The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-07-25

andt IT were, II wouio ne iaken out ~ u, aS
the assent Of Congress could not be implied to
continue a law which It had no right 10 establish.
But still higher ground may be taken.o The
moment the territory became ours, ibescopsti.
tution passes over and covers the whole swih
all its provisions, which from their nat,,re.afs
applicable TO territories, carrying with sihe
/ Joint sovereignty and authority Of each aHd;aIt
the States Of the Union. and sweeping away
every Mexican law, Incompatible with the
rights, property. and relations, belonging @ he
citizens of The United States, awiibnui regardie
what stale they belong, or whether it be. silsa.
ted in the northern or southern ssectionsaf the
Union. The citizenso Of all have eqtalsrighis
ofprotection in their properly relations and
persons in the common territories Of each aid
all the states, The same power, thai sweeps
away all the law Of. Mexico, which made the
Catholic religion the exclusive religion Of the
country, and which let inahe Eeiigion Of :aiIds.
nominations, which swept away the laws pre-
hibiting the introduction of psopeH = ofaimssi
every description, some absoftaeiy and eshseS-
under the condition Of pay ing daajes, sndtetf5hg
them in duty free until Otherwise prssMed. .Gr,
swept that which abolished slavery, and lelin
property in slaves. No distinction can be. made,
between it and any other description ofpuPessy
or thing consistently with the es1constitutiei,sa
the equal rights of the ssvefalsaa.es esahs
union and their citizens = sg..s9t!'sesea .s .sI
lsut we are told By Coli gentes; thst tav
question has become q mere abstraeti9n no
Importance !; that few have gone iate senher
territory, except citizens Of The north and lef-
eigners and that they are adj oppnssd 10. us
What insult tsWhat ?taunr us by reiiingnss~g
cannot 90 into them because foreigne fs,anb
others who have been lei freely, and wekepy
out by the threat Of con6seating our properly
by himself and his associates have. become
sufficiently numerous to keep US ont WilhoutiIhs
intervention ofCongress to aid ibemi Hssknew
that. property l.. t,mid" and could hekepio.hty
threats, and thatto keep us outforasshort,tiin
was one of the waysto exclude ussni,imafely.
What comment on The equity and ,jilssicspf
the government, that we, who have so freely
spent our, blood and treasure 10 conquer The
the country, should he excluded from alIfits
benefits, while 1t is left OPEN zfoIotbe sssse
and enjoyment Of althatfrabb,e'Df foteisnem
which he :enumeraies wiih such zest. as tbs Sfb
cient means Of our exclusion. Is there another
instance Of such an autrage to be fsdnd in4ttls
history Of any olher government i6as sysT sy.
listed? -. 4 :, I,-.slSs' Fts..gs :, -
His arowal of the doctrines Of the aboIjiion;sfs.
will have an effect he little suspected when He
made it. 1t furnishes ample evidence to sbgwthAt
he used deception in assigning his reasons fak,de-
clinng TO obey the instructions ofhs le- islature,
1t will be remembered, he offered as hisEeasons,
that their resolutions instructing him were borrow.
ed from mine, aud that mine were -ittrodcced.lor
disunion purposes, and that there Was indifference
between them, except that mine aimed disectEst
disurion, and eirs ultimately at The same thing
He added in effect that his devotion to;the Union,
would not permit him to vote for resoIntions,sc 20
commencement of his speech. We now hayein
its conclusion conclusive evidence from jhinsels
that all this was mere fetch, astratagem toconr.
ceal his real motive for declining 70 obey tLsmr~
HIS real motive, as it row appears, was JhAfn
could not voe for them under any circumstances,
Tor how conld an abolitionst, as he ayewed himself
10 be- pessibiy obey resolutions which are utterly
at var,nce with their doctrines +, To obey woild
have involved him in palpabe contradiction, So
much so That it could not fad TO prostrate. and 10
overwheIm him with shame, /: he is not to shame
invunerabie. This he.saw, and that he hadno
alternative lett, but to resign or zdisobey. He de.
ternined in faSar Of the later but this Of itsesdd
not relieve him'uf his dilemma He knew vel
that it would defeat mis- object to come out boldly
and say that he had 'abjired his former creedeaid
adopted that ofthc abolkonists. !hndhenselheE.s
forced to adopt some Other expedient and foefhst
purpose, adopted the mse.sble pretext Of slandes-
ously charging me and my resoluians, and hisospn
legislature and their resolutions with dspnion and
of assigning that as his reasohs for not obeying
them, when he knew that his position made It m
possible for him to obey them. Box these are not
the only resolutions adopted by The 6sgisIatGfes0f
NH Il
ture adopted two others, of which he says tat they
truly express the sense of the State and thAthe
obeyed them not only in, their, letter, but epilk
They are in the following words: yfs3a
"Resolved, That Il e peace, permanently and
welfare of our National Union depend upon al strict
adherence to the letter and spirit of the 9th sec
ton oil tie act of Congress of the United Stat9s.
entitled IAN act to authorize the people Of the Mis-
souri, territory tn form constitution! and State
government for the admission ofsuch State into
the Union on an equal footing with the, original
States, and to prohibit slavery in certain terrific
ries = approved March 9Th, l620.' -
"Resolved, That our Senators in the congress
of the United States are hereby instructed, and our
representatives requested to vote in accofdance
with the provisions and the spirit of the said 6th
section OF tile sadaact, in allthe questionaI which
NAV come before them in relation to; the organiza-
ton of new territories States out of the terrto
ry now belonging to the United States, OF which
hereafter may be acquired either by pnrchase,hy
treaty or by conquest" ~. .-ss 3sSsss
1t is proper to observe, that the 9Th sectionto
which they refer contains the Missouri compro.
mise, which established 36 80 as the dividing hne
between the siaveholdng and non-slavehelding
States, drawn between The western. boundary7ot
the State of Mssoul and the western bonadaryo OF
Louisiana. These resolutions be, says he obeyed,
in letter and spirit when in fact he 1agrantly yIo;
lated them BY his vote for the Oregon territorial
bill prohibiting slavery in that territory, without
any compromise annexed and that too to assert
the principle of unlimited power of Congress oser
the territories. and in open defiance Of allconapto-
mise. He calls that bill his proviso andweil he