Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-12-24
The Stasoat1.


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Boa &Da s.re.s ssa,Aera Sentiments. '
Ezsrnc. iron. the Speech Of ~. CkAwrosD. IF
Georgia, ,lttinerAa IL tie House Of Repress"t"-
t;r.s, Dec IL, 1852 = q
Bat, Mr. Clerk, to proceed with my argument
In 1862 all partie seemed to acquie>ce IN the COM
promises: Of 1885, The North said that they wese
satisfactory TIE Democratic party said that sney
would ahilc by and adhere To them. Inc wing
party said that they were satisfactory. Iney "e!e
to be .lnality--s tsal settlement OF an ine u''.
ferencas that divided, the people Of the North nom
tho neon,e of the South How long did your CON-
nromises Of 1850 last. For only two years-trom
1852 to 1854 And, sir. when the principle Of those
con,nromises was attempted to he Incorporated INTO
Tho kansas Nebraska bill, this House remembers,
tho country remembers. the blaze Of excitement
which was seen throughput the entire North: mat
settlement for time, had smothered inc anti-siaS-
err sentiment in the North; but. in ls54, broke
out with renewed force-with more indeed, than "
.ver had before. Why? Simnlv because the slave
holder Of the South was offered the poor privilege OF
settling the Territory Of Kansas upon an eq'mity
,r;th man from the North. The restriction, which
,or thirtyour wears had driven us from that terri
torv. had been torn from the statutc-book. Inc
men of the South stood more forth the eqnai oi
the TAen of the North. :,
It was only our contendng for this privilege ami
this right which the South was entitled TO ENJOY IN
the Territory of Kansas, which r,uscd the Norp m
to fame Of excitement against u.s. 1t eu't up TINS
,,o.-fl ORGANIZATION which now controls the entire
North and in 1856 nominated an adycnturer, man
unknown to political fame. man who had no ante
cedents which would Justify his election tor fres'-
dent of the United States. and came very nearly
electine him. In fact, the opponents OF slavery and
the haters of Shareholders in tho North, polls tor
that man thirteen hundred and thirtysi thousand
votes. larger vote than that which Mr. Buchanan
got in the North You control the entire North;
YOU control al northern legislation, and you strike
down the Democratic party Of the North. Here.
upon our side of the House, the few Democratic Rep
resentatves from the North who have stood oy tue
Constitution and have seen prepared to defend the
rights of the South, have one by one been swept
AWAY before this northern ianaticism. They have
stood ND and batted for us-not for slavery but tor
the Constitution of their country. | honor them
for It I am proud Of northern Democrats who have
stood by the Constitution of their country, and they
deserve the thanks Of people But tell them they
are p0werless to meet this great Republican horde,
which comes like an avalanche from the North, ana
drives everything before it. They have the control
Of the North, and you are weak, YOU IRE no longer
able to save yourselves, or the Constitution. We
must look to our own people and own section for
protection We can no longer rely upon men OF the
North to help us in this our hour OF danger. !
would that we could do it. but it is impossible
Next comes another event in this great drama Of
antislavery. \ southern traitor, poor. miserable
wretch who had been driver from the town Of his
nativity, seeks refuge among these sacred observers
of comp,cts and publishes book, in which nc calls
upon the nonslaveholders Of the South to put down
slavery by violence and blood We have no fear for
slavery; it is institution which, in its relation
between master and slave, cannot be disturbed by
all the men in the northern States. The book which
makes this proposition to class of our safest and
best men in the South finds sixty-eight 'niorsers
among the representative men OF this body IN the
last Congress- Yes sir, sixty-eght men OF the last
House of Representatives recommended the circuia
ton of book which urges the slaves Of the South
to sacrifice the lives of their owners and your
candidate for Speaker among them The great lead
of that party, Mr.. Seward, said he had read the
book that it was full of merit, and recommended It
to the people of all the States Hear what he says
81 have read The Impending Crisis Of the South
with deep attention. 1t seems to me work OF
great merit rich, yet accurate. in statistical nfor-
nation, and logical in analysis"
Such is the language Of William II. Seward
This book is endorsed by your leading men. and yet
you are our brethren, and love US devotetily, and
anxiously desire to preserve our rights under the
Constitution of the United States. We were told
by the gentleman from Ohio. mr.. Corwin, the 9TH
er day. in an amusing and interesting speech. that
we should look upon this question calmly. know
it is the purpose of the Republicans who signed
that circular to make the country believe that this
is trivial affair." And why? Because they know
that they will be held to . strict accountability by
those Democrats who stand behind them at home.
You say We should not be alarmed that We ought
not to pay any attention to it
Let Us pursue the history Of this question little
further, and see You make sport Of the Brown in
vasion, and tell us not to he alarmed But why was
it that that ins,rrection did not extend. We are
not indebted to the northern Black Republicans for
it. but to the fidelity Of the slars population Of Iir-
1inia, and to that alone. Brown expected, and had
reason to expect, help from your people at the
they not the courage of John Brown. Applause
in the galleries. tell you now, that the South is
once more aroused She understands that this
question cannot he settled she knows it cannot he
She sees the condition Of the public mind at the
North understands. and appreciates it She un.
derssands. that there some men at the North who
afraid that these southern colonies Of theirs
selves to get rid Of this everlasting disturbance up
on slavery Hence it is We see that they arc gath
ering all over the North, in Onion meetings. to ex-
press their sympathy for us. We ask from the
North no such sympathy. We are able to take care
of ourselves. We are independent of you. tell you
what the South wants. She wants the North to
send Representatives different from those now here
and in the other wing Of the Capitol. That we
never shall get and we know it. Weunderstsnd this
question too well not to know that the North never in
tends to change her position in thatrespect When We
see that the North proposes to repeal her personal lib
erty bills and her acts of habeas corpus when she
throws open her ails for the security Of our fugitive
slaves; when we can travel through the northern
States as brethren and you travel South without
attempting to excite instruction; when our rights in
the Territories are respected then and not till then
will the South be satisfied But until then, your
Union meetings amount to nothing Give US these
things and then we will begin to listen to what you
have to say.
Hear what distinguished Senator says in regard
to these Union meetings at the North:
Union saving meetings are of no earthly signiH.
cance He had nothing to say against those polti.
cal eunuchs who gather around such meetings but
those meetings did not weigh feathers weight in