New-York daily tribune., 1849-10-26
o25 III,
FREQ soil In California and New-ne1ieo O.
The National Era.

is.sc T W. ss,TH' Secretaries o25 ri.
FREQ soil In California and New.Nexico-
The National Era.
We have already stated the feet that We have
private sdvices OF the very latest date from MOD
,erey, written after III. assembling there oi the
California Convention. sssoring us that ssid Con
ven,ion would explicitly and forever settle the
sl.ye-v Que.tiop. so far a, tns, country is con-
cerned. by prohibiting in the plsinsss and most
positive terms the existence Of Human Bondage
We cannot give the name Of the writer, for We
lack his permission, but we '''y ''''"
mos, ,ut,aenuai member ofthe Convention, and a.
likely 10 know iA temper az sny man In Csiiiofn".
We believe him for he is a man OF character an'
could have no possible motive for deceivins as
We believe him, for nearly all our Information
from that quarter 10 Of similar tenor. We have a.
ready called attention TO the fact that Hon T. But
Ter King. an eminent Southern Wing. In BIS
speech 20 the San FraDciscaBs, alluded 70 the &c
i.y and difficulty experienced in organizing Can.
fornis by Congress on account OF this SavtTy
question, and exhofting the People, in forming
State Convention, to settle that question Hon.
Wm 81 Gwin. on the other hand, Southern Lo'
cor OCO, rnhuc spttSh a. A'os o1A-S ''~
sxhorted the people 10 ht the Slavery quesfi'"
alone, aud not follow the bad example OF Congr'ss
by getting into a wrangle about it. Bot we are
assured that this same Gwin hes sinco wfiiten
home to his Southern Loco Foco friends stating
that tho Calliornisns were ten TO one sgalnsi
Slavery, and would exclude il. We believe hin.
Nov the next steamship from Chagres viii
probably determine whether Slavery has beer
left utterly without mention or sanction IN the
State Consultation Of Cslifornia-for VIC presume
nobody imagnes that il is TO be recognized ana
legsised. Wo Mdenty hope and believe i, has
ere this been in the plainest terms forbidden and
stigmatized; but shou.d We be disappointed Ia
this hope, and the Constitution be wholly sileot
on the subject, we shall sti understand and hold
that Slavery can have no legal existence in Cali
fornia any more than in Wisconsin or Caneds,
under that Constitution. Slavery Ia a creature OF
positive law, and the absence Of law authorizing
it assures its condemnation. And, while we con
fdenily expect to see it plainly prohibited IN Cal
ifornia, we are determined that the country shall
not be convulsed by a mere goats wool question
concerning the manner and shape Of its prohib-
ton. under the smoke Of which Slavery, aided by
ntf nttuth hilf sum- in-ecA nv ~'eNN'N' VI t'N''
Mexico by giving validity to the inflated Pretes-
siops Of Texas. sach is cnr nHsition-~s s"N-
,ts correctness, realize its importance, and mean
70 maintain il.
Add now to tho National Era. That paper
qaotes postion of our former remarks l0ct. ~
on this question, Of like tenor with the above,
'stismatising them In advance as Phsrissica,
self righteousness, SC. and proceeds to comment
on them as follows;
'"N. ssOri ezp's' prosilif'on Of slarers
~ ft<, Coasf,rshosi We know where the edilor
of TIE TSibsss stands II In Congress next winter, h.
ud 10 receive California ssosf dsy erp'ss
now ne stands p,aet.ellp Non-inervsntonist He
oupies precisely the same platform practically With Sen
tor wsissr. whom he denounced as traitor. with
Washsn9ton Unsos, which hods that Noninlerve y.
Baltimore Platform whs, were The doctrines Of cs,.
and Waner' Thst the laws Of Mexico, excluding sisv'
was the creature Of local sw-thst there locsl
Law 10 canforDia authorizing one man TO hold another
man his chattel-thst phyeicsl circumstances would
preven, Slavery sons .ssrs iheretIs the frovi.o VS..
wool add. serssor Benton. matter OF perfect net
feeuee chimes IN lhs editor Of r.. T,s.ss No -aii'
thcu the express prohibition Of Slavery In their
Consutuuous - Now, n Senators Csss and Walsel
deserved the esecr.noos OF 1A 7Sba. for eoulendins
that tho express prohibition Of slavery 10 California
unnecesssry-s merc ms,1er 0, moonshne-whn does
The edior q 1As T'sns deserve FOR ihs,
ground lie sueeTed st General Gaze for hs charge h
mind had undergone the subject 6ut the came change
n me ',%s ;p'yS 81 ns nas ssp PsSs 10 S' 0"
Reply.
"What Circumstance = Why, this essential
vital circumstance, that whereas that region hA
hitherto been simply Federal Territory, sobisc
only to the Constitution and laws Of the Unite
States, it beoomes, from the day its Constitution
10 adopted, a Sovereign State. governed by il
own Constitution and by laws enscscd by its Les
islature In pursuance thereof Now II has bee
eontended by Calhoun, Vensele q Co. that III
citizens OF all tho States have, BY virtue OF sue
eitis enship the right to take their property a. {
whatever the law OF their respective States DC
oiares to bs SUCH into any territory which Is con
moato all the States but ithss never been serious
eontsnded. thin our ledge that this priviies
extends TO the soil Of States as well as Terrtore
We deny its existence with regard 70 Territories
bat aince that is claimed, we demand the applies
ticn substantially Of tho Wilmot Proviso to a
present aud future territories Of the Union AL
since i, nag kc claimed with respect to States ais
for Slavery at,erly pever,s and upssts hunis =
reason--we desire its application to s,aes a.s
We desire 1t 70 guard against . remote possieil
os evil, net that we believe Slavery will go to Cal
fornis under a Constitution which says nothln
shost Slavery. We would gladly make sssu
aace doably sure, and that. We believe, has er
this been accomplished, and II We should be di
sppoiatsd in this, We shal still know that there
very grss, dsngsr Of Slavery getting legahzsd
Nsw.Mexico and very little Of ns obtaining ls'
fu footing in California.
Is not this plain enough Can j, need iarth.
elacids,ioni And is not the Editor Of The En-
who knows perfectly well what our views ar
ka,l,y Of dishonest suppression and wiful di''o
t,on 10 ths above 7 Our writings before hi
showed distinctly the broad ground OF dsferens
bet~cen our position and that Of cass, Walker
Co Bat, broad or narrow, had he any night
suppress that difference and 50 on to argue As
ixnosant OF its existencei
Bat The Era continues;
Thomas Butler Kipg removes % the new state vi
his Slsvcs whss 10 TO derrve hin Of hem Not The Q
xaasc snd statute law OF the STATE. Who VIII ts'
The trouble who incur the expense and rsk, CT hon1.ns
old Mexican law, Crsigning the Senator before
Court prested BY Peter II Barnett sod ther " ?
cesssry ana possible, carrying the case up ihro7sh
an n hnra