The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-07-21
THE UNION.

the original States The Senator from South Carolina
then Secretary OF State, and virtual President Of me
United States; and in that capacity he seized upon the
absolute resolution, selected IL and applied to the Stale
OF Texas, and thus the Missouri compromise line
through that state thereby aoosn MI ~ y. sams STATE
free SOIL and part slave soil and so stands at TINS
day. Before thai Of Mr.. Calhoun the whole State OF
Texas was slave sol-nade by the laws and consttu
ton of Texas The question with our Congress how TO
admit her consistently with her rights asa sovereign State
The House resolution imposed reslrichon-an aooi-
ton in fact of slavery in all her territory above 800 3O
and that was great DEAL for the Stale extended in one
part to AZ degrees. The Senate's amendment imposed
nothing but proposed to treat YIN ana 70 admit hs
House resolution, adopted it, and thereby adopted the
Missouri compromise and imposed y not upon Terri
tory bus upon state he abolished slavery s IN 9 Sape
burner ever proposedfor they limit their abolionism to
territories This Mr., Calhoun did, and did as late as
March the Sd, lsi5. There is dispute about It. Gen
Houston charged him with it in his circular address to
his constituents at the late session OF Congress Every
body struck with the fierce OF the accusation and
looked out anxiously for Mr. Calhouns reply. They
looked in vain. He did not reply and could not Con-
fession would do no good, and denial would make II
worse The fact was notorious and was q puoic rec
ord He could not throw the blame upon Tyler Tor he
had often boosted in the Senate that he himself had Sc
/ lected that resolution
repeat do not cite this conduct Of Mr. Calhoun in
abolshing slavery in part Of Texas authority to
went further than any northern fanatic has ever pro-
posed 10 and lufneT, tnal up 10
lsi5 he had invented his doctrine OF no power
In Congress to egsaie upon slavery IN terrtorles and
still further to show that up TO the same period ne had
not felt the pIckng Of tina, new point OF honor the insult
to the slave States being excluded with their property
from the soil which their common blood and treasure
won. Texas was all won, as well north as south OF
thiysx degrees thirty minutes, by the same blood and
reasurehe taxes OF the people and the blood OF Co.
lad, the Alamo, and San Jacnto-and yet here were
citizens OF the same State excluded, by the act OF bl
Calhoun, from removing with their property from one
part OF ii TO another.
/ And now have arrived at point which claims par
ticular attention II will be remembered by all that after
the rejection Of the Texas treaty in lsi4 various PROPOSE
tons submitted Congress for her admission, and
that every proposition contained plan for dividing
her into free and slave territory Every body will remem
Der this. Now, do not recolect single instance in
which the consttutionality Of such propositions were
disputed, or single instance in which il was deemed
insult to the slaveholdng States to see slavery ex-
cluded from any part of it, These propositions were
particularly numerous the session OF lS44-45, winch
ended with two propositions enacted into two allerna
tive esoluonsone TO run the compromise line through
the State, the other TO negotiate with her upon the SUD-
/ ject Mr. Calhoun selected the foner-a full proof
Of Congress, nor The President 81 the United States
who approved the resolutions, saw anything in them
either unconstitutional insulting to the slave States,
or tending to disunion. ! myself made one OF these
propositions 1t was to divide by parallel of longi-
ude proposed to Texas that she should surrender to
the United States all the territory west OF the handredth
parallel OF longitude which to be free SOIL that on
the east side TO be slave soil proposed to limit slavery
BY line north and south, and that upon negotiation with
Texas; and i any person wishes to know my principles
about the extension OF slavery west into New Mexico,
he may see them in that proposition. thought 1t right
then; and do not change my opinions oil right TO suit
calculations circumstances. What is more, never
heard OF anybody that thought wrong then, and
the only difference between my proposition and Mr. Cali
houns act that was in favor of limiting slavery by
line drawn north and south, and that by negotiation
with the State be affected, while MIR Calhoun divided
the free and slave soil of the State itself by line drawn
east and west and accordingly did 20 divide it. and the
was the difference between longitudinal and atltudlnal
line, and between taking the boundary OF State upon
negotiation with her. for the boundary between free and
slave SOIL and running the line through the State itself
Mr. Calhoun came into public life to be President OF
the United States The weird sisters, the shape OF the
old that taught him grammar, had whispered IN his
ear, thou sha be President Upon that oracular revea-
fulfment for forty years at first openly and, il may
be, fairly, by putting himself al the head OF all the move
mens which promised advancement in the public favor
pa BIN the head Of the policy and wen
Tor the minimum provsion-the cotton minimum which
10 the growers, BY supervising for thirty years
that class OF cotton goods which OF most uni.
yersal use, and Of the largest cotton consumption
the corduroys and velvets universally before
1915, totally suppressed under the Calhoun mini.
mum OF that year, and just beginning 10 appear again
under The ta5lh q is.o Al the same Tune usle,
brought odium on the State institutions--was much
called for Mr. Calhoun put himself the head OF the call
and carried through the bank charter About the same
time internal improvement by the federal government be
came POPULAR he seized upon the subject and in 1873
as Secretary at War, made elaborate report favor
general system Of roads and canals pervadng all parts
OF the Union. In ls19-2O the Missouri controversy
ragged. and the whole North stood up for
failing the area OF slave soil: he took the feeso
rent, and expunged slave soil from all the territories Of
the United States by joining in the abolition Of slavery in
Upper Louisiana, giving Texas TO the King OF Span and
giving the rest OF Louisiana to the Indians. At the
time Jackson became the favorte OF the people fol-
President: he withheld, and postponed his own preten
the presidency, became the advocate OF Jackson
went upon his ticket and elected Vice President with
him. But this the end OF his popular movements "a
gain the presidency, He expected TO succeed Jackson
and that he would only have TO wait and eight years
and serve Laban for Rachel But oh the dsapponments
in love and politics Like Jacob, when he woke up, he
found il Leah little magician OF the North had go
into the bed and 10 be Jacksons successor Unlike
Jacob, he could not wait and another long eight
years. and determined 10 clutch the prize at Then
came notification No l. tpretexted by that tariff OF which
he himself the main author) and that scheme for
dissolving the Union which yacksons proclamation put
down. The tariff failed to bear him through in
sensitive question OF slavery. Then that long
cession OF abolition plots for blowing up slavery in the
United States compared to which all the Popish plots in
England for blowing up the Protestant religonhe gun
powder ryehouse, meal.tub and other plots formi.
dable in their day-were tame and mpotent inventions
First there the London abolition plot oil Ashbel
Smith, John Andrews, and Lord Aberdeen, for lighting
into the United States, where TO explode and blow
all up. and to prevent which became Of self
defence" admitting OF delay TO jerk Texas nsaner
by treaty, OF their hands, before the plot ripe
something like jerking the fuse out OF the loaded bomb
before IL would explode. The treaty did not stand