Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1848-11-01
FROM rue EicHNoNp wsIe.
+. Buchanan OH Slavery in the New Territories,

ngton having found that something more than co,,
mon was necessary to rouse the dropping spirts or
their friends, crushed beneath the weigh, Of ,bs;,
a'e overwhelming defeat in Pennsylvania, held
meeting and brought out the very heaviest piece of
artillery they could find, in the person of the Hon
James Buchanan, Secretary of State of whose Of
tort on the occasion the Washington Union speaks
IN the following complimentary terms:
:, mS' DUchANAN's SPEEcH-We rejoice that
N'' buchanan comes forward to commune with his
ccopuotymen. HiseloIuent speech in this mornings
INV" gives us the strongest assurance that Penn
syWania Will redeem itself AS one of our CORES
P'"uents says, too, sit was calculated to make the
ea,' Oh tennsylvanians beat with pride to hear the
ngn euiogiun which was pronounced upon the
keystone by one off her brightest sons"
How well the remarks Of Mr. d. deserved this
h'Sh euioglrm, we leave the reader to Judge after
he shall have read the following extract
Inc wing party, at the present moment colcu.
ia'e upon carrying Pennsylvania by division in
'ne democratic party in regard to the question of
slavery IN our new territories. In this expectation
l am convinced they will be disappointed. Demo
o.a.I WIN never abandon their principles and the
candidates OF their party upon question ,ncreL,,
transient m ats nature and tctich NO matter bo,n
u may DC decided by Congress can nerer prod,cc
any Pr0cuc0 resutt-can never in point OF fact. in
'roduce slavery either into California or New Mex;
$500
Tor my own part, more than year ago, in
Puoished letter to Berks County stronulv recom
mended tho settlement of this question nn tho ON
cieht basis OF the Missouri Compromises I boliev-
Iu men mat this would best promote the peace and
harmony OF the Union and have since seen M
cause to change my opinion. Although 7 still nre.
iei ms compromise, yet should not object to the
compromise which was reported bv Mr. CI,v,nn
and passed the Senate at its last scss;on Ia.,';,
the "hoie suoIec, OF slavery in the new territories
co ,'"S as thcy may remain territories, to be deci
aeo as question of constitutional law bv The Su-
preme Court of the United States.
nave said ina: this question is in its nature tran
silent In California, il must be finally doc;JaJ
within brief period by the authority from wh;oI
under our constitution, there can be no apneal All
ao'ni, tha' the people of that Territory when as
semoied IN convention TO frame State Cops,;,,,
uon' possess the sole, the exclusive power TO deter
NINE whether slavery shall or shall not exist win
NO '''cttS ana the tide OF population now f.wino
iho iuily Jusfes the belief that California will
DO admitted rs State into the Union drr;nr ,ho
next Congress- "''''"s 'ne
Out what VIII be the condition of California du
Ilng the brief intervening period? Vhen IRE oc-
9u'ea from Herco IL tcas free te,ritor,. both j.,
s~ o11o 20 J"ct; and free ii must remain. unless
,;,,dp CONDITION shall be changed by the posi-
i've enactment OF competent Legislative ou,hnr;,v
ouch being the clear law of the case what 10 ~
s'aie OF the fact? Time and more correct ;nc,rn,.
uGn rom california have fully demonstrated 1h,,
ms is no longer practical question ,SIrc,,, ,,n
CT c," enist IN California. Both the will Of lie
PIi.o ',Iu me laws OF nature have decreed the ex
c,usioh OF slavery from that territory. The noonIo
ALREADY there are nearly unanimous upon tho sph
Ject and the eInigrants who are now cro,yd;ro.
inns nne and fertile territory are chiefly rro,n th
middle and northern States Besides tho Ill
ms climate, and the productions of California are
an opposed 10 slavery Nature is thus onnosod IN
49,, " exc c o't man cannot carry 1t there The
Po"el OIL congress cannot legslae il into that ter
,ury- hey may adopt the Wilmot Proviso ,ho
missouri compromise, the Senate's eompromise or
,esoiFe 10 do hothlng, and the practical result vi
De precisely the same ~
TISSUES does any one doubt from the character
opinions OF the people, that when they
soc ~ frame their constitutions they will fnroyor
prohiblt slavery in the new State The na,;a
10 therefore, transient in its nature and not f ,b
|"s' P!dcucai Importance. twill settle itsep,vitb
=, orie' period, both in California and New Mo-
,uo ana ms Is most Propitious for the peace and
pIIIpI'""y OF our unlon--of our blessed Union
rra,;,',, we SHOULD never name without heartfelt
sIa'l'ude to Almighty God, and which can never
ne endangered by any other question than that ~
",asefy ms VIII, fortunately be final settle
because we possess no more territory IN
"n.on me question can be at all applicable. As
Pr"cHcdi question, all the ercisemet acbicb bo,
Deen raised upon the subject has been ,oorss tbn,
For my own part, respect profoundly tho foe,
,hgs or those democrats in nv native S,,te ,bo
'ia'e partaken In this excitement know ,bom ~
'e Is intelligent and as devoted to the croot ,nd
glorious principles of the party, As any democTots
throughout the land. 1t is for this reason. think
,,o.Iy venture 10 assure YOU that they will never
t a,iese principles Tor the vain purpose of exclu-
u'hS slavery from territory where. from the ma
lure or things, II never can exist. Thev will NOT
suiier the ancient and time honored banner of de-
nocfacy, which has waived over them in triumDb
throughout so many well fought fields. TO be traiIed
!" .he Gust and trampled under foot by their old
eueneS, Tor the sake ola mere abstraction
they should act in this manner. bitter would he
ther regret upon finding Wing administrator in
stalled In power, by their deserion of the GOOD old
cause at the present critical moment. Sad would
DE the!r reflections in behoding their ancient adj
Versarles engaged in the work ofdesroynp all those
W, wise measures OF democratic policy which they
themselves had contributed TO establish and in az
shutting for them the oft exploded measnros 81 rho
wing party, which they all their lives. had loudIv
condemned and resisted. You NAV rest assured
my fellow citizens, that we shall never wifneas
such spectacle in good old democratic PennsvI-
vania.
ouch arc the sentiments ola speech to which the
Union applies its loftiest terms of approbatioo and
eulogy Why, then, if that paper believes all that
we nave here placed in italics-why if its editor
'hnks' In very truth, that this question sis merely
transient in its naure'--that "t never can rro
duce any practical result"-tbat '"slaverv never
can exist in CallRrnia"-that tle art Of man can
not carry ii there"-aDd that Gas practical oues
uon, all the excitement that has been raised upon
the subject is worse Than uselcss"-why. we ask
have he and the numberless Southern presses that
take their cue from him. persevered in agitatinp the