Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-02-11
From The Cincinnati Enquirer.
The North and the South.

From The Cincinnati Enquirer. sao
The North and the South. n5'ft@
The recent outpourings Of the Southern
members of Congress, while the ballo,ings
tor Speaker were, progressing. hfd the
still more recent debates in the SENATE,
will attract the attention Of every thinking -
man in the Unon. The speeches them
selves will accomplish more for the pro.
gress of Free.soilism, Than oil that has g
been said or done BY the peculiar friends !.
Of that growing principle in the politics of IS
The free States. Hard words and tbfedIs
arouse opposition; and every citizen ofsa
free State will induced TO believe ibal
there is more in this question of slavery,
politically considered, Than meets the eye!
They will be led 10 do, what, otherwise.
they probably would moi have donc--tos =
think, re htet. +, 8. s.f..,.- z.ss.5 .Is.s,.,
L he Representatives Of the South, (lor. Z
a Southerner always takes especial care to
let you know that he isa member from
the South, lose, no opportunity of often
siyely thrusting the question Of the rights
Of the South, into every debate that can be
distorted into such on issue. They gener-
ally wind up their speeches with windy.
threats about the dissolution Of the Union.
Such threats nre worse than idle; their owa
constituents would repudiate them, if they.
attempted 10 reducs them to practice -Ae'
They do no good, unless TO procure mr-
menta9 triumph in Congress, through
Compromise, by which the South will get
a Speaker, and thus secure the ascendenry
in Committees. But for this small md
transient gein, what an immense sacrifice
is made Of the kind feelings of the North
for the South? s 4Ei
We speak in sober earnest when we say,
that the speeches of ho,-headed and injudi-s
Icious members from tie South, on The floor
Of Congress, have made more aboilinnisis,,a'
than all the abolition lectures Of the land. %
Their constant threats OF disnnion; their,
arrogant demands on tie good nuiure Of
the North, their unreasonable assumption
|of rights which do not belong to them, thatfi
They may procure favorable compromise,
have weakened the affection other irIends
in the North, and changed their sympathy
into coolness, if not disgust. 1t is rad
cause that requires such advocacy; and bv y
the declal alton of its counsel, the South ~ >
losing ground rapidly in the judgment OF
the great jury, the American people, now
sitting in inquest. " at. ~
The Democracy, acting under the Con.
stitution, and with sincere desire TO carrysi
outfits sacred injunciions, have, on more S
than one occasion placed themselves in tbsSsi
/ preachers, which fanaticism had mads in
the guarateesl of that instrument. They
were willing and determined that the true,
| "rghts" Of tbs South should be protected i
from aggression, and have suffered sorriy
i.for their generous aid 10 their Southern
brethren. And how havs these disnteres
ted acts been received? Has the Soulh
looked with friendly eye on these sacri- q,
fees ofthe Democracy, on 1he altar Of
their common countryl Has \. apprecia-,s.
ted and measured these acts, as a brother
or as taskmaster? Most certainly the I,
/ latter. 1t has cried give give! until there
is no more TO give 1t has exhausted The
friendship and patience Of those who have,ss,
hitherto, stood by it with unwayering de-
voton. Their generosity has been paid
with ingratl,ude. Their best men have .
been sacrificed without hesitation by the
heanless seishness Of tho South; and the ,
s'peculiar institution" can now boast Of as
many victims as any heather altar. It.hos
inundated its friends, without remorse or
reflection. Those who bore the olive
branch, have been driven away with revil..n
ings; and a moments triumph has been,
considered by tho South as better than an
age Of security. ...f.i4
4 We regret to speektlus hurshly Of those !.
whom we should delight TO call brethren;
but ingratitude has q keen edge, and will, Il.
make us feel. The Democracy have en-
dured the seedlings and extoriinns of the.
South until their stock of patience is COM
pletely exhausted. The exnctions of their i
iwoul- be. task masters have become too
great to be longer borne. They must now
be taught that we are not their servants,
but their brothers.
"We hear much nbout the "rightso Of
the South. Has no other section rights1
Was this republic formed, csmented, az
tended, only that the South might dictate
terms to all the other sections OF the Union,
and lay down the law by which it was TO
be governed2 Has the South any peculiar
''right" other than the one specified in the,
Constitution, separate and apart from that
OF any other section? We should answer,
no! - -ss-l
Our fathers found slavery existing in
portion Of the States Of the confederacy.
Though they regretted its existence, md
deplored the necessity Of its recognition,
yet, yielding TO the imperious demands of
harmony, they deemed its recognition asa
lesser of the two evils. They chose the
least Where slavery did exist, its exis-
tence was recognized; bat its extension
nsver met aoih .favsr from those toho
formed that sacred instrument Of our lib
critics. Were they alive now, and sitting,
in the conclave in the Halls OF Congress-
these impotent threatners Of disunion would
be frowned into silence. .t. ...,srr,r
What does the South want? Her rights
in the Territoriess She has them. Her
citizens are as free TO go with their horses.
their wagons, their wives, and their chill
dren, as the citizens Of the North. Will
that not satisfy the South. Has it some,
peculiar right, which the North does not
possess, and does not wish to-? Has it the
right to take into the free territories, a spe'
cies Of properly which the free labor oi
the North regards as pestilenoe, and