The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-08-10


be taken out OF il, as the assen, OF Con
gress could no; be implied to continue 9
law, which ii had no right 10 establish.
But still higher ground may be taken
The moment The territory became ours
the constituiion'passes over and covers the
whole with all its provisions, which, from
their nature, are applicable TO territories
carrying with it, the jaint sovereignty and
authority Of each and all the States Of the
Union, nnd sweeping away every Mexicar
law, incompatible with the rights, proper
ty, and relations, belonging TO the citizens
of the United States. without regard to
what Safe they belong, or whether it be
situated in The northern or the southern
section of the Union. The citizens Of all
have equal rights Of protection in their
property. relations and persons in the com.
mon territories of each and all the States.
The same power, ,ha, swept away all the
laws of Mexico, which made the Catholic
religion the exclusive religion of The coun.
try, and which let in the religion of oil de.
nominations, which swept away oil the
laws prohibiting the introduction Of prop.
eity Of almost every description, some ab
solutely and others under The condition OF
paying duties, and letting them in duty
free until otherwise provided for. sw cpl
that which abolished slavery, and let in
properly in slaves. No distinction can be
made between it and any other description
of properly or thing consistently with the
constitution and the EQUAL hits Of the sew
eral States of the Union aud their citizens.
But we are told By Col Benton, that
the question has become a mere abstrac.
ton of no Importance that few have gone
INTO either territory, except citizens OF the
North and foreigners and tina, ;hey are
all opposed 10 US. What insult What
taun, US by telling us we carno; 60 into
them, because foreigners and others who
have been lie, in freely, and we KEEP, gu, by
the threat Of coufiscallne our property by
himself and his associates, have become
sufficiently numerous to keep US out, With
out the intervention Of Congress 10 aid
Them lie knew that properly Is llmid
and could be kept out by threats, aud that
to keep US out Cor short time was ore of
the ways 10 exclude US ultimately. What
comment on the equity and justice Of the
government, that we, who have so freely
spent our blood md treasure 10 conquer
the country, should be excluded from all
lis benefits, while it Is left open for the Use
and enjoyment of all that rabble Of for.
eigners, which he enumera,es with such
zest, as The efficient means Of our exclu.
sion. Is there another instance Of such
an outrage to be fouad in the history Of
any other government that ever existed
His ayowal OF the doctrines OF the aboli
ionisfs, will have en- effect, he lt,te suspect.
ed, when he made IT. | furnishes ampl e,i.
dence 10 show that he used deception in ss.
s;gning bis reasons for declining 10 obey
The instructions Of lis legislature. |, will
be remembered, he offered as his reasons,
that their Resolutions iustIuctlfg him were
borrowed from nine, and that mine we're
introduced for dlsunion purposes, and that
lhere was no difference between them, ex-
cept that nine aimed directly a, disunlon
and theirs ultimately at The same thing
He aided, IN effect, that his devotion TO
he Uninn would not permit him 10 vote fer
resolutions SO deeply tainted with d!sun-
ION. That was u, the commencement OF
HI; speech. We nov have 10 lis conc'u-
,inn conclusive evidence from himself, that
all this was mere ftteh, stratagem to
conceal his real motive for declining "a
obey them. HIS real motive, as 1t now
appears, was that he conld not vote for
them under any circumstances, for how
could an abnli'ionlsi as he ayoyed himself
to be, possibly obey te'olutiuns, which are
utterly 8, variance with their doctrines
/ To obey would have Involved him IN pal
pable contradiction, 50 much so, that 4
could not fail 10 PROSTATE, and 10 over
whcIm him with shame invulaerable. -
This he saw, and that he had no alerna
i've leli but To resign or disobey. IL de
tefmined IN favor Of he latter; bu, this O
Itself lid not relieve him of his dilemma
He knew well that il would defeat his oh
ieci TO come on, boldly, and say that h.
had ahjured his former creed aud adopiet
hat Of the sboiilonsis. Aud hence, b
was forced TO adopt some other expsdlen'
and for tina, purpose, adopted the ml>er
able pretext Of sanderously charging IN
and my resolutions, and his own legislator
and their resolutions with dlsunion, and {
assigning lha; "a hl' reason for not obey
ing them, when he knew that his po>itlo
made it impossible for him 10 obey Their
/. But these are not The only resolulious :
dop'ed by the Legislature Of his State
> instruct him. the previous Legi,latni
1 adopted two others, Of "hlch he says, III
. they truly express The sense Of The Stat
i and that he obeyed them, no, only 10 the
letter, but spirit. They are in the follow
. ing words;
!. Rssolred, Tina; the peace, permane
}. cy and welfare Of our National Union d
;, pend upon a strict adherence 10 the lett
}. and spirl, Of the Sin section of the act
n the Congress Of the United STATES, entill
ID an ACT to authorize the people Of the VI
~ sour territory 10 form a constitution a
lie State government for he admission Of SUI