Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-08-08

fact as TO the power Of The President over
! the Jninl Resolutions afIrr they had been
dispatched. IhaI Gen. lInu5on did not be.
Iieve hat Mr.. PoR's Conduct was conIrc'l-
ed by .Mr. Ca'houn's action is manifest
fel he openly and boldly charges it,
Could he have forgotten The letter, or did
he presume upon our ignorance!
But, again. Gen. Ii. says thai by the
Join Resnurions slavery is now abolished
over one Mira Of Texas-lhau the illegal
capacity there existing to employ slave Ia
bnr" has been "desrnyed by Mir. Cal
lioun." aud that vast region cnl of from
the occupalt,n Of Southern planters and
farmers that "Alr. e.. has muliIlaled
Southern state, and suppressed, in large
portion of it,, the domestic institution sane.
ioncd by lis laws II has been already
seen thar. according to his own showing, it
has been MIR. Polk, and not Mr.. C.. who
is responsible for This, if it bc so. But is
The statement true. that slavery is nnw
abolished in Texas? Mir. w. would not
insult l'Ie understanding 10y arguing the
question. slavery existed there. and sill
exists all over Texas. The Federal Gov.
eminent had no right 10 abolish it. Our
own Legislature had none. Yet Gen. III.
hah just stated, in The most solemn manner.
| Iha: it WAS now abolished over one. third uf
the Stu,e.
Mr.. w. then read the Joint Resolutions.
Il was plain that The Missouri restriction
was mere nullily. Ira slate is formed
abope 36 deg. 80 min slavery is TO be:pro.
hbiled; but no such state can be formed
except "by The consent fTeras. Slavery.
then, cannot be abolished over any Of
Texas. crcrpt by our consent. ltcouId have
been abolished by our consent whether
The Missouri restriction had becn ngralted
in the joint Resolutions or not. But with.
out the insertion Of The Missouri Conpro-
mise the Resolutions could never have
heen passed. l;alIurded northern democrats
an excuse for voting for them, and al the
samo time inerIered with none of our
! rights. 'Iis lhc only compromise we hive
ever made with The North, by which VIC
have lost nothing. And for this Mr.. Cal.
hnun has hccu denounced, aad held up to
.'reprobaii0n." II is al The faithful sen.
,incl the dcsertcr always fires as he is pass
ins from the camp of his couulrymcn into
lhc lines Of The enemy.
But, said Mr.. W., Gen. Fl. says that
tho line of 3G deg. 30 min. cuts off one.
third Of the slate, lie here exhibited n
! rnnp- which showed tboi uiprr ttIan n
twelfth, or a Icnlll al most. lay above the
line. il, said Mr.. W., he has attempted
10 impose upon our cTcIv!ily as 10 those
matters of which every Texian must be
informed, what confidence eau we place
in his statements as to lhusc matters of
which we know nnlhing-ll,. Calhoun's
position upon the Bank. Tariff, aud In.
lrrnaI Improvement, questions more than
tllirIy'ycarS ago!
In Gen. lis reply. he said hat in stating
that onc-liird OF the stale lay above :36
deg. 50 min. he meant degrees Of Latitude,
and not square miles. The other TWO
charges he left un'ouchcd. The reply being
almost entirely taken up with anecdotes,
and compliments to the ladies.
When he took his seat. Mr.. w. rose
and said thai Nero had laughed while
Rome was burning" The matter under
| consideration was serious un". The
charges he had made were grave. They
invuIyed the character of The Scnalnr.-
And ne had attempted TO laugh them oil
aud divert attention by his anccdolcs.-
lie would now ask him. and he begged q
reply-cnulJ Texan carry his negroes
above Sc Gcs. 50 min. in our own state
Gen. Ii. answered. he could carry them
10 New York If he saw fit. That is an
cvasnn said Mr.. W.. | will have fair
answer. Is there any illegal incapaciIy ?"
do not know. said Grn. H., have moi
considered the question. "You should
have done sn," said Alr. W., before hazard.
ing your reputation and vcracily by max,
ins the statement.
A New CoTTDN Passive find the