Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-01

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Mr.. Raffs on allrert.

bruska question Did the editors Of the Gazsth
read it! Did they not, detect the fatal sentences,
in that letter WHICH would make, the North clsqve
unto the bill of DoUeLAss If they rightly under
stand iti We coPy7a;part Of IL, and italicisethe'
significant parts. Ohio Democrats! read and re-,
feet; and abjure. if ypu,haye formed any oPPcsi.
ton to 80 benignant measurs,.a ass l9Rog tsusu
Here are some Of Mr., Borrs' reasons for oppos..
ing the DoueLAs bill. e'ia ''ll' ''a252lls q, :"
AS southern man, raise nx voice against it,
oppose IL, because il would be an act Of inatuat-
ed madness on the part of the South to accept it,
1 oppose IL, because il would be impossible ever
again to obtain as favorable terms from the North
with their seven millions majority Of schite popila.
ton, as zoe obtained ,rhen hat more near
ty qPprorfmated equdlity> oppose u, upon the
ground that it places a Larrep privilege in the.
hands Of the South, for which notoply go equiEa..
lent is offered, but by which she must be ah ~
timate and great loser. - -. 80
What can the south gain by opening the terri
tory Of Nebraska to slavery, when, by the same
act she opens the territory south Of Nebraska To-
the free States ofthe Union, and invites them, to
come in! Let US look at it calmly and, practical,
ly. What consideration or inducement can be of
ercd to the STAKEHOLDER of the south to carry his.
slave property into that territory, whers 9ehherr
Lut tue pIOuuCilOuS OI uu0 bOlk. aIQ,
adapted to slave labor, and where it would always
be both Improbable and insecure, while such vast
tracts of uncultivated lands in the finest cotton,
sugar and tobacco regions of the world lie open.
before him in the States of Texas, Arkansas,
Missouri, Alabama, etc., where the productions
of labor more profitable, where the climate is
more congenial, and the property better protect
ed, and where lands can be obtained on as favor.
able terms as in Nebraska! Nebraska and KaR-,
mil hnf fhap
mately come in as free States. What do these,
northern gentlemen, Mr.. Douglas, Mr.. Pierce
and their associates ask in return for this uI-,
available boon to the south? Why, that the
north may be equally free to settle territory south
of SO deg. 80 min., with their free population, to,
be afterwards held free territory, and to be uls
timately admitted as free States, Now, let us
see what would be the prospects and advantages,
of each or all the other lines and divisions between
the free and slave States being broken down.
The first question is, which has the largest sur
plus population to send abroad! The alswersis,,
the north has l3,3lO,302 whites, the south Glib
2l3 whites, which leaves the north with a major,
y of7l96,3S9, to say nothing of the free fol eign
floating population from every quarter Of the
globe seeking settlement and home in all
newly settled territory. :,,--''-f5q..i -,
The next question fs, by which. section Of the,
country could this territory be illeduP. with the
SlColCSI iuClll1: 1uc oluNcHOlueI VI tle SOutuo
is generally landed proprietor, on larger or
smaller scale, he would necessarily require time
to sell out his lands, stock and chattles, ehite the
free laborer of the north packs his carpet bag al
might, buckles has tet around his body in the norf-
ing, and Is off at The first phistle of The ocomotipa
Thus acM they settle the territory tohereuer iauGs-
ments are offered for settlemenO and declare 1t es
a0htle The southern planter as preparing to $serL
and thus aot9 the Indian territory lying tetpeen "a
ofoa Af
mn. now secured to the south, become free ter.
ritory, and ultimately a free State: while, by the
adjustment Of 1920 (or Missouri compromise) her
admission as slave State is already provided fon
without resistance, if the people composing the
State Sc, desire It. a,
Break up this compromise, and yon s1vstR resssr ;
tance to the further admission of slGve Sates Gag
,ohere south SO deg. 80 ni, aoel as north of that
line. And htit not be forgotten that zoe noso hage
acquired eoery inch Of territory that caa be obtGiai1
ed north Of 80 deg. 80 mtn., u'less Cqgada skoala
at some far distant day be annesedt to u.s. (When and
where the introduction of slavery would never be-
attempted,) while every few years the south will
continue to acquire more and more Of the Mexi-
can territory, until we shall in all probability, abb
sorb the whole, every foot of which will, undeEI
the Missouri compromise, come in as slave States,
without resistance or opposition, unless the pea-
pie of those States should otherwise determine.
There is Cuba, too, to which our people have
turned an anxious longing eye; # we acquire
that, and the Missouri, compromise IS broken
down, how can il obtain admission into the Union
as slave State, with the power SO unequally dis
trbuted between the free and slave States! The
north may not attempt to destroy or disturb slaves
Try in Cuba; she may permit US TO hold it aslaEe
territory wit thout opposition, but the question is,
woud they cote for its admission a slsue STATE,
pit1 its full representation ip the too branches ef
Congress- and giving 1t its potential cosce IN Pres.
tdentdl contest? e,ae lo .g3 ea3 a lgasau
But, again; by a joint resolution of Congress
admitting Texas into the Union the sonth. haalzEn
ready secured to it the advantages Of four States
entitled to admission at future day as slave,
States. Break down this compromise Of 1890
and the compromise of 1850 will follow it; and
what then becomes of this joint resolution, which
was (not the result of compromise between the
north and the south, butt the result of party
strength and force in violation Of every princinIe
of the constitution, both in his letter and spirit
and therefore more liable to repeal what, 4 say, i,
becomes Of this feature of that resolutionl The
natural desire for power on the part Of the north
an the excitement of the moment will set ita in-.
4 genuity to work to seek some, copnter lapcingg
measure of retaliation; and how long would It be
before we should have aproppsition to repeal that
portion of the joint resolution! rlassrls gll; !,
Would any northern man be at liberty To- vote
against it if it should be proposed! Could any
II southern man consistently oppose itl The Ms
soiri compromise is to be repealed on the ground
that Congress had no rights to egislate at all on
the subject Of slavery and ifthe Congress Of 1904
has no right to legislate on that subject bow can
we hereafter show that the Congress of lS44A bad
the right to legisate for its fptNre IA
gress cannot kgsslate at all on this question:
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