Democratic banner., 1849-07-02

"a AL UNioN."+ The substance OF each SET
of instructions is for the "principles" OF
the Missouri Compromise Act, though the
last Legislature was induced by the recent
ofths Provisoists or quasi Abo-
~litionists of the North, to make a more dis
tinct statement of the rights of the South,
and to declare their opinion as to where Mis-
souri, would be found sin the event of the
passage Of any act of Congress conflicting
with the principles" of those instructions.
1t won't do for Col. Benton to say that the
reasons for instructing him are different;
the instructions are for the same, the Mis-
souri, compromise, and Le has nothing to do
with the reasons for those Instructions, so
that they arrive at the same result. He has
nothing to do with the declaration of the
rights of the States by the Missouri Legs
lature, nor with the opinion, as to where
Missouri will be found in the event of a
violation of the principles of the Missouri
compromise. All that is required of him,
is to obey his instructions, and to vote in &C.
cordance with the principles Of that Com
promise. He is not bound to adopt their
opinion, nor even to be found acting with
his State afterwards, if his vote should prove
Intellectual. The only thing that would bind
him to cooperate with his State in any mea-
sures, which she should deem best in that
event, would be patriotism, and the want Of
it, the only thing which could induce him
to assume the position which he now occu-
pies. We have now shown that there is nc
conflict in the instructions contained in the
two sets of resolutions, and that the asser.
ton that there is, is erroneous. Now for
til. second "error." Col. Benton says that
he complied with the first Instructions
Well, let us see. On the 26th day of July,
lS4S, after he had received and presented
his first instructions, and while the bill to
extend a territorial government over Ore
gon, New Mexico and California, known as
Clayton's bill, was under discussion, Mr..
Hale the Abolitionist from New Hampshire.
moved to amend the fifth section of the bill.
As before the Senate at that time, it read
thus "Thst every free WHITE male inhabi-
tant above the age Of twenty-one years.
who shall have been a resident of said ter
ritory at the time of the passage Of this act,
shall be entitled to vote at the first election,
and shall be eligible to any Office within
said Territory" &c. Mr.. Hale moved to
amend by striking out the words free ,chite'
and thus to give the right to vote and hold
Offices in said territory to negroes, muLat-
toes and persons of all coIors. On this a.
amendment the vote stood thus: For it,
Baldwin, BENTON, Clarke, Davis of Mass,
Greene, HALE, and Upham-7. All rank
Free SOh Barnburning Prorisoists from
New England, except Benton, and one Of
them, HALE Of New Hampshire, a notori-
Gus, open and avowed Abolitionist. The
others are only Prorisoists or quasi Adolf
tionists, who generally act with Hale in
abolition movements, though they have not
yet like him associated themselves with his
organization. Against the amendment is
recorded the name of ATcHIsoN and that of
every Southern Senator and every other
democrat, except Benton-in all a.. Again
Mr.. Clarke moved to amend the bill BY
adding at the close of the 9th section the
following words:
"Provided hoOerer, that no law repeal
ing the act Of the provisional government
of said Territory prohibiting slavery or in
voluntary servitude therein, shall be valid,
until the same shall be approved by Con-
gress."
Thus attempting TO put it out of the pow
er of the people of the Territory to pass
any law upon this subject, or to manage
their own concerns in their own way, with
out consent Of Congressional for this a.
mendment Senator Benton voted along with
the Provisoists generally, making in all 10,
and against it Senator Atchison voted, along
with all other Southern Senators and the
democrats generally, making in all So
AGAIN M Davis of M,,- . g,