Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-07-24

A compromise came to exist between ex-
travagance and common sense, by which j,
was stipulated that fanaical mind might 60
on unmolested in its excesses, provided tha.
gain and worldly well-being might, as liege
subjects, be left in silence to ply their avo-
cation. sample room, and virge enough
being thus secured to fanatics, they have
more and more taken religious matters
into their own hands, till new ystems, and
new fangle theories sweep, like devastating
hurricanes, over the face Of society, and
common sense, in all its variety, lies con-
densed into one compact, uniform, immov-
able mass beneath. Aboltionism is reli-
gson,-is one instance among many.
The common sense masses of the North,
give their passive consent TO The issues which
fanatlclsm has made up; and thus the n orth
appear before us, as though in solid pha-
lanx.
The on-slaveholding States present to
our observation a consistent, philosophical
concrete whole, enveloped in a Thin cover
ing of abolition fsnaicism.
The remedy 10 check the assaults which
the fanatics are making upon US, must be
one which will effect an analysis of the ele-
ments of Northern society. The common
sense masses must be reached, and to such
an extent, as will compel them to assert and
maintain their supremacy.
The capital, the wealth Of the North, re-
presents large portion of common sense,
OF the strongest and most unmlslak able kind
Fana,icism and wealth are no, conjoined
'The fool and his money soon parted"
Sir, the portion Of your speech which
| shows that the North have profiled bv ou,
slaveholdng, whether we have grown poor
by il or not, seems naturally addressed to
the mercantile, manufacturing, and monied
interests oflhe N orlh. II did not reach them
They neither said aye, yes, nor no. though
they may have laughed If their actions.
which are said 10 speak louder than words,
nigh. be Interpreted, the language would be
somewhat to this effect:
"You should have known that we are
subjects of Puritan law. Religion speaks
first, and il generally says enough to save
US the necessity of saying anything. We
only laugh when we see an individual ap-
paren'ly so uninlormed abou, US, as not to
know that questions of religion must needs
frsi f be Disposed sesd Of fGsayshoIdng is wrong
compelled, a, an early day, to crouch under,
or be crushed by, this juggernaut. And
we have crouched so long, and find that
we derive SO many advantages from so do
ing. that we have come 10 be not only sat-
isfed with our position, bu: positively like
it. The mighty engine of religion which
is hurled along over our heads, is condnc
ted by other hands. We are in league with
it. We have made a covenant Of perpelu-
al peace and amIly with it. We are its sub
jecls, upon this one condition alone, which
il has never yet insnherabIv Eve are endur-
rng) violated ,ha, i, should let us alone"
Now. Sir, the remedy which we apply,
must be such as will excite these masses TO
action.
You forcbly enumerate the grievances
under which we labor, to this effect: ''As
bad as the WiImo, Provio is, i, is not the
worst or most dangerous Of its (abolition
ISM assaults, and the only effect of arresting
it would be to concentrate and give lncreas-
ed vigor to its attacks on more vulnerable
and vital points. Movements have been
made in the other House towards abolish
ing slavery in this District, to be followed,
no doubt, in time, by like movements 10
abolish ii in all the forts, arsenals, navy
yards, and other places over which Con-
gress has exclusive power of leglsatlon.-
1t would open every where ,hroughou, the
entire South asylums to receive our fugitive
slaves, who would, as soon as they entered.
cease to be so. How long could slavery
continue in the other portions of the South
under such state Of things? But these are
no the only vulnerable poin's-through
Congress-through The Legislation of The
Northern States, we have been assailed.-
There is scarcely a single Northern State
that has not passed laws which, in effect,
annul the s,ipua,ion'' in the Constitution.
"They, indeed, have practically expunged ii
from the Constitution" The remedy resor-
ted TO bv us. must be Of kind that will
cure these evils. What shall it be Sup
posing that in Congress assembled, the
North should contract with the South, that
the Missouri compromise line should be
extended TO the Pacific Ocean ? are the same
high powers competent to contract, that
their constituents shall not be religious Ia
natics, and act as such Have they the
power, supposlng them to have the DISPOSE
ton, TO contract that no more unconstIlu-
tional laws, to deprive US Of our slaves,
shall be enacted by the legislatures Of the
non-saveholding States: And should they
so contract, would they be able to fulfil
their engagements? Can s.ipulalons enter
ed into in Congress prevent Northern lana-
tics from doing right, and leaving conse-
quences to G cd ?-from obey ing God rather
than men p The Norlh hold in their
bosom, and uphold, the fanatics who have
created this disturbance. They consider
themselves bound to do SO, as guardians OF
civil and religious liberty They must be