The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-17

the exercise Of their respective sovereign rights, 70 e
brace or reject, az they might think proper But we
II was retained We know that the climate and produc-
tons Of the North render slave labor there Improbable
a wsdS S w
people Of the North IN abolishng slavery and not that
principle Of pety philanthropy under the cloak OF which
evil. The fanatics or the North in their mad zeal say
that slavery must be sboshed-that is an inhuman
stution, relic Of barbarsm and offensive 10 Christi
aniy and TO civilization. And these arc the very men
whose fathers are responsible for the original introduce
ton Of slavery into the country and who 70 perpetuste
these are the men that expect and demand that We shall
quietly submit and silently surrender up our property 70
preposerous unreasonable and an insult to our udg.
ment and 70 our sense Of right They decarc however
Ss' Ss .r .ss ns ss sey % win n0s So n4 n
fere with slavery where i exists Now, propose
to test the sincerity Of their declarations by their
deriving their full share OF the benefits OF the general
government, and participating In all the blessings oon-
70 yeId hearty assem- to ali iis Obligations This posi
on cannot be denied by any honest patriotic Union low.
Ing citizen Of non saveholdng Ste and yet, strange
and ndpensaby necessary for the protection Of South
ern property and without which the constitution could
terly dsregarded by the Northern States In 1860 we
were compelled, with view 70 the protection Of
slave property: 70 demand Fugitive Slave law.
ten years from that time one half Of the free
States by legislative enactments attempted TO prevent
vded BY the oonsuton for the recspure Of our runs
way slaves positive and papable violation OF good
good faith on their part have we no therefore, In the
face Of these fhcts good reason to complain and II any
wonder that the bcsoms Of Southern people should be All
ed with Indignation against the people Of the NorthS Sup
which adjoins my district should escape from their own
ers and make thor way into Missouri and that should
refuse 70 surrender them, and absou ely take
be justified In the estimation Of all Christian people, in dc.
nouncng us a. thieves and robbers condemnng unit
for the association Of honorable men, and In Withdrawing
all intercourse from socially and potcalyP How then
can the people Of the North expect treat them diff
isrsnty when thsy take away from US our slave pro
The republican party undertakes to Justify such conduct
by asserting that property in human beings is sinful and
they cannot sustain themselves even under this isera
bic plea. without deliberately wfully and knowingly
lection We have assured to u.s. the protection Of our pro-
pery and they refuse to yield TO u.s. under the
stutiona guarantees can they ought they expect US
Would the people Of the North, situated as we are and
entertaining the same views with reference to
!" SssIU such answer G NO. nSy no
them too great tax upon our patriotism 70 expect US to
endure r. and That .s can at the same time retain our
South TO be refused their full share Of the rights guaran-
teed 70 them by the constitution and to be expected to
republican party think that we, American citizens
who have bean taught from our very infancy to know
9ppreCtAI0 nDerte0
aton Of them-do they really think that we win tamey
submit 70 such wrong, and such z violation upon our
say that they most egregously deceived The dis
trtct which have the honor 70 represent is bound
and Z fact - that my CONSTITUENTS, ''-idS, the
people Of district alone lose every year from forty to
my S Sors Of slave .nS property ~ the ~ psr
nos II b very seldom, indeed, that We can recapture
single slave ser they cross the Mississippi river,
hope Of reganng property s when some honest
euton loving democrat succeeds in arrestng runaway
every twenty they are never recovered and when
once they reach the abolition city Of Chicago they
forever lost to their master for II is more than mans
after getting into the hands Of the abolitonsts and
thieves ths. infsst tina: G city; A Now in the face &C
time for argument has passed away, and honestly
and conscientiousy believe that the test condition
master necessary TO the support comfort and happiness
Of the slave and that the negro race untitled for the
are srrayed for the impending crisst6ey are prepared
for the coming danger The invasion Of Virginia and the
blood ruthessy shed the soil OF that State have pre-
pared them for emergency for they knew that they
could not tell the day the hour when the soil of other
Southern States might be drenched in BLOOD and when
lamentations OF their own wives and children. am
alarmist, and but utter the words of soberness
hs peops eo soeh are resolved to submit tS no
abridge Of their constitutional rights They have too
long been yielding their rights one after another m fur
ther concession would be longer virtue but crime
will here state what the South demands to place her in
her proper position of equality with the rest Of the Union
The Fugitive Slave law must remain the statute book,
and be faithfully executed the territory Of the United
States being common property held in trust by the gene
h es % % s
their slave property there, and If necessary have the
protected by the federal government that other
slave States shall be in due time formed out Of Of
these Territories and admitted into the Union under
sution similar to any Of the original thirteen slave ates
government IN any the Territories Of the United ates
restriction 10 the passage OF slaves through the free
States. These conditions the Southern people will insist
upon for they regard them great constitutional rights
TO the full enjoyment Of which they fully entitled and
II these demands refused them the South shall deem
that the hour has come for dssovng the Union by
luton otherwise, and will take upon herself the
quences OF the act, be for veal We told
ev @ S Of
ing from us, they would not LIT . hand or make the
avowed sentiment OF the republican party in this house.
and the same black republican party inundate
cendi.ry ' pamphlets and books S Calculated 70 IN. %
cite slaves TO arson, 10 murder and 70 nsurrecon
and yet orsooh they can us their brethren and esk us
TO remain on terms Of social intercourse with them to
maintaining their WORKSHOPS snd purchasing their manu-
to do so unless indeed you quickly change your conduct
towards them, can only say they would deserve and
@ ~ e men
educated in the school Of Seward Garrison, Phillips and
Beecher and al do not belong TO that class who deem
that they but doing righteous act when they place
weapons the hands Of slaves TO men, women
and children and spread death and destruction through
out the South is through the teachings Of these lead
Of the black republican party that the men Of the
North have been led TO sympathize with murderer by
tolng Of bels firing Of cannons, and religious ceremo
nies that Northern have denounced the South
in spirit Of unsurpassed bitterness and maignty do
not however, believe that the majority Of the people
of the North endorsed approved Of the raid Of the ana
tic John Brown but that act tselfwa evidently the result
the Infamous and atrocious sentiments expressed by
Seward the fanatca band OF which he the leader
Now predict that unless revolution takes place In the
public sentiment Of the North-of which have no hope
within less than twelve months not single man from
any Northern State will be permitted 70 travel through the
Southern States, unlees having with him evidence Of
aerna feeling towards the South and respect for their
dome site institutions. Self preservation Will impose tho
necessity OF such action The OF the South appreci
ate TO the fullest extent the value Of the Union;
but If the provisions Of the constitution not
extended to them, or If in anyway IT, be made
the instrument Of their oppression, they will
net hesitate moment in severing every tie which binds