The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-24

But will the North stop here We can not be-
lieve that she will. The wsr which is now being
wagsd against the rights and honor Of the South
viii never terminate until slavery IL finally Ian
nhed from these SHORES. The in satiable , ri, OF
AboIitonisu which seems to possess our North
ern allies, can never be appeased by any sacrifice
short of this. To this result, every thing i.
rapidly tending. Already, in tho ab liiion Of the
slave trade in the District Of Columbia. Congress
has undertaken to declare when slave shall be-
GONE free. What is this, but in other words, an
assumption Of the right on the part Of Congress
to sraucipate our slavesi Aud what guarantee
has the South that this power viii not be used
Lodged in The hands Of large and daily grow
ing Northern majority, II may At any moment be
made the means of striking dsath-bIow to our
interests, and our rights. When we reflect upon
the anti-sIavery sentiments which actuate that
majority who will pretend TO assert that it will
not be used to effect our ruini Everywhere,
throughout the North, we find men of all shades
and differences ofopinion, coaescing in one COM
mon crusade against the institutions Of the South.
Everywhere. the spirit Of Abotionsm reigns su-
preme. Under its influence. political platforms
are bubt, and hed-reIigious and charitable
associations formed and dissolved ssiastical
establishments, the most venerable, split 10 twain
the laws outrags9-and the Constitution tram
pied under foc1I ~ its instigation, our slaves
have been sedu6 4, and melted TO revolt-and ia
natics proceeded even to The shedding Of blood.
Such being the state Of public opinion at the
North, how long will it be, befope the exponents
of that poAlic opinion, the Northern representa-
tves IN Congress assembled, carry out the wishes
OF their constituents. and venture upon fresh ag-
gressions on our rights? Unless speedy and e.
fectusl measures are taken for its preservation.
slavery becomes at once doomed institution, and
It's abolition but question VI time.
Depforabe as this state Of things confessedly
10, on what grounds can the Sosth hope for a
change for the beter' The anti-slavery spirit in
stead OF subsiding, seems only to grow stronger
and who is there to exercise the fell demon, and
restore peace and quiet to our distracted country
This question, il remains with the young men of
the South to answer. From the North, we have
nothing to hope--everythng 10 fear.
:" Timeo Danaos ct dona ferentes.'
For even surprising the present agitation to
cease, which will never be, while there is single
slave in the country, and the flames Of fanaticsm,
to be for time extinguished, which can never
happen, while there is material left for then, to de-
YOUR, there would still remain sufficient ele-
ments OF strife and discord, to interpose a per-
retuai bar to anything like cordial, permanent
Union between the two sections. The one is
manufacturing and navigating, the other planting
and agricultural. The interests Of the one incline
no monopoly and exclusion, those OF the other to
free trade and open competition. Besides, the free
labor Of the North must necessarily te jealous of
the slave labor of the South; and the capitalist
compelled at an immense disadvantage, and high
wages. to employ that free labor, cannot fail to
regard with envy the more fortunate STAKEHOLDER
OF our happier cline All these circumstances
tend to bar our path to Union, and to add another
illustration n the doctrine, that whether we
would have redress for the past, or security for
the future, we must find them equally in ourselves.
Under thes. circumstnnces we deem it no pre-
sumption to issue address to you, young men
of the South; and to hold commune with you, to
the end that we may bring about unanimity Of
sentiment, concert Of action, and fxedness of
purpose on your part, to resist. I" to the last ex-
tremity. and at every hazard, "t the wrongs and
asgressions of the North.
We cannot forget that soon the destinies Of the
South must be entrusted to our keeping. The
present occupants Of the arena Of action must
soon pass away, and be called upon to fill their
places, and to battle in their stead against i'm
pending dsngers. Il becomes therefore our sacred
duty 10 prepare for the contest We believe,
moreover, that our rights and liberties can only
be preserved by firm, decisive, and united action,
which We maintain can best be attained by direct
ing the attention Of the young nyan Of the South
to the wrongs and insults which have been heaped
upon them, and awakening in their breasts
spirit of determined, resolute resistance.
We need here barely glance at the concessions
made by the South. with view to preserve the
Union, in order to exhibit, in all its naked de-
formiy, the spirit which animates the non-save
holding States.
II is well known TO most OF us, that previous to
the adoption ofthe present Constitution, .Vrginin,
for the sake,ofthe Union, surrendered to the Gen.
eral Government all of the vast domain owned by
her, to the West and Northwest Of the Ohio riv-
er, surprising in extent ell ofhe Southern States
of the "OId Thirteen" Notwithstanding this un-
parallel generosity, her citizens were deprived of
all the benefits accruing from this muni6eent
grant, by the passage, chiefly by Northern votes,
and "without shadow Of constitutional authori-
ty." Of the ordinance Of 1887. Virginia had
thought proper to annex condition TO the
grant. This was, that not more ihan five States
should be formed out OF the ceded territory. But
even this poor favor has been refused; and Of the
Northwest territory, 22,336 square miles have
gone to constitute the sixth State Of Minnesota.t
The next concession was at the formation Of
the present Government. Here again 'sthe South,
as usual, yielded to Northern exhorbitance, and
agreed that FIVE slaves should count only as three
free negroes. There ore, instead Of los represen-
tatives in Congress, we have only 81"
Again On the application OF Missouri for ad-
mission into the Union, the North found a preiext
for another legislative robbery. The South once
more yielded to her oppressive demands. The in
famous contract was concluded, and thus in mo-
ment of gross faulty, and by, as il were, single
stroke of the pen. the South, out Of 1,075,000
square miles Of territory, ceded 965,000 to the
North, whose brow was thus once more adorned
by the emblems of unprincipled victory. But
even this compromise failed to satisfy the insatia
BILE North. Fresh concessions were demanded,
for the gold mines Of California had now revealed
their glittering treasures to excite the cupidity
and the nvarice of our allies. A fresh robbery
was schemed, and to give sembance of right to
the nqutous deed, n fresh Compromise was sreedi-
ly bolstered up, and to their eternal shame be it
said, passed by Southern votes. By these mea-
sures, according to Mr.. Webster, "the South
gained exactly what the North lost--nothing. I"
What security has the South, that this sacrifice
will not be made the stepping stone Of additional
demands the part Of the NORTH What is there
to prevent its sharing the fate Of previous COM
promises Who will assure us that the North
will not trample its provisions under foot soon
ns she shall have renped it's benefits II it be true
that eve have way of judging Of the future,
but by the past, we may safely assert that the
North will not be slow to insist on fresh sacrifices
and further concessions. Already the Fugitive
slave bill, the only one Of the series Of measures
that constituted what has been ironically styled
'the Compromise" which bore even the sem
blance Of being favorable to the South, has been
decried ut the North, md its repeal loudly de-
manded from the pulpit by the press, and in their