Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-01-04


an New Mexico The Fugitive slave bal! :
What Tor the loss Of nearly two States propose
T. 10 b. carved out OF Texas The Fugitive slav
bill Truly this Fugitive slavi bill must b
something new and miraculous. No. Ii IL nc
new--lor ii il only the act OF 20 hule amend
Ell aai enlarged and the act OF 93 was moth
ing bat meagre compliance with an express
provision of the Constitution. But, II moi HeK
surely il must restore vast numbers OF ugiiv
slaves to their masters, ia compensation TOR tn
boss Of 50 much land Restoration believe
Il Is rather the Other way Instead Of comm.
hnma believe tn are getting unhsr otI-
,camperiug away in great drnves To Canada -
But To be serious, what pass has the countrl
come TO- when one halt ii has to bride To other
Simply to do its duty under the Constitution III,
South to give up its halt Of the countries acquir
ed from Mexico, in order to induce the North t.
surrender our fugilves from labor What CON
mentary on the trherHii, Constitution abiding
spirit OF the North But, ii seems that aGe
giving up all our interest in the MeIican terri
torres, even then, they are not willing to surrcn
der our slaves. They seem determined to take
our lands and Keep our negroes too
! Bat | admit ,hese territories have not beer
lost by the nSrImcnnhty of the Wimnt Pro
viso. That WAS one of her advanced or ouleI
works which the North concluded To abandon
because the South, the whole South had vowec
they should he carried, at all hazards and to tat
last eItreulY. With an adroitnes, which ha,
distinguished all her movements on these slaytrl
questions, she retired from the w Imot and en-
trcnchrd herself behind the Mericdn fortress
end the South either had not the courage to At
tack het there, or vanly imagined tina, she haC
retrealeJ from the field and given mp the contest
! No. sir she has not retreated--lhere she stood
unIslnAged, and there she stands, sole mistress.
OF every province. California is hers-New
Mexico il hers all the ilncks and heards in
their lPmng valcys--lhe gold that gtters in
their rrers-the diamonds that sparkle IN their
mountains -mnst now be- hers, aud the ppor de-.
ludcd and dctaul ID South has nothing left bnl
the sad remembrance that this mighty domain
WAS sbdued hy the valor of her gallant but now
rejected people. Even the graves OF those VII
died in the conflict are no longer ourS--they have
passed over into the possession Of those who iell
no sympathy in their fall and who will never
deck the green sol that now covers them. Par.
don me. sir, for ~ oIteu referring TO oar exclusion
| wish lha, great fact to stand out in bold relief
like the summit OF some lofty mountain over.
npcring all others, that The South has been ex
cIuJrd--lrlyen o1t OF it. The Nlrh said she
should be, and she has boon, AMI thoro is the
end Of it.
Aud is 1t ior this that We have been called up
on to rripicrl r. kiniIe b)ndrts in the streets
Was it Tor this that the boomng of the cannon
l. a. - ,t..l,
Sir, let Others rcjpicc il they can 4; let them
sound the trumpet aud ring the bells u then
MAKE the hoafsn artillery to speak; but for N,
single acII, cannot I"j,ice. My heart is toe
sadand sorrowiul. Il would break sooner than 70
Joio.
Mr. President, there is another thing this hear
Of nine will never d. II Will never grow cole
towards those Southern friends who may have
felt It their duty To vote for any OF those terrific
rial bills, which have di-approved. | know
too well their devotion to the Consilution--if
the Union--lo the South. They have done what
they believed 10 be best under all the tying cir.
cunstances OF the case, and hail and welcome
them home, with undated confidence and friend
ship. Compelled TO cast their votes amid the
fire, and smJke and s1I,calion Of wild hnnti.
clsn on the one hand and tie most vehement
hnats to dissolve the Union il something was
MOI done, on the other, what wonder were it II
all their votes should have been cast precisely
night, in the emergency OF the moment We are
now examining their measures after the smoke
Of the conflict has dispersed, and as no man
knows what votes he might not have cast, in Or.
der to secure the unity Of this great nation.
when he believed it was in danger so let no
man yield himself up to the foul spirit Of intol.
erance. Besides sir, this fatal war an our rights
has only Just begun. They have drawn cor.
don Of non slayholding States around u by the
late bills, aud are now only waiting for the new
app0rtionment to give them an increase OF
strength, aud for the arrival Of their new leyies
from California, Utah aud New Mexico, to make
a fresh onslaught upon US on the abolition Of
slavery IN the Slates--in the District Of Colum-
bia--in the forts. arsenals, &c, Of the United
States-the prohibition Of the transfer Of slaves
IRON one State TO another. When that time
shall come, we shall need that there should be
no enlargement among the men Of the South
"sh0uidcr to shoulder, aud with shield locked on
shield" We must then sanl or tall together
TIL then, let no division ol opinion make dlyis-
lOlS IVA HltuuSHlp.
There is yet another thing this heat of mine
will not do. For nothing in the past, great as
have been our wrongs, will it heat one pulse the
less OF ardent devotion to the Constitution and
the Union. My motto now is, endurance Of the
past, resistance for the future. The past can be
endured. Though it demand all the forgiveness
Of the christian, and all the orbearauce Of the
patriot, it nevertheless can be endured The
future. awiuy fear, cannot When you shall
hear that the most solemn covenants of the Con.
stitution are broken by lawess mobs, and your
fellow. Citizens imprisoned for demanding the
restoration o. their Notwithstanding it, too,
with the late Fugitive slave bill in the one hand,
and the Constitution Of the United States in the
other; when you shall see the beacon fires bIaz,
ing all along the mountain border Of Maryland
aud Virgina--al along the shores OF the Ohio
las signals for the flight and escape OF your
property: when military detachments shall have
to be sent, night after night, to the protection OF
your homes and families when every fre>bel
at night will make the mother clasp her infant