Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-03-17

troduceta bill providing fori appropria-
ton Of three millions for 3speg otiatlng a
peace with Mexico, attacbing thereto subs
stanlially the Wilmo,i Prtisiso: This was
by alarge majority ofthe House
Of ofRepresentaliyes, and OIL y3ailsd because
the rules required a vote ofsfRo-lhirds 10
graut leave 10 introduce al sbnl out OF us
order. ,iey. ao -,.,.;s - s.-.s-
This movementss. from New Work was
succeeded ty Mr. Wilmot' renewal ol his
amendment offlhe Session preceding,
which was carried, and tina Billsent tolhe
Senate ,of1he United States with the Will
mot :proviso attached lherelo.s ssst hile'
before The. House, "a member from Illinois
(Mr. Douslass) again proposed the adop-
lion, in this matter Of Incline of he Mis-.
souri, compromise, which proposition was
again rejected. ~. ?
Ii s,,rue that rinsthe Senat atesahe Wlltnot
proviso was defealedsby3 aayolei ofsthlrtya
one to twenty one, b bur yonr % Committee
al constrained 10 believsd sdhatsit would be
a dangerous delasion@ 10 loos upon shls
vote as ndicatigo4of lbesviewsaof 5he Sen;
ale upon the principle5invo veds The, re-.
marks Of the Senator'S fromahenon slave
holding States, who voted agains,Ihe pro
:viso. evinced clearly that they opposed it
ouly because they Thought # was mot the
,properlirrle and 0ccasiouato carry nut The
polcyis embraced. NAY, their own de-
cIaralious manifested lhatthose Senator's,
when the Territory was acquired, would
be found united with the so:her Senators
from The -slaveholdips STATES.
Your Committee CONSIDERING action of
the Senale, when taken in ce1nec eclIon with
the proclaimed intentions Of thes Northern
Senator'S voting in the majorily.:is strongly
confirmatory OF their conyiclion already
expressed as 10 the determination Of the
non -slaveholding States. s,h .,,t:i,ss-5a, IS,
# In further support Of their conc clGsion,
your Committee would referlo The tone
aud temper Of the Press, both Whig and
Democratic, throughout Tie non sslarehol-'
ding Slales, in the interval between The
two Sessions of Congressman down to
the present time, as alfofding abundant
aud good evidence that The people of those
States sustain The action oflheirR Represen-
tatlyes in Congress. s.,s ssss
But this is not alive haYPs the further
evidence of the action Of ihei Legislatures
of aine Of the n.slayeholdlng States,
who have already moved in this matter.
and we have every reasorid, iapprehend
that oltiers will follow their example. The
States which have at this time spoken,
are Pennsylvania, New Jefsey y. N. York,
Rhode Island, Vermont. NewHampshire,
Massachusetts,, Ohio.and Michigan. The
Legislatures ofthese STATES hlye all more
lhansanctioned the Wilmor priiviso. They
have passed resolutions. ldentllncing sla-.
very as "a great calamity aud immense
moral and political evil pFolssIing against
its further exte ensioIl, and slnslfriclins their
Senators and requesting their Representa-
lives in Congress, tllresisl its introduction
into any other. STATES OF lferrilbtiss OF the
United States. Do nolitheseaacts, whicn
are .indispu,able, prove 40 DEMONSTRATION
the correctness of opinion which your
Committee have expressed, that "a great
majority oflhe people f;botsl arties, and
oEafi rtiesinIh tsl5 yuhcfd ding States,
have Deliberately dcIefniEea illat The. in;
slilu,ion Of slavery shall noL within the
limits oflie United States. extend beyond
It's present boundary, thariesha ] not here
after exist in any sHeri,biy Yand:that no
Stale shall be, admil,ed into. dihe Uuion in
which.it is hotdorever prohibited.
!. sIrimay be thar party considerations. or
views ofpolicy, which prevent, for lime,
a definite action upon ibis determination.
but that its. enforcement, when necessary,
is firmly y'res6lyed OH, your Cnmliiuee can
not doubt. To wait for further evidence
of fixed intent would be hnwlse and ,lau-
ger US. -. -,
What is proper,o be dohe in'the prem :
ises, your Commillee will moi. undertake
to recommend They deem i, a great and
solemn question, demanding an instant,
calm aud deliberate consideration of every
Southern man, who values The heritage
derived from our fathers, or our own honor
and safety. And action ofsome SORT, firm,
united aud .coucerled action is certainly
necessary. 3s = - z..., ~ l.,..
Your Committee submit, that what the
non -slaveholdins States regard as slavery,
simplyi, with US, a political institution,
by the preservation GG which the TWO ra.
ces in the Southern STATES who inhabil
them, in not very unequal numbers, may
live together, as experience demonstrates,
in peace aud prosperity. Destroy This re-.
lalion and the inevitable result would be
the destruction OF one race or the other.
No other relation has ever been SUI sgesled
by which they can Iiyeaogethergin uum
bers so nearly eqnal Ysithoui a conflict
Continue lhis. tslation, andihe slavehold
ing States MillHemaiil a great and -four
ishing community. increasing ic wealth
and: population, and addiag more to The
wealth aud prosperity Of The resuof the
Union, and OF the worldst than any other
community Of equal numbeis. In any
other relation we will become 4itppoVerr-
ished aud wretched-,niserable Ourselves.
without at all contributing to The pros
perly or happiness Of others. tt. preserve
this institution, your Commillestare well