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Ejjc Btnnc Courier. Tt’KSII.VV MOltNIMC, Nor. 13, llKADISO MATTER OS EVERY WOE OP THIS PAPER. SPECIAL MEHNAUR JOSEPH E. II ROWS. mxumo or ooonoi*. KsxxTirr Itai^sin.sT, MillitlRovlllo, On.. Sor. 11800., 'lb tie Anwfe k*i Ho•" if Htprunhdta i out. of thn others, mid to miill to do col'Inin other net. which might ho to lh« injury of the olhora. Euoh dele gate to the General Government, unilor the qiialifioalions contained ill the Con- Ktitiitioii ot the United Btalcs, the ox creise ore iHirtlon of iu sovereign t»w era, for tlio good of the whole. Geor- gin, wlion (ho entcrctl the compact with Massachusetts, conceded liiipor- tnnt commercial ©ndother righlAi whlcIi otiicor who nctn anti gives me cemnontn perty. directed by the net of Conm'e*l tuTSbovii A\n,on South' Carolina, In 1832. made stated. I 1«1m law of Massachusetts - effectually nullifies, in Unit Stale, the otherwise, hate Inured greatly to the benefit of MaMachiiM'tU. 1 n return for these concussions, Massachusetts sol emnly contracted and agreed with Geo- and also makes it highly penal in any art or Congreta jsisscd for the proton lion of llie constitutional rights of tho |h*oplo of Grorgln and the other South ern Stntei. In 18tt, the setts ;nre of Miwsachu- ie Executive veto, ioAfe*ion*~ under the operation of anotlftr stattifiy •xtondhig tho provis r tariff taws, navigation laws, and ions ofthoaetnf 1843, to the act of /}, He «rsa v g U, that site would, on her part, (atnong I into Massauliusf Uf, on claim of tbo par- viqo or utl. Carolina a copy of the reeolutiovM Disswl by the I legislating of that .State. :»l its lute session, on tho suttfoct of oifr l edeml Uelatiana; By reference to i he*© resolution*, copies of which are herewith transmitter!, i* will bo seen i hut that gallant State, impatient under l lie wrongs whirl* she, in common with in r southern sisters, has suffered in tho I ciifwlamay, ami ready a. alte ever haa been Iu defend licroonilltulional rights ovilce all the ©lnvrhnhhng Stales to moot ill convontloni "lo conoort mcos^j .... i for united action.' I also transmit conics of the TMOttt- tions p:is«c<l hy the legislature of Mis- i-ippi in reference to tho resolutions .f South Carolina; by which It wlU be een that she accepts the Invitation. It \* understood that the Legislature ol Vliiitiun has also marie provision for having tint State represented in con vention; while Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas, and proliably oUier Southern States liavo declined to accept t lie invitation. In view of these facts, it is evident that tho convention, should it moot, will Imj coniimsed of rlalegatea from but row or the Southern Htataa. I think tint little goo.1 could l« expected to ro- -nit from Its delilMimtions, unless tho Southern States were generally tepro- .(>nted. I do not, therefore, recoin- ii e.ul tho appointment of delegates to represent this State. In declining to recommend tho api>oiiittnunt of such delegates, I do not wish to l>o under load as expressing a willingness to ae- utticsco in tlio repeated aggressions of i!*o non-slaroholding States. Iu mv opinion, the constitutional rights of tlio people of Georgia, and or ’tho Other slnvehohllng States, have Iippii violated hy somo or the non-slave- holding Status loan extentwhleh would justify them, in the judgment of alt civ ilized nations, in adopting anytneasurea ■ gainst sucli offending States, which, In thoir judgment, may be neoeasary for ibo restoration and future protection of all their rights. At the time of the formation of the Constitution of the United States, Uio rights of the slaveholder were recognis ed, in all tlio Stator. No political dom- ugr.guoin tho Northern States had then been able to ride info power by denoun cing tlio people and tho institutions of i ho Southern States; nor had tho Nor- them pulpit been desocmt4d by aboli tion harangue*. Sinco lho*poswigs of t lie law of Congress inhibiting tho traf fic, most of tho illegal importations of -laves Imivc been made by Northern -hips. And it is a well known fact that the jK-oplo of tho Northern States, bo- fore the traffic was Inhibited by Congress itu|K>rted a large proportion of the -lave* brought from Africa, and sold them to the people of the Southern States, and received ihoir monoy for them, which, with IU proceeds, was no doubt, invested in shipping, manufecg luring, Ac. This fact was Irosh in the recollection of tho Northom patriots ivho united with our fathers in forming tho Constitution ; and tlioy did not lios- itato lo bind themselves and thoir.pos terity or to respect our rights in slave property. 1 regret to say, bowevor, that the con- duet of many of their descendants has not been characterised by a Uke spirit of juitico; since, many, whose ances tors grow rich by tlio sale of slaves to tlio southern people are now ready to denounce the traffic by which the for tunes they enjoy were mado, ss immor al and inhuman, and the southern peo ple as little lietter than demons in hu man shape, because we continue to hold ns property, the offspring of the slaves purchased from their lathers. Num bers of them advocate Uie doctrine that our slaves should be set free among us, intermarry with our children, amalga mate with us, and bo placed in all re- spocts, upon a liaais of perfect equality with our fVeo whito imputation. For the piirpoio of promoting this object and producing a genoral revolt of our slaves, a portion of their number, with 1 fire and sword, have invaded Virginia, one of our Southern sister States, and slaughtered, in cold blood, some of her quiet, law abiding citizens. It is trhe, these guilty criminals liavo suffered the penalty of tho law upon the scaffold;' but the justico of their punUhmenthAs been denied, and their names have boen canonised by the abolition masses In the Northern States; and evon in tho pul pit they are frequently referred to as martyrs to the causo of liberty. Should our citizens invade their Ter-, ritory, and hum down their factories built with money or tho proceeds of money paid them by Virginia, Georgia and Carolina planters for slaves, and butcher their citizens who hold proper ty acquired by the sale of slaves, or by tho iiso of the productions of slave la bor, how differently they would view the question of criminality 1 But the inva der who should slay the Northern citi- Congress known ns the fugitive slave law, passed In 18.HI; snd which was in tended to nullify that act. This act also nxtohiL to tin* fugitive slave tile benefit .of the writ of M-w coqm* ,- /•'ii who holds his fortune acquired, by the procoedsof slave labor ana the sido of slaves, would not bo more guilty that> :hotto were who invaded a slave State and slaughtered her clthiens becauso they held slaves; nor would his moral guilt bo greater than that of the politi cal leaders, who, liy tlmir doctrines and tcushings, prompted and enoouragod the invasion of Virginia. While the aholitouists deny 6ur right to hold the slaves we purchased from them, they do not permit any one to question their light to their property purchased with the money wo paid them for slaves.—. They claim tho right to hold their prop- ;*tlius acquired, but deny our right ty to whotr the service or latar may be dne. No one pretends that Georgia and the other Sou^icrn Htatcs would liavo entered Into tlio oninpact and formed tho Union, had Msssaohu-etts and tho other northern tttates refused to *ive this express guaranty. Not only tlio plain language of the Constitution itsolf, but the contempora neous debates, and tho oarly const mo tion upon tho Constitution, or which wehaveevidouoe in the fact that no law was psssoil by. Congress on the sub ject for several years alter tho Union was formed, all show conclusively that tho understanding between the Htsleo was, that .MaiwuchusetU, snd the oilier Northern Stales, pledged their faith to Georgia and tho other Southern States, not simply that tho Fedeial Govern ment, by its officers, might arrest fugi tive slaves found ill their limita* and deliver them up to their owners, but that the (wople of MuasaohuseUs, and of each Northern State, by their officers, would themselves **iloliver thorn up," fugitives from justice. The only difference in the language used in the Constitution, os applicable to tho two cloMon of Ibgltives, is, that the criminal, or fugitive from justice, is to be delivered un on demand of the Kxecntivo authority of the Stato from which ho tfed, while thn slave, or fugi tive from labor is to 1*» dolivorod ujkmi claim of the party to whom such ser vice or labor timy be due. The classes Will be found in item two of article four of tho Constitution ot the United States. The elauso in reference to fu gitives from justice, is In tlieso words • "A person charged In any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who ZliallIlea fiom Justice, and be found another State,- shall, on demand of the Executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdic tion of the crime." The clause relating to fbgitlve slaves is as follows: "No parson held to ser vice or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another sliall, in consequence of any law or reg ulation therein, be discharged from such icrvloe or labor, but sliall lie de livered upon claim of tho parly to whom such service or lator may bo due,"., it may bo here observed that the samo language, "shall be delivered up, M is usod in both eases; snd that the Constitution doos not, In either cose, say thst it shall be done by au thority of Congress. 1 do not say that Congress may not havo concurrent , urisuiotion in tlieso cases, and that a aw may not be passed by Congress pro viding for the ftxeroiso of this power by the offioers of tho Federal Government in oase a State refose to do it, and there by proves faithless to iU Constitutional obligatolns. As tills mnyjnot be consid ered an open question, 1 do not pro- |KMoto discuss it; but Ido say that, under tlieso provisions of tho Constitu tion, tlio faith of each Stato is solemnly* dodged to livery otlior State in tlio Union, to oxorcisn this poworj whenev er a printer cu*o may arise; and to de- Hve up the fugitives of either dais found within her limits, on the demand or claim being made os provided by the Constitution. Wlmt State denies its obligation, under tho Constitution, to deliverer a criminal who is a fugitive from justiee, on demand of the Execu tive authority of the State from which he fledf 1 an) aware that discussions sometimes arise about the legal form of UtodoauftKl, and that a ftdthlcsa Exec utive may, under some shallow pre text or legal technicality, refuse to do his duty; but what State, by legislative authority, hat over yet denied the ob ligation Y and what State, not controlled by Abolition counsels, having no regard for plightod faith, will, for a moment, deny its Constitutional obligation,to de- liverup a slavo who is a fugitive from sarvice, on claim of the party to whom such service may be duo? Hut how have several of the States of this Union kept their solemn oompeot with Georgia? As r should be compell ed to extend this message to too great a length, were 1 to attempt to point out the fsithloMi legislation of Maine, Vermont, New York, Michigan, and other Northern States upon tide ques tion, I will notiao only tho legislation of MsssnchmetU, as one of a class of States, which, under abolition rule, have shown themselves utterly regiml< loss of their Constitutional obligation* and their solemn pledges of public faith. Massachusetts liss not only failed to enact laws providing for tiie delivery of fugitive slaves to their owners, but shokos, in flagrant violation of overy principle of good faith, ouaotod laws throwing every obstacle in her power In the way of the- rendition to thoir owners, by the officers of the Federal Government, of fugitive slaves found Vvithin her limits. lly a statute of that State, approved March 24th, 184.1, she command* tlio .lodges and Justices of the Peace not to talco oognizsuce of tlio Act of Congress, passed m 1793, for the delivery of fogi- live slaves to their masters, and not to grant the certificates required incases that may arise under tlio third section of that Act, to any porson who claims any other person as a fugitive slave within her jurifdiotion. This oertifi*- Cate, under tlio Act of Congress of 1793, Is necessary to enable* the owner to carry hack Ills slavo tp tlio.Stato or Ter- • - — t . *.il ....I u tl »... snd . on Ida application, makes it the tluty of thu court before which tho Asfoti* nrput is rcturpuhlu, to ordui a eorphi , , _ - trial hy jury : which i* not allowed hy said statute in any ease except in cases of a fugitive slave; and also give* the cffiirt the |>ower to admit him to hull.— On ilio trial, the jury muy return u gen oral verdict; and they are to have the same discretion that juries have iu tho trial of criminal cases. If the jury «lis- acts of Congress that they are our pro provision for tlio niilliiication of certain laws of Congress, known a* the tariff laws, by the o|a>rstlon of which her citi zen* were being plundered by the Gov ernment to enrich the manufacturer* of Mu-wochuaelts, And other Northern fitates, tho whblu Union wna convulsed with exoltomcnt, and the use of Fede ral bayonets was threatened to coerce her into obedienee, II she attempted to carry out wlmt were denounced as her in iwlpnhie violation of her duty under the Constitution, passed arts effectually nullifying tho law* of Congress'cnactcd fort ho protection of tlio right* of thu -itizem of (lie slave .States, no outpour ing of iiidignutioii went forth, snd no cry of 11onson to thu Govi'rniueiii was hoard from thu Northern States, lint if a Southern Ilian pro|H>*cd that Massa chusetts bu cociccd into obedience,' or that a .Southern State juts* retaliatory laws, lie wits drnotineed ns a (li*uuionist, . , not os a traitor. If nullification in agree, the issuo may Ihj sul>mitte«l to South CaivtUun, for just cause, was trea* aiiellinrjuty.MeonIManI to llio ttext \ Ihu Kwl.-ral (lovrrnmriil, discretion of the court. what butter is it in Mu*.suclni*otts wiih- ty to the justioo. • Nor dr stitution dares tin of Skirpw right Of wrongs, igninsta wisttl, wi Ph?tw distinctU sovereigr •prital g The claimant is required to stato in writing with precision and certainty, tlio fact* upon which he relies; and neither tlie claimant or the fugitivc.nor any one interested in tlio alleged ohli- fmtiou to service or labor, nor the fbgit- ivo himscll, shall bo |H*rmittc«l to testify on the trial; and nd confessions, admis- sions, or declaration* of tlio fugitive, against himself, sliall I*) given in evi dence. Upon, every question of fact involved in thu Issue, tho burden of proof shall ia*on thu claimant; and the fact* necessary to lie c*tnh|i*hed must Ik> proved hy tlio testimony of nt least two credible witnesses, or oilier legal evidence equivalent thereto; and no rx /sirle «le|»osition or affidavit shall lie received in proof, in hchulf of the clninmiit; (it mlglil lie in behalf of tlio negro;) and no presumption shall aviso in favor of thu claimant; from any proof I lint tho alleged fugitive, or any ».l (tin ancestors, had been actually held us a slave, without proof that such holding was legal. I presume this proof could Imrdly 1m* mado to the sat isfaction of an Abolition Jury, who deny that slavery I* in any on*o legal. A fine of not less than one, nor more thuu live thousand dollars, un imprisonment of not less than one, nor more than live years, is imposed on any one who shuli come Into the CYiuitnnuwealth, with in tention of removing, nr assisting iu re moving therefrom, any jiorson in the pence thereof, not held to service or lulior, Ac. Under the rules ot evidence laid down hy tho statute, with the de lay* allowed in tne hnbms corp-u court, no ritisen of Georgia, before a Massa chusetts jury, would ever bo likely to bo ablo to establish his claim to his slave: and, therefore, tlio penalty im posed by the statute I* to lie. ami to hold tlio slaves they sold us for Ibr- They claim tho right to carry the. prop erty which tlioy roooived frotnVu* for ►laves into the Territories, but de ny our right to carry tho Biftxeirthey j.avo us for it, iulotke same Torrito- This is not the spirit of Nortlicm pa* t riots of477.fi, with whom our fatliurs united III tlio Declaration ol Indepen dence ; nor of those or 1787, with whom tlioy entered into tho compact of the Constitution. They were bravo, noble, generous men, who required justico from all men, and were rcudy, in return j-» render eVAJl-hunded justice to all.— At that time Georgia and Massachusetts v .m o alike sovereign mid independent States. I'jicli entered the family of •States with her faith solemnly pledged to the other to perform all her Consti tutional obligations, and to respeot all the Constitutional rights of the other. Tho Constitutiou of the United States is a compact in the nature of a treaty, hot ween tlio sovereign States of this Union ; hy which each State made concession to the others, for tho hake of tlio Union, and each bound her fuith solemnly 4q the others, to do, or to j»er- iit Congress lo do, certain acts which agreed would promote the into ritory from which he fled; and it Is hy that Act mado the duty of -the Judge or Justioe to actiu such case, and to doubtless was intended to be, Inflicted upon every owner of a fugitive slave who enters tlio limits of Massachusetts to claim his property. Tlio noxl section of tlio statute, in addition to this penalty, gives tlio ne gro tho right of action for damage* against tho porson who thus entered tue Commonwealth for tho purjMisu of removing him therefrom. After pro viding, for the delays, mid prescribing the rulos of evidence above mentioned, as though the Legislature feared tlmt somo owner of a slavo might bo uble to ovorcomo all tlieso obstacles, mid estab lish, even undur all these disadvanta ge*, his right to his property, they pro ceed to ouact, that any officer of tho Commonwealth, or any officer of any city, (xniuty, town, or district, who shall arrest, imprison, dr tain or return, or aid iu un-cstiug, imprisoning, detain ing, or returning, any person for tho reason that lie is churned or u<y*idged to be a fugitive from service or lalNir, sliall bo punished by tine, not les* than ono, nor more than two thousand dol lurs.and hy imprisonment iu the Stato prison, not loss than ono, nor more tliaii two year*. And if tlio volunteer mili tia of the Stato assist the ownorj cveu after the slavo has boon nhjmlge.l to bo his property, they are suhjoct, under the statute, to a line (tensity. If, therefore, a citizeu of Georgia fol lows Ids fugitive slavo'to MusHuchuxelU, and after a long, expensive, and vexa tious litigation, obtain* iu tho proper court a judgment establishing his claim to hi* property, ami starts to re turn homo with him, and u mob ar rests him while attempting to return, and tukos ills property from him hy force, and any civil or military officer of Hint State copies to his reliof, and as sists him agniiist tho mob to return to this Stato with hi* prn|»erty, suck officer for this act, is suiyect to l>u fiucil from ono to two.thousand dollars, and to be imprisoned in thu Stato prison, (I’uni- toutiury.) from to ono two years. It is further made thn duty of the Govornor, by and with the advice ami consent of the Couucil, to appoint in ev ery county in tlio Commonwealth, one or more commissioners, learned in tlio law, who are to bodilligcututid faithful in tlio defence of uuy person who is ar rested or seized, or iu daimur of being arrested or seized, as n fugitive from service or labor, witli power to employ otlior counsel for tlio defence; and tho whole costa of tho defence, including Uio attorney's fees, are to .ho paid out of tlio State Treasury. The statute then declares that no jail or other place of confinement belonging to, or used l»y the Commonwealth, or any county therein, shall !>o used for tho imprisou- uiciit of any one, who skull bo uorusod or ooiivlctcd of any offence created by either of the fugitive slavo acts passed hy Congri***, or who may las accused or convicted of resisting any process, war rant or order issued under eil her of said acts, or of rescuing, or attempting to rescue, any (a rson, arrested or detained under any of tho previsions of either »r said i;ets, or or any person w rested un der (execution for damages, lor assisting a fugitive to escape from service or la bor. Under this provision or the stat ute, if tho leader of u juob resists a Uni ted State* officer in the execution of h proco'tS 'ifriicd under the nufliority of I IlM Bril nf ilnltlWkl fi\r llin nnuul l.r .. grant the certificate upon proper proof oelngtlilade. She also enacts that no •herOr, deputy sheriff, coroner, consta ble or jailor, or other officer of the com- rri on wealth, shall arrestor detain, to aid in tho arrest or detention or imprison- onniont,.in any jail or otlior building belonging to tho- State, or to nhy coun ty, city, or town thereof, of any person for thu reason that lie is claimed os a fugitive slave. Andasanenalty.it is enacted that any J list ice or the Noaoe; sheriff', deputy slioriff, coroner,- consta ble, or jailor, who shall offend against th<* provisions of this law, l»y in any way acting, directly or indirectly, under thu (lower conferred by the third sec tion of tlio Act of Congress, aforeuien- tinned,*ludl forfeit a sum not exceeding ono thousand dollars, or to be subject to imprisonment not exceeding one year in Uio county jail. Tills statute only prohibit* nit officers of Massachusetts from arresting or de taining a fugitive slave, and denies to a citizen of Georgia the aid of the officers of tlmt .State in capturing his fugitive slave found there, lait denies to him the use of any jail or building belonging to that State, for tho purpose of detaining his slavo till ho can carry him aivay; tho acts of Congress, for the arrest of a fugitive.slave, and thereby enables the slave to c*cnpe,or rescues ur.d takes him from the officer uftei ho lias been arres ted, and this daring violator of the law is indicted iff the United States Court, and eoiivictnl and sentenced to prison for having in tlio manner above men tioned forcibly taken from a citizen or thi* State his property; or if tlio citizeu of Georgia sues him for damages in tho United States Court, and recorera jtidg- jnent, mid bus him arrested under exo- oution, Massachusetts, in # either ease, dailies tho use of her jails for his ini prisonmqiit. It is finally enacted thn* no part of this statute shall 'apply to m» much of tho act of Congress a* relutes to fugitives from justice: showing thut the State re cognises her Constitutional obligations in the ono case and repudiates it in the other. By tlieso statutes, the State of Massa chusetts, not only nullifies tlie acts of Congress passed for the protection of the Constitutional right* of the people-of Georgia,hut holds out every inducement in hur )>ower to her citizens to violato them, to resist their legal process, and to rosette and take from u* our fugitivn slaves, after an a«\judiention under the out cause ? i'rohahly the records of no State or nation in Christendom are more black ened with tlio deep slain of disgraei, caused hy a wilful violation of public faith, than this record of Massnohuxctt*. If I use strong language, »•. is lM>cnu*o I feel that tho wrong* done our State re- pure that I speak the truth without re rvution. While too trado of Georgia is worth to Maxmc.huxcit*. annually,him- Ireds of thousand*, if n it million* of ilnllnrx, under our tariff' laws, naviga tion nets, and other advantages which Mo-isachuscttM derives from the Union, he retains u|miii her statute IwMik those Host ext inordinary laws fur the pur|Mtxe »f robbing thu citizen* of Georgia of their projieriy which may cscapcnttd In* foil iu l within her limits. * Shoi* inviting our trade, to which many of her citizens look for their daily bread; hut if our muichuiit phis there to tiado, and car ries with him hi* slave os n body ser vant, (which bo bus a* much natural right to do as u citizen of Massachusetts 1ms to carry hi»hapgag« with him when he travel* through Georgia,I the laws of tlmt Statu tuku from him ids proper ty, and refuse to permit him to bring it with him when he return* to Id* home. tiou, hut tlio form Ocorgii •r to cow •r nortin itizen; i repeal Iu ixhilioii u sutler tlu ■•ffc-H-ll should o' Slates, mend lie legishitio eon over; it i* now just aggi smte le lion. To thu iiutniuut riior ol i ol this St 1 of I under th legislate 1 have n any otlu any siiel lionul ol zens, by Suppose a similar treaty or compact existed between Franco anil Great Itrit- «in, and the Government and subjects of Franco should, in open violation of tho compact, rob tiie subjects of the government of Great Britain. *.* the government and citizen* of Massachu setts do the citizen* of Georgia, Would tlm Governiunit of Great Britain submit to it for a single mouth? No doubt, in stiuh case, satisfaction would lie prompt ly demanded of the Government of branco; and, In ca*o of rcfusul, tlio Govirnniont of Great Britain would re sort to immediate reprisal*, or a prompt declaration of war. Should the free men of Georgin bo denied by hor legis- tors tho protection which tfie crowned heads of Kiirnpo never fail to afford to thoir*ut(ject*? IT so, our Government U a failure, and our boasted free Join L* but solemn mockery. All writer* on the siilject of govern ment agree that the duties and obliga tions of the State or Government, and tho citizen orsulijcct.urareciprocal. The Slate has tiie right to require from each citizen prompt obedience to her laws; to command hi* service* in tho field of luittloiicninst thn enemies, whenever, in her judgment, it may lie necessary to hur honor;ami to tax him to any oxtent which her necessities may at any time require. These requisitions, Georgia, n* n sovereign .State, has made, mid may continue to make, on all hut* citizens. In return for the sum* paid as taxes, and the services which each citizen ren ders tho Ntnto, including obedience to all her laws, lio is entitled to demand and receive, from tho.State full and am ple protection or his lifo, his liberty, his family his reputation, and his property cfevery description. It is the duty of Georgia, therefore, whenever one o r her fit zens, no quitter h«w humble is robbed of Ids property wrongrii|ly deprived if his liberty, by any other State, to drmuitd prompt and lieneli ample redress ; and if it bo iluiiied to longer U make tiie cause of her citizens her own cause: and IT need he, to exhaust her vast resources and herjxront cnergiof in a determined effort to redress the wrong. It, therefore, the State of Mussnohusctl*, in open violation or her Constitutional obligations to Georgia, plunder* a citizen of Georgia, of lik property, and refmeb to make redress, Georgia violates every if natural 1 have most ladpably violaUd-tke Consti tution by thoir legislation and their no- tho Con-1 tinn though tho legislation of somo vldcli do-. others is, by no mean*,justifiable and t letters 1 um> become lilt subjectbf future no- with (he tiou, onjMir part;) and he should be required .to'pay, in addition to his tax on other properly, a tax of twenty-fivo per cent, ffpon tho amount of goods, W4T<*. itnd morbhamllw so sold by him. Thft effect"of tills law would bo to dis criminate in favor of tiie manufactured articles of some other northern States .whose legislation, though not by any a clear indo by a wary* anil State to up individual, or individuals, authoris- mdun* free from censure, Is not alto- ing themto tcdiW their ow*n k Wrong*, gether ns offensive to ui ai_that ,qfihft. The lutfor is pipldbiu^d by thoOonttito- StdTWAbove inchtlo w nwir niid In fSS? i against lier (tow- any oth- o to tier •eo her to lslvo leg- ny or to violation ty wldcli eivilixed y reconi- y prompt escutcli- hy which noet un- litutionnl ictalia- tho en- lie Gov y citizen i dt'priv- projierty iggressive lo which station or egiect cajad ill military the pun of the ill of such ■ which in or this S fully to State wl proper tj .Statu to ligatiom G ovenic and, im shall lid time lie the pro| rcturiict to him, of the G such qui nrthc i may ho him aga him. lhdiot respect i withdra StMq* ol islution, stitution profits i fin tin r i such lut ml articl hie, Inn Georgia .Status w ry out I each No islatiou, obligati, would h and if t send tli out of tl be depri oh.aiu i mlvuiitn in oiiro: gornls .rl It ina; Constitu gin (.roll such Usui liccesfear vert thi- the Con gia to II Massm-h Constitu *r lier citi- owner, on havo I on Midi cssary 1V»r i amount ny citizen css State tiie limits sufficient II of till* ■bed or his faithless itionul oh icitify the > seizure -licit State from the to cause en to be nduu paid thu duty o deliver so seized State, ns indemnify itained by it our self- niipt us to Nortliorn hy its leg- by its qon- >. all the r trade, I itincnt of imifaetur- ir as |io»si- Kirgia. If .Siutlicrn ution, car- set t> and by its log- ile** to Its istitution, •Isewhere; (ioII.hI to factories i*y would they now unt of (he rird them iuqiortcd trenching, Ac., uro scattering inflanm- ory documents among us, and at tempting to Incite ouf slaves to revolt, and to murder our women and cliff- toroh'to our tin houst*, dwelling hou- r. vlUfrgBH anil towns. ■ / v'. N|> one cnir‘deny the power of our State to effect such penal code, and to tnuke such eveeptious thereto, as in tho judgment of her people may be neces sary to their safety and protect ion ; or to repeal her present penal code, or also, of good* manufactured abroad, nmt which wore pot imported through thu fsithless Stated nliove ituim-d. I think it licsl that wo select for tiie pre*- ont only such Htatcs are most in the wrong, till wo have shewn all the effect of this legislation : should others then refuse to repent tlieir offensive' legisla tion, the idututccan «.i*ily and justly lie extended to them. Were such a” law of force iu Georgia, our merchant- in the market would r^fuso to purchase the goods hiion which they would have to pay thu ektru tax; and in their stead would buy snob or lire not subject to it. if each Southern State will enact a law similar to the oi.eiilNivereonutiiion- led, thu effWt will lie, in a high degree injurious to tho luniiiifNetiiring interests of the above named State*. So soon as thoiimmiractiirnrs in those Stutes see that they are deprived of thn benefit of the Southern trade, or that they ennbot ujoy it on equal terms wit It their neigh- lairs in other Northern States, tlieir in terest will dictate to them tiie propriety of uniting, and requiring tlmir oia-ra- lives and those under tlieir nuitrol, to unite, at thu ballot box, with tiie large class of law abiding, Conservative, Con stitutional men, in tlo-ir respective States, who have ever been ready to do U* justice, and aliidu, in i^.wd faith, hy have on of Mils- It is hot t I centre- ring that of Gcor- whenever lound hy her eonstitiitioniil obligations to Ocor- princi|ial otyood lait Ii to her own citi- >cn, if she refuses either to compensate him from her own treasury, or to coin- poll Massachusetts to compensate him. A sovereign State should cither 'protect her citizcii* or cousc to claim tlieir allegi ance and tlieir ohodicnen to her laws. But it may liu nsked lmw Georgia cun compel Massachusetts to compensate citizens of (hairgia who have been rob bed of tlieir property by Massachusetts legislation. Tlio law of imtious furnish es a ready reply. The most distinguished writer* on this subject luy down tiie doctrine that a State.) whose citizens or mihiecl* have lieen unjustly und illegal ly deprived of their property liy anoth er Stare or nation, which refuses to make reparation ; may lun fully make reprisals by seizing the pro)icrty of the offending Htatc or nation, or of its citizens or sub ject* wherever to liu found ; and if jus tice Is dill refused, hy confiscating and delivering to thu injured party, a suffi cient amount oft liu property so seized to indemnify, him against the loss; and such seizure is declared to he no just cause of war. The law of nations does not, in such case, confine the injured State to tho seizure of the public properly of tlio offending State, hut authorises tlio seiz ure of-the property of any individual citizen or suhjea* of tlio offending State. As between .States, tiie 1 law, in sucli case, considers nil tho property of every citizen or sulijcct ns tho property of tiie Htatc to which lie belong* and subject* it all, or any |xirt ol- it. to seizure for «uah injury, done by tlm State, ns justi fies reprisal. If an injured .Stato makes reprisal, mid seises the property of a citizen or subjeta of tho offending .State, and delivers it to its own citizen or sub ject, in satisfaction for the injury done such citizen or subject, it is no violation of tho rigid of privnto proper! v ; but the citizen or sulijcct-of tho offending State, whoso property luu boon seized, must look to lib cwnritato to ooni(>cn- auto him for the loss which lie has sus tained ou her n couut; and it is the duty of such Ntato to mako good the loss to Us citizen or subject. 11 follows, therefore, in case a citizen of Georgia is duprivod of his, slavo, or other property hy the unjust and unconstitutional legislation of Massachusetts, and Massa chusetts refuso to make restitution on demand, that Georgia may hy the law of nations, justly seise an amount of tiie (iroperty belonging to that Com monwealth, or any one of her citizens, wherever to ho found, sufficient fully to indemnify her citizen, and retain it till restitution i* made by Massachusetts, or, confiscate and deliver it to tho In jured oitixen, in satisfaction for tlio damage sustained liy him. This is not only tho law of nations, hut it is tho law of iiutiiro; and is in striot conform!- It is si violatioi stitution has com the Com cruign p gia hns i the Uni- serves it her, to | | io rtnt in she tins the gooi with, ai own citi sovereq Hhe i»l*t belweei propprt right sh poriqrl • time*, i criminii proport than nt omjdcd ly from to tiie i town pi or than While 1 furnitu not tax bunk oi alien, lo otlior ii U|KI|I Ii dor the Ao., Ac, no one lion lie umy dc hor tax Who tween Staten, vantage qiiettio should has it ii this coi the £oc territor onnetm plish th urgent Mrtxsnohu led to tho ho refuses n*. itliout tho tho Con- 1, Georgia natter, in f hur sovr iiiic Uuir- y Htato of es and ob lations to ng the im* r territory, us soon a* mminglcd •ty of, her dm in her m proper. scrinilnato kinds of ■opur. This ;hw earliest has at all taxes, dFi- ; kinds of nd higher always ex- srty entire- ion. l’rlor city and Jise, liigli- negroes.— houscliold tides, were slio tuxes co eoinpa- in slio docs s imjKiscd rnituro un- ed dollars ■foru, that mo to quez- to us sha DSHIUCIlt Of uiimio be- in cither mdsran all- is a mere that sho that, sha (option .of ro, to drive >ut of hor mend the ill accoin- 1 I would t, to tuko nary next, ny floods, sod before bants may ioo before ccount of uiro even’ •or, in ad- prescribed, a year for been Ibo • nierchan- •uld ho vn- ffirmativo, > state on dedgo and aU goods, rev ohur- said peri od iu, or Mnssnch li no, Rhode . /ork, ami all thoir Constitutional obligations. ThV accumulation of strength which the Constitutional men inthoBoStateswouhl in this way gain, it is believed, would placu them in thu majority, mid enable them to hurl from place and power, the abolition luuder* who liuvu so long con trolled, and by tlidf* council*, disgraced thdr rospVotivb .States. Ir. tlio enactment »»f such a law, the power should ho given to tho Governor of this State, to suspend by proclama tion. the ojMT.ition n| thu aut, us unainst said State, w henever he umy l*« official ly informed, that such State has repeal ed it* tincotistiUilional and offensive legislation, and has rultinu-d to the observance of its Constitutional obliga tions: or to embrace in tho disability, by proclamation, any other State en acting similar laws. It may lie said that this tax taw, if passed, would bo frequent ly evaded,and that goods made in MusHuchtisctU, would often bo labelled, and pass in the market, as ?ood* made in New Jersey. This would doubtless Im so it: somo rase*; ii* tho manufacturer, who would vole for n law to fasten upon 111* Stato, thn shame of a violation of hor plight ed laith. would be guilty of any other act of bad faith; hut. it would not lie (Hwtihlo for tho mu'iufucturers in tho*o .status to make thn fraud a general ono; as it would bo thu interest of the man ufacturers, and imjiortcrs of New Jer sey, and such other States as might have tlio advantage in Houthem trade, under the law, to nx|M»e, as much as possible, the frauds utlemptcd to be practiced by tlio manufacturer or im- jiorter of Massachusetts, or those o! other States disvriminutMl against, it would, therefore, seldom he u difficult task, for the Georgia merchant to form a correct conclusion us to tho character of the goods pui'Miiiscd hy him; and us the law would require him to swear to the best of hi* knowledge and belief,ho would not likely tm wanting in vigi- lance; but would require such evidence, in making hi* purciioies, os would sat isfy hi* mind tlmt thu goods purchased were rtot subject ‘to thn tux. Tlio fact tliut tlio law might somutiuKs be evad ed, is no sufficient rcoson why it should not be enacted. How often are (lio pnvenue laws of thu United StAtes, und or other govern ments, violated or evgdod; and yet whut civilised natiou fur tlmt reason would do without them? K/en the law** against murder, uud ail the other felonies known to our penal code, are often evaded; but w ho would say that they should not. on. tljat account, havo bacn.onucted. They are often enacted; ami they stuud upon our statuto hook a* a terror to evil doors; Ho would a law of the chumeter pro(ioscd bo in a great degree cjfectivo; and would place the inurchaiidise of those States under tlio bun of southern proscription, and compel them to resort to fraudulent i .contrivances, before they could intro duce it among us. This would vindicate our hbiior, and punish tlieir pciluly. It would compel them, as long as they ro- tnuiued faithless to the coiujmct, to lose our trade, or pay a large portion of our taxes ; us the merchant Jiuving to jmy twenty-five per cent, tux iijkiii Mtu-sa- chusotts or New York goods, would not buy them unless ho could purcliuso them twentv-five per cent. chett|M*r tlinn he could get the goods of some other Htato not subject to tux. Thus far I have recommended tho mildest measure.*, which, in my judg ment, will redress our wrongs, and cause tho repeal of the offensive und UUjust legislation above.referrod to. Hhould the enactments herein sug gested be deemed insufficient to the ac complishment of the object, I would then rooommend, n« nn additional rein- p«ly, thut the jienal code, and nil other laws of . this Htato which protect the lives, liberties, and property of the citi- zcu* of other States while in this Htato, be repealed, so fur ns they now protect the citizens of oach free State in this Union, which has ujmn its statuto book any act or acts of the character, uud fiitendod to accomplish thu object of the Massachusetts.legislation to. which 1 liavo directed your attoiitiop-c aqd that the citizen* of Massachusetts, and of each free Htatc iu this Union, guilty of liko had faith .to tlm people of Goor- gia,he declared without tlm protection of tiie laws or th;* Htato, until the Htutos to which they respectively lieloqg shall have repealed tlieir unconstitutional and obnoxious legislation, and rot uni to tlid observances of their Constitution- al pledges. Iii resorting to this severe concert, or whether . cido for hortclf without eoi!r^ tho otben, nr© que.tloLT^' Wl -n l dlvonUy of opliion !n« ©ES " k *1 I rntertnin no doubloMk * ler cover of each Htato to decide and .... * icendiary’. The Union i» a coniMct uf 0 ' .ovorc gn HUtc or X|J £?*' oil. Kaoh .State In t| 10 xj„r “ « of aororoignty tho equal or .. 1 ' and neither I© denendmi tSSsSR 8o long aa alt tho State© aJu** 1 governnieulbr (mwer on earth, comrad •» which her to punish any aut as n erime, sliu doc* nut cliooso to consider ciimo against her peace and dignity as a sovereign Htato. If, therefore, she should rafttsn to dc- dare criminal, or to permit her court* part. ItBran essentia!^nart*onJ** io punish a* it crime, any ii\jury dune of twitracts, that both to a citizen of M issaeliusett.-, till she or part of the ^''rSl^ 1 ^ ohldo by it, «nd.ubwU to , ( t| p ^- J while they tocfivo tho b©».8. rroai it. Ihu otjuw parti™ ,1? ' hotiml by it. but may doclan likc „ , r and rethra to ablJo Ly i,“ l!oi! ‘f 1 ! nait. It i. nn .1.1 : “ -» u.'ulJ ■ would h them* 0 ! our o»R find ou thoit pr tho I“" l.w«, •« »t»t«, I iujMP 1 by the® Bcturoe people, indpro they -T‘ tiMly" line, if ’ coiumet the; cot tlieir 8 other m .hull havo lt,|Mhdod her law« |mwicd for tho purpoNi of robbing lit© peopto of tlooruin of thoir properly, which .lie lilt, plrugud her litltll tmlidiver to them henleniuml, iiritlin- the Federal llov- ernnient, nor any'State gnveimtient, haa a right to interl'ere nr to dictnte to her what ahull In, the pinviNinna. nt her penal rode. Wlfilu tiourgin ia n roror* elgn Stale, rite will itieiu-q her own |K"iinl luiVN, and delernili'o for liemelf wlmt nho will plinluh a. a erime i,gainst her ihniuo ami iliunlty, anil wlmt ahe will omit to pinii»li. It may l,o otjoeted that „uch an en- tment would dotty to tho oiliaen of UuMueliUNolt., or or other HIuIon wlioae idliarua limy Im tloprivod of the proton, lion of our law©, thu enjoyment of “oil the nor the 8ni from th ,it*mpt I8I.IM, I Itoverrli privilege© and immunllivm ot eilin-n© of the several Stntea.” Should thi© la, i. Ill© fault would not la> otira Wo woru not th© aggreauom. Tlio lawn of tlio.0 Slutu. wore oimetvd, and w©iv Itituud to deprive Oiirxiliwii© not only thn.0 "privilogo© ami immunitle/' under tl.o CoimtitutlUi, but or tlieir right, of property, and or tlirlr lllawtie© aa froemen. Maa.aehu.eU©, aa above .Into n, oven denies the u»o of her prison© for tlio pimlshmnit of him who I© eonvloteal nr Imving loreibly taken from a eitiieu of (ivurgia hi. property, in open violation hound' 0 ‘ l,e double ho l,©r©elf. Thera h arbiter between them. Eaehta!r**^B'? r ,“ t !, ciclgn, Mckuowloilues no ^‘i 1 n on earth. Thu FimIuihI Uuvenunf?*^l? U T hut tlu, limit,©I agent or all the and lui© no right to IMUIm l0 d|' t .o l-riueipaU, adtiol.il dn^iMX. tho |»wur it |nor tort laiJta f inent U|h,ii the ronduot of ||„ -Sf whose i, rout tire it |>, and by wh<»iU •nnt alum, it ©xiiu for a ©in.lbd,.^ i« not lo bo prisounwl tlmt 5 gui.'.S woodo from ,|ho Union withoat 2 euuse. Of the .tiUluienry of th. ci each Novereigu State must w! heraolf. Whon hor dtcUioa kili I no ono haa aright to revme th, tuent, Imouuie no higher power uCt which an uppeul can he taken, il right or a State imacrahly to wo* fiont thn Union, when, in the jiX mont of lier people, the cemiTl of the Oatffitiiulion have lea tk s "* lc, ^amfiSvoii ,f thu h'onalilutinuof the Unite,hStatw, ami thu law© orCongr<©u. Who, then, will tleny our right to remote frutn our ©tutulo book ©m l, law. a. protect her ciliieu, till >l,u rapoal. hur .tatuloaoit- aotatj for tlm poriHUo of denying thu proteetion ,,f her luw© tn ii»* When ©lie r©|».idshrr unconilltiitinnal am’ in,trie,,illy laws against us. wo ahoult. again extend to Imr oilmen, tlm pratpo- tlen or our law.. U-»H >hu dor. this, wn should retaliate uj©,,, tho rubber, by rcm.lng to protect him wldlo ho la plundering u©, or to punish II10.0 who ala) him while ho,U applying tho torch to our dwelling.. Ill my Opinion, the lima for hold, de rided iietlon, bus a, rived j mul he I , un worthy III© eonthlenn, ortlm people of Uuorgta who will refuso to vindicate her honor, at uuy cost, and to main tain her Constitutional right, at overy luuard. ll is believed tlm legislation above roeninmeudod would tend toatrengtlion, rullier limn woukun, tho tin of union between tlm State, generally; a© it would do nmeli tn destroy the .onion- al character of the conlrovcr.e, now pending belwcon tho free end the •luvo State; and to narrow tin, issue toa contest between individual Stales, and not between wholo sections of tho Union. Pint acknowledgment or the biot that mm Statu Ims power lo pro. tort her©,dl'. against tin, nnuonstitulion- al ami aggressive, le .■islution c,r another, without the aid or tlm sister State, nnd without disturbing her relations with them, not only destroys geographical lines of division, drawn iterou ilm Un ion, and localises tlm controversy ho* twoen individual Btutcs, hut makes e,mh State pay a inotojusl regard to the rights or uvury other Statu, in view ol the fact that sin, cannot look for tiro- tectiOn in the wrong, from her other sister States or her own ©eelion of Ilm Union, whose buiiho of justice ns well a© interest under tlm proimsod legisla tion,, weald prompt thorn to »f n portion tftW I scci de fun • I o the right of tu I itWdlwl oolouie. to hm')hIo front the lorumontg! and a. Ibo colonies only the right of revolution, il that th.fclffiftn BIT" “ ■ey ■© In oulonius, prior to the rmlutk»| were not sovutslgn.. They m ulI -I ITl©')' Id’hul^ngud toil. The)h|I never tven claimed to he tlm equr tho Urltish crown, nor had thatn inent urer reoognliod them at iuch, i formed any, couiuaot with them hw-I ereign |nwon. Wlieh, therefore, Ita I withdrew (pom the Uovnrntnenl of Gaul Britain, It wnt a eat* or rehellkia al the paM of tb« ntltject, ngnin.t the pel erof Um wvereign—in other wonkil wo. revolution—and upon their iuoos I do,ended thoir exemption from tb| twimllir* of treaMn, lo the Uornel mont wltoee.ul,ject> (not equal.) thal wore, till they had established tin I right 9f ©overelgnty by force of uatl But tiie States of tlm Union are nolll.1 ©uhjuut. of the Federal (lovernanijl woru not orented hy.it; and do act t» | long to it. They created il;fromthmI it dorives its {Kiwera; to them it b te| sitonsihle, and when it uhuso. the I rat | they re|K,sed in it, they, ns equal twe,| cigna, liavo a right to return, the I power, respectively delegated to, it t) [ III cm, U|xm my mind thoro bnodmhttt I (Icorgia or any otlior State in th. Vr I ion, Im. a perleet rigid to weed, fita I it Whuuover tlm people in tkeia m» I eign capacity decide lor themith* 1 sx-Bsssaiaal era? nor a State Government has iij f more right to maka war oh her, fottU I ± [Man) exemsy of thh. net of WM rerai| P .ty J tha I they have ia Bulk* War ufient n but hot wares o that tin lw forei they in its viola tax pay (lition wliothci which I vernier • dise of swer thi tlien lo oath, to belief, t wares, $ acter, sc od, will brought Setts, Vi Island, f Wisconsin. (I hcliovo these uro the .States which though just measure of retaliation, wo should act only on (he defensive. It would, therefore, Uo nocessury to make it tjio duty of tho Governor of this State to suHjxnid hy proclamation, the ropcgUug act above recommended, und to restore the citizens of each offi-ndiug 1° lh° protection of tho laws of tins .State, so soon as ho sliall Im official ly iiiroi'hiod hy the Governor of such State that the laws of such State, of thu character ubovo iiumtiouod, which now rob the citizens of thisHtuto of their property, or imprison them for attempting to reclaim it, have been re- (>enled by such offending State. This ivould be a moasuro of defensive retali ation, and not of aggression, ou the part of Georgia. In addition to tlio influences which thi* ennc'iuent would have iu causing * he roiieal of tliope unconstitutional and offi-uyivo law*, it would have fur ther ofli-ct of ridding our Htato, in tlio meantime in a summary way, of sueli Abolition emissaries as uro now passing among.our pcoplo; who, under tho pro- Moiiv, wpuim prompt them to a con- Uemnation of her had faith, and her uneonslitutfonal enactment. I nm no disunion 1st per se/ and would delight to contemplate our future glory as a n n- excrcise oT nny other one of her i oign, powers. Should Georg's t UiiiiA, while 1 exercise tiro Exrc tiou, could I havo tho assurance that tho Union, ujion the basis of the Con- stitution, would Ins as durable a* tho hills and vnlh-vs embraced within the vast territorial limits of it* jurisdiction. - I In* can not be tho case, however, un less each section of the Union accords to overy other section the full incus- uro* ot it* constitiitional rights. I earnestly invoku the ntimition of Uie iMHiplo «»f Georgia to this siikjcut; a*»d tril.*t the licut-ral A*iH-iiihlv may take prompt notion for the protecthm of thvir rights, and the vindication or tlieir honor. In my opinion thu times demand tlio legislation which 1 now rccrimmond ; and the people, should it bo denied them, will, and ought to rise tu tlmir,might, and at tlio ballot. “ ,x Be its vuactlimitt. Slmuld those retaliatory Imr. Ik- cuaotad tvliih- I have the honor to ho tho Executive ol'lloorgi", | ©|,„|| In, prompt, aiid du- oidod in thoir enfurcemonti. ' The pres ent is a mo»t appropriate time for this legislation. The Black Republican party, organized upon a *ectioiml issue and standing upon a platform of avdw- power, to secedo from tho Union o count of the violation. of the comi by other Htatcs, 1 should deny tbs n w of any other itato or Uovorninent Is I coerce her to return to It. In such csn I the allegicnbo of hbr cillzena wooldbs due to her alone, and each would " I entitled to tbo protection of her fUp- I Thi* they mJkmU iorr. And if any oiW I governuicntshould iuterlcre, sad a* I suuie junauietlon over them, and iuu | o<l hostility to our Constitutional rights, have probably triumphed over-Us, by the elt'ction of tlieir candidn'os for tlio candide'cii for tlio Viuo-Presidoncy. — PreJidoncy anil _ Should simli be the caso, thi* dominant thedives ot any of them upon arbuft I of treason to its authority for following I the Hag of Georgia, I would retsihu promptly, l»y seizing and hanging spot I the nearest tree, two ot tiie I such Governim-iit for eucli cilueo d I Georgia whose life should bo thus ill* I gallv Uikcn. 1 need only iwld tlsat lw gard tho question of separate State # I lion, or of united action upon, l.he wA.I of all the Southern ^iat< *,’ a* a H8W'| qin-Htioii of (mlloy, itml notftsAquwlios T ol right. As the omise of the Soulbrn Slate* it a common caiise, and *• ff* I aggressions upon thpir v rights aw.cff I mon, 1 shoulu thinjf.it wiso thM that Union should-incut in oonveution. . duterinine. to secede from it, there wo** be no war, no bloouihed. 8o ms»I • the Northom pconlo nro dapendentzf J on our cotton, nna our trade for ••’I ploymont, and for tbo neoo*s«ri^8« well ns tho * tlio luxuries of life, tbat lb*? couW noithw ftfford to fight us, no* * imrty in tlio nortlicm section of tho stand,by.and aco others do R. U mon, uiuoiiu wlmm fanaticism rules could the government of,Great tiie hour, anif uiol; law too often main tains its ascendancy, will consider themselves ns victors, and tho people oi the South a* vanquished. In flmt event, tho adoption of other safeguards may become necessary to the uiujutcn- slice of the right* and honor of tho sluvoholding Ntaies; as degradation, iiisiill and injury, will probably he the only reward, which Georgia, and the other slave States, can thou ux|H.-ct to receive, for continued association with tliorn in the Union, and subjugation to their foul domination; • '• w - i So soon as tho Gqvcrmnep4 ahaff have passed Into Black Republican hands a portion of our citixon* must, ij possible, liu bribod into treaoheiy to tlieir own section, hy *tho‘nllurcmeuts afford; U9 wifnosp nn invasion oN Southern States. Wo are plants* 1 largo portion of tlio people of Kn|l*“ are manufacturers We come in < petition with none of their interests Our interests and theirs are mutu* “ reciprocal. The people of the ’em Htutps aro the rivals of the p England in manufacturing and j»lng. Both arodopondont uponu cotton] Great’ Britain supiMirt to tho of offico; or a hungry swarm of Aboil- tion emissaries must ho imported among us a* office-holders, to oat out our sub stance, insult us with tlieir arrogance, corrupt our slaves, ui\d engender dis content among thorn ; while they fiood thecomm-y with inflammatory Abolition doduments and do all in their (>owcr to create in the Houtli a state of things which iqust ultimately terminate in a war of extermination between the white and the black moos. Whether eight millions of freomon in the southern .States will roonsent to poiinit thi* stato of things to exist among them, nnd will bmv tlio neck in willing subicction to tiioyukA, ia a ques tion to bo determined by thorn in their sovereign oannclly. Whether tlio sovereign will oftlfe peo- |)loo| the Hou thorn Htato* sliall in this crisis,.be ascurtninud hy a general con vention of all the Htatos; hereafter to ho called, and all shall act together in orn‘Stal« STihUOSlfi?' A»55 or our St1. whiob would out crop of cotton, would ohoko Uio pn»J ■ of tlio English throno. .ml tli««T? |l “broad or ulooU” would at onco oonl™ I tlio aotion of tbo government, tho ■ nnd tbo nnry of Great -Britain in 00 F favor. L I nm nivaro Hint Ilio opinion U *“*;■ I tainwi by many, that-tbo fiouj-") I Slate*, in tho ovont of a di»*olutioi» | tlio Union, would bo in a worae cow* | tion than tlioy now are,' in referonco ■ tho recapture of thoir fugiUvo «W"* at it is uid large number, would e*»g und we would navo no prooes. by wow; wo could recover thorn from any F”_ tion of the Northern Confederacy Till, is it great' error. In care of • «*P longer fecl.that they were ooonsetw witn slavery in tbo South, Mf than they now aro In Cuba and w*. Most of tho northern Btato. havo ready ennotod ©tringent laws ng** I (ho importaUon of iVcp nop«J I among tiiem. Tlioy would nit d««J | •ueb o population in Uieir