, 1859-01-14

| protection Of Tho nineteen.twentieths Of tho
people OF tho South, the Senator haa no right to
| complain that our leRislation il sh aped a9siast
| the policy the South wanta. But he is riuht, in
soue respects, in attaching this importancs 10
the slave power OF tho Soath. It ID important,
and although it il but one IN twenty Of the
white population Of the south, know it con-
trols this legislation OF tho South Tho large
planter. with his numerous slares around him,
controls tho labor Of the country. end monopo.
Lies the land Of the country, and the whito pop
u!asiou Of the South owning no slaves are IN =
MEASURE hla dependents
| The labor which would otherwise be performed
By .hs free hands Of free men il there performed
By slaves; and that labor which every man
should be entitled to ~ his right, Al the cspital
on which he is 10 live il taken out Of his hands,
/ and given to his servite race. Exercising that
control over the political institutions Of tho
| South aud over all the interests Of tho South.
1orry to say, exercises control over this gen
| era government. Not only the five and half
| million free white people OF the Southern States
! are controlled by it, but this thirteen million
people in the Northern States, where no slaves
exist, are made subject to it; and We are grave
y told, if this great population shal attain con-
| troll of the Government; If they ahall elect
President and obtain control of Congress, aud
| the various departments of the Government.
then the Union il to be dissolved, and for the
benefit Of these shzee hundred and fifty Thousand
sisreholderst l suppose the Senstor from
Georgia will hardly contend that the dye and
half million people who own no slaTes in the
South are benefited By slavery.
In making thlA comparison, f1irrexa would re-
quire me to say, and 1 wish to speak with entire
candor, that although the number Of slavehold.
ess is but three hundred and fifty thousand, vet
more persons are probably. interested in slavery
than that, because the slaves are generally
owned BY the heads offami1iea; and eppposing
family to consist Of five white persons, which
suppose is q fair estimate, there wonld be five
times three bundred and fifty thousand, or some
one and three quarter millions Of the whit. pop.
uIation OF the South that might be directly Or
indirectly interested in slavery. The only in.
terest the others could have would BE- to Res rid
oft, and to elevate labor in that country to
standard where it would be honorable Tor free
white men TO perform it.
plsrS1oS AND IT'S RExEpr.
The Senator, ii speaking further Of the unllc
sentiment Of the South, remarked:
'Ivenre the opinion that in ms own sss.e 10 we'll con-
the saon to e It. ahe a.
ton j. Destroyed. u the question vas NV put whether
po1!ttoa." '
Well, sir; can only regret that such i, tie
public sentiment Of Georgia; but hope and trust
tue Senator Is mistaken; and if such public sen
q false basis. It has been brought about BY mis-
understanding Of the public sentiment Of tie
North, and will be corrected the moment the Re-.
rubl!uan party IS in power, and has opportunity
practically to illustrate its principles. Sir, it Is
by the misrepresentation Of its views that tais
prejudice Las been cngendered against it in the
Southern States. The election Of pre-iaent Of
tue Republican party 10 dissolve ths Unton!
Why, sir, what is the Union worth; what sort of
Union is 1t that we Lave; if, when majority Of
the people Of this country, in constitutional form,
elect one Of their number President Of the United
States, that is 10 break up the Government? F? Does
tie South rrmain in this Union ouly to control it?
Has she no principle further than the principle of
obtaining tue spoils Of office and the power and
the patronage Il the Government? Isshe attach.
ed to It by no other ties than these? Has she no
love 'or this Union, under which the people in all
parts OF the country hare prospered to such an
untxampled degree since its formation? Does she
take no pride in this country, in its advancement,
III It's greatness, in its power, and only remain
part ol it merely to enjoy the spols Of Office? Sir
it will be time enough for the South to talk about
lis:o'ying The Union and forming southern con-
federacy, when the North, or the Republican party
u the North. makes any asgressions upon its
ughts; and if it waits for that day it will wait
eicrnafly. No such aggression is meant-none il
suteaded. Tue people Of the North, mike the
clt!zeils Of Georgia, are Uaion-!oying people;
they VIII staul by the Union, and stand by tic
perverted and undermined by party which is
only willing to support lhenl SO long as it can
control.
Such party has no existence in the North.
we are submitting uow to an administration of
this GoTe!nment which We believe to be very
unjust aad very wrong. We hare aubmitted 10
many acts which we believed to be uncons:itu.
tlonal. acts of usurpailon, on the part OF the ex-
ecu'lge officers Of she Federal Government We
have seen the partial manner IN which the laws
OF tue United States are executed. We hare
noticed, within few days, the fact that cargo
Of negroes, Kidnapped in Africa, has been
brought to the Senator's own State, and landed
there, to be eutjec:ed 10 slavery, in defiance Of
al net Of Congress pronounciug it piracy and
We have seen the official organ Of the Admins
traton, here in this city, proclaiming, ID an ed
l'oriai article, that our institutions ar9 failure,
80 far as their ability to resist this violation OF
law and the rights Of humanity, is coucerned.
These Africans have been smugged away from
their nat'Te land, md introduced into the heart
OF this country; and Tet, 20 far as ne know, no
man engaged in this piratical oct has been
brought to justice. In South Carolina the iurieB
rsfu1e to 'ndct men engaged in the alave trade
Whit does the Federal Government do? Where
we're the Army and Navy Of the United States,
that the mea engaged in importing Africans
into Georg 10 could not b. found aud arsesteds
Perhaps the Army is in Kansas, guarding, per-
chance, men indicted under pretended charge
OF treason. Possibly it is On its way to Boston
to form in the streets OF that city 10 catch run
a.ny negro Not many years ago, when sin
gle negro escaped from bondage ID order to re.
raiE his liberty, and was nt large, the Army aud
Navy Of the Uaited States were called forth, the
troops were brought out, the telegraph WAS
called lu.o requislton. and the whole power Of
the Government WAS employed to arrest and re-
turn the negro TO bondage. Now, three hun.
dred free persons sought TO be forced into bond
age in defiance of the laws Of the land, receive
no protection from the Federal Government:
bat its institutions ore pronounced failure, 80
far as regards its ability to prevent such viola
tions Of the LAM.
We have seen this; the country has seen it;
and although the laws in the one case for the
benefit Of slavery are e1erted with the utmost
rlgor, We see no corresponding Efforts to enforce
the laws IN favor of freedom. Yet the people Of
tie North ere attached to the Union. Tempo
rar1ly they submit to tbese acts, and they sub
nit r. the outrageous promu1gatioo OF opinions
oy judges in what is known as the Dred Scott
case, upon question not before them, because
in due time, they expect, in constitutional
mede, to reform and correct these abuses.
When the Republican party attains power, it
will not, al the Senator from Georgia supposes,
make any entertainments on the rights Of the
South but it will, trust, be equally ready to
en- force the Idus both North aud South, and it,
Army and Nary utH be caAtd into r<q4i3ition
allke in aH parts Of the Republic wAtne,er nfe4-
I'd for The enforcement Of ldW, and IL can Be t.
11IH and rar sf1 linn rfft 3'ons