Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-01-27

ment NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. uono.ssf az Seo.tss
Twas iudicioussa al this moment. de was
aware that one who had, perhaps, always
some influence in controlling public opin;;:
ioil7 ion al The South, had been endeaydrIhg 10
silence the voice of the South upon that
question. He the remainder.of the sem.
tence was lost. But so far as this terri
tory Of Oregon was concerned, the present
was the only time when the question
shonld be raised. 1t was 10 be done now,
or it was to be done never. If not done.
Eit was to oconstitu,e another precedent, and
he did nothesitale to say, that II the South
tfaiied TO raise its voice now, il ought to,be
and would be precluded. But what were
the circumstances which now surrounded
lhen7 ,Ainan from The southern States
thad been blind, who for the last three
years had moi seen thai fearful juncture
was coming upon The country He Mr.
b. had NOT occupied his seat two days
before be espied the rapid approach. he
EDeggedYery briefly to advert 10 some OF
those circumstances, Three years ago,
the 'incendiary publications, disguised an
der the form of memorials aud petitions
to Congress, were excluded from the hall
that barrier had been broken aown.-
One Of The States Of the Uni9a--the State
| of Massachusetts, State Influential on
account of her high intelligence. and
wealth-selemnly, by hel Legislature, pro-
posed to disturb that compromise Of the
cousti,ution. which provided the basis Of
representation in Congress. That was
defeated. During the last session ofCDn.
gress, when proposition was made in
that hall TO furnish The government of the
United States with ih, means of conclu-
ding treaty Of peace with Mexicoswhen
an appropriation was aske Fer The simple
purpose OF concluding a treaty OF peace
| with Mexico-a Democratic representa-
tive from Pennsylvania rose iii bis place
and moved thai ipterdict of the ordinance
Of 1857 upon any territory that might be
acquired from The enemy III Mexico. The
country was at war. Every body desired
that peace should he obtained If pracli-
.cable. Yet that blow was Inflicted by a
democratic hand! He remembered, upon
that occasion, thai his worthy aud ,estima.
bic friend from. Indiana moved thespropo-
sition ofthe Missouri compromise; and he
. remembered that that proposition was vo:
led down. He remembered, moreover,
that when the bill To provide The loan
sought by the President was introduced
in that House, gentlemen fromsthe Eastern
Stales, and some from the western States,
on the opposite side Of the House, denoun-
ced with loud voice the entire proposi.
lion; and SO one Of The proyisos Of the gen.
tIeman from Pennsylvania was engrafted
/ on that bill, and lhey tSerethe; frstte turn
round AMI vote With alucrity fosil. ,:
During The present session of Congress,
anihonerabie mem ber from The State ol
New Yotk, Mr.. zking,t had deemed il
his s:duty;sor at least had thought ptepeI
stu attempt the Introduction OF the same
proposition The proposition wilh-the pro.
4 iyiso moved by The gentleman from Penn.
sylvania. The House refused 10 suspend
the rules for The introduction oflhat prope.
sition BY only some5two or three peles.-
He told them, and lie told The s.alh, thai
thai proposition was TO come! lie told
I Them that it would be moved, and he
did not see that it would not prevail.--
What .sas the language all aronnd him
|sinahal hall 2 What was the language ol
gentlemen from the north, and from the
easi, aud fromthe west ? That the south
need not hope ever again TO see-a slave
State formed Of any Territory that might
he acquired by that government, whether
by treaty or by conquest.
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