The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-07-09
NUMBER 81.
The Administration and fI,c
slavery Question.

slavery Question.
There is class OF pul ticaus a, The South.
Who affect to en'ertaln d.s'rusi Of Ptestd,ot
Fillmore, in regard ts the Slaeerv q csuop.
NO amount g tostmony can ren'o,e ltis op'c.
ion. The President hay surround hin
with CpbInel known TO be socnd upcn ,h>
subject--hs may in hls message use rf.
strongest and PLANES, language he ma, "a,
the whole powers of his Ti:e 10 the rsrro
tion Of the laws Dc naLded by the sisS- ,r,t, !.
est and for so dong, he Gay bang dowu.ut
on binself the nal, d,ction OF the whole ABB.
lltIon party, and stili those Southern Pofrio's
q casnot trust hin. These ref ctioBs hasr
been Bdurcd BY the rrma Ks made b, SECRETARY
Gfaham. al he d'nuer gwen 10 the Presldrui
ard bis C4bnel ii, the living llouse, in y
York That, IN the presence Of Presideni
Fillmore and surrounded by Northern ON
dence, Wm. A Graham, Of North Ca,ohna,
declared, lhst
" Ht " NO ShNNNtl ullOU was fdmeG, eve
ry Sac sutrentered portion OF It, sover
eIgniy and m order 10 form that Constiu
tIeu, the nth had made some sacrifices "a.
well as he North. They were for The beue
h., however, OF the whole, and thus for the
bereti' Of all the parts. Among those oblisu.
lions was one to surrender lusltlyes from sa
very, The Sau'h would never have agreed
to live under the same govefumsat with the
North II the North was to become the reCp, g
ground Of ihrlr runaway slaves. In separn.
lion, either By commercial restrictions or by
arms, II would have maintained ito rights, ,hat
no neig lbofing powers should disturb ,,s peace
and It's property. Tho Constitution hoppily
guaranteed 10 The Soulh What by the com,,
OF nations. IT had right 10 demand, thai
neiehbor;ng State should no, be tempting OF
us people trcm their homes, or throwing IN
flte brands among lha, people by tempting
their sorson's with impunly 10 run away. To
'hat Constitution the Wings Of the South ex,
peced tho Wings of the North to live aud
abide by II in good faith and TO execute its
provisions, |, was a matter Of conscience.
therefore, for every Northern man who took
a" "a'" 70 suppart The Constitutes, and such
an oath vas aiken BY every man no held at,
the, from the highest officer downlo the
u nslab'e and he knew no conscience paris
ihal could so we'll enforce the duties Of con-
science as m enforcing an obedience 10 n oath,
ara TO 'he Supreme Constitution Of the State
Cae OF the Compromse Sc measures which il
had become the dH,y Of the administration to
act upon was this surrender Of fusitives. All
tho rest we're Of comparatively little impor.
lance 10 The South, and this was eny made OF
the graves' Importance by enabling the coun
Try 10 see whether the Constitution could be
put down or not. IL this article of the Con.
sliu'lon could be bulllfed, directly or indirect,
~, there was no telling which was to stop
II The Constitution was good for anything, II
was goos as d whole, and It could ue, be bro.
ken in parts. Nobody expected the whole
series OF Compromise measures 10 be sppro
we'd by any body, item by item. Some Of the
Bulls were very, vsry Objectionable to large
parties OF bis Southern counlrymen. ss obec.
tonable as this Fugitive Bill sin the North;
but as whole, as system, and as final
system o. adjustment, the Wings Of the South
aoqulescod in them all, and meant TO main.
tam them, and they expected like scques.
cenes on the part Of their Northern Wing
brethren, in good faith. If there was 10 b
no such ac.uleseence, ifNor,hern Wings were
to wage war against Southern Wings, there
could be no Wing party. The Democratic
party had their difficulties, perhaps more Sc.
tlous than ours. and it was doubtful whether
they could ever again assemble as vhole, in
National Convention bu, the wings could
act together as efficently as ever, if thew duly
planted themselves upon the platform laid
down in the Presidents Message. (Grsat
cheering)
Mr. Graham concluded by remarkine tha.
he had spoken with freedom and candor, as
among friends, and hs heartily thanked the
people Tor the reception they had given the
President aud the me nbers Of his adminis,ra.
ton.
Can any one doub! lha. the author of these
sentiments would leave Mr.. FlIlnore's Cabi.
net the very instant be had reason 10 believe
tha, he was unsousd on the subject Of slavery i?
But why should we multiply proof to men,
whs for their own selfish reasons are deter.
mined not 10 be convinced p Petersburg In.
'eltgeneer.
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