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Show Appendix. l\fore than thirty y<'ars s ince, Southern m<'n commencC'd thC'ir thrc•;-~ ts or disso lution. More than thirty years Northern men have been e11gag<'tl in "saving the uion," and to accomplish that object they haY(' not only yiddrd all that has been claimed, but haxc crouched before the lll l' ll that spurned them. Thruughout nil that period they have, to usc the wortlii of the Ch((rlcston Cow·it•r, exhibited the "bns0 cupidity und servile truckling and subsen·iency to the outh," whi ch. as thnt journal informs its reatl C'rs, prl'vail "almost uni\'ersally" throughout the Northern 'tates, un<l with " ·h at result? For an nuswer to this question we refer our re:tdC'n; to the following comntC'nts upon the ltev. l\Ir. Parker's 1·cccnt discourse, which, as the Courier assures its 'outhern readers, "Truthfully, as woll aH H tron~ly, derail and de pict tho various orrnsions on whidt f:outhPI'll ittltlr(':;ts hnvo ohtaittt•d tho tlla>~ tMy in ( 'ongn'i-ll-l 1 or, at toast, intportanr ad vantar.:es, 1rhich arc trrfl morlhy t!Lr consirflornlion r~( all u•lro rrroiii'Oit.~ly :;oppas r• thnt the tlcli1111 ofthr !!l'llrra/ rror•rnnnrnt ha~· brcn, 1111 tho wlroll', orlot•rsr· to Slal'l'r!f. Tilt• lrtllh j.,, that our !!Ovt'rllttt'Cnt, although hns rile, in irs inripit'n•·.r, to donH•srir Hlavpry, a111l ,;tartin~ intu poliriral hL•iur.: witlt a ~trOll!-( hcur toward~ abolttiou, ,ret af!t'l'l\'ards so clt;ut<•!'d irs poliry that irs acti<'ll, for tho ttlo.~ r part, attd wirlt only a f<•w !'\!'t'JitionH Jt;n; :~s!Pn·d rho slavcholdilll-( intorcst, and s wt•llud it frout si.\ to liftcott :::ltatcH, anJ fnun n lh,hlo and Hpnrsu population to ono of tt·n ntillious." Harsh as this m:1y sound to Northern e<1rs, it is Y<'t most true, nnd it nfliJrds to its 'outhcrn author full warrant for <'Olltplutll'ltling "the sons of the South" upon their unwavering "Jidelity to lhl'ir C)\\ 11 intt'l'('sts," real, or supposed. \Vhat, however, shall we say of the son· l)f the North, -the "hncl<stcrs in politics," always r eady, as the Jlh•r('lll'.'f asHures us, to "knock thrmsch·es down to the highest l>iddC't'" for N orthcrn llH' n with Southern principles ? Can we say of them othrr than that th eir ca use h.ts generally lH'<'n marked by "cupidity, tru ckling, ancl subserviency to the South," by aid of which the latter has acquired n. degree of contml OYN the operations of the Union never contemplated by the men who framed the Constitution ? Sixty-five years since, at the date of the adoption of the Constitution, there exi::;tcd throughout the Union scarcely any eli fi'c·rtncc of opinion Oil the question of l::ilavery. '\Va shington a11d Adams, ,Jcfl'erson nncl Franklin, Hamilton and Madison, Jay, ltandolph, nm1 Pinckney, all equally rC'g:mled it as a lJlight and a curse, to lle exterminated at n!'i early a pe riod ail was consistent with proper regard for the intrrcsts of those l>y whom tlte slaYes were held. The ]10licy of the governmc' nt tlwn inaugmatecl tt' ndctl, ns the Courier informs its reade rs, "towards abolition." Twenty years later, the same opinions were still h<'l<l by Southern ltlC'n, as was shown IJy the debates in Congress on the s ubjl'ct of Slavery in the territory of Judiana. The war of 18t2, directed by l\Indi~on and Monroe, was ctnphntically a war of the • 'outhcrn UJull\Iicldle State~, having for one of its objects an enlargement of the free territory of the Union. Virginia did not then object to the annexation of Ca nada, but ntthat time none had yet ttnd('rtaken to pro\'e Slavery among the people to be required for the cstahlishment of perfect freedom among their masters. None hacl then undertaken to show that" the love of trne liberty and manly inclepcndrnee of thought" could exist in no community except those in which men, their wi,·es, and their children were bought and sold like cattle in the market. The discov- Appendix. cry or this great political truth was reserved for the generation thnt hns succeed{'(L the one which gave to the world Ruch men as '\Vashington, Jefferson, and 1\fadi::;on. That, in the outset, the tendencies of the nation were "towards abolition," is most true. Equally true i · it that for the last thirty years they have been in the opposite direction, nnd, in so asserting, the C'ouric1· is sustained by facts. \Vith difficulty the territory 11orth and west of .Missouri was secured to the Free States ns their Rharc of the J,ouis i;ma purchase. Since then, }qorida has been purc·hascd by the t Jnion.for tltf' ·"''outlt, nncl Texas has been purchased by the Union.fvr 1110 South. At the co~t of an expensive war, made by tlte South, <lllcl for f;outhern objects, a portion of the Mexican territory has been added to the Union, and HOthin!{ but f< squatter sovereignty" secured any part of it to the occupation of Northern men. Cuba is now to be purchased, at the cost of a hundred millions, for the South. The Gadsden treaty, at n cost of twenty millions, secures more territory .for the ,'.'oullt. \Vhat, in all this time, has heen purchased for the North? Nothing! Not even a foot of land! '\Vhen we had a dispute with England about the boundaries of l\fainc, that State was left to comprontisr as best s ite eould. \Vhc'n the boundaries of Texas were to be settled, an <1rmy was sent to the State, allll, whcn the collision hnd been thus produccc!, war was (]eclared "to exist;" aml that war wn.s prosecuted until we hacl ::;pent almost a hundred milliou ~, and had added a va~t amount of territory on tltc southwestern ~;ide of the Union. At the North all is diffcre11t. Canada, and the oth<'r British possC'ssions, with their two aml n half millionl'i of people, would not be admitted into the Union WC're thry to ofT'C'r th e msche~ free of cost; nor clare any Northern politician e\'en hint at the idC'a, becau::;e it would ruin him ''ith the South. The area of Slavery must be (.'nlargNl at any cost, hut tl1at of Freedom must n ot, e \'C'n when it can he done with profit to oursc 1 V<'S. \Vorse, howcv<'l', than this, the N orl h rlarf's uot even TC'cogn ize the ex ist<'lH:<' of Freedom i 11 any cotttn11tn ity the members of which arc su spected of having Africnn blood in their wins. '\V' can have no commercial treaty with the people of llayti, hcca ttse they arc black, ancl arc not liable to lle seized and sold. '\Vc d are 11ot recognize theRepublic of Liberia, l c::;t it might ofl'cnd the South. Look where we may, the South dictates the policy of the whole U ~tion, the action of whoso go' crnment has, ns the Courier correctly nssures its renders, "fostered the .. laveholding interests, nnd sw<'lkd it from ~-;ix to fifteen Stntes," and now proposes to swell it :'ltill further, hy repealing the l\lissouri Compromise and purchasing Cuba. Has this policy tcndcd to cement the bo1Hls of union ? It would seem not; for, while the great mnss of the Am<'ric:m p <'op iC', north of Mason and Dixon's line, have remainccl fn st a1l(l fin11 itt thr faith of \Vashingtoll, J cffcrson, and Madison, and have carried tlwir ideas into pra cti cal dl(·et by alJoliio;hinR Sln.very, those south of the line have been gradually taking 11p n nrw faith, whielt teaches that the relation of mn.stl'r and sl.tvr i:; of divine origin, and is to be maintained now and forevermore. "Divine Provi- |