The North-Carolina standard., 1850-02-20
THE ANT1-sLAvERY SPIRIT

IOl4QNl0R AeoOiuuOuS were ddODfed. %
3 "Reseioed, That the actual stand-stil to xh;., {
machinery Of our government was brought. 70, sa
at the opening Of the present session of Conees'
byr iitte soii,'. thas VA. u,
into it. shows plainly that it must ere onu ,,as
tirely, unless slavery or freedom gives I'D the en-
Resolued, That it had been far better 70, n"
fare and honor of our country, If the House Of
sentatives had never been able to organize itself
that It should do so by portion lof the No,Sa %an
members yielding to the demands Of the abet,o''e
slavery for that no action Of our Congress- S'H
for the good, much less the glory, Of our san
which commences in = compromise Of right f'0'e
8 ResofUed, That while t6e constitution reo,;...
to 60, at the bidding Of any slave State. and ns
BY farce an effort Of the slaves to win liberty hpe
lence, we have no right to promise, and wiz, ~ '"
promise, support ande obedience to that cons"; ns
Resohved, That we have no right to give nsoaE
privileges to evil doers, on stcount of their es
fully invest the STAKEHOLDER with political uous
proportion to the number Of his slaves and he,.e
we cannot rightfully sustain, promise 10 sus0;
the constitution, while it gives the slave S,a,sa
representation, in, Congress for three-ffths of =
slaves. e........ ..- .-.,.->
Resolued, That If each individual is morally HIM.,
to refuse his help to the re-capture of runaways n
slavery, and to the forcible suppression of sla,a
surrections for freedom, and to the giving Of rora
cal power to slave States, on account of their sav..
then the whole community, made up of these ;'S
viduals, is equally bound to take the same uos;
Resoired, That to take this position is to enouS.
allegiance tothe constitution: to withdraw from ~
present existing American Union, and practically '
adopt the motto, No Union with slaveholders."' Y
A resolution was also adopted laudine the eon,.,
and doctrines of William, l.. Garrison and low.
was thereupon read from that individual, of wh;.,
the following is the conclusion:
'sT'he time has come to preach disunion. a, q,
highest moral and religious grounds. The cons,;n
ton of the United States, is sscovenant with do,s
and an agreement with hell" In the name of God u
Christi Of humanity, of liberty, it must be denou,
ed and repudiated by all who revere God, love Chir
regard humanity, and cherish liberty. 1t remains ~
be seen how the people of the North will meet Hi.
ISSUE As for the vaporing Of the South aboo. aa'
separation in case the Wilmot proviso is passed r,
any case, am inclined to believe,) it is empty
the whistling wind-ssfall Of sound and fury. son.
flying nothing" The South knows that the dissoIn
ton Of the Union will be the abolition of Sav.u
and her threats are only to intmidate Northern COW
ardioe and servi.y. am for the abolition of sa,,
~; therefore for the dissolution of the Union.'
Frederick Douglas, fugitive slave from the South
addressed the Convention with warm approval and
among other things said:
81 believe that the slaves would be more than,
match for the enslavers, il left to themselves Let
the Union, then, be dissolved. l wish to see d.
solved at once. 1t is the union of the white people
of this country, who can be summoned in their whole
military power to crush the slave, that perpetua,e
slavery. Dissolve the Union, and they will rais.
aloft their unfettered arms, and demand freedom ami
if resisted, would hew their way to liberty, despt
the pale and puny opposition Of their oppressors.
view of the oppression of this Union. welcoms th
bolt, whether from the North or the South-fror'
Heaven or from Hell-which shall shiver this Unio
in pieces"
These same agitators, or their co-workers, says h
Albany Argus, requested the use Of the New York A.
sembly Chamber on the evening of the 30th, in whn
to preach disunion and pour out their curses on &
Southern people; and the use ef the Chamber zoo
granted By a cote Of 10 to &c! We have no idea thai
the above sentiments are generally cherished By The
Northern people but the fact that the most stad and
sober of them tolerate these assaults upon our rights
and feelings, and the further fact that their Repse
tatives threw open their Hall for the use of these F.
natcs, shows most conclusively the current in which
their sympathies are running. They at least pas
sive while they kno,D that men in their midst arc
plotting the destruction Of the Union. A few years
more unless this spirit of evil be arrested, and these
very staid and sober Northern people may become
themselves Fanatics as incurable and as inappeas
BILE as Garrison and Douglas! Such, we affirm, has
been the course of events-such the history Of this
dangerous excitement. That true and time-honop
Democratic print the Albany Argus, noticing hesea
tators and the vote of the House granting them The
use of the Assembly Chamber, says:
Let no man fall into any mistake on this subjee
This flourish of abolitionism is legitimate part d
the agitation of the day. They are twin associates
Their object, immediate or remote, is the same. /
all tends to dissolution. Such is its effect if not III
aim. Let those who contribute to tt, in any form
feel the responsibility under which they act. And
let all true men, who estimate the value of the Union
the Fathers Of the Republic, and especially thos
who venerate the name Of Washington, act becoms
men, and as the firm and true friends Of the Union
John Van Buren, in one Of his recent letters, In