Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1861-02-21
.The Wrongs of the South.


Surely, Gays the Neso York Tribune, fall
lsey more eroundiess has never had popa-
lar run. To exomine is to explode j..
Does The Consultation wrong the South |.
Tas only unequal advantages conferred py
that instrument are two. 1t bestows on the
South The privilege of cepturing escaped
saves within the limits of the States which
have prohibited Slavery thus, to that extent,
curtaiiing the local sovereignty Of the Free
States and buspendng the operation Of the
worlds common law. Again, it eadows the
Slsveholding States with an extra represen-
tation in Congress-, and superior franchise
In the election Of all Federal Ulcers. By al-
ding three-ffths of the slaves to the number
Of the free people of lhuse States as sbe basis
tf their representation, thus endowing them
permanently with vastly msre political pow
ef than il cunf fers on communities 0f similar
sizs in tie Free States. These mcy be
wrongs, but are they wrongs Of the South
Has Congress wrouged the South? Il hss
bought Louisiana and Florida, fought the
Seminoies aud Mcxicsns, reoedeu from the
jefferson policy of Slavery restriction, ensc-
ted Fugitive Slave bills aud enforced them.
sonniyed az the slave-traoe, packed the SUI
preme Bench, and wrked at Disunion-ali
for Slavery. These may be wrongs, but are
they wrongs of the South
Has tAs Judiciary wropged the South =
Consider the comparative efficiency in execu->
.ion of the Federal laws in the interest of
Slavery, as compared with those in the inter
est OF Freedom. The other day, at Cleves
land, in the extreme North, the poor CIR Eli
za was arrested and proved to be a fugitive
slavs. The FIee-State Court and Personal
Liberty bill ayailcd only to demand evidence.
The evidence being produced, Ohio withdrew
her protecting hand, and abandoned the In
nocent woraan to her fate. The bond uuder
she Constitution was paid, even to the pound
Of flesh. Bat at Norfolk, the captain OF tie
SLAYER S:orm King was acquitted, our Iation-
al laws against she Slaretrade being dead
letter. We have known numerous instances
Of the rendition Of fugitive slaves. but We
cannot recall single instance Of punishment
nnder the laws agains. the slave rade, :
These may be wrcngs, but ars they wrongs
OF the Soab
Has Popular Sentiments wreagad the
E3u:h1 There is not spot on Northern
soil where our fellow citizens OF the South
may no, free'y come, freely hold. sna freely
speak their ,pinions on any topic, and fad
rarE onal freedom aud freedoia Of speeoh con
seded 10 and maintained for them by North
srn sentiment. as we'll as by Northern lsN.-
Their every personal right, and every right
ef property known to the worlds commun
Law, is reTered and guarded az our own. But
innosent Northern men, and Southern too
who merely dissent by silence from the prev
aIent Pro-Slayery sentiment in the South,
are not sale there. They have in many in
stances been murdered, and il many more
they have been ignominiousiy expelled. Are
rss these faes? Perhaps they indicate
wrongs arisipg fran, popular seD.iInsn', but
arc they wrongs Of the South Z
Among lhe picked men Of the South nov
convened ct Washington is there Tot one
clear. sighted enough to discriminate batween
saual rights sndar the Constitution ard the
common Law. witch every Soufnern man en-
joys perfectly in every Northern State and in
all national territory as distinguished from
those extra Constitutional guarantees and
that national propagation of Slavery which,
under The term "coucession," ia demanded
hy the South? And is there moi one gallant
heart ready to stand by truth and his coun'
try, aod to expess 70 his compeers and CON
ssituenss the emptiness and injustice of the
cry, Wrongs Of the South r