Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1850-12-04
NUMBER s44,


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ton of their country and who would. jurors, rsa
cue fugitive slave from servitude against the clear,
est testimony, thinking At the same time they were
doing Gods service. The excited condition of pnb.s
lie feeling in many portions Of the North would dis.
qualify honest and respectable men from setting as
impartial Jurors on suoh question: Reades. the De,
lay, the trouble. and the expense Of Hry trial ataucA
distance from home would, in most oassa. preveal
the master from pursuing his fugitive slave. iaa
would know that should he fail to obtain a verdict
this would be his ruin. He would then Represented
with actions of slander, of false imprisonment, and
every kind of prosecution which ingenuity could De.
wise. 49, es s g 4sa
The defeat of the Wilmot Proviso and the passage
of the fugitiveslave law are all that the South have
obtained by the Compromise. They asked for>the
Missouri Compromise, which it is known that. TOP
one, was always willing to concede, believing this
would be the just equitable, and satisfactory ar
rangement of the territorial question between the North
and the South but that has passed away. Calitots
mia has been admitted State into De Union, with
positive prohibition of slavery in her constitution
and whether the Mexican law ahoIishing slavery be
in force or not n the remainder Of territorial as
qusitions, does any believe that slavery will ever
prevail among The Mormons in Utah, or among tha
inhabitants of the snow-cla hills and mountain val.
leys Of New Mexico! Besides, the slave trade haa
been abolished in the District of Columbia What,
them of the Compromise practically remains tor the
South but this fagitive-save law, passed to carry oat
clear constitutional provision II is the only ooms
pensaton which they have received for what they hes
eve to be the great injuries they have sustaned.s
Will they, then, patiently submit to have this law les
peaed, essentially modified or nuIli6edl Before ita
gtve slaves. almost dead letter. 1t is notorious
fact that all along the border which separates the tree
from the slave States, every facility was afforded tat
the escape of slaves from their mastes. Ifhey could
were scarcely ever, in the language Of the constA.
tion delivered up the claim Of the party to WHOM
such service or labor may be DUE" In many instances
the master, his agent who pursued them, was lps
suited, assaulted, beaten, and Imprisoned; and teW
men could be found bold enough to incur the hazayd
such dangerous undertaking. In this manner the
southern people annually deprived Of their props
erty, guaranteed them by the constitutions to tho
amount of hundreds of thousand OF dollars. The
constitution was nn6ed, and this law was passed
for the protection of their constitutional rights Will
they tamely surrender it Let the voice which speaks
in tones of thunder from the united South answer this
question They will last trust and believe sub,
NIT all the provisions of the Compromise, provided
the fugitive slave law be faithfully executed in thu
North but they will go no further. All the resolaa
this language. Future aggressions mpat oease, ay
the Union will be in Imminent danger.
Let u.s. then, resolve to put down agitation at the
North the slave question by the force of enlights
ened public opinion, and faithfully execute the proyi.
sions of the flgitiveslave law. Should this be done,
$50 dangerous to the Union, and SO much dreaded
by the Father of his Country-whch have sprung
into existence, 1t will ameliorate the condition of
the slaves by enabling their masters TO remove the res
strctions imposed upon them in self,detence since
the commencement of the present troubles, and VIII
restore the natural and constitutional progress Of ess
ancpation which has in several States been arrested
by the violence Of the abolitiopists, go
The Union cannot long endure if it be hound Ia.
gether only by paper bonds. Is can he firmly cemear
ted alone by the affections Of the people Of the dels
ent States for each other. Would Heaven that the
spirit of mutual orbearance and hrotherE love which
presided at its birth could more be restored ta
bless the land! Upon opening volume a few daya
since, my eyes caught resolution OF convention ot
the counties of Maryland, assembled at Annapolis, in
June, l774, in consequence Of the passage by the
British Parliament of the Boston port bill. which pro.
vded for opening subscription in the several eouns
ties of the province for immediate collecion fol
the relief of the distressed inhabitants of Boston,
ssienee for themselves and families by the operation
of the said act for blocking up their harbor. Would
that the spirit of fatena affection which DICTATED This
noble resolution, and which actuated all the conduct
of our revolutionary fathers, might return to bess and
to reanimate the bosoms of their descendants Thja
the living soul infnsing itself into the constitution,
) and inspiring it with irresistible energy.
am not of those who can ever consent to Gals
culate the value of the Union. It's benefits and ia
blessings inestimable God forbid that anaticism
should ever apply torch to this, the grandest and
most glorious temple which has ever been erected "a
+ political freedom the face Of ths earth Whilst
the friends Of human liberty throughout the wogd
would forever deplore the repaTable loss Of ex,
ample to the nations, this catastrophe would be Tho
prolific of evils all the SatesN orth, Sonth
East, and West-from the enumeration of which my
mind reeoils with horror,
), Would any or all Of the injuries which the Soulll
have suffered, or which they suppose they have saf
fered, from the agitation at the North and from thf
Compromise, Justify to the last dread extrem
i,y Of dissolvng the Union! believe NOT; and al
ter the SOBER second thought, the PATRIOTS people
the South will, have doubt, by large majority
arrive at the same conclusion, For such causel
they will forfeit all the nnamerahle hlessipg
i Of the Union, ard subject the country and the love
Of rational freedom throughout the world to the mos
. astounding political calamity which has ever befal
o len the human race. ,ss
1t is not every wrong-nay, it is not every griev
. ops wrong--which Justify OF even palIate such
, fearful alternative In this age, and 10 this country
there is incessant fux and refux Of public opip
n ion. Subjects which but few years ago excited hi
o public mind to madness have passed away, and az
!, ALMOST forgotten. To employ the eloquent lapgpag
e Ut Mr.. Burke, they are VOLCANOES burnt QUIT ani
the lava, and ashes, and squad scora Of old erpp
tons grow the peaceful olive, the cheering vine, ap
y the sustaining corn" ss.,,.
IS The agitation at the North on the subject Of do
messic slavery in the South, like everything hnmap
IS will have its day. We have already reached, and
trust passed, the dangerous crisis Should this prov
to be the case. the tempest WHICH has been fagin
will purify the political atmosphere, and impa1s aey
I and healthful life and vigor to the body polite,
IN The mid nf