The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-06-06

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More than million Of aliens have
landed in the city of New York alone
within the last ten years, and an anual
increase to our Numbers Of 100000 Is
expected .withsn the next ten years.
Every one who is disposed to hold that
the perpetuity Of our institution is not
tobe the result Of accident, or to bc
maintained by blind fatality, must
look with concern upon this disturbing
element IN our federal system. What
effect this addition to the power and
numbers Of a population, now sW aged
by antislavery ideas, is to produce up
on the Southern people, is subject
worthy of the most serious considera-
tion.
Regarding, then, the mcnaces ofthe
anti-savery agitationin and out ofcon-
gress, and the disturbing elements at
work to impairthe safeguards of South,
ern security have noticed my convic.
ton is, that a council Of those States
it imperatiyely demanded by the con-
dition Of their affairs.
1t has been charged against the Nash
vile convention, that it's purpose was
disunion. eltls one of the devices ol
the enemy to defaute the southern
States, and to dash and confuse theit
counsels. The wonder is, that they
can find dupes at the south to heed
such imputatlons. For one, sir, when
lhave occasion to feel that the exls.
tence of this Union is lncompa lible
with the honor, security, or capacities
for progress Of the people Of Alabama,
| shall make 1t known in the first in.
stance to that people. Our State be.
came party to the Union by Its free
consent, and when that Union is a
source Of dishonor and disparagement
the people in the constitutional exer.
else Of their power ofself government
may abolish that Union. No authori.
ty, save the will Of the people could
make a citizen of this State a party to
that Union, and our citizens cannot be
deprived OF their position in it, save
by the same sovereign voice. All that
| know of sovereignty & all that | owe
Of allegiance is to the people of Ala
bama. | shall not 60 out from among
them to plot subverS;on of their CON
stitution and the government they have
established.
If my duties to the people with
whom my fate is bound up did not
hinder me, | should find in my own
opinions adequate reasons for yield
ing to no such proceedings.
All governments must occasion com.
plant, and no government can satisfy
every interest and every pass nn. The
grievances which auth0rise an altera.
tipn, much more an overthrow of a
written constitution, must he palpable,
..5ne-endured aud unramedIable by
ordinary means. The powers Of re-
sistance against injustice. afforded by
free constitution, are wonderful in
their efficiency, An eminent historian
DFthese times, speaking of the neces.
city of good faith and sound morality
for the support of government, says
: That their diffusion not only among
the majority Of any community, 6a
through out tile wA0le, is the indispes
sibte condition Of a government at O',cc
free and peaceable. Since even any pOV
ert&l and obstinate minority mag reade,
the aOorking Of free iaStitutions imprac
tjcable; scitho1t being able to cOnq0ei
dscende6cy tOr themselves.
Nothing less than unanimsty or so 01er
a0heJming a majority as to be rantamO1n
TO 0@aaimity, on the cardinal point O
respecting constitutional firms, e6eD b,
those aoho do not aPprOOe-tAem, can rev.
der the ercitemeat Of politacaI passio'
bJoodless, and get expose all the authori
ties of tie State 10 the fsH license O
! pacific criticism"
When the AugIo.Saxoh ancestor.
suffered grieveances from the crown
nobility, their resource was to render
the administration imbecile aud impo
tent. W aa5
They refused to grant supplies anti
4 their grievances werc redreSse2.
i Before would resort to disunion
would exhaust all the resources opeI
to an " obstinate and powerful minor
Ilty," Ifthe Northern majority persists
in its agitation, l would deplete th'
Federal Government freely and fear
lessly. .' q s' p
I If power is the sole object worthy
Enfpursuit, and for the attainment Q
which injustice must be done, ! woalc
make It's. exercise difficult, Its result
uncertain. 5.,a as1
! The Nashville convention may, rem
iler service to the constitution, by col
llectihg and concentrating the rescour
ces Of an obstinate aud powerfu
minority, 10 be employed for the pre-
i lbarvaiinn nf the an,Iai conAifinnS h