The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-01

forth BY The whie convention Il Baltimore, in
,weof Of oss asssssions.
II commences with The old sing-sOng Of the
ssvsrp~sss Of The United Ststss being one Of
isnitsd powers. general proposition which no
ore ever pretended 10 deny, and which is equal
~ true of every government not administered
By ths sole will Of depot. While 1t gives
ialI latitude 10 the federal construction Of the
mssaing of tbs words necessary and proper
tos carrying out the powers granted BY the Con.
ssststion," il ut the same time comedies that the
Ssass governments SHOULD b. held secure In
,Ass reserved rights" wish this salvo. that "the
gvassAl government b. sustainsd in its constitu-
tsoeAl powers, aud the Union be watched over
~ The palladium VI our liberties"
Nov chat does all this amount to! No one
qasstioss thAi Congress has right 10 pass all
lsws pdsp~assbly necss.ary and equally proper
10 carry cut the powers conferred on II by the
Consultation; that IL has n right " regulate
tos~ign commerce and domestic trade between
tic States OF that the reserved rights Of the
States should be respected and the general gov.
eminent sustained In iss constitutional powers
In all these both parties agree ~ general princi
plss. but the dfiesity 10 they differ widely In
their extent, ~ veil ~ application. They don't
agree nj oil In their ideas Of what 10 necessary
and proper 10 the execution OF the powers dele
gated TO Congress by the Constitution; nor in
the extent Of the reserved rights Of The States,
and the Functions which the gsnersl government
may lawfully exercise. 1t 10 here the shoe
pinehes and any there general recognition un-
accompanied by de6n,ion Of what they un err
stand by proper and necessary reserved rights !;
aud tho constitutional powers Of the general
government amounts 10 nothing but repet
ton Of words in whose construction and app
cation both parties differ a. wide a. the poles
This 10 excmplihcd in the succeeding resolu.
tions Of the convention, which assert the right
OF the general government 10 make such i'm.
prosements AZ are necessary for the common de-
fence, or for the protection and facility Of com
merce with foreign nntioaa, or among the States,
such Improvements being in erery instance ma
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covers tho whole ground, and juxtifiss tho gov
crnmen. in sppropriatng both the public money
and the public lands 10 any locsl purpose what
ever, because according to this declaration, all
are equally national and general in their char
acier. This il certainly not the Democratic
doctrine, or al least of that Democracy of which
Mr.. Jefferson is said to be tie great apostle.
The convention also asserts that the govern.
mcnt Of the United States has not only the
right, but is in duty bound to discriminate be-
tween, and protect certain domestic manufac.
lures, whereby suitable encouragement may be
assured to American industry equally to all
classes and to all portions Of the country" All
this is mere verbiagc, calculated, and without
doubt, intended to deceive the South, or at least
to give the Wings Of that quarter decent pre-.
text for supporting the nominee Of the conven.
ton. Everybody knows that the Wings apply
this phrase of" American industry exclusively
to manufacturing establishments. Everybody
knows that when they pirate OF American, or
domestic industry, they do not mean the in
dustry of the firesde and the hearth. nor tho
labors Of agrculturiats; nor least of ALL the pro
ducts of tho individual skill aud industry of the
honest mechanic who labors for his own benefit,
and not to enrich the millionaire. They mean
the protection Of that species Of domestic in
dustry which is prosecuted by young women far
away from home. for the purpose Of enabling
our minister to England to support the dignity
of the United States, and exemplify the sim
plcity of republicanism, by vieng with the luxu-
rious prodigaty of the English nobility in his
entertainments, and giving them sample Of the
benefits derived from the protection of do
| mestic industry" To talk of atiording equal
protection to all classes and all portions of the
country" by special Legislation in behalf Of one,
ia worse than nonsense. 1t is an insidious at
tempt to impose on the people of the South
or, what is most likely the real object, to give
certain portions of them pretcxt for being i'm
posed on, "A course to which they would not in
all probability have ventured to resort, had they
not Justly calculated on their unlimited credu-
lily, or unlimited acquiescenee.
Last comet the grand panacea. which is TO
! heal all Southern wounds without leaving even
the scars, and give perpetual repose to this
distracted country" by endorsing the inality
of the compromise" the new Constitution, rs
it is called by its admirers. This endorsement
consists in pledge that the great national Wing
party will maintain the principles of the CON-
promise, which be it remembered, diddled the
| South ont of its share of the vast territory ac
quired from Mexico, and established precedent
for Congress to legslate on the institution Of
slavery. But even this pledge is accompanied
by proviso, that it is only binding until tame
and experience shall demonstrate the necessity Of
further legislation to guard against The eras'on
| of the laws on one hand and The abuse Of their
po,cers on the other"
Now what is the English of oil this Does
| - q. thnrp