Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1851-06-27


ern times. Prom whom does this el&mor
eoae k,hy, look at tie proceedings Of
tic Au.i-Slayery Convention-lcck a. her
resolutions. DO YOU find among al those
persons WHO oppose this Fugitive slayc Law
any admission whatever that any law ought
q be passed 10 carry into eGect thc solemn
sipula;ioEs Of The Constitution Tell me
any such case! Tell me # eny resolution
was passed by the Convention a. Syracuse
favoring tie carrying ont Of TIE Consilu-
ton ? Not enc! The fact Is, gentlemen,
they oppose the whole-not man Of shen
admits that there ought to he any lsw O.
the subject. They deny altogether that
the provisions of the Constitution ought to
be carried into effect. Weu, what do they
say? Lock At the proceedings of the AMI
Slavery Conventions in Ohio. Massaehu-
sets. and It Syracuse, IN the Sta.e OF Neg
J 1ofS. shsJ 10 1eey say, tliat: :-sos hs.p
them Goi, no colored man shall be sent
from the State of New York, back 70 his
master in Virginia Don't they say tha>,
and for the fulilment of that they pledge
their lives, their fortunes and their sacred
honorl Laughter They pledged their
honor to violate the laws Of their country
they pledged their sacred honor to resist
their execunoD-;hey pledged their sacred
honor 10 commit treason against the laws
ftheir country. God bless them, and help
them who pledge their sacred homer in such
a cause! Applause. have already Sta
ted, gentlemen, what Your observation CT
this must have been. | viii only recur 10
Ii for moment. for the purpose Of persua-
ding you, as public men and private men
as good then and patriotic men-that YOU
ought to the extent of your ability and in
fluence, see to it that such laws are estab-
lshed and maintained as shall keep YOU and
the South, and the West and all the coun-
try together, as far as it IS just and right,
and as far as n Constitution demands.
say that what is demanded OF US is 10 be up
TO our Constitutional dui.es-to do for the
South what theSouth have anght TO demand
Gentlemen, / have been some time before
the public by character IS known, my
life IS before the country. profess 10 love
liberty as much as any man living: but
profess to love American liberty, that liberty
which is secured to The country BY the Con
stiution under which we i've, and have nc
great opinion Of that liberty which goesover
the restraints law or Of the Constitution. [
hold the Constitution of the United States
TO be the bulwark, the only bulwark Of our
liberties, and our national chart. | DON'T
mean that YOU should become slaves under
lie Constitution That i not american
liberty: that is not the liberty Of the Union
for which our fathers fought--.hat liberty
which has given Us q right to be known and
respected ali over the world. Gentlemen.
let me say to YOU that, as much as | admire
the character OF the people Of Western New
York, as much IS I wish to retain your
good opinion, il you would ever place me
hereafter II any connection with public life.
let ne tell YOU now that you mus not ex-
pect from ne the slightest variation. even
ola hairs breadth, from the Constitution
of the United States. Cries Of Good
Good! GoodH'
1 an 4 Northern man. gcas born
at the North-edUcated al the N01h-
hare Hgca all ay days at The North. |
knose fee hundrcd Northern men 10 one
Southern man. lHy sgmpafhieS-qH
nay syDapotdies-my lore Of liberty for
III mankind, Of ccery coIor, are the same
as yours. '{y affections ard hopes ia
/ ttat respect are cractfg Ike gours. I
ecst 70 see all men fTte-aH aca happg.
haUe 40 ass0eiatioas out Of tie Noyfh-
egn States. lliy people are youy people
and get I an tod some ti5acs that oDl
not hbcry man, becaase ! an not q
Free-soI man. Laughter.l What am
I? what was l ever? what shall be here
after, If / would sacrifice; for any coDside-
ration, that love Of American liberty which
has glowed IN my breast since my infancy.
and which / hope viii never leave me till
l expire? Applause. Gentlemen, J
regret crtrena0iy that sLarery crists an
the Southern States, Gad thot Congress
has not pooCeT to act upon it. But 1t
may be tn the dispsasatjoa Of Providence
some remedy may be fo,tnd for IL
But. in the meantime, held on 70 the Con
E stitution Of the United States; and you need
never expect from me, under any cireunl-
stances. that ] shall falter from it-that /
/; shall be otherwise than frank and decisive.
would not part with nay character as a
man Of firmness and decision, and honor
and principle, for all that The world holds.
You sciH jiad me trwe to Tie North, be-
cause all usy ssB3Dattias are wita the
) NORTH. My affections, my children. nay
: hopes, my erefythiag, IS a,ith the Norat.
: But, when | stand up before my country as
one appointed to administer the Censtitu-
ton Of the country, By the blessing of God.
: viii be just Great applause Gen
tlemen, expect 10 be lbelied and abused
. Yes Iibelled and abused But It don't dis
: turb me. | have not lost a nights sleep
: for great many years. / have some tai
: ent for sleeping. Laughter. And why
) should we not expect to be Ebelled? Is not
! the Constitution Of The United States libelled
and abused? Don't some people call i the
production Of he'll? Is not Washington IL
: belled and sbused2 Is he not called a
blood hound on the track of the African
negro2 Are net our fathers ii5elied and
abused br their oan children2 And un-
( grateful Children they are-and | am afraid
i IN some eases their mothers played false
Laughter. How, then, shall | escapes
don I expect TO escape, but knowing these
thn:ss impuse no bad motive to any one
Tie great settlement measures of the las
Congress are laws. Many respectable men
: representatives from your own State ane
e from other States, did not concur in them
Il / don't ilnpute any bad motive to them
. Am ready to believe they are Americans al
1 They may not have thought them neeessa
Il rg-fhev NAV have thought these ia=.