Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-10-26


! try was in session, engaged in framing state
government, with the intention Of APPLYING at
once for admission into the union This is the
game of the slave powerof the country By which
they expect to settle in their own favor this Will
mot proviso question, and TO this end have the
energies of the past and present administration
been directed. The slave-holding power has ap-
pointed the officers of this country, and under
the direction of these officers have all the prel-
mlnaries for state gov ernment been entered into
Some of the presses Of the north are congratu-
hating themselves that prohibition against sla-
very will be inserted into this constitution. Thi.
expectation. we feel confident, is doomed to be
not fulfilled. 1t is not reasonable to suppose
/ that these slave emmissarles who now control
I the government Of that country. have been with
ont their influence and we know that unless
they are an exception to al emmissaries Of thai
power, they have been watchful and vipiant in
furtherlng tins interest Add to this, the presence
at the convention of distinguished Shareholders
from the south, such as Thomas Butler King
and others, coupled with the apathy of northern
emgrants, whose business is with gold and not
with slavery. and what re ason have we to hope
that this constitution will contain this prohibitions!
1t will not contain it. California will come up
to tho door of this union and demand admission
as state, without any prohibition Of slavery in
her constitution precisely in the position desi-
red by the Shareholders and here then the strur-
rrlp 10
but all the power Of the administration will be
brought 10 bear to procure an endorsement of
this constitution. Taylor has pledged himself to
sustain the action of Congress, and the effort
will be to mako hat action correspond with his
views as a slave h ,lder and with the Shareholders
whose candidate he was and who elected him.
We do not sayths from any impulse of prejudice
against the Tavlor administration. We say it
because it is an irresistible inlrrerca from the
history of the rast and the position Of the present
and no candid man will deny it. Where then
shall the country turn for succor in this her hour
Of greatest need? In this final contcst--in this
struggle which is TO decide forever this question
between liberty and slavery, where arc the friends
Of freedom to be found II is folly to look to
either the Cass or Taylor parties, as rarties to
defend this great principle? Their sociations.
their i0clirations and their interests. point in a
diff rent direction, and although they will talk
lone and loud about freedom, vet as past history
clcarv demonstrates, when the struggle comes
they yi"la to the enemies IF freedom Where
then shall we look? Three hundred s, artans
defended the pass of ThormopvlR against a mil
lion Of invaders and gave an imrulse to the cause
Of resistance, which drove back and conquered
the hosts of tyranny. This was the power of de-
termination in good cause.-The effect of the
force Of a correct principle, when maintained by
rosoGtc and determined men. however few in
numbers, and it teaches us. as do nnumcrabc
additional facts in history, the inherent power of
great principle. when even a few will stand m
resoluoly in its defence. The free soil party is
the only PARTY that makes this question priua-
~ feature Of its organization, and it is only to
that party can we look with confidence to see
this principle upheld. They are few in numbers
but strong in the cause they maintain, and it will
be that rarity which will be found foremost in |
the breach to defend the assaults upon freedom |
What then is the duty Of its members? Il is too !
late to hope to conchate either of the other par
ties bv amaoamation with them. Even if such !
amalgamation could be productive of any other /
effect than to lose the principle in the opposition /
felt to it by the other parties, which there would
be no reason to hope or expect, it is too late with
reference to this question, to accomplish any
thing by such union. The expression of the |
Buffalo Convention secured the Wilnot proviso |
for Oregon; a continued determination will Sc
cure it for California and nothing else will do it |
Let then the friends of freedom stand firm, that |
when the shock does come there will be at least |
one party organized to resist it, and around whc |
the true friends Of freedom, when thoroughly |
awakened to their danger, can rally.
Banking and interest on Moneg-Banhing
which is founded on real estate is considered th
safest and most proper kind OF banking, but
gance must convince any person that it is neither
safe nor proper. il is safe aud proper, it is SAID
because the real estate is always there 10 redeem
the bills. and it aids the industry Of the countr, !
TO put this real estate in circulation in the shap |,
OF bills. Withreferance to th first feature, ther
is not TiCca Of cal estate in the country but /
under the paper money system. is estimated at
six tim 5 its intrinsic value, and consequently /
there never was time and probably never will /
b., when the real estate pledged would redeem |
The bills in circulation. With reference 10 the /
latter feature, il aids the industry ofthe country