Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-07-18
R~ECREANCY.

some Southern editors.
Major Noah. in the following remark:
shows his good sense. aud his love of trut
! and justice. We can hut express tn
pleasure I'VE experience at being able 1
COPY his excellent article:
"One half Of this formidable missive /
devoted to The inconsistency Of Mr.. Cal
houn. who approved the Missouri Com
promise. which excluded slavery from
vast portion Of the West, and TO show
that he is a disunionist, and was h;msel
originally The founder. The approvcr, ant
The jusrifier OF The Missouri Compromise
All the Whig papers, in e~cstacy of delight,
rub their hands together, and declare lhar
Col. Benton has made out n strong case
against Mr.. Calhoun. We cannot sec il
Slavery has always been a political ques,
ton. 1t originated with Rufus Ming 10
cripple the representative power of the
South. aud this has always been the ex.
ten! o fils humanity. The Missouri Conn
promise was rm 10 exclude slavery in lha,
State: the opposition was directed against
a clause in the new Constitution which
prevented free negroes and mulaltoes from
settling in that State under any prc,cncc
whatever. 1t was contended, and with
reason. that this exclusion violated the
spirit Of the Constitution. Of the United
States. Missouri insisted upon her right
as a State 10 adopt this provision. Wnen
the bill again came up for consideration,
Federalls's threw the lire brand into Con-
sresss hy Insisting upon ENGRAVING The fol.
lQa8s& section or rider to the bill:
7SEc. s. That in all thai territory ceded
by France TO the United States, under the
name of Louisiana, sShich lies north Of sc
degrees 30 minutes north. latitude; not in.
cluded within The limits OF The stale con-.
templaled by This act, slavery and inyoI-
unIary servilude, otherwise. than in the
punishment of the crimes whercofihe par
" shall have been duly convicted; shalIbe,
and hereby is, forever prohibited
This excluded slavery from a tract Of
country larger than all california, New
Mexico. and O~regonsauited. The Storm,
however, was up. % lnennle 1Laia-
nr mlssoin Should nnI be a State. The
r-deralisrs had got the weather-gaSe ofrhe
South. What was 10 be done! Congress
has! no more right To insert this section IN
the law ,s:an to have introduced Il bull OF
the Pope into an act of that body. Mr..
Calhoun. then Secretary Of war was forced
10 submit to this assumption OF power.
!e feared that Missouri, If not then adj
mil;ed. would exercise the rights o! a
sovereign stale, ard "a her a cluster OF III.
dependent states, disconnected with the
federal government. which would reach
the Pacific Ocean. TO preserve the Uninn,
Mr.. Calhoun consented to this compromise.
This is tie width. breadth. and depth OF
Mr.. Calhoun's inconsistency. But did The
submission TO "A wrong under those cir
cuns,ances Justify the inlicIion to another
wrong! Because Congress said they had
a right 10 prohibit bs law slavery in terri
tories. did it make it so.
1.-The South has no belief that slavery
will eve: be introduced Into California and
New Mexico, but they are firmly united
against the right Of Congress To prnliSt It
by law in territories. They have no desire
to go into those territories with slaves; but
as members of this Republic. lhoy will not
permit Congress 10 assume a right winch
Tie Constitution dues not confer. II this
was no, a political question:. all would
admit that the position taken by the South
is irsl and proper. What is precedent TO-
DAY becomes doctrine to morrow. IL Gun
grcss has Il right to say to The South, You
Shall not take your property into new ter
~rituries.' that body may say, You shall
not hold that property in your own States
The South must by union preserve The
Union. and protect their W rights"
"Col. Benton will make no capital from
his attack on Mr.. Calhoun, nr in the de-
clara,ion tina, Congress possesses the power
because she exercised il some thirty years
ago. /, is said that Mr.. Benton hopes by
this movement. to make himself the Demo-
cratic candidate for the Presidency. IL he
has found such favor in the eyes Of his old
political enemies, suppose they try HIM for
a single term he has no such views. Mr..
Van Buren,, a much more popular man,
with more tact aud address, tried this one
principle with singular bad fortune. Mr.,
Benton will never try ii. The whole Is a
quarrel with. the Legislature Nf his OWE
State. for an attempt to compel him by in
slruc,ion to carry out MIR. Calhoun's view:
on slavery instead Of his own. He make:
fight with the Legislature of Missouri, with
VIVA: success we shall know hereafter
The Wings Of his State will 60 with him
and he may succeed in sustaining hi:
views. lie considers the question of lht
free soil settled, and so do we, from tht
action which the people Of California them
selves, in forming a State Government
may take. He wishes 10 hear no NOR
discussion in Congress on the subject bu
as the question has always been political
and mol one Of right or humanity, he is II
error if he supposes that Tie question viii
sleep, or ,ha, the slave States will calml.
look on and submit'o assumptions oil pow
er unknown to The Constitution"
The Hungarian leader, Kossuth. has ap
: poin,ed bis sister general superintendent
. Of the military hospitals and she has pu
blishcd an address. calling on all the ladie