Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-08-19

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Look We 10 It.. We need active guarantees
Er the protection n our rights in these
Territories. I've have The opinion Of Gen
V,ss. and the arguments of bis Distinguish.
III GtpHdz, adopted and quoted Ny himself,
thai we shall never get thrm by the hdop,-
on IL HE platform Tint II IL ~"ihpoSs'hle
ihal 4 maiufity If the people Eto whom ne
! npu.as i1 refer lbFs question: wotild con.
arnt ~ m establish slavery" IN the Terri
tories.
t,pn. Cas-. ditet quoting aHd adopting
the following extract frtHn Mr. %Buchanatfs
letter upon ibis stdHect, TO wit
uln regard 10 New Mptien, cast Of The
Rim Isrnude, the QUESTION has already breti
ppttled nv tho admission of Texas into tho
Uninn. Should we acquire territory he
ygnd the Rio GraBJe and east 1T the Rocky
Mountains IL is still more impossible that
a majority should consent 10 re'establtsg
slavery. They arc themselves a CoIored
nnnnlaiign. and ationg them the negr0does
not belong socially TO n degraded race"
t,Dnlinlps IN these words: .|' '..
aWith this last feuiafk Nj. Walker fully
cuincilps IN his letter written IN i844, uppi'
tue annexation Of IeSas, and wlicrpvety
where b. odnrrd So IA veraBIe m impression
I uton the public mim1 as To have rondhted
very materially 10 the accomplishment ot
that great measure. Beyond the DIET Nhtte
(snyp Mr.. WalRcrl slavery will not pass,
B not only hecnuso II is forbidden hy law, bit
because tho colnred rhre there prapende.
rates In The thtin Of ten 10 one over the
whites aud hoIding, as they do, the Gov
erntnpnt and most Of The offices IN their
no tsession. they will not permit the eii-
slavpinonl Of any portion Of the enIored
race which makes and executes the laws
of the county THE question, CONTINUES
t.en. Cass,) Il will he, therefore, seen, on
an rxamintion, does not regard the eStlu-
Ri0n Of slavery from n regitn whore 1t NOW
EXISTS, but a prohibition against Its intro.
dlrlipn where Il does not exist aud where,
from the feelings IF the inhabitants and the
laws nftations, II Is morally impossille
(as Mr. Buchanan says) that II can ever
il. establish ITSELF ..
These are the rea soha upon which Gen,
Cass comnrhdB Lis platform !9 his South
ern allies. w. .. .r.. . H
Its author admits II to produce the same
rrsult ns The Wilmnt pr0Viso yet Southern
Democracy dehornce the pfUviso md adopt
this me stife. II IL The mnst shameless be-
trayal Of whpt they themselves oIntmo he
the rights of their constituents that ever
disgracud any political party. lflhe claim
set up by the S uh be mfonnded, let Il he
abandoned openly, moi betrayed If II he
b well founded and truthful oppose with man
" i]irfnness all schemes which will defeat
u. .....
The neat question which presents itsclr
Il, TO whom do These cnnqucsts belong :
For | have already attempted 10 Rhow that
the rights TO govern them bplhn 9 tg those
who own them. This question: ia free frdm
dihic, nv. Even Ia absolute Government
cunulests are held 10 belong 10 the people
Of The eonquering nation Vattpl, In book
III, oh. xiii Indignantly repels any other
claimant. lie aayst ~, a.0| att"..a
III is asked TO whom ]conpnest belongs
10 the Prince who mhdb L, Br to the Statc1
This questiUn ought never IL have been
heard Of Can the Sovereign net az such
for any other end than the good Of the
Siatei Whose nra The forces employed in
the warl Eren II he had made the con-
quest at his own expense, out Of his own
revenue, or his proper patrimbnial estates.
does he not make use ol'hts Subjects arms :
II Is not their blood that IL shed2. 80
This argument pleads trumpet! tnngutd
against the appropriation of our c]onqunEts
TO . portion efthe people ofthts Union 10
the exclusion of the rest, But Ilttted II for
another purpose, II proves that IN conso.
lldated and absolute Governments con
quests belong e. the State, which repre.
SCENTS, n all things, the collective body Of
the people la our Government condbests,
therefore,, belong 70 the people of all the
States orthc Union and Ills their riuht TO
prescribe laws lor lis government. Have
they delegated this powerl % whom / and
under what restrictions are The remaining
questions TO he settledl And they are full
of% difficulties, o5scuriljes, and dangers 10
the country, have a strong opinion that
no power whatever, ior the government of
foreign r%onQnrss, wa directly given In the
constitution, o ;intended to be given hy the
trainers Of that aastulment. cannot bring
my mind 10 thh conclusion that all the
severe "a powers which government can
rtghtfally exercise over tho human race
were intended 10 he conferred upon Con-
prcss IN the simple clause, "1hn Congress
shall have power 10 dispose Of and make
an needt0l rules and regulations respecting
the territory and other property of the
United States and there Is not another
direct grant IN tho constitution upon this
subject, This clause of the constitution
applies, and was intended 70 apply, 10 ter.
rilory as land. ltcortainlY cannot be- made
10 extend 70 the government OF CONQUERED
nations, H. language, andrall the rules or
legal construction, confue il 10 this inter.
probation, H
The reason for the omission To grant
clear and we'll de fined powers to Congress
sor the government pf countries 10 be ac-
qaiyed by conquest, Is to mYmtnd clear aud
Satisfactory, The trainers of the coustilu.
ton acted updR well settled. and hy them
well understood, principles in tho formation
oClheir fundamental law, They had plant.
ed themselves upon The great ight oresery
people TO govern themselves, They had
fought tor this principle; they had won il
by their yalor, their treasure, aud their
blood, and establish il on this continent.
The greatest Of all political wrongs, in
thier judgment, was for one people 10 as
SORT and attempt to exercise the right 10
govern another. Having fought Tor liberty
and this right Of self government they en-
gagged ii the noble work OF attempting 10