The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-04-18
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| nefgnDOTly as 10 aCt WIN lheHi oh 'pis eeea-
sion, and whom they have thus clapped on The
back for their fidelity, is bes, entitled in their
estimation TO be designated by this superclii-
Gus and humilia,ing ep'het, Il might indeed
be difficult to determine. So re men are mod
crate in ore sense, and some in another.
| But The teri on this subject shall be taken
from ibe letter of ssve holding member OF
Congress, the Hon. CHARLES PrNcKsEY, of
South Carolina, himself deeply, personally,
and politically interested IN The question late
| y asiiated in that body. II WAS penned ap-
parently upon the spol-in the flush oi tt
unph and The in.oxicaiion OF success. o. IT
| The abundance OF his he 7, he ~ OF /
lows:-
LETTER
| From, the Honourabls Charles Pinekaey, 10 he
Editor If The Charlesfon Cry Gasefte
TED, Congress Hall, March ?, 1923 o'clock a.
night.
g Dear sir hasten to inform you, that this
| moment we Rare oarr,sd The question to admit
Missouri and all Louisiana to the 20 Inward o So
degrees 30 minutes, free OF the restriction from
slavery, which will inel,de .4rtansaw and he
Floridas. and give the u'her, interest n short
time addition Of SIR, AID perhaps CHI MEM
bers in The Senate Of he United STATES. IT Is
Considered HIRE ny THE sLArE-Ho DING
| STATES AS GREAT TRIUMPH. The votes wero
close, 80 to SO, produced by the seeding and
absenc of fer naadera'e npn from The aortt.
To the north of 80 degrees so minutes there is 10
be by the present law, re stric,isn, which you
will see by the votes voted against. Bat il IS
at present of no moment 1T Is VAST TRACT,
rHHABIrED ONLY BY sAvAGEs AND WILD BEASTS,
IN WHICH NOT FOOT OF THE INDIAN CLAIM TO
SOIL is ExTINGUIsHEp; AND IN WHICH, AcCoR-
DING To THE IDEAS PREVALENT HERE AT PRES
ESr, 10 LAND OFFICE WILL EE OPEN FOR
GREAT LENGTH OF TIME.
'' With respect, your obedient,
CHARLES PlNKNEY."
This letter may be relied upon as suGi-
cient DOCUMENT in support of the Address. Ii
is all the evidence IT rsquires--ihe voluntary
and explicit acknowledgment Of an adversary
and that not extracted with effort bui made
with exulation II is an suihentie document
therefore, which establishes every ma lerial al
| legation in the Address. |, shews IN the irst
place, that there was s,ruggle-ardent
| and severe--apd that the south. as usual, OBJ
| tanned the ascendsncy. Ii proves in the re-
suit that The reciprocity was all on one side.
| Il zoe. the full length and even further than
| the Address; for /, not only admits the fact
| here stated that not foot of Indian title is
extinguished in the restricted territory, but il
affords little encouragement. that there ever
will he. The tract itself il describes as a
Rowling wilderness; ard inimaies no proba-
biiiy. that there will BIZ any land Office OPEN
ed fol ages. This he says not simply on bis
own authority, but speaks according TO the
ideas prevalent at Washington Those who
think that, it nay be ob.erved, know very
well how 10 make their opinion good. 1t
may fairly be deemed dead set. But the
text, that has been cited, speaks for itself. II
beggars al comment
| The cons liberation arising from this sug-
sestion Of Mr.. PIscKNEY, moreessr may serve
10 place in lis true light the captivating mode
ofs'ating the question perretuallys presented
| in the Argus. that the restriction on the Terri
tory depended on the condition Of the admIs-
sion oil Missouri without il. and that ssidhout
such restriction slavery would haze been si-
enly going on and darkening the whole vast
region of the west, &c BY the purchase Of
Louisiana The nation ac1uired OILY the SOP
ereignfy of The soil. 1t may well be asked
how slaves could have been introduced into
that region until the native title was exin-
guished and what was there 10 prevent Con-
gress from extending The restriction as ias, as
the Senate eyiingushed The title Further
more it may be inquired how lar north the
settlement OF slaves could have been forced
| agaiost the climate =? VIVA, then is the bal
ancs for the Institution of slavery in Missouri
Before departing from the subject, it be-
comes due TO those of cur members of Con-
gress, who perseyered unto The end in their re-
| ssiance to the admission of Missouri without
restriction. at the peril of all present conse-
quences 10 Maine and all future ores 10 them
selves, that although there may have been si
ience on this subject, there has been neither
insensib'iity nor indifference in considerable
portion of the public to the industrious efforts
that have been employed for some time past
within limited sphere TO misrepresent their
purposes, 10 impair their usefulness, TO dimin-
ISL their isfluence-to lessen their standing i'm
| the community and destroy the confidence so
Justly and so hoporaby reposed by their con-