The southern press., 1850-10-29


We have abundant esidenro that our rSm-
mercial men are beginning 10 forsee that this
will be the inevitable condition OF things
II Seward and Ills Abolition minions are not
checked in their mad career.
That is the voice OF the conservative" Nam
mon one Of the two controlling spirits there.
Listen now to the voice Of the other the
destructive Devil, Moloch.
With an eye on Southern submissionists, thus
contemptuously speaks he through the Eumiag
Posi-:
The Journal Of Commerce sees danger TO the
Union in this excitement We see no danger 10
ihe Union but zoe see much danger 10 he ho
Itself; it is in danger Of speedy repeal This
is the true remedy for the state of things which
the Journal SO lathetically deplores. Abolish
the unjust law and you abolish all importunatc
complaints you quiet the excitement and silence
the pulpits.
IT IS FACT that one Of the most influential
papers al the seat of Government in New York,
thus speaks Of the enforcement Of that law:
II seems that the United States troops have
been ordered out in Detroit to enforce the observ
ance Of the citizens TO the unconstitutional fu-
gtive law.
This is a sad spectacle, and such as in the
earlier days of the Republic would have aroused
the indignation and the resistance of the demo-
Gratis of the school of Jefferson. No such inya-
sion Of the States has ever before occurred-ex-
cept when President Tyler ordered the Federal
troops to put down by force, the republican
government Of Rhode Island under its new Con-
stitution.
/ The law itself provides a most formidable
force of irresponsible magistrates, and the un-
limited authority Of the Courts to appoint Com
missioners and Assistant Marshals, is itself dam
gerous to liberty. This calling in of the mill
tary power to carry into execution more than
doubtful law, is still more formidable aggres-
sion upon the independence Of the States and
the rights Of the citizens. @ &,,. ..s.
In IS FACT that even that extreme meae ure
did not secure the slave. TOpreycnt bloodshed
his master was paid nominal price for him.
ITIsA FACT that as yet not a single slave has
been literally restored to service and labor"
under the operation of this law: and that it has
FAILED, except in showing the rottenness of
Northern sentiment on this subject, and the
depth of their scorn for the South. ssr.a --..
Ir IS FACT that even the religious papers of
the North preach up the violation of the compro-
misses Of the Constitution, and of the rights of
the South, MS a religious duty.
In proof Of this, we copy below an extract
from the Boston Zion's Herald, religious paper
ofhigh starding in the denomination of which it
is an organ, (the Methodist.) .>"@,.
"What is the duty of Christian citizens re-
specting such q law! We explicitely say, that
such question put to US by such a citizen
would excite our surprise and our pity. Is there
a God fearing man in the North who would hes
itate to abjure such law before heaven and
earth, and at any penalty The quaker has re-
fused to bear arms and to pay 1.-THE, and the
world ftering from his opinions, reverences be
the consciences OF good men in case like
this. We hope that from the very outs to
this enormous statute will be found a nullity
"a dead letter, doubly dead and buried be-
meath the curses Of a free and Christian peo-
pie. So snail be treat it, and we shall treat
men so. A .*.&
"The free States cannot stand under the infa-
my, the strangling disgrace of this BILL We
predict that the first attempt to enforce it in
New England will shake, as it were, the very
foundation of her hills let any one man fall its
victim, any one spot of New England soil be
disgraced by its enforcement, and sensation
will be produced which will shock into confu-
sion all our present par relations, and embody
hence-forward the whole energy of the public
mind in attempt to annihiliate at any conse-
quence the slave power of the land. We b.
lieve that such an occurrence any where in the
North will send sensation through our popu-
lation which will be irresistible by amy party
management"
1T IS FACT that under the action of the Ad-
justment, the North gets every foot of the vast
territory in dispute for Free-soil. The South
gets not an acre-but as an equivalent paper
recognition of a right acknowledged in the Con-
stitution, and the re-alfirmation of the Eighth
Commandment
IT IS FACT that as soon rs Southern agita-
ton subsides, Northern abolition becomes more
aggressive and more insolent.
II IS FACT that Mr.. CLAY is practical
Abolitionist, and an avowed Free-soiler land that
the adjustment was framed to subserve his dar-
ling objects--the exclusion of the South from all
new acquisitions, thus waling in slavery, for its
final abolition--and secondly, the title to the
most sweet voices" of the national North in
certain national election, to take place in 1852.
The 1.-THE has not yet been told; but as we
imagine these, will suffice for one dose, we will
reserve the remainder for future occasion.
For the verification of these facts, we refer
any one who entertains doubts, to the record.
The Northern Abelitionists claim that per-
son arrested as fugitive slave should have
trial by jury in the State wherein he is arrested
They well know, that, if such was the case, no
master, for they know that no Northern Jury of
twelve men would agree to restcre him, no
matter what facts might be proved.-LouisriUe
Journal
We have never said any thing so derogatory