Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-10-18
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.5ArssAfsPEALFoRaT THE UNio No. :
The New Yoru Jews contains 4 long epa st
ter 6om Hon. Rolf. j. Wakes, formesix
of ,bs Treasury, addressed to Demod oass
,nlttee Of Pittsburgh, Pa, dated New Yof ssglS.
30 1856. 1tis one Of the most useful and ,maes.
sive documents Of the day and as our space VII
not permit US TO- publish tat length. we give below
some extracts from it, II is addressed NANNY 20
the people Of the States and shows
our present happy condition as = people, and the
,,ev;table rnn which would follow the triumph of
the black Republican organization. mr.. walker
says:
"Wc are approaching the close OF a momentoos
struggle On the one side is arrayed the Democra''S
columns floats the Aag Of the Constitution and OF
the Union. On; the other side is found sectl"nal
and geographical party, composed exclusively oil the
States Of the North The Father OF his Country
clearly foresaw the dangers of such party. ana
warned his country against its fatal tendency IN ms
affectionate farewell address but ms solemn ap.
meals and prophetic forcbodings are swept from orr
memory. amid the wild uproar Of geographical STRIFE
and sectional prejudice. The immortal jackson, in
his yaledictory warned us against similar pcr's,
while the eloquent appeals and parting admont.ons
of Clay and Webster mplore MS to avoid tue d'saS
tiers of ci. conflict These departed patriots all
regarded geographical parties as sealing the late OF
the Republic, bit We seem to think there IS no such
danger, aud that, unlike all its predecessors our
government is immortal and indestructbie
For the first time in our history, such geograPh
;cal marty is now formed 1t is composed exclusive
" of the States of the Norh and is arraycd IN vio
lent hostility against the Southern section OF the
u 1svn nvoO mr.
between tho North and the South, and wars upon
the people and institutions of the latter declares
the institutions of the South so degraded and ma
NOUS that Congress must exclude them from all mat
vast territory acquired by common blood and treas
ure, and which is the joint inheritance OF an 'he
States of the Union. Louisiana Qncludlng Kansas
and Nebraska) was acquired by Jefferson and saved
nv Jackson. But the South are no longer held wor-
thy to inherit any portion Of that territory, acquired
by the illustrious patriot of Virginia. and saVeu oy
the immortal hero of Tennessee.
So, too, with all the vast region acquired IN the
war with Mexico. Two gallant sons OF virginia,
Scott and TAYLOR were the leaders Of those brilliant
camna;ons The blood of the South was poured out
in copious libations and mingled freely with inc
blood of the North, upon the many and well ioaght
fields of Mexico. Beside the gallant sons oil the
North. heroic regiment of South Carolina was
swept by the deadly fire Of the Mexican iorces-
Leader after leader, column after column o' that
regiment fell MORALLY wounded yet the Su,'vE ;.,
never wavered, and their arms were crowned WIN
victory Yet no son of Carolina, or OF all the sou'h'
is held worthy to possess any Of the smallest por.
ton of all that territory acquired from Mexico. FROM
the whole coast of the Pacific the South lsexciaded'
and now the platform of the sectional party OF 'nc
North is this: The universal Wimot rrossuL
slave Territory, and 10 more slave etaass ';oa
south of the line Of the Missouri COMPROMISE.
There shall be no division of the common terrific
nv. but the North must have the whole. There are
fifteen Southern and sixteen Northern States, seven
organized Territories, and vast region yet W "
organized The North must have all tnese' anu an
our future acquisitions. No matter what may De the
voice vote Of the people Of the OF v"te
becoming State You shall have no voice OF 'ote
in the matter, but the North, commanding No,'n'
ern majority in the Electoral College, and IN Con-
gress must have the whole. -,
But it is said the North has the majority, and the
South must submit Has then the South no r'snts'
or does she hold them merely at the mercy VI
Northern majority Has the South no claims on inc
Justice of the North and is it not unjust to exclude
the South from all the common territory OIL Tue
Uuion? -
But this is not mere question of justice, but OF
constitutional power The Constitution was Haineu
and ratified by the States, each voting ana actlag
for itself alone Thus we became " O"'tea que,
Confederacy, not central hepuoH So tnr"ma
eracy receiving all its power from the otates
an instrument called by them the CONSTITUTION,
granting therein only certain specified powers anu
reserving all others 1t is clear, then, that
can exercise such powers only as are granted "y tle
Constitution, and that all their laws not haseu upon
the delegated powers are founded on usufpaton anu
are absolute utilities Now the Constitution dele
gates no power to establish abolish slavery IN
States or Territories. Such is the opinion oi inc
South and of a large minority Ut not malorty) Oh
the North. But, it is said, the North claims that
such power in the Territories is granted 10
by the Constitution. The South denies the ex's-
tence of any such power: How IS the question: "
be decided Most clearly, not by the North or the
South, but, as disputed question OF cons..tuuo"a'
law, by the Supreme Court of the United states.
Now. before the repeal of the Missouri Compro-
mise, the South proposed to carry that nhe 10 tne
Pacific, although it gave them but three degrees anu
half on that ocean, leaving twelve degrees anu .
half to the North That measure passed 'e No OH.
ate. but was voted down in the House by Nor.n-
erl majority. Thus the North seized the wnoie
coast on the Pacific nearly equal to our entire front on
the1Atlantc. The South yielded, but uniformly
thereafter, most justly regarded the Missouri con
promise, as repudiated by the North re)ee.sa %s
their votes, and denounced by their addresses Inv
South next proposed to submit the disputed ques.
ton Of the power of Congress over slavery in the
Territories to the adjudication OF fine supreme
Court Of the United States. That measure known
US the Clayton Compromise, also passed the Senate
and was voted down in the House by Nor'herh
majority This most wise and patrlouc measure U.S.
submitted this question to the supreme Judica ui.
bunal created by the Constitution, clotneo oy y
with full authority to expound that instrument anu
to restrain Congress within the limits OF the specn'
granted powers. i.
But this peaceful and final arbitrament of this
question, proposed by the South, was rejected ~
the North As just and necessary consequence
of the rejection of both these propositions by the
North, the doctrine of nonntcrvention by the fed
eral government was adopted by the conjoint vote
Of the North and South in both Houses of Con.
eress in 1854 constitutes the fundamental prin.
cple of the Kansas Nebraska bill While this meas