The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-02-06

! on Of the grasest of the npmsvous causes Of
eomp lSint which One South hAs urged ssainst
De Nsrthern STATES, has beSnfurnish he'd b the
ehaSt9ent on thsPagt of ma1y of dose States,
81 Wat are sonmsnly tnsws s Liberty
lava lsws intsodea,to enharrpss, and 10 de-
feat II possible, the execution Of the laws pass
ed by Congress for the recovery Of fugitive
slaves : Il was not on account of the actual
loss sustained by her people through the oper-
alton Of those unconstitutional laws, that the
South comafAsqT Of s4eir snsstPent fhs.
could have been borne. 1t was because the
pzxs3ge Or those laws Indicated an utter disre.
gard o. our rights denial Of constitutional
obdigati6hs ind design % perysrt the powers
Of the general government 70 our injury !. We
fen, in Short that she. pqblic sentiment which
could dictate such legislation was essentially
corrupt and that no compaets would be held sa.
cred by people whose Representatives could
thus dishonor them without rebuke
M length, the patience Of the Southern peo
rlc having been exhausted, they have resorted
to the remedy OF secession. As State after
State 'dissolves the bonds Of Union, the North
begins 70 perceive, more and more clearly, that
her prey Is about to escape from her clutches
and to cast about for some means Of prevention
In one breath she threatens coercion, havoc
war, In. order to operate upon our fears Ap
peaiing. next to our credulity, which Der past
experience would almost justify her in believing
to be unbounded, she assures us that she in
tends to do us no harm whatever; and, as .
proof Of the sincerity with which this assuranc.
is given, she declares her readiness to repeal
those Liberty Laws" which are,s odious in oul
estimation. She does not propose, however, Il
eradicate that fanatical eminent in which thos,
laws originated, or to relax, for one instant hel
remorscess warfare upon onr institutions. i
she, can so wheedle the border slaye-holdine
States as toinducc them to remain in the Union
and lend their assistance in the work Of coer
cion, she will be content But she viii agree ID
surrender nothing, absolutely nothing. Sh,
will make no concessions, but merely pretend t.
make concessions, which. in fact as well as il
design. are empty and yalueless The Spring
field (Mass.) Republicans an anti slavery organ
Of the most yirulenttype and 1t thus urges the
repeal ofYthe offensive laws uponthe members o.
disparity :ito ID 'roferasii i't4 i1 +f
THE repeal of,the personal liberty laws b
Massachusetts, Maine, and Rhode Island is be
ing earnestly pressed upon the Legislatures O
those States, now in session, by q large and in
fluential portion Of the dominant party. Tn,
movement for the repeal daily gains strength, a,
tits seen more and more that 10 ineolres n,
abandonment Of any principle of the Repgbli
can party; that it will have very encouraging
effect upon the onion party in the Southern
States, and particularly give them strength il
the border States, upon which an earnest anC
doubtful contest has been precipitated; ant
that the measure receives the approval Of M
soundest statesmen and .frmest anti-slqrers
men Of The Repq6licdn organisation.
The Black Republican party was organize,
upon the one idea Of. hostility 10 slavery, and j
has no principles except such as look to tn,
downfall of that institution in the Southern
States, The repeal of the personal libert,
laws involves no abandonment of any priuci
pie of the Republican party They can go on
afterwards as heretofore, in their work of as
sailing the South, and the measure, meanwhile
willhave furnished the Union party" which i
assumed to be strong in the border States, witt
a pretcxt for remaining in the Union and sub
hitting to Black Republican domination. Tn
measure itself receives the approval of tn
firmcst anti-slavcry men of the Republican OF
ganization." They will be no less anti.slaver,
men after the repeal of the personal liberty law
than they were when they passed those laws
They, will be no less dangerous, as enemies +
our, peace, than they have been for twcnty-fv
years. Having the sagacity toperceye that tn
laws, whose repeal is now proposed as peac
offering to the South, have never practically fur
thered their anti-slayery schemes they can wei
afford to expunge them from their statute-books
il, by 50 doing, they can deludei the South int
sense of security until they can inaugQrate
more effective system Of operating against slave
ry,, Through the agency Of the Federal Govern
.ment at Washington slgs7;s sa-.js. sEn,- hl-.
we have no fears in regard to the issue {
any armed, contest that may occur between tn
,sectionsSr but we confess, we 40 fear that tn
border States, or some Of them, may be seducet
by Northern proposals Of concession whic
mean nothing, to remain in the .Unioa.l Th
J North whereby weintsnd to speak Of the ms
jcrity that has elected. as President, a vulga
individual whose chief claim to celebrity al
pears to haEearisen from his. selling mean whh
key by the drink 1.-THE North, we say, intend
to cheat the South. iTheIwhole Of her pasthi.
tory is a narrative of violated compacts, and
we ever form political relations with her agair
except upon, such terms as will afford. US th
amples, power of selfprotection against her III
scruppleus rapscity and worse than .Punic faitl
we shall deserve as we shall assurcdly exp'
risnce the treatment due to fools who continu
to put their trust in those who have again an
again deceived them A., z.sliE,.eb !; er,dT..
Charles +. Adams, an NJ G, from Massachr
sets, who Is. a son Of John Quincy Adams, an
a regular ,'ehip, Of the old block lately n
eciyed a letter from one Of his abolition coqsti
uents, demonstrating against the alleged t''con
promise Of principle" offered by Mr.. Adams .
member Of the conmittee, If thirtytthre'
Tn, Bost0l. papers publish thereby Of Nj
n g..