The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-08-16

The Slavery Question-Opinions at the South.
In your weekly paper of goth May ls47 Is inserted the
substance Of speech made by tho Hon. Thomas H. Ben
ton ON the l3th May, ls47 at st. Louis, Missouri In
this speech think the Senator has made of the high
intellect with which nature has endowed him, to mysty
the people In respect to the precise views Of John Cal
houn who moved the resolutions to which Mr. B. REFERS
and also respect to the Interpretation the South
slave States to put upon those resolutions
By the ordinance of 1887 slavery prohibited north
west of the Ohio; and by the act of Sd March, 1920
prohibited north of SO deg 80 min, north latitude.
These enactments the slave States acceded to, and
looked upon the last concession to tyranny settle
men to the question: but concession to tyranny
rather power determined to deprive you Of your
liberty only begets more exorbtant demands, the abol
ton party persevered and again challenged the slave
States BY the famous Wmot proviso whchwas attached
to the three million bill and passed by the House Of
Representatves-thi fpassed into law would have
cuded all slave owners from the right to emigrate to
the territories Of the United States well south
north of 80 deg 30 min. north stitude and 1t time
for the slave States to forward in defence Of what
few rights yet remained to them south Of that line.
The Wimot proviso and Mr.. Bentons speech both
inculcate the doctrine that the United States foreign
to her territories, and also that the public
domain not the common property ofthe United States
The constitution Of the United States art clause
says Sc The Congress shall have the power to dispose
Of make all needfu rules and regulations respecting
the territory other property belonging the Unte0
States and nothing in this constitution shall be so con
strued as to prejudice any claims OF the U"ted states
much for the Union, he says he is why did he not
stgmatise the Wilmot proviso as fire brand? This
the beginning Of the controversy and both that
the resolutions efforts to compel Congress to as
sume to the first, the exercise Of unconstitutional
powers, and in respect to the second, position that
would least guaranty to the slave States their common
rights in the Union until they thought proper to give
them up, in 1887 and 1920, leave it to any man OF
to say which would be more likely to subvert the
Uuiop the abolition provso Of the House. or the manly
stand OF the slaves states by their rights and the con-
stitution the senate Did the constitution create
the institution ofssvery Did Congress create slavery
Did New York. Pennsylvania and create
slavery as three one! they did not they cannot sbo
States created slavery each for itself before they came
sh it for no of men destroy that which De-
longs to Others and escape with mpunity The separate
the Union and when they did come into the Union
was there an express agreement that the slave
should pe any time excluded from the pubic DOMAIN
The slave States did not rs the constitution on those
terms but they will stand by the compromise provided
no attempt is to force from them furthcr conces-
sions -. Al, =,
MT B. has taken the ground that the slave
states are the movers this matter the reeou
tons were brought forward In defence lie has also
taken the ground that they desgnedy brought Tor
ward as rs brand for the express purpose OF dsmem
herring the Union having eye to the extensive con-
quests at tn. South Both ofwhich are false venture
To eav that the SOUTH slave States with John O. Cal
noun at ts head will refer to slavery except in
defence of their constitutional rights and they heir
rirhts) cannot be changed by any egotst in creation