Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1848-09-09

= nat hfatch 81 Tue SUBJECT uocs huL tic III VI
2 way, and | shall not turu aside to seek il.
r In this aspect Of the matter, she.people Of I'll
: L. States must choose between this restriction
and the extension OF their territorial limits The
cannot have both; and which they will suFren
I der must depend upon their representatives frs
and then, if these fail them, upon themselves.
3. But after all, it seems to be generally con
ceded, that this restriction, il carried into effect
could not operate upon any States formed iroa
newly acquired territory. The welknown at
tributes Of sovereignty, recognised by us as be
, longing to the State Governments, would swecl
before them any such barrier, aud would leav,
J the people 10 express and exert their will a
pleasure. i the object. then, of temporary OK
cluslon for So short period As the duration o
the territorial governments, worth the price a
which il would be purchased worth the dis
cord II would ensender, the trial to. which i
would expose our Unen and lhe evils that
would be the certain consequence, let that trial
result as it might A. 10 the course, which has
been lntmaied rather than proposed, Of engratt.
ing such restriction upon any treaty OF acqusi.
ton, persuade myself il would find but little "a.
vor in any potion OF tbs county. Such an ar.
rangement would render Mexico party having
a tight to interfere in our internal institutions in
| questions left by the constitution to the State go.
vernmenis, and would inilic serious blow upon
our fundamental principles Few indeed, trust,
/ there are among Us vhe wonld thus grant to a
foreign power tho right lie inquire into the con.
stitulion and conduct Of the sovereign States Of
/ this Union and5ftlcre ARE amy, am not among
them, and never shall he.
| 10 the people Of This country, under God, new
and hereafter, ARE lis dcStincs committed; aud
we want no foreign power 70 iateuoe0e us
treaty in hand, and 10 say--Nhy have you done
This, or why have you et laa updoae 0ut own
dignity and the principle 81 naiona ndepoaj.
ence unite to rcpel such proposition.
But there Is another Important consideration.
which ought not to bo lqs' ishloa IN tae ipyes,
legation Of this subject. The question thu ple-
SCENTS itself, i not Itsinn Of the increase bu,
OF diffusion Of slavery, Whether rs sphere be
stationary OF progressive lts amount wll BIZ tie
same. The rejection o. this restriction viii not
add one TO The class OF scrvitpdc nor WB is
adoption give freedom 10 single being who is
now placed therein. The same numbers will ic
spread over greater territory; and 50 far as con.
preston, with less abundance Of the neceSsarts
Of life, is an evil, so far viii that evil be mjgaea
by TRANSPORTING slaves q Il new country, and
giving them larger space 10 occupy.
| say this in the event oi die extension Of
slavery over any new acquisition. Bu can il
90 there This may we'll be doubted Al the
descriptions which reach us, Of the condition Of
the CALIFORNIA; aud OF New Mexico, to he acqu.
sllion oi which our Efforts seem at piaecn d.
recicd, unite in repre- scntng those countries as
ayr cultural regions, similar 10 their products TO
our middle States, and generally unfit for the pro-
duciion Of the great staples, which can alone
render slave labor valuable Ii We are not
grossly decciyed--and il is difficult to conceive
how we can bcbe inhabitants Of those regions,
whether they depend upon their ploughs or their
herds, cannot be shareholders. involuntary la.
Dor, requiring The investment Of large capital,
can only be profitable when employed in tho
production Of few favored articles confined by
nature TO special districts, and paying larger re.
turns than the usual agricultural products spread
ever more considerable portions Of the earth.
In the able letter Of Mr. buchanan upon this
subject, not long since given to the public, he
presents similar considerations with great Iorce.
!" Neither says the distinguished writer, the
Soil, the climate, nor the productions Of Calilor.
MIA south Of SO deg. 30 min, nor indeed OF any
portion oi II, north or SOUTH is adapted to slave
labor; and besides every facility would be there
afforded for the slave to escape from his master.
Such property would be entirely Insecure in any
part OF California. Il il morally impossible,
therefore, that amajorify Of the emgrants to that
portion of the territory south Of SO deg. 80 min,
which will be chiefly composed Of our citizens,
will ever re.estahlish slavery within its limits.
:" In regard to New Mexico east Of the Rio
Grande, the question has already been settled by
the admission Of Texas into the Union.
Should we acquire territory Gsyond the Rio
Grande and east Of the Rocky Momiains, it is
still more impossible that majority cf the peo
Pile would consent TO rc.estdblssh slavery. They
are themselves coored population, and amnng
them the negro does not belong socially % de-
graded race"
With this remark Dir. Walker fully comedies
Of Texas, and which every where produced 50
favorable an impression upoa the public mind,
as. to have conduced very materially to the ac-
complishment Of that great measure. Beyond
the Del Norle," says Mr.. Walker, "slayefy
not pass not only because il is iofbtddcA icy lav
but because the colofed race there pfcponderar.
in the RATIO Of ten to ono over the whites;
holding as they do, the government and moss
the Offices in their possession, they Hl not fef-
nit the enslayement Of any portion q TIE co'e.
race which makes and executes 'he laws u "
country" ~
The question, il will DO therefore seen ." e1.
animation, does tot regard the exclusion Of Save
~ from region where i now exists, 9al pro
hibition against its introduction Were / does l'a
exist, and where. from the feelings d the %.
habitants and the laws OF nature, Il is morally
impossible" as Mr.. Buchanan says, That i can
ever re-establish itself
II augurs well for the permanencc d our con.
federation, that during more than hail century,
which has elapsed since the establishment Of this
government, many serious questions, and some
OF them Of the. highest importance, have agiiated
the public mind, and more than once threatened
the grayesl consequences but that they have all
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