Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-05-04
A Charactcri,tic Epi.,Ic.

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dressed by the Missouri Senator the people Oregon
In reference the failure OF Congress its late session.
organize Territorial Government for that remote
Element" We presume that published the instance
al the wriier who omiu opportunity OF making known
his dccp-roocd and bitter hostility 10 Mr.. Calhoun.
WAsHNsroS CRY, March, lSi7.
nv Eiends-for such may call many OF you from per-
ronal acquaintance and all OF you from my thirty de-
No,on the interests Of your eountry-l thsk fright
make this communication TO you the present moment
when the adjournment OF Congress- without passing the bill
your government and protection have left you
in state Of abandonment by your mother country. But
tuch not the You abandoned! will you
lie denied protection for agreeing to admit slavery L.
n man Of the South, and STAKEHOLDER, tell you this.
hc House OF Representatives, early the middle OF
January, had passed the bill Ia Territorial Co
yrrnment. and that bill had sanctioned and egalzed
your Provisional Organic Act the clauses OF which
prohibits the existence Of slavery Oregon. An
amendment from the Sena,cs committee which this bill
referred proposed abrogae that prohibitions and m
the delays aud vexatonS TO which that amendment gave
Iisc the whole bill was land upon the table and or the
session. This will be great disappointment you and
real caamity already five years without law, legal IN
ruton for the protection Of life liberty and property, and
doomed TO wait year longer This Is n strange and
anomalous condition.! almost incredible contemplate and
critical TO endure! colony OF free men, 1000 miles
from the metropolitan government, and without laws or 60
Vernment TO preserve them! But do be alarmed or
desperate you will not be outawcd Tor admitting slave
Your fundamental against that institution copied
the ordnance OF l7s7-the work the great mon of
the SCUM, IN the great day oil the south, prohibiting slave
~ territory far less northern than youts)-w not be
abtugaed that the intention OF ths prime mover
81 the amendment Upon the record the Judiciary COM
mit,ce OF the Senate is the author OF that amendment
but notso the fact That committee is only mid
wife 10 IT, Its author is the mind that generated
the iirehrand resolutions" Of which send YOU copy
md vi which the amendment is the legitimate derivation
Oregon is the object The rabid pfopap,ndist
slavery cannot expect to plant II on the shores OF
Pacific the latitude OF Wisconsin and the Like of tho
Woods home agitation, for election and dsunion pu,-
poe is all that is intended by thrusnr this fi-ebfard
question ino your bill and at the session. when II
htus, in again, will scourgc and pass vopr
bill as ought 10 be. promise you this IN the name of
The Sou'h As well as OF the North md the event will not
deceive me. In the meantime the President will give Won
MI the protection which existing laws and dctachmenls
"ithe army and navy, enable him extend 10 You
and until Congress has TINS 10 your friends must rely
upon you 20 continue 10 govern yCuf eyes, Won have
heretofore don under the provisions your own youn
ary compact, aud with the justice harmony and mydea-
ton which due 10 character and the honor
OF the American name.
send YOU by Mr. Shney a copy OF the bill of the late
session, both passed the House Representative and
rs proposed TO be amended in the Senate, the Senas
vote upon laying II the table, and COPY of Mr. Cal,
houns neutrality-suspicious.! IN date the amendments
but nevertheless father To- It)-asJ copy of your own
provisional organic nc, printed by order OF the Senate
all which will put YOU completely possession OF the p-o
ceedlng oi Congress on yoat pctuon Tor Territorial Gov
eminent, aud Tor the protection and security OF your r,
In conclusion, have 10 You that the same 50 m
which has made the irlend Oregon Tor thrt, y,ars
al fr.. ID.
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hrusaiss 90 IT, Iuaoeles and s1er.0ns @. " Csls
'ss au'B1r al me b-au1 res0-uuus~ on The .ut-,
o. slavery, wiet ~, N.ss51r Senator e. ,te time 5.
oeo - seres O. uetaPasscL- a5sfrac-yus introduced
win nis1heV'as 1.ieuor designs, which u tho foregoing
e9ste, he deh1es - election snd dIsuuioa -
nj Benton u vii BE- seen, promises tue people Of Oregon
Thai Al the session, the bill snail pass with the WI
mot Pfoyiso embodied iu IT, IL promises thIs ",n the
name Of the South well o the North" tb.ugb NO
may well doubt whether either section of the Union will
adopt that gentleman as an exponent Of it. views on the
question Of Slavery. Certainly the South will not.
Its doubtless true, Mr.. Benton asserts that slavery
cannot exist m region far North a. Oregon We me-
rurns that even Mr. Calhoun 90 whom Mr. Benton s7c,,
ngy aludes by the phrase rabd proplgandi.t Of slave
,) does not expect to pant IT, IN that cold region Bot
this being fixed fact" why did Inc Northern reprcsenia
lives 60 perinaciousy insist inserting this restrictive
clause an the bill for the organization OF it, ter,ri, ~
eminent, as fundamental conduon"7 II Nature has do
creed the non-eSscnce OF slavery there why add sup,
hious legislative inerdci the insurmounabe
which she presents ITS ntroducton7 lit be- as nil e
heve to be, mere surplusagc why will not the North
consent TO s omission7 There be- it seems to u.s. but
one OF Two motives Tor the obsunacy with which they in.
sst upon The incorporation Of such provision in such
bill They either intend by II g.atuitously la taunt the
South or what is much probable they wish TO es
iablsh pTse'deHf. which they may hereafter aupai
whom the acquisition Of additional territory from Nexeo
Insy present occasion which will mpar to ths barren
and unmeanng prohibition in ~ connection with OREGON
both significance aud substance When the time shall
nrye Tor the final disposition Of tue new empire TO be
Wo'od from Mexico. they wish refer 10 this feature
a. the Oregon BILL which received the sanction Of 81, many
southern membcr, aud to which Mr. Benton now cy,re,s
not TIC ihghiest aversion 20 indicate the right Of Conrys
'olegisats he subject Of Siqt,v o. lar at least No o
prohibiis Introduction into all newly acquired territory
whether It be north ~ south Of the limo Of the Missouri 5n
promise u was n consequence ct this aspect Of the us
i To-
Jury by the insertion of Lo Wmot provso m the OREGON
b that We were surprised o. The support given To- that bill
wh hot feature embodied IN it by so arqe porto, of a
Southern representatives in the last Congress Inort,ty,
in Oregon % was nevertheless not lees OBJ cunabs ps
lee decidedly 60 be- opposed by those who sav I'm Do one o
those coming events" which "c,ft tusr 1adlws before,
While We have always been firm ond decided In our hoe
tl'y to the opponents aud assaants of Southern rg ant
institutions, however, and therefore mot d. posed tY ,u
by the WY with those Southern men, who have in ON
opinion, NOT Away adopted 10, most udc.ous and ,c
two mode Of meeting those assaus-aud VII e we el Oh.
adopt NJ Bentons gross attack upon The motives of VI
Calhoun lur the introduction the Senate OF lo s-,
al "sbsractons" las winter, which he sugmazes a. re
brand fosolutons'-wo deem This a suitable occasion
s1y what firmly believe that the dotnces Of the s.ut
have been materially weakened. ON more tan one Gee.
son. by the uluusms Of some Of her leading Champion
and more especially by their attempts 20 uso the SLAYER
question Tor pay sisefi0Heeriag purpoos We have r,
osady had striking ercmphfcaton OF tine remark in Oh,
Congressional Disuiot--in which rdiculousy bbort,
saof as ibc result ot the election domonsate, was ma,
70 run Mr. Bous down. ia consequence u hia ON %
famous Twenty .fis Role the wisdom Of which has bee
f,nr,k.oftV vtnIcsed hv auhae ouent events aud of