Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-09-15

social and political evil" and that "ll'r slshi
Of human being in bondag' Is "f"yoltng.
The prejudice aud the poison thus instllled IN
to The public mind form the moral morass'
ont of which the deadly vapors arise that ne"
oyerhang the South.
But. returning to the speech " hlch we have
under consideration, we have said that Gen.
Pierce confines lis remarks Except the gener.
al ones, rcgreiIiug the agitation and excite
mert.) to the IMPROPERLY and lnexpedIency OF
any attempt by Congress TO abolish slarery III
The States, or in the District of Columbia lie
seems studiously TO avoid committing himself,
upon other vital propositions coniancd IN the
resolutions uf Mr. Calhoun. None except the
in,anest Of the Northern fanatics have EVER
claimed the power for Congress In abolish
slavery in the States; and even Mr. Van Blu.
ren said he would veto a bill aboi,ling 1t IN
the District uf Columbia. Neither the one nor
the orlher Of these things Is 10 be feared by the
South -Iecause as General Pierce appre-
hcnds, the dissolution of the Union ond he
the consequence, and the North will not com
pei such a result IL is a most significant fact,
that the speaker withheld his approval OF 9th
er propositions embraced in the resolutions
propositions too, That have formed the very
core Of all the agitation. which has since con-
vulscd the Union We invite the readers at
trniion especially TO the 9th and 9Th resolutions.
The first Of these is in these ords:
Rcsoired That the in'crrncddling ofanv State
or States. or th'ir citizens, to abolish slavery
in this District, mr. any IF tie Territories, on
the ground, or under the pIetext, that 1t is i'm
moral or sinful; or the passage of any act or
measure Of Congress, with that view, would he
direct and dangerous attack ON the institu
lions Of all the sIavcholding States.
We have itaIicised words, upon which, as The
sequal has shown,rhe fate of the union was in a
few years to hang, and yet Gen. Pierce stndi
ously excludes them from his speech, and fails
TO say a solitary word upon the subject; lille
he makes an unnecessary argument, upon the
other proposition relating the District OF Co.
luinbia.
The sixth resolution, after asserting the title
Of the separate States to an equality Of rights
10 rcss, all attempts to discriminate betu cen
them, laws down the doctrine that ito refuse
10 the Southern and Western States any advan.
tage which would tend to strengthen, or render
them more secure, or increase their limits Or
population By TIE annexation Of new territory
or .St0tcs on Me assumption or under the pre-
teri that tie Institution Of siaeery, as II erists
among them, is immoral or sinful. or othermisc
0JaoI ious, would be contrary to that equality
of rights and advantages which the Constu-
ton as intended to secure &c
Now we ask the reader TO scan the speech
Of Gen. Pierce, as closely as he may, and point
out, if he can, one sy liable of appreciation of the
position here taken. Silence is sometimes as
significant as the most expressive language
1t cannot be doubted that Gen. Pierce saw and
pondercd upon tie important propositions as.
serted in these two rcso ujions They greatly
transcend in interest to the Union and impor-
taace to the South those he discusses. Has
Congress the power To- abolish slavery in the
TerrUo/ics, and has it the right to deny the ac-
QUESTION or annexation of additional slave
States to the Unionl These are questions that
far overtop the eta and adjndicated ones, upon
which he gives his virws-they have since
shaken the very pillows of the Republic, and
yet, with them wing directly in the path Of his
speech, he closes his eyes upon them, and re-
minis as silent as the grave. Is not this shnn.
ming of a ralpable quesrion-rhis dodging and
avoidante of plain lssue-prcgnant Of mean.
ing3 Does it not import something more than
mere opposition to the principles they assert
want Of courage or possession of craft
ness, that restrained him from making known
his oppositionl
The first and third resolutions also proponrd
most important principles of State rights and
Federal Obligations, in regard to which Gen.
Pierce is equally non.committa and dumb
Such Is brief review OF the speech upon
which the Lynchbnrg Republican relies to
prove that its authoris "a " arm States Riobts