Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-01-11

sluiion. and the bill - only Designed 10 give
PRACTICAL operation to that provision, which has
been imperative Tor shry years. ii bill 's'e non.
slaveholdns States Il to enIome an eaP'ess
provision Of The Constitution, be concession.
then shonld he willing TO Adnii, Tbs aeonees
sion. provided The Northern States would enforce
the law. This, however, has not been done, aud
fear will not. In one State il has been rendereda
dead ls.terby Legislative enset@en''' q efmanI'l
and ia the Others the efforts to enforce u have
been wholly Intellectual in most ease''
Such being, in my opinion, the chSrae;ero Of The
acts passed at the late session, | attn ler no 'aue
acquieseence or submission. am iulIy aware,
however, that but little can bo done by the South
in her present divided and distracted condn'on
to Stay the hand Of the aggressor. There Is Too
much division Of sentiment, feeling and opinion
in the Southern States. II the South had been
united and spoken as one man through her dele
| CATION in the last Congress, against the ADJUST
ment," il would never in my opinion have pass.
ed. The divisions Of her people at homo on
this question havc'broughl her TO her present la
nieniabIe condition, aud will continue II mol
healed 10 invite aggression, I'LL her hate sha'' ne
sealed and She become to this government wha'
Ireland is to England, or Hungary TO Austria
How Is the SJr,h to be United on this question IN
defence of her rights know Of no better plan
than the one suggested by tho October Conyen
ton of Mississippi--a Southern Convention Let
all the Southern States hoda Convention COM
posed ofdelegatcs formally elected BY the people
Let them meet and consult together Tor The sale
" of the South, and the preservation Of her con
stitutional rishts--ior the preservation ct thai
Union Of the States bequeathed them BY th'
patrio,e Of 10; that Union Of which the Con.
slitution is the bond. In this way the South mas
possibly be united as one man, speaking but one
voice, animated by conmon feeling, occupying
the same common ground, and when thus united
aud shelving discrimination to dcicnl her rights
ut all hazirls and 10 tue last extremity, agrees.
sion will cease, and not ill then, Tus in my
Judgment is the only plan under Heaven by which
the Union can be preserved, Imean ConsliIu-
,ionaI Union, worthy Of preservation, ard not
Union without the Constitution. II the South
would thus unite and demand Of the North re-
co9nition Of her right 10 80 into Uiah and New
Mexico, with her slave property, the right would
be conceded. II she would demand division
Of California, on the line Of SO deg 80 men
| Catalonia conserving, and this California would
doubtless do,l she would, in my opinion, get it,
She should also demand oil The North, and have
permanently settled, the question, that slaves may
be carried into territory hereafter acquired, and
slave States admitted into the Union. This IL
point of vital Importance TO tho Institutions e
he South that should be settled without delay
If no more slave territory is to be acquired, and
no more slave States admitted into the Union
The overthrow of the institution Of slavery, Is moi
only certain in the States where il now exists,
butihe day is not very distant when ii will be
done. Socalize It, conhne Il within its present
limits, and the finale will be wal Of cxtermina.
ton between the two races in the South. They
can never live upon terms Of social and political
equality there. Aud do not hesitate to say
that would prefer seeing The Union dissovcda
Thousand times over, or The South fling one
common, but honorable grave, rather than the
whites and Blacks living on terms Of social and
political equality in the Southern States.
am then, gentlemen in favor Of a Southern
Convention called FOR The purposes briefly indi-
Gated, 10 unite The South, TO save, il possible,
land believe !, postibIe,) the Union and the
| Constitution, which our revolutionary patriots
gave Us. | am also in favor Of State Conyen
ton, and the adoption 81 all the measures Of non.
intercourse. Let Mississippi aud every other
Southern State cease 10 buy manufactures Of lhe
Norih--esclude them by Legislation ii i cannot
be done otherwise--cease 10 buy goods imported
through Northern cities import directly through
your own Southern cities build tbem up In lhis
way; establish manufactures 10 the South build
% rail roads, establish arseDals and aimo s.
In this way the South will be rendered nde'
pendent Of the North, ard prepared 10 defend
herself, il forced to 60 out Of the Union. This
is her true policy whether ale remains III Or shall
be driven out. by the adoption Of this policy
the North will be taught her dependence upon
the South. When she loses the patronage 0
the South, she win have lost the best customer
,he has in the world, and under returning
sense Of justice, may be disposed to acknowitdgt
and respect our rights.
Il II constitutional remedies should not ares
The hand Of aggression, turn back the tide .