Democratic banner., 1849-06-11

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it up from, the slave emigration Of the south.
And now what becomes of the dogma, in
his mouth and that of his followers, so re-
Gently Invented, of no power in Congress to
legislsts upin the subject of slavery in ter
ritories? whsebecomss, in their mouths, Of
the swfangied point Of honor, Iust felt for
the first! time in thirty years, Of insult to
slave States in their exclusion from settle.
ment in the territories bought by the blood
and treasure Of the whole Union? LOUISE
ana was a territory, and Congress legislated
Upon slavery in it, and legislated slavery
out Of a million Of square miles Of it, and
Mr., Calhoun supported that legislation;
Louisiana was a territory acquired by the
treasure, il not by the blood, Of the whole
Union; and the proviso of 1890 supported
BY Mr.. Calhoun shut up the one half of it
from slave emigration. II that is insult, he
and bis followers have stood being insulted
most remarkably we'll for about thirty years;
and, perhaps, would consult their own self
respect, and lose nothing in public opinion,
if they should continue standing it will, like
fortitude for the remainder of their lives.
/ do not quote this conduct of Mr.. Cal.
houn in giving the answers which he did to
Mr.. Monroe's interrogatories, for the pur-
pose of vindicating the right of Congress to
prohibit, or abolish slavery IN territories.
When / feel it necessary to vindicate that
right shall have ecourse to very different
authority from that which can be quoted
on every side. Of every question it ever
touched. l quote it for q very different
purpose for the purpose Of shutting up the
months Of his followers as completely as it
shut up his own from the day he was con-
fronted with it. From that day 10 the pres
ent he has never mentioned his resolutions!
never called for that vote upon them which
he declared himself determined to have
when he introduced them!
In giving his cabinet support, where his
voice was so potential, to the abolition of
slavery over a million Of square miles in
Louisiana, Mr.. Calhoun did more than any
man has ever lone towards abolishing
slavery in the world. Holding, as he did,
the. one ffth part Of the veto power, and
commanding as his position was, as a south
srn man end q cabinet minister-a leading
cabinet minister--the largest question ever
started Of free or slave soil, vas then in his
hands; and he decided it in favor Of flee.
It was an immense boon to the anti-s'avery
party, then 80 numerous and ardent; but it
was not the only service which he then
rendered them. Texas was then ours-a
part Of Louisiana-to Che lower Rio Grande;
large enough to form six great, or ten COM
mon States. 1t was all slave territory, and
looked to as the natural outlet Of the south
|ern States, with their great increasing
slave population. 1t was given to the King
of Spsin-given away by treaty, and that
treaty the work of Mr.. Monroe's cabinet
Mr.. Calhoun being q member. And here
there is no room for denial or non-recollec.
ton. For 9 long time Mr.. Adams bore the
blame of that c~ession. A friend OF Mr..
Calhoun reproaclled him with it in the
House of'RepresentativeS. Mr.. Adams was
then alive, and present, and soon vindicsted
the truth Of history. He showed that there
vas a division in the cabinet upon the point
Inc was against it--Mr. Calhoun for it-and
Mr.. Calhoun being a southern man, and the
msjority Of the cabinet southern, he car
Iried tile day, and Texas was lost. wa
mot then in public life. but wrote agains'
that act, blaming Mr.. Adams when I should
have blamed Mr.. Calhoun. By that ces'
sion the expansion Of slavery wal stopped:
the growth of slave States in the south wes'
was stopped three hunred and fifty thou.
sand square miles subject to American
slavery, was cut of from 'AHsericsn domin'
ion and presented to a foreign King. This
was another great qualification to the
,abolitionisi; but it was not all. There wa
/. strin of land. about large enough for two