Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-02-08

e shs course q : speech % lke Missouri La.
isIalufe seeding de election q y. >. Sslalog.
No. Leslie. giving reasons Or toliax Coz t|r. Ben
Ton, alluded % 4 letter from Ma. Eeyef. which
YES sala Il b thea a thai city. NJ. Crockett
thessnpsn roe and read lton shst lelser The co.
lowing essfaca. being al that related 10 lAssahs
lses hslats ne Legislature. h pssasals pIAs-
form Of Southern ronslilulionAl rights, bread AM
ssf6ae. up0a eklch ell true men. q whatever par.
y n The Ssalh. may practically Aand end Nofk
together 8e 4 Remembers i vas 70 elessle
gki ,'aaefine lkese arone conservative Souiherh
doclfines. lkag Benton. he demoydiic ally ofthe
lFeessoileFs, vas dlsplaced from power. BY The
Legislature 81 Missouri,
sheTsis kNovn 70 exit amMg the wings d
I'D parts q he Uaioa. difference Of opinion o.
he sahjeel q tIz<esJ; and alshoayh yra hsssnol
eHquired q ne o. that snblec Il is due 10 ynu as
we'll as myself that should announce ~ eria.
Ion. !. wherefore. cay thar 40 nds believe that
Congress possesses any constitutional power 10
establish or pFoAibisslaver Ia the Territories Of
The Dissrics Of Columbia. OF course. coald
not be induced to cooperate Ia, o. counsenance
any such legislation; but IL the power existed, /
should be none the less opposed 10 its exercise.
u my judgment, no power, however plainly
granted, should be executed by legislation, which
can he Of 10 benefit to the government OF people
Of The United States, and yet conflicts with the
/ interests and feelings Of large number Of the
people and States II the Union, especially where
ne tendency is 10 defeat any one on mofs of the
great ends Cor which the constitution aud govern
naeaf we're ordained aud established. Aud this
10 precisely The description oflsglsailOns ~ much
pressed upon Congress Of late.
Il can benfGt none. not even the slave, toF
here L dQes nothing hut to c0nine him III slavery
70 given district. Il inierdcts the new terri,os
gies 10 both master and slave, unless the nas,ef
viii consent todissolve that relation ~ comforting
on him new master. and in that case ste slave
is not benefited, while the masters right Il i'm.
paired.
Bat, while such legislation can do no tocd, Il
i iuli Of positive evils. Il assas The characters
and threatens 10 suhyert the institutions, 81 IF,
teen Siatss--0estroys the confidence ar lheir pea.
PIE. q once, y The security Of properly and thu
Justice Of the General Governments ~
the harmony and tranquility of The Union--ar.
rays one portion ii hostility 10 anmher, and
! would eventually bring on civil war, and he dis.
| mrmhernseus II che Republic.
Every rejecting man, however averse ID sla.
yery.or canfdent in his opinion &c the au'huriy
Of Congress- to interfere. must find. in very re-.
cen, experience, an effective admenition 10 ior-
6esrance, unlsos he Is resolved on civil war and
dissolution Of the Union.
The preserving etIarts 10 procure the passage
Of acts 70 prohibit slavery 10 the territories, and
abolish i in he District Of Columbia, have
brought on Z fearful crisis. AT The commences
nent Il The late session 81 Congress, No one. |
think, can dsabl that the surcfss u thOse efforts,
In either case, would have bepn regarded and
treated BY several 81 The States As nm omen de-.
claraiion 81 civil war; and the Uniou, with ts
manifold blessings, would have persisted III con-
| aict OF arms. Nay. II tie questions had heen
left open to agitation another year, this Uniou
| could not have wiihstood the shock. Fonunate-
y, better counsels prevailed, and the greatest Of
all calami,ies was aserted by the passage Of the
several bills constituting what iscaied The Com.
promise and now. my deliberate opinion IL,
That the best security we can have against the
recurrence Of The imminent peril which we have
80 recently escaped, 10 70 upholdthat adjustment
| in III iis psris, and preserve i inviolase.
Although tho admission ~ California. with
her extensive boundaries. and ihe scl lcr he abs.
| liii0n cf what IL called tho slave trade III tho
District If Columbia, would not have beenenlirc.
y scceplable 70 me, ,lnconnecled with the cAher
constituents of The Adjustment, as reliable As
surancc 81 their passage as whole, was
from the beginning. am now, and shall be 70 the
4 end, ia favor Of thai adjustment. Il Is The hest
settlement of the controversy that could. under
all The circumstances have been obtained.
| Il involves no sacrifice 81 snTen.er Of pFinci.
pie. Il impairs no right Of Slate or citizen Of
the United States, and secures no triumph 70 any
section. party b people of tho Union over an.
other. Good faith, as well a. tho preseFva,iou
Of The harmony of the Union. requires that Il
should be sustained by men ofaIl parties.
/ If II can be preserved invioIable. Il viii re-
store harmony and tranquility % oil portions 81
This Repablic. BY re:esablishing the confidence
of our people ii the justice Of lhe Government
and ibe good laith ol their fellow citizens. II Il
i be- OyeHhrown, no ons can estimate the calami-
lies he, will almost inevitably be brought upon
The country.
The act for the recovery d! fugitive slaves
forms part Of The adjustment, and Is The con-
sidsration which induced portion ot the Union
Ia aecede 10 ether excepiiOnabc, 0f tess accepia:
h!s oE;ions, and canno; nav bs repealed Or tsir
4 security II afiofds impaired. without breach b
n faith. Its but tho fulflIment b constitutional
Il obligation. and cannot BE- changed In any essen
4 tlal particular wilheul she bresch N sworu duty
n therefore should look upon IL repeal, Of allera
II ton n any important particular, not only Us
III hoaf;la All hut u decisive audience al 4 deter