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SOUTHERN TRIBUNE'
EDITED ASK WE T. KL V, BIT
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From the Fnlmrtto State Fanner.
li Carolina on Hie Ffirtory
Syslfin.
Let any one compute tha nine Lundred
persona who have congregated at Granite
ville, S, C., within ih« last two years, with
the same nttmbet in any other part of the
interior, and their ptejudiees against the
factory system, as it is there conducted,
will cease. Jhe houses are belter and
tttatei, and more healthful, than the occu
pants in genet al ever had before. The
necessaries of life aie cheap and abundant.
r J he climate good, anJ excellent water al|
around them. Thero ate two convenient
and tasteful churches, w ith a Sunday school
attached to each-, and an academy, where
cduca ion and school books can he had
gratuitously. There are several stores
well furnished with every description o'
goods usual in country villages; and an
orderly and well-kept hotel. No liquor is
»oW within reach of the factory, and there
are Temperance associations which tend
to promote sobriety and good order. The
whole air of the village breathes a whole
Rome spirit of quiet industry and honest
independence ; and the very sight of the
machinery, all of the best quality, and in
the most complete order, working with
the nicest accuracy and the greatest effi
ciency, impresses the mind with an aetive
and eneigelic impulse. The operatives,
consisting of near three hundred men, wo.
men aiul children, all in apparent good
health and spit its, 6eemed to feel the in
fluence of the enginery by which they
were surrounded, and attended to their va
rious duties with a promptness, and skill,
and cheerfulness, that it was pleasing to
behold. The wages, too—the wages—for
beautiful and pleascnl Graniteville is, and
happy as the working people appear, it
must not he supposed that they are fed
and clothed either by fancy or magic ; or
that their liberal employers say to them in
the language of one of Shakespear’s char
acters, *****
‘Til employ thee, hut do not look for fur
ther recompense, tlinn tLine own gladness
that thou ait employed”—the wages ore
such as to enable every one to make a rca
ion ible s ippurt. Many families live com.
fart aide upon the labor of themselves or
their children; and what is a great point
gained, instead of this kind of labor being
deemed disreputable and degrading, each
person seems to fed attached to the place
and to the peculiar task allotted them, and
an honest pride of indsulry appears to be
generally felt. ’J he congregations on Sun
day consisted of well-dressed and well be
haved persons,who ccitainly bore no mark
ofbeing overworked, and more order and
quiet on the Christain Sabbath could
scarcely have prevailed any where. One
feature in the arrangements at Granitevilic
was peculiaily favorable. It was tha*
the family principle seemed to be very
much preserved. Instead of large hoard,
ing houses, where the people would he
crowded together, the houses were built
for the accomodation of families, and in
many cases were occupied by separate
families , but even where boarders were
taken, the number was not so large as to
destroy the feeling of being like one house
hold. The consequence of this has been i
that a degree of morality and propriety
has been maintained, that, considering
what a variety of persons have been gath
ered together, and ftom what a variety of
quarters, is Very remarkable. An incrcas
od interest in the subject of religion has
been felt recently, and additions have been
made to both of the Churches.
The (jiiantity of cloth manufactured in
the last year was near a million and a half
of yards, and they have received the firs'
prizes at two fairs—that of the Franklin In*
stitute, Philadelphia, and that of South
Carolina Institute, Charleston.
The influence of Graniteville upon the
mechanical and industrial character of our
population will doubtless be immense.—
Many a lad who has a genius for mechan
ics <*' business, hut who would otherwise
have probably rusted in obscurity, will
there be stimulated to a mental develope
tiienl which will enrich and illlustrate, no t
only himself but his State. It is the pride
of South Carolina, that while many of her
distinguished and useful citizens have
sptung from the old and time-honored stock
of her first settlers, very many others have
risen to the very highest places, aided and
sustained only by ibeir intrinsic talent and
haidy perseverance, and by tliat f storing
care which she lias ever given to the hum
blest of her ci izcHs. May she pursue a
wise and liberal, and temperate policy in
lfgaid to the factory system, which is
*pi iiigiug-up vri’hin her bosorn, (as she has
•lone let ine say with the ingenious pride
of one of hci s'Uis, as to every thing else,)
and we shall soou see 3n impulse given to
all departments of business and labor tha t
w ill astonish not only her enemies but her.
self. She is not old ; she is not decrepid ;
„he is not worn out; she is not without
resources of spirit. Her disease is an ex
cellence can ted to a fault. Her disorder
is too much dignity. Let her stoop a little
—not to meanness. No, never; hut to
work —to toil—to hard, honest, profitable
toil. Let her strip herself, not of those
laurels which her sons have woven around
her brow, and of which even death shall
never divest her; not of that hardy adhe
siveuess to principle which like her own
Palmetto brandies, rustles the proudest
when left alone to the storm, but of that
over tenacious dovotion totheline of things
that have been, which, like a robe of beau
ty and stateliness, proves too cumbersome
for every-day wear. Let her but come
down to the homeliness and wholesomeness
of her duties and her station, and instead
of looking st;dly and hopelessly at her de'
dine, her sons yet to be horn will catch
the inspiration of her watchword, and ex
claim in the darkest hour : u Dnm spero
spiro."
Tlie Tobacco Crop.
Tobacco has been attracting considerable
atteention recenttly, and prices of both
Leaf and manufactured have materially
advanced, not only on the sea-boaid but
throughout the West. The Inspections
in Maryland Viiginia during the year en
ding the 30th ult., show a material falling
off as compared with la6t year and the re
cent heavy frosts have much injured the
growing crop. From the circular of
Messrs*. McClure & (Jrozier tobacco
factors, at Clarksville, Tenn.,we make the
subjoined extracts:
We are of opinion, from information
received from all parts of the country, that
the present crop of Western tobacco will
not exceed 50,000 to 55,000 hhds. The
highest estimate of the Virginia crop is
30,000 hhds. while many well informed
parlies estimate it at 25,000 hhds, against
an annual crop of 45,000 hhds. The
Western crop of last season, proved rather
larger than the genereal estimate having
reached 00,304 lilids. including about 4,-
000 hhds. stems, which would leave the
actual receipts of tobacco about 50,000
hhds.
The consumption of American tobacco
has been constantly increasing, while the
production during tho last five years, has
been on a stand; this has caused a reduc
tion of stocks iu Europe, aud the govern
ments and manufacturers who have been
holding back f,r two years past for large
crops and low prices, will in consequence
of their diminished stocks, he compelled
to buy largely of the present crop. The
home consumption has also increased
gieatly, and the stocks in the hands op
manufacturers have rarely been so small.
i iie average receipts at New Orleans
during four years ending Ist of Septem.
her, I W 4G were 00,833 hhds. against an
average of 50,026 hhds. during the four
yearsending Ist of September, 1850.
Showing an aggregate falling off', in four
years, ofthe enormoussutn 0f95,224 lihds;
and this too in the face of a constantly in
creasing con uraption throughout the
world.
The Spanish contract, made two years
since, for 9,000 hhds annually for three
years, has only been partially filled, hav
ing been deferred iu the hope ofbeing low
the last year,they will be compiled to buy
about double the annual quantity from
this crop. The French Government is
in the same condition, and will have to fil|
two contracts from this crop.
Two other governments that have been
holding oft', hoping the present crop would
lie very large and prices low come into
the maiket. 'I bis, together with the com
petition of the manufacturers ofthe United
Slates, whose stocks arc also small, must
create a brisk demand for the present crop,
and cause prices, which ate already ad
vancing, to reach a point considerably
above the highest point of last season.—
Planters now have it in their power to
dictate to a great extent their own prices.
Hold firmly, there will be a good demand,
and buyers must come into terms, not
withstanding they may bold back at
first.
The shipments of Western tobacco to
Fi ance .during the past year amounted to
only 2,056 eeds, against 10,640 hhds. the
year before, which has caused their usual
slock to he greatly reduced, and it as well
ascertained fact that almost every govern
ment in south of Europe has very moder
ate supplies of tobacco, and must enter
into competition for the presentcrop.even
at higher prices.
Taking all these facts intoconslderation,
together with the great abundance and
cheapness of money, which never fails
to beget speculation, and we arrive irresi
stibly at the conclusion that prices will
rule higher than they have dono since
183940.
From the Mobile Tribune.
The Fugitive Slave Bill.
Thefugitveslave law will not accmnpish
the object that the south had in view, w|en
its passage was demanded of the nortlij—
We know that the northern members, of
Congress were opposed generally to ffie
bill. The South had submitted to so much,
3nd aggressions of the north were so great,
that this one act of justice, this only “mea
sure of benefit to the south, could not with
any propriety he rejected. The necessity
of some stringent law to carry out this
provision of the constitution,may he judg
ed from these facts. It is estimated that
1500 slaves escape ftom their masters an
nually. The annual loss of the south
from this source is nearly one million of
dollars. It is supposed that there are now
not less than 20,000 fugitive iu the nor
thern states—and their value canot be less
than eight millions of dollars. In a pecu
niary point ofview, the loss of the south is
immense. What nation of people would
quietly submit, year after year, to such
a subtraction from its wealth? to such an
invasion ot its rights ! to such an aggression
upon its property ?
llut the pecuniary loss is not the only
injury the south sustains. In a political
point of view, every slave who escapes
from the south,increases the power of the
north. It is important then, that this law
should be enforced, and that these fugitive
slaves should be apprehended. Is there
any hope that this will be done? Public
opinion is stronger than the law. I)r.
Cbanning lias truly said, in reference to
this very question, “that no law, no con
stitution can prevail againt the moral con
victions of the people. These are stron
ger than parchments, statutes or tribunals.
1 here is a feeling in regard to slavery
spreading rapidly, which connot he with
stood. It is not a fanaticism, a fever, hut
a calm, religious persuasion; and whatever
in our institutions opposes them will be a
dead letter.” That this is true, the history
of our country on this very subject abun
dantly proves. How many slaves have
been secured and saved under the old law
that was passed to enforce this provision
of our constitution ? How many will be
delivered and returned to their masters,
under the present laic\ lu all probabili
ty, out of the 20,000 slaves who have es
caped from their owners, not over 500
will he apprehended, and regained. This
proportion may seem to be small, but the
operation of the law thus far, and the state
of public opinion at the north, justify this
conclusion. Many of the slaves have al
ready escaped into Cauada, and thus are
forever lost. Others are concealed and
protected, and they will never be found.—
If apprehended, real or supposed impedi
ments will be thrown in the way of their
return to slavery. The demonstration
of popular violence, iu most of the northern
states; satisfies every reflecting man that
this law, as Dr. Chauning said, “ will be a
dead letter'' Have we not seen conven
tions both political and religious, repudi
ating it ? Have we not seen Senators and
Representatives, Governors and candi
dates for Governors, Judges and Mayors,
all with equal violence, denouncing the
bill and urging its speedy repeal ? Josiah
Quincy, Esq., of Massachusetts—alike
distinguished for his talents and services—
has recently written a long letter on this
subject. lie says:
“ I have been inttimately acquainted
with,and a close observer of the character
of the people of Massachusetts for sixty
years, and l do not believe there has been
a moment in which, within any populous
district of this state, the. law of 1793 could
have been openly enforced. And without
any pretension to the spirit of prophecy, 1
foretell that the same will be the fate of the
law o/T850.”
These opinions hove been sanctioned
and endorsed by public meetings in Mas
sachusetts, representing the wealth and
respectability of tlie State. It is idle to
say that these meetings are composed of
theslaves themselves and mad abolitionists.
The people ofthe State,in all their associ
a‘ed power, are opposed to the execution
of this law. It cannot “prevail against the
moral convictions of the people.” It will
be modified or repealed—and then—if not
before— this Union will be dissolved.
Value of Lands in Virginia. —lt is
confidently predicted that the recent as
sessment of lands in this State will exhib.
it an increase in value over the previous
assessment of fifty per cent. Some of the
famous Green Springs lands in Louisa,
says the Ricmond Times, have been as
sessed at from forty to sixty dollars per a
cre; in Augusta county, some lands have
been assessed as high as seventy dollars
per acre; in Rockingham, fiom fifty to
sixty dollars per acre. High as these as
sessments are, they do not exLibit the real
value of the lands; the owners of many
of these farms, ask one fourth more than
they have been valued at by the assesors.
In Albemarle county, the value of land
has advanced in the same ratio with those
in the counties above named.
Within a few weeks past a number of
Pennsylvania farmers have visited the
counties lying between Richmond and the
Blue Hidge of mountains, in search of
farms, &c.. We trust these thrifty sons of
our sister State may succeed in procuring
locations to their liking. The farms of the
State, it has been well remarked, are defi
cient only in proper sub division and cul
tivation.— Fairfax ( Va.) Xcws.
From the Columbus Times.
President Fillmore and the Fugi*
tivc Slave Law.
A friend has sent us from Macon, an ex
tra slip containing a letter from Mr. Fill
more to Dr. Collins, of Macon, about the
celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Crofts, the pro
perty of Dr. Collins, which property he
ddi'nt get, under that healing halm, the
Fugitive Law. We publish the letter,
and we are thankful to the fatuity of the
suhmissionists for putting it forth before
the election. “The Gods first dement
whom they would destroy,” and if these
people had not been mad, they would not
have suffered such a weak and wisby washy
apology for Northern Treachery to legal
and constitutional obligations as this, to
see the light. The reader can judge for
himself what it amounts to. It is a clear
and palpable confession, that the Fugitive
Bill is a failure and a humbug, and that the
President has not the power to enforce it.
What a sheer mockery is it, to tell Dr. Col
lins, who applies to him for relief, that the
“citizens of Boston are law abiding peo
ple,” and that such is his “ confidence in
their patriotism and devotion to the laws”
that he “cannot for a moment believe it
will be necessary to call any extra ordinary
aid to execute the laws in that community.”
And this to Dr. Collins—:Lis to a man
who had sent an agent to Bostou to gel
his runaway under the law ; who not onlv
failed to get him, but was loaded with in
dignity, persecuted with malicious law
suits; held to enormous bail, hooted at by
an infuriated mob, narrowly escaped with
his life, and had finally to quit the city on
short notice from a committee of Boston
citizens!
We wonderhowDr.CollinsrZnf feel when
he received that comforting epistle. He
asked for bread and got a stone. And this
precious letter, this contemptible apology
and evasion is accepted by a submission
paper in Macon, as a cheering evidence of
Executive fidelity to duty.
How easy are those people to be satis
fied who have made up their minds to base
and truckling submission at all hazards and
to the last extremity.
We believed before, but since we have
read Fillmore’s letter, we now knout that
the I* ugitive Bill is a dead and inoperative
humbug,—a monument to mark the punic
faith of the North, and the gullibility and
cowardice of the South if she submits to
its transparent impositions.
Slavery in California. —The New
York Tribune contains a letter from San
Francisco, dated September Ist, in which
the writer says —
“1 have a few words to say to you, not
affecting a real, but mooted question.—
Daniel Webster stated in his great speech
on Slavery and California, that, “by divine
law” involuntary servitude was imposi
ble this side of the Rocky Mountains—
that from the arid nature of the country,
&c., &c., it would nevei admit it.
No greater mistake could he made;
slaves have always existed in such circum
stances as we have here. Instance, the
Barbary states, Arabia, Persia, the East.
Mr. Webster also greatly erred in stating
that those who came hither, never felt the
desirableness of their slaves, and that the
incompatibility of the case with respect to
the existence of slaves alone, prevented
their bringing them along. This is all
almwlirn f'lm fn C.i S? • »
aiiujjiy mil me idti. ino men in mu otjum
here only regret that they had not known
before what they know, to wit: that they
might have brought along their slaves, and
been unmolested in the possession of them
and t lie profits of their labor.
So far as I know, those who brought
slaves with them, and there quite a num
ber of them, have employed their labor
with the greatest success.”
King George Leading off —A Good
Example. —The Petersburg Intelligencer
of the 9th inst., contains a call of the citi
zens of Prince George county, to meet at
the Court Honse, on the next November
court-day, for the purpose of forming an
association to encourage tiie Southern, to
the exclusion of all Northern articles, as
fur as practicable. The Association to re
main in full force as long as the interfer
ence With slavery continues. In publish
ing this call, the Petersburg Intelligencer
says: “Most heartily do we hope that this
movement in Prince George may he
warmly seconded by other communities,
not only iu Virginia, hut the entire South.
We may not succeed at once in breaking
up this intercourse with our Northern foes,
for we have so long peimitted ourselves
to he dependent on them for almost every
thing, that it will take, us some time fully
to set up for ourselves. Let the merchants
in Bui imote, Norfolk. Richmond and Pe
tersburg have tlie assurance that if they
import goods directly from Europe the
country merchants will buy their surplus
of them, ami there will soon bejsucli assort
ment of goods in these csties as as will re
lieve the Southern merchants of the ne
cessity of going North of Barltimore.”
We trust that this good advice will be
followed. In connexion with this subject,
we hope that some friend of the South in
the next Legislature will turn his attention
tD public institutions of Virginia, and see
that the funds of the State are|not expend
ed outside its limits for articles which can
he procured at home.— Richmond ( Va.)
Republican.
Worcester (Mass.) Spy says:—
“ 1 lie Mayor of Boston gave us his person
al assurance yesterday,that no fugitive slave
should he permitted to be taken from that
city, to be carried hack into slavery.”
Power's Statue of Calhoun. —Our
citizens gathered in considerable numbers
yesterday, at the City Hall, to visit this no
ble work of art, which is indeed an exqui
site performance, at once worthy of the
reputation of the great American artist,
whose chisel achieved it, and a fitting me
morial of the illustrious original. The sta
tue is as large as life, and arrayed in Ro
man costume. All the physical marks and
intellectual characteristics of the original
ate fully developed, and the resemblance
is stiikingly admirable, although it is not
to he tested by our recent recollections, as
it represents Mr. Calhoun, we learn 3s he
appeared thirteen of fourteen, years since.
The right hand points to a now broken
scroll in the left hand on which were in
scribed the words “Truth, Justice and the
Constitution,” but the upper part of the
scroll has been broken off, and “the Con
stitution,” only is left shorn of “Truth Jus
tice.” The left arm was represented as
reposing on the Palmetto tree, but it has
been broken off, from the elbow to the
hand, and they, with the portion of the
scroll grasped by the hand have been lost,
the first.joint of the thumb only having
been found in the box. Otherwise the sta
tue is uninjured, save some stains of the
marble, which, it is thought can be remov
ed. It remains iu the box in which it was
packed, when recovered from the deep, but
the removal of one of the sides of the box
the spectator to have a very fair view of
the figure. The effect, however, will be
doubtless much enhanced, when the sta
tue shall occupy a pedestal in a fitting re
ceptacle or locality. We learn that the
artist has been heard from, since he was
made aware of the shipwreck, and that he
has given the assurance that having pre
served all his original models, he can rea
dily repair any mutilated limb on receiving
a cast of it.
The patriotism and public spiritofthose
citizens who originally secured this noble
memorial of the illustrious Southron, to
our city, at their private cost, is worth all
commendation —and so is the act of the
city authorities, in making it public pro
perty. — Charleston Courier, 15 th inst.
Another Northern Endorsement of
Southern Paper. —The Southern Press
says : “The Boston Journal thus gives its
readers the gollowing glad tidings from
the Soufh.
Well may it introduce such statements
as “ Good neics from Georgia." When
the citizens of Boston take so deep an in
terest in the sucess of that ticket is surely
is an auspicious omen of "Union," especi
ally after the treatment of the Georgia am
bassadors:
Good News from Georgia. —The Sav
annah Republican says the Union ticket to
the Convention will succeed in nearly
every county in the State.
MACON, G A
SATURDAY MORNING, NOV EMBER 23.
Pledged to Acrciesce. —The Union men
are pledged to submit to tlie acts of the last
Congress, as the following Resolution adopted at
their meeting in this city, shows :
Resolved, Thata Committee ofTen be appoint
ed by the Chair, to select four Delegates lo he
supported by “The Union and Southern Rights
Party of Bibb county,” to the State Convenlion,
and that said Delegates, ifelected, he considered
AS PLEDGED TO OPPOSE ANY ACTION
by said Convention, looking to RESISTANCE
BY THE STATE, to the Act of Congress,
admitting Califnrnin, OR FOR ANY OTHER
EXISTING CAUSE.
A resolution making the abolition of slavery
in the District of Columbia, a test of resistance,
was rejected in Committee. They dont like any
ultimatum, as they might thereby lose some
votes nt the approaching election on the 25th
inst.
Tlie Journal & Messenger says the above is a
“positive misstatement of facta.” Will the edi
tor deny that this vory resolution in relation to
the abolition of shivery in the District of Colum
bia was stricken out after it was in type ? We
would not designedly misstate the position of
our political opponents—but having been credi
bly informed of the fact stated above, we were
anxious to know if they were prepared to submit
lo the abolition ol slavery in the District of Cos
lumhia ? If not, why was it stricken out ? Be
cause it did not cover every case which might,
or probably would occur ?” Does the nullifying
ofthe Fugitive Slave Law “cover every ease" or
show any “intention lo war upon our property,
or withhold our just constitutional rights ?”
But hear their ultimatum aud see if we have mis
stated the facts :
“3d. Should Congress at any time exhibit its
intention to war upon our property, or withhold
our just constitutional rights, or refuse to afford
us strong and sufficient guarantees against the
encroachments of the North upon the rights of
our property, we stand ready to vindicate those
rights, in the Union as long ns possible, aud out
of the Union when we arc left no other alterna
tive.”
Now we believe that Congress lias already ex
hibited ''its intention to war upon our property,"
and are for resistance to any further encroach
incut.
The Nashville Convention. —This body
adjourned on the 19th inst., having adopted res
olutions affirming tlie right of secession—de
nouncing the action of the late Congress as un
just, nnd recommending a General Congress of
the Southern Slates to maintain the rights ofthe
South, and if possible preserve the Union.
[fT* Wc are indebted to a friend for a copy of
the address of the Hon. Langdon Curves, de
livered at the Nashville Convention. We re.
gret that we have not time to give it to our read,
ers, ns an able document like this, upon a sub
ject so momentous, must he interesting to till.
O' A Telegraphic Despatch to the Cliarle*.
ton Courier gives information of tho death of
the Hon. HicßAnn M Johnson, of Kcntucky >
former Vice President a( tl>e Unittd Siatc-t.
Has the C'onstitaUoß been Violated t
There can be no doubt of the fact in the mind
of any enndid and reasoning man. But,s av the
Suhmissionists, point us to the article that has
been annulled, to the principle embodied in that
sacred charter which has been abrogated. And
we point you to the whole of it—from the first
to the last article. Was not the purpose of that
instrument the security of our freedom as con
federated States, with our property and our right
to the pursuit of happiness? Very true. But
are we of the South free ? Let the unprovoked
attacks made upon us in our National Legislature!
the bitter invectives belched forth against us by
the North ; the plundering of our property from
day to day with proud defiance of the most sol.
•mn compact* and guarantied privileges ; the
incursive vsmtdalistn of a reckless Northern
majority ; the hostile attitude of sapient legisla
tors, and the deluded fanatics of the North • the
progressive spirit of encroachment upon’ our
rights and our sacred honor, manifested by the
Northern people, answer the question. No f e |.
•oweitzens, we are no longer free when our laws
fail to protect us, and our statutes cannot secure
our rights. Yet we have men among u s , who
say we are not wronged —that the California Bill
was a Southern triumph—the Fugitive Slave Bij
the acme of Southern glory. Heaven save us
from such triumphs!—“a few more victories like
these, and we are ruined.”
But let us see how the Constitution has in ub
solute letter been violated by the admission of
California. Mr. Stephens, the pet of the sub
mission party in Georgia, when arguing for party
purposes, said that the laws of California prohib
it slavery. Well, who made those law* ? The
Mexican Congress— yet the people of California
never assented to them. They were passed by
a National Congress, professedly working under
a Constitution patterned after our own by a
power, too. which had not the ability to enforce
its own enactments. But it is objected, that the
Californians never denied the right of the Mrjj.
can Congress to legislate for them upon this sub
ject. No, nor did they acknowledge that right
So that from that fact, their adverse opinion may
be ns easily established as their favorable one.—
But, where is the violated Constitution upon the
part of the United States? Just here. A few
abolition propagandists in California hold a Con
vention—denounce slavery—vote at every pre
cinct in the State to secure their ticket, while
the Rip Van Winkle Southern men ore engaged
in digging gold —and apply for admission into
the American Confederacy with the Constitution
of California—including the paralytic law of the
Mexican Congress, never, until that moment, ac
knowlcilged in force,—the U. S. Congress takes
the overture of these Northern temporary huck
sters in California, and the two Houses pass it,
by the help of c<-operating spirits from the Yan.
hce Nation, and treasonable Southern men—:|ie
President gladly signs the Bill, and it becomes a
law — Toombs, Stephens and Cobb sing peans
to their wounded consciences and their ronstitu.
ents—their political dependents catch tlie melo
dious strain, and a number of the lead among the
people stand in sublime awe and astonishmerq
at the wonderful Jenny Lindism of these une
qualed shifters. But, for all that, what liasbeen
done by the passage ofthe California Bill? Why
our Congress lias set the seal of approval to a
law-making power which was never obeyed
by its own subjects, and a law is voted into ac
tual being, by a power able to enforce it, which
was a dead letter before, from the fact that it
was passed by a body that had unconstitutionally
usurped the power of State legislation. But
anything is right, in the belief of some, so long
■ah Northern interests are advanced, and Northern
pockets kept supplied—yet for our pmt, we are
brave enough to deny it, and no will the people
of Georgia on Monday next.
Had a contrary state of tilings to that in Cali
fornia, existed a few years ago with regard to
Oregon, viz : a law establishing slavery by the
British Parliament over territory disputed there,
that law would have stood not half so fair a
chance for life as would a Hungarian Chief in
the clutches of the murderous Havnau. The
weakest pro-slavery man in the South would
not have been permitted to venture a possibility
of its validity. Northern honor and sense of
justice are tender to the touch of Southern en
croachment, but they may ride rough-shod over
all the Constitutional barriers in their way, and
in them it is but righteous conformation to the
“laws of nations" ! And Southern (?) men bid
them God speed in their glorious undertaking* !
Professed Southerners give Northern assassins
the deadly weapons to accomplish the destruc
tion of the South. Arguments are produced in
our own Slate through public prints of a certain
grade, that William Lloyd Garrison, the
great Boston Abolition Rowdv, would be proud
to own. Affiliation with the Northern guerillas
is openly avowed by men who are allowed t»
walk at random in our streets.
Notwithstanding ail this, there are some who
say the Constitution has not been violated ! De
luded men ! to see your error, you have butt 0
open your eyes. Shall we mention the still-born
effort ofthe Fugitive Slave Law to restore our
rights, to prove that the North lias, and still t"*
tends to plunder, rob, and degrade us ? Tl ,e
fact is too notorious for even wilful evasion 10
cavil at. Had the Constitution been reganß'?*
the necessity for such a law would not have > rl
sen. Bad faith on '.he part of tho North r" 1 "
polled the passage of the law, and dastard I J fl
natacistn coupled with thievish inclin* 111
have virtually repealed it, nnd some men * a >•
we must submit in this, nnd in all other thi n 6 •
to our Northern lords and masters. But c 0
tnon sense says, repel aggression now, w
you have the ability to do so, or the time
soon arrive when you may desire to resist,
when resistance will be vain. Then the ,re
ery of Southern Congressmen to their c»»n
interests will be realized, when even
tcous indignation of the people will bn
remembrancer of former supineness, am
ring evidence of their bigoted attnc m
party names and the skeleton of
since deceased. A fcarlul day is [,«crt
South, if we submit to what has a ' lr j.
done, and thus invite the aggressor
iimphs.
