The North-Carolina standard., 1848-09-06


party to the others It merely 0wledges con-
stitutional duty, and enfq1css aeensttutona rieht
This bill, furnishing conpromiSs so far as Oregon
concerned, and leaving it to the Supreme Court
of the United States decide the question: whether
or not the people Of the sIavehoIdfHg States ha*ea
right under the Constitution, to emigrate to New
Mexico and California with their slaves, and hold
them property, passed the Senate, the 9th july
by yeas 33 to % nays. 1t was denounced by Sena-
tors from free Sates and especially by Mr.. Corwin
as yieEding erery thing to tile South, and with few
exceptions, the North voted against while every
Southern Senators with the exception of Mb9 BadT
ger and three others; Uoted iEsa Twenti to the
House, where ii was instantly destroyed on inoti0h
of Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia, Whig-eyery w hlg
from the North, togetherwith eight Southern Wings,
voting against it, and every other member the
South, Democrats and w Eigs and twenty-o North
ern Democrats, voting for it. Of the members from
this State, Messrs. Mangum. Mckay, enable; Dam
iel Barringer Shepherd, Clingman and Outlaw voted
for it; and Messrs. Badger, Boyden' and DonneiI
against it.. We leave it to the people OF Worth Caro-
lima to decide between them.ag naas ssai 5on ssse
I'm Mr.. Badgers Speech on this bill, which we.
have before us, he not only rosnta1i admits all that
Judge Mclean, and Messrs. Corwin and Webster,
claim for the free States, to- wit that The people
their stdDes as property Neto Merieo and
but he goes into an elaborate TO that
his position is Iyel-founded and correct. He says:
Gentlemen say that every American citizen has
right to go into the newly acquired Territory. 1t
is needless examine that for no one proposes to
exclude them But it is another and different ques-
ton, whether he has right to carry slave there,
and because the slave was recognized as property I'm
the State from which he came, to insist that there
FORE such slave shall be recognized as property IN
the Territory to which he goes. The g6fTiGttUe g
tile question cannot, my 0pinion be maintained ,
After arguing to prove that the people of the South
have Constitutional right to emgrate to these Ter
rtories as shareholders (or he is kind enough to adj
nit, as Mr. Webster Does that they may go' there
aOihOut their sayes) he announces his determination
to vote against the bl because he regards it as
total surrender of all the interests and wishes'' of
his constituents. How is this! Did Mr.. Clayton's
bill propose that Congress should delegate" or
refer to the Supreme Court the power to decide
this question Certainly not, for the power exists
already; and that tribunal whenevera shall come
before it, will act upon it and pronounce Judgment
lust as if the bill under consideration had become
a law. The object of that bill, far New Mexi-
co and California were concerned to prevent the
Territorial Governments from passing any laws re-
specting slaveryhat is to prohibit them from either
establishing or abolishng the institution and at the
same time to facilitate the action of the Supreme
Court on the main question. So it is clear that Mr.
Badger is mistaken when ne says, that the bill
rendered" all on the part of the South. 1t 6. sur
rendered nothing, because the Supreme Court could
not take what it had already, nor could the South
delegate OF "refer'' power which itdid not in
fact possess. q, lr. o ..a i.'s.a 5,ja sss7-tit'.
/ But what is Mr. Badgers remedy How does he
propose to guard the sinterests and carry out the
wishes - of the South He is 1Oeak enough to in-
d.Le the hope that Congress ,iN pass G,O establish
ing sIanery in certain portions Of CALIFORNIA! Hear
him. ~. .-.... .-. s.-.. s.s-z.s =. q. s..zs
HM Mr.. President, / do not regard the surrender of
which / have spoken matter of such entire In-
significance some gentlemen appear TO consider IT.
We have had various accounts as to California and
New Mexico but according to tho best information
have been able obtains there are portions Of the
former suited the cultivation of cotton and sugar.
If is my deliberate conviction that shareholders
should be allowed to settle there. do not deny,
have expressly admitted, that Congress has the pow
er prohibit slavery there Believing this to be
have made no attempt to support the cause OF the
South by denial evasion. But / say to our nor+
thern friends that if the country is adapted to the
cultivation of cotton and sugar, shareholders should
be allowed people it, and desire to obtain for
them that advantage. Certainly cannot consent to
surrender it for nothing" -s1 anf ,o.ig .a 80
Now hear Mr.. Clayton, Mr.. Badgers WAig friend.
In noticing this extraordinary position of Mr. Bad
ger, Mr.. Clayton says:-r 81. a7 - .re - -sii:ss1
81 confess have been surprised by the expccta-
tions which seem to be cherished by few southern
gentlemen in Congress foT whom / have great res
pect. They endeaVor prove that the southern claim
founded on the constitution, is unsound, and for that
reason resolve that they will submit to decision
atlaw upon But abandoning that. do they not clear
perceive that they abandon everything? For, does
any man expect that from this time forth to the end
of the republic, the North will again consent to
extend slavery by act of Congress into any free terri
tory and thus increase that alleged inequality of rep
representation in the other House, arising out of the
enumeration of three-hs of the slaves in the appor
tionment of it's members, which has ever been the
foundation of their most bitter complaint Try that
question when you may in that House, overwhelm-
ing majority will ever appear against such an ex-
tension. ta.E 1l& 5-E -l.- 80 n5Lrsa-- z-s o1
IS The votes and speeches of northern gentlemen
but family prefgure their future course this sub
ject. When they return next session, reeking from
the political controversy this very question, does
the senator from North Carolina expect them to
verse their votes, and grant him more than they will
at this time? They know their strength With fur
fy majority the other House, and, ter another
census sOith nnajoity double ihut im6er.or socn
does any rational human being erpect them eOeT
to uOte themselves out Of any asserted rights to equality
Representation acic they haze The poaDer to en0rce?
Motley will never do it.. You might as well
expect to see the sun 8. rush madly - among the
stars, calculates for moment, that the
Representatives in Congress from the non-savehold
ing States-consttutng as they do the majority, and
holding the power-wil ever vote to establish slave
ry, enact laws to protect these new Territories