The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-23

.hieh ~.s reported by Mr.. Clayton, and passed the
senate it's last session. leaving the whele subject OF
,avsry in the new territories long they may re-
suuopsi !sS nv the supreme Court of the IS have
sad iris question is in its nature transe amor
Matt must b. finally decided WITHIN oriei pefiod oy
there can be no appeal All admit that the people OF
that tsrrtsry when assembled in convention TO frame
state contribution, possess the sole, the exolusv
rcw,r 70 determine whether slavery shall shall no,
,xist within its limits and the tide OF population
new Towing into II fully usthes the belief that Cali
fornis will be admitted as State into the Union du
ring the next Congress. But what viii be the cond
ton Of California during the brief intervening period
when acquired II from Mexico it free territory
both in Jaw and in fact and free il must remain I'M
esss present condition shall be changed by the posi-
live enactment of competent legislative authority.
Such being the clear law Of tie case what the state
Cf the fact Time and more correct information
from California, have fully demonstrated that TINS Is
longer practical question Slavery never VIII ex-
ist in California. Both the will OF its people and the
lave OF nature have decreed the exclusion OF slavery
from that territory The people already there are
nearly una nmous upon the subject and the emil
grants who crowdpg into this fine and fertile
Territory are chiefly from the middle and northern
states Besides the SOIL the climate and the produc-
tons OF California all opposed to slavery Nature
lie thus opposed 70 it, and the art Of man cannot carry
itthere. The power Of Congress cannot lsgislate It
into that territory. They may adopt the wimot
Troviso, the Missouri compromise, the Senate's COM
promise, resolve TO do nothing, and the practical
result will be precisely the same. Besides, does any
man doubt from the character and known opinions
Of the people, that when they to frame their
stitution they will forever prohibit slavery in the
new State This question is therefore tran ,ient in
i!s nature and not Of the least practical Importance
fcrpis and New Mexico and this is most proptous
for the peace and perpetuty of our Union-of our
blessed L nion-which we should never name without
heartfelt gratitude to Almighty God and which can
be endangered by any other question than that
ment because we posess no more territory to which
the question can be at all applicable AZ practical
question, all the excitement which has been raised
upon the subject has been worse than useless
Fer my own part, respect profoundly the feeling
Of those dem ocrats in native State who have par
taken in this excitement know them to be as intel
hgent and as devoted to tae great nd glorious princi
rles Of the party, as any democrats throughout the
land IL is fer this reason think may venture to
you that they will peril thee principles
for the vain purpose Of excluding slavery from terri
tory where from the nature OF things, it never can
exist They will not suffer the ancient and time
honored banner Of democracy, which has waived
them in triumph throughout many well fought fields,
to be traied 10 the dust and tramped under foot by
their cid political enemies for the sake Of alb
ractop. they should actin this manner, bitter would
be thsr regret upon finding whig administration in
a. the present critical moment. Sad would be their
reflections in behcdpg their ancient adversary en-
sures Of democratic policy which they themselves had
contributed to establish and in substituting for them
NE r. ezplodsd measures Of the whg party which
Yol may rest assured, my fellow citizens that we shall
never witness such spectacle in good old democratic
Pennsylvania But there is another aspect of the
Prudential question which has struck me with the
greatest force. What would be the effect of Gen. Tsy
Ior election in after times From Cesar
10 Cromwell. and Cromwell to Napoleon all powerful
GENERALS Fresh from the fields of their glory with the
gheS civil power The history Of the world has there
For this reason have adopted it as maxim, that
the military shall always be in strict subordnaon to
T mt.rY serSees D should have NO weight in
the selection OF President; but our Presidents ought
70 come as they have done in all times past directly
from the ranks Of the people and not from the ranks
Of the army WAshirg ton was farmer, Jackson was
8 farmer; Harrison was farmer all three had been
nothing blu. farmers for years before the American
people elevated them to the highest civil trust:
Zach ore of them had long before retired
. C Of Gensl. Tssor would 't ss
tablish entirely new precedent. major general,
who had been all his life in the regular army, would
termediate breathing spell, with all the habits Of
camp life fresh upon him, from the actual commsnd
koyerument Although we ali know that General
Taylor would form designs against the liberties Of
his country yet after tms; undo. the sanction
,piii ofs Caesar or Cromwell, may reach the Presi
dental chair In the meantime General Taylor's
hosi lie the pursuits of peaceful industry and
meIce. Our aspiring youth finding that the path Of
will be ever ready and anxious to involve the country
in foreign Under this precedent, too, officers Of
ss grade tine regular Ssr aamy whilst hold
become candidates for civil Office before the people OF
The different States and engage actively as psrtisans
three short years ago would have been deemed impose
bic III this country. Upon the whole my fellow citi-
teps, sst time is but shcrt between this day and
the eth of November, trust you will redeem it by
using sll honorable means to secure the election of
Cas- and Butler. Should victory follcv, as have
every reason to believe it will THIS Of itself will be
ample reverb for all yeur patriotic efforts.
Three cheers were then given for Mr.. Buchanan,
and three for Pennsylvania, and like number TO,
Ohio. The meeting, after Mr.. Buchanan had re-
tired, called at the residence of Gen Jessup, and
gave him six hearty cheers. The General, how
ever, was not at home. The procession then re-
formed, marched back to the platform aad dis
messed. OMEGA.
CorUNrBys, q Oct Is. lS4S