The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-09-13

beg 10 ask hun what would be The state o
our rights 10 New Mexico and California
if The laws now in force there were lief, un
changed Can lie pom, gu, any mode By
which our rights would be more secure
without repeating The laws no. IN force 7
Mr.. BADGER. think | could point
out very just and equitable mode which
would save the horror Of all the parties &c
this agliating qnes'inn. We have, howev.
CT, now TO do with the measure before us,
Which is recommended TO US, as have re
marked, because il saves our honor. say.
according TO my judgment, II saves no such
thing.
Mr. BUTLER. | ask il any other
remedy, which has beea Indicated here,
would not be obnoxious 10 the same oiiec.
4 tionl
Mr.. BADGER. think could men.
lion one. | repeat, SIR, that, in my opin.
lop, ny tbs measure We surrender the whole
and gala nothing in return. II il wcFe 10
be the means Of putting IN end TO this dan
cerous aud dsotgar'Zing aeta'on--lf it
would bring pface and quiet to tho couolry
i would e. hone among nv constituents,
aud, nnpeel,ag 10 them o. citizens Of one Of
the old original thirteen, Of whose gallant
sons some died apen the battle fields of the
Revolution, and others went down 10 their
graves covered atth honorable scars. and
hundreds and thousands did battle in vindi
cation Of their csuatg' cause, would say
&c ttea,--'o the people eueDest ahou vas
born, amoDgs, bon have lived, 10 whose
kindness, promotion, and patronage, owe
every thug Of distinction aud prosperity
that cnIly, amongst whom expect 10 die,
amongst whom mS children, trust, will 1--we
at'er | AN geue--l weuld say 10 them,
made this surfeuder because knew your
deep devotion to the Institutions handed
down by our forcfathcrs; because knew
your resolalc opposition TO every thing by
which the union OF the States may be SC.
vercd or weakened because felt assured
taa' you would justify me il giving up What.
ever Of n'eres! or feeling you might have
10 THIS qucstjcn 10 order to preserve tie
Constitution, crment the Union, aud pcrpe
tuate the fseg DON OF cur country.
Bat have We the ieas, reason to beliey-
that peace an harmony viii be the result
Of the passage Of this btii Sir. We have
none. Ga tic contrary, We have convinc.
ing evidence hat ia passage would be The
signal for new and b Ter agitation. Sir.
could 10; stan! up before ms constituents,
patriotic as they are. Willing az tbey are 10
make large concessions, and tell them that
had voted TOT n bill by which, 10 eff ct, they
we're excluded from the new territories, "
which ali Their interests wefe surrendered,
and Noting esiHtd in return. Il i, no,
PLAN that ibis Is So Do gentlemen from
the North accept the surrender IN good
parl Ga tie contrary, do they not repel
i with scotnl And d, we not already hear
from afor storm q denunciaton
Mr.. Pfasident. | do not regard tic sur
reader Of which have spoken as matter
OF such eHttre insgnificance ms some gen.
tcncn sPpcar 10 consider il. We have had
vntious acrouals as TO California and New
Mexico; bar, according 10 The hes, iuforma.
ton have been able to obtain, there are
portions of the fcrmc- suited 70 the cult.
walton ofcouoG AMI sa,lr. SO, il is my de.
hbcrale CONVICTION that sIayeholdets should
be allowed to settle there. | do not deny,
| have expressly admitted, that Congress
has the poser 10 prohibit slavery there
l}el,eyin. this 90 Ne so, | have made no at.
tempt 10 support the cause Of the South by
dennj or evasioa Bat | say to ouf north.
crn ficods, thu, if the country is adopted
% the cultivation of cotton aud sugar. slave,
bolers should be- allowed to people 1t, and
| desire to ob'aia for them that advantage.
CeGlolv cauuot consent to surrender IT
for nothing.
| have been extremely panied at the
course OF observation which has been in.
dulsed in by several gentlemen in speak.
ing Upon this bill and having expressed,
fully aud frankly, my own opinion upon tho
question Of power, vii add some remarks
addressed 10 What consider the espedien.
cy and proprie,y of admitting into these
territories tho slaves Of the South. | clam
40 exemption fson those bases which be.
long to my particular position, bat | will
say this, that II know myself, "a very DIFF.
ticul matter, um aware what am about
70 say is the honest conviction Of my under.
What Is the true position, then,
Of this question, upon which our friends
4 ON the North have spakca IN such ndic.
nant terms? 10 the FIRST place, i, is not
proposed to introduce an additional slave
upon the soil of America. We ash no such
thing. Ga the contrary, venture to say
that no man can DO found in the northern
portion Of the Union, though he be the most
ultra OF oil abolilionists, who is more tho.
roughly, absolutely, and totally opposed to
tho introduction Of African slaves in the I
than are the entire population OF
tho South, Northern gentlemen take up
this subject upon some theory, 10 itself not
sound, aud not very sonndly reasoned from,
as it appears to me they tell US that slav.
cry is wrong, is an evil, and, therefore, they
are resolved that those who are now slaves
shall not, under any circumstances, be re
moved into territory now free; that free
soil shall forever remain free. Now, in
this, arc they dealing with the subject as
practicaI meni Ii isa pteat question. md