Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-27

| shor, but comprehensive dogma uhuei
The rights Of the South. in this matter are 10 oe
sacrificed, and the stability OF the Union '.sen
knowingly put into peril Let us i,quife INV
the practical purpose thus declared, anu seo
whether it is in any respect worthy OF s'io oe'
Gus. and il may be the fatal consequences WHICH
are so boldly and daringly risked 10 MAINTAIN u,
TN. .non.ex,epsion," though fallacy, as
I ,b;ok can show, in its main and suoslanliai
! idea, is nevertheless term, as we are give" "
understand here of oyershadowhg, and 10 GER
tom regions of our Republic of cabalistic power
!, "a there the Shibboleth of politicians-lo w
ter which Alright, is TO live 10 stammer Over ~
i to die. Ii has power to throw instantly OPEN
n ne advocates the door Of this Hall; 1t has The
oowcr as instantly 10 shut it in the face oil It's
n,nosers and so condemn them 10 penltence or
~ ohscurity In this, il is like the "opcn Sc
.,m,n NJ the Arabian Tales, which had only 10
he spoken clear and strong, with emphasis and
uncton enough, and al once the rocky door 10
witch il was addressed flying open, offered ca
yern of gold for the spoil Of the spokesman =
So here. let the words ''non-extens on' be only
spoken but by some lree-soiler, with no Nussel-
man faith, but with hearty and believing splr-
it ard our own barred-up and heavy door
swings wide open 10 the speaker and ad-
miIs MIN TO share e richer treasures than were
found IN the case oil Abda!lah.
But, sir 10 the words themselves: in what
stLsc are we tn understand them? As Tar as /
have understood the oeGtlemen VINO use them,
meg 10 MT place their objections 10 slavery
upon the sreuEG thai II covers any particular
supcflices 81 III" counIy-a> Alabama, Or
louisiana, II Texas ios cxamp,c--or upon lie
arOGld :at il may cover any other snprifcesi
tn ap5n thai Of ~ Intrinsic quaiIies; slavery,
a, slab ishrL amongst u, being ~ herr lGi2
meut a ps,Iuticlal and a wicked institution
WONG in principle, won. IL practice, wrong
every wdy-aLd one, Therefore, ihr strength and
IN growth ni whicn, and he personal snttefeis
| iron whWn, ought never % be increased by any
act Gf the Government and never shall be by
! any 2ct or concurrence .: Ihrifs This IS heir
I sfuuiG. And II Inc gentlemen who take II can
only -nn~ ira. BIZ rxtcnding hls institution
into cur Mexican territories, is basis Is made
hrmrr an deeper Than ever-'hai stronger sup.
pors II law a'c thereby provided 10 os'er and
sustain that a ny condition ami habit OF
sure,, more favorable 10 lis continuance than
anv p."-rSisling ore is esiab'isnsd-ihai Wnen
il Is eSien:ed IN hat direction II is not cores.
ponfenr weakened ~ any Other, aDG thai The
| number If slaves = actually increased by The
process; II they can show that, ~ these means,
collectively. Cr hy any o'her means 81 equivalent
effect the Institution OF slavery, considered as
whole is ,ecdelei ny is admission into thuse
territories move powerful instiin ION than ever
= herler sustained b. law hy social preferences,
b. plva'e interest ard more incapable through
Oul The length and breath o. il, q voluntary
congui--th tn hry vii make out case oil real
anu substantial lex ension.' and mol Of IDEAL
only. Bul, Mr.. Chairman. | deny that the adj
mis- ion of slavery into these territories will be
followed BY any such general and inYgoratias
consequences 10 ITSELF a these, and deny there
tore, that The 'eXcDsicn" OF il lhiher in any
substantial sense, is an extension at all. Nay,
sir, 90 turtle Than his, and maintain thai such
admission, 50 lar from being an "eXenslon" or
inauguration Ci The system II slavery, Is, on the
other hand, enc Of The direct means by which rs
Ultimate extinction (>hculd hat be ever desired
hy The people who have sanctioned and who only
have thr right 10 control IN NAV be rendered
more accessible AMI more easy. Every slave, be
il recoliecet, lhalis taken IL California or 10 New
Mexico. makes enc less IN some Of the States
Lei them be taken b. thousands or by tens al
thousands, il matters moi, the whole process Of NIL
ing up the territories with them, whether iasler
or slower, is process for reducing pro tanto. the
numbers OF them where they now are, and conse
quenly amounting IN national effect, 10 neither
mere Bor less han a transfer OF these people
from one portion 81 the United States 10 an
lhrf. And not only Is This True OF The hrs
effect, but also Of The ultimate one oil this
transfer. For the s'aveto.ding States, rriDs
altogether as truiliu! in The production OF every
thing necessary 10 human subsistence as our tel
ritories are, he people that inhabi' them are just
as remote as any equal numbers in The terrific
rie> could ever be from he period when their
natural progression would be checked by The
scan'iEess 81 food. Whatever, then, The number
h.rkt ~, cIa hair
might grow up in The territories, il admIled
there, il will be. allowing Tor ne dffererce al The
cuscr, substantially The same As That 10 which il
would have grown up in ;hr States, had
none Of them ever been removed. Now,
as The original supply 81 slaves for his emf
grafton must be furnished by the slavehoid-
irg states, whose own numbers must there
ty b. reduced BY the exact amount of nat supply
aud as their Tenroducion in Inc territories i IL
no degree greater han in the supplying States,
il is clear that whist fragment OF the slave
population has changed an old residence for
new one, the population, in other respects, is
Just what il was. Not solitary human being
has been made slave BY the extension" who
would not have been onc--neccssariIy and in
evitably one-had such extension never taken
place, and never been dreamed Of As The cX-
ter, Of personal slavery cannot be changed By
lis transfer t. the territories what is il that is
10 be changer No, the personal hardships Of
The condition, and not the legal enac,ments b.
which that condition is secured or enforced; for
il IS IN respect, even supposahc either that
the trcatmen, Of the slave will be harsher in
the territories than in the States, or tina. the
property or police laws which govern him
there, will differ IN any material point from
those 10 which ne has elsewhere bcca subjected
III IL thpp n n.
in lis PERSONAL numerical, moral and lcga
aspects j. unchanged il not Interchangeable, b,
+ admission into the territories, where is the
harm which cones Of this extension that il
should be 50 furiously and relentlcssly reslstef:
There is but one 50 i;ary element Of increased
strength or power % slavery which this cxten
SION can involve. and hat is the political one
which ma, contingent, inurr 10 II from an in
creased repre- scntatlon III the United states &C.
nate Should the admission of II into the terri
tories result, as il pr, baby would, ~ The lima
RECOGNITION and establishment If il under their
State Constitution there would result with il
tie advantage Of beng represented by addl-
tional members IN the Senate; and III that par
tIcuar, and that only, the extension woui
brIng along with il IN unqucstIonabc gam. In
tins iiouse there would be none. The reprcsen-
lalioI Ia il being founded in numbers, The
whole Of the slaves Nho wonld be counted iui
representatives in California and New Mexico,
but lor their removal there, would nave been
added, with all their increase, 10 The count o
reckoning OF the Stale, from which they were
taken
In this House, therefore the Strength OF slavery
viii not IL lEcr, ascd particle by S depisca-
I'D extension. In The Senate il will br, and il is
just md right, upon he whole spirit and slruc-
lure ui our Government, lhai il should be- We
q; the South, IS nave already saiG, are in
double mnoriiy-one Of numbers and one u IN
te.e-t; and on Dchal particularly of our interest
min"!iy y, we are emitted, consistently with the
defensive principles q our polI'cai system, to d.
rec an adequate con>iIn'ional protection.
minority IL Numbers NAV be inicntcal
in sympathy and interest viii the majority in
Numbers As TO ENJOY, practical and IN TAT Inc
iu benefit and protection o The minority pow
er. But his can ncve! be The case viii The mi