New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-20
Gas. nm slavery Restriction.


Gen. Cass is noF Senator Of the United
States, chosen last Winter by Legislature which
had lust before adopted the following resolutions
R1soped That we are in favor OF the fundamental
principles OF the Ordinance Of l7r7and although We
have entire confidence in the opinion OF many sSie'"eh
aud Jurss and believe with them inst slavery amer"
local Institution. which cannot exist without PosHF'
laws authorizing its sxistence-yet az Hlehos o. '.
dom 70 all mankind and a. an earnest OF the Hhoeiiy
Of our professiOns we believe thAt congress mas w
power, and that II 10 their duty 70 p'oA.E y 80 81
i've enactment the Introduction OF efsFnoe =. .
very within any Of the Territories Of the United -tai+
now or hereafter 10 be acquired, where me same Is NOT
authorized by local laws
g.oJr,d That our Senators Ia Congress be insfrofed
and our Representatives requested - uss al honorape
means 30 accomplish the objects expressed 10 me ioIe
going Resolutions and that the Governor OF tnls 0Ae
b. requested 10 forward copies Of these resolutions U
our senators and Representatives In Congress
These are plain, clear. unequivocal Instructions
Gen Cassis Of that school which holds TO the Right
of Instruction in the most rigorous sense. We do
not 90 hold We think Senator may sometimes
be called TO set 10 opposition 70 such sEegislatiVe
rescript Bot that a statesman should accept m
election TO the Senate with such Instructions al
ready passed aud 10 force, deliberately intending
10 di.obey and defy them, is certainly Inconsistent
with any clear idea Of the nature Of Representa-
ton.
-gep. Cas- goes out OF his way 10 renew con-
,roversy which the Public Opinion Of the Free
States has settled. Every one Of these states
iowa only excepted has passed Resolutions Of
like tenor with the above, save that most OF them
are far more peremptory. Yet Gen. Cas- md
Gates his purpose to disregard bis Instructions and
vote against any restriction Slavery 10 the New
Territories And yet he wonders why people ''H
regard him az favorable to Slavery Extension, see
ing that he said in his Nicholson Letter that he
G,d nj 6el,ers Slavery would ever extend to Cali.
fornia or New Mexico!
sorsly Gen. c. must know that Texas no'o
claims that three fourtbs Of New Mexico (includ-
ing nearly all of it that is habitabe) is Included
within her limits, and Of course Slave Territory
ALREADY. Mr. X. J. Walker we know, did write
Ia lsa3, when coaxing the Northern Democracy
into Annexation. that Slavery would never pass
beyond the Rio del Nofte,
mot only bscaus, 10 Forbidden by law, but because
the coored race there preponderaies In the ratio OF ten
10 one over the whites and holding "A they DO the
government and Of the Offices in their possession
they will not permit the achievement oil any potu0h OF
the csorcd race, which makes and executes inc laws
OF the country
Now we say that If this was ever true. 1t IS Ger
tainly no longer so. The colored race does not
now preponderate in California, and is not likely
70 do so. OF all those who will be influential In
forming government there, large majority will
be wbites-many of them Just risen from poverty
70 sudden sfluence by gold-digging and the kind
red shifts, many of them not remarkable either for
foresight, reflection or morality, and very apt to
think a likely, handy niger, trained to dig
cook, run errsnds, and wait obsequiously on mas
ga would be quite a convenience, well worth
paying few ounces of easily won gold for. still'
we should hope Slavery would be kept out OF Cali
fornia, even ii Congress stood mute on the subject
but We prefer TO be sure. Hitherto, Slavery has
gone wherever 4 has not been forbidden by Con
gress--just so far and no farther. We know that
one course is safe and has always turned out well
the other 10 beset with doubt and hazard. Why
no, let vs. be safe II there 10 no real desire and pur
pose OF extending Slavery
But the constitutional power-let us look at that
Gen. Cass argues that the power expressly re
posed in Congress by the Constitution 70
make az ns,dfI rnlss 6sd regulations rePecsiaS "a
Tgraey or other property belonging 10 ~' O""''
S'aiss"
il q qualified. restricted power, meaning only tina
Congress shall have power to protect the rights o
property OF INC Wnolc NVuuh1 III sbiN AC'iAeVir
and does not convey Political Power-Of course
we do not agree &C. this. and We understand Tho
whole current of Judicial decisions from 1889 u
this day TO be against It. II II be sound, we dc
not see VI here to tnd authority for governing the
Territories at all. But no matter admit Gen
Cans narrow Interpretation, and stu the powe
10 ample. Congress has power to make All need
fal rules and regulations respecting the Territor
of the L. States, but only as Property II ma
legislate but only to preserve the Property right
therein OF the whole People. Very sood W
insist, then. on the Exclusion OF Slavery inom "a
uornis In order to preserve aud maintain Its Ns'u
n Property. TIE fac, is notorious that Saver
depreciates the value OF and-shat the soil OF VII
gois viii not bring half SO much as that OF Pens
sylvanis, nor the Public Lands OF Florida sell ha
sorapidly as those Of Illinois The Land Bcunt
Warrants earned by citizens OF the Slave State
who served in the late Mexican War have 4
greater part been located in the Free States an
Territories. We cannot see, therefore, that q 81
Casa takes anything by his Constitutional csvil.
TO insure domestic tranquility Gen. c. r,
mind. ma vas one Of the avowed objects Of III
Federal Union. True but "to establish Jsstic'
and secure the oiessinSs VI h''
iects also avow ed aud not less important ue
Cas- thought 80 when he expressed desire " w
IN the Senate for the w ilmot Proviso, and resre
ted tina, the opportunity bad not been An'r"'
him. He has told US that a change has been (
ing on in his mind since that time, and we resr
10 see tina, this change is not for the better But
such as he, we should have had California orss
ICED long since. just as Oregon was and after
htsls harmless buster, all would have been quis
and harmonious. BY the tergiversations OF
very .ew Senators from the Free States Il
Golden momen, was lost, bot 'he cause Is not c'
We do no, believe there can ever be Terr'ori
or state organization OF CsliioTnis or New Mex
which does not embody some positive Legal gus
anty OF Universal Freedom.
FROM BUESos AYREs-We isss e'en'"s
&c.