Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-08-29
From he Republic
THE SOUTH AND THE TERRITORIAL
QUESTION

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QUESTION.
hat Ought the South Ia d,7 Ought she to acqnesee
in the measures which have pass ID the Senate and are
before the House If Rpprrs nlaves in the event OF
their adoption by the hitter will She in that event be
called upoa by her honor and her dearest interests to dis
solve the unou2 These the only alternatives before
ter. Between aqui' scence and dsnnon, immediate
ultima e, there is 10 middle ground hch the South can
assume wlihoun the end ,frtiieg her slfr spect
and pl icing herself IN awkward position This
truth the people II the South shonld not for moment,
lose sigh Of They In danger of losing sight Of IT,
however They in imminent DANGER of being led on,
step by STEP t. ponl from IN hey will be told and
many of them will feel. they cannot ecede with honor
aud beyond which, if they goa single step they may
plunge The Who'll country into an alb, Of woes nnumef
able and nnspeakable.
We know ii Is denied tia, the ad uptiun uf the line Of
SEQ 80 extending to the Pacific ocean, was presented IL
Congress by the Nasivll convention as uHamaim.
We are aware that the invention # Gergn when il
shall assemble, vii not be committed Ia sfcessnn
But boil, hoss bodies. il Is presumed. will meet tn d.
something They viii not mach up h. bill simply for
the rnrp sc OF marching down again. The lex remr
coaee~sih'o the former Will nj have been accepted By
Congress, and the contingency upln which the latter
was 10 he called together Will have happened. The
Missouri Compromise Will have been reered California
WI h The llmis prescribed in her inlion vii have
been ADMITTED into the Union as State and no provision
will have been made by Congress which Will enable he
people of The South exc csa the rph asserted and
claimed by hem If removing with heir property of every
drscr ptn into the Territories acquired from NJ Acoz
Practicalg sore,g ,riH hare beca erci,icd from H,e
'rhole Of these Territories
What. then, will these conveuns do? What is il
expected and intended thai il.v sb,Ild ~ Natb,n,3
No But sometbinr N1aka H., 5,ca,,tin ,f ~, i,,
ances publish ma lest, nc ,b.ir ii la.ed r,fs al
then ddjohn? Why, they demonstrated in language al
most amounting In menace be6re the acls comp ained
were consummated. VIII they meet in the imposing
form Of conventions whether Of onc or of several States
slmply to danounce in lanouo,e b,,,eve, s,ron, nd "a
diaGant those ac.s ofiey hey stall have bon ,a,,,,
ed? Surely not VIII thew rec nnnapd immojl,fs
seeesson2 No sav the adv cafes ol tbes. n,,y,,s
with rare exceptI mo ,vn have ~, s,ch r CO -, ,,
" hat then. do yo1 nron. In do oR,aaL off al ca
mercIal int4rc,,fsq " tn ibe Nor,h and law all
the products Unmarried ffam there ,nq,o.ts l,li
Democratic paplr IA Georaa And ,baI 20 ,,l ,hat h.
hnl the fyg sion, towards J,sr,,.,j
bet unr the nno,,l. If tie S,nfh ha do.oivod ,rh
who advise a r.sa 10 Uesc measures ao g., expecti,
kn aWinp and qlenl dino ts ,sua,n will he the nyi,
be n,eouepce Of rl,ejr a1,niI,n Ia any e,qn, ,,
wonl unque,iionaby prove as linri,us In the Sonfb
to the North # nal more so r6t.r ,la,t,n n,o.,,r
wooi na omen the lem ori,s T., the inflammation -
slaves; II wud mol div de ,be y C,,G,ro5 he Tive
lie of So 80, nor ,,.nI1 If IN any ,..,,,o, y,Jat
the rights claimed BY the South IN resoqe IN ibase r,r
rit1rfs
So,bioo i, f., thu, ,b S,h oo L. ,l;;
our ,,,i,,ao' ,,.l,l, - -, :; a. - :. ~ :, >"
,yer thar ho ~, - all DIV w 'Ss ~ az
could avn, ,.1l, al h.; So, ~ -
of The territ,ry a,,ui,.d f,,, NJ Va
We Eayo s,iJ 10, ,.,an,,. H., 49,, I'll -
boon pxcIndeJ f,n fhes, ,To,try, ;, H., p -
by whom ,yiu NJ oylsi h,, I, ,rt9 a,
L C,o,sess o., ,iIr W., H., n'I;a,,,.r ~
60, = a.I,;., 49,, d. II: ~ s " a.,
and She ,na"Jd r., o,,i, aIii ~ ;'"
i, o.r,,i, H. sLa I'D ,o,,, - - al,,s l. IL,
g., ,,, ~ ' ~ "s
Ne,o sba sovo,oa hr tho In. r oco o., IL. mi
fable effsc wnull no ,o l F no. ,oi,,,' ,,n
nnn. veblIn, So - r. a'at '0''''''' W.
l. will M, b 7nra,anll ,h' IIL,, ia ;.;.. r
The S,ntI bav. ha,, r,o'tl h. , ~, f Gn..
hon have h,,, tl, 49,, 49, . NJ :, ~ " ~
nrsbsneo, rho, no i'm, ,,so5;, ,nJ 10 yo 1ll
by Cngress hao,,s, ,ba ,,hal ,,I, h"" i,''' Wv.
fsrtly veil bat tint ,n.sn,o o,ll L no nas;LiiI,,,
mass Tho sena, .rhn ,ia 40. l ~
if5rnia beG,re The dissoy.s of,h nlJ bs
there WIS ma ,deonat, IoI,conan, e. ,ha,, =, l., g.
S;nce tho d,sc,yl, ,ta, L t y w
/ Rv Ibe a,noosa Of ra,,,i,, ,h,n, tli,ha,
~ tho .v,,o,,o ,,,hahiI,,' = ,o, ,.,a,,,,. ~,
from, th, r. nil ,nd ;,,,,nso ,r,;ar,,ia i,, rIc.
Mo of f-ee / ,L,o,, r,,, ,G 'n -.ra,L Ii ST.,
she would At an early doy annly far admission ni The
lion with a consi; ,ti ~ nI ;;,i, si,,aq -
By The doub,s and c,nhict,ng nninions which nre
vailed as +, whether the local laws nf The rsrriinry
winch nob bitcd slavery ,vsre nat s,u :, c,oo nm,
of the most eminent i'm lists If the Irni,, sntsting the
opinion that they are
These are the causes, and HE onh causes. which