Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-08-01
SPEECH or MIR SLADE,
At THE WHO STATE CONVENTION


movement. From us commencement TO this
hour ], has obcyed single impulsc-,hal
olod,isrmiHafioH 10 sustain ne Stare yo,ccr.
Ol,his | vii as briehyas possible, present
The cyllcnce By the constitution OF Mexi-
co, adoPcd IN 1924, II was declared that no
person should thereafter be born, or intro.
duced, az a slave into the Mexican nation "
The abolition Of slavery thus made pro.
spcc,iyc cn.y, was rendered absolute and
complete on the 9Th Of September ls29--
the anniversary Of Mexican Independence,
THE abolition Of slavery IN Mevico
brought in con,ac, with the South, another
frontier Of freedom How should that from.
tier with all its anisavcry influence be re.
moved aud how should the barrier to emf.
grafton with slaves, be thrown down. were
questions which came to agIta,e extensively
thc Southern mind Annexation furnished
thc answer. And II furnished an answer to
another ques,ion-where shall be found
territory far tie manufacture Of Stare
States for this Tai0nl
Thomas H. Benton, United States Sen
aior from Missouri, participated in the dis
cussions OF the subject and in a series OF es-
says, under the signature of "Amercanus,"
i9bbithuOu Ut ~ uIRtu kut liiIOlldiCt
ofthe acquisition of Texas expressly on the
ground Of the space and advantages which
the country would afford for "Guturc e1is-
tcaee Of Stare stairs, mine of which, he said
might be formed as large as Kentucky"
The luxtaposition with the slave holding
States Of a non.slaveholding Expire was
also urged by him as a motive for the ac
QUESTION These essays, to the language
Of a Carolina paper of that date, Operated
upon the public mind in the West, with e.
lcctrcal force and rapidly" The who lie
South was moved by the same impulse
Here is one among the many evidences
oft A Charleston paper observed at
is not improbable that he President Jackson
IS now examining the propre,y and prac, =
billtv of a retrocession of the vast territory
Of Texas; an enterprise loudly demanded by
the Welfare ofthe Wes', and which could
not fail to exercise an mporan. and iavora-
bic influence upon the future desinies ofthe
South, by increasing the votes of the slave
holding States in the Senate ofthe u. S
But the addition Of nine slave States with
the augmented votes IN Congress were not
the only motives disclosed for the acquisition
Of Texas. To the cravings for more power
was added a lust for the gains of Stare breed-
ing. The following are samples ofthe ev-
idence on this point Judge Upshur (how
Secretary Of State) said, in n speech in the
Virginia Convention in 1899, that if Texas
should be obtained, which he strongly de.
sired, it would raise the price Of slaues and
be a great Advantage TO Stare holders in
that State
In 1892, Mr. Gholson said, in the Vir
gina Legislature, that the price Of slaves
fell twenty-five per cent within two hours
after the news was received of the passage
OF tie law of Louisiana prohibiting the i'm
poTtation of slaves and that he believed The
acquisition of Texas would raise the pric,
fifty per cent
These evidences of he state of public sen.
iimcut at the South, shows the leading i'm
pulse under which Texas was flooded with
armed 'emigransh and her revolt from
Mexico urged to its consummation. Tha
consnmmrtion was the formation OF a consti
tuition in March 1886 The 9th section
uud,r the head of " General Provisions
exhibits the monster which had been 81
long undergoing the process Of incubation
Here it is
Sec. Q All persons Of color who wer,
slaves for life previous TO their emigration
for Texas. and who are now held in bon
dage, shall remain in the like state of servl
,ude; provided said slave shall be the bonn
fde property of the persons so holding SAIL
slaves as aforesaid. Congress shall pas
no law TO prohibit emigrants from the Uni
ted States of America from bringing thel
slaves into the Republic with them, and hol
ding them by the same tenure by who
slaves were held in the United States no
shall the master have power TO emancipat
his or her slave or slaves, without the cor
sent OF Congress unless he or she sha
send his or her slave or slaves, without tn
limits Of the Republic. No free persons c
African descent, either in whole or in par
shall be permitted to reside permanently i
the Republic without the consent of Cor
gress, and the importation or admission G
Africans or negroes into this Republic e,
cepung from the United States Of America
IS forever prohibited, and declared TO be p
racy.'
Such Is the fundamental law OF Texas
Men again reduced to bondage, who had b.
come Of right free by the force of Mexica
law The tree importation ofsiaves from III
United states perPetualy secured cmaac
patton lnlerdlcied TO Congress and to slave
holders, but with the consult Of Congres
or the banshment ofthe emancinated fire.
Africans forbidden pcrmanen, residence
and monopoly Of slave breeding for N
Texan market granted TO "ihe T,;to
states Of iRerioa" A constitution wo
thy Of the Go,hs and Nandais who overru
the territory Of a friendly republic. in Il
face Of solemn treaty OF universal peac
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