The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-21
NUMBER 10.

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The following article was translated by the
New York Evening Post from the Paris Jour-
nal des Debats, Of June o. This transl.sion !.
made mot only on account of the hi,h rank
that print holds, but because it contains the mrs,
expression Of opinion that We have seen from
France, which at this time intensely ahsorbs the
public mind in this country
THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO. Ann -yr wu
NOT PRovIso.-The war between the Un;,.d
states and Mexico has resulted in the comnle,.
success Of the Anglo-Americans. We never
had doubt that such would be the case. The
CONGREGATION OF the North is powerful nation,
fuh Of energy and courage. Mexico. on the
contrary, is disorganized, her people have. no
elasticity; they retrograde, instead of making
progress The United States may henceforth
oe regarded as the masters of that countrv.-
ihey will not take possession Of the whole AZ
th time, nor hardly the larger part but the dis
mcmberment already commenced by the aunex-
alton Of Texas will be followed BY thato Cali
iornis, New Mexico, and perhaps some one of
tne northern provinces, which is rich in silver
mines Soon the spirit Of Conquest which ami
mates democratic America will find or create a
new pretext, and thus by degrees a march will
be Commenced that will stop only at the is,hmus
Of Panama
What would be the consequences Of IN az
srandizement accomplished upon such a SCALE.
and by means, upon the nstitution of the q nj
ted States, or upon the balance of power in the
world, we cannot now stop to consider. Suffice
IL 10 state, mat the immense eonquests already
made or at hand, have already excited in III.
minds Of the most eminent citizens. a iust so-
Prehension for the liberties OF the coantry.-
lhey feared the encroachments Of a military
sPirit, which Is 50 much aroused BY these events
Hence resolution providing against the acaui-
sition OF any new territory in cous.aueur. ~
the War, rejected bv the last Congress with
an imposing minority IN it, favor ID is espe-
cIaliy astonishing 10 learn one OF the most i'm
Poriant effects of such an extension Of the ter-
rifory Of the Union;-af the new countr,e.
added 10 the confederation would hy so much
extend the domain OF slavery. II is fact, IN
happily acknowledged in the public discussions.
that the real motive Of the war. Undertaken
against the advice of citizens who were the
most distinguished for intelligence and pubic
services, was solely TO spread that immortal am
odious institution which disyraces civilization
and forces her to act against herself. ono
Of the most distinguished antSboiGest citizens Of
the country, who was himself principal actor
in this achievement, and who was Secretary OF
State when the absorption of Texas con-
summated, has admitted that this was the mo-
tive on the door Of Congress, and has not hesi-
tated 10 justify il and TO make il the basis Of pa
triotism.
Towards the close Of the session, the lIouse
Of Representatives, on a motion Of one OF their
members, Mr.. Wilmot, inserted. in a bill appro-
priating three million dollars TO secret service
connected with the war. provision that slave
~ should never be authorized in any territory
which might be acquired Of Mexico. In the
House il produced very excited debate, and in
the Senate 10 became an occasion for Mr.. Cal
houn, the prominent speaker from the south, 70
produce manifesto which il is painful TO read.
Throughout Europe il should be an unceasins
subject for establishment that, in a country Of
liberty and equality, men truly distinguished
can utter such sentiments, and that they can
find an audience TO listen to them without being
moved TO indignation. Mr.. Calhoun SEES not in
| th,s Wilmot proviso that which all Europe sees
that which a majority of the citizens of the
Northern States Sea resolution that is an
honor 10 the American Union. and which forces
| US 10 applaud her progress. ana 10 regard her
usurpations upon her neighbors, however unjust
they might be. "a the conquest Of civilization
over harbarism-
| In the eyes of Nr. Calhoun IL is viewed a. a
conspiracy against the South, an outrage upon
the rights of Southern citizens, and violation
of the Constitution. There are in the confed
Grafton. said he, twenty-eight States, of which
fourteen are called slaveholding and fourteen
/ Bon- slaveholding States. and one of the former
| (Delaware) is about to rankherself with the lat
ter. The twenty-ninth State Iowa without
slaves. is already admitted into the U nion--
Wisconsin, whose admission will be presently
made, is likewise a n0n-slaveholcing State
Hence, in the Senate. where each State has two
representatives, the South is reduced TO a minor.
ity. in the HOUSE of Representatives, where
each State is represented according TO its popu-
lation, the non-slaveholding States have one
hundred and thirty-eight. and the slave States
ninety. In the electoral college, which chooses
the President. the free States have one hundred
and sixty EIGHT votes, and the slave States one
hundred and eighteen. Besides, the country is
extending on every side; the regions OF the
Northwest, Oregon and Northern Texas, are
sufficient to form a dozen new States Ii. then,
the Wilmot proyso becomes a law, the slave
States, even in the Senate, will be outnunbered
by four States.
The most calm and liberal minded must come
TO the conclusion that at some day the slave
States will be completely hernrned in BY the
free States, that they shall be induced TO cleanse
themselves from the leprosy Of slavery which
consumes them; at the same time il should be
considered that they have all necessary time To
prepare for the change AT the wors; they caa
exist in minority without peril. They should
not therefore De- NiOicnt HicFctN
Weld to the pressure Of external opinion, and
that opinion, if it would attain its object, Shouts
be indulgent Ii the slave States should desire
il, they could by division maintain their equality
in the Senate. Bat this course would not salts
~ Mr.. Calhoun. lie would have the slave
States equal the free States in number hereafter.
as well at present, and TO each he would as
sign an extent of limits sufficient for an empire.
la other words, u is necessary that the Union
should conquer new territory expressly TO spread
slavery, in order that the equilibrium may a.
ways continue between the free and slave States:
consequently, il the free States should spread
over all that part of North America which Is
now actually a wilderness, it would be necessa-
, ~ to push slavery even to Cape Horn, thai the
balance might not be disturbed.
Mr.. Calhoun has a taste for theories He has
constructed one for this occasion, AMI no has
based il even upon the Constitution of the I'm
ion. Washington, jefferson, nn2 Hamilton
never dreamed that their labors would be applies
TO such an end. He has drafted some incredible
resolutions into this new system. He has Spoken
: not Of the prosperity of the slaves, but even o
. the freedom they possess, and the extension o
slavery into those regions which the Nexicans
while independent, purged Of il, is put upon tn
right that all men possess TO ernigrate with fhet
. property. The theory and the resolutions o
Mr. Calhoun met with poor success in the Sen
ate Mr.. Benton called for the previous ones
ton, saying that there were important matter
to be acted upon, and that il was not desirabl
to Law them aside for absfrsctiens. That wor
was keen. However, the majority Of the Senst
rejected the Wlmot Proviso. The bill was re
turned to the House of Representative. whic
body, after much hesitation, and with very Ill
grace, finally assented to the amendment, chief
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