Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-03-01

been given, showing the diseased condition of the
: Northern mind In one of the addresses, crcula-
ted by the American Anti-Slavery Society, the
measures of the Society are elueidated with great
distlnctness. The speaker says, '' Before slavery
can be abolished in the District of Columbia there
must be discussion of the whole subject on the
floors of both Houses of Congress. All the areu-
ments with which oJoiitionists hare flooded the
North, would then be brought forward to prove
the intrinsic tnsquity, the cruelty, the mpoticy OF
slaveholding. A thorough discussion of this whole
subject, in the halls Of our National Legislature,
would be equal to discussion in the Legislature
of eyery slageAoldtng State IN tie Union. The act
of abolition being done, the moral influence Of Il
Uoutd pierce to tie heart Of tie wlole system. II
1coatd pronounce and sign as death acorr0nt II
would be the solemn Uerdict Of the nation, decreeng
the onnihilation Of this dark denominations The
highest Legislative body of the Union, represent
ing the whole people, would declare slavery to be
unfit to live-for let not forget that Congress
wiU abolish 1t, not because 3 has tie pouer Put be-
cause Of ats intrinsic acickedness. The act would
speak in authoritative tones to every saveholding
State, 60 thou and do hikeecise 1t would write
in letters of flashing fire, the gateway of the
National Capitol, g No odnittance for slaoery -
The whole system would thus be outlawed, brand
ed with ignomny, consigned to execration, and ul-
| innate destruction. %
| Thus it will be seen that the indirect consequen-
ces of the act is regarded with more interest
than the act itself The principle is sought, with
far more avidity than the results to flow from its
immediate application. The same consequences
are sought for in the abolition of the slave trade
between the States. "Only small portion of
natural increase of slaves is needed to cultivate
the corn, the tobacco and hemp of Missouri, Ken
lucky, Maryland, and parts of Virginia and North
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horrors, the internal slave trade the dark wa
ters would overflow and drown the profta6leness
of the system in these States, and compel them to
EMANcIPATE in order to save themselves from de-
structon. Therefore, it has been well said, that
this trade is the great jugular vein of slavery
And if Congress will employ the same weapon
with which it Glove down the foreign slave trade,
to cut this Internal artery, the monster would die
starvation would slowly, but surely, consume
him in his Southern, and apoplexy in his Northern
abode Fifteen years would number him among
the dshonored dead.
The power to admit new States into the Union
is also referred to auxiliary in the object they
have SO boldly and intrepidly declared as the in
ducement to their association ''See, " say they,
''that almost boundless region stretching from
Lakes Michigan and Superior, westward, to the
sunset-fertihzed with its hundred rivers, studded
with its beautiful lakes rich in its uxuriant SOIL
undulated with its gentle forest slopes, and dversi
fed with its unshadowed praries, all uniting to
lure the huntsman and husbandman the mechanic
and the merchant. See your Lowells and your
Springhelds, your Rochesters and Buffalos-your
MISUNDERSTANDING up, with scenic rapidly,
till the whole of this vast region is covered with
Keystone and Empire States. And thanks be to
the God of Freedom, the footprint of slave shall
never polute and curse this modern Eden. Here
sir, is final hope for the determination of slave
ry Six eight large States shall yet march into
the Union with free banners floating in the
breeze. Open the doors wide, and beckon in State
after State from the Northwest and the General
Government is in our hands. Then the perpetual
ton of freedom will be the great idea of national
legislation Slavery will melt away before its
burning action, till the last vestige of it shall have
disappeared"
We have shown the votes of Congress upon sew
eral questions, indicating a strong force in the
Northern States at all times, in favor of abolition
views. The examination will show that force con-
stantly increasing. Witness the votes on the right
to petition, rather to agitate. Upon the admis-
sion of Florida, 1345, the motion made to ex-
clude her until she removed the clause from her
Constitution prohibiting her legislature from abol
ishing slavery, and authorizing the legislature to
exclude the free blacks. The vote was II yeas to
88 nays.
The Oregon provtso was carried by the North
ern vote, in both houses of Congress, only four
in the House of Representatives to the contrary
The Wilmot proviso, repeatedly, received the same
universal demonstrations of faver. Mr.. Palfrey
asked leave to introduce bills to provide for tie
abrogation of slavery In the District of Columbia
which was refused, 80 to SO. These votes will in
dicate the continually increasing subordination to
the nti-slavery standard. TO BE CONTINUED.