The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-09-20
THE RESULTS.

Of north latitude, and that this act has been
wholly consummated through the action OF Con
press, and that Southerners are excluded en-
tirely, absolutely, and for aye, from migrating
and settling there with their property!
We have the high authority of Messrs. Clay,
Cass and Webster--the first the originator, anu
all of them the ze alous and the ablest support
ers ofthese measures-for stating that the prtn'
c;ples of the Wilmot Proviso, in the form OF
lNericon interdiction of slarery, is now In full
force and operation in these Territories, respec'
lively, as nor organized by law, and explicitly
recognized and adopted as such by Congress
itself in its repeated refusals to abrogate such
Mexican laws, or to empower the lerr'torai
Legislatures to give police protection to slave
property, or to prohibit them from legslat'ng
TO abolish or exclude slave property thither,
should the Judicial Power determine that tue
Mexican aht.slavery laws had not survived the
cession in the Territories ceded!
IL is certain, that the State of California thus
admitted into the Union, and the Territories OF
Utah and New Mexico thus organized, cover
and include every acre of the Territory which
was acquired by treaty from Mexico!
Hiy certain, that. through the action of Con
cress, the South has been entirely and forever
deprived of even foothold with her property,
upon the least portion, North or South, OF these
extensive and opulent domains, aud is forbid
den even to partake with her slaves, of the mil:
lions upon millions, which Foreigners from all
parts of the earth and the seas with theirs (the
peons of Mexico and South America. and the
coolies of Lndia) have been permitted, 10y those
uho call themselves our Brethren, God help us!)
to spoliate and enrich themselves from the pub
lie treasures which, by every right which can
infer title among men or nations, by conquest
and by purchase, BY the shedding Of blood and
the lavishing of treasure, and upon every prln-
ciple ofJustice, Equality, and the Constitution
| is, and ought to be, as much ours as theirs -
But our rig hts and privileges, domains and trea-
sures are all taken from US by Our BRETHREN
passed over to the uses and the thrift OF For.
eigners-and to amounts reaching already,
| (says common report,) to the whole amount OF
| the nominal purchase,money, (Sl5,O0o,ooO,)
which was proffered and accepted for the whole
acquisition But be this as it may
II is certain that the North has appropriated
to herself and fee soil, and destituted and ex.
cluded the South forever from every foot OF
California, Utah, and New Mexico, from their
dominion and their domain, their culture and
their treasure!
THE SOUTH PAYS THREE.FoURTHs, THE NORTH
oNE.FoURTH, OF THE MEXICAN WAR DEBT.
This would seem the utmost height and the
whole extent to which oppression and wrong
could reach, or would dare but it is Seiather
all nor the worst, and falls far short Of the re-
ality. An SlOOOOO,O 900 Of the debt we con-
tracted 10 prosecute the war against Mexico,
f.,,,l ,uh;al. IS the prnner measarn of
I What these Territories have cost us,) remains
unpaid But, you are ready to ask, what fur
ther interest can the South have in that (! lnas.
much as the free States having appropriated
the ,rhole acquisition to themselves, they will OF
course paw the mhole balance OF the outstanding
debt. Never in your lives were You the Victims
of a grosser mistake. With the despotism Of
numbers, your task masters demand you your
full share of these 100000 600 Of Indebtedness
for which you will not have received dollars
worth Of Reconsideration And what, think you,
will your share be- If the Federal revenues
| were collected throguh direct taxation under
the constitutional rotiO of Federal numbers,
taxing threefifths of the slaves,) tue North's
share Of the amount would be three-ffths, or
5000, 100000, and consequently. the South's
share two fifths, or $4,000 ,000--an amount
quite large enough to pay for nothing! But
the revenues being collected throug h the Gus.
toms, moro than reverses the apportionment Of
Indebtedness between the North and South up
on the basis of Fedral numbers for, with the
revenue SO collected, the North vii. have to
pay but one-fourth or S25,000,0O0 of the
amount, while the South must pay the residue
of three fourths, or S75, 100000 Of this Mexi.
can war debt, aud reap nothing of the fruits
save the memories she retains of that chivalrous
honor of those surprising exploits of her brave
sons, which have given her name to history and
renown, and of which neither detracton nor
oppression can defraud or deprive her This
will seem incredible to the mass ofyou know,
but it inevitably results from the principle and
the fact that the consumers pay the revenue col.
lected through the customs, las well as vast
amounts besides in commissions. freights, ex-
changes. &c. and that Southern consumption
of foreign fabrics and products, not on the free
list bear Just that proportion to Northern con-
sumption of the same artcles--and the excess
of the comparative consumption is fully and
safely attested through the excess in value of
the South's over the North's exports--which
pays for her excess in the consumption of the
imports. But, to make this surer, | resort to