Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-08-23

fimsy dishonest pretext would project tnc osepue
the one nor the slave in the other case, the other th
States sboud choose 10 sdudge and assert their rights undo
this treaty of the Constitution II to collect revenue II
South Carolina in opposition to State authority DO an &C
forcing State into the Unon so cou me ayrest Jug'
tine sLave in Massachusetts or Vermont done In denanc
of State authority.
f by sovereignty the malcontent State that she
not merely coequs with but sovereign over all the sub
mission States king over his SUBJECTS then might o.
true that no one had right to judge but herself Such kind
of ,oueregntv ONLY scU authorize the arrogance Of such
claim All these preences by which malconents seek tc
evade the wholesome restraints of law and order are alike
dishonest arrogant
at Is said that if the majority decide and Judge to
the rights of The minority the latter may be oppressed BY
such license That quite reasonable let the mno
rity rule the majority Such arguments-if arguments they
can be caed-fobid all government You must dispense
with ures and Judges for fear they will do wrong You
abolish the liberty Of speech and the press for fear they will
be abused the right of universal suffrage, because some
nay msnyca their votes Tor men and measures suoveave
OF public good.
When men come into society they surrender the natural
rights Of state Of nature, by which they do as they case
for the benefits be derived from the protection Of society
For such benefits you must the risk Of the majority using
the forms Of government your injury II such injuries be-
oppressive TO be borne, you have the OF the
tongue pen and ballot box them. II these fall and
you deem the oppression Of sufficient magnitude to justify il,
you have the remedy fathers had Of appealing to arms
and the justice of your before Heaven You
enjoy the freedom of Of nature and benefits Of
society at the time than the boy eat his cake sd
have il too.
Above all constitutional other right to secede, is the
great law Of necessity and sedefence. By the and
all other ass the citizen is bound SO to las rights
not to abuse his neghbos. You cannot erect mill pond
other nuisance if it breeds in the air breathes
g The same law is recognized by nations. 1t was this
principle which justified Mr. Monroe in announcing in his
message, and recognised by Government SINCE that
could suffer the monchs of Europeto colonze any
this country Though Spain has the abstract right
dispose of Cuba Of Porto Rco yet Government by
this law of necessity and sedeence, would appeal TO
rather than suffer dangerous position for naval Power
the former TO fall into the hands of England.
Overriding all other rights. the thirty States harea
right to judge whether their safety convenience
permit the remaining thry6st to secede from the Union,
leaving space around which shall have to establish
line of custom houses the of the couRy
around which our mail and munitions of shall have
be carried and troops marched in respect Of neutral terrific
ry and whether we permit fine port on our coast to
lie open for the admission Of enemies in time OF
Whether permit Iowa and California depart with
the public lands Louisiana with the mouth of the Msss
spp questions Uhich the thirty cannot permit TO be DIS
posed of by the caprice of State, in defiance of their
rights and convenoe No people, who deserve to be free,
will submit that the whms, obstinacy, arrogance Of
waywad sister shall be consulted in preference to the
convenience rights necessities and selfdeence Of thirty
other patriotic and aw-abidng States They will truly be
submission States when they decline to assert the right
Judge whether the secession Of such macontent State will
be compatible with their interests and safety Fla territory,
extending into country, and occupying position inn
portant Of the States belonging foreign Power
could not be purchased people would feel justified by
this law of necessity to anrar it. Then why not retain,
being annexed under the Constitution Row, whether
South Carolina is of consequence enough to make impo
tant to the safety and rights of the other States that she
should remain in the Union may be very questionable
every except herself She could be much missed
except in her power and capacity to engendc and propagate
strife.
koxna al.
sustaining that portion Of the compromise bill which, accord
ing to demsnd enacted that Congress should neither
abolish establish slavery the Territories rather than
now that some have changed their views require that the
majority be asked to pass Law at the bidding Of the mnor
y And then would have been the time what
not let pass unnotced That il should only be very
strong to authorize such equisitien the majority,
H indeed one so strong could be made, but that there
should be some means proposed to the end in view Con-
gress did not make New Mexico free soils accepted
SUCH And do the dsunonists propose amy plan make it
slave territory Disunon will not nercouse will not,
secession by South Carolina will not the election Of Nc
Donald will not Refusing go into any Convention to
nominate President and Vice President as proposed BY the
Nashville Convention, and leaving the field open for the abo-
ioniss to ugge avortes into these important Offices
am surc will not And the dsunioEists do propose
any thing that Will.
81 have not space to show, have done on a fermer
OCCASION how the admission Of slavery into these Territories
might weaken rather than strengthen the slave power.
We often tainted with the prophecy, say hope
of the dsunon that Northern aggression will net drive
to disunon 1t may, bat that would make present
Poeion wrong To make catastrophe, because it mag
come, would be unreasonable FIRE your house. be-
cause, BY accident it may hereafter be consumed This
silly the complaint often hear put forth by some o-
eater in the crazy stage that the Wmot proviso has in Of
feet been put in force because have been prohibited by
california from taking slaves to that State Overlooking that
the whole controversy is, whether have been rghxHy
prohbiedno disputes the fact of prohibition He who
cannot or will not the difference, could distinguish
between having his property taken by robber on the high
way and BY the sheriff pay his honest debts In the one
case wrongfuy in the other rghtfuy taken and this
embraces the whole difficulty Why do not such mon pro-
pose the Government because they are paving
taI on tea This the complaint against England. And
yet we are paying heavier the United States than
England levied The freeaer could say the tax is paid
and what ia the difference to whom paid The difference
the same as 10 the of California In the one case the
Iroper authority $3.50 - III III :
would not have noticed so ridiculous maer-argu-
nent cannot be hsve heard it SO oen
and because elbows that in this controversy right moi
6fen INTO consideration by adversares All they care
to notice is, that they have not what they 1o wish Not
Only the great principles of segovenmeD and the right
the majority consutonsy Iule are overlooked but the
panes consistency which requires people not to complain
"hen ney nave mat which they repeatedly declared would
be satisfactory such abs0rdies have heard and will
hear sgan for dog reorneth to bis voit 80 fool re
turneth to his folly. And though you bray fool in q
mortar. yet will not bis ooshness depart from him. lei
them rant the people will Let them pituperae tn
people will vote, and vote 10 November last Verify THU
generation Of reeaters is like children sitting in ,h
markets end calling unto their fellows saying we have pipe,
unto you and ye have danced We have meurned INIT
Fou and e have lamented If the people we're to fol
law their counses they would lament and amen. when To-
lste."
SAB DisLsTER AT SEA.-Cspt Brewer, of the brig Low
der arrived New York from the African coast sates tbs