Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-02-08

50. California applied for admission as a sovereign
State into the confederacy The unlawful proceedings
were no hnderancc to her admission according to the
doctrine otthe two Northern national partes-not in
the least Aunon Of the Northern wing or demo-
cratic party with the parties of the South could and
would have excluded California. But no There is no
nationality Of pary when the South is to be robbed of
her rights and her institutions mperled and her hon
or tramped on. Let bank, protective tariff, or any
projected work Of int rnal improvement come before
Congress- and then there is nationality of feeling and
sentiments yes, nationality of party. Th,se national
parties have destroyed the South by binding her sons
to her rights, by erecting almost impossible barriers
between her public men, and arrayng her people I'M
der the banner of party.
But let US take one step the present time Is
there reading that has forgotten with what Bit
ter nvective and fierce denunciation CLAWS resolutions
and speech met when they reached the South There
was almost universal shout of dsapproval sent up
from the South But what did the great national par
ties A few weeks later and the great national par
ties through committee of thirteen reported through
Mr. Clay their chairman bills covering the very ground
previously taken by Mr.. Clay. What the result (!
Caucusing, intriguing, and bullying carried through
both branches of Congress the that the South
denounced as aggressive and unjust to her. Where
was the national party then-did it to the rescue
of Southern rights, honor and justice No!
Protection to slave property in the territories is de-
MED her.
Division ofthose territories by the compromise line
of $50 80 is denied her
California by adventures and foreigners, and by d.
unIa l. cL, bo-
New Mexico and Utah is lost to her.
Several hundred square miles of the soil of Texas
has been purchased with federal of
which is wrung from the produce of Southern labor
and appropriated to free soil purposes.
Slavery itself has been attacked by the abolition OF
the slave trade in the federal district.
What has the South got for all this through national
parties and national men Nothing absolutely moth
ing! We pointed to the fugitive slave law as the
price for what we have yielded. Great God, what a
price Look at the millions of treasure spent, and
the torrents of blood that oozed from the cashed forms
of the sons of the South their true hearts ceased tc
Pulsate, and their immortal spirits winged their way
to the realm Him who gave them life Their bone.
whiten the hills and enrich the valleys they made his
toric by their valor and nvncible herosn Is the f
gitive slave law, not how efficient it may be-
fitting price to offer the South as her share in the rcl
conquest acquired by her prowess and treasure in grea
part We will look at this fugitive slave law for
, moment The constitution requires of Congress tina
it shall protect the citizen in the endowment of hi
property, and that property escapes beyond the doi
cary State law, the federal powe is required TO nj
the citizen in arresting his property and thus secure
: him the andenjoyment oft. The clause is full
complete and positive, and in obedience to it. the Law
of 1898 was framed and passed. That law was who'll
efficient, and easy of enforcement in a community Law
respecting and abiding Il rendered worthless b
State legislation. In other words the Northern State
through their legislatures auHfed positius clause
the Federal Constitution Of the Union What has Con
gress done Simply remoddIed the law of 1893 an
by making its details more specific and annexing pen
atty, it was presumed to be efficient. Congress
S simply disehargedts constitutional duty There wer
just 81 Northern members of Congress, we believe
voted for this law out of about 100. This law is III
price the North pays the South her interest in tn
vast domain of the southwest.
But what right did the North sacrifice in passing tn
fugitive slave law ! No right whatever. What rgl
: has the South gained by it none whatever. It wa
original right that existed from the foundation
the government and its assertion by Congress was
obedience alone to that right The State legislature
by Stacking the law of 1893 simply rendered the lay
useless and nued positive clause of the constitu
r ton. Now that Congress enforces this clause tn
people of the South told to be quiet that the Mort
i has been Just and we should be satisfied But VIII
Y passed this fugitive slave law Was it the North
Not at ALL In the house the North cast but 81 vote
for it, and it is notorious to every reading that tn
South passed the law by Northern non-acton suffer
ance. What subject for graduation and rejoicing
0 this
We see in this brief glance what the North has gair
ed and the South lost by party struggles and polite;
strife If this is to be continued the absolute degrade
s. ton of the South is inevitable There is left for tn
South but to safety and independence He
public cast aside the bonds of party and
e rouse her sons to action upon platform. Sh
strike down party barriers and unite upon pos
tons promising indemnity for the past and security
: the future
4 patent test that tests itself.
f Below will be found the project of "test' for ofc
: among the Union enduring 1t is worthy c
note because of the rare principle nculcates in h