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Slavery .Asitaiisa 4. Congress.

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Slavery Agitation 4. Congress.
A Virginia correspondent Of tho Alexandria Ga
sstts writes AZ follows:
al think the continued agitation Of the slavery question
N CSsgrcss of tho worst evils under which suf
fer and the cause Of great deal Of mischief why do
Southern members contribute ian the fame by
Ing tho Abolition speeches Of Abolonstss Their
susass do not expect any such service Let the Adolf
toniss have all the speaking 20 themselves and they
would de os for lack Of fuel No good obtain
I'd BY discussing slavery In Congress- We know our
ights-ws viii msintsin them-that Is enough"
We consider this suggestion cminently proper and
Just, and worthy Of all due consideration. 1t has
long struck the height Of folly for Southern
Representatives in Congress to undertake reply to
the insane rawlings Of the Abolition agators of the
North That is tho very thing indeed which these
inccndary knavcs most desire, II is the only means
in their power Of keeping up agitatioa, and dignity
ing it To make long and furious ant-slavery ha-
rangues, and yet nobody condescendng to answer or
to notice them, would soon mortfy and shame these
Abolitionsts to such extent that they would, by
and by, leave of their folly, and be quiet Nothing
gratifes them than for Southern men to fly in
to passion, and proceed to ropel their misrepresen-
tations and their caumnies In the first place, they
thus gain notorety, which they ardenty covet; and,
in the next, parliamentary rencountcr with South
ern men materially helps these Abolitonists at
home. r
What has the South accomplished or what can
she ever accomplish by the agitation of the slavery
question on the part of her representatives in Con-
gressf We know Of nothing we can conceive OF
nothing but evil and evil continually The issues
between the North and the South have been tho
roughly canvassed and discussed, and are we'll and
generally understood. There is necessity, there
fore, for further talk the subject II the North
mind and conscience have not yet been sufficient
ly enlightened these perpexing sectional issues
and if they not yet convinced OF the propriety
and justice Of the position OF the South in respect
them, we submit that no amount of further argu-
ment or illustration avail. The nights Of the
South have been clearly set forth, and fully re-
cognized by all even at the North who not bent
upon perpetuatng agitation for the sake only Of
itation. What is the use, then, of Southern in
D Congress suffering themselves to be continually
drawn into irritating and mischievous discussions on
this subecp What earthly good is effected by such
policyr Is the hnaticism Of the Black Republi-
cans appeased by it9 Is Giddngs, Burlingame,
or Sumner, or Wilson made any less mpertinent or
any less disgusting, in consequence? On the con-
trary, is not the selfimportance OF each great;
HANGED thereby? And do they not from the fiat
tering notice thus bestowed upon them by Southern
men, take fresh courage, and push agitation with in
creased vigor and determination? Such we think
are some OF the results lowing necessarily from the
practice INDUCED in by Southern Representatives of
paying heed to the frantic of Northern Alb
olitionists-a practice far honored in the breach
than in the observance.
Besides, rs long the agitation Of the slavery
question is continued in the halls Of Congress- Just
80 long, inevitably, will it be kept up by politicians
out Of Congress And, of course, the press and the
people partake in a measure Of the excitement pre-
vailins at Washington, and thus the whole country
from Maine to California is OF perpetual up
roar and confusion. And all, too precisely the
same questions and issues, which have been dis
cussed and re-discussed time and again, and with
the utmost vehemence of manner and language by
all the politicians, big and little, throughout the land
And thus, instgated to it by Representatives in
Congress- We all become annoyed excited, angry
and so over the same ground, and move in the same
circle, from day to day, with unvarying monotony
We make tho everlasting niger question the ques-
ton Of questions and write and talk and think and
dream about nothing else.
1t is time such folly dispensed with on the
part Of all persons claiming to be credited with COM
mon sense. We trust our Representatives in Con-
gress will see the propriety and wisdom of letting
Giddings and Wilson rave unmolested and unnoticed.
Let them preach Abolitionism and ncendiarism and
treason to their hearts content and who or what will
be hurt by it. except the cause and the party they
themselves have espousedg Should Southern men
rigdly abstain from indulgence in these proftess
and mschievous discussions on the slavery question,
our word for it, the vocation of the Abolition mem.
bcrs of Congress would speedily be gone, and the
country in all its length and BREADTH would soon be
stranger 70 agitation and excitement Let the
southern members, when proposition connected
with the interests OF slavery comes before them, sim
ply content themselves with voting upon it, and say
never woodland they will thus preserve the peace
OF the country, maintain their own dignity, and full
ll to the letter the expectations and wishes Of their
constituents.