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

troduce,a bill providing fsfIhe applopria-
tion of three millions I'd gotiating a
peace with. Mexico, attacl5ing thereto SUBJ
stanlialiy the Wilmot pa siso.I his was
sustained by a1arge majdtity ofthe House
of ofRepresentaliyes, and Oh aaiied because
the rules requirsdsa vote ofsfWo-lhirds 10
graut leave 10 Introduce bill out OF lis
order. tieF r,,;c ~ e. - 2
This movements from New York was
succeeded by, Mr. WiImoi renewal Q! his
amendment ofilhe session precedin9,
which was carried, and the Bill sent 10 the
Senate ,of1he United StalAs the VIII
mot. iproviso attached thereto s.ssY nile
before lhe House, a memlIer from Illinois
(Mr. Doug CLASSY again ipFt posed the adop-
lion, in this matter Of theE EiineOf the Mis-.
souri, compromise, which proposition was
again rejected. s e. :
Ii is:lrue tharintthe lSelIaie ihe. w llinot
proyiso. was defealedsbys II sEoIe Of thirty
Que to twenty one, hut " our Committee
are constrained 10 believe ihateit would be
a dangerous dslusion lo} iitos upon This
vote as .indica1iyeaof theayiewsoft the Sen.
ale uponsthe principle involved. The re- re:
marks Of the Senator's from ihe1non slave.
holding States, who voted agains..ihe pro-
:yiso, eyinced clearly that they opposed it
ouly because they thoughlsi was mot The
lproperLirne aud 0ccasioISo carr ysodt the
pol cyit embraced. Nay their own de-
,claraIions manifested thatjthdse Senator's,
when the Territory was lscq1ired, would
be found united with the p.ber Senator'S
from The -slayeholdiDs Staies.i
q Your Committee considsr3tf the aclloh OF
the Senale, when taken ineapseclion with
the proclaimed intentions DE- The Northern
Senator'S yoting in themajdHtysis strongly
confrmatory Of their colylclion already
expressed as 10. the deterniiiation Of The
non n-slavehoIdng States. e sIi.;,i .iss IS,
In further support Of their conclasion,
your Committee would referaoIhe tone
aud temper Of the Press, both Whig and
Democratic; throughout tie noD.slavehol !
ding Slales, in the interval between the
Two Sessions Of Congress- and down to
the present time, as atiof ding abundant
and good evidence that tho people ofthose
States sustain the action ofFheir Fsepreseu-
tatlyes in Congress. 5agS ~ :.:!q:a u.
But this is. moi alive have tie. further
evidence of the action Of -lhe, legislatures
Of aine of the non. sIayeholding5 States,
who have already moved in this matter.
and we have every reason 10 "a Pprehend
that Others wlilfollow their. example: The
States which have at this tmO' spoken,
are Pennsylvania, New Jefsey. M York,
Rhode Island, Vermont NsW3Hsmpshire,
Massachusetts, Ohioand Michigan. The
Legislatures of these: States hive all more
ihansanctioned the WilmotEprtIyilio. They
have passed resolutions, denonncing sla.
very as "a great calamity aud immense
moral d:pOlilicaI evil3ptois IL against
its further extensions, and sinaEpc Ing their
Senators and requesting their representa-
lives in Congress, to. resist It's intraduclion
inlo any other. STATES or4Ferrilbliessot the
Uniled States. Dogno,ltheseaacts, which
are .indispu,able, prove 80 demonstration
the correctness of oPinioaa syhich your
Committee have ex PRESSED, dhat a great
majority ofsihe people of.boah arties, and
oEaii P,urt tiesfusrne EsId sUhol1 ling Stales,
have sdeiiberalst ty dc dclefM.nadI that the in
slilu,iono Of slavery shall ael, within the
limits of,lie United States. extend beyond
It's present boundary, thatiRs!la llnot here
alter exis, .in any, TefritbiS ,sanh'ttat no
Stale shall be admi,.ed into. Athe Uuion in
whicrit is hot-luever prohibited.
: .Irmay be that party Considerations. or
views ofpolicy,'which prevent, for lime,
a definite action upon this determination.
but that its enforcement, when necessary,
is firmly received on, your Conlilillee can
not doubt. To wait for further evidence
OF fixed intent would be hnwise and ,dau-
ger. US. ,.(.
What is properso be done in'the prem-
ises, your Commiilee will not. undertake
tu recommend They deem j, a great and
solemn question, demanding an instant,
calm aud deliberate consideration of every
Southern man, who values The heritage
derive,i from our fathers, or our own honor
and safely. And action ofsome sorr, firm,
united aud .coucerled action is. certainly
necessary. "'2e = -, ...5r ,S.,r....
Your Committee submit, that what the
non-slaveholdins States regard as slavery,
simplyis with US, a political institution,
by the preservation of which the two ra-
ces ia the Southern States who 'inhabi
them, 10 not very unequal numGers, may
live together, as experience demonstrates,
in peace and prosperity. Destroy This re.
lalion and the inevitable result, ,@ould be
the destruction of one race or the other.
No other relation has ever been sug sesled
by which they can liyetsogethersia mum
bers SO nearly equal without a conflict
Continue this tea,ioa, and The slavehold
ing States Millaemain a grea! and flour
isbihg community increasing iE wealth
and, population, and adding more to The
wealth aud prosperity Of The res! of the
Union, and OF the. worldathan any. other
community of eeuals numbers. sln any
other relation we will become inpover.
ished aud wretchsd-miserable ourselves,
without at all contributing to the pros
perlyo or happiness Of others. To. preserve
this institution, YOUR Commiliee are well