The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-12-05

fslsIs, but VA. declared. blythe same laws,
] to have committed felony by stbc aetsoi
eufefingf that state with slave p her Pos
session, and escaped felon's doom only py
avoiding IN arrcst by the officers OF Mtchl-
ran In some bf the Northern States. such
laws have not been enacted; but, even IN
lsuch. States, associations have been formed
For the purpose of stealing our slaves; and
they openly boast, that, since 1850, they
have deprived the South of 10000 slaves
No Northern State has ever attempted to
punish ono of this band of thieves. These
laws, of which have just been speaking, re-
ouire of the officers of those States that they
shall either commit perjury or submit to
punishment. This i the manner in which
i the North has discharged its constitutional
! obligations and observed the edmpromises of
1850. Mr.. Webster said, ten years ago, that
the constitutional compact was obligatory
/ upon all the States alike, and that compact
j broken on one side was broken on all sides.
IL this be so, how can the North pretend
] that we owe them any duties under the Con-
stitutionl Tisi,fff .-e4fa-s $3.50
| The object of that party which has achieved
1 the late victory, is, to destroy slavery. They
| do not propose, however, to do this now,
and BY force. Lincoln viii not cut down the
/ tree at once, but so girdle it around that
death shall gradually creep into its centres
Heretofore, the, North has professed to. be-
Eeve in the doctrine that the decisions of the
Supreme Court Of the United States should
be respected and carried out but now, when
a decision of that tribunal stands in the way
of their designs against slavery, they do not
hesitate to declare that they will accomplish
\ their object oVer that decision of the Court.
4 have heard Seward declare, while his very
i form dIated with malignant exultation, that
i slavery was dupmei, and that the South was
only permitted to choose whether its extinc-
ton SHOULD he sudden, and wrought out in
violence and blood, or whether it should take
], place gradually, and with wise precautions
against the evils inscparable from the other
alternative. have heard Wilson, of Missa-
chusctts, speak Of the Scuih' as aimere APP
pcndage of the North--as province, which
was completely subjected to Northern rule
and ! have heard him dcnounce. the non
i shareholders Of the South rs the meanest,
most ignorant, and most degraded 'wretches
on tho face of the earth. This is the spirit,
and these are the purposes, Of those who as.
pirc to rule over us. ..
/ We have, in the past, quarrellel too much
4 with each other. We have been too mneh
in the habit of. blaming our own parties for
the evils nnlcr which e have L,bosed This.
however, has not been the real ,our,c of those
evils. They had their actual origin in the
conviction oftle Northern people a thought
I.fnI, strong-wlIed poop!ci-thlt slavery was II
crime, and sin against God. THIS convic-
ton has interviewer itscls with their heia-
! ture, become part of their religion, stampel
It's impress upon their Laws, ard found ox.
2 preston in the buns Of their daily speech.
! 1t has tir1n astMlrr the it's thd bound to-
gcthcr the churches, North aud S,uth. 40
that those who pfclys5 and call themselves
Christians can no lpnger worship God in com,
mon. Is it MOI Cine tlis. our institutions
should be withdrawn from the. sweep Of this
i tanaticaI power! People NAV tall; of TIE PC
cunlary interests Of. the North as afforlng
us q guaranty against the spirit Of aboliiioa-
ism. This, however, must not be depended
upon. No people EYER were or ever can be,
/ kept together by their material Interests, in
violation of th,!: mor'l h.lire.. Perrle may
talk, too, Of climatic Influences, and dude
themselves with the ilea that slavery pos
seSSes an inherent power to introduce AMI
maintain itself in all regions AMI dis.si Is
where it may be pr5itabIy employed. "
proposition can be more f,.!arinns. 81.
Domingo possessed !. soil aud climate al
mirably adapted to slave labor: but Rep 10
lean France, run mad with false idea of
liberty, cxtiugi>hcd slavery in the island
with stroke Of The pen. Jamaica, also. was
not surpassed by any other region of the
earth as field for African slavery. The in
stitution lad long existed there, anil 1t had
produced an uncxamplcd degree of prospcri-
ty in the island; bat Jamaica was an Enr-
lish colony, aud, against the most strenuous
opposition of thc coloniSts, aud in obedience
to the dictates Of spurious and misdireetcd
philanthrophy, England put M end to slavery
there, and consigned the f'irr>t Of her colo
NAL possessions TO poverty AMI hqrbarism.-
/ lf we permit the North to make our laws
and shape our policy, we shall disco, err,
when it is too late, thai, climatic Influences
will avail us nothing as means of protect
ing slavery in our midst.
| do not believe that Mississippi oug'lt to
submit to the state Of things which now OK
/ lists, aud which is 50 full of danger to her in
tcrcsts aud safety. ! am morally certain that
South Carolina, and most of the other South.
crn States, will do something TO avert the
evils that are now threatening the South !;
and Mississippi ought, in my opinion, to con-
suit and concur with them in regard to the
course they may think proper to pursue.
We are told, by some Of the advocates of
inaction, that we should wait, because it is
likely that Lincoln's administration viii be
conservative. Lincoln, however is but the
representative of an opinion, and he will be
swept along before it, lie cannot control il.
Revolutions never @ backwards. and fanatic
Ism, when once it had pouaced upon its prey,
was never yet known to surrender it alive
If we permit Lincoln to he inangu,-.ted as
our President, We admit the right of the
North to rule over US. fi f. -; p
Some are in favor of a general Convention
of all the Southern States, with the view of
demanding new guarantees at the hands of
the North, and thus preserving the existing
4 Union. Mill this ensure to us fhn nrofae.