The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-19

r sorvctascd into the unicn and State ait
Stats were admitted into the ccufsdsracy vi
- the same institution.
From the Declaration of independence
1776 to the election Of Abraham Lincoln
President in 1860, shareholders and sla
he States have chiefly controlled the foreign al
IS. domestic policy IF this government and
X them the coHHtFy IS chiefly indebted for us m
" itary and civic renown. In their intercour
te. With their Northern confederates, they ha'
IS ever maintained the Constitution, the Unit
ne and the equality of the States and the resu
US is now seen in the fact that they have esta
at lished Federal Republic Of free States an
yh free men who are now the third power
earth and who rank with the most Cultivate
nationsof the civilized world.
Such is the historic .record of the siaVeho
ders Of the Union who are now ostracise
ffom power anil phase in the government
bieir owa Ct alton and held up to the seor
o: the c:rilzal world BY the anti-slaVer
moralists of the Republican party.
How Glands the record with the froze
Sta.ts OF the North They too were affeete
with the original sin of sfayery. They Wer
a commercial and manufacturing people an
slaves were not profitable in those occupations
Their country was annually buried in snoy
d and bound in the letters of ice for one hal
: the year, leaving but six months for agricui
e tural clnployments, In which slaves wer
Y chiefly useful. The ex ense of feeding
# clothing, houseing and warming the slaye'
during the period of winter balanced TIN
q profits of their labog in summer. Out of thes'
: pregnant conditions sprung the free negrt
s9Elhe North. It never occurred
! | to them to emancipate their SfaSe9e1
them free in their own States. This would
not only occasion loss of money but entail
J upon them mass of paupers they were un,
willing to maintain. Their philanthrophy
therefore took the profitable course Of con-
verting their slaves into money by sales 70
the South. They emancpated by consigning
to perpetual bondage.
Having accomplished this elevated and
christian design, their love for the freedom oil
the slave in the hands of their Southern
yendees now become an exalted and heavenly
passion. The Puritanic spirit of New Eng
land was now fully redeemed, regenerated,
and disenthraled" from the great crime of
slavery. They accordingly called conventions,
revised their State constitutions and declared
that slavery should not exist in their borders
after the lapse of a time sufficient to dispose
of the same without pecuniary loss Then
followed enactmcnts, nullifying the fugitive
slave law of Congress aud the constitution
and either By statute or judicial Feltence THEY
have declared that all slaves that are fosnd
within there borders are thereby emancipated.
They have established societies for the pur-
pose OF enticing and stealing slaves from their
masters. They deny the right of reception
and punish the master as a feiDn for retaking
| his property. Gney mob and murder federal
officers and Southern citizens in attempting
| to enforce the federal laws, in this respect.
| They inStigate Instructions and armed at
taclls in our midst. They wage war upon
us in the territories. They preach against US,
] pray against us, write against us, and through
all their numerous channels of publicity, de-
nouuce Us as man-stealers felons and Barba-
| rians. Their chief oratogs and statesmen are
| sent to Congress with instructions to repeat
these horrible calumnies in the face Of our
| Senators and Representatives and before the
| civilized world
In short they have falsely educated whole
| generation of men and women to hate US and
our instltutions-to outrage our sensibilities
and to trample our rights under foot. Such
are the leading characteristics of the self
| righteous revilers Of Southern society. An
| luminosity so general and SO fearful between
free and sovereign peoples is the certain
precursor of nternecine war. They have
denied US the comfy of nations and broken
their constitutional faith in so many aggrava-
ting forms, and with such long continued
pertinacty, that we are now compelled either
to declare and wage war against them for tue
preservation and yindication Of our constitu-
tional and natural rights, or to agree upon a
peaceable dissolution of the Union between
the slave and free States. As between these
the Union of the constitution is already dis
solved by the conduct of the North-the
severance IS lasting and iETeparable Longer
submission to such insolence. outrage and
oppression is to sink to depth and degree of
infamy and .pnsillanimity from which the
hand of time can never restore us. Submis-
sion is death-moral and political death-we
cannot, we will not submit. Dissolution and
dissolution alone upon equitable and honorable
terms can prevent the bloodiesI conflict that
ever occurred in the annals of man. The
Southern heart is already on fire Of the
struggle and with weapons in hand they
eagerly wait the battle.
As a remedy for these evils the Pres
dent of the United States in his recent
message to Congress suggests an amend
ment Of the Constitutions more clearly
defining the rights Of the slaveholding States
These rights have been well understood by
the Northern manufacturers of public opinion
from the day the constitution was adopted to
the present time. 1t is against the csnstitu-
ton that they make war and rebel In the
present condition of the Northern mind a
proposition to amend the constitution, if re-
eeired at all by them, would result in destroy !
ing what few guarantees slavery now has and
the proclamation of an entire anti-slavery
constituton--the popular sentiment may
change unpopular laws and constitutions but
unpopular laws or constitutions never
change popular will-they aggravate the
public mind and produce ten fold agitatiCnx
What possible effect could a pro-slavery
Constitution so amended as to secure all our
rights, and perpetuate slavery have upon the
minds of eighteen millions of anti-slaYery
fanatics, whose enthusiasm on this subject, is
the constant growth and chief love Of their
lives. All experience in popular governments
teaches that rebellion would be the immediate
result
The President is, no doubt, patriotic and
sincere in tais recommendation, but the palpa-
bic futility of the only remedy he can devise, ]
demonstrates the fact that the Union is hope
lessly dissolved. Past experience proves that
every effort at Cancellation and repose has only
increased the excitement at the North. Lust
of power, place, and extended dominion has
been their chief incentives. They have now
achieved long cherished object-ths Presi-
dency-its honors and its spoils- To yield the
principles on which they have conducted their
tedious warfare to a successful termination
would be to stultify themselves and to admit
that their whole career had been one of false
hood and tleachery. They can never consent
to be Just because that would condemn them
to in6my.
Were I opposed to the institution of slavery
this plan of amending the Constitution would
be the very scheme would propose to effect
its more speedy downfall TO be profitable
and acceptable, slavery must be quiet and un-
auestioned-it must be IN conflict with no
active enem;es-it must live among its friends
it can be secure in no other way. The
PROPOSITION to amend the Constitution would
aeitate and convulse the entire Union. First,
all the State Legislatures would meet and
call Conventions-then elections of delegates
would occur with discussions before the
couutry-the Conventions would finally as
sernble, and deliberate, and discuss-theR a
general Convention would be called, and they
would agitate--the press and the rostrum
would TEEN with agitation-anti- slavery would
would fail, and slavery would suffer mater
tally in the struggle. So long as we remain
in the Union, our enemies will find the means
of agitation in the South, and thus keep the
country in constant state Of alarm, yexation,
uncertainty, and panic. Such is our present
situation-the country is armed TO the teeth
covered with minute men-trade and ccm-
merce are almost at an end-local banks and
merchants are suspending-t federal treas
ury is bankrupt, and the federal government
itself "a a state OF dissolution,
What's to be the remedy for this calamitous
condition Of the country
see no serious obstacles to a peaceable
severance between the slave and FREQ States
they hate each other cordially and cannot
live peaceably together. Slavery is the pre-
text of the North--they cannot coerce the
South to their views by military force-they
would lose more by battle than they could
DossibIy hone To cain Peace with all the