The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1850-11-27


the stern, unyielding despot consgning to
the bed Of Pfocrusles every subject whose
fitness Is questioned. I
What 10 10 be the fate Of the institution
OF domestic slavety under such a govern
mtntl this great interest, with which the
civilization and refinement Of man on earth Il
is Connected-upon which so much OF the
trade and commerce between Europe and
America depends-which employs the la
Dor of millions and distributes the comforts
of civilization 10 30 many famiies-ihie
great social interest upon which are founded
the prosperity, the happiness, and the very
existence Of the people o: fourteen States Of
this Union? What is to be the fate of this |
institution Ifef to the tender mercies Of
the Federal Government, its fate is doomed. |
With the preJudices Of the age against il, il |
requires for its kind development a fostering |
Government over it. It could scarcely sub
sst without such protection. How then
can it exist much less flourish and prosper,
under a Government hostile to in A Gov
eminent organized upon principles ofhostili-
ty and opposition to the institution Is il
proper? is tphilosophicl Is it not absurd,
to entrust the prosperity, the protection, and
even the existence Of great and deicate
interest 10 political power having its origin
and drawing its vigor from The very ele-
uent Of hostility TO this interest.
To state the proposition clearly: The Gov
eminent Of the United States is now hostile
to slavery. 1t will hereafter be selected
with reference to its hostility to this interest,
doing it injury. If this great and vital in
In tho
ment and control OF its enemy. it must per.
ish! Sooner Or later, repeat, il must per-
ish. To save it, to preserve it from desIruc-
: ton, or at least, from slckly, lngcriDc.
distempered and precarious existence, :,
Il must be protected BY guarantees more o'.ail,
able than the present Constitution iur .,ishes
or it must be wrested from the ce,ntrol of q
2 power which is hostile tr, j.. and which
: seeks its destruction. !, rust, like ever,
r. other great interest," Re Placed in charge 20
5 its friends.
a In speaking Of me destruction of slavery
In The south ern states, would not be under
e $1,000 a. suPposing that summary abolition
+ cou'. be effected even by all the power o
j ".o noa-slavsholding States, unless the,
). Could succeed in discriminating the white
:, race in the South; but | refer to the disas
- trous and fatal consequences, that would be
. fall the institution, which when properl
g regulated and protected by a fostering gov
" ernment is the most benehcent and advan
: tageOus system Of labor that has ever exist
= ed, from lnterferences, agita,ons, disturban
= ces, ard injurious regulations, carrying il
"A their train poverty, desolalion and eventua
ruin to the Southern States.
.. The assumption by Congress Of jurisdic
=, ton over the subject ofsavery, the constan
=. evidences Of growing hostility to il, and NOR
- than all the declaration sent abroad, an
=, now received as nexorable law, that I'd
49, area Of African slavery is never to be e1
bo tended-Ihat whatever may be the wants G
he the country, however the slavery distric
- may be crowded with population, whateve
a. vices and evils may result from redundan
= population, OF labor unemployed. this doom
- ed district is to be hedged in by wall {
- FIRE, and the common, natural and nationa
- right of expansion to be denied to il, ar
:. startling facts.
=, Notwithstanding temporary cuuntervaiIin
-, causes, the close observer can already per
ceiVe The injurious effects growing out {
these indirect assaults upon the institution Z
" domestic slavery, in the necessity of NOR
;, vigiIant police regulations, and in the with
- drawal Of capital from the country, indicate
-, by decaying towns, neglect ofpublc improv
!, ment, and comparative depreciation of lea
estate.
n How much will not these injurious effect
"' DO FASTENED and increased when time shaI
have more fully developed the fatal act, tina
90 the Federal Goveri ment is now, and is for
;" ever after to be organized, upon the princi
10 pie of hostility to slavery? The depression
~ which follows sense ofpolilca degradation
~ the decay of public spirit, the deterioration Q
public morals, not a little promoted by III,
Q demoraizing effects of the temptations /,
- treachery, held out by the splendid patron
l = age Of the Federal Government, all will ten,
: to the ruin and decay of the South.
!" Such then, gentlemen. am called upon
II by an imperious sense of duty to declare, i
IS the present condition of Mississippi in com
! mon with the other Southern States. Tn,
y prospect before US is gloomy indeed Tn,
times demand the firm and energetic actor
De of every patriot. To permit ourselves t,
y float down the stream, without a struggle
- would inevitably seal our doom. To resolve
y again that we will not submit 10 further az
TO gressions after our former resolutions have
'e been so coatemptuousIy disregarded, and aE
n ter we have been virtually stripped of ever,
le acre Of the public domain, would but invite
Il further aggressions, ii did not justly sub.
y ject US to the scorn and contempt Of man.
70 kind Let not the limid and tho wavering
"a seek to cover the indgnity BY sophistry.
s. History will vindicate truth, and will here,
y alter record the admission of California, as
. the application by Congress of the Wilmol
s. Proviso to the vast and rich domain encir,
e. cled by her broad boundaries.