The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-18

and primary meetings are being held all over
the new States. Meantime the Era Of the 9Th
comments fully on the Wing and Democratic
movements noticed above. Referring to the ar
tcles Of the Tribune, and the nomination OF
| Mr.. Clay by the Young mems general commit
tee, il SAYS:
| We are in some doubt as 10 the purpose Of
this article; but it may be safely affirmed, that
the editor Of the Tribune, either, is in favor Of
the claipls of Mr.. Clay, cherishes the hope thit
he may he elected, and is anxious 10 stave off all
| agitation about candidates till the Convention,
with the expectation that the signs in the polit-
cal horizon will then warrant mis- nomination ;
or, lac is using the potency Of Mr.. Clay's name,
and the influence Of Mr.. Clay's friends, 10
weaken, distract. and confound the Taylor and
Corwin sections of the party.
Again
The N.r York Tribune, Oh the day FOLLOW
ing its extraordinary manifesto in behalf of Mr.
Clay's friends, admonishing the universal Wing
party to say and do nothing about the claims #
candidates for the present, published under its
editorial head the proceedings Of the Demo.
cratic Wing Young Mems General Committee. :"
u meeting Of which, held at Broadway House,
September Sd, passed series of resolution,
against General Taylor, Though not in name,
and in favor of Henry Clay. One of their res.
oluions tells the whole story.
The resolution alluded TO, is the one inserted
above
There IL something beautifully modest in al
this. one day the Wing party is warned
By the admirers Of Mr.. Clay TO be siill--tc
wait-to say nothing about their preferences
| they do not wish 10 dispute or discuss-and the
next, they come out, aud boldly take their own
position, by nominating Mr.. Clay. This is as
| summing the dictatorship with a vengeance.
OF Mr.. BVchaaaa's letter, the Era thus
speaks:
We greatly admired the luminous argument
BY which Mr.. Buchanan maintained the Amer-
can title 10 the whole Of Oregon: he showed in
that power Of intellect, for which he had not
before received crecit; but the strength Of the
strong man departed from him, when he laid his
| head in tn. lap of Delilah. In embracing sla-
very, Mr.. Buchanan has been shorn of his locks.
Where, in the letter 10 the GLORIOUS Democra-
| cy of old Berks." do find tho ivgI, that
| made him powerful when advocating Right
against Compromise, instead OF Compromise
| against Right The letter is full Of contrsdic-
tions. Let us leave the question "where the
Constitution has left il, to the States where sla-
very exists therefore, use the power Of the
General Government to extend if TO nhsTe II
DOES not ernst, We compromised the Missouri
question, BY allowing slavery to continue where
il already existed in United States territory.
south Of 3d., degrees therefore, let us allow it
TO be introduced into new territory, whers IL is
aor prohibited. We admitted sorerfign
Stale, APPLYING for admission into the Union,
with slavery established under her Constitution
--ihsrefsre, let anticipate State action, and,
under the ssnction Of the General Government,
introduce slavery into dependent territory. over
which Congress will have exclusive jurisdiction.
Slavery in all probability, cannot exist in New
Mexico and Californis-theretors, the South
will establish it there, dissolve the Union aud
90 we had better let her do the former. Tho
| question is not one of practical Importance -
Therefore, the Democratic party is in danger OF
| being divided. if not destroyed by il, and the
Union is I'm danger Of being dissolved! These
dreadful results are threatened from mere dif-
| ference of opinion on ''question of no practi-
cal Importance"
Mr.. B. remarks:
Neither the soil. the climate nor the produc-
tons of that portion Of California south of 80
deg. 30 min., nor indeed Of any portion OF il.
north or south, is adapted to slave labor and.
beside, every facility would he there afforded 10
| the slave to escape from his master. Such pro-
perty would be utterly insecure In any part OF
| California. 1t is morally impossible, therefore,
| that majority Of the emigrants TO that portion
| of the territory south of Sc deg 30 min., which
will be chiefly composed Of our fellow-citizens
from the Eastern, Middle, and Western States
will ever re-establish slavery within its limits
In regard to New Mexico, east of the Rio
Grande, the question has been already settled by
the admission of Texas into the Union.
'sShould we acquire territory beyond the Rio
Grande, and east Of the Rocky Mountains, il il
still more improbable that majority Of the peo
pie Of that region would consent to re-establisi
slavery. They are themselves, in a large pro
portion, a colored population; and among then
the negro does not socially belong to degrade'
rsce.
''rhe question is, therefore, not one Of prac
teal importance. Its agitation, however honest
ly intended, can produce no effect but TO alien
ate the people Of different portions of the U Mol
from each other; to excite sectional division
and jealousies, and to distract and possibly de
stroy the Democratic party, on the ascendenc.
Of whose principles and measures depends, Ms
firmly believe, the success of our grand expert
ment of self-government."
: Now, if this be SO, il the STAKEHOLDER have n
hope of establishing slavery in these territories
e why all this terrible clamor against the Provso
: Why are we presented with the alternative
Defeat of the Proviso, or Dissolution of TN
Unionl Areparricida hands to be lifted agains
: invoked, because Congress may pass an act tina
a slavery shall mot be, where it cannot bel Is thI
the very reasonable position of tho South! In
Secretary pays but a poor compliment to its IN
4 telligence and patriotism. Does he really be
9 leve all that his words seem TO convey IL
statements, he says, "must be evident to all VIII
4 have attentively examined the subject w
d have examined the subject, and come TO yer
= different conclusion.
D Here the Era goes into statement Of the col
!, di,ion Of California, &c. &c:
: Suppose the system slavery once introduce
rs what terrible growth would it attain under q
III powerful stimulus Of the boundless market a
forded by the western coast of South Americ
Asia, and the Polynesian Islands! The RENAL
Of Mr.. Buchanan, that "such property would
" utterly insecure in any part of California, d
/, serves scarcely a notice. Why would it DC sI
he more insecure there than on the plains of TIE
o. as, or Arkansas, or Missouri Tha immcn
I'd tract of country we have described is general
nd open, with few places for concealment, al
A fewer facilities for escape.
vt Tho Clsrleaea Mercury has too much boil
of ness TO resort to any of these ingenious dev'e
he TO blind the public mind. Its great theme
he the necessity Of providing room for an erpH
na ding siare population. A single quotation fro
o. one Of its many articles on this SUBJECT
be show the true reason why the slaveholders