Squatter sovereign., 1855-10-16


be 70 send q like fosce 10. Missouri, with
the Like purposes. The object might be
more easily and safely accomplished IN the
one case than IN, the other, bus In both
eases it is'equalsy repngnans 70 every prin.
eipIe Of internal comfy. and likely to prove
s9aaliy fatal &c the harmony and peace of
the Union.
We conclude then. tha, this irrup,ion
upon Kansas by the Emigrsnt Aid Socie-
ties and Kansas Leagues, under the pat
Tonage OF the Massachusetts Legislature,
Is to be regarded as new phase OF Abo-
htionisrn, more practical IN its aims, and
therefore mere dangerous than any form it
mas ye, assumed. We have shown it to
be at variance with the true intent Of the
act Of Congress. by which the Territory
was opened 30 settlement; az variance
with the spirit Of the Constitution Of the
United States, and with the institutions OF
The Territory. already recognized by law
totally destructive to that fellowship and
good feeling which should exis. between
citizens cf confederated States; ruinous to
the security. peace and prosperity of a
neighborIng State unprecedented in our
political annals mp to this date, and preg-
nant with the most disastrous consequences
TO the harmony and stability of the Union.
Thus far its purposes have been defeated :;
but renewed efforts are threatened. Po-
litical conventions at the North and North
west, have declared for the repeal of the
kansas-Nebraska law, and, anticipating
failure In this direction, are stimulating the
Anti-Slarery sentiment to fresh exertions,
for Abolitionizing Kansas after the Mas
sachusetts fashion. We have discha rged
our duty IN declaring the light in which
the demonstrations are viewed here, and
our firm belief of the spirit by which they
will be met. If civil war and ultimate dis
union be desired, renewal of these efforts
will be admirably adapted 10 such purpose
Missouri has taken her position in the res.
oiutions adopted by the Lexington Conven-
ton, and from that position she will not be
likely to recede. 1t is based upon the Con-
stltutlon-upon justice and equality of
rights among the States. What she has
done, ard what she is prepared to do, is in
scli-delense, and selEpreservation; and
from these duties she will hardly be ex-
pected to shrink With her, every thing
is at stake; the security of large slave
property, the prosperity of her citizens, and
their exemption from perpetual agitation
and border feuds; while the emissaries Of
Abolition are pursuing phantom-an
abstraction, which if realized, could add
nothing to their possession or happiness,
and would be productive of decided injury
to the race for whose benefit they profess
60 labor.
Il Slavery is an evil, and it is conceded
that Congress cannot interfere with it in
the States, it is most manifest that its diffil-
sion through new Territory, where land
is raueless and labor productive, tends
greatly TO utnelorate the condition of the
slaves. Opposition to the extension OF
Slavery is not, then, founded upon any
p;.ilantaropic views, CT upon any love for
the slave. 1t is a mere grasp for political
power, beyond what the Constitution Of the
United States comedies and it is so under
500! by Tie leaders of the movement
And this additional power is not required
for constitutional pErposes-for the adj
yancemcnt OF the general welfare, or the
national reputation- For such purposes
t:,e majority in the North are already sutfi-
ciens, and no future events are likely to
diminish, It. The Slaveholding States are
in a minority, but 50 far, minority which
has commanded respect in the National
Councils. 1t has answered and we hope
will continue to sutseYve the purposes of
self-protec,ion. Conservative men from
other quarters have come up to the rescue,
when the rights of the South have been
seriously threatened. Blu, it is essential to
the purposes of self-preservation, that this
minority should not materially weaken;
it is essential TO the preservation of our
presen. form of government, that the Slave
States should retain sufficient power to re-
sisi aggression upon an institution peculiar
TO them alone. Parchment guarantees, as
history shows, avail nothing against an
overwhelming public clanor. The fate of
the Fugitive Slave law affords an instcuc-
tive warning on the subject. and shows
that the most solemn constitutional obliga-
tions will be evaded and scorned where
popular prejudice resists their execution
The South must rely on herself for protec.
tion, and 10 this end her strength in the
Federal Government cannot be safely di-
.s,.p;SLct'