Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-07-25

ment and only the gnvrIiIncnt of all. because
il is the government of each. So likewise are
lis laws, andl Tor the Sinic reason. its authority,
then, is but the united and common authority of
The several states, delegated by each to be ex.
crcised for The mutual benefit Of cacI, anu all {.
and for the greater security OF The rights ant!
interest of each aud all. II was for that pur>
pose, tho states united in a federal natnn, and
adopted ii common constitution and govern
mcnt.-WitlI the samc view, they conferred
upon the government, whatever power it has
Ofresnlating and protecting, what apperancd
to their exterior relations aiming themselves
with the rest tG the wOIhl: Each, in brief.
agreed with The others, To unite their Joint an>
thorily and pewcr To project the safely and
rights and promote the interest Of each by their
uhilcd power.
Such is clearly the character and object Of
the general government, and OF the anllniIIy
and power conferred on it. lis power and an.
lhorily. having for its object llu, more perfect
protection and promotion Of the safety and
rights Of each and all. it is bound to protect by
their united power the safety. the rights, the
property and the interests Of The cifizens OF all
wherever its aull,nrly extends. That was the
object for comforting whatever power and all-
llorly it has, and il it fails 10 fulfil that ii fails
to perform the duty for which it was created
II is enough for ii to know, that it is the right
interest, or property Of Il citizen Of one Of the
States, 10 make il its dnfy 10 protect il when
ever it comes within The sphere oT its authority
whether in the territories or OH The high seas,
or anywhere else. It's power and authority
were conferred on it, not to establish or 10
abolish property. or rights OF any description,
but to protect them. To establish or abolish
belongs to the States, in their separate severe.
ign capacIty-the capacity in which they created
both the general and their separate state gov
ernmen,s. 1t would be, then. j lOta! and gross
pcrycrsion of lis power and authority 10 Use
them 10 establish or abolish slavery or any other
property Of the citizens CT The U. Slars, in the
territories. All the power it has, in that res
pect, Is to recognize as property there, what
ever is rccogniZttl as such by The authority of
amy ono OF the states, tits own being but the
united authority of each 1,nd all of the States
aud To adopt sncIi laws for its regulation and
protection as the state of The case may require.
Nor is there the slightest danger, that the recog
lIitom Of the property 81 citizens Of eacll and all
the states within the territories. would turn
them into II babel, as Col. Benton contends.
All may co-exist without conflict or conrnsion
by observing the plain and simple rule Of duty
and justice.
There is another error akin to this, that the
Mexican law aboIishing slavery is still in force
in New Mexico and California when not a
particle OF It's authority or sovereignty remains
in either. Their conquest by us aud the treaty
that followed extimsuished The whole, and with
it, annulIed NIL her laws applicable to them. eS.
ccpt those relnling 10 such rights Of property
and relations between individuals, rs may be
necessary to prevent anarchy; and even these
are continued only by suGcfancc and on the
implied authoriy Of taA comparing country and
nat the authority Of tho c0nqured, and only from
slavery. are not embraced in the exception;
and If it were. it would be taken out of 1t, US
the assent Of Congress could not be implied to
continue Il law, which il hid no right to cs-
tdblisli.
But still Iisle, grouri may .betakca The
moment the territory became ours the conslitlI.
tut passes over and covers the whole with all
its piovisinns. which, from their nalllrcl are ap.
pcahlc 10 territories. carrying with it, The juint
sovereignty AMI authority Of cach and all the
states Of The Unl"n, and sweeping away every
Mexican law, incompatible with the rights. pro.
pcrty, and relations, bennging 10 tho citizens Of
the United States, without regard to what state
they bclong. or whether it be situated in tho
northern or southern section Of the Union.
The citizens Of all have equal rights of prntcc-
ton in their property. relations and person in
lIe common territories of eaclI and all he stdles
The same power, that swept away all the laws
of Mexico, which made The Catholic religion,
the exclusive religion Oft tho country, and which
let in The religion of all denominations, which
swept away all the laws prohibiting the intro
duction Of property of almos, every description.
some absolutely and others under the condition
ofpaying duties, and letting lhcm in duty free
until otherwise provided for, swept That which
abolished slavery, aud lei in property in slaves.
No distinction can be made between it and any
other description of property or thing cursis-
lGntly with the constitution and the equal
rights Of the several states Of the union and
their citizens.
Bnt we are told by Col. Benton, That the
question has become Il mere abstraction 'of no
Importance; that lew have gonc into either
tcrrliOiy, except cltiZcns of the north and for
eigners; and that they arc all opposed to us
What Insult! Wl,at' tannt us by telling us
we cannot go int1 lhcm because foreigners
and others have been let in freely, and we kent
ont by the threat of cOnliscatng our properly
by himself and his associates, have become
sufficiently numerous to keep us ont, without
ihc Intervention of Congress 10 aid them lie
knew that "propelty is lmil' and conld be
kept out by threats, and that to keep us ont
FOR Il short lime was one of the ways to exclude
us ultimately. What comment on the equity
and justice Of the government. that we, who
have 50 freely spent our blood and treasure TO
conquer tho country, should DC excluded from all
its benefits. while it is klt open for the use and
enjoyment Of all that rabble of foreigners, which
hc cnnmeratcs with such Zcsl, US The efficient
means Of our exclusion. Is there another in.
stance Of snch an outrage to be found in The
history OF any other government that evct ex
isied
His avowa Of the doctrines of tho abolition.
lists, will have an effect, lie little suspected,
when he mrde it. 1t furnishes ample evidence
to show that he used deception in assigning
his reasons for declining To obey the inslruc-
tions of his legislature. Itwllbe remembered, :,
lie offered as his reasons. that their resolutions
illsrucling him were borrowed from mine, and
that mme were Introduced for dis,lnon purpo>
srs. and that there was no difference between
them, except that mine aimed directly at dis.
union, aud theirs ultimately at the same thing.
lle added in effect, that his devotion TO the
Union would not permit him, to vote for resnlu-
,ions sn deeply tainted with dislIniun.-That
was MT the COMMENCEMENT nf bis .poorh lVo