The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-08-05

geul Fylt with ~ other ucnbcr' oi
Copgr.s. 10 IN address TO their constituents
IN ISIS. used the following express dec'a.
mt,on. va respect 70 the recovery OF ingi-
tive slaves.
.'Tbe citizens OF the South, iu their at
tomut 10 recover their slaves, now meet, ln-
stead Of AID aud cooperation. resistance ~
every form resistance from hostile acts OF
legislation. intended to battle aud defeat
their claims by all sorts Of devices, and by
interpreting every description OF impedi'
mept-resisrance from Judges aud magis-
tmtes-aRd finally, when all these iaI''
from mobs, composed Of whites aud blacks,
which, by threats or force, rescue The iugi-
tive slave from the possession OF his right
ful owner. The attempt to recover a slave,
in most Of the Northern States, cannot
now be made without the hazard Of insult,
heavy pecuuiary loss, imprisonment, and
even of life itself Already has II worthy
citizen of Maryland lost his life in making
an attempt to inforce his claim to a fugitive
slave. (See 4 page Southern address,
And since the passage o thc late fugitive
Slave Law by Congress (which is so posi-
lively required and e%njoined by the Consti-
tution0 Every body knows that nearly
the whole North have risen in hostile array
against it, denouncing it as v%ioIative .: the
Constitution-The laws of God and buma-
nifty, and a disgrace to our name as a free
people. All the great churches in that Sec
ton have branded it as against the laws OF
God and religion. State Legislatures have
declared against it, and continued laws in
force against its execution. State Conven-
tons have repeatedly resolved that it was
unconstitutional, vio,ative of the great prin-
ciple of liberty, and could never be binding
on the community, and that it should be
resisted by all men. Innnmerable meet
ings are continually being held throughout
the entire free States who denounce the
law and vilify and blacken the Slave holder
in every shape and manner possible. When
ever an attempt is made to recover a runa.
way slave in Pursuance of the law, large
bodies of people composed of all classes
collect and by menaces, threats and even
violence either rescue the runaway or pre-
vent the execution Of the law-Leading
men, Senators and Representatives in Con-
gress from the North abuse the law and de-
nounce and brand slave holders as "thieves
and robbers" Yet strange as it may seem
it is nevertheless true that there are men
right here among us who in the face of all
people against us here, constantly indeavor-
ing to excuse and apologize for their in.
Justice and insulting disregard of our rights
and who have the affrontery to tell us We
complain too much, that the good North
ern people will yet do MS justice to wait
awhile they will get better soon, and will
not be so hard on us as they have beer
when w try to get back our runaway
slaves. Now why any man living here in
the South should attempt to excuse or pa.
late these enormous wrongs and wantou
outrages, committed and threatened by the
North against the Southern people and
their property (unless it be in the desperate
struggle to sustain a sinking partly is Who'll.
Iy unaccountable TO us. 1t would really
seem that there could be but one sentiment
here in the South, and that would be to
support and sustain the Constitution gfthe
u. s. at every hazard and to the last eX-
tremity, and thereby preserre the Uaton,)
and with it our rights and sacred honor as
freemen. No man or community of men
ever obtained or preserved their rights by
submitting to wrong or palpable injustice
Submission TO one outrage forms the sure
grand work for another Of greater magni-
tude. All admit this-Then why should
there be a division of sentiment amongst
ourselves, when there is so much at stake
on Jul unity.
Geni, Foote and his AZ brother mem
hers of Congress in the address above refer
ed 20 after having int plain and clear man
ner set forth our grievances the premedita-
ted wrongs and aggressions threatened by
the North against us and the direful conse-
q~uences that will inevitably flow from them
If they be not promptly and decidedly met
and prevented. Conclude their very able
address as follows;
ave, then, are of the opinion that the
first and indispensable step, without which
nothing eau be done, and with which every
thing may be, is 10 be united among your
selves, on this great and most vital ques.
tion. The want of union and concert in
.zf.uo.aa - - hoe brnuobt The SoYth 81,