Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-12-07

The North contends as the PsnusylsaHiGH says, that
ta Souh in tho cOussructoa Of the Constitution, eOo-
elrfsd IN 20 framing L. purposey 10 cOnhoe ITSELF
i,-,vsr shia the then limits Of is boundaries that
fom an equal participation in any future acquisitions
sie by Joint efforts and expenditures the South vas to
BE- excluded That the express ground Of this sel-im-
p,sed exclusion by the South the admitted crime OF
b.iaE shareholders and such, Pariahs, unworthy Of
s..c,issn with Northern men in common territory,
b forever 70 be sequesrated from the nation, and con
,ed 10 their original corner Of the land While Northern
men were to be chartered hberues 20 roam unmOestod,
and "a appropriate al the world TO their own use. That
nv Southern man desred 10 leave bis home, and par
u,ioste In the common territory Of al ths States, he
,rrs. Ar, cleanse himself Of the leper spot Of slave
~ before be could be deemed, in Il, Sc asso-
r.ts Of the Northern man That in making these de-
grading scleabasing admissions and restrictions, the
S,u,h had distinctly In view the inevitable resut-the
white population diminishing by emigration the oaek
Increasing 10 double ratio BY natural increase and imPor-
tson the once slave States must become free negro
sates-the whites driven out or submerged And fur
ther most extraordinary feature is that slavery beng
TN. p.on6uneed moral leprosy, the sanity North,
equally sh the South made most emphatic provision in
rat sane Constitution to insure great additional virus to
tiscpsy, BY tsspng eide oPeH he portals Of ne nation
q, if ne Ro,s Of tis prid stream for twenty years
Ssy and after that to be stopped simply by an
st Of Congress and only then during the continuance
OF such act
Yet further al the States save one were saveholdng
s,tes supposing that nov all the States we're slave
holding By the Republican construction, all would be eE-
c.iei q sAols nai0a sslezeluisd from az Of its o''"
slt S,lui the soil Of this wilderness iorsOoth be-
Ia TOO saered 70 be mArred BY the Institutions of its own
mis,ors
Thus SO have the monstrosi,y Of nation pleading
guilty. 70 the charge Of lsprous shame Of taking the
NOS, e lent measures 20 augment In intensity and ex-
tsa confessed evil and qusting is conscience not by
slacton Of the evil bet only BY forbdding Il change
OF residence.
The Republican party, being but Onethrd Of the peo-
pie Of the Union. proposes BY Of power obtained
accidentally, and By the moral fraud Of gerTynanderng
p-o,s to enforce an Interpretation Of the Constitution
Involving a. these contradictions absurdiies and opPres-
sioat on the South, by the simple ia. OF Plurai-
~ and the more s.etuay TO accomplish this and many
kiadrrd urongs prOcaims its purpose 80 to mould the
Supreme Court that should sanction all these outrages
sgrsvatng TO the uttermost It's Injustice 70 the South
bv p-oelaming an 'rrspressibe conflict" and that the
vii o, a majority Of the North must be accepted by the
south AZ he true Interpretation Of the Constitution.
Toe Sou,h, per oentra says smply-That the assuuP-
tlon other pleading guilty Of a crime rendering her
u-s associate for Northern in their common teui-
tones "a uuounded and absurj-that the action ofttc
nth IN forming common Constitution, recognizing
the legality OF tie e1s slavery and making provision
for is Unlimited increase gavetO slavery It's most solemn
sanction Tina, the States catered the compact as equals
anl that had any proposition theH been made, that the
saveaodag states should be forever eOuaaeI aeir
e1 sting locality no Union could have been made. Tbe
eql,y Of he states aad the Joint interest in all aequi
soos forbid toe exclusion Of Of the parties for the
ssls prcit Of the other
Eaisss these Inconsistencies be reconcled With
rtaso7 add justice che Interpretation OF tde Republican
pir,v thlt the South L. by the Constitution, seeKciud
cl from tls Territories mas; be abandoned To state
t,s cls s. 70 dsmous,ate the sbsuriy Of the RePuo-
Ca dos,r1o aliIhe vroogiulness Of It's policy.