The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-19

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may become the fret men and women Of the ags and
country The question WAS whether it was psde mt
to extend slavery. MIR. Wilson referred tho early
history Of TIE country to chow that the leading
lot perpctusste and advertsd to the
Of Louisiana and Florida the Missouri com promise,
spd the admission Of II to demonstrate that tho
tlsvs power, in forty out Of sixty years, has had
its eouue Whatever It wills It would
be, sooner OF later. A voice-"lt is so'] Slavery
patees over the country Ike prairie fire, aud
burns every green thing; and not only that, but
burns into the esftb. You cannot look out o,
there Window but you see this. Tbs earth is a dumb
witnsts the horses and the oxen spesk-the fences
eptak Of it. He VAS, therefore opposed to exte
slavery to California But the day has gone by when
the ssveholoers can control this question because the
sovereign people have taken the matter INTO their ow
hands. The constituency have brought their repre-.
atives in the portion OF charg. onets nd
they ray. abandon ipterests If Won dare This
feeigR al IN huence extends from Pss.suaauoidv Ia
the had waters Of Des Moues. As to slavery in tn,
SlAtet, let n be; but when gentlemen were asked "a
extend tho institution to territory now free With ths
effect which he had describsd when they were asked
to go one single inch, or the s,xteen -hu ndr.dth
part Of hairs bresdtb he could and would no. do ir
The dissolution Of the Union might be spoken Of hut
this would not lead him to betray the to
him BY his constituents 1t shah not be again in the
power Of the South to say as was remarked by a gen
tltmap Of Virginia, in 1919, 1--WE have conquered you
Of the South but the white slaves OF the North lie
went for Union, and never talked about dissolution
II the steIb alive we're presented to extend slavery
ever the territories dissolve the Union the
itself as God was his Judge, he would not do 1t.
DErENcE THE SOUTH.
Mr.. BEpINGEH, OF VrRpis, said that the south came
forward and planted their feet the constitution the
ipttrument which our fathers secured to us They
claim take property to the territory where the North
take theirs II IL common coil, acquired by common
blood and treasure. He referred TO the sntisIavery
views Heretofore advanced by Mr.. Pafrey, Of Massa.
chuse'ts, not forgetting tho sweet negro boy,' Of
whem mat gentleman spske on that occasion. Mr..
Bsdipger rsmsrked the gentleman did net ray whe-
ther thh boy bad tweet odor but perhaps like Tuck
ey sqnssh In salmunsundi, he was sweet, provided
the window was kept open. He said that negro was
elected to the Legislature bat refused to take ssat
and the reason Was that he did MOI Ike the
This was In character with the negro ut the North
represented in u csrica,ure Of Johnson who was
not above drinking with militia officer becauss he
thought that militia officer 20 ID al negro n
he kept himsef sober (Ha ha y lust 40 with tho
negro who was elected to the Legislature Vir,nis
had been derded by gentlemen from the North. ana
be wished, in reply, tsy that Msssachu,etts wa,
like the horss Ieeeh slrsys crying give giveD she
was like sturdy begssr knocking AZ the doors
OF Congress, and asking for protection. with
one hand she would plumber the South. and
with the other carry the torch Of fanatcism and civil
ttrife throughout the southern country. Much rs
gentlemen might speak against the South the people
there did not burn Eupneiies aad churches, as IN