Columbus Democrat., 1851-08-30

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/ The laandliill 90 which suea l'i end ii.ls iss,
"a horil5iirs bas Been aeealsa agileze seal.
neu a. u'lsi ani rulishsd. anl e. SAID llea.
an1 liils n1.i ussd Be seiliea b piailorm and
siomp speech 81 vay Of PfgiscsioH Aszinsi
Nonben eneroachmenL
Howlfue 4 =, ltal 20 mzu g sss g men can
be snari IN al naisn: Hsd fhs Rennias q
these kenilemen hsrn beni b nature Aaif ef
much % lhe law. IS = DE aznuiaetuFszs lor
Buakam Of remedies fof politieaIerils oui ofihr
la1ing powes hey negrf would hzve abandoned
ihs old foundation 6i right: which. Ike rock
AZ adamzni. has ro,Ied back he floods Of tppoa-
ing sfgumenis and sfckly philaophies from
Ahahlm's lime down to our present day. But
these genilemen4rom over excitement Il brain
occasisned by thai grand projection, The taxing
remedy, naturally lapsed or collapsed, THAT IS
iAe brain,1 into that passive. relaxed stzte which
o. all other siaies is The most impfessible. and
Unfortunately IL The evil hour. yielded 10 the ia.
Huenceof The "higher lawp philosophy Of Sc
ward, tie merry taHuts Of Hale and fhe imPeni
neni precautions Of The aboliiionisls in general,
land if eiay be allowed vulgar .ezpfessinn)
caved in. gave ilnp aud .'Rclknowledge com
that master has no right or tile to his slave by
The common law. As sirsnge as Il may seem
iheTesisance gentlemen not only made the con
fessiol aforesaid, but did what 10 man would be
liese Ihem capable Of d1in2 upon any less forci.
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they made said confession a part and parcel Of
their platform. L,ok at their organ, the South
ern STANDARD Of 22nd March last. I'm the 5Ih
and 6lh resolutions Sy them unanimously adopt.
cd. they give iiup ihat slavery is unknown 10 the
commonlaw, and they assert that our fore, fathers
hythe revolution abolished the laws which We
brought with US f:om the mother coan,y.
Gentlemen of the Lowndes county resistance
party. you have yielded to the Abolitionisls all
that they can ask Of you, except TO carry out
honestly the admissions Of your platforms. If
they demand Of you by What right you hold your
slaves, you cannot answer. The common law
right is tho only right which you have. There
is not a statute underihe sun which creates prop
ery 10 slaves. Slaves were iha property Of
their masters before all stalules--before Moses
wrote the Peniatencb. Ii has been recognized
by the common law Of every laHl aud il can
now exist in all places except where The COM
mon rights Is abolished BY special staiute.--
If any one offhs Northern States should re-
peal The prohibtory l,w, the common law right
would be revived This species of property has
in many places been abolished BY stainte, but
inno place has II ever been created BY slaitile
except only when some pnsr debtor of some
criminal has been. .oldsrea by sissute-t0 be scld
for debI or crime.
Every couBiry has had It's common law and
every people have been srhan enoughin The bu.
siness WY d tis, BY common consent founded
on natare and hecessiiy, The character af prop
erty upon every thing capable ot being held as
properly long before they coald read Wrke. maks
statutes or siarnl, speeches Tor Bunkum. Thus
the riah, ANA ,ire Of the aa,ier have been Fixed
by The co,n,npn law, o which ihs old writer's
on corainon lac are fax The right Is funded
In nalnre ana hece.sily; wisien. yea, wlsd
ia perfection underlhe gri1ance Of perfect be-
nevulence isas The bottom oi ii. The province
of statute Law is moi 10 create property lint to
regulate, govern and protect that which is props
erly Lylhe common law. hai night or lids
have You 10 yosr hoises. Cattle, hogs, dicks,
chickens, &C., (ruaniag Tire pf,rths through tho
whole cateogde ii yanr goods and chatilps.
lands aud ienements) except blythe comnon law
Of The lanel HuH cant And siaFGie which
creates property 10 any Of these things II is
the common. law and that a!oAe which gives sou
title 10 any thing you caaI yonr own. Aud VT
his law yon abandoi. yoaf very hirth.right yuN
ioresake, ,shis best blessing of an earthly natale
W which you can beast, and i,f The enioyment
of which, free from the tyranny " the satnte
law of king and parliament. your aAce cestors sew
eredpur connection with Great Britain. yousnlis
ingoriously forsaka and make confession IN the
face u your enemies thar yun claim no such
right lipr that species d property which coRsii>
lulrs The only wealth cf the South yea, you ga
farther and grataitously and uaasked abandon
moi only your common law rightlD your slaves
but you give up vcnr righ.io The whsle inventory
d your goods aud chailles Aforesaid when you
assert IL your said platfurm thai the common
law which we brought from t'.o moihrr country,
was abolished by lha fesoiulion. o blindness!
decidedly worse ihanl nlheImoal inpenetrahle Mis-.
sissippilog. RrlleF gst Stale soEefeignty be
f,gged ior the lack of knpwiag the trus issue
ihanio ri hri iatothe depiorable Predcament
af makinga quit claim p Yoar right, title and
Interest ii your goods and chaues aforesaid.--
Le, 20 the common law and Sate sovereignty
cau'i help yOa. II one d Your slaves were ia-
ken upon lIabeas Corpus and sou called 10 an
swer Why you detained him ii sersiiudc, you
would be dulnfOunded here N Mississippi before
one of your own Judges, younigh, look for !
statute ioheIpy yoa out, bni you would look in
vain. The common law yc. abandon and hence
the judgment oi the court, .he inevitable jadg.
ment would bel slave 70 free--lnaster pay The
costs. This il The npshol oi your plAliorm.
on low incredible thai ihA same minds could
generate perfect cure for all Northern aggress
sions on Southern rights 0nt Of lhe taxing power
and al The next moment iall into 80 sad bIan
der The Fesoluii0a aulIifed both laws and ins
sii:niions which We brought with Us from The
molhef country, say these resistance gentlemen.