The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-09

or Congress Will be composed or large mnlon
. Ties opposed TO Slavery, and In favor Of Free
soil doctrine.
; Need repent facts of daily occurrence 4
the burning shame to be repeated for the thou
ssndth time, that these Northern and North
western brothers of ours, steal our slaves, ente
} our social circles and corrupt our domestics
and when demanded as fugtives from justice &c
cordlng to the Constitution and laws of Con
gress, are refused to be surrendered, upon the
ground that it is no crime for our brethren Of
the North and Northwest to steal our negroes
Have not more than one State of the North
passed laws forbidding its citizens from afforiing
aid to the Southern man retaining his fugitive
slave aud have not the judicial authorities OF
said States sustained the legality of such laws
in direct contravention of an express provision
of the Constitution III these charges made by
the South against the North be true, to wha,
feeling or sentiment are we to trace such broth
-Ferly conduct? That robbers and thieves are to
be found in every State of the Union, is not to
be denied but that you will find Legislative
1 enactments for the protection of the thief who
robs his brother or sister State Of his property,
and seeks to avoid the legal consequence of his
crime, by fleeing to such Stat where the Exc
cutive officer, courts and juries are found
ready, and do actually protect such felons, does
exhibit to my mind moral feeling of self.
! AMUSEMENT, beyond the hope Of Improvement
| This state of the public mind in the North and
] Northwest, is the result of no temporary cause,
but is the Growth of many years in some of the
States, and has at length acquired sufficient
strength to control the puclie men and measures
of the whole country. If any doubt this, let
them refer to the journals of the two houses of
Congress, and point ont the Senator or Represen.
tative that voted against the admission of Caliior
mia from Notwithstanding State. .... .
Even Gen. Cass of non-inier reniuon memory
after n flourish of words in long speech at the
opening of the late session, defining his position
h ~ come up to the requirements of his consti-
tuents and voted for the admission Of California
in the Union. So Of Senator Douglas, after
having a few years ago offered the Missouri
Compromise in the House of Representatives,
NJ IL permanent settlement of this question, If my
memory is correct, is now found active and zeal
GUS in support of the principle of the Free soil
party, by refusing to divide California Oh the line
Of the Missouri Compromise But it may be
said that this conduct Of our Northern brothers
is provoked by bad faith on our part. do not
know that Northern audacity itself has become
so bold but still we will institute the inquiry
Has the South in single instance violated any
provision of the Federal Constitution to depriv,
the North of its property? Has any one of The
Southern States passed laws for the express
purpose of protecting, much less encouraging
its citizens in the violation of the criminal laws
Of the Notwithstanding States Have the South,
ern States refused to surrender its citizens upon
demand, charged with the violation of the crim
nal laws of either of the Northern States! III
these respects, at least, the South has kept It's
faith. But again, has it ever been denied by q
Northern man his right to come to a Southern
State and bring with and enjoy, whatsoever he
pleased, provided it was regarded as property in
the State from whence it came But how differ
ent is the case with the Georgian, whether ma
tive or adopted, who visits, much less goes with
the view of making a permanent residence in a
| Northern State. In the former case, by the
laws of Georgia, the Northern man, with his
property of whatever description, coming among
u.s. is equally protected with the native citizen
whereas the slave of the Georgian in the North
is wrested from him by stealth or force. Look
again at another significant fact. Go to the North
and point out the Southern man by birth, who
holds Office of trust or profit, who is the Profess
sor in, or president of, a college, who is called
| to ofciate rs the pastor of respectable church,
who is the conductor ola public journal, or is
employed in any of their respectable schools
| | do not say there are no such instances to be
found, but they are doubtless very rare. But
i HOW Ia ~ III tlie oVulus anu 10 Sco'S't, piS7
sumo, is but fair sample of the whole, invite
your attention to the state of things among us
Go to your merchants, your professional men
your teachers in your academies, male and te
male, your professors and presidents Of colleges
your dcvines and editors of newspapers, and ask
them the place Of their nativity, and the answer
will be, in large number of cases. the North
Go to your office-hoders, your Judges, yon
members of the Legislature, of Congress-, your
county officers, and still you will find the
u lopted sons of Georgia, of Northern birth
filing many Of these important stations, ADM,
with pleasure, with credit to themselves and
, benefit to the State In this important fact
there is furnished much worthy Of consideration
Surely it is not this lraternal feeling, and the
sentiments of generous confidence manifested
for our Northern friends who come to live
among us, that some of those who remain be-
hind, will see a justification for stealing our
negroes, for d flaming our character, for denying
our accredited ministers of the Gospel the pulpit
| and communion table. In this connection,
have to rem ark, that the character of thu people
of the two sections as derived from facts that
come to us so authenticated "a to command en-
tire confidence, show peculiar and marked dis
similarity. In the slave States, the extended
hand and open heart is felt by every Northern
man or woman that comes into our mid t..
Patronage in the various vocatons of life, is Mt
once rendered, confidence reposed and honors
conferred. An absolute equality in all the social
relations of life is everywhere visible. What
ever appertans to the rights of persons, pro-
pertv or conscience, is equally awarded to the
Northern man by birth, and the native Georgian.
This it ut is should be. This Is the Union, so
far as the South is concerned, that was intended
by our fathers In these acts is found the tidel-
ity ofpur covenant with the North; the stream
ing light of Il clear conscience, and the evidence
of our good faith. have attempted 10 show
the difference between the Northern man by
birth, in the South and the Southern man by
BIRTH at the North, and from this comparison,
excite an enquiry and investigation in the public
mind, that may be profitable to the people OF
Georgia, whether native or adopted. But, gen.
temen, You are not to understand me, in what
| have said, as desiring or recommending any
change in the reception and Treatment Of such
of our Northern brethren "a come among us to
live, to share our prosperity and to reap our
adversely. And though am free to admit our
confidence is often abused, and by our fostering
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