The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-02-05
Virginia


We'havo before US says the Ifsstssi;ppiaa
the hrst annual message of the recently cleo
ted Governor Of Virginia, under the new
constitution. Tt is devoted chiefly to cues.
tons Of State policy. He presentsa well-di-
geSted system Of internal improvements.
which will, no doubt, be favorably acted nm.
on to great extent, by the Legislature. He
doyotes, iRt conclusion, few pointed re-
marks relative to the Compromise, and doubt
less announces what the Examiner saws is
the true sentiment of the Democracy of Vir-
gina on that question. His views are iden-
teal with those entertained also by the de-
mocracy Of Mississippi They believe TIE
Compromise was "unequala and unjust to the
South, and will acquiesce in it on the con-
diton that aggressions must cease. He says
The series of laws past during the last Con-
gress, denominated the "COmpromise, acere
unequal and unjust TO The South, and con-
StjtUtCd Just cause Of conpl0jnt But regard
ing them as full and final settlement of
that dangerous and vexed question land in
that light only,) the Southern States very
generally manifest willingness to acquiesce;
not because Of their justice or equality, but
for the sake of that Union, to maintain
which, whilst under and controlled by the
written constitution, every patriot would
pledge his fortune, his life and his sacred
honor Ju ,chjch, Without the Constitution.
as uorthlcSs, and deserves not the generation
Cfdpy. Ifit be true that those provisions
effect a settlement of this question, be it SO;
it is what we want. To let it and us alone
is all we have ever contended for anil evey-v
,5ort to reopen The lCound or rcnelo discus
sion upon tie subject should be trorned upon
by ece,y patriot. GLOW does the Uuion-
savior, Footc, relish this p
Whilst, therefore proper regard forself-
respect, and the respect for the nation, as
well as patriotism and policy, dictate that
Virginia should infexibly maintain the DO
sition she has heretofore taken upon this
question, let us do so calmly and with as lit
tie agitation as possible If the law for the
rendition of fugitive slaves, which hut pro-
vidcs the means for the exercise of right
secured to us by an express provision
of the federal constitution, and the only one
OF the series calculated to be acceptable or ben
ificial to the South, should be made dead
letter upon the statute book, either by open
resistance or by evasive legislation or other
devices which shall prevent its faithful exc
cuton in the non-slaveholding States, or
should Congress repeal or materially modify
Its provisions, the last hope entertained by
the South for that justice and protection guar
anteed to her by the written compact under
which she entered into the Union will be lost.
Though the spirit in which this law has been
received in the Northern States, is we'll cal
culated to excite our serious apprehensions,
yet it is to be hoped that those who have it
in their power to avert so great calamity to
us, to themselves and to the world, will see
the abyss upon which we stand, and stay a
policy which, ifpersisted in, must precipitate
Us into irretrieyable ruin.
/ cannot close, without availing myself of
this opportunity to call your attention to
those great political landmarks which have
and should ever characterize the foreign pol
icy Of this government. Surrounding cir
cumstaucCs everywhere admonish us that
these are revolutionary times. The potent
events passing before US indicate an APP
preaching crisis in the political affairs of all
European nations, and deem this fit oc-
casion when we should be admonished to re-
lgiously observe the American doctrine of
"non-interyention, and the avoiding of all
"entangling alliances" first taught us by
the "Father of this country" and followed
by those patriotic statesmen who succeeded
him, until it has been regarded as the settled
policy of this government.
His closing remarks on the Kossuth doc
trine are eminently conservative and patri-
otto.