Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-01-11

VI
They drink the dregs of trembling; but their means
And anguished walls they st.Ae in the breast;
They say there is an Ear that hears thei' sroans,
And in his house the weary will find rest
Want grief the of men, them descend
They only Say it is His righteous will;
With chastened spirit TO that will they beul,
Believing striving, hoping, loving still.
~! there daily martyrdoms that we
eed nOt-the sufferers to unknown;
lRgels from the walls of Eden see
S2rOus are the laures they have wOn
RHE ISSUE STATED.
ID of the passage of the measures
1850, known as the Compromise
rs comparative repoSe in the pub
ct to the durability of the Union,
1853. The discussions growing
bf the Missouri restriction put to
letting constructions of the Con-
lot touch the integrity of the in
t was reserved for William H. Sc
New York. on the twenty fifth
5S to alright the nation by an
ftrines and purposes which put
previously said affected only the
sward aimed deliberate blows at
~ speech is not unfamiliar to
and they will recognize the
systems have existed in diff
by side. within the American
opened because the Union is a
Iates:: But in another aspect the
Stitute only nation. Increase
Which is filling the States out to their
together with and extended
railroads and other avenues, and an in
= which daily becomes more intimate
- the States into a higher and
unity or consolidation. Thus
stems arc continually coming
nd collision results.
at this collision means? They
accidental, unnecessary, the
Dr. fanatical agitators, and there
hstake the altogether. 1t is
Conflict between opposing and endI-
and it means that the United States
eiH, sooner or later, become entirely
lding nation or entirely free labor nation.
ef the cotton and rice fields of South Carolina
IA thesugar plantations Of Louisiana will ultimate
ly be titled by free labor and Charleston and New
Orleans become marts for legitimate merchandise
alone, or else the rye fields and wheat fields Of
Massachusetts and New York must again be sur
rendered by their farmers to slave culture and to the
production of slaves, and Boston and New York be-
come once more markets for trade in the bodies and
souls Of men. 1t is the failure to apprehend this
great truth that induces so many unsuccessful at
tempts at final compromise between the slave and
free States and it is the existence of this great fact
that renders all such pretended compromises when
made: vain and ephemeral Startling as this saying
may appear to YOU fellow citizens it is by no means
an original or even modern one Our forefathers
knew it to be true, ahd unanimously acted upon it
when they framed the Constitution of the United
States They regarded the existence Of the servile
system in so mary of the States with sorrow and
shame, which they openly confessed, and they look
ed upon the collision between them which was then
just revealing ITSELF and which We accustom-
ed to deplore with favor and hope. They knew
that either the one or the other system must ex-
clusively prevail
Moreover, in order that these notifications might
not altogether defeat their grand design of repub-
lie maintaining universal equality, they prorde1
that taoothirds Of tue States might amend the Con-
stitution."
There was nothing in this speech novel in idea.
Yet the circumstances of formality and solemnty
under which it was spoken, and the conspicuous po-
sition given it by Republican orators and presses,
startled the Republic from end to end. The main
proposition that free labor and slave labor cannot
exist side by side, was announced by Ralph Waldo
Emerson, in Concord in this Commonwealth, IN the
year 1856. He said
and days have taught US the lesson of centuries. 7
do not see how a barbarous community and civili-
Zed community can constitute one State. | think
we must get rid Of slavery or We must get rid Of
freedom"
So Governor Banks said
IF the power of this Union is to lie used to pro-
--tect slavery, then Let the Union slide"
Other Repubca speakers had proclaimed similar
ideas, but it was the work of Seward to combine
them in one considered effort, and make of them a
warning and defiance to the South.
This alarming speech of Governor Seward was
made in October of 1858. In November of the same
year, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi one of the most
intellectual, as he is of the most straightforward
and patriotic of Southern statesmen had occasion to
address his fellowcitizens of the Mississippi Legsla
ture at the capitol of that State He could not fail
in discussing current public events to advert to this
recent speech of the Senator from New York. He
could not avoid it if he would. 1t the political
event of the hour. The language used by General
Davis was this
ut seems now to be probable that the Abolition
lists and their allies will have control Of the next
House of Representatives and it may we'll be infer
red from their past course that they will attempt
legislation both injurious and offensive to the South
have an abiding faith that any law which violates
our constitutional rights will be met with veto by
the present Executive. But should the next House
Of Representatives be such as would elect an Adolf
ton President We may expect that the election will
be so conducted as probably to defeat choice by
the people and devolve the election upon thu
House
Whether by the House or by the people, if an Alb
olitionst be chosen President of the United States
you will have presented to you the question O
whether You will permit the government to pass in
to the hands of your avowed and implacabe enemies
Without pausing for your answer will state my
own position to be that such result would be
species of revolution by which the purposes of tn
Government would be destroyed and the Observance
ofits mere forms entitled to no respect.
In that event, in such manner IS should be mos
expedient should deem it your duty to provid
for your safety outside Of Union with those wh
Aooe alrsady aovs tie vii aud would have &C
quired the powsr, 70 deprive roo your hrthright
and 70 reduce you to worse than the colonial Deepen
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