The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-28

morals or honor,--less deceptious, iniquilous and
heinous, IN the one case, than in the other! The
South announced explicitly to the North, the
only terms upon which she would consent to the
acquisition Of the territory ceded by the Treaty
and those terms were, perfect mntuality and
equality Of rights and privileges, between the
Free and the Slave States, in their occupancy and
enjoyment. The North knew that the territory
could be acquired upon no other terms, and in
Joining in the acquisition, she acceeded to the
terms. True, they were not put in ,oriting in the
Senate, but where was the necessity - The
terms already in icriling. Where, think ye'
lN THE CONSTITUTION or THE UNITED STATES,
WHICH HAD GUARANTEED EVERY STATE AN EN-
TIRE MUTUALLY AND EQUALITY OF RIGHTS AND
/ PRIVILEGES WITH HER co-sTArEs, IN THE USE AND
ENJOYMENT, OF ALL, AND WHATEVER MIGHT BE,
raE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE UNION! These
were fundamental conditions Of its adoption and
ratiication,-and though no longer enforced ARE
as obligatory upon the oaths and conscIences of
Congressmen, as they ever were!
| Such being the understanding, such the obliga-
! tons, such the Constitution !; let US see now, how
the North kept her faith and did her duty, and re-
duce all that Congress has been saying for these
10 months past, TO a rapid colloquy between the
Sections, with the points mooted and the way they
were disposed Of:
| The South. We are about organizing the terri
tories acquired from Mexico, and as the South
contributed hoo-thrds Of the men, three fotrths of
the money, and, however it is to be accounted
for,) FIvE-sIxTHs OF THE GRAVES, she will expect
and insist upon an equal participation IN their oc-
cupancy and enjoyment.
| The .Norfh.--Your facts are all true; you did
most to acquire 1t, but you acquired 1t for US!
| We cannot consent to the further extension Of
slavery, for even Mr.. Clay reprobates that,
though itwould have looked better, il he had first
manumtted his own slaves and lied the pestence !!
We think, with the world, that slavery a crime,
and we cannot spread the existing blot upon our
escutchcon let us not quarrel and endanger the
harmony of our glorious Union The Union for
! ever, Hurrah
/ The South.--Away with your Fanaticism! Did
you not plight your sacred honor and your public
faith, that il we would consent to the acquisition,
we should equally enjoy it with you' You did !:
! yet you promised no more, than that which your
oaths and the Constitution, had already obliged
! you to perform We would not give to the value
of a pinch ofsnufr for the Union without the Con-
sttution Of which it was born and can never sur
vive.
The North.-True again But honor and good
faith but of little worth, when pgbted to the
| extenton and duration of crime Besides, there
is Il 'higher law" than the Constitution and as
to our oahs; we kept souls ceansed and untaint
OF all perjury ut the swearngs, through the men
tai reservations, with which plghted our truth
upon the Gospels of God So urge us more
| Ours is the power, and dominion and property
but its appurtenant attributes Minorities may
raise questions, but 1t is majorities which must de-
cue We Will never COUScHL W Tie GA
tension of slavery So yield We to your destinies
Don I disturb the public peace Remember the
struggles of Fathers to form this glorious
Union ! The Union forever! Hurrah!
The South. -Ay do we remember your Fathers
and we remember their high honor and unswerv-
| ing faith Where either were once pllghted,
they would have seen havoc and the flames des-
olatlng the Country, or earthquakes ungulph it,
rather than that lot or title of either, should
fall to the ground To every honest mind, ''men-
tai reservations" in public swearings, are delibe-
rate perjuries in mental CONCENTRATIONS. In mans
relations to man in this Federative Brotherhood
Of ours, know OF but one ''higher law" than
the Constitution, and that is The Law OF SELF
PRESENTATIONS, to be executed through the eXer-
else of The RIGHT OF SECESSION from Union,
oppresslvely perverted from its original objects,
and made the cover of odious determinations and
! of sectional spoatons. Still: we do love the
Union, and rather than secede from it, we are ready
to proher you the greatest of sacrifices, and re-
| lease you at once from your oaths and your duty
to acknowledge our rights throughout the Terrific
ries, and will accept Of the line of 3Go 30, and
surrender all our rights Of settlement to the North
| oft This is a basis of adjustment which you
cannot reject, for that is the line of.territorn par
tition which you yourselves devised and imposed
on the South land for thirty years and in memoir
able instances, and at your demand, has it been
recognized ms Compact-Hne between the North
| and the South.
! The .North.---Yes, but we can reject ii and we
! do: That was Il very good line to run through
Stare Territory, but it don't suit at all to have
| it applied to free territory and not man of us
in Congress have voted.for it, nor will we! Meth
err will we run any line at all, and having the pow
er shall appropriate it all to ourselves, nor al
low you single foot OF it. II is needless to be
angry. You dare not rupture glorious
| Union. So forget your wrongs and shout with
US. The Union forever Hurrah m
The SonM.--Very well Suppose the South
| Il H.
surrender up every thing and pay for it too. Eth I
! The Norfh.-But we do though From not
red cent of the 500, 200, 900 Of War-debt which
the Territory cost us, will we release you. We
will take pity on you so far, that we will pay
S25 900 900, bit you shall pay out Of your STARE
| labor, every dollar of the residue 1t is the first
duty Of majorities to look to their interests it is
| their highest privilege, to do as they please. Mi
norities must content themselves with whatever
is vOuchsafed them. Implicit submission is the
price Of their protection, and passive obedience
| is the law of their condition On all the Earth
| there is not Government, which showers down
SO many blessings upon those rho hold lis scepfre
| of authority: Do you think we will consent to
its total disrupton' Never! Hurruh for the
Union! The Union forever Hurrah
The Soufh.--Then have it to yourselves: The
North shall be yours: And the South shall be ours:
Down with the Union, it must be slaves
Then be secession the watch-word: Severance the
doom: Partition the settlement: Equality it's prn-
cpe: or, our Rights be our Booty. Will you
drive us to the alternatives To be slaves in the
| Union: or freemen out of it, Then blight for
the Union, and freemen be WEI Independence,
! Freedom and the South Under such blasting
alternative, God will have joined them together,
and palsied be the hand and appalling the doom of
whomsoever would ''put them asunder!" Be
such the result, if such the alternative Speak
but the one, and secession's the other The SoUTH
WITH HER RIGHrs-OR ALONE AND FOREVER! =
HURRAHl FOREVER AND EVER! Human! HUR-
RAH!
| But avast and truce to a quarrel so rapidly
leading to severance of sectIons passage a;
| arms; nor must we lose sight of that pungent
interrogative, that if the public peace be in jeo
pardy,--why should not the North as well as the
South contribute something towards its preserva-
ton; If Eastern New Mexico does not belong to
Texas, then must it belong in notifies to the Free
and to the Slave States. They had but to surrender
it to Texas, and 10 There Peace with natural
ACCOMPLISHMENT BESIDES to her western borders
That was by far an easier and cheaper mode of
settling the matter, than paying Texas 10000
000 he Nreaeurv fnr vh he Free -SoiIera