Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-02-18

Justice to the South, which sprung out OF Inc
right to its common use BY North and SCUM, IN
terposed strong objections 10 such discrlmina-
ton. But waving this and asserting to the
partition Of the territory by an antslavery line
should not the territory have been equally al
vided2 Ifnot, why not? The South was al tha'
time equal 10 the North, in number OF States
almost equalin popular numbers; paid more man y,
the North in Treasury contributions; and pau a.
least its full halt ofthe purchase money given ior
Louisiana; why then, ifexpediency or justice de,
manded partition Of the territory, and The total
exclusion OF the South Of all the use and cui'
tivation of one portion should not the division
have been canal? you very well know II was
mt cqunl-that The North took foW.fthS and leil
the South but onc,ftth. We know, that we do
you but sheer justice, when we say, that now
when all is past and over, and passion sleeps and
judgement weighs, you will be prompt 10 own
that all This was wrong, and very wrong un]us',
and very unjust But wrong and unjust as you
may deem il, You may yet be constrained 10 ad'
init, there NAV be wrong and an injustice foT
lranscendng that, and that would be, II The NorM
shoul aiHhoH on, 10 The roun-PiFTHs she mas pos
ses@d IN crcluSirencss fr a quarter Of century,
and then INSIST on taking from the South THE ONE
HALF OF ONE FIFTH II lcR The .SopM an 1921, ana
thus harins her MepOor pitiaacc Of DrT ONE TENTH
OF THE WHOLE
WHAT WAS JUST IN 1920 MUST BE JUST NOW.
CONSIDER: That on the 9TH OF March, 1870,
when the Missouri Compromise was maze,
Texas was then ours. Mr. Adams had, indeed,
ceded her away to Spain, on the 22d February,
1919 but, on account of SPANS inexecutIon
thereof, within the stipulated time, that Treaty
had become void. The North, al that Time, MADE
lis own estimate Of the dimensions and value OF
the whole territory. Il had the prejudice, il had
| ,,,;u o,,J !, bo1 il,n IN q Lp from the
South and to leave to The South Just what II
would. We'll, il willed 10 take, and il did take,
the hons share The South did not hinder her,
and could not hinder her. Now, in all Kindness,
we ask if there is one sound minded man IN all
the Nor,h's domains, of any party, who VIII now
say that The North did moi take more than lis Just
share Will he say that il did the South justice,
or that il did Itself injustice Surely not. 10
say the very most for the North, would be 10 IN
sis in IFS behalf that the line OF lhrly-sx degrees
thirty minutes was Just. If so, how can il be
otherwise than Just nor /? lfTexas comes at all,
she will bring with her, idenlically, The territory
She had before no more, no less The same line
cuts il in The same place il did in 1920. We SUBJ
nit il 10 your candor, then, 10 say. il il shows Il
crashing disposition in The South 10 insist on adj
herring 10 line, which the North itself pronoun-
ced Just, with full knowledge 10 determine what
was Just, with no disposition 10 yield more than
was just, and full power 10 take what was inst.
and establishing that linc too, in deroSallon and
in defiance Of the South's proleslalions, The
Soulh's will, the Souths rights, and the Souths
interests? And if justice demands thai The
Souhs one-iih should be divided into tro-tenths,
of which onc-tenth must be given 10 the North,
would not equal justice demand that The North 5
tour-ffhs should be divided into four-tenhs, OF
which two-tenlhs should be given TO the South !
| The South makes no such demand. II il did,
would the North grant {? We know il would
NOT How then can the North have the con-
science TO make such demand OF the South =
| The territory referred 10, embraces an area, &C
cording to general estimate, sufficient Tor the for
nation of fifteen States, OF the average size
The North takes lour-ifhs, or trclre Of these,
and leaves The South but one-fillh. or three
of them, and yet there are persons in The North
ave- in Congress too, who insist that the North
ought 10 hold al OF the trclre, and complain bit
| terly of the South for its grasping and ambitious
selfshness, in being unwilling 10 divide these
three States with the North We trust and be-
lieve thai such unjust and preposlerous preten-
tions are al once rare and disconnenanced; and
we can assure our Northern brethren that in the
whole South's domains from Cape Florida TO
Iowa-from the Potomac 10 the Balze-we
know of but one single individual who entertans
the opinion that the North has claims TO bet
ter line and that individual, The fates forcfend is
Mr.. lillian IT, Haytcood, an United States Sc
major from The Stale Of North Car0iind!
THE COMPROMISE AND THE CEssIoN-A CON-
BINED SCHEME AGAINST THE SOUTH.
| CoSsrDER: That though the South wanted
| Florida, yet that the North wanted it still more
or wanted the purchase moncn rather. OF between
| five and ten millions Of dollars-which Spain
owed 10 our Northern brehren-and had refused
10 pay for 20 years-and which might no, have
| been paid even at this day, had not the Govern
men. of the United States, BY acquiring Florida
assumed the debt. In consequence thereof and
of Florida being wanted By both North and South,
the extraordinary spectacle was exhihi:ed-lhat
that important treaty was ratified, and n70ni-
mou}y ratified by The Senate, within two days
after il came before il, and yet Florida was at
the time both a foreign and a slarchoainS terri
tory which constitute in some persons minds
such insurerable objections 10 the annexation Of
| Texas aON.
The South, indeed, never besrudged 10 the
| North silver OF the reribuiions and benefits il
reaped from that trealy-butil hada right 10 CON-
plain Of the means, by which Texas was sacri-
| feed 10 appease that same spirit, whose monopo-
| Using and raveDous craving for power wrung the
Missouri Compromise out of The Soulh's hel pless-
ness-and established il over violated treaty. anu
a PROSTATE Constitution. We have good reasons
| 10 know nor, that the alienation of Texas was not
needed, TO secure 70 US, The Florida treaty-and
that Don Ons had full powers TO take the Span
ish American debt in full payment Tor Florida
emasculaied as she was at that time OF fve.sixlhs
of her property by the sweeping appropria-
tons Of her soilS-and thus leaving the Rio
| Grande as he found 1.-THE Southwestern bounda-
~ of our territorial possessions. Startling reve-
| lationS touching the wanon sacrifice of Texas,
were made by the late Mr.. Justice Bdllrri' we
earn) within two months Of his death, as the
most respectable living witnesses are ready 10 al
test; and material part Of that statement Of Judge
Baldwin was, that Mr.. John Quincy Adams caA-
cd upor him, and represented Mat mcsHs. Rufus
King and Timothy Pickering, andofhers u me Sc
nate, demanded on 6edalf Of HE North, ttat Itras
Sto,td be ecded alcay-a1d that 7eas necessa'yttat
IL Slould be d0nc-and h0k Nv consequence thereof,
a. 1cas done !!
THE SOUTH BEREFT OF TEXAS, HAD BUT
oNE-FIFTEENTH UNDER THE COMPROMISE.
CONSIDER: That there was but precious little
Justice, in the first instance in so partilioning the
Territory, as 10 leave the South but little else than
a portion of Texas. and then to cede away Tex
as to deprive the South of the use OF even that
much under the pretext Of securing and binding
bargain with Spain, which could have been
lust as well made without that cession-and ask
ing ofihe North no equal sacrifices to ensure that
bargain, though the North was equally interested
in its accomplishment was surely stroke of
most dexlerous injustice And, furthermore, the
Scuth's share OF Texas being thus taken away
she was left with but one fifteenth, instead OF one
nm of the territory referred o-or, one Slate out
of ffecni Was this just? Nobody can say so.
Nay--inslead Of subjeclng us to new exaciions
nom-one would think, that the North, touched
with sense Of the unmerited wrongs it had in
Il clcd, would join with us heart and hand for its
restitution and for the reTy purpose of making
that reparation, SO long and so eminenlly the
Sonlh's due.
TIE soUTHs AscENDANCY HAS BEEN PART
| ED WITH FOREVER
CONSIDER: That if the North lost sight Of JUS
lice for season, in the great struggle which end
ed in the Missouri Compromise, political power
and asccndancy in the Government were the great
objects of the controversy, and that il had often