The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-12-09

alamed) in the rebellious State Of South Carolina re-
spends heartily to your assumptions That The institution
OF slavery is beyond the constitutions that Congress can
neither restrict extend that the people OF sover
eign State alone regulate the matter Indeed, you
present exposing the absurdiiy OF the general gov
50 eisctoaly nuihsd BY State legislation York re-
storing slavery wtin her limits! You might have ad
verted history Illinois, within the restricted latude
and admitted into the Union under the compromise (good
faith made you vote for did seriously agitate in conven
lion and carried the by one Vote to amend
their constitution 10 admit slavery Had she carried
to enforce the compromise by the exercise Of conslu
tonal powers the part OF Congress- To your absrac
tons, therefore, as to the powers on slavery, We heartily
in their practical application when called upon to vote
in the Senate. Your only refuge is the Missouri COM
PROMISE and the pledge which good faith imposed on
SIGHT &C Of The important sss tha, IN acting IN good
faith under that compromise, (Which you misname
conslutionalD you surrendered the reciprocal guar.
OF ibid not from the other .hs sSe IN
lima agltaors, you had moi the magnanlmlty, or even
candor say TO your constituents that Mr. Burt OF inc
House Of Representatives, moved al an early PERIOD inc
Missouri compromise extending to the Pacific, as hnai
adjustment of this vexed question and that was over
ruled by large majority Of the members; that the two
Carolina senators stood pledged % sustain me meas
hmed the fact; that, however at variance with the con-
slitulon the compromise might have been on the occa-
~ % Il s Oeen a.
for the North y they were prepared to stand by IT. as
guarantee quisng forever this slavery agitation while
you now anathematize had preceded you in Offering
compromise which you bound to sustain, others OF
your coaduios have in the same spirit Of vndctiye IN
Justice charged inconsistency Mr. Calhoun for being
unwilling 10 yield to the compromise. All Of you in
your vagares, except in pointever deep hostility to
Mr.. Calhoun-lay him on the bed OF Procrustes, and
stretch op off his political limbs, as would best crafty
your concurrent disposition to torture.
Now what is the result and ask in sincerity OF the
dsafecton Of yourself, Benton, and other southern
members OF Congress- in not insisting on the recognition
Of the compromise the part OF those residing north OF
$50 30 in The spirit that you granted IL What sig
nlies your distractions on the rights OF people OF
a State, and your tulminatons against the Wilmot
Proviso, when your Uois and influence have all tended
TO rvet that Prouso practically the South Instead
OF co operating with It's opponents-meetiRg boldly in
Congress, and srangng II IN the cradle--you have
permitted your personal preudces and aspiring hopes
10 bewilder and mislead You. Instead OF uniting with
your ancient enemy in dsractng and in forcing on the
South the necessity most probably OF nuy ing through
southern convention, the threatened enactment you
have recognised and counenanced measure which, it
contaminated. will prove more fatal to the spri. OF our
institutions and the integrity OF this Union, than any event
that has occurred Under pretext to further
agitation On the Wmot Proyiso, California (wuhoul
having passed through the important and instructive pu.
plage OF territorial government, which prepares
a young community for the place OF just member.
ship OF this Unon,) with mixed population OF Mex.
lcans, Cnlllans psruvlans sandwich islanders, and
iurous Americans, aured with the prospect OF wealth,
and without fired dstsrmined kabiiaton-is to be
pematurey hurried into the formation of constitution,
and knock the door Of Congress- for admission The
Wamot Proriso is 10 be embodied in the constitution
and this liked and transient population previously stun.
u(ated and commltsd by free sod influences hostility 10
southern institutions 10 nix permanently the policy
OF those who succeeded the SOIL and established
homes The shores OF the Pacific Under the guidance
OF thus dangerous precedent-f is permitted 10 prevail
the time may come when. instead OF annexng, the old
Safes of The confederation may be sanered, and Mexican
poems and The inmates oil few scattered ha nlets and
hunting lodges ia the Californian aud Mexican
eIsoiv,dns their domain ereign Stales--may
huence ana control the lee saton aud the drsnies
hose whose ancestors have achieved liberty in the sug
luon lie prousons aud guarantees observed the
same spiri which framed IT..
Yours, JAMES GADSDEN.
To Gen. SAM HousroN ..,.......