Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-03-10

Northern lerrHpryS but 40 territory lyinl
below ,hes degseeI have indicated, is it
be attached tASshiscountry in which shal
exist those inslst6tions which the people o
the SoG,htnoWenjoy. We are told lha
he people sfepresent are uol TO anlici
pate in anYsof fihefruits Of our conquest o.
acquisition all those fruits are 10 be
like the april discord, and serve only t1
create disuSon, dissention, and strife.
Do you suppose that those who have in.
herited underthe constitution rights and
priviIegesswhieh They dearly prize, are to
be told, in theanost insulting manner, that
they are 10 betdeprived Of a participation
in that which they have deemed their in
alienable rishh without resening the in-
jury thus donssto,hem? Why, ,itis with
them matlef .ofsprinciple, of pride, and
not of sordIdigterest. All the other OBJ
jects oflife, The possession of wealth or OF
power, would sbeenothing TO me if I found
had TO live among those who regarded mo
as an inferiorm any point Of view. Sir,
ask for, existence for no other purpose
than TO enjoySthose rights and privileges
to which Iamsenritled, and which, as far as
am capablesshall ever be preserved. II is
supposed thatI am inlimidated into yield
ing :,hem1p Yet this is what is gravely
proposed. &fIis said That we are TO ac-
Gurc no territory at all without these re-
striclions- This is the anomalous position
in which We haye' placed ourselves, or
rather in; which this war has placed US.
We have already expended fifty millions
of dolIars,a1d the bones Of hundreds Of
our citizens are now bleaching in the sun
in Mexiro; or are entomhed in its soil |;
nay, thousands have perish ID. Peace is
proposed, aud an indemnity, a rernunera-
tion is soushlto be obtained from Mexi
CO; hui vainiy sought. The only remun-
Grafton. .lhe'only indemnify we shall have.
will be rheremainder Of our troops return
ing 10 US maimed and crippled, and asking
us an indemnify for their wounds and for
the suffsriings swhich they have endured.
Sir, can ii 'tbss seriously contemplated thai
proposlioti as that to which have
aIiude, is IoSfnd favor ia this Senate!-
Irit be. lsay, before God. would expend
all the money and subject myself to all
the hazardsi have indicated, rather than:
see tile Fraternity as it is formed aud as II
exists underslhis federal constitution bro
ken up.
While w6shave every Thing 10 induce us
to believe,Sfrom he facts which come
crowdin2 :gpol Us inqlhe. history Of this
country sipsss the assnciarion of The old
55E5i eosiisaa; assSsFhs SFs f4ia Aaa mgs! S and
every lniug else 10 preserve it; yet if we
are 10 not have territory withou: giving up
our most valued privilege If this be the
only mode by which we can be permitted
to obtain territory; ifthis be The only mode
.by which we can averl That agitation and
dsunion which is threatened, say thai
even that will avert il 0ul fur short time;
for when see resolutions coming to US IN
stronger and boder terms. have little
of ultimately averling the calamity. Sir
il cannot be averled by any such conces-
sion; hut when it comes, hope it will be
found that the Union is stronger than
those who sport with it, who aim deadly
blow against il uuder party banners. think
it will prove stronger. What The Union
of these Stales 10 be broken up! IL IS
getting stronger every day, as far as re-
CARDS tue original States. And why !!
Your intercourse is hetIer regulated you
have an easy and expeditions intercourse
with the remotest paris. Of the country
the distance between Detroit and New
York is now reduced to almost nothing.
While we are rebuked every day for the
continuance of this Union, (if | use terms
which are not exactly proper hope snali
be excused)-ls say, whilst we are rebuked
every day for the continuance Of the Union
by political aspiraus-for it amounts to
that aud nothing css--Ghe cemenlIns
bonds of The Uuion are becoming stronger
tho alliances that are taking place every
day render them 6rmer: and you wllihnd,
ir ten wears from this lime, thar the grand
children of the people Of Massachusetts
will have established themselves at the
South. And do you think it right that
painful issue Of this kind should be raised
aud that kindred blood should be shed lr
| the contest WHICH UluSt OHso0 >N JSS
think tha, there will he nc disposition lo
consul, the spirit ard design with which
these institutions were fdrmed! Are no
The descendants Of those iIlustrious mer
who gave US the constitution under which
we live worthy TO worship at the ALTA
erected by their ancestors How is ii
then, that we see resolutions like those
from New ork. Pennsylvania and Ohie
aiming at The destruction of that harmony
which should always prevail throughout
this Republic? Yes sir. and by way o
illustration, letme bring to your recollec
ton of fact that is perfectly well know
to YOU. The State of,Vcrmont came int
the Union after The formation Of the fede
raj constitution. Now suppose IL had beel
proposed. or rather, suppose there hat
been slaveholdug population stron'
10 dictate the terms Of her ,adnisson-l
dictate provision that no one should bel
land within that State, and enjoy lh