The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-06-06
TCorresp pndence Richmond Enquirer
THE COMMITTEES OF THIRTEEN-THE
J. C.. CALHOUN.
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stretching far south OF the Missouri lIn".
and including all the Southern territory. TO
gratilv f~rce-solers, is to be admitted, "aOius
%volus," in spite of the South and the rest
of mankind. This unprecedented usurpa-
ton of the executive proViso, Far worse
han the Wilmo', il to be established, and
nc hopes are left for one inch Of the ac-
qnired territory to be occuprcdb by Southern
citizens with heir lawful property !! The
MI souri, compromise is to be thrown to
the winds, ave, that halfway house" of
Mr.. Clay, the great pacifrator, the great
compromiser.
These compromises with the North re
mind me Of the fable Of the sick lions in
%vitation 10 the beasts 10 visit his infrm
majesty in his den. Strange tits. that the
South CATER experience, hitter, sad expert
ence) has not the sagacitv of the fox 10
say. ''omnid restigin spectdnt, nd te, nml-
la ret orsum y the North gets all, keeps
all. and returns none back.
1t is strange, passing strange, thai a
Southern President could recommend that
the whole of the Mexican territory (under
Mexican laws.) should be quietly yielded
inlos the hands of (anatical tree %soilers;
and it will be still more strange If the
Southern people submit 10 it. This re.
commentator Of the executive. the mill
tary exclusion of shareholders by General
Riley. and the mission OF Butler King,
have done the work, and The fanatics have
reached, BY a short cut, a point which the
most sanguIne of them did not expect for
ypars to come. A dismal day is just before
Us. and no one is more TO blame for itthan
Zachary TAYLOR.
Quicqu,d reyes delitant, AchiUi plectuntur.
One Of two things is o certain and
inevitable. The South has To acknowledge
her inferiority, inequality, ln(amy and deg
ration, and to submit to the speedy carry
ing out Of all the mad schemes Of the abb
oliiionists-o or she has, with a stout heart
and strong arm, TO assert her rights and
maintain them-and if she wills 1t, 1T
earthly power can hinder ffer. She po,
sesses in a pEe-emineni degree all The ele'
ments Of plwer to defy the world. He
cotton is the main, yer that moves lht
wOrll-and if help should be necessary
she has the means to procure ii.
IF the Solth fatter. nov, she seals b.
fate a, a people, bacom's justly liAbl
to evetv oppro5ious epithet; she wuul'
bring down on her WI head the scorn an
dprisivn Of mankind, and the wiIherin
curses Of her own chillren.
People Of the South DO you intend I
! submit TO be robbed by fraud and trIckpr
(for The California government is a fare.
and a trick to destroy your rights of tn
whole Of the vast and rich territory &C
quired from Mexico, principally by you
II blood and treasure? Do YOU intend TO ca
your own words, after having said and rt
ppated, time and again that you would II
sist any "ncroachment on your rights {
e equality, at all hazards, and to the las
e extremity 2"
rel "A is lain, it is clear, if you can comprc
is mise at all, yon can compromise on III
le line Of SO deg 80 min.-if not, away wit
il. compromises, and stand on your righi
California must be sent back 10 a terrific
c. rial condition, and undergo the necessar
$, prerequisite legal steps before a constitl
Ie tion can be lawfully made. That is rigI
b. aud reasonable, and the only safe cours
for the South aud the North. Can an
at man tell Why DeseFet is Shared ever. wit
II. a constitution formed seven months b
h. fore that of California. and covering lare
er portion of the same terIitory2 WHY shou
N the elder serve the younger? Beau;
I'd tree soiIism was incorporated with III
ht youngerand MOI with the older. At wi
So was this blow aimed AT the South. :
d Depend upon il, if this usurpation IS tc
ch Grated, our government beCome g a graz
n consolidated despoIism worse things W
n. follow, and revolution must come. AL
U llesrrtlection will convince any person til
III these things must be as soon as the Sou
s. compromises away her equality. submi
i. to be kept out Of all the Territory BY Ne
ip ican lars, and to a further prohibition,
s. men of all shades and color, adventure
and plundeIejs from all the nations Of 1
n earth, seizing and appropriatiug to the,
n selves the common property Of all I
d. States and people thereof, BY a fcfitio
government The South is illus dpspoil
ie- Of her equal rights BY a reckless and IAN
Id zeal majority, who gained their places
Conuresq hv ~falIinn tba vo,a..