Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-01-27
=WISCELLANEOUS.
!. MR.. BURTss SPEECH.

government Of, Oregon, is published in the
Washington Union Of the I4lh. II ls "a. "a
mastery yindiealion Of The rights aot the
States and views the power of Congress
to Interfere with the subject OF slavery, IN
the Territories aud new States IN the true
,pcintof light. All the compromises en-
tered into by ( Congress: in,erd,cilns sla'
very 10 any ofihe new States, Mr.. Burt,
considers unconstitutional and conse-
sauenliy nolbindins on such States.
10 f7S7:"arIicles, Of compact between
the original States aud the people and.
STATES in the territory northwestern the
river Ohio,' were entered into.. The
SIKH article Of this. compact provides,
; .''rhere shall be neither slavery nor
involuntary servilude in thesaid territory,
otherwise than in the punishment ofcrime
whereof The party shall have been duly
convicted 81 . -.zf:ls
This compact, MIR. Burt demonstrates
Congress had no power to make. 10 the
language of Mr., Madison on The subject, il
was ...withour the color of constitutional
,auIhority."
Thesaext compromise 0n>the subject,
s.was what is termed lhe missouri Com.
,promise.n In the eight section of the act
of the 9th March 1920, it was provided
"That in all that territory, ceded by
.Frarce to the United States, unde: the
,anams OF Louisiana, which lies north OF
thirty six degrees, and thirty minutes,
( north latitude not included within the
limits of The State, contemplated by this
90, oI,,a.,,F.~n - a S,;ryof,,niorv onrvi,r,ie
otherwise than in the punisbrnentofcrlmes
whereof the parties shall have been duly
!. convicted, shall be, aud rs hereby,forever
;. prohibited. Provided always, that any
stperson escaping into the same from whom
labor: or service is lawfully Gained in any
State orterriiory of the United States,
ach1tugitive may be lawfully reclaimed
and conveyed TO the person claiming bis
or her labor or service as aforesaid, !"
:s;; This compromise is also, regarded 10y
Mr. Burt as securing, because an uucon-.
/. .stitutional interference Of Congress with:
ibe rights of The States.
.s,sT The nexl instance in The history of This
subject. was the annexation of Texas. On
this point Mr.. Burt ullers The following
5jasr and smanly language: .
He should moi undertake 10 saysTha,
motiyes--whal view of policy induced the.
annexation Of Texas. He knew that the
advocated oayarieus grounds
sHes knew thai twas advocated by the:
north and .wesis as well as by the south;
but 90 far as he had heard she debates
ssaBdshe believed he had heard them all.
! he would snol underlak 10 . say on what
ground the annexation Il Texas was ad.
: yocated. He thought he: nigh safely say
{ ssiFaasa NOT advecated oa the ground ex-
,sclnsiyeiy ofsfavery, orsof The slave inte-
asres,. <: ne wefe 10 und cra ake.io say ON
stwilat und in his estimation atSpoiicy
I was ursed, hessMould say il was the ieals.s
I o5sy which. every American felt against
s-1hesBriish toRernmen planting a foot on
anoth inc b sof American coil. He be-
;,lieyed ,hatlwast The ground /; ana that The
j; ;,trneA American feeling which would resist
81 sal aggression The establishment of
British power upon this continent, was
1tfeicause ofthe annexation Of Texas. But
Texas at that time was an independent
republic. TheIesolution which proposed
. this line of36 degrees 80 minutes; was
offered 10 her in tha nature of treaty
stipulation. She was competent to assent
;3or reject. She. e.chocse to assent, ahd he
submitted that that instance in iheir bis,o.
S;;sry could moi be altluced as a precedent.
But il was in Difference 10 that precedent
in their history. that helhad yeotu.ed 10
offerltIis amendment in a.spirit OF anity
). and compromise. IF il were mat in q
: corresponding snirit, il might he we'll for
1tba,. coniederacy. He trusted /, nigh, he
$50. 3ut he could not refrain from sayiop
tbatlbe compromisesAif com1promises
: they might be called-had brought no,bing
{ which was valuable to, the protection Of
51he rights aud peace OF The south. The
south had been subjected te eternal agita-
s',ion-io that elersal feasiop and annov.