The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-22

All Lis plain snoagh and puts The general disposi-
Lon d The convention 10 prevent the importation Of
butsybere were the Casolnas and Georgiai
Mr. Rubsdge said: rAHH
Z The question, present. Is, whetLsI The sarlhern
porshern States eonsulF thsif iaeresls they M not
hs incfrzse of saves which viii the
o. which they ~ih become The carriers"
Dr.. Pinekney said:
sna1n) u Il prohibits the slave trade In every proposed
extension Of the Of Congress thar Stale had eH
presty and waaehiuy excepted thar Of meadng with The
importation Of negroes"
General Pinckney declared IT TO be his firm opinion
that, hmsef and all has colleagues to sign The
constitution, and use their personal influence, u would
be Of avail towards obtaining the assent OF their con
slitueais South Carolina and Georgia could not DO with
out slaves"
MIR Williamson, Of North Carolina. thought that the
southern States could not be members OF the Unioa
the clause tunfestrcng mporalions should be REJECT
ed
Mr. Baldwin OF Georgia had conceived national OBJ
jeeons Ssae to be before the convention not such as
like lie pFeseAi. nhch OF local nature. Georgia
was decided on this point"
Wen, with these points OF dere nee 80 lully ex-
pressed strongly urged tbs one side, and sierEy
resisted on The ohsr, what was the result
few other extracts expressive OF the policy OF Inc
Mr. Sherman said il is better let the southern
States import slaves than 10 part with them, Il they made
Mr. Gouvsrneur Morris said, ssthese things form a
bargain among the north ern and southern States"
Mr.. Ellsworth said
We do not agree this middle and ground.
afraid should lose Stairs, with such others
may be disposed stand siooishoud hy into variety
Of shapes and directions and most probably eonfederA-
tons, and not without bloodshed' -
Now, sir, we begin to see somewhat more oil the
policy ot the county, and lhe explanation OF the whole
matter IL simply this The northern States, having found
slaves Improbable 10 them, judged they would be so
with al the South. Under this mistake, they yielded
10 the obstnaey tf you piease) Of he Caroinas and
Georgia. and the importation OF slaves authorized by
law until ls0s--a period of twenty years
Delaware Maryland, and Virginia then lndlner-
eni the subject for lhsy, too, had found Them
profitable, and knew that they could sell of TO the States
further south upon better terms II ibe importation IRON
Africa WAS prohibited
Abou, this time Mr. jefferson said Of tobacco:
" II Is culture productive Of Infinite hedness
en- poYea IN u are In continual stats OF exhaustion be-
kind by them, tobacco growers y tha men
ard animals on these farms are badly led and the earth is
rapidly impoverished" "
Nor was the right to import slaves all thai the pro-
slavery States retained and secured By the compact or
though they minority the convention, yet 50
oonhdeEt was the North OF the entire worhlessness Of
slaves, and pernacIuus The pro-sayery Saes their
refusal to The Union upon any other terms than
those which appear the compact that they guar
aniied 10 all The Saies equal rights the public domain
and, by the second section OF the fourth article OF tie
consiiuiisn, contracted deliver up ways and
necessary 10 protect us and all The States against any
kind of domestic violence"
q
country 10 exclude slavery from all national territory
Sir, there Is suspicious sound in thai word nailona
which Jars upon southern ears and, when coupled viii
the doctrines lncuIcafes, comes ahwau the gale like
the low whistle Of the bandit, and admunishes honest
men 10 look well 10 the security Of their estates.
IL ir worse than absGrd 10 quote The Individual opln-
lous o any against the institution oil slavery which
were expressed before those great staples which
grown sbundsnty 10 The South and Southwest
ed as controlling elements INTO the commerce ot tbs
world Ia every aspect in which you may view il tbs
appearance sdheFeni The destruction BY The o The
Little posse seed, together with the absence
OF thai great staple, which has since giseH empoyme 81 io
millions had wei nigh rendered property slaves
only vaiueiess but absolute lnsumpraHce. The times
pTUpuous both 10 schemes oil emancipation and ic
the entertainment Of sentiments Of philanthropy
Lands were absnosnt, labor cheap, ibs eotoB-gn no
known, sugar uncultIyaied by The tobacco marke
ovesocked, and the profitable culture Of nee thought e
be confined 10 se- sxamps and, a corolsry tr
these postuaies the almost too expensive al
article Tor poor 10 keep. The moral and Intellect
ual character Of The negro hs peculiar adaptation 10 ht
culture o grestes staples the staples themselves W
measure and the great and vared 10 which they
have since been aEplitc, were then wholly unknown.
The terrilor al expansion oi country, lis numerical
strength, and magnificent had beer
foresha3oRed by The mosi Ierrh Imagination In I74l
but eight bales of cotton exported from Ameriea
N 1871 Ian interval Of Fifty years) but oIyseven bales
The lhyeniioB Of Whitney into in l7q3. &ne
our present production = upwards d three millions q
bales, worth over hundred millions Of dollars, snC
which The ingenuity d man has applied 70 almost eyery
conceivable purpose. The acquisition OF land from
France and San has added other staples exports
and time has revealed the fact that The elevation and
Characterization OF the negro only 10 be effected BY b
serEIuae 70 a superior race, and The ameorailng iufu
Snce Of inielgen borrowed from The white
Bat repucisie all authority but the constitution
Ilf by thai instrument can be shown that Of hI
South have been committed 10 odious inequality o
right 10 The public DOMAIN then will submit but -
long able 10 bold with hand thIs charlie
Of equal rights before the syes OF our children, and
defend with the other, you will hnd any and every
hority other than the constitution insufficient 10 Restrain
us.
viii next proceed 10 the second objection to The biil
which because oi o legislation, PASSED 10 1870
the consideration Of which has been enjoyed BY 10
South, and he benefits o which have YET accrued 4
the Tree STATES We asked The provisions
the act Of Match g. $780, sacreely binding upon hon
or, and told that reiRssl involves the iurptuds o.
fraud.
Sice the FIRST sssemblage OF delegates from American
States confer upon matters affecting The general vel
iaTe questions connected with tie institution OF SLAYER,
have been The failing Of sectional disagree
meni and legislative contention. The foundations ot th
government have been threatened by IL throes, aud
often bas regose been Teesiabsbed ~ The magic OF
promise II was COMPROMISED 10 The Congress OF III,
Confederation, and opened again n the federal eoaEeh
uon Alter eiiniltng much Of eioqnencs, and more 3
patriotism, seemingly setted bY he adoption Oi h,
constitution bot aEaih disturbed by ne acquisition b
tsrtory iron France Here agafn the fires discorg
were smotbeiea only 10 break ou with herCeI Vi
oleuce uPOa ths Organzsuun 81 tsrntoTy acquired o
Mexico.
wiz triumphant success which hefslded forth Il
the world tptofs sg the "a. o Stale. Bot thre'
shor years have ae2 and again tbe subject y before
", viii ts extremes thoroughly charged win oppO
sIts qualities before the equibfsm had been created
bl he ad d c0mpromise. III rehearsal ol The genera