The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-14
ONSLAUGHT ON SOUTH CAROLINA,
AFFAIRS I'M CONGRESS.
The RIVER AND HlRBOR BILL IN THE HOUSE,
STRANGE DEBiTE AND UPROARIous SCENE.
PROCEEDINGS In THE N. Y. LEGISLATURE.
ka1Idtnts from all Parts Of the Country
&c, &c, &c.

reserved ana IN reply must assure you That
realise all the solictude that you could expect to
DO in relation 70 the present attitude OF nntional %
well ss sectional affairs.
connection with these have recently seen in the
public papers, alstter from General James Hamilton of
south Carolina, dated Retrieve, (Texas) December
10 1850 and addressed Langdon Cheves containing
some suggestiess and sentiments in which cannot
ncide Thcse times Of wide spread agitation and
OF deep and earnest feeling the part of many
fellow citizens and such ideas those expressed In
the following extracts from the letter Of Gen. Hsm
ton likely to be productive Of evil consequences
however we'll meant BY him. His has been long
familiar to the public as one Of the most ardent and
cevs OF the champions ofsouth Carolina in the times
of nufcson, and his late conciliatory adm onitions
1sve invested his opinions with increased influence
among the moderate and rational friends of the
try These suggestions, therefore, II erroneous
hssty, ,hould not be allowed to pass by unnoticed
The object have In view is Eot to engage in q
paper CONTEXT with the General but merely intimate
to you and some other friends at Richmond, that,
he places vrgniz in the vanguard in his contemplated
movement appears proper that steps should be taken
there manifest her dissent the high honor pro-
posed. These the extracts to whic desire espe.
cisy to invt your attention In many other portions
of bis letter opinions thrown out which also deem
Justly Obnoxious to criticism but these are the most
essential. will connne my observations to them
alone
In the letter which addressed to the people Of South Ca
rona hksw,ss asserted broadly sh.. was
the Union fsnass:, .sssasts and proasssss
srsSSs events were travelling quite last
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elae'o annu led IL, May not the dei be said
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aiehmendi E not each and all Of them respond the
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sn saa may obtain
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. the soetituon rssctsg the taxing and
and these truth. nsys. Pu. 70 the test.
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our domestic tOns-ihs. they cannot live In the
slavery on their handle. US part IN ana
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The hrst point to be noticed IL the alleged fact that
the demsgogues and abolition fanatics OF the North
pressing the CONTEXT with fearful velocity-that
Vermont has nullded the Fugitive Slave law and that
Massachusetts, has de aefo nulled it-thst the
yader has arisen and he appeals to Virginia to
forward. Now, 1t must be very obvious that the
sources Of General Hamiltons intelligence not
very Trustworthy for nothing is clearer to those who
the spot and judge for themselves than that
the anti slavery agitation in the free States Is In great
subsi ding that the demsgsgues who par
In II deserting lite ranks and that
into the exclusive hands OF the thrsadbare white
fanatics like Garrison and Gerrit smith and those OF
the negroes who belong to the Fred Douglass order OF
runaway patriots The eunwarranted agitation that pre-
yailed has been productive Of most sautary re-
sut and that Is to arouse the popular attention of
the sober quiet patriot OF the free States
the character and danger OF these abolition nachna.
sions The moment they arrested public notice, that
moment they were destn ed to be crushed. We see
the process daily going on the Union movsfr snt Is
neaving up society from its greatest depth Of feeling
and abolition fanaticsm Is vanishing before its mighty
power ehaf is'driven bsfors the whirlwind. The
action Of Vermont took place during the extreme via
1ence Of the fanaticsl fever In her legislative bodies
and even, As 1t was the act passed By fraudulent
trick, and, since its exposure has excited In the
5reats Of the people the most determined hostility
1t IL believed they will hasten to repeal It. and to wipe
out the disgrace II has entaled the State 30 far
Massachusetts Is concerned only single case has
and we informed citizen OF hers believes ~ will
be very soon followed By another Of like nature |
There are three other points In these extract. deserv
ginia should lead of at once In favor of southern
Convention to be held at Richmond that convention
all the stster would be the fruit Of this movement
and that the federal constitution should Be- amended
30 as to ,ecure new guarantees for the rights o. tho
Now to all and singular OF these things | object, be-
cause they are totslG unnecessary. This southern
Convention Is the bsntng OF the abortive Nashville
Ccnventisn and could good end but to pro-
tract agtaos, and furnish sort Of safety valve for
rissipp to ist OF their sstr. gas Th. can Be Ja ..
we'll done In town meetng. legislative melies'
sions for these pyrotechnie displays ia Southern
Convention should be held az Richmond OF elsewhere
oeo youa .ns % ssys s u a ss sassa pSs9a
Tor they would be visant and Industrious aud would
,,Iay s,s pa,' Sous 1ss ss
20 pledge the people In advance TO some extreme
measures and to erssni.. bedy q GO op.r.sor. -ho
epeotve communities, and watch psrda for the mo
msnt when they could give the nion iis death blow
should q convention OF all the State. Afterwards a..
sembl. what could Il accomplish ~ could meet
federal constitution. And nov let me candldy and
esriou,ly ask any man in his senses, u he believes
general convention could be assembled IN th.,s
times of turmoil and excitement, of.ctonal jeai
ousy and spimosty, from which ssy real good
Ssths,. wbsn or territory was eompnatfveiy small
our condition distracted and ansrchcal our confede
cation loose and frs isssue observed or violated a.
interest or prejudice Dictated there so much am
Guilty In forming constitution BY sconvention pre-.
the Imost iiiu.trous Statesmen and patriot, Of the
revolution. what could We hope for nov, vnen every
ms.t.s Rnt IN sSasson to ,h. IN.
south needs neither nev susrsntsss' nor rtccgni
non, ~ p for hsr lam, .rsssv "d in psa o
neither new readings nor new ssnotidostion This
great palladium of tn. freedom and the rights Of every
state and OF every citizen In the Union, cannot be
hittered away BY special pleading overthrow by
open force. Both means have been tried, and both
have spominiously failed Its eternal and INN utsble
principles rise with renewed vigor after every
,sauit and the more they are condemned and de-
poupcsd by fanatics and demsgogues the d.srsr do
they become TO every patriots heart. what wrong
can be inflicted on the Southern States without
sauslly vounding the constitution None sbso.
intsiy none And What necessity can there be for
smspdips ite provisions by seeking TO do this the
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