The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-11-09
The WilmOt PrOvis0 nd the
Southern LOcOfOcO Press.

Nothing but an unmi,galed spirit of
demagogueism can prompt the Southern
Locofuco papers IN their ceaseless haIplngs
on the Wilmot Provlso, and a vorse splr
it than that il must be which prompts them (
to persevere as they do IN the sweating la
Dor Of trying to cas-, the responsibility for /
The evil effects Of the Proviso on the South I
ern Wings. 1t may be, II is true, tina,
some of the conductors OF the presses in
question, are so mentally constituted as 10
have become oblivious OF all ihat their own
party, both in and out Of Congress, have
done TO give the Proviso corpoteal and
legal exisence-yea 10 lmpart TO II the
powers of an active vitality, as in The aP-
prevail OF the Oregon Territorial bill, icon.
tanning the PROVlSOD by Mr.. Polk.
The Wing presses Of The South, in no.
,icins these mean Efforts TO ldent,ly the
Wings OF the Southern States with the Pro.
viso, can resort to nothing more efiectual
than the records Of Congress. To those
records we now resort, and the following
portion of this article we shall keep stand
ing. for use Whenever it SHALL be REQ islte
10 administer rebuke to perverseness and
arrogance.
The Oregon Territorial Bill, with the
WILMOT PRovIso ATTACHED, passed the
House of Representatives. on the Sd Of Feb
ruary, 1915, by lao yeas to SO nays, and
amo % the YEAS We find the names Of R.
TY SEVEN SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS. (See
Congressional Globe. I'd session IS Con-
gress, page 236 The following are the
names Of the Southern Democrats who vo.
ted FOR The Wimot Provso:
From virginia-Messrs Atkinson. Hopkins,
Hubbard, steenrod, Taylor and Lucas-6
From North Carolina Me- srs. Arlington,
: Mckay Reid and Daniel-4
From South Carolina-Mess Black Burt,
Rhetl, Simpson and " oodwatd- -
From Georgia-Messrs. Black, Chappell, Cobb,
HARRISON, LumpAin aud stl!es-6.
From Alabama Messrs Bsser, Houston. Nc.
Connell, Payne and fancry-5.
From Mississippi Messrs. Hammst, Roberts
and Tucker-3
From Louisiana-Messrs. L1Branche, Morse
and Slldell-3
From -Nessrs. Blackwell, Brown,
CulIom. Andrew Johnson and Cave Johnson-5.
/ From Missouri Nessrs Bower, Bowlln,
Hughes Jameson and Relfe-5
From kentucky-Messrs. Boyd, French Cals
well, Stone and Tibbatts-5.
On the 10Th January, ls47, the Oregon
Territorial bill, with the PROVISO IN II,
was again passed by the House Of Repre-.
sentatiyes, and among the Southern Dem.
ocrats who voted for /, were Messrs. Nc.
Kay, Reid and Daniel, of North Carroll.
nd.
On the lith Of August, lS4s, the Ore.
gon Territorial bill, with the PRONISO
/ 10 it, b-came law by the signature Of
James X. Polk.
Mr.. Calhoun, in his 'eoen, reply TO Col.
Benton, where he repels the position of the
latter. that Congress has the power to
exclude slavery from the territories, uses
the following language: Il main,ain, OF
the contrary. that such power never was
exercised by Conges s until he (CoI. Ben.
| tom and his associates passed that Oregon
territorial bill. That was the fra bill con
tainiag tie WILMOT PROVISO that
euer passed :"
Mr.. Butler, the other South Carolina
Senator, IN a speech at Edgefie'd Court
House in June last, said: They (lhe Free
Soilersj have gained boldncss BY their sue
cess 10 attaching the WILMOT PROVl.
SO to the Oregon BILL"
10 speech made at Lexington, Mo-, 10
July. Mr.. Benton maintained that he intro.
Guced the amendment, Of the WILMOT !
PROviSO into the Oregon bill for the
purpose Of asserting "the unlimited power
Of Congress over slavery in the territories,