Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-10-26

/ t'iF No i+tp i''N 'B T
etud ID to hold a pubic meeting to consid,
the o%ntfages which had been perprtraie
on their respective sections Of the tnial
by the settlement Of tho slavery question
Proclamation, having been made, an in
mense crowd soon assembled near Wa
ker'R Eating aud Drinking House, whe
Southern Birthstone mounted the head {
an empty cask, and poured forth his il
dignation il this wise "a
Iellow.citi8ens A crisis is upon on
conntfy-sucll as has never been witncs
sea since our futeIatliers flew to arms il
defence of their ina'irnahle rights, which
had been attacked ~ that hellisll tyrart-
George the LII.
j. there q southern heart in this larE'
assembly which is mot t0,ling over will
the spirit of &c, IT there be. | would 50,
in 4 voice Of thunder-pnt the brand o
" ctarcR Sttj5a tSSt0aiSt' Oh the forehead
oI if possessof.
The day for argument hns passed. On
northern oprressora have drained the eul
OF southern idrbearance dry-dry-dry
Have they not taken from Texas twenty
five or thirty thousand square miles OF slave
territory. and handed ii over to Abolition
Yes, my countrylnau, they have not only
done this. but they have stolen every foot
oI the soil that we acquired from Mexico
| by go much blood and treasure. VIII YOU
| submit to the lArcIaced robbery WI IL
you l~iesltnte TO choose between dieiliiion
aud al abolition government Z, {. Before
Col and the assembled universe. ] would
say-No. Then prepare yourselves iot
the conflict, aud may the devil take the
liillluust
Al this point Birthstone rave way aud
Abolition Fury took the stand, Said he :
Friends Of Freedom :-S!iorG that awful
day when the serpent heg,iilrd Eve. down
TO the " last syllable OF recorded Tine we
read Of 40 sucli ot,tragcs on The rights of
Ilenulnn. as the llotsprra of the South.
aided by Northern E1wgRftces, have ill.,
llieted on the cherished principles of the
North. What have the South and their
DoughIaccd Allies done If yon llave
tcarR, let me say to you-" prepare to shed
them now. They have stript New
Mexico OF asventy-iire or eighty thousand
square miles OF Tree territory, aud consee.
ted it into slave soil pni did they ztop
here Nn-~iny wecping brethren. When
the principle OF the Ordinance Of l,SI--
more generally known IA the WiImot-
prntisu-was offered to the New Mexico
aud Utah bills, it was rejected with scori.
The poor thing was murdered in co5
blood, right before the eyes of its dearest
friends. To the day OF my death, [ will
invoke its Ghost to haunt its cruel as7ns.
sins. Bat it ia said that we have rot Cal
itornia and should b. satisfied. From
whom do we hear dis All, No won.
der YOU sob Nou are thinking about
llood thirsty Fugitive Slave Bill
May the God Of Justice thunder his wratl,
on the heads of those who passed it into
Talk to me about a Compromise
lS'ath and destruction to all such Com
promises. 1t is Compromise in whicl,
South has got all. My voitO ia for
warofd war to the hilt. Never shall it
I've said that Abolition Fury il SO easily
stbltcd. Let It's this day vow on Free.
altar. that our point shall he carried,
should the Union TALL in @le struggle.
" hiIet the blood of tlecmcn Il n il, our
veins, let this b. our motto-" Liberty,
and Civil War"
Amidst the uproar which, followed this
u very grave. digniied, and sen~i-
DO old g~cntieluaIi, who stood on a goods
>oN c'oee 10y, asked the attention of the
lluitttudca few moments before thcv dis.
'erscd. | have listened attentivelv. sand
10, TO every word which has fallen from
he lips of the two distinguished gentle
non, who have spoken on this extrpordlu-
ny OCCASION ] can agree neither with
he enc, or The other. II does seem to mo
hat their passions have gotten the mas.
cry OF thor judgments. and consequently
hey arc bad conuscllors of patriotic peo.
Ne. | doubt very much whether either of
hem has ever carefully examined the
leasures OF which they complain, or ceres
1lnIy they would not have put forth such
ontradlctoty statements. Southern Brim-
says that Twenty-Five or thirty thou.
'N' ''t'''t' ''il'- w saw lFitiltiTN hlE
cen surrendered TO free soil by the pa ssare
the Texas boundary hill. Abolition
ury has assorted, with equal confidence.
'at the same bill gives up scventy.fve or
thousand square miles of free soil
tho dominion of slavery, Both posi-.
cannot he correct, and permit Inc to
you, that neither is. | have no,
me 10 go into the details of that bill.
nttlce 1t TO say, that they arc satisfactory
} the high contracting TTartiaS, aud the
'opie vino may inhabit New Mexico
.hen they adopt Il constitution prepara.
'ry 10 ther admission into the U,,ion AS
state, can determine for themselves
neither they shall or shall not have slave
2. Is not this right In a word, gen
atnen, the whole series of measures con-.
the Compromise. were prepared
: some OF the wtsest and most patriotic
'adS ct the n~atlon-coming from both
cuons OF the tnion-and do Won sup.
that they have not done Justice to
c whole country!
Here the voice Of the speaker was
owned by loud applause, aud when he
'hed up the Avenue, Fury and Brim.
ono Were making tracks as fast rs their
could carry them. Observing this. +
got down aud raised the shout of n
hree cheers for the tnioh'"' aha such a y y
spouse has not been heard since the ),
imitation of tin government. In this
ny the meeting which was called for a
different purpose, was happily termiu-
Scores of enthusiastic friends then
'wded around the good old man, and the
his hands were cordially shaken, will ,
a warning to the f~actionists till the
nth generation.