Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-06-14
LAW OLE 1897.

ed, wthou! any exception in the whole re-
public, April 3, 1887. COLLECTION Of Laws
and DEGREES OF the General Congress Of the
United Mexican States, volume s, page 2l0 |
LTransIatiorl-The masters Of slaves man
united by The present law Or BY the decree
Of The 18th Of September, 1929 shall be in>
Identified, &c. COLLECTION Of Laws and
DEGREES &c, vol, s, page 20l)
This is the decree, and this is the act
of Congress confirming it, abolshing
slavery throughoutthe Mexican Repub-
lie. The constitution of 1914, does not
abolish slavery, for that was done be-
fore, but prohibits its future establish
menr. Thus, there is no slavery now
n Mexico and California;; and conse.
quenly none in any territory belonging
10 the United States; and, consequently
nothing practical, or real, in the whole
slavery question, for the people of the
United States 10 quarrel about. There
is no slavery now by law in any terri
tory; and it cannot get there by law ex-
cept by act Of Congress; and no such
act will be passed, or even asked for
the dogma of, no power in Congress to
Iegislate upon slavery in territories,
kills that pretension. No legal estab-
lishment of slavery in California and
New Mexico is then to be looked for
That is certain. Equally certain il will
never be established IN either of them
in point of fact. The people of both
territories-the old inhabitants-are
unanimously against II. OF the new
emigranrs, all those from Europe, Asia
Mexico, Central and South America
and all those from the non.slaveho gliding
part of the United States, will be unan-
imousy against it. There remains the n
to overbalanCe all this unanimous mass
only the emigrants fl ON the slaveholdlng
parts of the United Slates--in itself the
smallest branch Of the emigration, and
it divided on the question-many going
for the express purpose of getting rid
of SIavery--and very few so far in love
with it as to go that distance for the
pleasure of having law suit with his
own negro, and with the certainty of
coming out second best in the contest.
There is then no slavery at this time,
either in New Mexico or California, in
law or in fact; and will never be either,
in law or in fact. What then is all the
present uproar about abstractionl the
abstract right of doing, what cannot be
done! the insult TO the sovereignty OF
the States, where there is no insult all
abstraction! and no reality, substance,
or practice in it,
The Romaus had a class Of disputes
which they called de lana cdprina, that
is to say, about goats wool; and as the
goat has no wool, the dispute was about
nothing, So it is of this dispute among
US about excluding slavery from New
Mexico and California: there is none
there to exclude, and the dispute now
raging is about nothing.
The Missouri resolutions were cop
led from those of Calhoun, and | dc
not believe there exceeded half dozen
members in the two Houses, all told
who were in The secret either at the
origin, or design of that proceeding
They were copied from Calhoun; anC
TO see their design, you must know his
His were aimed at the Union, at III,
harmony and stability of the Union--
and al the members from the slave hoI
ding States who would not follow hi
lead myself especially. This makes i
my duty to speak of him, and to show
his design in bringing forward the res
olutions from which he was so sudden,
| ly backed out in the Senate, and which
some half dozen members have succee'
ded in passing through the Missouri
Legislature. This carries me rather
far back, but / will make rapid work
and short work. rr
Mr.. Calhoun came into public life &c
be President of the United States
The weird sisters, in the shape Of tn,
old man that taught him grammar, ha,
whispered in his ear--thou shall b
President. Upon that oracuIar reveal