Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-03-21

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revolution is 10 commence, let turn Agan the
speech Of the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr BrOwn)
and read another exirsct
opinion should resist The introduction OF
California as stale and resist suoessfSyi resist BY our ves
,aoas her asan This being done % we s are @ f a. me ss
err states IN convention Nashville win devise for yndi
What they iaay be- and with ppsy and safety They may be 10
reign saes bsm as have sk g DO and,
moesed, defend them, as is both our right aud duty.
"We ask give rights by nOnuptrUnon. II you re-
fuse, am for taking them BY armed OonpatiOn.'
Resist the passage of law admitting California first
by votes and lastly by "otker nneans? Mr.. Chairman
does the Constitution, which sworn TO support or
the rules of this House, point TO US any 'Other
means OF resisting The enactment OF law, except by
means of votes? We adjourn but how adjourn
without poting an adjournment "Foree adjourn
ment, says the gentleman. And what force is the
means by which the admission Of California be
resisted and 'Tesisted SUCCESSFULLY? And what next?
Why the Nashville Convention meet. Then vvhats
CaTy slaves into all of Southern California the pro-
perty of Sovereign States, and hold them there,
both right and duty. And thus is California be
"takcn by EARNED occupation" Alas for the 100000
men already there, or on their way thher from whom
California IS TO be taken by force and held by armed
cupaiion that slavery may be introduced against their
will
doubt not Mr. Chairman that by this time Won and ,bi.
Committee satisfied, am ihat unless the inter tOns
of the people Of the lavehodng States have
by some OF their Representatives
between the Government Of the United d ton
of the citizens thereof, is inevitable.
But sir have never permitted myself doubt the pa
peciay TO disuust that quality people of gene
South Left to their unpejpdiced Judgment aud
their own sound reflections, shall have fear.
hardly however, for the effect speeches.
especially that of the gentleman from Mississippi. MI.
Brown have upon the minds of gallant people
u'ally ardent and mpusive Indeed shudder the
thought of the effect which passages like
now quote, may had almost said must, produce the
feelings Of Southern brethren. Receiving it in good
faith. bound suppose they will f,ihful
statement Of the crueies about be visited uon them by
the hands Of their Northern brethren, it would be
| intense
degree Of excitement and evaporation;
oS country i to be made ds.Oas We are 70 be driven from
God wander through the land homeless hOu Se nS d.
es. what thousand times than than all
o1r ~ive. Children 20 n. .oe po aon & wiz % Slack
upon Picture to yourselves Hungary resisting
the powers CT Austria and Russia Hangry
not anticipate from eight millions of southrOns made desperate
Do you know. Mr.. Chairman Of any acts committed or
medi'aed by the North against the people Of the svehO
lions those have just qnoiedi know Of none and
the gentleman will find vey difficult point them
out to his constituents IL s easy indeed 10 deal in gene
raj charges the North; and when requested spec
y those charges TO say the gentleman from Mississippi
does II will not recount the story Of Wrongs" But
will such satisfy people, patriotic intelligent aud
nquiIing Future developments will show.
And what sir the assigned justify the act
OF dssoving this Union They alleged sggressOns by
the non-savehodiug States upon the rights Of the slave
holding IN respect To slavery All The charges put forth
against the noa-slaveholdng States have reference that
ousiy fh in single brief sentence which here 0uoe
from the speech before refeed 10 Of the gentleman um
North Carolina fMr. CuNGMAS After Iefening at some
length to the benefits and advantages Of slavery he
In spite ho~eyer Of these great faet which ought toke all
grrssve on ih, question"
Naw sir on behalf Of the North / epel the charge And
affirm that for anything the North has done TO justify the
overthrow of this Government, any attempt do
ked treason What sir, the course of free
"constanty aggressive upon the South The slavery qu
tion Let Since the adoption of the Constitution
seventeen States have been admitted the Union. OF
this number nine slaveholding States, and eight
slavehodng Now, sir it has happened that every time
when any of these savehoding Stsrs applied for ad
mission, The North has had complete ascendancy both
branches Of Congess consequently the power TO exclude
any all Of them. They all admitted, sayehoding
as they were with just sreh Constitutions as they had chO
adopt for themselves. l. This part u that
i've course" the Slavery question which the Nch
constantly" pursued
Again: OF the teritsry embraced within the
States thus admitted the free STATES comprise
miles, and the slave States 730 376 square miles Thu
see that the extent of slave eioy admitted into the Union
since the adoption of Constitution is considerably
than twice great that Of The free territory Does
this look like disposition the pat Of the fee States 10
pune Of constant aggression towards the South
on the subject Of slavery
Again: The annexation Of Texas peculiarly South
cru The necessity Of its acquisition DISTINCT
y placed by Mr. Cahoun-himsen the embodiment Of
Southern principles and the mssieTpiii Of the then Ad
measure dsias,efnl The North never desircd f its
own the acquisition Of Texas nevertheless, the South
earnestly desiring it, and Mr. CslhOsn great influence be-
ing brought bear favor for the reason chiefly just
given the North generously scquesced the though
of ample power TO defeat it, Texas acquired
and at the cost Of ssnguinsry and expensive
took into the Union, swoop amount of slave
iOry equal in extent the original thirteen States. All
this States might
did Is this Northern "sgsIe<son upon the tights Of
the Sosh on the Slavery question Is this one ." the acts
Of aggression that subject which justify gentlemen
Of the South in dissolving the Union
The power of Congress sboli,h the slave trade aud
slavery at the arsensls forts and yards. and in this
Distic will hardly be questioned by Southern fiend.
And neither the the other has been abolished
this day in any of these places. Even slvedeaeIs
drive their occupation in this District at pleasure Could
the North. had she DO end to slavery
and the sve trade in all these places, long this She
has foeburne do L. that obarance any part Of the
aggression" slavery which justifes rebellion
against The Union
Now s let us consider those minor oharges so peIiina-
cous urged against The free States that make up the sum
total Of those which justify these gentlemen
in dissOving the Union What these ehargesi Why,
charged hEsi that among the people OF the free States
hrre Is prevalent and increasing feeling adverse 10 slavery
This statement charge il it be one cannot deny. But
i a loss conceive how that be regarded
"aggres.on the SOUTH justification for the Of
ovehrowing this government IL required OF the fee
States that hey in aggegac shall keen superviSon over
the views and opinions Of their individual citizens, poIi
ical moral any other subjects Is not this cunuy Of
freedom Of opinion Aud do not Southern friends
recognize the puce that eTTOr Of opinion be safry
tolerated where is left to combat ?" But the
people Of the fee States peculiar 10 then views this sub
Ject! Does not the Aggression cnme al0 from another
quarter and with ten-fold force How this feeling
Kentucky where, election. than
emancipation How is IL in other Northern slave States
where Van BuTen even, at The last Presidential elecnn.
found warm supporters, and not few votes Now,
ilemen Of the South, these thngshis
fe, ling sentiment Whatever else you call i'
even the people OF slyeholdng States
you? Are you asking much, theD when you require
us of the North and West suppress IL among people
We cuuli not do If would And, IL had the paw
refusal il would by justify the
destruction Of this republic
Again II is made accusation against the free States,
that their ministers Of the o.pl mike slavery subjec Of
pulpit dquson, thus increasing the hostility already
isting against that Institution. To extent this be
the fact, Nr Chairman; though confess that