Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-26
THE QUESTION OF THE DAY.

Various remedies have been suggested Tor tne insu'
and wrong which it is alleged have been heapeo upon
Georgia by Congress in the admission Of Caiiornia'
The bold and candid advocates of revolution recon-
mend a dissolution of the Union as the only en-
cient remedy Others, less frank, and therefore
more dangerous, avow themselves in favor OF Sc
cession, that gentle synonyme Tor disunlon. A
third class, who complain bitterly OF Nor'nern ag
Rressons upon the Constitution. propose 70 90 equai
violence to that instrument BY establishing sys-
tenn of non-inercourse by legal restraints and I'M
pediments. A fourth class, more criminal If pos
ible than either Of the preceding composed OF GER
tain editors and small politicians, who "delght in
muddy waters,'' and seek, for selfish purposes, to
impress upon the public mind their peculiar pa
triotism and exalted devotion to Southern rights adj
yocate an underlined and indefnable resistance of
some Sort These men are simply agitatOrs,
having no definite object except their own aggran-
dzement which they think can be more certainly
accomplished by reopening and re-agtating the ex-
citing issues that have recently been settled by
Congress. They are the pledged advocates, in adj
vance, Of sohatever the Convention may recon-
mend, whether il be dissolution of the Union, the
secession of Georgia, the establishment OF Lllli-
putian Republic with South Carolina, non-inter-
course with the North, the repeal of the dead
Mexican laws, or any other scheme, however wild
dHu IcVOiutiuudI ys--SuVufTtus AscPeSoesS's's'
We have heard much of the outrages either per-
petrated or anticipated by the action of Congress
on the Southern States, but confess our inability to
discover in what they consist. When it was origi-
nally proposed to give California Territorial Gov
ernment, the great obstacle was the attempt to
attach the Wilmot proviso. The South would
not admit that appendage, but was willing that
the admission or rejection of slavery should be
left to the decision Of the people. Southern views
prevailed. The Wilmot proviso was abandoned,
and the territory was left without civil govern
ment 1t was accessible to emigrants from all sec
tions Of the Union, and thousands resorted thither
from North and South, attracted by the desire OF
acquiring gold. The increase of population pro-
duced necessity for an organized government,
and it was created by the representatives of the
people. In this proceeding there was nothing Of
fensive either to the North or South; and had the
constitution adopted been silent on the subject of
slavery, no complaint would have been uttered by
the South. But it prohibited the introduction Of
slaves and this act is called injustice to the South;
although, in fact it was voted for by every South
ern member of the California Convention, and was
in accordance with the principle laid down by Mr..
Calhoun and other Southern statesmen. Now dis
union is proclaimed unless California be dismem-
bered, and Congress undertake to establish slavery
south Of the proposed division line. AS Southern
men we do not participate in the feelings which die
tate this course of policy. Baltimore Clipper.