Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-10

one, and resulted in the subscription of $500
on the spot and the enrolmentof twenty add.
tional members. The principal points Of in
terest however, were the speeches of Hon. Ro-
bert Toombs and Alfred Iyerson, representa-
lives of the State of Georgia in the United
States Senate. Having referred to the organi,
cation OF the society, Mr.. Toombs said:
1t presents a practical question, one that ad,
dresses itself both to our interest and our pa
triotism. Upon the admission of Missouri in
to the Union, by consent OF the South, slavery
was prohibited in all tho Territories lying north
OF SO deg. 80 min. For a long while this vast
country was inhabited only by the red man.
For few years past the fertility of that por.
ton of it known as The Territories of Kansas
and Nebraska, lying Immediately west of Mis-
souri, and Iowa, has attracted thither a large
number Of enterprisng pioneers and emigrants.
They recently applied to Congress for terrific
rial governments; the result was the passage
OF the Kansas N ebraska bill The principles
OF the bill are familiar to ALL The prominent
feature OF 1.-THE only one of practical import
ance to the South--was, that it was q repeal of
the Missouri restriction; that it left to the peo-
pie oil the vast territories of the West the sole
regulation of their domestic institutions; that
it prohibited the interference of either Congress
or the States in their regulation. He had voted
Tor the bill; he was content to abide by its
principles. The North consented to let the
natural laws Of emigration people these Terri
tories. Such was the understanding of all up
on the passage of the bill. The South desired
to carry her institutions into them, yet she did
not ask for them the protection of Congress.
She was, and is now, ready to stand by her
compact. Has the North done SO? Has she
acted in good faith? Is she not doing every
thing IN her power to lhwart the manifest OBJ
jects and purposes of the bill ?l,Why her emf
grant abolition aid societies? She does not
disguise her Intentions; are they not wrong
upon principle? Should she succeed by such
efforts in empowering the gallant Missourians
and make Kansas free soil, when she applies
for admission into To Union the South is
pledged not to object If she applies with
constitution recognising slavery the North is
bound by similar pledge The day is near at
hand when she will be seeking admission. Our
enemies are already in the 6eld why stand we
here idle? Delay is fatal. 1t was time the South
was aroused to q full sense of her danger. He
was now in favor of emigrant aid associations at
south tocounteractthe efforts of the abolition
ists-to avert, if possible, the threatened danger
In Kansas. We must look to our own stout
hearts and strong arms for the protection of our
rights in the Territories He would have OPP
posed the taking of initiatory steps of this
character by the South in aiding emigration to
the Territories. The South had not done so.
The North was responsible for them. Self
protection required, demanded, that we should
teach the latter that we will not submit to
such diabolical attempts to abolitionize Ter
ritory, whose climate, soil, and productions in
dictated it so favorable for the extension Of
slavery 1t was an attempt to circum scribe it.
he was not disposed to force slavery upon any
people or Territory; the natural laws Of emf
grafton ought to settle, the question of its ex-
tension in the West. Yet, since the North
will not agree to this, let us look to it at once
that southern rights, southern interest, and
southern honor shall be defended and repre-
sented there by "good men and true.n For
one, he was ready to open his purse and pro-
vide with means those who were willing to bat
tie in Kansas for the South and slavery. He
appealed to the patriotism and pride of all
presenSto give, and to give literally, material
aid to the society, to carry out its patriotic pur
poses; to give promptly, for now was the day
and now the hour. The North has forced this
course upon US; we have no other alternative
left Let US not be aggard in maintaining
our rights; the issue was momentous one;
the struggle in the Territory was for empire
1t was worthy OF our best, our noblest efforts
tie proceeded to show the importance to the
South of the admission of Kansas into the
Union az a slave State; it was KEY 10 the
great West the high road to the Pacific: its
influence in the formation Of States from the
Territories south and west Of it. 1t was of vital
consequence to the STAKEHOLDER in Missouri.
II had been said that slavery would not be
profitable in Kansas. This was a great mis-.
take. 1t was in the same latitude with Mis-.
souri, its soil very much the same In no
State in the Union was slave labor more prof.
table than in Missouri the history Of the in
stltuton there was the best evidence of this
BY the census Of 1910 her slave population
was only forty thousand by the census of
1850 it was more than double that number.
Out of its eighty odd thousand slaves, the
census showed that City thousand Of them
were in the western border counties of the
State, Immediately adjacent to Kansas. Hemp,
tobacco, wheat, and corn, are the principal
products Of Missouri. The soil of Kansas has
been found equally as well adapted to their
growth. Their cultivation was by far more
profitable than cotton; the history Of slave
labor in Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri had
proved it to be so. r..J 5s,-.a 4,
max being loudly called for, responded in few
brief and spirited remarks: m
Kansas was the keystone Of the arch Of the
Union. 1t was of vital importance, not only
to Missouri but to each of the slaveholding
States, that it should come into the Union as
a slave State. The admission of California
had deprived us Of the balance Of power in the
Senate. Now was the time and this the occa-
sion to restore it. The hour for action had
arrived--unied and vigorous action. Mis-
souri,, led on by her gallant Atchison, had done
nobly. 1t was struggle of life with her; it
behooved the South to rush at once to her res.
cue. Shall she appeal in vain to southern
hearts and southern patriotism2 Her cause
was the cause of the South. He concluded by
calling upon all present to unite with the so
ciety in its patriotic efforts--to open their
purses and give material aid to those stout
hearts and strong arms who we're now ready to
emigrate to Kansas and battle for southern
rights.
The Hon. Alfred Iverson then rose and ad-
dressed few remarks to the societys 4