Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-09-13

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watchmen Of the sunny South how long be.
fore ye learn wisdom! If the North is in the
asccndancy and wishes to crush the South,
there is no more eti.ctual way to do SO, than
to repeal the present mode Of raising the reye-
nue. necessary for the support of Government,
and laya direct TAX upon tho people, by which
means, three ftths of our slave population
which IS now represented in Congress without
taxation, would be subjected to direct tax.
Ihernot doing so, is conclusive evidence that
these political augurs Of the South, are mista-
ken
Bat, Mr.. President, let me notice the imme-
oialc cause OF the present supposed danger,
which has induced your associating yourselves
| together, for the better preparing to resist any
and every effort that may be made to sever this
glorious Union.
The last Congress passed Bill, known as
the compromise Bill" 1t was passed with
the express view Of calming the public mind,
and relieving Congress from the consideration
OF subjects, which had, for years, been intro
dueed As tre-brands by the demagogues who
from time to time crept into that body.
| The admission of California into the Union
as a S'ate-the extending Of the territorial law
over Utah and New Mex!co-the arranging Of
! the northern ard north western boundary
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! Compromise, and are measures that must ever
remain Irreversable; while the abolition Of tho
'slaye trade (not slavery) in the District Of
| Columbia is a subject too insignificant to ar
rest the attention of the thinking and intelli-
| gent people Of the United States-as every
Slave State in the Union has passed, substan-
! TALLY the same law, or domestic municipal Or
| dnafce And as it regards California, she
presented. and was admitted upon her own,
| constitution, as other States were before her;
and can no more be put out Of the Union, or
forced to divide OR re'inquish any portion of
her territory, than can Mississippi or Louisiana
In regard to Utah and New Mexico, they are
subjected to precisely the same territorial law
| tie South has insisted upon and desired, and
which was obtained by the energy of your
own Senator-the Hon. H. s. Foote Here
The question o. slavery is left for the people
to decide when they apply for admission into
the Union as States. Now think, that the
extreme ultras Of the South, should have far
less objection to the laws governing these Ter
rtories, than to that extended over the large
Territory of Oregon; for sir. we oil know that
Oregon is under the saving grace ofthe "Wilmot
Provso." But its odium is perhaps, lessened
III the estimation OF some gentlemen, because
it bears the honored name of Mr.. Pok--their
OVaU IuCdl VI lUuLCal HEcULteSS. w lu0
arrangement of the boundary Of Texas should
give no more cause ofcomplaint to the South,
than should that of Maine, to the North, when
England helped herself to what portion of ter
ritory she craved or in other words, when the
Lions growl forced from the Eagles talons,
American soil. Besides, Texas sovereign
State, fully and voluntarily sanctioned the Act,
and for us to object would be to manifest an
Ill becoming ofcIousness on our part. But,
MIR. President, we here occupy the position,
that, as good citizens we must choose the
least ofevils. If we were opposed, however
strongl y, to this part Of the Compromise, our
patriotism should now prompt US to a quiet
submission to the express will of a majority Of
our countrymen. This is Democracy is
Whiggery-ths is true Amercanism. ~
But sir, We must not forget the "Fugitive
Slave Law" by which we are authorised to ar
rest our slaves who may escape from us-no
matter in what part of the United States they
may be found. The northern fanatics appose
this law on the ground that slavery is, per Sc,
sinful, and that the Bible, which they assert is
above the Constitution, condemns it, and then
assert their allegiance to the higher law--and
hence claim the right to resist the execution Of
the Fugitive Slave Law" @9
Now, while recognise the Bible as supreme
authority in spiritual matters, understand the
Constitution TO be as equally supreme in po-
IlicaI matters-or, in other words, that the
Bible as the Law of God, and the Constitution
as political compact, may be placed in juxta-
position, without either suffering the slightest
contradiction or Infringement from the other.
believe my faith in if not my obedience to the
Bible, is quite equal to that of the new prophet
and commentator Of New York-Mr Seward
and before he introduces this plank into the
new platform which is about to be erected,I
would advise him, for the sake of harmony IN
has purity, to give them higher or clearer law
against slavery than the Almighty has given in
favor Of it, where from the sacred heights Of :
Mount Sinai the thunders of His law were
heard, as He bade Moses, "Speak unto the
"Children Of Israel, and say unto them, both I
"the BoNDNEH and BoNDMAIDs, which thou
"shalt have, shall be Of the HEATHEN that are :
"around you; Of them shall ye BUY bondmen
"and bondmaids. Moreover Of the children Of
"the strangers that do sojourn among you, OF I
THEM SHALL YE BUY, and OF THEIR FAMILIES
9that are with you,WHIcH THEY BEGET IN YOUR
"LAND; and they shall be YOUR possEssIoN; and /,
"ye take them AS AN IkHE RITANcE FOR YOUR ,
"cHILDREN AFTER You to inherit them for .
"possession; THEY SHALL BE YOUR BONDMEN q
"FoREvER. But over your brethren the chil-
'dren Of Israel, ye shall not rule one over an-
"other with yigor!" (also As IA Isaiah.)
But, Mr. President, we are not to judge Of
the mass Of men by the acts Of a few selfwise,
imprudent gentlemen. If we did, we would be
found matchmaking the "Nashvie Conven-
tion" as reasonable assembly, for the acts
and doings Of Mr.. Rhett, and denouncing the
aSou,hern Association in consequence Of the
doctrine inculcated by Governor QuitmaD, in !
his message to the extraordinary Legislation Of
this State last fall It is we'll known that the !,
few fanatics at the North, who excited negro
mob to resist the execution OF, the Law In re-
gard to fugitives from labor, were as speedily Z.
nnt To finht and driven from the city Of Boz.