The North-Carolina standard., 1849-08-01
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right of possession and property, and made the per-
manent home of the Indians to use his own express
sion There was no treaty made while filled the
War Department, in MIR. Monroe's admlnlsIrauon'
which made any such alterations the title OF lnaians
to land west of the Mississippi, or any where else 70
nv kuowledpe. THE making of Indian treaties, con-
tanning sfipulatons for pernanent titles and therre
moval west of tAe Mississippi constituted large
portion of the doings of those ADMINISTRATORS ana
much of that which they rested tnelr leFuI'iu"'
Much the greater part the work OF Generdl JdcA
sons administration, with which Col. Benton was
intimately associated, and over which ne nad SUM
cient influence to make himself responsible Tor no
to the West. In attempting now to shuttle on ms
portion of the responsibility, -and tna1 ot 'no
ministration and to place it ON me, who was hoste
to it, speaks badly for his manllness or regard tof
the character of the administration OF General JACK
son, for which he Processes so much attachment ana
admiration. He would hardly have vehtured IN the
lifetime of the old Hero, make the heavy charge
he has, against measures of which he was the au'nor'
and on which he so much prlded hlHseh'
In his eagerness to assail me- hehas lost not only
his discretion, but his memory. In order 70 make
that the anti slavery party OF the Nortn ouy APP
precated the great service that had done tne cause
he says that they gave proof OF thel1 Ia
was then candidate for the Vice Presidency, and
became the favorite of the North, beating even Mr.
Adams himself the free soil track, torgetting
what he had said just before, that was VICE
at the time, when he well knew that was eiec'e9
for the first time Vice President with Mr. Adams ana
of course the vote Of the North could not have been
piven me for the reason he assigns. ~.
His next charge is that 1 supported the abolition
of slavery in State. Among his other traits, Col.
Benton is distinguished for charging on thers' whdl
he knows he is guilty of himself Most men. from
prudence and sense of propriey cautiously abstain
from assaing others for what they know tney may
in turn themselves be justly assalled NO SO WIN
him. He is of the few who are ever more nelEo
in their assaults when they know they can be assai
ed for the same thing They seem to delight In dragg
inr down others to their own Level, ana 10 ndte
concealed oy in thinking that others partake oil ihe
own deformity 1t is trait detestable that those
who are distinguished for it are usually llkensd 10
notorious parsonage rcproving SIM Col. benton mas
strikingy displayed this trait OF character In the pres
ent charge. He we'll knows how utterly false heFas
to YOU throughout on the Texas question he tooK'
as has been stated active part to defeat the treaty
annexation negotiated by on the part oil tne oh
ted States Heknows that 1t contained no provisions
that countena need the abolition OF slavery In any
tion of Texas was strongly urged during the negot-
alton TO insert provision extend the Missouri Com
promise line Texas to Its
was informed that it would aid In securing consdtu-
tional majority inthe Senate In ITS favor PeremPto-
rly refused He knows that he offered proposition to
abolish il in one half of the whole Of Texas, and that
by line and not drawn east and west but north and
south so hem in the south on all sides, by sur
rounding her with abolition States. lie also Knows
that his friend and supporter on the occasion, MT:
HAYWOOD of North Carolina, went still farther, and
offered resolutions extend the ordinance OF 1857
not only all Texas, but even all the Territories
living west of Arkansas, and south OF go 3O. with
however proviso excepting the portion OF Texas
lvinu south of line drawneast and west in the 34th
degree of parallel of latitude. The presumPtion IS
strong that 10 offering his resolutions he acted with
his friend Colonel Benton, to whose course he adher
ed on the Texan question But, be that as It may,
certain it is he sat mute. He raised no voice of in
dignation, against a measure which proposed TO eX-
clude slavery forever from that very region, which
he charges me with having given away to the Indans
and losing it to the South AS bad as the policy OF
NJ nd lack
to that region. they did not exclude slavery. The
Indians, who occupy it, slave-hoders and having
an interest in common with you, may be regarded as
faithful allies on that vital question. The resolu-
tiens of his friend Mr.. Haywood were designed TO
deprive you of this advantage; and yetCo. benton
now raises his voice in loud denunciation against
upon the false charge of giving away the ternto
ry the Indians, while he approved, at least oy MS
silence, of excluding entirely from the territory
and one half Texas to and to extend the PrincI
pe of the ordinance of 87 the whole, including
Texas and the territories. So much for his own po-
sion, in reference to the subject OF the charge.
1t now remains show that 1t is. like all his 9TH
er charges, destitute of foundation. He rests his
charge that abolished slavery in Texas, on the fact
that was then Secretary Of State, and that select
ed the resolution, it passed the House OF Repre-
instead of the amendment originally pro-
posed by him, as the basis which to annex Texas
Thus far he has departed from his usual rule, and
stated the facts correctly. l shun no responsibility
am willing take the whole on this occasion; but
is due to the President and the members OF MS ad-
to say-they were unanimous In favor
of the selection made. | not only selected 1t, butas-
signed my reason for making it, IN despatch to
our then Minister to Texas, MIR. Donaldson as
signed them, because anticipated that there would
be an attempt to undo what was done, alter the ex-
piration of Mr.. Tyler's administration. This i was
resolved prevent, by stating reasons tor the seec-
tion that could not be overruled. That attempt, as
suspected, was made, and the late PresIdenthas
since been arragned before the pubic oy two TRENDS
and associates of Col. Benton, (Blair and Tappan.)
because he could not be forced override what his
predecessor had done. The following IS an extract
from the despatch:
1t is not deemed necessary to state at large the
grounds on which his decision rests (the President
It will be sufficient state, briefly, that the prov
sions of the resolution, it from the House,
more simple in their character, may be more readily.
and with less difficulty and expense. carried into eff
feet and that the great object by them is
much less exposed the hazard of ultimate defeat
That they are most simple in their character very
few remarks will suffice to show. According the
as it came from the House, nothing more
necessary than that the Congress of Texas should
becalled together consent given to the provisions
contained in it, and the adoption of constitution by
the peoplein Convention, to be submitted to the Con-
gress of the United States for its approval, in the
same manner as when of our own territories is
admitted as State. On the contrary, according to
the provisions of the Senate's amendment, the Con-
gress of Texas must, in like manner, be convened
il must then go through the slow and troublesome
process of carving state out of part of its territory
afterwards it must appoint agents commissioners
to meet similar agents or commissioners, to be ap-
pointed part discuss and agree the
and conditions on which the state shall be admitted
and the cesson of the remaining territory the Unit
ed States and after all this, and before, the peo-
pie of the said state must call convention, frame