Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-08-08

= HeHc maj Alr. P0lk cuNHuct was c0nlrnli-
ell by Mr. Caihoun's action is manifest
Yet he openly and hnldly charges it,
Could he have forgotten The letter, or did
he presume upon our ignorance!
BmI, again. Gen. III. says that by the
joint RrsnlnIicns slavery is now abolished
over one Mira of Texas-lha1 The legal
capacity there existing to employ slave Ia
hnr ;" has been destroyed by Mir. Cal
houn." and that vast region cuI of from
the occupaIiIn of Southern planters and
farmers that mir. G.. has mulilaied a
] Southern state and suppressed, in large
! portion uT it, The domestic institution sane.
toned by lis laws" 1t has been already
seen thar. according TO his own showing, il
| has been Mr.. Polk, and not Mr.. c.. who
is Responsible for This, if it he 50. Bu is
lhe statement true. that slavery is nDw
abolished in Texas? Mir. w. would noi
insult Ihe understanding hy arguing the
question. Slavery existed there. and sill
exists all over Tevas. The Federal Gov.
ernment had no right to abolish il. Our
own Legislature had none. Yet Gen. H..
ha'l just stated, in ilc most solemn manner.
ha: it WAS now abolished over one third uf
The State.
MIR. w. then read The joint Resolutions.
II was plain That The Missouri restriction
was mere nuIlily. lfa slate is formed
nbore 36 deg. 50 min. slavery is to be.pro
hibiied; but no such state can be formed
except l"Jyth consent" cCIeras. Slavery.
then, cannot be abolished over any Of
Texas. crcept by our consent. 1t could have
been abolished by our consent whether
The Missouri restriction had been ingra(ted
in the joint Resolutions or not. But with
out the insertion Of The Missouri Compro-
mise the Resolutions could never have
been passed. |; ;alliurded northern democrats
an excuse for voting for them, and at the
Same time intcrIered with nnnc Of our
rights. 'Tis the only compromise we hive
ever made with The North, by which VIC
have lost nothing. And for this Mr.. Cal.
huun has bccu denounced, aah held up To
.rerrohaion." 1t is at the faithful sen t.
,incl the dcsertcr always fires as he is pass
ins from the camp of his couuIrymcn into
the lines Of the enemy.
But, said Mr.. W., Gen. II. Gays that
tho line Of 36 deg. 30 min. cuts of one.
third "I the state. lie here exhibited q
! ,"np- -'rhirl shove tho, rrpre than Il
twelfth, or Icn,|l al most, lay above the
line. il, said hlr. W., he has attempted
10 impose upon our cTctu!ily as 10 those
matters Of which every Texian must be
informed, what confidence can we place
in his statements as TO Ihusc matters of
which we know nnthing-.Mt. Calhonn's
position upon the Bank, TariT, aud H.
lrrnal Improvement, questions more than
tliirIy'years ago!
In Gen. lis reply, he said shat in stating
that omc-thrd OF the stale lay above 36
deg. 50 min. he meant degrees of latitude,
and not squire miles. The other Two
charges he left untouched. The reply being
almost entirely taken up with anecdotes,
and compliments to the ladies.
When he took his seat. Mr.. w. rose
and said thai Nero had laughed while
Rome was burning" The matter under
conSidcraIinn WAS a serious on. The
charges he had made were grave. They
invuIyed the character of The Scnalor.-
And he had attempted TO laugh them oil
aud divert attention by his anccdocs.-
lie would now ask him. and ho begged q
reply-cnulj Texan carry his negroes
above SO Lcs. 80 min. i'm our own state
Gen. II. answered, he could carry them
10 New York if he saw fit. That is AN
cvasinn said Mr.. W., will have fair
answer. Is there any illegal incapacily 2"
| do not know. said Gen. IL. have moi
considered the question:. "You should
have done 81" said Alr. W., beorc hazard.
ing your reputation and veracily by max.
! ins the statement.
a New CoTroN Passive find The
following description oi ia new Cotton press
in the Mobile Tribune. We would call the
attention Of our planters to it.
mir. D. McCom5, the inventor and pa
renreu has left at this nllice model of t,
new press for cnmpressing cotIon hay or
hemp. Il will remain only for few DAYS.
aud we invite planters anil others interested
to examine it. It's construction, remarks the
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