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SENATOR DOUGLAS AND 1uuGE BLACK.
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STAKEHOLDER is placed He may, IN migrating South
sail from Southern psst fr Texas, and q no aP-
proaches the Gulf he may, By stress Of weather. "
stranded upon the shores Of either Jamaica OF On
Domingo. and the whole cargo seized and hocra.ea
by the authorities; or coming higher home, ne may
start out from Virgins or Kentucky TOR Arkans.s
and in descending the Ohio, some overriding aec'-
dent NAV befail them and be may be compelled, to
save life TO take shelter for the time being either
upon the shores Of Indiana or Illinois Has he no
redress to recover his slave property when seized
the authorities referred to Undoubtedly he mas; ior
the fugitive slave law protects him in the one case
and the flag that scars At the masthead Is gnaran'
tee in the other and although the remedies may oe
different, vet he falls back upon the same power to
enforce them-upon the strong arm OF common
government =,
This has been again and again recognized by the
government and demands made either for the resto-
ration of the slaves Tor if that be impossible Tor
their value.
Suppose we were involved in a war, as We have
been with Great Britain, and our slaves should Se
captured las they have BEEN is there no obligation
resting upon the government that IN ueaty 'or
peace there should be express provision, either
for their restoration or for the payment OF their
value, Certainly there is And both in the treaty
of 49, as well as that of 1876 G our memory be not
at fault) there may be found provisions to that
effect
Life. liberty and property" is guaranteed the
citizen against the unconstitutional acts OF his own
government and surely less guarantee is not i'm
piled when the wrongful act is committed either BY
foreign government or by the 'hostile legislation"
Now, in ali this, there is neither establishing. ere
ating, or perpetuatng The institution" IS such.
hut merely carrying out the two-fold nature Of the
original compact between the copartners Of the gov
crnment: First taat as being recognized as proper
ty that property the master should be protected
and, secondly as guaranteeing "non-interference as
well from without from within, with the political
"status" of the colored man, far as the power Of
federal government itself is concerned
Now, you may call this what you please, "slave
code" or not it gives all the protection the South
demands More thap this, she has no constitutional
right to require; and less than this, her own fire
side security demands of her to sacrifice the very
government itself, sooner than submit to.
The South can have no discretion when her
very hearth-stones and affairs are mperilled is
Caesar or nothing :" her constitutional rights must
be, in good faith, observed; she must have equality
Within or she will seek it without and leave the
sponsbility to those infatuated wretches who in
deSted for their present position to the very anat
cism, with which for selfish ends they have sur
charged the Northern mind
Notwithstanding these gloomy forebodings, for
one as yet We have not despaired of the republic;
still have hope . sheet anchor to our political
faith,-stil have an abiding confidence in the con.
servative influence Of the sober second thought Of
the Northern mind; they, and they alone can save
the government; but we have to stand by with our
arms folded incapable of the first advance to its res
cue unless that compromises political equality,
and with it individual security.
Thus situated, We Of the South have to await the
issue but with no other apprehension than the pa
trots fear that political demagogues have so long
tional vessel is about to be inguphed by the very
elements which have, hitherto $50 long, buoyed
her up.
Yes, freedom Of opinion has sustained her; but
freedom runs riot when it throws off constitutional
restraints and instead of promoting liberty, it is
anarchy in disguise.
Liberty without law is the liberty of the savage
destructive in its influences and revolutionary in its
effects; but liberty with Law, while it respects the
rights Of Others secures its own, and thus, by its
Ife-givng energy, it imparts peace prosperity and
happiness to all who properly appreciate It.
We have said that, for one As yet we have still
hopes of the republic but those hopes mainly rest
upoE the conservative portion of the Northern and
Northwestern Democracy.
is for them to say whether they will live under
the Union, it is and as it was made by the faith.
ers whether they will drive the South for greater
security to the formation of = more homogeneous
government where they have nothing to fear from
Stewards "irrepressible conflict"
In the mean time the Democracy of the South
should not suffer itself to be goaded on BY Harper
Ferry instructions, and the probable completely Of
prominent Northern men. into the taking of any
extreme positions in the approaching National Demo
cratic Convention, but let all the ends they aim
at be conservative in their character looking to
the Fermentation of constitutional Union if posi-.
Die. When this fails we have time enough and
strength within ourselves to form Southern con.
federacy, which shall laugh to scorn the "highe,
law and by nom" intercourse" and such othe,
stringent provisions proper to enforce, We
can make the very Yankees themselves our negro
catchers Yes. humiliating as it may be to tn,
fanaticism of the North, we honestly believe whs
We say, for touch Yankees pocket and you 20
great way to the restoration of his senses.
We would advise, then, that the Southern Demo
crazy in the ensuing Convention should say nothin,
about either the slave trade or a slave code bu
that they should be perfectly satisfied with the in
corporation of clause in the political PLATFORM tina
1or all time to come " the Territories be organized
on basis. that they shall neither legislate for o.
against slavery"
This was the Recommendation Of distinguish,
Wing Of Mississippi in letter of his lately publish
ed, and although We cannot admit even what h
comedies to the Territories his suggestion is ZOO
one.
These sentiments were likewise incorporsted int
the political programme Of the Opposition" Of thi
state at the recent meeting Of their Executive Com
mlttee. But let them emanate from whence the
may, or be approved and endorsed by whom the
may, they manifest . union-lovng spirit, and Will
they surrender no constitutional rights they ar
conservative in their character and, IS far as .,
informed they reflect the sentiments Of the Dem.
cacy Of North. Carolina.
In these sentiments if in nothing else, IS the Of
Scotch ballad has it, Wing and Tory all agree"
NJ, AN OLD FARMER.
Richmond County, Dec, 1859.
ARRESrING Suspicious Srparcp Th..,.h.