The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1851-01-09

EEN NNF1NAI NSIA AAAAnA GAAl1s ANAA AAaHl 10
South, the country is rent with dis c
'ensiaps on the subject cf Slavery b
Congress, SO far from providing means 1
10 bring about Tranquility on this head,
IS but the arena on which tie passions /
find place for their exhibition. What !
4 spectacle is thus presented to TIE
world The Institution Of slavery IS
asssiled and the safety Of The Southern
States endangered, not by any foteigr
power, not by natural causes opeta
ting among ourselves, hui by The tanat-
itlsm and nst Of power Of II assoc~
ates in a contederacy, cpustituted-fo for
our protection. ~.
No one nation or State is permitted
ID interfere with the domestic iusiiu-
.tiols of another. THIS principle was
propounded at a very early day. a.
especially the policy of this continent.
1t has Kept oGt interference from a.
broad. 1t is quite as applicable to the
sister States OF this confederacy as TO
foreign, nations, except il regard to
those objects which are conEded TO
Congress by the constitution. Yet, IN
violation Of this principle, the people
hdf the Norlh do not hesitate 10 seduce
our slaves from our service; 70 prpIeGs
Them from recapiure, and to prepare
their minds for instruction. The na4
4 %tional legislature viii aliofd US no re-
dress, because a permanent sectional
majority is against us. IF foreign
nation were to do these acts; and make
DO replratmn, il would be just cause of
wars This principle has been more
than oncc asserted by our Government
T in relation to this very description Of
property, and as often Recognized by
/. Great Britain.
Without The constitution, and with
!, ont the Union, the acts Of The North.
: ern people above set forth, would be
cause of war. As it is. the conslitu'
+ ton Is the rampant behind which abo
I Rtionism affects to entrench itself, am
: commits these acts with impunity.-.
So far from the constitution afordins
, protection to slavery, and Justice 10 il:
owners, as il was intended to do, it il
+ converted inlo an instrument by which
Ideally assaults are made upon the in
stitution. If the compact Of uhlon ha
thus failed in practice, TO attain tn
/, ends for which 1t was created, it /
I time to seek for security N. amend
ments Of its provisions, Of III som
I lolher mode.
lst rigat that those who have d
pecuuiary or social interest in the sui
>, iect of slavery, should be permitte
4 constantly to agitate the question {
slavery in Congress, solely With a vie
|, to its destruction
Is it right that slavery and the slaV
y trade, So Far as they are connected t'
:, gelhef should be abolished in tue Dt
a trict Of Columbia
~ Is it right that the fugitive slave b!I
and with it the constitution upon whic
g il is founded, should be drsregarde
- and set at noughtE
Is il right that the common treasui
-, of the States should be expended by
free.soiI majority IN Congress, in Il
- purchase of the territory of a slav
!; holding State to a line south, whi'
~ if exlenIed east to the Atlantic won
;II leave more than half Of the State
IL
= Mississippi north Of ii?
Is it right that the North, which
q spirit of Injustice to tho South I
ny stricled its institutions to the line
Sc deg. 80 min. 10y a compromise, tn
ty wears AGO, should now be permitte
h'' IN a spirit much more UNJUST, but
another compromise, to drive US to
es line further south by about Two hu
Or dred and seventy miles
las Is it right that The people Of
South should be excluded from The t
lbs rtories acquired from MeXicol
ias Is it right that they should acquie
he &C in a system which restricts tho
e stltuaou IF slavery 10 its present III
of It's, which will result in creating a F'
no soil barrier west and south beyo
es- which it cannot pass, and winch M
the end IN IT'S iunl destruction, inyoIyl
.ss' the people of the South in unlyer
I'VE and ifremediahle rum
lrt- If all these are right, then the Sol
,i'h has no present. cailse of complaint, a
INST should not utter u murmur. bnt
ere they are wrong, it b%ehooves the So'
ac- 10 consider how its rights are 10
maintained, and what are the means
the remedy and redress.
lm> The fitst obvious step IN the ?
is a gress Of remedy, is the call Of a C
/ is %7enliou Of the people. By This 81
ire the State assumes her highest att't'
the Of sovereignty, and is prepared to-
her whole resources INTO exercise
the That convention may ask Tor redr
4 at with some hope Of success.
.ave We would suggest that It sho
tive ask amendments Of the constitute