Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-02-11

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invite the planter of the neghborng States who is dis
posed to to turn away from the cotton regions Of
the South and establish himself in Kansas Nebraska.
few domestic servants may be taken there few farm
laborers as 1t were sporadcay but in the long run
am quite sure every body admits that this is be
sayeholdng region and If not this, certainly part Of
the Territory still further north.
Then, sir why repeal this proyso, this restriction,
which has stood upon the statutebook thirty years,
which has been platform of Cancellation and Of peace and
which it is admitted does practical harm You say IL
is derogatory to you that it implies inferority on the
part Of the South. / do not that State must be
either slaveholdng non-savehoding You cannot have
IL both at the me and line of this kind, taking
OIL our acquisitions together, considering how many new
slave states have sprung up south Of the line and how
few nonsaveholdng States north Of it, think altogether
makes pretty equitable division between the slave
holding and the non-slayehoding States. cannot
that there is any thing derogatory in any thing that
implies inferority on the part of the South Let read
you very short letter which find in newspaper that
into my hands this morning just before started to
to the Capitol 1t is very remarkable one II was
written by the Hon Charles Pinckney then distinguish
ed member Of the House Of Representatives from South
Carolina and addressed to the editor of newspaper in
the city of Charleston
CoSGREss HALL, MARCH 2, 1920
o'clock at night,
DEAR SIR: hasten to inform you that this moment Va
have carried the question to admit Missouri and all
the southwark Of 36o 3O free of the restriction very
and give the South, short time addition Of sic, dns psr-
haps eight members TO the Senate 9 the United States Il IT,
considered here by the avehoding States great umph
*, Waes
first by the seeding and abs ,nee Of
few moderate from the North. 70 the north CT 800 30r
there is to be- by the present law restriction whic you will
by the voted against But it pr ,sent of no
moments is vast tract unnhabcd only by ayages and
wild beasts in which not foot of the Indian ella the soil
exngushed in which, according the ideas preya
lent land Office viii be open for great len th of time
With resfect, your obedient servant,
CHARL RS PIscKsEY.
So that it was thought at the time to be an
ment highly advantageous to the South ern States No
land Office to be opened in the regor for long tme
butthat time has come. II you pass lis bill land offices
viii soon be opened and now you propose to repeal the
Missouri compromise.
Aword more, sir and have done. With reference to
the great question Of question which
South Of this great Republic differ irreconcilaby-I have
not this occasion word to say. My humble career is
drawing near its close, and shall end it began with
using other words that subject than those Of mode
ration, conciliaton and harmony. blame one who
differs from me in this respect allow to Others what
claim for myself the credit Of honesty and purity Of mo-
tive But for my part, the rule Of my life far
circumstances have enabled up to it. has been
to say nothing that would tend to kinde unknd feeling
this subject have known men, on this or any
other subject to be convinced by harsh epthets de-
nunciaton
believe the Union of these States the greatest pos
sble blessing; that 1t comprises within itself all other
blessings POLITICAL national and social and trust that
my eyes may close long before the day shall comef it
shall come-when that Union shall be at an end.
Sir share the opinions and the sentiments of the part Of
the country where born and educated, where my
ashes will be laid and where my children win succeed
But in relation to my fellow citizens in other parts
Of the country will treat their constitutional and their
legal rights with respect and their characters and their
feelings with tenderness. believe them to be good
Christians Us good patriots, as good men and
claim that we, in our turn, are as good as they.
rejoiced to hear my friend from Kentucky (Mr.
DxoN if he will allow to call him SOL most
heartily in the sentimentuter the opinion that wise
and gracious Providence, in his good time, will find
the ways and the channels to from the land what
consider great evil but do not expect that what has
been done in three centuries and half is to be undone in
a day year, few years. and believe that, in
the tme the desired end will be retarded rather
than promoted by passionate sectional agitation. be-
eve further that the fate Of that great and interesting
continent in the elder world, Africa is closely inter-
twned and wrapped up with the fortunes Of her children
in all the parts Of the earth to which they have been dis
persed and that at future time which is already in
fact beginning they will 60 back to the land Of their
fathers the voluntary missionaries Of civilization and
And finally sir doubt not that in His
good time the Ruler of all will vndcate the most glorious
Of his prerogatives-
"From seeming evil still educng good'
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