sn Men who regard the
action Of Congress on the questions recently dis
posed of, rs amounting to u settlement of the
slavery agitation. The open declaration OF sen
ators on the passage Of the bill for abolishing the
slave trade in the Distric: of Columbia too clearly
Indicate determination on the part Of the North
TO continue their aggressioEs until the whole
evil q slavery is eradicated in this country
Mr.. CHASE does not hesitate to declare his un-
qualified delight mt the bills which have passed
AS lar us they go, and halls them at the first in
a series of measures looking to the ultimate ex-
tinctlon OF the institution Of slavery. We
should be crediting the North with but half its
real sagacity, did We suppose that its cxertions
have been directed 70 the simple accomplishment
OF those measures which have already been con
sunimated How is that universal and irnnlac-
able hostility 10 the peculiar institutions OF the
South, which we know animates the North 10 n
man, appeased by the mere prohibition of It's ex-
tension into the territories and the abolition Of
the traffic in the District Of Columbia. Does
any man who has the capacity to interpret the
import OF events daily TRANSPORTING before our
eyes, imagine for moment that these have been
the ends Of all their ilb0rs! What has been
the element OF strife in all this controversy r.
Has it not been manifest disposition on the
part OF the North to extlrpatc, and determine
ton on the part of the South to defend the in
stitution Of slavery! It would be folly In
Southern men to close their eyes to the startling
truth that nothing less than the very eristence
OF the institution OF slavery is involved ia this
fearful agitation. To accomplish this, must
indeed be work of time. An openly revealed
and sudden stroke at this object, would at once
unite the South In fierce aud determined oppo-
sltion. Our enemies know this, and like seisi-
bic men, their policy is to make their inroads so
! soIl L.. Al.
to be made aware of our true condition until we
are impotent and helpless before them.
| For this purpose they commenced by circum-
scribing the slave States with Gordon of Free
soil, thus at once forever forbidding our extern
sion, and affording on all sides an easy and Sc
cure retreat for our slaves We are to be
hemmed in, until by the ordinary accumulation
of slaves in our midst, we shall be driven in
self defence to emancipation. The Federal Dis
trict is first to be closed rs a market, and next
as home or cur slaves. Thus, step by step,
are we to be robbed of our rights, aud day by
day, the North, by system of Ubiquitous legs-
lation and the lapse OF time, is to be fostered
into greatness at our expense, until the work Of
abolition may be with impunity commenced and
completed ia the States. These facts stare us
in the face Our doom is as clearly defined as
the sun is in Heaven, and yet we are exhorted
to peace, loyalty and submission We do not
now feel, we are told, that the Government is
arrayed against us. 1t has not yet it is true,
thrust its hands in our pockets or laid violent
hands upon our property. We are not sentenced
to immediate destruction, but our vitality and
our ability to defend ourselves is to be grndu-
ally slapped, and not until all our means Of re-
sistance have been withdrawn, will the North
nave the boldness to thunder its purposes in our
ears. When that hour shall arrive, we may in
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homes We may be united then, bat our
strength will be weakness. Let us then in the
name of the South, prepare ourselves for the
worst ere the worst comes Let us meet the
issue like men. That issue must be met now
or at some future day. Shall we live OH in fan
cied security, and leave our children an easy
prey to the exterIninating zeal of infuriate fana-
tics, or shall We as true born Southerners, re-
dress our own wrongs, and bequeath to them
the goodly heritage of free and happy homes?
From the Georgia Js6srsonian.
Dissolution OF THE UNIoN-There is much
said about a dissolution Of the Union. Judge
Warner asks: aWhat is Georgia to derive from
a dissolution Of the Union, in the event Califor-
MIA shall be admitted as a State 2" Sure enough
what is she to derive from IL! No one desires
it and hence we do not believe there are fifty
men in Georgia who wish California admitted
and the Union dissolved. Why then is the adj
mission of California pressed upon Georgia, and
the other Southern States? Why is the aIterna-
tive presented to them You shall either submit
to the dishonor and wrong of having California
put upon you rs free State, or you shall 90
out Of the Union This is not the work OF Cali
fornia herself 1t is doubtful question Ut this
moment, whether a majority of the people of
California wish, or did wish, a State government.
1x,t<
lying below $500 do not for not one of the dele
gates from, that section roted j6v a Saie gorern-
ment in the Convention. But Gen Taylor, and
his Cabinet, under the management and control
of tat arch AbolitiOnist, Seward, said there
must be State government for the whole terri
tory and the question must be settled forthwith.
Mr. Ewing backed Seward and these two Abo-
litionists controlled Taylor and his Cabinet So
the order was given to Gen. Riley to form a
State government, and King was sent out to
manage the affair at the Convention and give
them direction in accordance with these schemes
of tn, Abolitionists Now Judge Warner and
others come forward and ask-What is Georgia
to derive from a dissolution of the Union! We
answer, Georgia has not been instrumental in
bringing about such an issue. The issue has
been thrust upon her. She has no alternative,
that we can see, but to submit to degrs dation,
dishonor and wrong, or repcl the ndignityliIf
in doing so she is compelled to secede from The
Union, that is no fault of hers. Nor viii it be
her loss she can do better out of the Union
than in it. Robbery and plunder have been fora
long time the order Of the day at the North--one
half tue territory acquired from Mexico is al
ready admitted as free territory by the admission
Of California, ard the other half is destined and
determined by the Abolitionists to the same
fate. BY this lawless act the South does not
retain one foot Of land on the Pacific seaboard.
Every part will belong to the Free-soiers, and
flow through that channel, will be seized by
them, to the exclusion Of the South The South
is cut off entirely.
"What is Georgia to derive from dissolution
Of the Union?" We will give our answer in
all candor to this question: She will save what
little property she has yet left; for, in our opn-
ion, without this step. abolition will be torced