The daily union., 1854-10-13

grava,ed form in which their constitutional rights can be
assaed II is not only open and premediated repu-
daon of the provisions of the constitution which author
ICES States TO be admitted and guarantees to every
State equal rights with all others but il operates as y-
tua restriction upon the removal of southern men INTO
Territories where slavery expressly allowed They see
in this doctrine the object of confnng the slave popu-
laton within its present limits for the purpose OF render
inc il ultimately vaueess account of its natural growth
Resides all this the southern people regard this new
doctrine as based upon the assumption that those states
which recognise slavery not in all respects equal 10
those which prohib it-a distinction which Is at war
with the constitution and which necessarily attaches
stigma to the enjoyment right guaranteed by the con-
stituton. sh
These are aggression according to the southern
view of the question In regard all these the uniform
and sentiment of the South is II has al
WAYS been We are with rights as they are
defined and guaranteed by the constitution II slavery be
an evil (which we do not admit it is our evil and we
are its victims We do not ask the North To relieve us
from il and as it does not and cannot affect any right
guaranteed to northern men, the only demand that we
make of them is that we be let alone to manage, or
enjoy or endure the institution upon the great prln-
has the South done more than simply to require of
the North tolerance of the Institution Of slavery accord
ing to the provisions Of the constitution Congress has
never beep called upon by the South laws or the
increase or extension sayery Southern have stood
uniformly upon the defensive, and if they have occasion
av hurled anathemas against the abotonists they have
been provoked to do by deep sense OF wrong and
greson When they sought the repeal of the odous line
,i,a fnppn nUntSp
did not ask but freely dsclamed the enactment of law
to leesae slavery into the territory on which the fsSrc
ton had operated. When they asked and obtained the
passage of the ugyesaye law they asked and obtained
nothing more than the execution of plain provision OF
the constitution. When they ast admission INTO 'he
Union for State whose constitution recognises slavery,
they seek nothing than right which the eohstu-
ton guarantees 20 them
In what respect then ay ask is the South ophoA-
ous to the charge of making aggressops upon the rights
of the North What right guaranteed to nortnern men
do they now enjoy in less perfect degree than they nave
always enjoyed it2 We would gladly address this ques-
ton to the sober and candid judgment of every northern
man. and we should do with every confidence that ms
would be that the South is gtiess OF the charge
so uniusty made by the whig candidate tor lieutenant
governor of New York That charge is nothing more nor
less than an effort to widen the breach already made be-
tween the North and the South it is charge which is
conceived in spirit of reckless treason to the Union
charge which looks to the consummaton OF the scheme
of arayng one section against the other and consequent
y charge which involves s athpr in the guilt OF seek
ing his own personal promotion at the expense % VIOLA
ton of those aternal relations between the North and the
South on which alone the Union be saved The pre-
.ce that southern men exact from northern pohucans
ANYTHING than the plain requirements CT Inc costu
ton has no foundation in the history OF the South lher
requirement is plain and smpe whilst they coneede 10
northern men the full enjoyment OF their opinions as to
slavery they point them to the constitution ana ask mat
its sacred provisions shall be faithfully observed the
South does ,aa this she is guilty OF the charge Oh
making aggressions upon northern ghts she does no
more than this she is true to herself 10 be Nor ana 10
the Union.