The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-03-11


e should count only as three free pecroe.
+ There are, instead Of i05 representatives ii
: Congress, we have only 81. -
agau On LIE application oi hfissour
5 for admission into tie Union, the Nortl
ionnd prstext for another legislative rob
berry. The South once more Welded 10 he
oppressive demands. The infamous con
tract was concluded, and thus in a ulomen
oi gross taimty, and by, as it were, a sing,
stroke OF the pen, The South, out Of l.075
ooo square miles of territory, ceded 955 .0OO
to the North whose brow was thus once
more adorned by the embems of unprinci.
pied victory. But even this conpromise
ialled to satlty the insatable North Fresh
eonces ions were demanded for the gold
mues OF California had now revealed their
/ SLttenng treasures to excite the cupidty
and the avarce OF our allies. A fresh rob.
berry was schemed, aud to give sembanee
oil right to the inquitous deed, fresh Com
promise was speedily bolstered MP, and to
Their eternal shame be il SAID passed by
Southern votes. BY these measures, ac-
coFdlng TO Mr., Webster, al the South gain.
ed exactly what the North lost--nothng.
What security has the South, this sacrifice
Wll not be made the stepping stone of ad-
dltlonal demands on the part of the North (!
what is there to prevent its sharing the
late OF previous compromises? Who will
assure us that the North will not trampIe
It's provisions under foot, as soon as she shall
have reaped its benefits? If il be true that
. we have no way of judging of the future,
nnt by the past, we may safely assert that
the North will not be slow to insist on fresh
sacrifices and further concessions. Already
the Fugitive slave bill, the only one of The
series OF measures that constituted what has
been ironically styled the COMPROMISE
which bore the semblauce of being lavora-
bic to the SoIth, has been decried at the
North, and its repeal loudly demanded from
the pulpit by the press, aud in their legis-
lative assemblies Hlaa ca
When we behold the majority of our peo-
pie SO unanimously opposed to the enforce
ment OF a'clause in the Constitution in
tend to secure the rights Of the minority, all
hope Tor the republic dies within us. When
such spirit animates the majority, history
teaches us that for the minority there is but
oae alternative-Slavery or Indepentcnce.
mus nave we given meagre outline of
some OF the principle concessions of the
South IN behalf of the Union. ...t .....
Ii further sacrifices are necessary, it is not
for us to make them. They who under the
Union enjoy the annual use of $140,O0O,-
600 Of Southern capital, and $20,000,0 900
OF Southern taxes--they it is to whom we
should look for concessions, and not to the
South. We have within our own borders
all the elements of great and flourishing
empire; save us from those who rob us OF
our rights, and we will speedily become one
OF the first nations Of the world.
Thus it will be seen that we have com.
promised we have demonstrated, and we
have threatened. The compromises have
been violated, our remonstrances have been
heard unheeded, and our threats laughed at
as empty menace The consequence has
been, that we are now brought to condi- |
ton for which we have our own wavering, |
temporlzing policy to thank. as much as the
aggressi le spirit of the North. We have
compromised enough it now becomes us
to act.
Now, in our opinion one of the prnci-
pie obstacles to the preservation Of the Tn.
ion, is the idea so prevalent at the North,
that there is no concession no sacrifice, to
which the South will not consent rather
than secede-no depth of degradation which !
her people will not iathom rather than dis |
solve the Union. In this notion our past
actions have unhapplly contributed but too
much to confirm them. If we would save
the Union, there must be an end to all this. |
We must teach the North that though we
have sacrificed wealth and power, and equal |
ity there are some concessions which we
will not make, some rights which are dear
er to us than the Union itself. ~
We must show them, in the most nteli-
gibe manner, that the price of further ag.
gressions OH their part will be the diesou-
ton of that Union, and then perhaps they
will come to tneT senses, and pause for
while in their work Of spoiation. But this
is not enough. 1t is not sufficient that there
should be merely temporary cessation of
aggressions on the part Of our allies There
are conditions on the faithful, literal fulfil
ment of which policy and honor alike re-
qnire that the South should insist, before she
can with safety entrnst her interests and !
her rights to the tender mercies of a trinmph-
ant and irresponsible Northern majority.
There are. 1st. That the existing laws for
the recovery of fugitive slaves shall be rigid
'ly enforced. Cd. That the South has ac-
corded her sufficient guarantees Of fnture
equaiityo of poifticaI power. wow with
ference to the first OF these conditions, Il II
perfectly obvious that it can never be COM
piled with while spirit of intense and dai-
ly growing hostility to theSouth continues
to pervade the Northern portion of this CON-
federacy Whether that spirit will abate or
increase we cannot pretend with certainty
to determine. Our convictions on the sub
ject we have not hesitated to confess. Now
the second condition implies the equitable
division of the newly arut7ired tepritorv