The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-04-03

Mr.. Chairman after all the wrongs done to-
us in Kansas by the Federal Government
through some of its territorial ollicers by the
Abolition cmigrant aid societies Of the North;
after all the assurances from the Northern
Democrats of their willingness to vote for the
admission of Kansas as q slave or n free state,
according to the legally expressed will OF u
majority Of her people, We are now told by
some of that party high in authority mere,
that if Kansas be admitted into the Union
under the Lccompton programme, it must be
Oh condition that her constitution shall again
be subjected to she ordeal of popular cleo
tion. In other words, that the Judgment al
ready rendered by the people of Kansas IN io-
vor of the South shall he set aside, and a new
trial granted TO the Abolionists. The adso-
cucy of such proposition by a Northern Dem
ocrat is evidence that he values the temporary
success and harmony Of party at home more
highly than he does the preservation Of its
principles or the constitutional rights Of my
section The Southern man who assumes suth
a position, or fayorS the reference back by
Congress of this question of slavery TO the
people Of Kansas, uudcr any form whatever
i, in my Judgment, false TO the South; and
has heart
"Fit for treason, strntagcm, and spoils.
Now, sir, we demand that Kansas shall be
either Admitted or rejected nconditionally,
with the Lccompton constitution. ] have no
longer any respect for that tcmporiaing policy
that
raltcrs with rs in double sense:
That keeps the word Of promise ID our ear
And breaks il TO our hope"
u'o C,,,l,,,, St,,,. ,,.r,,i H., s,,,. ,,,,,,.,,
misses on this question Of slavery. We have
had enough Of them in the past to satisfy the
most ambitious of our Tnlon.savcrs We
have often listened to the voice Of that siren,
and as often have we been betrayed But,
thank God, the spell is a' last broken We
remember the first great compromise that was
made between the North and the South, when
this union was formed BY it, the North
agreed to surrender our fugitive slaves on de-
m0nd Of their owners How has she fulfilled
that obligation Ask Massachusetts, Ask
New Hampshire. Ask all the Northern states
which have nullilied the Constitution which
they were sworn TO maintain ana support
do not believe, Mr. Chairman that the rugi.
tive slave law can to-day be peoccahly and
quietly executed in Il single State north of
Mason and DiXon'S line. If there il any
place where it can be done, il is in some So-
lated location, aud il nm exception 10 the ern-
cra rule
We remember the compromise Of ls2O.-
The brand Of inllrority was then stamped
deep on the brow of Southern manhood and
Southern honor; and there il remained, IL
burning disgrace, till the Kansas Nebraska bill
wiped it out and restored us to onr long lost
rights We remember the days of nnIlinca.
tion in South Carolina, and the compromise
tariff Of 1882. The North then agreed to
abandon the protective system gradually for
the period of ten years. At the expiration Of
that time, the tariff Of 1912 was enacted
more odious and oppressive in many respects
to my section Of the Union, than the black
tariff Of 1928 We remember, again, and
will ever proudly remember the brilliant tr-
umphs achieved by Southern arms in tie McX-
lean war. We cannot, if We would, forget
low the North robbed Us Of al the fa'tf Of
our victories. We cannot forget that eompro-
mise Of 1S50-tlat Southern surrender Of
1880 Mr. Chairman, We need no other bat
tie cry to arouse the spirit Of Southern men
hereafter in resistance 10 Northern uslupatioa,
or in driving forever from these Halls any
number Of Southern Representatives who shall
hereafter dare, even to save tie Union TO
make lnrthcr concessions TO the demands Of
New England lanatcism The compromise Of
1880, indeed
Mr.. Chairman, when the gallant little band
OF Texans was. drawn out in battle array, on
the plains Of San Jacnto, and in front Of
the overwhelming forces Of Santa Anna, it Is
said that tic magic words, remember the
Alamo" sent an electric Shock along Tie line,
and inspired the heart Of every roXan soldier
to fight for victory or death. So hereafter ii
the South, if, in se!fdcicusc, we are driven ont
Of this Union, and if this sectional contest Is
forced upon us by the North, the words re
member the compromise Of 1882 will be cm-
bazoncd on thousand banners, and will fire
the zeal OF southern patriots in defense of
their invaded rights by the recollection Of past
wrongs. ] despise Mr.. Chairman with my
whole heart, the very word compromise" Il
has become offensive to my sight IF / had
the power, ! would strike it forever ont Of the
English vocabulary, and would make it a penal
oilense for a Southern man ever again to pro-
nounce it in public. 1t is suggestive to my
mind Of diShonor, surrender, and base submis-
sion nthc language of McDuitie, lit sounds
to my ear like the bugle blast of the robbcr
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