Southern patriot. (Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-08-01

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Hale voting against ID south on the
all important question 10 her) o.
slavery. Virtually siying 10 her,
that although your bbod has been
poured out and your reasure expen-
ded in the acquisitionof this territory
yetit gives you no rigt to it, and you
are not permitted toccupy it with
your property. Afr these insults;
can any man have.he hnrdihood 10
assert that Gen. Taior's Secretary Of
State is the friend 4 the South?
Let US next investigate the position
of Gen. Taylor's POST Master Gen.
eral, Mr.. Jacob Collamer. on the
Slavery question. In the indictment
agains him, we hNe many speeilica.
tons.
lst When the three Million Bill
was under discussion in the House
during the secOndsessiOn ofthe twen-
ty ninth Congress Mr., Hamlin moved
TO insert the proIsO, that there should
be neither SLAVERY nor involuntary
seryitude in III territory TO be ac-
quiFed. 4,
Upon thisrmoiOn the voted, stood
yeas ll5.nays LOG. Mr.. Collamer's
name recordedamOng the yeas.
2nd Dutingthe discussion of the
Bill last peniOned at tine same ses.
sion Of cOugtes, Mr.. David WiImot
moved TO adj 10 the Bill a clause
generally known as the WilmOt Pro
viso. 1t is d the following words
(viz, J., PrOuRed that there should be
neither Starry, nor involuntary SER
vitude in any territory on tlAScOnti-
nent Of America, which shall hereaE
ter be acquired by, or annexed to the
United stabs, by virtue of this appro-
priation orn any other manner what
ever excep crimes whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted; Pro-
vided always that every person esca.
ping intosuch territory, from whom
labor or service is lawfully claimed
in any Op Of the United States, such
fugitive nay be lawfully claimed, and
conveyed out Of said territory to the
power oaiming his or her labor or
service
The vote on this proviso stood, for
it 81 against it 102. Jacob Collamer
voting br the proviso.
3rd. Jacob Collamer voted against
Mr.. ClaytOns Compromise Bill, that
was defeated by Stephens and h is Sc
ven cOmpeers, this compromise pro-
posed 10 leave the whole matter of sla
leIy in the territories to the supreme
Court of the United States, lie was
not willing to hazard the chances for
m amicOble settlement Of this vexed
question by the Constitution. He
preferred TO see the South constantly
md frequently harrassed by its recur,
renee in Congress.
4th Jacob Collamer voted agains
aging Putnams Resolution on the
able. This resolution in substance
S the same as the Wilm OF proviso;
md when motion was made to lay
{ ON the table Mr.. Collamer Oppos.
d it. lie was anxious then, as he is
low, and as he ever has been that
Congress should adopt the proviso.
9th Jacob Collamer voted against
he Missouri Compromise when it
.ame up on the Oregon Bill during
he first ression of the thhtieth Con-
yress.
9th Jacob Collamer at the same
session of Congress, voted against a
notion TO lay on the table, a contemp.
able petition Of seventeen abolition
SITS, to abolish slavery in the District
'f Columbia, offered by Joshua R.
Giddings lie was too nearly allied
% the long hungry looking cutthroat
who offered the petition, 10 oppose
him in his crusade against southern
rights.
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