The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-10-04
Com. CHAs, W. SKINNER,
Washington, Chief of Bureau of
The Acquisition of Territory.

tices of marked ability upon the questions at issue be-
tween the slave and free States True to its position as
southern press, fearlessly battles in defence OF south
ern rights, regarding their vndlcaton of Importance
far above and beyond the party questions of the
day From late Herald, we copy below an article upon
issue which is attempted to be made by those who
deem polite Tor party purposes to evade the issue pre-
scented in the Wmo Proviso, viz: ''no acquisition of
territory" and we fully concur in its conclusions. The
adoption of such issue by the south would be as
wise dsreputable 1t would be Il complete surrender
of the question at issue between us and antagonists
an acknowledgment OF our inability or unwllngness to
Wmot Abolition Provlso must be resisted by the south,
under whatever form under whatever auspices may
present Rehabilitation Mercury
TERRITORY OR NO TERRIToRy--If the next Congress
do not settle the matter involved in what is called the
we think than probable that the parties for the
presidency will be divided (n the free States) by the
question of territory territory and is OF some
Importance for the public to think over these questions.
For the no territory principle may be said that eiiec.
luay evades the discussion OF the Wllmot Provlso, and
all the evils which must follow in its train This is a
very great recommendation but it involves also another
consideration 1t would be compromise on the part OF
the south 1t would be equivalent to saying we will re-
ect undoubed good for fear that, receiving it, may
tempt enemies overlap the laws and thus dsune the
country This is yielding right to avoid giving ty
majority an opportunity OF committing great
wrong and the question whether all such concessions
on the part of numerical minority do not tempt more
rapacous misunderstanding, at last, in the entire sublu
CATION of tho weaker part This is the strongest argu-
ment know against the no-territory party. There
are number of other important considerations but this
is the chief one.
In favor of the territory doctrine, the argument above
stated be cited in addition TO several other reasons
OF vast Importance to the south. We will enumerate a
few of them In the first place, the expenses OF the war
must be paid byome one and they ought to be paid by the
conquered party II we 40 not take this pay IN the form
selves The enemy has no other means of giving us in
Identification. TO refuse to take it in this way would be
extraordinary and to fall back on the for this
IvOud the that the DrnCiDe
of cohesion weak IN our SYSTEM that we must aban
don right and good lest the country fall into anarchy
Again in all the slave States bordering on the free
States there is growing Indifference the institution of
slavery. This results from variety of reasons The
land in those States, under the system of agriculture pre-
vang the south, is becoming exhausted, and there is
every Involvement for the planters there to further
south Slave property in those States is insecure because
Of the encements for slaves to make their escape into Tree
TERRITORY This keeps the planter constantly uneasy and
nse in his possessions Delaware is about to abo-
lish slavery Kentucky is growing ripe for similar
movement; and in western Virginia, as we saw by our
exchanges yesterday, proposals have been published for
the printing of an slavery paper These things
point inevitably the time when those States will be free
States and imagine that when that shall have been
follow in the same path The result will be, that slavery
will come down further south. The natural ten
dency of the slaves, under humane policy is to IN
crease The effect follows, that we have no outlet for
them-no soil to put them nhey will be huddled
within the extreme southern limits OF the Union, and
two consequences may follow. By their numbers and
Inc OF aDOHllOnlsli, uty
subordinate and the result be too terrible for contem
platon; or their excess may make them proless, and
those who own them be obliged to set them free volun
arily or to submit to any plan for the purpose which
may be proposed by the government.
These evils may be avoided by taking new territory
adapted to slave labor or indeed by taking any kind of
territory in the direction of Mexico. The profitable xs
ence of slavery is by means incompatible with a
temperate region, but is incompatible with very
dense population We need plenty of soil to render it
valuable.
These ara the more obvious reflections which occur in
thinking of this subject hundred inferior ones might
be suggested and, indeed volumes of the most moment
Gus matter might be written it. Our object however,
is within usual brief limits for article, to suggest,
with as few words as possible, something which every
southern reader and indeed every patriotic man in the
Union, should seriously ponder on
Within the coming few years grave national questions
to be settled by the federal Legislature, and what is
done in that body within that brief period may leave its
impress this part OF the world throughout all time,
As said in the beginning of this article party politics
about TO the phases have here described
and now is the time, before party prejudice controls mems
minds TO get right on the subject as good intentions
and calm deliberations will allow.-Hobde Herald.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
No More Territory.
At the last session of Congress southern Senator in