The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-12

3fesSo OF the Governor OF fiOr1Oa-
UNION or rHR SOUTH TIB PROTECTION or THE
Governor james f. Broome sent hs first mes 90
TO the Legislature of Fioica on the 9th utt. He
closes his communication with the following re-
marks in relation TO the political affairs of the
Union -
The present political Get OF the nonslavehold-
ing States Of the onion furnishes cause for serious
reflection snd apprehe oson the part of the
South. In 1850, we submitted - COMPROMISE. as
il wss termed, which q second time branded US
With Inequality in the Union. Ii deprived US OF our
just Iigrt 10 parIicipsts in the settlement of Cali
fornis-it dsmembered slave State under threat
OF coercion by feoera armslt singled out from the
great mass OF property the controlling property of
the South, and denied the privilege Of converting
IL int money in the DistricG Of Columbia And
for these surrerders waat did we receive? We
we're tcld that we were compensated by
clear and decided acknowledgment OF our con-
stitutioha ughts on two FONTS. One was tue
right to reclaim our fugitive slaves, and the
other was the recognition and adoption, by the
Federal government. OF tae gteat principle OF
nonrintervention ON the subject OF slavery. in the
organization Of the Territories OF the Union We
were tcld that the Wilmot proviso had been stran-
gled, and that in future the North and the Soath,
like band of brothers, were TO settle the common
Territories and that they were to be admitted as
States when they organized their governments,
with or without slavery, as the inhabitants might
determine. With these recognitions, although but
the South rested. The fagltive slave law, although
fair in theory, ana honestly and promptly executed
by the government, has proved in practice worse
than useless. Such have been the distractions
thrown III the way Of its cution, that in some
stance tie OF recovering single slave has been
more than twenty times his value while In Others
the bood and even TIE life, of the Southern citizen,
has atohed for his temsrty in availing himself Of
the provisions OF the law.
The organization of tbs Territories of Nebraska
and Kansas furnished An opportunity for testing
the sincerity OF the country The subjec; OF non
intervention. The introduction of the bills arrayed
against the constitution aud the south the armies
abolition ransticism. The meu Of the South stand
ing upon the constitution, cheered on by q n,b,e
and disrirgu he'd band VI Northern Senators nd
representatives, and sustained by the power and in
fuence Of patriotic administration, achieved
victory. The struggle was violent aad prosrac,ei,
but the constitution triumphsd. The Territories
were organized. The Missouri restriction which,
for more than thirty years, had been branding the
South with inequality, repealed the question
slavery Was referred TO the COMPRESSION
81 ncninterventi0D established and the patriot per-
mtted to hope that the constitution OF the country,
and equal rights under il, would become toe watch
word in every section. Such hopes, however, were
doomed to an early disappointment. Tne passage
Of these bills only transferred the battle to another
field. and made the sig al for new and fanacal
organizations in the non siavehclding States They
Missouri restriction the repeal Of the fugitive slave
law and the admission Of more slave States into the
Union" On such platform trey have met and most
sgnaliy defeated the men Of the constitution. They
have, with possibly single exception, controlling
msjorties in every nonslaveholding State and have
for the first time nder our government, elected q
House OF Representatives purely aud wickedly Sec
tOnA In its character. In view OF all this the South
the Union made by the constitution, with equal
rights under it. Beyond this che will be forced TO
act upon the senti ment, "A union Of the South for
the protection Of the South"