Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-08-09

i, iarce proportion Of them were Of tn
2 '.oinred races.
:, Now supposinc that to be the case. ant
T >upposing the proposition to he submitted
, the supreme Court of the United State.
, Was Slavery an institution OF New Mex
, ico,-what would be the answer, II IN.
Senator from Indiana were there TO max.
:7response, he would reply in the aflirma
! tive: he would say that the institution o
Slavery was ,here-that 10 be sure il had
. its m5difc atoms and its pccuiartics, but
, thar IT was still Slavery. though there Ugh,
, not have existed "a LAM as stron. as that
/: glorious principle of free government spo-
. ken of t,v the Senator from Virginia
; parius scqnHur rcairum. II. Sir. these
, three Latin words can, condemn to ever
! lasting slavery the posteritv of woman
who is $ ave. may not that municipal
! regulation Of which We are now speaking.
in California and New Mexico. with equal
proprie,y be denomina,ed Slavery, find.
then. Slavery. as il is called eNi sting her To
a degree: and to all practical purposes as
lasting and memorable as in the State OF
Virginia. and therefore the whole of the
mont falls to the ground as a matter. at
fact. inasmuch as the Supreme Court will
decide that Slavery existed there. and that
therefor re the whole slave population "f the
Cnitcd States may be transferred to that
country.
MIR. PnELrs-The gentleman will cx-
cusc me; spoke of African slavery.
MIR. CoRwIN-Of that | ana aware.
speak now OF the general proposition.
Now, this is a very curious spectacle pre-
sentcd this day and for weeks past in the
American Congress: and one cannot help
pausing at this point. and rejecting upon
the events of the last few wears. On look.
ing back at what has happened in that
period, ! am sure that the .maynaninous
spirit of the Senator from $ c. himself
will be obliged toconcedc to the Northern
F States at least some apology for the slight
degree OF excitement on this subject. His
hypothesis Is. that into every portion of
this newly acquired Observation-Disclosures
not eXcepted-cvery Shareholder in the
United States has RI ht To migrate to-
morrow, and carry with him his slaves
holding them there forever. subject only io
the Abolition Of Slavery when these terri
tories Shall be made into States and come
into the Union. What. then, would be
those lew chapters in our history! We
lind ourselves now in the possession Of
Territories with a population of one hum
drcd and fifty thousand souls. if ] am
correctly informed, in California and New
Mexico. The best authenticated history
of the social institutions Of tina, popula-
ton, informs us that there exists there af
this moment species Of Slavery as abso-
lutte and memorable as exists anywhere on
the face of the earth; aud that about five
in six OF the population of that country
are subjected To the iron rule Of this abomi-
nable Institution there.
Now | do not expect that any man
will rise up and say that because an IN
dividual happens 10 be the debtor of ano-
ther, he shall have his own person sold
into Slavery; and not only that. but that
4 the curse shall eXtend--worse than that of
the Hebrew, no, to the third aud fourth
generation, but to the rcmotest postcrty Of
that unfortunate man. Nobody will pre-
tend to rise up III defence Of such a pro-
position as that. Now then. ! will give
over the criticism. Suppose there is a
law in New Mexico, which obligcs a man
to work all the days Of his life for another
because he happens TO owe him five dollars
by some means contrived by the creditor
to keep linn always his debtor Do YOU
, intend that that law shall exist here for an
hour. Well. you have made a law here
that your law max ers who are to 60 TO New
Mexico and California, shall not touch
the subject Of Slavery; and if that which
is designated in the popular language o
that country Slavery. exists there, do YOU
indeed, send abroad, as you promised te
do. your miss ona,y Of liberty! You went
there with the sword. and made it red il
the blood OF these people! What did yot
i, tell them! 1--WE come TO give you free
, DOM" Instead of that. YOU enact in vou
code here-bloody as that Of Pharaoh
. that there shall be judges and lawgiver,
over them. but that they shall make M
= law touching that Slavery to which fiv,
= out Of six Of them are subjected.
] think these things are worthy of con
sidcration. have looked at them witt
some concern. because was one of thos
who predicted from the beginning tina
this would be the result Of your acIuisi
. ton. have always thought since tina
hour when you went abroad with YOU
) hypocritical pretence that YOU had gon
. forth in the spirit OF love. TO give liberty {
the captves and TO set the Poems free. tina
when YOU had got yonr iron boot upo
, these people your cuckoo note would 70
}! chaneed-tIat this dove-like accent woul
I" become the roar Of the ion-and thai
's instead of extending the blessings Of peac
q and the oil Of consolation to the oppresse
= of Mexico. YOU would put the iron heel {
% Negro Slavery as well as that Of PEG
+" Slavery upon them. All this have Ell
'e pecfed I was about 70 say chat this wa
spectacle worthy Of snytody's curios
l. y about the noon Of the Nineteenth Ger
l. turv. We turned around and said 10 tn
Of world that we designed to take nothing b
A. conquest. and for two years. while 20
As progress through Mexico and all that Ian
re is crimsoned with blood-while you mail
~ vouf way manifest as That Of the isrAelit,
''s in their march. by the cloud Of smoke
the DAYTIME and the fire that you made