The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-01-07
EXTRACT FROM GOVERNOR QUIT
MANS MESSAGE.

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K There is nothing % encourage the hope
that there viii be any respite from aggres.
sion. Never has hostility TO slavery been
more distinctly marked or more eees,ls.
serted. Shades OF difference in opinion may
distinguish Northern statesmen, but talu unite
+ IN stern opposition 20 the extension Of slave
t ~, and ndeclarations Of their fixed de,ermi-
nation to con6ne It 10 lis present limits. and
tase=;ssE % close the public territory against
us
The North has but just tsiumphed ia eve.
ny claim she has asseued, end vet at this
moment Of our humiliation, their people, less
patient than we, are in blaze Of excite
lment at every attempt to execute the biiit TO
secure the return Of fugitive slaves This
/ plain compliance with one of the cIearest in
functions OF the constitution is nor only dis.
regarded, but conventions of both political
parties, formal meetings OF the people and
deliberate addresses OF Distinguished men
/ openly take ground, that being against the
public sentiment of the people Of the North,
lin should not be executed and persous of
lall classes, with piancy Of coincidence
which chnractefizes abolition philosophy,
adapt their moral code and their coBstifu.
/ tional duties, to their preiudices aud their
4 interests
! Such then, is the triumphant attitude OF
anti-savery. Il now controls the entire gov
lernment No questions arise IN winch it
does not inteuningle. Aud wherever tex.
hibits itself, it controls all other sub.
iects Every great interest in this Gov.
ernment is now directed and managed by il
Il has broken and sundered lhe strong ties
\ which bound together the religious denomi.
nations North aud South II has even now
severed the bonds which for sixty years have
united parties, and in the place. Ii has sown
the seeds Of hostility aud hatred Ii now
stands the stem, unyielding despot, consign.'
ing to the bed Of Procnstes every subject
whose fitness is questioned.
What is to be lhe fate Of the institution
Of domestic slavery under such govern.
ment this great interest, with which the
/ civilization and refinement Of man on earth
is. .connecfed--upon which so much of the
trade and commerce between Europe and
America depends--which employs the la
Dor Of millions aud distributes the comforts
Of civilization TO so many families--thls
4 great social interest upon which are founded
the prosperity, the happiness. and the very
existence Of the people of fourteen States of
this Union! What is TO be the fate of this
institution? Ifleftto the tender mercies of
/ the Federal Government, its fate is doomed.
With the prejudioes of The age againstit, ID
requires for its Kind development fostering
Government over it. Itcould scarcely sub
sist without such projections How then
!. can it exist, much less flourish and prosper,
under Government hostile TO ID? "A Gov
ernment organized upon principles Of hos
tility and opposition TO the institution Is
it proper is it philosophic! Is it not alb
surd, to entrust the prosperity. the proteo-
ton, and even the existence of a great and
delicate interest to a political power having
its originin and drawing its vigor from the
very element Of hostility to this Interest,"
n To state the proposition clearly: The
Government of the United States is now
hostile to slavery. Il will hereafter be Sc.
Iected with reference to its hostility te mis-
interest, and its activity ii the p>e Of the
means Of doing il injury. Iftals great and
vital interest then, remains subject to the
government and control Of It's enemy, Il
must perish Sooner or later repeat, il
must perish. To save it, to preserve il
from destruction, or at least from a sickly,
lingering, distempered and precarious cxis.
!, tence, il must be protected by guarantees
I more available than the present constitution
I furnishes, or il must be wrested from the
control of power which is hostile to it
Z and which seeks It's destruction. II must
! like every other great interest. be paced in
charge Of its friends.
i FRoM WAsHlNcToN.-D Dec 10. -Pfesideni
i Fillmore transmitted a message 70 Congress
!. to-day, announcing the official acceptance
! by Texas Of the Boundary bill
Jenny Lind visited the Capitol to-day
: Great sensation. What nonsense
December l6.-I have just returned from
:. one Of the largest and most magnificent as
semblages ever convened il this city, a
Naliona. Hall, on.tfe occasion Of the firs
/. concert Of Jenny Lind IN the metropolis o
: the nation. The President Of the United
/, States, with his family. the members Of thi
I. Cabinet, and Mr.. Cay were present by in
yitation, with a number Of other Senators
Foreign Ministers. &c. The Hail, contain
ing $500 seats, was completely filed. tn
tickets for which sold AZ 81, rs aud 81, az
IS cording to location
e December 1.-THE Military Committe
,r have reported d bill 10 refund % South Cal
Al Dina the money advanced III eqnippil
n troops ior Florida. and also bill to estal
{, lish Western Armory
ry The death Of Mr Hafmanson. late d men
IN Der Of the House. from Louisiana, was al
4 nounced to-day. after which Congress a,
AZ jonrned
id December 2O--The Senate was not