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/ Sprin is ag in convulsrd with civil war
Ior the succession To her crown; she has
irretrievably lost all her colonies on both
continents Of America Ii is impossible
that she should hold much longer q shad,
ow oi dominion over the islands Of Cuba
and Porto Rico; nor can those islands, in
their present condition, form independent
nations, capable protecting themselves.
They must for ages remain at the mercy
Of Great Britain or Of these Udited States,
of both; Great Britain is even now about
to Interfere in this war for the Spanish
succession. lfby the utter iTnbeciity Of
the Mexican confederacy the revolt of
Texas should lead Immediately TO its sep
araton from that Republic, and its an
nexation to the United States | believe
1t impossible that Great Britain should
look on while this operation is performing
with indifference She will see that it
must stake her own whole colonial pow.
er OF this continent, in the Gulf of Mexi-
CO, and in the Caribbean Seas. Like
an earthquake she will see too that il en-.
dangers her own. abolition of slavery in
her own colonies. A war for the resto'
ration of slavery where it has been abol'
ished, if successful in Texas, must ex
tend over all Mexico; and the example
will threaten her with immediate danger
of war of colors in her own Islands,
She will take possession Of Cuba and of
Porto Rico, by cessioa from Spain OR by
the batteries from her wood walls; and if
you ask her by what authority she has
done it, she will ask you, in return, by
what authority you have extended your
sea coast from the Sabine to the Rio Bra
vO, She will ask you a question more
perplexing, namely-by what authority
you, with freedom, independence, and de-
mocracy upon your lips, are waging
war of determination TO forge new mana
cIes and letters, instead of those which
are falling from the hands and feet of
min. She will carry emancipation and
abolition with her in every fold Of her
flag; while your stars, as they increase 10
numbers, will be overcast with the mur.
ky vapOrs Of oppression, and the only Por'
ton of your banner visible to the eye will
be the bloodstained stripes of the task mas
| ter.
Mr.. Chairman, are you ready for all
these wars2 A Mexican war? war with
Great Britain, , if not with Francee a gen
eral Indian war; servile war2 and, as
an inevitable consequence of them all,
civil warH For it must ultimately ter
inmate in a war of colOIs as well as of ra
ces. And do you Imagine that while
your eyes are open you sTe wiifuliy KIND
ling, and then closing your eyes q blind
y rushing into them; doyou imagine that
while in the very nature of things, your
own Southern and Southwestern States
must be the Flanders Of these complicated
wars; the battle field upon which the last
great conflict must be fought between sla
very and emancipation; do you imagine
that your Congress will have no constitu
tional authority to interfere with the in.
shtulion Of slavery IN any rug in the
State of this contederacy2 Sir, they
must and will interfere with lt-perhaps it
to sustain il by war; perhaps to abolish II
by treaties of peacei and they will not on
| ly possess the constitutional power so TO
interfere, but they will be bound IN duty
to do it 6y the express provisions Of the
Constitution itself. From the instant
that your slaVeholdlng States became the
theatre Of war, civil, servile, or foreign,
from that instant the war powers of Con.
gress extend to tointerierence with the insti
tuition of slavery in every way by which
il can be interlered with, from q claim Of
indemnity for slaves taken or destroyed,
to the cession oi the State burdened with
slavery TO foreig power
Sir, it is by virtue Of this same war pow
er, aslnow brought into exercise by this
Indian war IN Florida, Alabama and
Georgia, that vote for the resolution be-
fore tie committee by virtue Of this, |
have already voted in the course Of this
session TO increase your standing army by
a second regiment oI dragons, TO author
Izo your President TO accept the services
Of ten thousand volunteers, and to apprO
pirate millions Of the public money to
suppress these Indiaa hOstiliies-ail for
the common defence, all Tor the general
welfare. And iCon this occasion, have
been compelled to avail myself of the op
portunity to assign my reasons for voting
against the first resolution reported by
the slavery committee, it is because it
was the pleasure of the majority of the
House this morning to refuse me the per.
mission to assign my reasons for my vote
when the question wasput upon those res
Olutions themselves.