Address of the committee appointed by the Friends of Southern Rights to the people of Mississippi, December 10th, 1850. : published by order of the Central Southern Rights Association. Page: 4 of 13
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lion from abroad was established by the war of 1812-after the in-
crease of our population and wealth had given us a high rank
among nations-and after the Union was thus felt to be less neces-
sary for defence against foreign powers, our dissensions on the sub-
ject of slavery were renewed. The general peace of Europe re-
moved all fear of a foreign war. When a State carved out of the
territory of Louisiana, applied for admission into the Union, the
question of slavery appeared in a more menacing form. The ex-
istence of the Union was threatened, and the government was
shaken to its foundation. The wisdom and patriotism of that day
were found sufficient to adjust the difficulty, but at a sacrifice on
the part of the South, which fully evinces her attachment for the
Union. That sacrifice was made with a hope that it would put a
final end to the question. The subsequent spread of our domain to
the Pacific Ocean, was not foreseen. If it had been, no one doubts
but that the line of 36 30f would have been extended across the
continent. That would have ended this question forever in its ap-
plication to territorial acquisitions.
But this prescince was not accorded to the men of that day. It
remained for the events of the present time to develop fully the
evils which grow out of an interference by Congress with a sub-
ject not entrusted to it by the constitution. The Missouri Com-
promise gave quiet to the country, but for a very short time. In
fifteen years from the time it was made, the halls of Congress
were filled with petitions praying for legislation upon the subject of
slavery, in many other aspects. Such power of legislation was de-
nied by the South, and this topic has been the source of a constant-
ly increasing agitation, from that time to the present. At the last
session of Congress, it absorbed its entire attention, and excluded
almost every other matter from consideration. A bitter warfare is
waged against the institution, which will not stop short of its destruc-
tion, if it be not stayed and arrested by the action of the South.-
The General Government under the control and in the hands of a
Northern majority, is arrayed against it, and the institution must
perish if the States who are interested in its preservation do.not
protect it.
A sagacious Southern statesman, years ago declared, that it was
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Clayton, A. M.; Barton, Roger.; Stewart, T. Jones; McRae, John J., 1815-1868.; Clifton, C. R.; Smith, C. P. et al. Address of the committee appointed by the Friends of Southern Rights to the people of Mississippi, December 10th, 1850. : published by order of the Central Southern Rights Association., pamphlet, December 10, 1850; Jackson, [Miss.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth497711/m1/4/?q=+date%3A1845-1860: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Schreiner University.