Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-05-29

displaced military man, and would have allowed policy
approved by the President TO have been completely carried
He could say more, at this time, upon that point
but when the plan which he submitted to the President
TO be made known, il would be that the military
men would have ha nothing complain of-that General
Taylor, instead OF struggling at Buena Vista with 5000
against 900, would have been advancing on Santa
with 20 900 that General Scott instead of an entrenched
army Cero Gordo would probably have found the road
open to Mexico that the Generals would have probably
the city OF Mexico and found themselves
tended by diplomatic mission, nationally constituted both
geographical and in political sense and prepared to take
advantage all events smooth the way solid aud lasting
peace.
Mr.. BENTON passed a subject one which bad not
yet excited the public attention. but which, in his opinion
pregnant with much DANGER and required early
Ii question of foreign war, to be settled by
diplomacy, but of domestic legislation be settled by pub
lie opinion and by He alluded the slavery propa-
gand resolutions, introduced into the Senate towards the
close fhe late session, and which he had sgmazed fire.
brand the day of their introduction. On their face these
resolutions contemplate subverson Of the Unon throwing
the guilt Of the subverson upon those who oppose their
actmen into law. At the time they propose what no
Of non-slaveholdng State stand and what
many from the savehoding States, himself in the number
would stand if they could They propose the abolition
Of all compromises past and future, the slavery question:
and vloaors of the rights of the States and of the
constitution and subvertes of the Unon all who will not
agree extend slavery to all the territories of the United
States to the most remote and hyperboeanto Oregon
ITSELF the latitude Of Wisconsin and the Lake of the Woods
with the practical consequence, only a FORM
The Abolition creed is that the admission of slavery in any
part Of the Union is violation OF the constitution and dis
solution Of the Union the resolutions declare that the
prohibition of slavery in any territory of the Union
aton Of the constitution and of the rights Of States and
subverson OF the Union So true il is that meet
and that all fanahcs, for against any dogma, terminates
at the same point OF intolerance and defiance.
The first effect oi this slavery creed which the South
summoned to adopt sumuary, would be estab
sh political test for trying the orthodoxy Of all cand
dates for the Presidency and, Northern could
stand such test at home the whole Of them would be knock
ed in the head, far the South concerned single
lick The next eectof these resolutions if adopted the
avehoding States would be to put end the pre-
sent political division Of parties, and substitute party
IN the South, (wlth its antagonist in the Noh bounded by
geographical nes and founded the principle of slavery
propagundsm The third effect these resolutions would be
that which is stated alphabetically their face namely
the subverson of the Union.
Seeing these resolutions in this dangerous point of vew
he (Mr. had sigmazrd them a irebrand on the day
of their nroducon and had since deprecated their appca
on to the Oregon BILL by which the Oregon people left
without law for year longer Many persons
thought him too prompt in his denuncaon Of these esou-
tons perhaps the persons thought him prompt in
denouncng the Oregon joint occupation treaty in lsls-he
treaty which gave away Texas in Sl9the treaty of annex
alton in ls44-and all the of the Tyler Admins
tation which led to the Mexican 1876 but the truth
might be that he fast but themselves too slow
The resolutions appeared dangerous him. and he struck
them at their first apparon the Senate chamber He had
done his duty he had sounded the alarm for peo
pie of the United Staesal the friends of The Unionto do
the rest. There Jackson the Union by
voice, like the command of destiny, procamng that err
SHALL PRESERVED"
Mr.. b. concluded with saying that he limited himself on
this the few subjects on which he had touched
without exhaustng them They subjects of present
teest and Of national import and above the level of
party and fit TO be discussed in this assembage which
was of party. He had not acted upon them in
party character when before the Senate and did speak of
them party measures On proper subjects, when
party principles applicable he found close enough to
his party line. When principles did appy-when the
SUBJECT was either too large or too small for party-when
foreign domestic discussion was the question: or poor
clerk aborer 10 be turned of empoymen-on such
and such little subjects these, he chose rather
act the character of patriot who felt for his country, and
of who felt for his felIow-man.