The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-01-27

iseasaa,rs. totra O. llas ssn,s '' iHiquii,'nFI
/ Protlso," and lhal lie nanse a Mr. lla-I
- : fsund rsrunaed Eiih llsl d Ar.
tkiRshinp ihHonghanl ale NhOls q ths
prarasdiags 81 lhr Ilalase On lhe sAll nE-
exua III Ard nhzi r4a eKneed The IN
paslenee e aaeSe exrinsiEr friends q he
Soasl u slaeir PFrsshl hyPneEiirsl PEa.es-
sionsl Every DrmOrEalir Representative
0f The lasa Tongrrss EOied i.ar ME. Davis.
If Hhese IlemnrEaiir eiilnEs really brlieEe
lhsl lhe soui.arm Wings Who EOlrd far
Mr.. Winthrop have. by 81 doing. proved
lllpmsslses ~trsil0Fs 10 lhr S0uIh." Mhas
term. ascending IN their own rohlrssIens.
shoald he apriiei 10 them E8r their sup
pm Of lnaa lnr the ideniiral nliee Hi,nse
voies are idenIiesl with these Of Mr. Win
liropl
| Tie Richmond Enquirer. speaking Of
this suhieri. SAYS: "a Bot dis did nni salts
IL ar. MlalaroP. On he tint Of Feb
rs,aTy. ISIS. ahen the hill Was Uader enn-
s'slrTaiion. he moved. rs 4 seciinn 10 Ihe
bill. The islenlical prnyiso which i Al This
lime called lie MilmOl pEasis0." This
assertion has been made and repeated in
must # Ihe Snalhem papers. lhnld them
10 IN. anh "oni Of Ihrir own months will
I condemn them" Mr.. Jain w. Davis
voted for this protiso. The Democrats
Of the last Congress stand sell-convicted
Of having elected 10 The sPeaker>hip m
advocate ni . the identical prosiso" inIrs-
dnced hy Mr.. Wilmnl. | do not regard
Mr. Wimhrop's pFoviso i,lrnfral'' with
Mr. Wilmos's. The Democrats say they
do. and, 81 believing, voted for its advo-
rate.
/ The oilence which The Southern Wings
of The present Congress have committed
j., not Thai they have voted inr \ genlle-
man who sustained the anli.slaEery pro.
Eiso la The uregnn bill. hul that they have
elecIFd Hhig speaker ri Wing House
nf RepreseniaIn e.. Had Mr.. Winthrop
been Democrat. he would have been en-
logizedh by his present Ie1 Tiers asa No. IN.
eTn man with Southern principles"
After this infamous proriso" had been
appended 10 the OIegon bill. every south
en Democrat but three voted for IL; Mr..
winthrop voting against the bill with tie
prnviso, and Mr.. Davis f,r IL. (See House
Journal. 81 session. 2slh Congress, pages
as 10 322 inclusive"
| make no apology far Mr.. Winthrop
fnr having introduced this proriso, though
he voted against the bill much less can
justify Mr.. Davis. who voted both for the
prnsisd and the bill. Southern Democrats
who voted with him can doubtless make
an excuse for linn.
The charge Of want Of iealiy 10 the
South comes with had grace from gen.
tlrnan who supported Mr.. Davis, and
most OF whom contributed To ne eleriinn
Of Mr.. Van Buren,, who acknowledged
the right of Congress TO abolish slavery
in the District Of Colsmbia," and who. in
the New York Convention. voted TO plare
free negloes on footing with whites.
II is charged that this pruviso 10 ,l,e
Oregon bin was the origin Of the famons
4" Wilnol proriso." But il will be found.
by reference 10 the same Journal, page
900. that another bill had been previously
passed which may justly claim the pa,crni-
" of this distinguished offspring. allude
to the "join, resolution for The annexation
of Texas" Tie third condition on
which The consent Of Congress" was gi.
ven to the annexation Of Texas concludes
TINS:
"And such States as NAV be formed
opt Of that portion Of said territory living
south Of thIriy-six degrees thirty minutes
north latitude, commonly known as The
Missouri compromise line, shall be admit.
ted into the Union with or without slave.
nv. as the people Of each State asking adj
mission may desire: and in such State or
States rs shall be formed out of said terri.
tory north Of said Missouri compromise
line slavery or involuntary servi,udc lex.
cep, Tor climes) shall be prohibited"
fhis is the true, bona fide Wilmot pro,
vis". Mr.. Winthrop's prOviso applied to
territory already belonging To the United
States, and which properly came within
the principle Of the Missouri compromise;
but here we see the principle for the first
time extended TO foreign territory. And
we find every Southern Democrat, our
special and peculiar friends, with Mr.. John
w. Davis, voting for il! Mr.. Whine.
proposes that his proviso shall extend TO
all territory hereafter TO he annexed; this !
a." condition" was applied to territory there.
after 10 be annexed.
The entire Democratic party, except
Mr.. Holmes. of South Carolina, voted for
Nj. B. d. French for the oflire of Clerk. |
at the very time they were condcmning
the Southern Wings for having voted for
MIR. Winthrop. And have not heard a
suspicion expressed that Mr.. French was
opposed to The "Wilmot proviso," !
- The war against Mr.. Winthrop and
ose who voted for him has been renew
at The South because Of his late vote
refer certain abolition petitions to one
~ thn Stan,liuu e ,ho Hn,,.,