The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-07-05


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AMERICAN neorls sani,ex not arriitory 3,
thew chose to annex II. II Is the refusal Of.
the Mexican people 10 do us justice that
prolopns this war # II is that which ope.
rates or, the public mind, and leads the !
Senator, from North Carolina to apprehend
a state ofthinps which he fears, but which,
for myself. / do not anticipate. let mo say,
Mr.. President, thatit takes great deal 10
kill this country. We have had an alarm.
ing crisis almost every year as long as |,
can n recollect. I came on the public stage
as a spectator before l5Mr Jefferson was
elected. That was q crisis. f5 Then
came the embargo crisis crisis
Of the non.intercourse- the war
of the bank-of the tariff:---of the re-.
rnoval of the deposites score Of,
others. But we have outliyed them all,
and advanced in all the elements Of pow
or and prosperity with rapidity hereto
fore unknown in the history of nations. If
we should swallow Mexico to morrow,
do not believe it would kill us. I, The Sc.
nator from North Carolina and myself
may not live 10 see ii, but am BY no
means satisfied that tile day will not como
in which the whole of the vast country a.
round us will form one Of the most mag.
nificent empires that the world has yet
seon-glorious in its prosperity, and still
more glorious in the establishment and
perpetuation of the principles of free'gov.
ornment and the blessings which they
bring with them"
In December, 1547, General Cnss gave
his views at length upon the "Wilmot
Proviso," in letter to Mr.. Nicholson, Of
Tennessee. In that letter he. avowed
himself opposea to the measure, and to tho
exercise Of any legislation by Congress,
over any Of the territories Of the United
States, respecting the domestic relations
Of their inhabitants. He believed all
questions of that nature should be settled
by the people themselves who ought to
be allowed "to regulate their internal
concerns in their own way" and that
Congress has no more power to abolish or
establish slavery in such territories than
il has to regulate any other of the relative
duties Of social life-that Of husband and
wife, ofparentand child, or of muster and
servant. He said, in conclusion:
"The sWilmot Proviso' seeks to take
from its legitimate tribunal question Of
domestic policy, having no relation to tho
Union, as such, and to transfer it to anoth-
er, created by the people for special
purpose, and foreign to the subject matter
involved in the issue. By going back to
our true principles, we go back to
the road ofpeace and safety. Leave to
the people, who will be affected by this
question, to dust it upon their own re-
sponsibility and in their own manner, and
we shall render another tribute to the ori-
ginal principles Of our Government, and
furnish another guarantee for its perma.
nence and prosperity"
The Democratic State Convention of
Ohio, on the 6th of January. Is4e, de-
clared in favor Of General Cass for the
Presidency, with unanimity uneouallcd. |