Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-11-16
SLAVERY IN CALIFORNIA.

, We learn that the Constitutional Convention
in session at the latest dates from California, has
Incorporated a feature prohibiting slavery in tina
country. In doing this, however, they have in
r troduced feature about as unjust and revolving
as that which they have prohibited, which is, tha
negroes s!.ali be entirely prohibited from setting
foot upon the soil of California. We should like
to know upon what ground this latter feature can
be justified, which will not equally justify slavery
This feature does not help the stakeholder great
deal in his desire to transport slaves to this new
country, but inasmUCh as it is a new prop TO the
cause of injustice the world over, we shall expect
to see Shareholders eagerly embracing it as a COM
promise, and urging its acceptahce by Congress.
twill probably be accepted, but we should have
to change our views very much before we could
vote for it, and we incline to the opinion that it
will not get the vote Of this Congressional dis
trict, though of tits we know nothing definitely.
/ GJ"Party politics are beginning to agitate Min
ncsoa. 1t has been expected that Gen. Taylor's
office holders would be able to bring up that young
territory in the way they desire she should go, so
that when she gets old she may not depart there
from, but the democrats seem determined to make
vigorous resistance, and at present, their resis-
lance promises to be successful.
u An antI-SWearlng meeting was held at Elk
horn, Walworth CO., on the 9th inst, and So
ciety formed. From tie proceedings we infer
that the members OF the society do not propose
to be very ultra in their opposition to swearing.
as they resolve to oppose only Pr9fane and vulgar
swearing.
U5-We noticed the proceedings of a democra-
tic meeting held in the town of Lake, Milwaukee
county, at which it was resolved that Isaac p
Walker had not disobeyed the instructions of the
legisIature-that he had been unjus,ly censurcd
by the legislature-and that the Senator and AS
sembymen in that section of country be instruc-
ted to vote for eXpunging the resolutions of CEN
sure from the journal. The legislature which
elected Mr.. Walker, resolved that he had disobev-
ed instructions, and as they may be presumed to
know more more about it than any one else, we
don't understand how the action of subsequent
Legislature is TO alter the matter
a. We alluded last week to the robbery Of
Barlow & Clamps store, and the arrest of an in
dIvsdua or suspicion Of being the perpetrator of
the offence On the examination of this indiyid-
ual appears facts sufficient were elected to JUS
uiy committing him, and in default of $4,000 bail
he was committed to the Jail of Racine county.
No clue,we bolieye,was obtained as to the where
abonts Of the missing property.
On the examination for this offence sufficient
facts were also elected to create a very confident
belief that this same individual perpetrated the /
burglary upon the Office Of Arson Eldred. Mil /
waukee, blowing open his safe and abstractinC n
considerable amount of money and valuable pa |
Pers thcrefrom. The safe was blown open bv
introducing quantity of gun powder into the /
key hole, and then leading safety fuse to the
door and tnngit By this means the door ofthe /
safe was blown into fragments, and the contents |
exPoscd,and the building too was badly shattered |
This Is new experiment in burglary. and we
should think could not be practised very success
fully, except as in this case, where the buildinr
stood at distance from other buildings A guam
iiiy OF burglars tools, with chemicals for reno /
wing marks from bills were found among his
baggage, and bills which had evidently under
gone bleaching process, were traced to him as
putting them in circulation. There is very little
doubt bat that he is the guilty person.
L. We learn from the Wisconsin, that the
mass of the free soil party naturally feel We
y indignant that their leading newspapers be-
anne mere echoes of wing abuse. 1T is in
truc,iye TO remark, that such things will hap