This document appears to be a newspaper article from February 1857 discussing political issues related to slavery in the United States. It references compromises being discussed in Congress to address tensions between slaveholding and non-slaveholding states. It also discusses the deteriorating condition of Sherman Booth, a man imprisoned for helping slaves escape, and criticizes politicians for not doing more to protect the rights and interests of Northern free men in Southern states.

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VOL. XXI. NO. 43.
iciutoo.
NEW YORK, SATURP
Rational ^ntt-JSItwwtj JStHtttfattl.
PUItl.ISIIKU WKKKI.Y. ON SATDBDAY,
A9IEMMN .INTI-SI.tVEnV SOCIETV,
fur-jnm««i|.
.l>:|lll|'l« U]..1.'-i-t.-.
COMPROMISE NOSTIiCMS.
ion a provision that| mi]|i(
< I- eifrfiivd *y any I
tlie p.
irnod by tbe awent of their brows, lo ennbk
or the slavo States to bnninh their free col-
fiWliv would 1 mi amend the Constitution
[In the United Bute) Houio of RonrcfontatlvoB,
lay, Feb. 57, (li* allowing resolutions, reported le
,«ln, of OHIO, from tbe Committee of Thlny-ttll
dupled.]
and cll'eclual guaranties .
interests, as rc.-iigni'.ed 1>
to preserve Mil' ih-o-.-oI' tl
/;. ,...r,Vr.., M.-^-r-- All.-) "I Mi- ii
Ol.l... I!, ill. -I N-. V-.rl., Mm-"
.
> | 1 .ii,.;..lll,il:.-..'llilii.i, llnui.-n-l I
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im ns had tho other
1 tlni franchise of i'
U i ! •! i ... of BUih persons
il,. Ii.iiiiiin.iy at -lav. mTicrs may BinnncipBlo, on
fiilitlii Bt <• moi al. and for the In-.- |«oplo of color
who nine . bo.-.- ' ,
„oj- .', at it] ir own expense;
bat I r.. v, r .ii. 1 I,, i. r mil ...t.t. ill to this proposi-
tion lor, torn. ,,_; i. ii .posing thin burden
holding Sink's— are benrehi 'I and rilkd at the will of
Cost maslens. Vigilance Committees, nnd lawlcsa r
I lind nothing in tbia plan of adjustment for the
or of a strong desire on the part of aomo State to rid
itself, by aid of the federal govern mind, of slave ry,
bo wise, arcordin;: to tbe univcraad jmi«-n.»-.1. to
interfere with tb.: condili in of " persona hold to BOT-
vioo." A j...- mii .. .'I i lul-. (In- first eleni'.nt of
stability tin' i* d.-uiiii... of good faith among its
citiieni It" tl. n ill; I any ground for tho mis-
trust implied in such nn amendment ns in here pro-
,,,,..,1 (| -, i. „ i, . ,
i: l.,ni,i iflhe S'orlh is tobu
holdback by e«n I obligation* M all. It is
n itself a
,.i i. ,,,<-,
v E
«- Senate ''"'' House .>f Hopresentn-
'nitod States ol America in Congress
,at all altumpu on tbo p:irt of the
States nortl iicBolved, That tbe several States;s bo reBpeelfulIy
thirds, ill-
Trcliien
ll.']..|liln :i
Iroai Kentucky n
these wicked ai
entering the wai
...Hlu,
!
ii from Ulinols n
nut 1'r.un her own borders 1
i territory. No Southern worni
nskaree of a hostile musket; i
llage should be aWrtlr-d with tl
ennnon. As the North won
liemostofhoriravnl advnntiuv.
linois, Kciilii, liv. Muriliiinl, S>
,|,.USi,,l, |..|.-„.l,.i„.| l.i.M--
l,-i.-., H-ii..-, M-., - -,. lm-.-tt-
ii ..' ' - .Il-Ii?il.i..-
sons who have put
r the clisfratichiEe-
ng along tbe shores
i lrgima, urn vuiii.i, M-i.r.iu.l, nnd compelled to p: ,
fiva dollars for each of tbe unwelcome visitations
The Senntor from Ki'iuu.-kv dots r.ot propose to right
this illegal, tyraiinii-al, :m.l l.nnl. -i^niie action of tho
authorities of the Obi Dumiiiioii, nor do the compro-
mising 8enntom lr.nn llliu.iis nud I'ennsjlvnnis (Mr.
Bigler) pro])OS« to prolcct, in nny degrca, the rijjhla
otnl intiTCSts of _ North iifiiun-t null leyislntion.
N'orthern men, sojourning in tbe Southern Slates, are
subjected to petty nimi-yaneeJ, i. illusively watched,
often for no oll'enee t'.-ivd, f-nr> -In.'I, subjected to the
create;! poreon.il in-ulis nu.l inckcent indignities,
impri-on.'il. lnnli.il, l,.iui f |i..-.|. nrnl ,-HinctimcB brutally
niurdend "Tlicn' in u» land mi.ltr I he eope of heaven
where tie eitiama or the free Stain are fiubjecled to
sucii wanton outrages of person stid pro[icrti ai in
portions of the sln.-.-h.il.liiin SIjiI'-s of this Union.
Mechanics pursuiiij; iluii lawful avoentions ; mer-
cliantB and Wincs , nieii.cnfia^E'd in ihe almost ho[W-
less Cllbrt to c.ill.-.-t p ithing from reluclant or
bankrupt debtors; gentlemen siijo.irning for hcnlth.
pleasure, Or bin-nn—.. are often bnhjuet to insult
sometimes to dancer. To bavi; in on...'.« jiosmsmoi! n
S'ortliern newspaper, to utt.-t ilie faintest word ol
explanation or jintifnaiioii of Ibfir action, to uphold
tbo Union nnd vindu hi.- tin- government, often,
-
portions of tbe Souili. pulijeets tin: Northern gentle-
man to insult ttnd personal Jaeger. These outrages
upon Northern men are known, admitted, often jue-
lifli I ret, Mil- Senator from Kentucky proposes
notbui!! I.ir their protection —no. nothing whatever.
The rights and iniere-i.J of Northern Treeinen are of
.in, rhi-.o eleuvibers. Mul the Senator from
K.'iitin V T-ks us, of Ihe Norih, by irrepenlable con-
I ~iiTn(i..rial amen. lini'i. If. to rt.(.j.-'iiTC nnd protect
-,,„,. .,, tin' T.ti idirii- in.iw iNi-tiug or berealter
of 36 degrees 30 minutes; to deny
» are as unwise as all the rest, and by their
_ illdafoiil their own object. An inccuiis.-
.ilvr.-l to frv i'vei-y l'iigiiir» by a run. a.-lnal or
ended, as every slave m rccoi'd bivotnes Irt-e
safe from further [.ursuil when a ririco ia pnid
him. SberilT^an.l Marshal e 111 lind it an cany
,-
to get rid of n .b-i^r.. aide duty la permit a
,11 mob to take the prisoiii-i' .mt or ihcir hand*.
.lekgnto to the IVaee oiuention from one ol tbo
,tcrn Stales said, in thin eity, on bin way borne, a
few davit sinco, " that those in want of compromises
1'ikely to get a poo.l deal men. than they
d." This one, whi.-li. alter nil, was only got
through that t'univntieu by a.ei.l.M, renders the
"'— of nny concision so palp;il.l.. that tlien) in
li U |... that ii will mt.Th ilolVat all such
piano, nnd bring Ihv al'enlioi, of the country back to
tin) eorifideralinii of tin: ni-f J"itv of oiinpte obeelicnoo
"
n us it is,— Tribune.tin- t'oui
SHERSUN M. BOOTH.
TntiBE is no fight so lamentable and so e.ilculated
to awaken pity, as that of a onco prominent and
talented man utterly prostrated and broken down
ther by unavoidable misfortonta, or by the calami-
iua result of his own misconduct.
" When one wilne-fi'* such a ,-pe. laele. all bitter*
•as and liatreil are forgot ten, and le: sincerely begina
> pity, aud wish it were otherwise.
"A condition similar to this ol which wo have-
spoken is now shared by Ilioili. who ii, snllering the
penalty of the law tor his own niflim-f.in the county
jail of tbia city. Wo are informed lhat he is com-
pletely broken down, to all a p)-' a ran ire. and he cer-
tainly must be if thorn ia a :
-pail, of Ihe human left
in his composition. Kor to be confiued in a contracted
s;
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, bin
in in pursuance thereof, o
;;::.'.,.. Duntcn
of a ch laws, and that
-i.,i,, ,i ill be
nnfr
entitled to all the
titens in tbo several i
i.-.-.-.i. i>rl 'I'l
iny-iinr
in the
*, for
composition, or suffie
a dissolution of tbia g
negroes to bear arm
day, was as little di;
other rights" When
•;rz
l-V bill
.1 Id'omi
I'V-.l.-ral o
.umbia
Qolish a
rAfi
i tho fori ,
er of slaves through
frooi [«rsons of th:
iBe—anil to purcbnhi
>ica, and send there
if the United States
lb: Tbe prohibitioi
era Lie
case with Uooth), cannot but gall t
possessed of the talent and education ho hi
•
fairly drive him to madness.
a had a superior education at Tale Co
e lime was regarded as one of tho mos
in the State. Now, ho is mado to hen
vilest of tho vile in tbo county jail, durinj
confined ia a evil tho eamo I
low-prisoner*. Wo are informed that thos<
nerly know him would hardly recogniiu hi
ibnnged is his appearance. Ilia eyes nnd e
Midly sunken, his clothes feel tho want of n
lenmstress, nnd he has all the appearance
vho might almost as well be dead as alive.
ought all this
.l.tain. .1 hit rnrv-eltJ.il Ion
self
and u dogged obstin
m sticklers for the
1 acknowledge lhat
i been fully vinditi
uotary t
of Maryland i
just eomper
jrswhod.
r Ihf power tointt-
.vnrescnistives nnd others from bringing
wUh .he.uo the i.-.m . »l » oluuibia, retniu.ng »nj
taking »-ay p^^ohol,!
^^^Xt^
t
rnBP
°^ W ;.- iud'.t I. ndi..-! incasooVdis-
-' - right of transit in ot
.-, or of sain or trade
r shall Congress havi
>
than on land.
net ol" Columbia of pev
for sale, or placing thi
through
ogainsl i
po.v.r i.
'""n.""-
is held to labor o..i,.,, ,, r s.-rve- It sal.'. or poo uig n..."
mdep&ts to be afu n. iml- trau-ferr*;! to other place,
forBaloHsmercbai.ili«,i«proh.biled.
Vv.b—Del aiv .ire llll.e-i... K'- ""> >•> -
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is-2.
Sic ^ Tlie third pantgniph of the second see. Hot
of the fourth arli.le of the ron,lilul,on ,,l,ali i'.. »
construed to pr-veol an- of Hi- Mates, I.) np .r..].r .11.
legislation ami tl.rvugh the a.ii ... <.f tl.c.r >'»•'
-
-'
mo,i P L-rial olbe-rs. It.- a|.,r,,„g the doliyrj o
fugitives from labor to the person to
Resolved, That each State be ftlao n-spe. tlulle
requested to enact such laws as will prevent ami
punish a,,.- attempt whatever in such State to recog-
i,e or set on foot the lawless invasion of any other
late or Territory.
K.solved,
r
l bat tb" 1'resident be n.^oest".! to trail-,.
,i, .-.y.^ : ftbef:r L
.ci,-,,r, :Iji: :n, i: t
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y-y
ors of the several St.al.-s. will, a ro.|ue>t that the) bi
oomuiiinii-.ileil to their re*[ireiive U-gisla tores.
[i^Lved, T!,at iis there are- no propoH.ions from
nny tiuarter to interfere with slavery in tbe Histnet
,f (-ol.iral.ia, or in pla.a-, under the.,.,1 bifive jiiri-- 1,
(
ion of Congr^s, 1 situate vm- bin the I m Is ol
-tale." that rruut the holdmj- ol slaves, or to inter-
fere with the inter-Slate slave trade, tbif I oimniltee
does not deem it necessary to tnke any action on
resolutions were adopted, 130 against .
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>3, ns
foliows:
Vk.ib—Messrs. A-).,...
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SPEECH OF SENATOR WILSON.
DT..TKX ignominious!) before the two pie, the slave
propagandists rush into rebellion, threaten the sub-
vtrsion of the government ; and tho Senator from
Rentiieky under tliese tr.-a-iMiiable menaces, comes
into tbe Senate of tl," Cnit.d Slate- au.l pr.M,o"es to
out into the Consiii,.ti..iib"youil all power of change,
l.o praetiial issue made bj th.-v.' slave propagan-
dists- and the Senator from Illinois accepts the
proposition which ho rejected at the cost ot the
-
» party last June. . . . .J telUbo S*
I drove back the He->iai.s. who .barged re[>C«tedly
down tho bill to dislodge them: and so determined |
were tbe eneiuv in tln.-se sueeessue charges, that the
day aller the battle, the lles-*ii.n folouel, upon whom
thus duty had devolved, appli.-d I.. cm. hang.- ins oin-
,„„,„! ami go t„ New York b«M be dared not to
1..1.1 hU n.giment again to battle lest his men should
shoot him for having caused lliem so much lo-s.
t'„i,n.-.ti.-nt too raised « battalion ol l.laek s.olda-rs.
u,,d Col. Humphrey, attadied to tbe nuhiary lam.lv
„[ Wa,biiicto...ai.-,-ept.-d a , ...iim.i.id in this _,-orp S .
Tlie]i-roii'.b.'lVn,-o..l Ihe lort on the be.ght-t of l.-ioton.
by Col. L,.-dvnnl and his brave ,-om-adc, i <r the gl.*-
/-. naoo In our history. By their side fought and
,,.. .uenV this bated race. History records that,
When tho works were stormed, the British officer,
try, to our race-it..- perpetual reproaches of instilled
t,.a.o,l a,,.l .,olat.,l .,.,... I.-,,".-. Ha- i.te-isliliej
meat of earth and of Heaven o fear that
names will l.e enrolled, not with the benefactors o.
mankind, but with those, who have betrayed the
-luse of the people- We fear, should we assent to
mis eterniitatien of slaver., in the Consti.uUon our
latbers framed to s,-eure the l.les-singf ol liberty, that
*h„ul,l fink, after life's filial fever.mle difhonor..-.
, lrtv e.s. amid llio e"rs.,s of a betrayed people; and
that our names will be consigned to what brntUn.
civil Irish orator, railed oppressions natural
.. :_., .:„.. olhistory."
ir labor is due.
JliH-vlioeh
!.-,, O-i. 1,1.1.
(-min-li.
il.Uela, ire.nu
ode Island, Tout
able, llnssJicliiisi
North Carolina, OU
;, ond New Hampib
DlvtDKD-Ncw York and Kansas-2.
B,-c 5 The foreign -hire trade is benrby forever
the limits thereof.
K t k
para-ia, "
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I.„i-,l,a,- there...'! -I.all ....
^amctnled or nboiished without the consent o
S^5aio;^»»««^'
"^^tioiineelii-ut. ln.lli.a.1. b-a, Mulrie Massacl:
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l! no -a"! blitlled I.. i in Ihe canvass. We cannot
', ",.'|, mii ivit'ldii ib.; limits of the Slates is beyc..-
.,,'; .
a,.-...-..!--..-. Coiigiv-ss lias never attempted to
,
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,.,-, tlmt power df-'S not now propo'e to do so
nnd in 'iv never deem it wise to do so. Hut tbe Sena
tor ir.jui Keiiiu.-ky is not content ;
he now proposes
lo declare " Congress shall bare no power to abolish
slavery in places under its exclusive iuristliction, nnd
'.iliialo within lb" liu.il-- ol"llie States that permit the
mlding or slaves." 'ihe right lo lake slaves in Iran-
ulo and through the fre. .--lai.-s ,
if i-lainie.l l>> [•
„.„. ,] ib- slave- -late-', an. I
Virginia has how act
.'..-u.bog in tbe Supreme Court with the State of 1m
CBOrOSED JJIBNDUENT OF
The resolutions printed above having been ii.lopte.l.
.„ n nevt uroe-o. il.-d lo *>( upon the following
merit to the Coiistilnlion, forming n
, ofthet'omniilteeofTbi
the n^_~
proposed
part ol tin
oal law a- .'vo.u.iii.l.-il be levin of Naj.aixth in
}
on the n...-.., i. un.l' man s sense of right
is nn longerwnrped by the baleful shadow
hangs over us, tho o^nce committed by
[. Booth will be commended by tho press
-- by the press of all Christen
most forcibly illustrates Ihe
o creator iniouily than thaL
.- &„ _ «l'l„i "_l7^on,/
of A.
besides. Tbia cast
m that "there is n
wlii.-b is oniinilu.il mnli
//.i|..-,i (Mich.) Clitrio
3E.--toi
nvgo—tb a moral Indig
-asperated I rdi.L .- .. -. ' : r^urf Wtc
eoinnii s this for..'- "I ou,eilid;yo.do-"~
answered Ledyard, banding ihe olbeer his ,-.
wbi.h was Instantly run tlir.-.ngh his body by the
officer. Lambert, a black soldier avenged this mur-
"
of his cou.ini.ii.ler by rbr.isting his bayone
tnrotigh tbe bod. of the I'ntifb oil,, er and then fell
..iereeil bylhirty-tbie. bayonet v. ids. Sir tn the
1
-„..gle lor iielopen.l-iiee. in the war of 181.,
ml sea lb" blood ol the .
olor-.l u ot New
EiVdVuid will, fre-elv poured out ia vindication or your
liberties, rights, ami honor; ami now yoi, ask us to
,i,spoil tbe'm of their long-nofs. --sT-d rigl. s. Never,
never by niv consent, in aildrcs.-,.ug lie iiermaii
MM-kiiiginenol'inc at. the other day. Mr Lincoln
ohUbei thafthev wet, all of the grea familyol
._.i .'i-.v.^-^ MIna rt „rt ul.nrVIo lini ,1 ,.' tln'Ol
s tin
TOETEACS OOXYENTWrS CQWJIOXISE.
Should tbe propositions adopted by toftw
Contention at Wnsl.ingt .-' a.l.le.l as aun-l dioenls
„ .„,„„ t tb- I 'idled States, .1 will form
,,„- ,„ ost Various chapter of political history on
record. A yon,," eoious v^y. after five
years of most diligent labor, wjtli one very positive
dominant idea resting, for its basis, uponin.
grea
. ,1 i roieiv.lo wiili a loo-l t i.iroiigli inei.-rslainlirig
"....'' .....rirf A p»»i ly ;i»
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p
.pXr voi, »v«
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flavervsmlL Sl.r l.e .-leinle-l into the lerrilon.fi.
"tl.V United States. The fusi -.vuo.i of the proposed
toiiiiii-omis,,, ollere.1 by Mr. I nmkliil, proved™ no
only that slavery shall be extended r"
IU ne lin iielter to lift the loiit-...
pile additional loads upon (hem. Ib
>^^nn ,.,> rt r n ri,-iiiiiui siaii-stii'iii
of a Christian-
propose to disfranchise forever,
fork I
o nme'aament shall bui
Biitliorlio or give Congi
,-itliln any State with I
i'S'sKr™'"
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lha^' two-tiiirds'o
in the Supreme Court wilu tUO Otalo ot even
establish lhat right. Fearing that Congress
i'.dil attomiit to |, i-.ilnl.it en bunler the lu'itbso
iraffie wlibli pollule, the land the Senator from
Kentucky proposes so to amend ihelonstitution as to
declare that "Cong-ess,hall le,.,- no power lo pro-
hibit or hinder the tn.i.spoi-tsiion ot slaves I rum one
State lo another, or to a Territory in wlueh slave,
j.W by law permit t. -1 to be held, whether that trail
,,, r ,,i „
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|,vl.i,,.|iia.i„il.il,.r,v,.rs.o,-bythesen
Wo of tbo North, are also asked lo put in the < onsl.
tulion of our eounir) a provision denying to Congrv-s
nower to prohibit the [ransp-irLilion ol slaves by
Lid, navigable rivers, or by sen, into or through the
- «lat.-s of ihe Cnion. C.llles of chained slaves
le driven through free State-, to their dcstina-
ainl ilie f..i,gr.-f--Tof ibe United Slates is to be
ed all power to liiinler such ti-an-pi^tatinii -
and
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ir,,|i,.v„il ,,,iistitiiti..lial aioereliiiiii' i.e. . all a
compromise, lo be adopi-.l on lenn ot tl,.- .|,s„.,-,i, ..-r-
.i... Union. Congress has ample junsUiciioii
of slavery in tbe Uu.tr,. lot I olunil.n
.Congress shall bave n i, ]
.ower !
, hih nil ol tho gren
il'v of mi'n"ai',
,
.l "if lb-re arc sbaekles upon them,
would be far l-tl-r to lift Ihe load Iron, then, than
,,,,,,1,. a,l,j,,i„„al burdens upon ihem. The Senator
from Kenluoke, supported bv the collator Iron, 111,-
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„„,„,.-',„ .m'-irpoi-at" into tbe Constitution a
,.,..,! a.,il,..r,/.iiig
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the I nile.l Slates 10 ae.[Uir.-
.lislni-ts of .ounti-v in .Africa I S.,nlh Amerie.a. lor
the ,-e.loni nation, at tin- e.vpense ol Ihe ledcrai trea-
sury, of such free in'g.ooS a,e ih.ttoos as tbe seve-
ral' Stale- uiav wish n, have removed from their
imiw and from the Uistri, , ol . olnmbm, and anch
nlaeoi as ma. be under the iiirisdielion or Lou-
cress
K This proposilion if r.oi intended to encourage
i nan "in a lion but lo p.-rp.-tnale slavery. It does not
propose to send a, .he publie ..,..«
"'^^"""f!may b- hereafter emanvipat.-d b> masteri, wilLnit
-K-ipale on ei..idit,.,u of i-M.atriat.on to .li.-tan
Kb sir, that is not its purpose. That purriosi.
i .1: r ( [be
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mf
ch
Territories and prohibits Congress from interfering
w lb it ih.ro, but al.si.liio.1, loi-iu.ls the people them-
elves of those Territori. ., Hem iii-erloriug with ,t, no
ma.t.r wbai may be their sentimenis as to themoral-
,U,.. sistem, or t
opinion- of it as a question
„l„„ai.,..ii.„,„.,.ro.en ,,1 police regulation 1
Should ar ereb it be prop.-s.-d to the Loustitu-
tmii prohibiting the ,-..|.le of Massachusela from
^,,.L,[„
S by legislation with the emstenco ol
AN ENGLISH GARDENER IJCRRIED OVT.
o Wo mine of ne Xtn Y.irk Tribune.
Sin: I am to be sent oil from thi- place to-morrow
for being suspccled of being favorable to the emnn-
cipalion of the slaves ; and, as I waa farming ot.
shares with a man «bo I esp... i raised tho report. I
lose all my time sin".: last August, beside upwards
of Still word, of seeds had from Thurhani's-seod
oats and ryc-ruta-hftgus. etc., in a.hlit.on W ilbout
---.lice, whatever, 1 was anfft.d and placcdia
11U1 , because the man who owned the planlatmu
Jatduo was afraid I should injur., hini, or his property,
and though bo could not bring any kind of proo
whatever to substantiate /,,-, . I.ai-es, jet I bad to bud
bail wbiel, 1 did: I"", im:,! day, tleso Lnglishmen
were threatened with tho loss ol all their customers
unless they gave me up ; consequently 1 must remain
in tail and my wit" and tlm e little ones BufJerwnnl,
etc or co out of ihe slave Slates. My wilo arid
children are pel ...to ibe Sailor's Homo, my household
efleebs scrambled together wiihout any e
," aohoc r, whe:
lamia
make shivery
thofre . Ell'orls.inhumi
bv the greatest
lely mado in the L
roporty, The con
«Sr°^^
tbi-' ftiiulional amendment in rv.lation jo t
Territories. Either slavery is. Ol 11 if nt, like
o into these now almost uusetllcl iv*,on=. Il it
,,„ the .-.vpeclalioi, that the two mil ions ol vole...
who have so recnil 1 so emphatically recorded
heir decision upon the snbje. - wil now cliiingi- tba
';„.„ „ loo, d.,1 upon .If lieb.-l lhat this body
i0
f
,.,.,,,,
oh'nobeeneducatedbya training
";,„";. up t.,.b,sp..iiit. will, bv threats of violence
a„.l ai.prel.ensi.-.n- ol pedmeal uirl.uleneo.be moved
forego their strongest inlelleetual eonvietioi.s ami
,„.,,.;„„.,., impulses. Is tins i.robabe! Are wo
,-; -o vacillating and ... 1
a |» »v}*l |B
.
')
ere "1
11 "'
,| li(i „ ,„ our past history, null holy as il is on ib,
ery- subject, that can justify any such eirpeclnbon
Xlr
<, A-.l.-.. :. ...,• (Le fiu-i that we have beea ee
conviciion of what our duty is
very reason why we may feel
letiii'n is unalterable?
hand, there is no probability
m soil, eliaiate, or the habits of
icly to get a foothold in those
,t thu (icoplo of (ho North will
and important an act as nn
'- for a purpose •"
liorrow to land at New lorlt nest woo* wiuiujj
aught to recompense me tor tie: lt„s of my crops and
Other expectations. My object in telhug you these
particulars is that 1 have ,„.i wherewilb to take a
room loputmv furniture, in ;
audit jou could put an
adverliaement in your pat-^r in such a way na lo
ilrsw immediate atteiilion. I II ecn.e lo your OIUcl
i landing, and perhaps meet with some one who
ants a " farming manager," and tbeo my goods
could bo fetched oil' ibe schooner, and be taken direct
,,i,„iliou. I am an englishman by birth
,„.._cd extensively m Cgland, and .. « engag.
;
d
Morth in agrieulture previous to coming hero id i<wj.
My pa.ssi.m .• paid bv the wretch who reaps the
,i ,"„;..( m! i-vrii ior ihe p.Lsl five.months.
WUmlnKloa. S'C-Feb. 13. t^l. G .OAttDNUt.
WINTER AMUSEMENTS IN OEORGIA.
On the contrary, is
O.v the morning of the 1 lib iast., some two or ibro-
boura before day, .lonng the abfcm-e of Mr. laaac N.
Middlebrook-who re-sides some s,.< or seven m,k-a
north of this place-his house was forcibly enlered
by some person batt.rmg lb door down with an axe,
tlrs Mhidlebrook and two or three amall eb.ldren
being the only occupants of bouse, Tho noise
awaking the lady, >lm bsikfl tin, mlrudor, and waa
answered, after bailing the seeond lime. Willi Hit-
(hreat that if »ho did not bush he would kill her, and
ho Immediately sprang lo tl,.. 1 ,.-, see, grasped Mrs.
M by ibe throat, lilt.d her lr..m tbe bed, carried her
t across the yard and threw her over tho fence,
-here bo"continued lo abuse her in the most shameful
.rSES
r.r
%?™^£™^*™^™"m
r :.lunii„l,-,.", t..,,::..-' .
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<'" ';
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n - '' ";-"
i'.-nn'.ev.ii^.id.-r^
>|aod Lhe^opo °r
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,
al
f
^ bg me
n
n
t
of'vh
n
free ^m^m^k»xi
*te
-nt of government
if tba civiliicd world, eicept our-
iti.'ma? It ia little else than an
nee of the- North, to submit to it
i tho one case ; and injury added
lo oiler the South auch a stone
bread. Grant her, at least, the
t refusal to her preposterous
—being aroused t
the fiend, heeomin|
The alarm was u
Sorthi
ho only per.
I, r children
lily of purpose, thu same wai
tie same utter abnegation ot
m feeling, chnra.; tenia e
us miscalled Compromise, .ue.
confined to the general propo-
tho States the management ol
leaving it to the wisdom of the i
resa to make any occasional
esigcocy ahall anse that may I
nee imperative- It might, for
formidable servile insurrection,
on inciting to such insurrection,
„ (o be 0. negro man nan,. '.
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Mr. Abel Solsoo, Sen., and who waa himl to Mr.
...in. M.-idi. i,ro...k. i' v i....."^ ',"
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boy deorge had n wit".:, and thence to the residence of
Mr. John Middlebrook. I tnler ihew circatnaWnces,
U waa thought advisable lo arrest tbe ue(rro, which
was done, and after an investigation before a Jit-dice
oi tho Peace, he was duly mi tied, and placed in
tie jail in this place, as we thought, lo await his trial
at the April term of our Superior '.kiurt.
On Monday morning last, a crowd ol men from the
country assembled in our village, and made known
iV-ir intention !• forcibly lake the negro "Jeorge from
the jail and eicute him in defiance of law oc oppo-
»i .tviciit Sin rill', Muj. 11 argett, together
t of our citizens, remonatrutcd, persuaded.
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besffl'I.an<1,;llUvnl,il! l
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Uni,," him in M.ymfl«..«-r !..> >.«"!:'
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„„ r ,;i 1
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l, "C": ' r' 1
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but oil lo no purpose..
They rushed '< l1 "-'
J-
... appeasing It
:spitc of nil remon- .
1
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iolonlly I
broke tlire
"Ivuni-I
Irom lawn, where they
r«I him lo death,
gro protested his inno-
augh repeatedly urged
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I fiu'ci' ill niliiib.-l--. n major
right* o
aomcboBrdsand tinl
a window. Alterwi
pn tiled liim lo the
INAUGURAL AD DUES
Ua-ol />
IT.j-Mfi
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
n 0* -EMfcm Portia tjf »« 0»J"B">1
:,.-, lf.ir-', «.';. 1
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,13 rrtiM'lli'/H! t.'iulrf S(0/«.
FEUOu-ClTraEsa Of Tin: I
T
;i=m
anee Willi a custom na old ~ "
appear before- you i,ii]r-f-i you bnollv. nnd_ 1
r.nh pi-eicrihed by IhcCoi
Slows to be taken by ibo Pre
, ),l,.ii,ly ii
minorities
[o them by alllrmnti
prohibit' — '
liudualv
Id the Cgnstltu-
. . icerning lb
be t'roTlli.'il with prnvisiun
..,, r ,' nucstioii which iii.iy
ration. No foresight
of roasonnble lenatli
te»l) JJOdaitd-.-qUOilioHJ. Shall
from labor he surrendered ., ...
Liorlly r The Constitution does hot expressly
pit Congress protect r.lnvury in the T<
C.>i.Miluti"U •I'k* mil expreiily say
Ileal ly applicable
r in practical adi
ami dpMo, no i
._. f this obtssapi
minorities.
It' the minority will
or the govcrnmi'i "
"'"
for continuing th
nno »ldc or tho o
accede vnlhcr ll
: nil oi i.,nal...
..!,,],[,. .1 in mi np.ii-u .. '
J
reduced a pair
to their victim, i
pro to n 'ltd tn '"'- hi :
|,i,|„„,.ii ivnfc.hi.-d I
i-.>!ic-vi»d I'V niiMlln-r iovi
iiuSntur.l-.v mi"icitim..
a-Ml<iTii' ol M" (•'"'J I' 1 '-
to AlLuny- They had
I'ricnda pot hftn into
icd Win to Pier No. I
eminent but ncqulesi
If a minority '" """'
lcq.lif--.t1iC)-
hlm on the way not
Jved at their de 'mi'
Vnrktown win t<> Kmvi
" •
•icon for boiiio hit
illghted mid -bad
., for Norfolk, loll-
.
They
; ibo people of th;
.not aRenutlicai
iclr pence and per
being educated the • <'
I do but quote from
ccf.y -r inllrccily to inter
„ .1 il
m tha'Stalcs where ttcil..«; I belle™ 1
a lawful ri.lhltoil.-iso. and I l..i.. r.J m.1 '>"> -' "
, j i'
Thoe" who nominated find elected mo did et
n full know'-de... th.; 1 1 'do ,1''»*n * n""'?
rtcclar.iien I bud never n "
thin ibis, they placed
and eoiphatle rcaolnlton
c ,.1-vi ,r.
precedent
i-m. torn minority
m them whenever n major-
1 by euch a minority. For
in of n new ernfed' racy. .
ily secede again. preeltcW
Iniiulus (.Minion's are no'"
,c"w Union as to produce hai
er.cived secession T I'.imly,
. is il.; .-i.-i.se c! Hi-arch)
.-.-i itc
J. I„'l ill'...'
i, howt
States, m an amendment to llio Conititolion. It had
;n confidently eipoctcl that Mr. Seivard would
this propoiilion, ond not a little Hstoolihment was
manifested when ho uked leave to submit a jsint rcio
followa In bia own name, in whleh ibo Senatoi
from Illinois (Mr. Trumbull) concurred :
Whereon, The LcuhlflHires of Ktjnlutty, Illinnia, »nd
New Jersey have upj.lic I t-. Cungri-.si to cull a Co-'
for propoiim: nui.;ndmi:im (> th* (.'unttiti:
tl,,j pnrty
force him jboard,
hold of tho pinR plank, and
pa'sp Unit the kldr.oj.pers - "
aclamatli
[.,...1 iioius'.c .ioh',01 The
. . r.d laid that they waati'd I
.1 „.:i hlro. will, otl
„c the orj<ro got a<
a hick or eldo/ar.ewoy.^-
Apoiiiblo. lie
V.ui.i. -.
,. i.
-
... .. minevcrytoueh
.o denth. Tbo nrsrorj
nil IT... i ih ..J. hon.'cr. aid he not
«u driven off About tco mlout.
., Mnut man. witii a muitnch
I uked officer AniilDSiig U
I
ll.ntil hi .10 In
i there, Ihougu not
,C|.1'0' thu
1 now reltcrato these seniiraenM.
oolyrr." U[." Ci.-pnt'lii Mtcni .-
itc...l.-ni.SM>f which Ibo ease is so
„^.-,-ri. noartf and security of no si
S£^i.aS,i,.tAiiitv,w.-u.»»»».~"'i«-
In the C.im.iitutiou M a»yof (Ugltlves from boi
read la n» plainly w
:rth,
Not- is tbi
ihe Judges.
u in ., dim- lr.-jn, winch they.—, -. .
,, lv ,.,, 1.,i|,o'.l. it, ...(-ill I
ci.>i-e thi-m ami it la no iai
,-„ ,ii- irE li'..iii...-. r.i.-.L t,i turn lliilr •)*: i=i'-'i3 to pftL
,,i r.„n„-,=..s tii,-; i..-".'il'--i' el uur cuniry L.livt
:
ia tin, law. All m.-Ti.liei--. ! C-iiri-cm "«
,
„,-. to ihe wliol,- (.-..n-litiiti.in. to tliu pra
much n, any other. 1- 'he ^V^^
.-,.5, wh.i..e ctl'it'i cine within Hi-- terim i t
•hall t.L il.liiei-.J.l U|i.
'
ihi'lreilh' niu uiiJ
no and pass n
wlwsliei- thH i
of which to keep iio.tid
, t |.ole iicoplo .i
Ions of Ibc Sunl
i in ordinary litlK
.
that socb decision niiy bo
yuo. slill tho evil cdl-el fotlow-
Blconlbffl that It the policy
the vital questinca nffoclni*
bo trrevoccUly flscd by the
i Court, tho imtint tbey aro
o between parlies in poraoral
ittvo ceaaed to bo their own
odI practically resinned their
to Ihe hands of Hint emioelll inl.uniil.
this view any nmault upou tho Court or
toik. Ms
I
purposes. One secti
other believes it
ght, and ought
rong. and ought not to
l'l,i*'isli,. enl> snLit.inii.il .ii^iime; ami the fntjitive
-lava clause of" tho i.'..i,Mhatl...., mid ihe Uw fur the-
^ppr^.en oi Hie f...r.-i B i. --lave inule. arc each as well
3lde by Ihe dry, legal
itiipiTf-ell)
f llii) penpl
.[ it Willi h
t'a besdqunrlors,
Marshal jiyndcrs j
itappear.
,lt wna mode upon which a wn
A lew tnoall.s b;o. n colored io
as was taken to Itlcbmond by
. .-s io this w ), niih .ut ony w.irru
lliveaaetii'f.irva United StuiCJ Comrons
i-l J !
.. . Mnrshl-.
National §,nt-$tmv$ StiMaxA.
NEW TORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 9. 1861.
i?.-,]i^t-ro.-T.rsTi--_ i
words, tbnt whore the peraonul liberty of a. fellow-
j
being Ih nt stake, nil laws interfering with or endan-
gering it should bo construed in the Htricleat mnn-
Tu|
ner and oil doubu given iu favor of liberty- This, on
Cgnk
Ihe ground occupied by men, not negro-steal ere al
heart, who feel free to toko ofbco under nn oath t<
support the Constitution, with that proviaion in it
Wo think Mr, Lincoln might have spared himself and
his constituency the humiliation of this volunteered
A-oiaii nt the- footstool of Slavery.
While making it perfectly clear that ho ia as ready
M any ol his Democrntie predecessors to net hb SUvc-
cntch"er.in-Chief io the slnveholding part of the Nation,
be observes a most eloquent ailence on tbu subject of
the only question openly at issue in tho campaign tlint
resulted iu bia election. Wo were told al the time of
bis nomination and all along ibrou Bh tho canvass,
that the exclusion of slavery from the Territories waa
the great practical purpose of the Republican party,
oa far as slavery was concerned. If slavery could
only be kept within its present boundaries, it must
soon die out for Inck of sustenance. This was alleged
by way of ruagnif) in* the almost infinitesimal silver
of anti-slavery dovetailed into the Chicago platform,
to that it might become visible to the naked eye. But
as the alnveholdera have their o)es quite as wide open
as wo. they were not slow to see the same thine,, and
accordingly, they raised auch a storm about the pool
Hopublicans in Congress that the majority of them
whiltlo it down yet farther, " to ihe
hulo end of nothing." To open tho Territory southof
ihe old Missouri line to slavery, and oveu to admit
i Mexico ntonea with the pro-slavery Constitution
was euro to bring with her, seemed but easy leaps
gentlemen lo make who had been vociferous
iast compromises on the stump. And so Mr. Lin-
coln, who had so much to say in behalf of tho South-
demand for the restitution of their fugitive slaves,
only thia mild question and reply as to tbo matter
ivbicb bis own election turned, and which might
lupposed ns vital to tho North as tho other lo tbo
South.
" Must Congress protect slavery in the Terr
The Constitution does not expressly say
Call von that standing on your platform, and backing
your friends ? Wo fear that tho Terr
as poor a chance nt Mr. Lincoli
slnve, if they como across the track of his iidministra-
lion, if this exirnet from his cateehiam is to be taken
mi anecimea of his creed.
,wb of Mr. Lincoln as to tho mode of dealing
with the refractory cotton States partake of tho
liberality which distinguishes tho rest of bis proposed
policy, as it may affect them and the olher slavo
States. He denies tho fact of there being any Eeces-
all, and expresses his intention of executing
the laws of the Unioo in oil the Stales, lo the extent
of hia ability. Ho does not propose to invade and
subdue them, nor even to deny them the privilegea of
ihe mails, unless repelled, nnd will not insist on the
execution of the laws of the United States within the
bordera of the seceded States, since he is willing to
dispense wilh tho Federal Courta there. Bo will
hold, occupy and possess the property and place*
THE COMPROMISE XOSTRUMS.
:
"Plan of Adjustment" adopted bytho-'Pcac
renco " (see Pro-Slavorj head on tho first page)
ecolved by Congreis with HtUo favor- In the
o it was referred to a Committee, i;r>niialins 'i
•j. Crittoodan, Digler, Eoword. Trumbull and
son. Tho majority of this Committee (Crittenden,
r and Thomson) reported in favor of rabmlltioj
f Ad jus
Itcsolied. That I
!Xf>r?39 their will oo tliosubjec
;eot tbo filih nrtkk. of tbeCoi
Tho report of tho majority was not directly acted
upon, precedence being given to the Corwin Cotiititu.
tional amendment, passed by the House of Representa-
tives. (Sco tho Kcsolullon, and tho veto of lha Boute
thereon, on the first page.) Tho Corwin propositi!
being before the Sennte, Sir. Pugh of Ohio moved
amend by inserting the Crittenden proposition. Lost,
Yeas H, Nays 15. Another amondment, moved by lit
Bingham of Slichijjoii, and known as the Clark proport-
ion, was lost ; Yeas 13, Nays M. Mr. Grimes of lot
iffored as an amendment tho preamble and reiolull
-f Messrs, Seward and Trumbull, printed obovo. L(
fens 11, Kays Z5, Mr. Johnson of Arkansas moved i
propositions of the Peaco Cooler en co
n, or relating In
r
s-T'li*i.'r"'i:
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TRE XAT10XAL rRISIS.-
very evident tint this nation is broucbt n
deliverance than over before. Nothing car,
isly peril tho truo prosperity ot the rcpublii
timidity, tiviieli.-ryan'.l .:,.(i.p r..r,ii-... Left to the n
ity of voices, even now, the clamor for th
of the old Union, upon whatever gnsmntici the
Slave Power might demand, would be overwhelming
The united South, glad of a pretext lo recede Irom >
iltuutiun which, fur theot, has become ono of tragic
lameslncsJt, would, of course, consent to It; the Bell-
Jverott, Douglas, and Brwkinridge voturs, a decided
najurity in tbeXorih, woold accept it as » return from
.helrgraves to politics! life ;
and pni. -•-tritken Hopab-
icaus, without whoso aid that party could nol have
:arricd a single St it,., are ready enough to end the com-
plication and uncertainty '.'f ilii. prv^ent by surrendering
-ibing distinetlvo in their principles,
t the great nsiii.iinl erijii hij pused beyond tlio
control of mojurilies. Accidents—rather let oa say
irovl jeoccj—must settlo it. The enthusiasm of brale
ouls, the midneit of lha doomed advocates of wrong,
ireclpitales the coulest. and tho abnormal forces Of
evolution arrest the constitutional movements Of regu-
ar government. A minority party, strong only in nn
Idea, to which It il only hall devoted, and which It
would fab shako off,, accidentally In power by the
providential dissenoiuns of lit foee, and by i profound
popular rotes p pre li v.ti -no n, ennui Kinds the «ituation and
holda tho nation's fate In its hintls. For.had Ihe people
believed Ibo Democrats when tbey sold, " If Zfneoln Ii
tlecttd tht Union trill be dtstroytd," riot a State would
for Lincoln. Thanks to t
1, Naya I
iC.Twin
Tho is then
hoods and lalao p
pie, trustiug in t
overylhing
aelty v , long c
,] t',.r tlieni. t
'S of th
f false
>T.D-irl..r, Erie til. Crittenden,
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,w, Ihe ItepuL
,v fixed
,j,F- ,t. Kin; Trnnil.ii'i, «<: .
K. !(,!!:!,
, nnd d, :
,ided thot it w.
miion
!lr. Pol): was
carried, two-thirds having voted in the affirmative.
Tho Resolution thus adopted by two-ibirds of Ih
Senate and House, nnd assented to by President Linceli
will go to the State Legislatures for their adoption i
rejection of the amendment to the Constitution therei
proposed. It remains to be aeon whether three-fourtl
of the States wdl odop[ it or not.
Tho Senate also adopted tho Corwin series of rcsol'
lions, which are printed on tho first page.
The Crittenden resolutions were subseqnenlly taken
up In tho Sonato on their own merits. The amendment
proposed by Mr. Clark of Now Hampshire was rejected.
Ycaa IS. Nays 21. Mr. Crittendon
weather ahead, did nol
rs, oven when ihey told the truth,
cans wish thai the policy of tho gov-
lato election ; the comprcmistri, of all abodes, virtoally
declare the late election a mistake, as indeed it was,
and insist that auch a pobcy "Hall be adopted a
people iroufd have adopted bad
rmlnstion of Iho slaveholders was to revolt in
defeat. In other words, they appeal from a
people, col oily and without forecast of all consoqacnccs
xprCHing their opinions, to a people terror-stricken,
nd under the duresa of threats io overthrow the gov-
rnment and break up the confederacy of States,
Tho great question now Is, ICnal uXJl ihe RtptMicans
o! If they aticcumb, as soioo of their trusted lesdorj
driac, of courao they abdicate political power; fur
Ithongh Lincoln may fill all tho offices under hia con-
rol wilh persons who gavo him their votco (though,
.fter making peace wilh his pou'ticsl fooa by going Over
o their plalform, this would bo an indecent exhibition
feeling), ihe E
belonging to the govc 1 collect ihe duties
Nays 28. Tho question was then on the adoption of the
Crittenden Compromise resolutions. Lost by Hi
Ue..sra. Bavonl, Blgler. Bright, Crittenden.
.
Hminr.Jol.i f Teiiiii-J'.-e, Keini'.-.tr.
M, ,..,,. .-,..h*L~jti, P.jUi. Pujh, Rice. 3oVi
1, Wlcfall—13. „. „
daeiintuKi /*W«il
,
s:
- ail, bit-men^ truiio'Ti]
"held to be unconatitu
n-h'^imr^'frr~-,Ti
_ rTT''i.i-.- '
0, hcrctof'irv i'nly m
empted. I hnld tlmi. In e
X and of theConstite
-"-;
since the first
Pi -lib ijt'iii.dti-'.iiir nnli-xill ConstitL
period fifteen diderent nnd greatly rtisunguial
ens have In succession ndminisiertd tho M*r
""
ich of the government. They hmo condue
ugl, in mi v perils, and generally with great h
with nil ibis scope tor precedent. 1 now onto!
tamo task, for tho brief ecii-'-iutiT. il '-"" "
vears under Brest nnd pt^uliar iitli._ulty
<- , .,._ r^.l- I t-"t^.„ h^rr.t^f,.r(l OnlV ...^„^
Perpetuity is implied if
... 'f ii vhTncnt.il law
life to assert that g<
nof Ihe socti.ins than before. The foreign
le now Imperfectly suppressed, would he
revived, wiihtiut restiiciiou in one section,
itiie ol'ivi-s. now ink pnrtinlly surrendered,
; be surrendered nt all by tho "oilier. Physi-
'tiivte'ccti^^ build an
e wall between them- A bu'.bnndnnd wife may
ed nnd go out of the presence and beyond Ihe
each other: but tho different parts of our
nnnot do tlii*. They cannot but remain face
itiinii i_,jin..Jti them. Ij it posaible, thei
I cannot lie ignorant of the fact Ihnt many v
id patriotic eiti;tnn are desirous of havin
uiioni.1 Constitution emended, While I make noi
lendolion of amendment, I freely recognize tl
uiboriu* of the people over tho whole subject
xereiscd in cither of ihe modes presented
• addressed, "Posuei
:tupon
Inalion. Contin' tc all tl
jnnl Constituilon, and
npossihle to d'
;dfor in their
-bo note govt
n of States in tho natui
"fn""*!-..!!
all tho parties who I
may violate 1 1 —- i i
-
_ n U.
re-.ii.J.eiill in I.i.-iuily n tind ill
Descending from these general principles no find the
rJ i-,>,-„, ill ion that, in Ii s-il .jo'it.-iT,j.|.iti-in, the Lnl.in is
,,.. r icmiil. eoniirroeJ ov the history of tho Dnron itself.
The Union is much older than the Cons lit in i™ It
woa formed, in fact, by tho
ot Independence
being afforded the people t
' —111 venture io :,dd -hut o, mo iLe i.'enventlon
|.t,.|-.T!ii,:--. iu 'I i.i i it alloe-.i jineiidoionis to orlpl
.-rib the people tlc-rn-.tln-e. ii.i'Cnd of only permit
ling them to take or reject propJtilior- —; -
inotepcciiillv cluisen fur Ihe pur
not be preBiioly such as Ihey X"
ro noeopt nr refuse. I undiTsti....- ..
Imcnt 10 the Cor,iii(ulmn— wliieli iunviijn.eiit.
,-er I Iihv il"I sued—has j'.l-'id Ci-ngr.-ss, t'i till-
thai tho Pederal government shtill never Interfere
wilh the (iome'tic iiv.tiiu'.ii'ns 'd' Binies, including thai
if poisons held to service. To avoid niiseunstruetioi
no^t I have said, 1 depart from my purpose, not
peak of particular amendments, s
loldintf such a provision to now b
tional law, I have no objection toils
and Irrevocable. The Chief Magisl
'lorlty from tho people, and It
if Coofedc
jdc oi 'Le deelered '.!>.
:ng Ilia Co oat Hut"
But if tho dos
:nly of tho Statei
'n iu'l'lU jod',' finally, in 17S7
ordaining and e-it.ibliab-
ivni io iorm a moro perfect Union.
m of tho Union by one or by n part
!t be lawfully possible, the Union la
'
re, the Constitution having losl tho vital
niei.' oi ijiirpctuity.
It |,-,l|,iv.-a from tl.Oie .lev.'-, lll.lt no tl.il-.-. lip-Hi
own mere rooliuii, e.m Lie.full. get out of tho Uni
that resolve a mid M-.liuaicc-:, to tlint effect are legally
void nnd that neU of violence within any State oi
States, against tho auiboritj of the United Stales, nn
•nsur,-ei:iionary or j-e.oli.tionsrv, neeordine to tireuni
eumstnnces 1 the re ho e i.nihid.r that, in view of Ihi
'-,,],.
-.ti-o'i.-.n and the laws the Unom is unbroken, and
to the extent of mv ability I shall take enre, ns thu Con-
oiituii'iii it-elt" >'mi'ivii1t enjidna upon mo, that the laws
of the Union bo faitbfullt executed in bU tho States,
Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part.
I shall perfectly perform it. ao far na in practicable,
UDless my rightful ma-u'ra, the Atnericio people, shall
-withhold the reouisition. oi- in some a u ,li„ril:inie
manner direct the contrary. 1 trust this will not be
regarded ns a menace, but only as the declared purpose
of tho Union th.it It will ...imliloiionally defend and
maintain ilaolf.
In doing this there need '.,- ti : hloodrhed or violence,
nnd Ihcre shall bo none, uolc.* it Li forced upon the
nuti-Tin 1 authority. The power confided to me v.'id be
used lo hold, occupy and potaesa the property and
S
laces belonging to the govern meat, and collect tho
utics and imponts ; but b.-yoi.d nh.it may lie nece^.iry
for thc-.e nbjeet.i tliero will be no invasion—no using o
fiifCM ngjiiuit of auion^jt i!.v jn'-'ple anywhere.
tVh'ri- h'-'otilitv t j the United Elites shall bo so great
and so universal as W prevent competent resident
citizens from boldiDg iho Federal offices, there will
'
lodbzsted will bo
experience shall i
i.ioi.r. in 1 m .
oretion «lll bo oi
stances actually ei
e I ML,
r nfBrn
But if there be such I
To lioao, however,
notapeok! Before ct
ihe destruction of our national fabric, with a
fits, its memories and its hopes, would it not
ascertain why wc do It' Will you hoard so
nslep while there hi any portion of the ill., ;-
opposo
. and Wl
wish Ih
dersinnd a proposed
i- implied e
i tho i
States.' The people- tli'-ms
"
ut the Executive
His duly is
,..- 7e|'iirali"ii
lo thia If they
s such, has nothing tt "
ed l.v bin
people' la i
o his si
nule justice
tucro anv oettcr or equal hope ii
. ... our present differences, is either party
lilb of being In tho right! If the Almighty
iiium). with Ilia eternal truth and justice,!. ...
sido of the North, or on your* of the South, that
truth and that ju.itioo v. ,11 so., ly prevail by the jurlg-
"
'lis great tribunal— the Amen, an pei.jilv. By
of Ihe government under which wo live, thi-
pie li.no wist-l) given their public aorvanl
-- '
'-ive.ivlth e,['i.il v.i.
vided ft tho n
While tl
o their
-ation, by .
extreme wlckednc-a or lolly, can very avriuujly injure
the government in the -.b-.i-t »|.ii.e i,t tour ysita.
My eountr 1
- moii. one and nil, think calmly nnd wi
upon this wli'de aubjoet. Nothing valuable can be lost
by taking time.
If there bo an oli.-et in horn any of you, In hoi
hnelo, to n slop which v„u w.mld never Like dchtu
atelv, that unfed will he frustrated by Liltini; ilm
liuiiiog.iuJ ol.j. etoiii l,e ir ml va ti-il hyii. Such «f j
U.liiupli
.i.itisllcd still hai
lining under it
a of
. ... lmmediati „
her. If it were admitted that you who ore
i hold the right aide in the dl-putc, there still
o reason for precipitate action. Intelligence
i, Christianity and a firm reliance on Him who
yi-t forsaken this favored land, are still com-
adjust in the best way all our preuenl ililh-
In your ham
r, is Hie .
it itill no
issatisQcd fcllow-coiinlrymon.nnd
1 civil w
itliout being yourselves
no oath registered in II
iiovernmont, while I shall hnvo t
trve, protect and defend"
not enemies, hut friends'.
Thonel, ii.ission may hav
n loth to close.
. itrnlned, it mm
The mystic chords of
memory, Btrctchiin: from oi.rrj battle-field and nt
.-rave lo every li.iint lieart and hearthstone ail
this broad loud, will yet ,nv,!l the i h,,r,is ,.f the Union,
.-.hen apaititouchi-d, in. mnely ihey will be, by tho bolter
SLAVE-UUSTISQ IX XEW TORE.
1B1X0 attempt was made on Saturday Inst, It
name if the Hi';
child, left the-.-
morchant in Groenh:
died i hi
ihn Hell. who. with his wife
William Crawford, a tobacco
County, Vb., belt
They all travelled afoi
Wednesday, 27th u
." Among
J ">>'•;.'
,1 HlH H!
you Dy irom. ~~. j— •=- »
tearful a miitakol AH profess
Union if all constilutioual rights ci
ehrka. alter hearing his story, said
t-ike him I i li-li'ii 1=1 who -.v., i, Id help him to g
ado. Bell wont will, the ,le,k to a place, a deier^tion
„t which would verv well aniwer for the I lined .-tale.
NUrdur* Offli-e. Here pirties wei-e very friendly
Oiwnrd him. and Imally inuuer.l him to go - '
er of Cortlondt Bnd West
tcr noon of Thursday, oni
what he deemed a princely dinner
or a. -"miiniiimonts.
io of the afternoon ho assisted io putting
PRESIDENT LINODLS'3 IXAUOUItAL.
..ast Monday was the most unlucky day in tho life
of Abraham Lincoln, thus far. More unlucky day;
may ho in store for him, very likely ;
but. up to Ihi
present time, a more untoward one can hardly hav
occurred in the fifty years he has lived. Ho baa
spoken, and thus dissolved the spell which hi
silence hod thrown around his reputation. Having
shown l„mi.ell' possessed, in so singular a n
that rarest of talents, in Ibis country at least, the gift
of In I lint; oit-'s toni-'iio. he had created Ihe
mens mimls that he bnd somelhin|>'!o Bay worth
hearin;.'. <! lienover the time should opae for opening
sbnu AoV.it* "-uuiu oc iioiiorntdyiilsdnguislnio/lron-
i predecessors in apirit and in utteranct
The Hour has como and gone ;
but tho Man waa no
ot for it. The speech was made with tho face
toward the South and with both knees bowed
down before the idol it worships, as have been all of
those delivered from the same place for the last quar-
century. It is only distinguished from Such
by the clumsiness of its construction and the vileness
rhetoric. It ia lucky for Mr. Lincoln that it was
not the Constitution of the English Language and the
Lawsof English Grammar that ho was called upon lo
ipport and enforce. For he would have been
forsworn on the spot before nil tho people. It was a
pnltry malice in Mr. Seward, though perhaps a natu-
ral ono in hia circumstances, to allow a State Paper
discreditublu 10 his successful competitor to go
forth lo tbo world. He knew, when he read it over,
that ho would have whipped tho ynungeat scholar he
bad when bo kept school for such a composition,
lis, however, ia tho least of the faults of ibe Inau-
gurnl.' We could havo wished that a pubHa doco-
which has been more impatiently waited for,
and will be more eagerly read, in Europe than any
the country has over produced, had not been so
flagrantly illiterate. But we could have forgiven tho
form, had tbo substance been such as tho time
demands. If it had breathed a resolute determina-
tion lo roniatnia the rights of the N'orth and the integ-
rity of the Nation, at all hazards, il might have com-
manded o respect lb at would hove disarmed criticism.
If it had plainly set forth the encroachments of slavery
upon those rights, and shown how tbey bad culminated
in the disruption of the Union, as their natural result,
proclaiming hia intention of cheeking the one and
restoring the other, by the full exercise of all his conali-
tutionnl power, lie would hnvo taken a position which
even his enemiss would have admired. He was
elected by Ihe North, in the faith that ho would
express Northern ideas as opposed to Southern ideas.
It was supposed that there would be soma Apprecia-
ble difiereneo between him nnd Buchanan and Pierce,
discernible otou on the balcony of the Capitol. Not
that any one supposed be would deny the existence ^f
the Slave-claunes in the Constitution, or proposo
prohibit ihe recapture of fugitive slaves and ropes!
tho three-Gfths representation. But it was expecled
tbnt he would make it clear that all of tho Constili
tion that recogniies tdavcry roust be construed in th
striclest manner and with the least possible detrinjenl
to liberty. Nobody supposed that he would make tlio
duty of executing the Fugitive Slave clause iho first
cardinol point of hia discourse of National obligo-
Yet this is precisely what he haa done. This Repre
Mutative Man of tho Republican party thinks ii
entirely immaterial whether tbo Constitution means
thuteluves shall be restored to their maatera by Con-
ktcsb or by 6lale action, us long as they are cnughl
arried back. And so ho advises all and Bingu-
herovur slavcn am caught in Iho free Slates,
.ibido by lawa they hold lo bo flagrantly unconsti
tional ns woll as inhuman, nnd help execute them,
ihey stand on the ritatutc-h,i-.,l; ! Wowonder
whether the President imbibed thia view of tho
Higher Law from the earlier or tho later inspirations
of bis Prime Minister. We concede that Mr. Lincnln
could not do otherwise, if he were obliged to express
id in the premises, than to affirm the right
of the Southern Shylock to his pound of Hush, next to
'» heart. But, we conceive, as tho rtprci ou-
tative of the ideas ol tin- North, he should hove added
emphatically that the Jew must see to it that he
shed no blood and cut no less nor more than a just
pound of flesh,
As makes it Uftil •' litnvy in the lUhttlBDCO
>{ tho Peace Conference t, Teas
ould a -o the le
either i
preiai
,d imports. He"thinks there need be no bloodshed
iolence. Ho doea not aay whether he intends
rering the places and property of tbo government
which hnve been seized by the seceding Sti
'
inforclog Ihe (oris that aro iu danger. For any-
thing that ho aays, he may intend carrying
policy of Mr.BuehanBn in these particulars—iu which
there certainly need be no bloodshed or violent
if bo attempt to throw succors into Fort Sumter,
, recover the arms and money which South Coro-
aud Georgia nnd Louisiana have filched, he
knows just what ho has lo expect. While wo hoi
that the Cotton Revolution is complete, and that it
the part of true Btntesmanship to accept the aceoc
plisbed fact, and recognise the independence of tho:
States, before fighting, as a. thiog which must he doi
after it, wc must confess to a little shame at tho an
tudo in which tbo new bead of a great nation stands
before tho contumacious and rebellious members of
it, entreatine them tp believe thiit ho isjio^betberthao
ever were. For Ibis ia the aubatance of his exhorta-
tions to the secedera, to consider how much safer and
better oQ" thoy aro, as idavehoiders. in tho Union thnn
out of it.
Wc havo not room to ppeal: of his ready assent to
icndmcnt to tbo Constitution —before ho had
I
—intended to make that instrument expressly
rccogniio slavery, which its framers had so sedulously
of sight ; nor yet of his bold hint thui
tho clause of the Constitution guaranteeing to tho
every State the privileges and immunities
ihipin every other Stale might not impro-
perly be enforced by law. This last suggeslit
well undo all his good work, militating as it does
with the sound policy of the Southern Slates, which
CEcrve the right of torturing, banishing or executing
11 auspicious Northerners without any process of
an nt all. Wo do not know how thiB Address will
ie received by Ihe party at tho North that bore its
utbor inlo power—eipsoiall) if il he followed up by
D ..I -tie.
,
ElllE.
"
WilllO:, ,O.V.
.
M-..H.J
a. Pes*
cr.TeuEyck.Trooibul
never again obtiln power. Its own self-condemnation,
In acknowledging Ibat it hod made a grave mistake In
Its policy, and Iho terror of lha dissolution of tho
Union, reinstated by its own palpable fright as a con-
trolling political Lnfinonco, would repress Its feeblest
nttompt to assert itself In the remotest Northern Statu.
To compromise, then, is simply lo aubmit to annihila-
tion ; a condltioo rather hard for a triumphant party
early flush ofa
e ,
,,-. Titi-.il
Tho plan
ided the efforta in behalf of Compromise in tbo
Seuato ; the Corwin resolutions Blono having been
adopted, while every other proposition was voted down. |
In the House, the Peace Conference " Plan ot Adjusfr-
mont" waa not even cen-idercd, the efforts to briog it
up falling by the operation of the rules, which couh
not be suspended without a two-tl
of Mr. Kellogg of Illinois (not diffe
Ihe Guthrie proposition in Ihe Peace- Coiifereoet
voted down, Yeas 33, Soya 1SS. the Crittenden |
silion was rejected, Yeas SO, Nays 113. The propt
recommendiog to the several States to request Congress
to call a National Constitutional Convention (
manner prescribed io tbo Constitution) was los'
Tl, Nays 100. The act reported by tho Commi
Thirty -three for the admission of New Mexico
Union was laid nn the table. Yeas IU, Nays 71. The
ill from tho sanio Committee lo amend, the Fugitli
avn law was posted, Ye*s V2. .Nays s2. JHero it ii :
Of' the Uililal Sl'llts "/ Armricn, in t-Jnji -3J HSitmlli
•
— of Congreaa
For tho i
ve blow to
,t is faction
nsting struggle.
fry, the present submission of the Repub-
idering an opportunity to strike an offec-
tlivor the land from slavery; It ia tha
the conditions upon which the bonier
11 remain In the Confederacy— rcmnia In
... ..-nk nnd petted element, Bnd thoreforo to
It—remain in It to lend back tho revolted Gulf
States upon such terms sh they may dictate, and. through
them and tho thoroughly demoralized and dispirited
indcd concessions from tho poo-
jhall become tbo politicB
i'hat ever; person nrresled under thu la'
for the delivery up of fugitive, from labo
duccd before a Court, jude/r. or Cumin
is then a little i
We thinl
disintegrate tho parly and cause its elements
ke unto themselves new shnpes. That a mi
oroughly anti-slavery political party will grow (
of these attempts to daub with unteinpered mort:
cannot doubt—supposing that they should bo effec-
1 in patching up the breach for awhile.
vitHbie, in the nature of things. And thus again,
aver in the time paat. we ahull see God making the
bilion, the cunning, the solfishness and the wrath
THE XEW ADWMSTBATIOX.
confirmed by the Senato on
. .Wjr. H. Scwjrd, of N. T.
. SlLHON P. ClIUjC, 1>I Utile
f-rjio:-' C.iMiiroV, cf Pent,.
.Giol.-.n iViiLLfi, of Conn.
. .Cti.r.is ll iiiirn, ol ftnl.
Mb. LDtOOtJJ's Cabinet, a
Tuesday, ia thus composei!
-frrrlji-v of Slats . . , . ,
Vciv'.j-v ,:;' .''. JV-.iii:!-'
.SrertMi-iinr IPar
Siertfii'-y "ftht iVat-t/
FoiUr. n',-,'. meral Mostoosi
ilfemeji-ffuiernj ,
.Enwino
Tho vole of confirmation in the Si
mous except in the cases of Messrs. Blair and Bates,
who wcro opposed i,y acme of the Senators from South-
ern Stole!. Tho chief contest between the compromise
wing of tho Republican party, led by Thurlow Weed,
and tho anti-compromise wdnff, led by Horace Greeley,
turned upon tho appointment of Mr, Chase. Tho prei-
inre upon Mr Lin. "lo to induce liim not ti
genllonmn nmon;' hii, tonilitutionnl advisers was pow-
erful and persistent to ihe last. In this ma
Weed woa understood to reflect ihe views
Seward. From the Washington despatches
Airraid
it allow ou E ht tc i the et of pa
pie, by which a
us, of tt
inf..l.l n. .mbitiot
v.- approved the 15th of September, Isiu,
r Territory wherein the arrest may be
, such production of the per-on. together
:t, such Court, Judge, or Commiai
.euch Courl, Judge, or Commits
e publicly,
i-iiing those f.i
ccording to the lawn of any other Stato. Ter-
. „ ._ the District of Columbia, and escaped tlic-i c-
from, lha Court, Judge, or Commissioner ahall rnohe
• '
mt or his agent, a certifl-
if tlio said fugitive shall,
upon tho decision of iho Court, Judge or Commissioner
being made known to him, aver that be ia free, and does
-
service or labor, according to iho law of thu
Territory to which ho is to bo returned, such
1 shall be entered upon the certificate, and 'tho
ihall bo delivered by the Court, Judge, or Com-
r to the Marahnl. to ho by him taken and deli-
__ .. tho Marshal oi the Unite'] .-uvea for Ihe State
or District from which the lujiiiii-c is ascertained lo
have lied, who shall piv ion nil niititive before one of
e judges of the Circuit Court of the United Stales for
r the l.iaMuetiu-.neJ ftate or District, svlir.se- dutv it
all bo. if said nl)e S ..l lo.-ime ahull persist in bis avcr-
. ent, forthwith, or at the next term of the Circuit
Court, lo cause a jury to bo Impanelled and sworn lo
" thether such fugitive owes labor or (er-
. erson, by or on behalf of whom he ia
claimed, and a true verdict to give according to the
ienca ; on such trial the fugitive shall be entitled lo
aid of counsel ar„l :,. ,-ri'-.eM..for procuring evidence
ho cost of the United States j and upon such finding
Judge shall render judgment, and cause said fugi-
to be delivered io the claimant, or returned to Ihe
;o whore he was arrested, at tho expense of ihe
ted .-tales, a ; c:,r dm- tc. the fiudlnyot the jury ; nnd
lie Judge or Curt i,e net sail, lied with the verdict,
ho may cause another buy to ho impanelled forth with.
'lose verdict ahall be final. And It shall bo tho duty
said Marshal »* dvliverine said alleged fugitive -
take from the Marshal of the Stale from which aa
fugitive Is aliened to have ,»n aped a certificate jicltto...
lcdRing that said ii'h-^. i fugitive had been delivered
- '---
-Iptionof said alleged I'uititiv
s authenticated •.;; ilie I'nited
Siatea District Judpo, or a Commisvioner of a United
States Court lor said State fr„in which said fugitii
.lleeed tn have estjpvJ, v.hich ertitieatc shall b
n the office of tbo Clerk -,i the United itateM District
Court foi "
.if slavery, grown to
nnd insolent by euch a victory, would ultimately demoud
the repudiationof every principle of equality. Ihe denial
of a popular representation, and the extinguishment of
all tho bights of civilisation and knowledgo.
On tho other hand, if Iho Republican!, with ft bold,
sis, thoy take the only chnnco of perpetuating thclr-
ascendaney. by excluding the political influence of twalvo
fifteen States, every one of which now ia, and for e
ig time muat be, hostile lo their prlnciplca. If tbeir
in, thoy may surprise and forestall tho entire Demo-
cratic parly of tho North, and disarm Iho hostility of
tbo South, by accepting suddenly and decisively tho
both have been making for months, and
laying, "No coercion,- Irf fit sfait S!aks eennimmats
IsjoiiM (acir separation," and thus occuro tho sup-
port of ol) the timid, the only other alternative being
war—and of the commercial clissca, Ihe only olher
being Iho ruin of trade. So, the Gulf States
half in earnest, and the border States not nt
st in their demonstration of secession, and
tho Northern Democracy demanding aoa-coerrioi-. aim-
ily lo compel tho Republican! to co'itpromixo, and than
upplnnl them, find th
effectually "hoist wilh their own poiard " beyond the
r of doing any more mischief. Such will be the
political policy ot firmness.
tho country, Iho integrity of tho Republican
party will bo Ihe solution of thu vexed slavery ques-
tion, the emancipation of twenty millions of freemen
from n barbaric and aristocratic policy, dangerous to
the preservation of tho popular liberties, and their
irance, with a homogeneous nationality, upon a splcn-
I career of political and industrial prosperity. Tho
rth will become what the seven Protestant provinces
Netherlands, that formed the Republic of Holland,
•vi'hn,
ihcd t
lays ire.
t for s
Sec. 2. And be il/ti
State shall be compelled to aid the Marshal or owner
of any fugitive in the e iptuie „r detention ol sueli fugi-
tive, unless when 1,-rc,. coin], hived ,.,r re .lion ably appro
hen. led to prevent -:,n,h capture --'-
fee.', of lb.i Commi-j.ioii-.-r- appointed under ('lie*
loth .-.jp.,.[],hi.-.l-oii.'t,:.ll he ilu for every caie
and determined by such Commissioner.
Tho list of Yeas and Noys on this bill we reel
'All tho skill and Incenulty of Thurlow Weed
avail-, I nothing The uciit b.it been .;,'"',! on nil niitht.
but Mr. Lincoln v.a, to., much tor Weed i Co. He
latued his ultimatum last nic-bl that if Mr. Chase went
nut Mr. Seward muat go also. If the latter remained in,
Mr. rtiase must also reinnin. Fr-n, this determination
Mr Lincnlu would not budtro an inch : ho put his foot
down. Seward did not per.onallj- engage in Ibu
Cabinet muss, but had the DghtiiiR dune by his squire,
Weed. Weed makes nu i-fincilinent of his chagrin ot
ie annoinlment of Cha--e. Cameron evidently ll.iolts it
rather hitter pill. Ihirac i".:. ch-i is striding about
with the Bir of n .onqiioror Tins evening he was aur-
ounded in the hall nt Wlluird's by a congra tula lory
rowd of his private friends."
The Democratic nnd Bell-Everett presses, which,
.Iter Mr. Seward's speech in the Senate, praised him as
die" great statesman of iho time, one who was ready to
Lice hia party and tnrn his back upon himsclt in
i1
to save the Union, are now denouncing him as an
i demagogue, who has deceived nnd -betrayed those
j put faith in his talk of conciliation and compro-
mise. Thoy say he has been frightened by the radicals
of his party, and point for evidence lo hi. voles in the
House of Representatives, which they declare aro a
mockery nnd a client Is it the part of a -.talesman, or,
on tho contrary, that of n mere politician, to talk so
equivocally as to mystify alike his friends and his cne-
,
ail
1TJ..CI . I|,
il Ins
longer involved In the dis
bunleriny greed ol tho ala
itrcngthen our ties with
nations of Europe and civ,
from tho closer alliance
have long falsely boaiteJ,
we aboil attract, a» never
from the tecmloi
'. rtirr--!!, Ft.-r.v_-. iriij':;riiii,
Peyton
.--:
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Wiiulow, Woodson, Wrighl
Tbo bill, wo beheve, was not considered by
ate, and so bus failed to become o law. Tho bill from
tho Committee of Thirty-three, designed to enable tin
slaveholders to eaptarc in tho North persons escaping
from the South after violating
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Ycaa •_:, Nays l.G.
orld. No
putable ambitions End f.'i-
ry j.r"p.ij.in.1isto, we flhalL
Ihe libcrol and powerful
ind receive new advimtsges
Becoming, indeed, ns we
i asylum for tho oppressed,
iforo, crowds of emigrants
log populations of the Old World. Com-
Dtereat and similarity of institutions will
tho colonial depeodeneies of Great Brilam
upon our frontiers I
and upon each side of Ibat natural
thoroughfare half way neross the continent at lifl great-
est breadth, the St. Lawrence and the great lakes, and
under tho latitudea most congenial to human life, we
shall build an empire under whoso ceijii the enfeebled
and exhausted provinces of the South, worn out with
anarchy nnd Intestine divisions, and weakened by the
stroggles of races for their rights, will be happy enough
to Bnd shelter on Ihe condition of making their whole
people as free aa ours. Even during the maintenance
of the scpareitoo. tbo fact that wo are foreign to the
slnve Slalca will bo the establishment of peace between
them and us. They will atlll be our customers Bnd our
producer., whllo we. rid of all responsibility for tbclr
rights ond wrongs, shall be able lo buy of them and a-JJ
to them ;
we shall visit them and recclvo visits from
them, effectually protected trom outrage or inquisition
or insult, both by their interest and disposition lo let u«
slonc.andby tho power of our government to vindicaW
our rights.
Such aro Iho immense interests which urge lb*
Republican pBrty to stand firm. Will thoy do io!
Looking nt the oil prevalent apprehension of Ihe disso-
of the Union, nn apprehension inlo which all our
have sedulously educated the people, It hardly
ns likely that thoy will. Bui yet It ia astonishing
r tho ocarocrow of disunion la diminishing under
present rapid review of thr situation. Was ever a
public sentiment so rapidly maturod as that which,
through so mony voices, now demanda tho cutting of
this Gordian Knott Wc hnve only to wait, to hove that
sentiment diffused by general discussion, to male it
dominant. But we cannot wait. The crisis ia upon ns
to-day. Virginia nnd the Border Slates demand an
inslaut nod categorical answer : FPEB you -jio -J stm-
Hly for ilavtty, or M us 50 1 Thoquestlon goes 10 n«y
and many a brave heart that has forccail tie wlio.s
sequence of results, and whose answer f» prompt
enough : Co, then. But It gosa to many moro timid
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