The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-21

is South, upon the subject Of slave property. Blu
IS on the contrary they repudiate all fellowship; AM
l. the most moderate and patriotic and rntiona
Of them, declare openly, that they condemn us OF
! principle. Then why speak to us, who are tn
0 weaker party, about sectional partiess That Ian
guage should have been long since addressed Il
the people of the North. II is too late to speal
I to them. They embodied their track is lait
out before them il is our necks, and they
are In the full tide of action. If you speak to ui
of the danger Of sectional parties now it is easily
understood. II means the danger Of defending o'n
rights of resisting ,orong itcounsels submission
/, and 1t invites fanacism TO do its worst
Sir, cannot concur will not assent. But
will most assuredly raise my voice against such
madness on the part of the South, whether IT be
needed not. The truth is, that for thirty years
the Missouri Compromise has been the policy OF
the Government. 1t has been happy policy. II
has given us peace and unity and brotherhood.
II should be given to us now, and we ought to re-
Iject every proposition less satisfactory.
i 1t restriction upon the rights Of the South,
and she has acted up to it in good faith Until
very recently, all men Of all parties, with pery tc
exceptions, approved, adopted, and promulgated it,.
II was carried, out in the Of Texas, and also
in that of Oregon. And if it were now adopted,
what would be the state of the case' II would
not divide the acquired territory, thatwe would
get one half. No. Cast your eye upon the map,
| and to the most casual glance it is apparent we
get not over one-third-the North gets two-thrds.
We hare commended for half-we believe it is our
| right. The North declares we shall not have it,
We then consent TO take one-third-bu1 she de-
clGss NOT only shall not haze one-hird bat shall
| not haze one foot Of IL.
| If the one-third is granted to MS, we do not ask
that it shall be guaranteed to to be slave terri
tory. On the contrary, we agree that the resi-
dents OF country shall be at perfect liberty, when
prepared for State government, TO adopt their
own laws and exclude us if they desire But no,
| nothinU but excluson ,ediate total ahs0lute
from the entirety of our common acquisition, will
be allowed by the North.
/ This is very imperious--yery unjust. A South
erner should be excused, if his heart should some
times rebel against such tyranny and injustice
should be excused if his language should some
times betoken sense Of shame to be perpetrated
upon his people and country, and of indignation
ut IT,.
4 Sir, if granting us the line of 36o 3O would un-
settle the political power of the country, and
eadanger the predoninance of the North, would
not be surprised at the course and policy of the
North, nor would / complain at the North.
But il does not do So Examine the map. Look
at the ,choIe amount Of territory owned by the
States in common; trace the line Of 36o 30', and
you find that nine-tenths Of all territory tout of
which many States are hereafter to be formed in
creasing the Northern power,) lie North of 500
3O', whilst south of it, there is not than
tenth. Cannot we be trusted by our brothers of the
North with one-tenth' Are we so degraded in the
eyes Of Northern fellow citizens, that Justice us,
or forbearance, would be a shame to them
If so, then our prospect is bad one, and the des-
tiny of our children Is one of horror.
Sir, the North would do justice if the South
| were firm and united; but, sir, whilst the North
is united in every State, the South is united no
4 where and upon point; but in truth is divided
up and will be destroyed by matricidal hands.
4 Sir, Mr.. Chairman, the Democratic party have
made one wide mistake. 1t is due to truth and
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if exposed, may be lesson in future. 1t was the
adoption of the new-fangled doctrine of non-in-
: PREVENTION. 1t has unsettled the mind of the
: country, and the tenets of party.
Up to the time of the introduction Of this poll
cy, and its incorporation into the creed OF the De
!, mocracy, the Missouri Compromise was the set
tied policy. Few disputed 1t. North and South
: were comparatively agreed. The Democracy
r North and South, were united upon It; Southern
E Whiggery satisfied with it, And assert
that this whole difficulty would already have been
settled If the last Presidential contest had, on our
: part, been conducted on that basis. 1t would
have been Immaterlal whether we were success
full, or defeated, for the Presidency, the whole
Northern democracy would have come to the
: House and Senate, adopting, supporting, and pro-
claiming this basis, and all would have been well
But, SIR, we departed from principles that were
: settied, 10 experiment IN tnhSs we knew not Oh
$ and now we reap the fruit. 1t is confusion, dis
e cord, and bitter discomfort. ....u
$ Sir, we, ourselves, of the South, knew not what
would come out of this measure. Pandora's boz
t could not have been more fruitful of noxous, con-
q founding, and pernicious political schemes and
l plans. Ii is the mother Of the Californian move
e ment, of the TeXian dismembe,7nent, of the Free
y soil policy to circumscribe our limits, and then
e surround us ,ciM free States.
Z, We ourselves did not understand it. We con-
cided the doctrine to mean that the South could
go to all and any territory acquired from Mexico,
and there live protected and that slave property
would be safe until such time as State should be
formed out of it. But there is the error. Ii
meant, according to its author, non-interventon
so complete, that the people of the territory, al
l though foreigners Just incorporated, and with
, laws dissimilar to our own, should have the
power in their Territorial Legislature at once and
before our people could get there, to act upon tn,
subject and declare bu Iac our total and eternal er-
1 clusion.
This doctrine, as now explained, is supported
by very few, if any Southerners They saw it is
e adopted by the Committee of Thirteen in their
report and plan do not so consider it. and the