The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-07-17

| so coes the present bill, with,,h this mist i'm.
o'tani additional conces.ion. that n PORTION
fshai country, nre hundred mh,s N inp,h
endl he on'y po't,.n possessing any realvalur,
isukcn 'ul OF the jurisdiction OF the lo,ir,
snd8.yen TO Texas .la,ehold,rg Stat t--se.
cus34 thus TO the slaveholdug inieles this
iay1< act Of county, wrh the priyilrso re-
eoe<x9 .f l'ea,iug for the balance.
| The Tevas feature of the bill gives d the
State ,f Texas n territory Of nlne honyred
miles in exieni up the Rio Grande. cad 'n,sa
makes u Save territory IN tho only way ~
which i can be dune and that portion, ton,
oi the territory where slorc slavery car be
carrnd, ierause theirs alone II can be prlGa.
BY employee u this settlement is not uads.
The question must ae submitted to ladicialdo.
8 on, and the Immensely pfepondcrahng
weight oi the opinions OF the mos, eninn,
lawyers Is that Tho decisiun vii Lr rdvets
OIghi not the South then 10 eccedc 10 tie
t0mpromlre-wouid not any prudeu, uiau 10
80 ~ Ike circumstances?
have not discussed the two otler que.
tlons. the bienk'ns up Of those odious e,d
loalhsome establishments the pfvne neJo
I'ds IN rh,s Dsrct, ~hieh should eel par
th d TO know wee not as ollenslve 10 Souh
EN- ne 10 Northern mpn-Rur tie lortionni
'he Blil Ie'a'lrg 10 fugitive slaves II is d.
Iecitd TO ,his that II ei,es the right Of us
by Jn'y to a slave claiming hrs lreedom. M
only objection TO this provision is. that II )
sope'tiuous legislation, as preeisefg 'da riga
aire06y frias in erery Stare .Sfa'e ! Ih@
part al the Bli is satisfactory 10 the States Il
Mary land and Kentucky. Whieh hate ,tr
greatest interest IN Il, aud ~'iose people s'e
as ap. as any others O unde.s'ani thc'i iisb's,
and ste ss ready TO sini.caie them.
have lhus Ia prc.oLt,d 40 ou'lnr, ara
un'y an outline, of ms views on these nnrot.
ian, questions. hope, and believe, ~''h
much confidence, thai, II these measures are
adopted. Abolition viii have receised ns
death. blow. IL may iinger for a itGe, bu,
COT fdeully believe lha, II vii soon be en-
tomb, d with Anti. Masonry aud other like
fun,i. ahlch must alaay be expected 10 gro"
for season upon body polite Ike oufs.--
BIT II 30 ibis am deceived, and oggtsssion'
s'e made upon other points, onr people vii
te uutt ed N resistance aud thus united ws
.i,red ieai NJ isspe. d, MOI. Bal ! Con
lcss TINT, whilst honor even IN their fScess
es rha, high spin, and unc calculai,ng detefm..
ua;ioa 10 tesl.t wrong aud pJj-lice, yet coa
,ldeung es DO The polnt ol honor solved.
-htuld regard ~ great calamity TO The
South ans ,ilcciuul 'lIott 10 resist wrongs re-
al or supposed. Such a fai'u'e would pros
fs'e forever The poser OF the South. 1 hcs,
al a., H. a,
winch we shall hnd ourselves viii be that Cal
tlofnia vii no admitted, and no govetnmet
CIV 10 New Mrx.co aud 1 all. VIII ihll
state OF things present an issue ~hich wG
uniic the Soah 10 resistance My lhe upon
~, no. Stalo 10 the Uuu ~ except our opt
wll coiuc up 10 such an issue.
We shall ihcn have neither a srtllemen
nor on issue. Precisely the state Of thing
AhIeh he aboliionlsts de.lrr California nd
nu,cd 90 Suite aud the Territorial Gncs
ton lefi open for continued agisatiou-by th
fsnal,cs o. iha, party, aud tho slll more de-
petnte pofunn of h--thosc who are IN couse
qucnee only from this agitation, and SCI, k I,
profit sl'l more by It's continuance, II I
worthy uf remark that every abolIilonls, i
II is mos, strange thing TO see tbe auupodr'
si,h op pnlons and ie,l n.s so hostile, ucto
IN such perfect concet'.
Allthai we shall have accomplished vtll be a
exhibition of high cou'age which no on" doubt.
md that We value the UnIon less that' N
main,s nance OF cur ighis, which is as liil
doub'ed. The courage Of a nation is 20, tha
- p,s,
uisc and dchbern,,ve quality. ON not 4
~aie tha, the lash rcbclIion Of Os or ii
more receni orc, hus advanced tho cause
lTl,h liberty.
know very veil that thrse opinions al
not those of The State. should lean TO tn
opinion more readily # It had been iotme
after hearing both dcs. Bot, with the e.
cep,lon of one OF two short articles IN u
Charleston Couritr, | believe that no arg
= merit On the g. de which advocate has cy,
= been ,uhished m tho State. That publ
opui q of tho Editors Of newspapers and
few pollic,ars. II ihe masses have mnde
en opinion /, has no, been done upon sut
: cirn, investigation. To such apublIc op'n'o
with oil proper respect inr those iespectat
d own. II want public oIli;e my cou,sc is
e say the least. d,s,n,ercstcd, MS nm opoos'
10 those f on whom alone ] can obtain II. u
y do not, 1t is no lees 50. There is no comm
is nifty IN the world whose good opinion
e much desire as that Of the people oi South {
e ,oIlna. There Is no sacrifice which | wot
4. no, make for the resp CT OF that eoligh'cn
and p,,,lonc people, excep, that OF my
y srecl for myself, which should do, # cou
ne on great Issues l,ko those now beloIe us, d
ne scnble my op,nions, or shrink from their f
p expression. 10 conclusion, | will only s
at lba, | rely col Gdendy upon time, that ST
sc ties, Of Truth. for the vindlcation Of these op
70 ions.
cd Very respectfully, vour obj. setv'.,
he NADDY THOMPSON