The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-30

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co-to Washington anew, ''as he was quite Ger
tain his Government deemed il condition sim,
qna non Of peace" Mexico, then, offered Il
cece US nine miles Of territory on the Rio
Grande, and region greater than we lost in the
Oregon negotiaiion-embracing $1,000 square
miles east Of the Rio Grande, partitioned of
from New Mexico, and 29I 900 square mile,
west Of the same river, of California, with tho
bays Of Monterey aud San Fmncisco-in all
S2S'ooo square miles, extending in its greatest
length through twenty-five degrees Of loupi.
tude, and covering in its greatest breadth five
degrees of latitude, constituting one fifth Of che
superhcies OF all her territory; and a. eQuiya-
lent for this, We were TO assume the debt due
from her TO our citizens, and pay few millions
Of dollars. All other points, in the opinion Of
the Commissioners, could have been accomuno-
dated. But, no--the memorable demand of this
Government was, all of New Mexico, On
this point alone the negotiations were broken
| Off
The Congress Of the United States will have
TO decide, ut lis next session, whether il will
sustain this demand of our observation-disclosures
II will deem the proiiered cessioa of California.
and recognition of Texas, a sufficient con-
cession on the part Of sister Republic--wheth-
er devastating war, wasting the treasure and
blood Of the nation, debasing public mor,ls,
tending to the creation of military rule, aug
menting the power Of the Federal Executive,
arousing the adherence Of all Christendom.
shall be protracted indefinitely, with view to
despoila federative Republic of one of her
States, whose citizens are averse to change of
aliegiance--and all this for the sake of obtain
ing new fields for the benefit Of negro slavery.
w g put the question TO every man, North and
South, Would Mr.. Poik's Administration,
,nAieh eeded 10 Great Britain, one. half of The
Oregon Territory, 10 which Mr.. Polk affirmed
ga clear and iadispufdb.e title" insist, as ga
sine qua non Of peace,' upon the cession Of a
sorersign State Of Merico, If IL INTENDED that il
should be kept a noa.slare-ho!ding State? Ii
meekly gives up free territory, which it declares
is all its own, rather than incur the horrors of
prospective war; but, though Mexico offers ter
ritory Of her own more than enough TO make
good this loss, II IL not satisfied, but again in
vokes. 'Red Battle" with his iron hoofs, to
stamp poor, riven, distracted, sister Republic
to the dust, because she will not surrender New
Mexico. And Why That which she offers
to cede is above the magic line dividing freedom
from slavery; will be eonsecrated 10 Liberty,
aud is of course worthless, while that which she
will not cede lies below this line, and is doomed
by Mr.. Buchanan's compromise, as endorsed by
the Administration, to all the bitter curses Of
Reconstructed slavery.
Let any other reason Tor such a voracious lust
of territory be assigned sufficient 10 satisfy
reasonable mind, if il can be. Those who are
willing, may DO deceived: the world will not;
History cannot. Ii will read in the prompt oc-
cupaiion Of California and New Mexico, at the
beginning of the war-a policy which could not
possibly dispose the MeNcans TO peace, or make
il their interest TO listen TO our overtures-a de-
liberate purpose to seize enough territory TO form
such a compromise between the different sec
lions Of .his Union, as would open the way for
the perpetuation Of slavery and aggrandizemen mt
of the Slave Power; for, had the object Of the
Administration been TO conquer peace, and moth
ing else, il would have concentrated all its ener-
gies. in the onset, agains. the heart of Mexico,
doing at first precisely what il found il expedsnt
TO do after the military occupation of California
and the establishment of quasi government ia
New Mexico.
But il is a waste Of words TO undertake to
prove what the Admin istration organs admit
They are all moving heaven and earth TO induce
the American people 10 assent TO the application
Of the Missouri Compromise in relation TO new
territory that may be acquired. And what is
this That Freedom should exist above 80 deg
80 min., and Slavery below it. And this Com
promise is deliberately. coolly proposed, in the
face of the fact that all the territory sought TO
be acquired from Mexico is now, by its fnnda-
mental law, incapable Of bearing aslave. The de-
sign, then, is palpablc-to abolish this law and
re-insiitute slavery.
We close by quoting from the Mobile Herald
the great argument of the Slave Power against
the doctrine, No More Territory. At the North,
the servie papers wouhi deceive the people; at
the South, politicians have not the same occasion
for trickery:
ain all slave States" says the Mobile Her
aid, bordering the free States, there is
growing Indifference to the institution Of slave
nv. This results from a variety Of reasons.
The land in those States, under the system Of
agriculture prevailing in the South, is becoming
exhausted, and there is every inducement for the
planters there TO move further South. Slave
property in those States Is insecure, because of
the en,icements for slaves to make their escape
into free territory. This keeps the planter con-
stanily uneasy and insecure in his possessions.
Delaware is about TO abolish slavery, Kentucky
is growing ripe for similar movement, and, in
Western Virginia, as we saw by our exchanges
Yesterday, proposals have been published for the
printing Of an Anti-Sls,ery paper. These
things point inevitably TO the time when those
States will be free States; and We imagine that,
when that shall have been consummated, Ten
nessee and North Carolina will soon follow in
the Same path. The result will he, that slavery
will come down further South. The natural
tendency of the slaves, under our humane poll
CIV, is to Increase. The effect follows, that il
We have no outlet for them, soil TO put them
in, they will be huddled within the extreme
Southern limits Of the Union. and two conse-
quences NAV follow. By their numbers and the
temptations Of Abolitionism, they will be rem
dered insubordinate and the result be too terrible
for contemplation; or their excess may make
them profitess, and those who own them be
obliged to set them free voluntarily, or to submit
to any plan for the purpose which may be pro-
posed by the Government
"These evils may be avoided by taking new
territory adapted To slave labor, or, indeed, by
taking any kind Of territory in the direction of
Mexico. The profitable existence of slavery is
by no means Incompatible with a more temper
ate region, but it is incompatible with a very
dense population. We need plenty Of soil to
render it valuable.
"These are the more obvious reflections which
occur, in thinking Of this subject. A hundred
inferior ones might be suggested, and, indeed,
volumes Of the most momentous matter might
be written on il. Our object, however, Is with
in our usual brief limits for an article Ito sug-
pest, with az few words as possible, something
which every Southern reader, and, indeed, every
patriotic man in the Union, should seriously
ponder on"
The "somethiug" which ''every patriotic man
in the Union is hereby called upon seriously 10
PONDER, is, The necessity Of taking territory from
Merico by force, for the purpose Of ertending,
and thus perpefuatimg, Negro SLAVERY, and Stare
Represeafafion. The atrocity Of the argument
sets all comment at defiance.
STATISTICS OF THE JEws.--ln Warsaw
among population Of 100000 souls, there
are IS, 900 Jews; in the kingdom Of Ba-
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