Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-03-31

va neatness and daapaich and cn 49, 4 - y.
s.,sy can oe done N any printing oss a. Ihs ouI,
er whether they Hourished tb.ir oo,,is-.- ?
ormer years from the tears oftbe slav,- !. r,;.,
20 ,hcm now in the homes Of o,her. - -"
ne horror and so 70 shape the legislation Of he
'ounry no matter what The form IN vb;eS a.
reat, or by which they metamOrphOss this sub.
Ject slavery, Il springs up TO their hands in ons
never'endins, but increasing harvest Of advan.
iagc.
| Jdere Is yet anO,hct restriction Of Law which
has been placed by this government. uOon III
geographical limi,s OF chvery--,bat ,vhich ,ss.
! placed Sron i in 1929 b. the veil known .sMi,.
souri, comprcmiss "a according 10 which all sl..
very was prohibited in ito then serritorv of ~.
United State, not embrace! in ne ordnance az
lto', whiea lay north q thirty.sK and half de-.
grees o. latitude. ! neel hardly cav thai The
real -ulhor al tais ;sslriesion rgas himselG .
siaseho,l'ng Representative Of 4 slaveholding
otsle--Hsny Clay Of Eeniacky. O,ber uer,
sens tien DIR. Clay may staEj upoa tho Journal.
% Congresses The ioI,al mos ere and patrons Of
'h's Measure, bat ,ba whole cotemporlry history
OF he &C! is utterly !.se and v,erthl.s.. IL h.
was net thc ma ter.s2Iii L. conceived rasl,red
and carried I laropG.i. Wk,n th;s act was
paced, the sre@; body o. TO soulh.f, Represen.
tati' 'oed against /. Bu. si.t-o ,bsu thew
have not only acquescel in l., and maintained
u lnNiofa,e' bit have co.oper2ted Nth others in
PP!mE 10 ieiss, ana iaro proposed and
pressed ~ ground q .li,aDie settlement
Tor 'ae controversy which how 9nsarasses an1
divides w.
Here, then, Mr.. Chairman, we have ssries
OF legal acts, proce ,ding no.e or less dirsctlr
tom The hands OF southern men and southern
States, all OF which have gone % restrict the in
Hltulion Of slavery both IN i,s limits and il. polit
zeal strength, aud all OF which are entitled 70 he
heard as witnesses whenever.ta tao "uaye powern
that il spoken Of is arTaigucd ior It's mnnstr,ls
ana us constant atrocities upon freedom snd
humanity With these acts II be.ssrient ia,.
station let these accassfs be content; snd Ia.
stead Of hSrasslng The government All aarss4-r-
the country with l,natlcal aud uac5, .ttoe
Efforts 10 enlist the sanction an1 IS a-y,-
lawyei tunher on their SIDE, let them re t-s,.
ial Tor what has been done, aud leave 4, s
% the controlling and natural influence Of mn,
and events.
| may as VOL advert, and. Mr. CHARM,
M'h' pon' a. at any other 10 practical qles
non winch Is oltentimes asked BY gen,euien
here who insist upon the exclusion OF slavery
from our Mexican territory aud who maintain
al The same time, that such exclusion does NOT
prejudice or impair, in The ieagt tho fall and eou.
right Of the South and OF her citlEeRsto the use
and enjoyment Of that territory. We are asked,
to say how such exclusion can impair this
equality, seeing that northern and southern eli.
zeni aud all others, when ihey 20 into the terri.
tory as inhabitants, 90 there under the operation
OF the same law, and live here in the possession
IN all respects OF preCisely the same rights
How, then, can they be un2quall This aues-
lion is easily answered. This Mexican terrific.
~ being conquest Of the United States, cfFsc.
ted by bo united resources Of an, both men and
money is consequently The Joint and common
property OF all. This is granted As tho Joint
and common property then, Of all, il is, of course
tree and open to the use aud occupation of all,
Aud 'hh without any precedent or qualifying con
ditlohs which, acting on Il part only, would have
the effect OF Distinguishing individual. or sections
oi 'he country from ono smother Exclude sa>
very, and on do this: you establish conditions.
and thereby distinctions, where Their. should he
none, The southern citizen owning slaves
would be obliged, under the exclusion, TO dspose
and must, Of course, enjoy his share Of the com.
mon property upon conditions and perhaps EN-,
barfa''ng conditions, first to be complied with.
The northern citizen having no slaves to dispose
OF settles upon and enjoys his share ofthe com.
mon property without conditions. Iu the one
case, separate and pre- existing right, conslt.
tonalIy and legally established Tor many genera.
tons must be given up before a common right is
allowed to be used. Ia The other case, that
common night is laid open to immediate use,
without requiring AS a preliminary thereto the
The surrender, u tie Communication, os The dispo,
sal ct any other rgit whatever. VIVA, sor, Of
equality is there Aercl and bow Is il posslbia
hat the very pretence OF il, co.eSstug with
such state Of facts as as, can be lfhorwiss
han offensive, both to ls feelings sud cader.
sanding Of the party aggrieyedl
Upon THIS view Of The effect on the relative
rights Of the different sections of the ccrn.ry,
which must necessarily result from tho procs ed
exclusion Of slavery from the Territories. w.,
who represent the South, have abundan, reasorf
Of right and o ustCo 10 demand of cur assoc:
stes here, that 80 such exclusion shall be San.
homeland thai no territorial government, sh..los
iorced up0a ~ by the arbitrary use of their ma,
lou'y-pVwer, by which the fundamental arr
cherished pruclp~S Of our perfect constitutions
equally sbLil be 60 Painfully and hszAfdousy So.
set sMe. Totnis demand, besides the sophisn
examined, that that exclusion works no incquaa
ity Nc are Yet further snswer.dby these as
cistes with hit few exec,ptioa,)ha lhe. e,e
no aed VIII not cSunienancr any gov re,r,rle.
any ag By which aaveg mas he ,Ateldc3 4.
Ianiores nov lree that, IN then laoaaa...
slavery is a false, cruel and Institution, .,s
ien.,oH' oil which, so lar far as it mst degsa.
upon them, they are determined to resist atal
hazards. mo crtension" is the shor. out con
prehensiys dogma under which the rights Ii,
South, in this matter, are to be Sacrinceu a.,
the, and the stability Of the Union Itself know
ir rly mn into pPril Let ms inouira .,a ,h,