Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-09-28
The Position of the North.

We have many occasions 10 admire and to applauC
the fearless courage and the ma;chless ability with
which the Boston Post stands up in The very midst Of
fanaticism and treason, and not merely defes but
boldly charges home upon both The following arti
Gle from that journal is of that independents liberal
and national character which has given to the Post
so high standing throughout the Union. The South
cannot but be gratied 10 know that she has friends
even IN Massachusetts who dare to defend her Jus,
rights and to tell the North to its face that the North
IS not right IN wagng this eternal warfare of gia.
ton upon the South. We commend the article es-
Peclay to the calm consideration of the men of sub
stance at the North, we'll to those southern men
VINO believe, or pretend to believe, that there are no
truly sound national men at the North:
! "IHE POSITION OF THE NoRTu-On Tuesday the
Boston Atlas put question which it earnestly hoped
every citizen will thoroughly consider before he lends
| himself to movement conspicuous and alarming
as that journal advocates, TO wit the formation of
great northern sectional party The question is this
| but IS the North right p
" we agree TO this form OF putting the issue Is
THE NORTH RIGHT Is it right in lis present defiant
attitude Is 1T right in forming party for national
purposes ID winch the citizens of fifteen States in the
Union cannot enrol themselves Is it right in max
ing the bass OF this party 10 be attack on one of
me great lnterests-he slavery interest-which bv
the constitution was left to be dealt with by the
States where 1t exiss 1t is fact that these slave
States refused to go into union with the free States
q
reaching free country became free but stipulated
that the fugitive should be returned and this was,
prior TO the constitution, put into the Northwestern
ordinance. With this in view is it right for the
North to say that no slave shall be reclaime from
ITS soil Is it any right that this intcrest-a
minority should be attacked in spite OF The
State-Tlghts limitation, than it would be If the nayi.
gatlon interest, or the manufacturing nterest-both
minority nterests-should be attacked In a word,
is the North right in trying to sever the fraernal
| md ho NorfHi in, fho
| grand old common bond of country? We earnestly
hope that each patriotic citizen will in the feeling of
Washington patrOtism-at least near TO it as he
can get put the question, Is the North right in all
| this
TO show more clearly in what position the North
has been, let so back little, and stale question
with scrupuIous historical exactness. Bearing in
mind that the Northwestern ordinance prohibiting
slavery was passed before the adoption of the present
constitution, remark that from 1889 up to 1920
no ta0 cas passed BY Congress IN relation to pro-
heb1t'on Of slarery IN tie Territories of the United
States, and no State excluded from the Union on
account Of SlGvery 1t is true discussions arose on
this subject in Congress. Thus Illinois and Indiana
when territories, passed slavery laws--we mean
ia1rS recognising and protecting slavery--notwth-
standing the Northwestern ordinances and when ILL.,
nos, IN 1918, came in Il State, objection was rais.
ed TO her admission this ground, but ii was not
sustained We state facts that cannot be successful
~ controversies and repeat that from 1889 to 1920
/ no prohibory law passed relative to slavery,
and 10 STATE was excluded account of slavery.
" In 1879 20 the North took the position that Mis-
sour should not be admitted into the Union without
having restriction put upon her. prohibiting her
from allowing slavery 10 exist within her limits; and
! the North announce, this determination in resolu-
tons passed by think, nearly every northern le-
gIsature And in this manner the united North
stood upon the position that Congress had the power
TO enact perpetual prohibition sovereign State.
q" Was The North right in taking this position To
answer this fully would require ella ,orate argument,
! for The considerations bearing on it were so
Welghty as to involve the issue whether there should
be continuance of the old union of o-EoUAL States
/ or whether new union should be commenced
OF superior and inferior States. Rather than GO over
his ground prefer TO state that sta resmen as H.
lusTous as the country has produced went into the
argument, and have left on record answers TO the
question, was the North right in the position it took
! i E., that of insisting prohibition a sover-
egn State. These answers given by Presidents
! Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams,
Jackson, and Harrison; by host of statesmen, from
Henry Clay and John &. Calhoun those far inferior
to them in talents and reputation and these are all
TO the poiut that the North not right! We chal-
lenge contradiction on this point. We affirm that
The opinions OF ALL the great men whose names we
have given are directly opposed 10 the doctrine that
Congress has po1ver to impose restriction
egn State. they pronounce such restriction to be
UNCONSTITUTIONAL! If the judgments of these pa
trOts and statesmen have weight, they show that in
| 1919 20 the whole North stood upon ground that
was not tenable It was ground marked out by ca-
NOR, passion, demagogsm, and not by reason, udg.
! ment, and regard to the obligations to common
country
ave return from the past to the present, and
repeat that nothing can be patriotic more
salutary than for each citizen ask the question,
the North right? The course its maj orities--hanks
to Maine patriotism, one State excepted dare pursu
ing, inevitably tends to dlUde this noble cCuntry TO
ruin its and its manufactures to tear into
halves its noble banner and to make the first expert
ment the annals of the world afford of great, self
governed people TO A FAILURE Look, patriotic
citizens at the results Of this American system thus
far, after sixty years of trial of CONSTITUTION
Ia it possible the North be right the par
of q parricidc, and scorn the blessings which the
UNION con:ers? Can the North be right in throwing
itself into the hands of the madmen tribe of Senator
Wade. and proclaim that there is no Union Will
not patriotic instincts here in old Hancock and AID
ans Massachusetts, and eUeryUherc in our country
! compel citizens to pronounce the demagogues VIII
thus play on feelings, and passions, and pref udices
to be traitors
: Patriotic citizens! The voices from the asst, tn
prosperous freedom of the present-al that is dea
to humanity in the futureunite to proclaim that tn
| NORTH is NOT right in seeking to divide our nobl
country"
| The yellow Fever ~ IIO uIsiann.
4 New ORLEANS, September 2l.-The Yellow FeVe
is increasing at the river ports and in some place
nearly all the inhabitants sick. The deaths iron
Yellow Fever at the Charity Hospital in this city
comprised this week only 40.
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