Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-08-24

III -; and commended lha. nothing but the pro-
Nh; LEGISLATION of Congress could eIcinoe
I.very from the rich pains OF The Rio Granue'
ard The cold regions of California. Scarcely oI
kct', dozen, again repeat, coud De louun . !" a."
The South 40 dared 10 go beyond me w i.nio.
proyiso devised 10 exclude slavery, ana con.u'
10, ola vpry was alrc1dy excluded 6y The !us1-
n1 lam The sub!lsty OF Wing laWyers-the
aaasrness 10 catch a, excuses Tor Wings WAC had
dsserr.d and were preparing 10 desert The South
Inc ,rai;urous design 10 pave the way Tor SUI
render in Congress, and 10 prepare me paoi'e
mind for Gen. TayloIs sanction oil the Anu
Slavery nProviso." have worked wonders upon
,hs minds of Southern Wings, Tor We now md,
nor only Wing lawyers, but gil. poi Wing eec-
,;onesrers who talk learnedly OF The binding force
NJ The municipal laws of conquered and G ceaea
c,nnlry. until repealed by The conquefor! 1hey
vii mai lake The trouble, or have not Inc caPaci
70 N look through the doctrine, SAID 10 De es'ao
l,shed under the laws of nations ana me ues',
sons Of Courts, 20 wit cohqueieu y. 800 49,,
conntrv mus, not be left without law, ou' uius
~ governed by The pre-exisins nnnicipal laws;
!, hing always excepted aud PROVIDED hoSeye',
,haI ANYTHING in those municipal laws al wal
Min The allegiance due TO the conqueIor, OF a'
war with the ms buttons and lights oil Inc cons
ouerins power, must be null and VOID, As i" MAJ,
Ter of course This exception and proViso, OH
deserving Southern Wings have not looKeu u
or have remembered TO forget, or recklessll us
rcoa,d But Badger was too much oil ia"yel
| 10 overlook them He knew ha, The pre-eAislins
| laws OF Mexico could no more suove' uul
rights OF property than their established oa'hoi,e
| religion could subven our religious ilecaou. q.
boldly cut The knot, and boldly cut himseii oul o.
all legal difficulty by main!ains mai me i'gh' VI
property in slaves ceased 10 exist the moment
Thai slaves were carried beyond the limits OF lie
slave States. And now The veteran bullying
| Senator of Missouri has followed his iead-al
zone farther than the Wimot Pfoyisoists, and
! said TO them "Tfuublc not yourselves about your
anti.slavery proyisos! The slave holders are
already excluded by Mexican Law. All talk
about compromises is humoug. None nu'
lohn C. Calhoun, ard a clique Of disunioniss
nnder his lead, seriously mediate resistance 10
your schemes Slavery never can 60 10 New
| Mexico or California
| II is strange that even Col. Benton should pre-
sumo so much upon his Influence, as TO seek I'M
punity for his treachcry, under the imputed in
consisencies and delinquencies Of Mr.. Calhoun
(wheiher rightly or wrongly imputed, | will moi
sop 10 argue But in his eascrness 10 CONVEX
Mr.. Calhoun OF delinquency, ne convic!s him.
self of inconsistency and iecrrancy. In ms
specch against the Asburlon treaty. be Il TecollecI
| "a he denounces the then Administration ioT
falling 10 enforce reparation Tor American slaves
| liberated in British dominions. In his speech
al Jefferson City, as already quoted. ne compile
mcn,s Mr. Calhoun for maniu,ly colleniIng Tor
the rights OF slave holders, and Tor repatriation 10
them, and for the national wrongs Inflicted by The
| British Authorities in The case o! the Enterprise,
in The Island Of Bermuda. lie compliments
himself Tor standing by and sustaining MIR. Cal
| noun in that case-but cond INNS MIR. Z. Tor de-
Ino,ency in not sanding by him. in The case ot
"thc Comet, Encomiun, Creole, Enterprise, and
others" But read The following ex'rac's from
! his sneech against the Ashbunon treaty in 1872
and see The difference between Benton, Inc De-
| mocraiic Southern Senator al that day, AMI ben-
Ton. the free soiIef and apostate IN lo19:
=. was not one Of those vino spoke In favor oil these
resolutions; was satisfied with the speech Of the
| moyrr. IMr Calhoun, and 70 ed for them with cor
dial good will | deemed them correct them deem
them 80 now | consider all the cases oil TIE CoHel'
the Encomlum, the Enterprise. the Creole, and the
iIrrmosa, have been violations OF the laws nl M
lions. breach Of good urighbnrhood ana cnalrmpl
for our Government cannot vote lor tue Iathca!ioh
of treaty which refuses The slightest notice ~ lhrse
,uir,aes and RENTS Us, for our sGgtaetioH, 10 Tie
ilusory stpularons of an empty ana prepose,ou,s
| sfngngemenE" stand by the rcsoutonsi and shall
offer an amendment 10 THIS treaty, tu uansef their
substance lis pages aud vn!icate thr rshlS OF our
vessels under the laws of nations, as resolved oy Inc
| senate The amendment was offered, ald rejected
s,Slr this offence against our ships anu czcns Is one
Of recent origin but OF increasing frequency, and oil
auementing atrucily II is evidently part oil the abo-
tou crusade against slavery, and tends to excite IN.
surrection and seryie war IN our country me nist
case occurred III the year 1899: !, was thai oi Tue
Comet which was stranded near the Island OF New
Providence, and carried Il wreck INTO nassau, hef
slaves liberated, and the protest OF tie owners disre
| rarded These slaves were paid Tor. Inc next was
that Of the Encomium in ls3i-thr same ~ All re-
spects the Comet, and win the same resn.s-.ne
| ownsrs of the slaves being eventually paid ~ the
| Rrilish Government The ;hIrd case was thai oil the
Enterprise fate was the subject OF our resolves.
II occurred Ia 1885; and was me Case o. snip
nv empest into the island Of bermuda, her slaves IT,
bsrated and the protest Of the owners disregarheu.
! For this outrage no atonement or compensation mas
been made, Outstanding our brave resolutions anu
| their imposng communication TO the British Govern
menl. Then came two cases together, worse IMAM All
the previous ones-the Creole, in January, le42, ana
the lermosa Immediately aer-cases, the one oil nu'
tiny piracy and murder; the other, o VIOLENCE on the
mart OF wrrckers Fortness TWO ontra5eS, as wen as
or that Of the Enterprise, no Indemnity OF redress %
any kind has been made Pecunary compensation 10
| The owners--an inadequate redress To them. ana no
To our insulted ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN the
Two first cases. is denied in the three last and the 60
by which has heen given TO the Whole subject IN ,,is
mission of peace, and the "satisfaetiea expressed ny
The President on behalf of the country, II THIS len-
nation Of the business, must, II sanctioned by the oe
nate operate act OF oblivion upon past outruses,
and an invitation the commission oil Few ones. ~
The same tme l2 900 slaves allnred INTO Cahatai
and no limit is 10 the number which wiz co. I'M
der the inducements which are held out ana the ne"
| rendezvous which the consolidation oil Brush power
| on the frontiers of Maine will present. ne souii'
left alone by the separate treaty now MADE Tor .ne
Northern States, and with the synpatn'es ol nan lne
| Union and all III. world against her, must no" expect
greater oulraces than in all that relates 10 her
| slave property. The British have now evidently con
sttuted themselves the guardians ana protectors o. GU
slaves: and while three millions 0i BACK slaves
are better led, better clothed. better lodged, less
| worked, have more liberty, more knowledge, anu
sneak better English Than the same hhhuef VI he'
English population, lborers and paupers)-to say no
thing of The poor Irish, Scotch Aslallcs ana diners
while this Is the difference, tn the disadvantage oi hfr
own white subjects, all her sympahiss are 10 eyer
else for blacks. Is II humanity or poiicy, lhA
works in this strange way1 Is II love oil The slave, of
| the hatred of the master. that works N this way!
"1he term Souh. az indicating The slave hou,ns re
piou in this Union IL now become term OF ehafgen
and extended application, and - last shitns 10 the
West But lately applied 10 five Atlantic IL now IN
cudes seven ransmontane s'a.ssi anr a, 80
Slars ose fifteen Representatives under the late cen
sIs: the seven Western gain eIeht. Ihe'r relative
strength is now about equal NJ me census OF looo
thai NJ the Western must greatly pfepOnutratr
and after that period, the gap between them musl GO on
Inc reasinr in The double ratio ol The loss III one and
| m. gnin IN the other. The slave interest already
.ouang in the great Yves, that al the Atlantic, nus
soon find lis chief seat there's and II sehoovrs The Keep
resenatives from that quarter 10 attend IN time 10 wha
must soon become chief subject oil thrir care Ihs
hhpration Of aves from wrecked vessels among the
Bahama islands, is but branch Of vast system; but II
is branch of il which addresses Itself directly To The
slave States Of the Valley Of the Mississippi The pas
sare through these British islands Is their line OF con
munieaton with the Atlantic States, with the his!
,rns and with the whole world. They canno, tolerate
the insecurity Of that passage either for themselves al
their properly Rather they should say OF that passage
aud Of The gulf from which II leads, as The Roman,
said of Northumberland nost,um and act upon
The assumption The master, Of thr Mississippi should
command the outlet from the furiorum. "a Sen
aor from thai great region, feel The responsibilities oil
my ptsiiion, and the gravity Of the circumstances
which surround us. The preenson To liberate slaves
| between New Orieans and the Atlantic states, is
blow a, the Great West-one blow out of many which
The slave allies preparing for her This treaty
by Sinking the question. sanctions that pr1enslon
and feel bound TO oppose II. treaty OF peace as
thin.-the approved Of Southern President: 1t still
leaves unsettled the large question which concerns IN
twelve States which from the Atlantic 10 The
Missouri and from The 3sh parallel Of the north laii
,udr 10 the Gulf. Sncl question, affecting so many
states and so pregnant of war, deserved 10 he settled
deserved something very different from ienomIni
exclusion from the treaty, and derisory dismissor
IN tl, safeguard of correspondence and an engage
mani. The peace mission has put this question, aId
The siect Of which il is part, The high road 10 war
To 20 with the British TO Africa, To fight for slaves
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