The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-07-15
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Brown n Woodsille. was ~has might be
called : ''smssheT." According 10 Y IL
completely anbihilated both DAVIS and
Brown. yea. II actually dissolved them "and
like the baseless fabric OF a vision left not
a greasy spot behind" That speech was
indeed great. IL WA even Miraculous. ior
it proved things to the entire satisfaction Of
X aud certain other iongers for submission
which have no foundation in reality or fact,
but are the mere Hastings Of a free and
vivid imagination.
As this speech went over nearly the
whole area Of the immensely Of space we
shall not attempt 10 follow it, but will on.
ly notice two particular statements in it
which seemed 10 have been intended as It's
fnlcrum. ist. The speaker with an air Of
triumph stated that the law enacted by the
last Congress abolishing the slave trade In
the Distric. OF Columbia under the penalty
Of freedom 70 the slave was already the
law in that district, aud had been the law
there for fifty years before the passage of
the act of Congress OF 1850. Now If this
be true in the manner stafrd in this great
and whitening speech. all that we can say
is that Congress must have been a great set
of fools to have been wasting its time and
spending the peoples money in enacting a
law already in existence.
But il seems to ms that the fact alone of
passing this law of 1850, by Congress is
enough to satisfy the mind ofany rejecting
man that that speech did aot state the case
fairly, and although it may have partly pre-
scented the truth, yet it did not state the
whole truth it stopped short and left un-
told that which constitutes the very es-
sence OF this odious unconstitutional law Of
1850. The old law referred to in the
speech was originally passed by the State
Of Maryland and adopted by Congress in
1901, That law only prohibited slaves
from being brought from other States with
in the limits of Maryland for sale. This
act of Congress of 1850 actually prohibits
them from being brought into the District
of Columbia from any State OF the Union
it effects as much the citizens OF Maryland
as the citizens Of any other State it over
rides the old law of Maryland, and operates
as well against her citizens as those OF the
other States. 1t in fac; assumes and esta-
blishes in Congress that very dangerous
priactptc the South has been so long war.
ring against , the right in Congress to lie.
4 ris.ate upon the subjec, of slavery at all.
Once admit that Congress has the constitu'
tional power 10 exercise jurisdiction over
slavery, then the North will have succeed
ed in all she desires, TO effect its ultimate
destruction. VIII the great speaker tel
us if Congress can exercise power over sla
very at all, where that power stops! WI
X inform us why, if the Constitution con
fers power on Congress to abolish the sIav'
trade in the District OF Columbia unde. tn
penalty Of the freedom to the slave, it can
not abolish slavery itself in that District
(Which the speaker and his party swear il
does, II will "smash'' the Union) III
other ground we refer to, taken in tn
9 speech was, that If the South were to seps
/ rate from the North (which the speakt
/ and every body else knows is not intende'
Int IL cisclaimed and disavowed in th
{ most solemn aud positive manner that til
Q slaves in the boyder states would run ava
Q in crowds 10 the flae States, aud as soon {
e thew touched free soil they would be O
free ms their masters. TIE speaker by wa
" of illustration here drew o beautiful pictu'
9 Of wading the Ohio river; he stated mat
G certain seasons of the year, the slave coul
Q easily escape from his master in kentucS
by wajing the Ohio, that fact he knew u
p himself, he had often waded it. THIS groun
taken in the speech either from q short M
mory or on ever anxiety to sustain untrr
4 and ~unfounded promises, was as n'ne
wanting in fairness and reality as the othe
The speaker wholly forgot to mention u
lie fact that the. free States are bitterly oppose
. to the settlement Of free negroes in ttier
and that many Of those States have pass
Up severe pena. laws, fo~rbidding that class
I'd human beings from coming into them
c. reside although to injure the slave-hold'
they will barber the runaway slave Al
hug him to their bosoms under the hyr
II. critical prc,ence of philanthropy. No
en- why is this? Because they hate slav
:, holders, aud despisc the free Negro tn
!. well know that the free blacks can nev
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