Demoine courier., 1856-04-10

exclusively for the protection Of thei
citizens. The State of Virginia is con
testing. in courts Of law, The right o
New York TO forbid the existence o
Slavery within her limits. A Fedefa
Court in Pennsylvania has denied tn
right of hat free State TO decree free
dom TO Slaves brought by their master
within her borders, anG has proclaimed
that Slavery EXISTS by The law of nations
The division Of California, and the or
ganiza'ion of a Slave State within he
limits has been proposed. A Senator oil
the floor Of Congress has demanded IN,
restoration Of the African Slave trade
and The demand is repeated by Southern
Journals and by leading public men il
the Southern Sta,es.
When these great objects shall have
been accomplished-when The States. al
well as the General Government, shall
have become subject 10 The law OF Sla
very, and when three hundred and fifty
thousand shareholders shall hold despol
Ic rule over The millions of This Republic
Slavery cannot, fail. from the necessity o
It's nature, 10 attempt outrages which vii
awaken storms that will sweep it in car
mage from The face of the earth. Tn,
longer tyranny is practiced unresisled
The 6ercer and more dreadful is the re.
sisiance which in the end i, provokes.-
History 10 iull of instances TO prove lha
nothing is SO dangerous as n wrong long
unredressed, that evils, which al The OUT.
set it would have been easy TO remove
by sufferance become fata! 10 those lhro'
whose indifference and federation they
have increased. The tendency of the
measures adopted by the s%laveholding
interest TO secure its owh extensions,
through the action Of the Federal Gov.
ernment, is TO give 10 Congress jurisdic-
lion of the general subject: aud repre-,
sensatises must be sagaclous enough 10
perceive that if they establish ne prin-
clple tina, Congress may interfere with
) avery for protection. i, may liter.
iere with i, also for its destruction. If,
therefore, they succeed in such an en-.
largoment of the power Of Congress
ha wing already discarded the principle OF
compromise from legislation-ihey mus,
foresee that the natural effect of their
encroachments upon the right, and liber.
lies of the non. slaveholding population
OF the country, will be TO arouse them
20 the direct exercise Of the power thus
placed in their hands. Whether il is
safe or wise for lba. ~in,eres, 10 invite
such a contest, we need mol. here consid.
err.
The tins draws nigh, fellow country
men, wheE you will be called upon 10
decide upon the policy and the principles
OF the General Government. Your
votes at The approaching Presidenlil cleo
lion will determine whether Slavery
shall continue TO be The paramount and
controlling influence in the Federal Ad-
mlnistratIon, or whether other rights and
other interests shall resume the degree of
consideration 10 which they are entIllet.
Inc issue Is upon US by no act of ours,
and IL cannot be evaded. Under a pro-
found conviction of impending dangers
the grounds whereof we have now. SET
forth, we call upon you To deliver the
Constitution ana The Union from the sub.
jugation which threatens both. Holding,
with the late Mr.. Calhoun. tina, ',hc Of.
legation 10 repsl aggression is NOT much
less SOLEMN than that Of abstaining from
making aggression, and the party which
submits 10 II when il can be resisted is
not much less guilty and responsible for
consequences, than that which makes IT,
we Invoke a surrender Of all party pre-.
JUDGES and all personal. feelings. and a
cordial and earnest union for The yindica
ton Of rights and liberties which we can.
no. surrender without oegfedalion and
shame. We summon you to send dele
gates, in number three tunes as large as
your representatives in congress, 10 NEE,
in Convention at Philadelphia, on the
9Th day OF June mex. to nomina,e.can-
didates for The. Presidency and Vice
Presidency. Of !he Uai.ed States. lie,
them come prepared TO surrender all per
sonal preferences. aud all sectional views
-resolvet only to make such Iomina-
lions. aud TO take such action. as shall
advance the principles we hold. and the
purposes we seek TO promote. Disclaim-
ing any intention TO interfere with Sla-
very in the States where it exists, or to
invalida,e those portions OF the Constiu,
iuiion by which i, is removed from ma.
,ionai control. lei US present the Gener'
al Government from its ascendency
bring back it's administration to the prin'
ciples aud The. practice Of il, wise and il
lustrious founders. aud thus yindica,e In,
Constitution and the Union, and securs
the blessings Of LIBERTY to ourselves ant
our Posteriiy.
In a recen. letter. Gov. Wise of Viz
GINA tells The following story:
"Mr. Mason, our Minister at Paris, j
said to have been lately at a Cour. ball a
The Tuileries, and his eye happened Il
ligh on the Charge d. Affaires. of Sou
tongue, in France. a fine looking black
Some one observing his sleaIy gaze
said; SWELL, Mr.. Mason, wha, do yo,
think Of yonder blackee In his embroid
cred coa,l' Think" replied Mr.. Ma
son, sui regarding the negro with tn
eye of a connoisseur, "wiih clothes an,
all I think that fellow ia worth n thous