Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-12-26
From the Missi<sippian, 9Th inst.
SETTLEMENT OF THE SOUTH
ERN QUESTION.

siton. Congress must lay aside The WI
mol Pr0viso and move in her appropriate
mhit, or the South will seek redress out
side of its halls. Nor can The question he
settled by the insiduous policy of General
Taylor, which works out the object OF lhe
free soiIers al The sacrifice Of all the pas'
usage in The formation Of territorial gov
crumen,s. Gen. Taylor, employed. with
out doubt, CnI. Riley and MIR. King TOR iilr
purpose Of establishing a government III
California. to The exclusion of slavery, anu
of introducing into Congress constitution
which would dispense with the necessity o.
lie Wimut Proviso and The alternative o
signing bill with that proviso inserted
The whole series of evenIs shows conciu'
sively that This and no olher purpose was
intended by Gen. Taylor. 1t is lrlilIne
with the South. We can see no dif-'
renee between an act of Congress insert
ing The Wilmol Pruviso in Srale Cons
stitutioa. and its insertion by an illesitima'e
convention in portion Of an embryo Ter
ri'ory. None. There is nothing in ii bu'
gross sublerrlise. 1t prcsupposes that The
South canhe easily satisfied, aud that it is
mere petite ouerre-sham fight. that We
are making with the North. Cnl. Riley
could derive no authority from. Cen. Toy-
lor to establish civil government. f"vcr
was as1I5oi,y Of this hind used by .l'rtsi'
denI. InIbe case of Florida an'l of Louis.
ana, the nowters exercised by the President
in conlin0InS the existing Spanish and
French governments until Others were
erected by Congress, were derived from
acts of thai body. Congress first impaired
The power 10 The Presidenr; and harl this
not taken place; the consequence would
have been, ,es0fl 10 purely military
police. 1t is only 10 this extent tha, Col
Riley had any power 10 acl as The repre-
sentative of the army of The United States.
The usage of the federal government in
The erection of territories and States is q
matter Of history. In no case has single
territory west of the Allegheny mountains
been permitted to organize its government
wilhou. the supervisory action of Congress.
Nor has this been mere accident ol lcgIs-
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pacl,r entered into by Virginia as early as
l7e4, aud afterwards by Massachusetts.
n.a r,"'",, Nam WI a,J f.snro;o-hc;ro all
',"", .,a ''";,, h.,,;,' ,nv lid.
,"e ,',u'e w.: ~" o .",,a., .,;,Ja,ss
Gm Congress 10 lay of boundary lines.
in al. lands ceded hy individual States Ia
the United States gives authority to Con,
g. go, o.n !" onm"am,;ons ,,r r.n,.ssntn,;vcs n
.s,.h,;,I, norn,nen, cnrs,;rutinns and poy.
stnme",s, Hhs" these ,nr,srs territories St. should I'D
""LE ',',;,.n,t "," ;e"J W. ,,sr,;, ,hsm IN c,,ue
"a'''"'II a''' =" l', ., ,''n i, '". w.
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Cunores., s.umed ,be same mower IN
lnr,rino ,beir governments. I, has dis
r,;,,;no,ed whn shall bc voters wha, shall
no ,Ls Ii.n;, nf ,be nnwers If their povern.
,nen, m and hny these movers shall he cxcr.
c;sed n
In The nurE Of territory rrpm France
and Spaio. an.ln the cession of the hIexi.
can Territory. no sripuIatiuns were en,ere,
into repupunul 10 This au,huriry Of Con.
oress. The only imporlant stimulation IN
,be treaty with France was tha, her sub
;sc,s rem,;u;na in Ionisiano should be on.
,i,IeJ n ali ,he riobIs and nrivileres n
American ci,izcus I'VE aIso stimulated ir
mr. IreaIv with Mexico. rba, Mex;caus ir
,hc ,crri,,rv ce,ed should within in one
wear frnn ,he EXCHANGE ra,iGca,ions make
their seIec,inn whether or NO, they wonIL
hecoms c,;xens or Tho u,;,cd S,,;o. /,
,Ir ollie, resncc,s CuI;frnia l;ka Tou;s;,
ana FloriJn, and oll the rerri,ory ceJrI hv
rho S,o,e ,f v;ro;o;, ~. i hv ,bo ,,,no,
,ronr couu,rv snbisc, ~ cnuy,s.s l.r >,