Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-03-09

evil no scouTge, but great religious social and moral
blessng as think have heard laitery described
suppose this, sir, owing 10 the sudden uprising and
rapid growth OF the cotton plantations Of the South. so faI
any motive of honor justice, and general Judgment could
act the cotton interest that gave new desire promote
slavery, to spread and 10 its labor again say thai
this produced by the causes which must always
produce like eecther whole interests became connected
with it. we look back TO the history of the Of this
county at the early commencement of this Government wha
were our exportsf Cotton was hardly, but very linn
ed extent known The tables will show that the exports
cotton or the 1890 and 81 hardly than forty
fifty thousand dollars year. 1t has gone on increasing
rapidly until may be- perhaps in season great pro
duct and high prices ahun6red millions dollars Then there
was more OF wax, more ofindgo of rice Of amo
every thing exported from the South than of cotton think
have heard said when Mr. Jefferson negotiated the
Of 1894 with England he did know that cotton was
ported at all from the United States and have heard il said
that after the treaty which gave the United States the
right 10 carry their commodities England in their
ships the cusohouse in London refused TO admit cotton
upon allegation that il could be an American produc-
ton there beng as they supposed cotton rased in Anne
rca. They would hardly think now
Well, sr we know what follows. The age of cotton be.
came golden age for our Southern brethren Il pratiGed
he desire for improvement and accumulation at the same
time that excited it. The desire grew by what fed upon
and there came TO be eagerness for other territory
for the cultivation of the cotton CROP
and measures were brought about somewhat rapdy one
after another under the lead Of Southern men at the head
the Government they having majority in both branches Of
the Government, accomplish their ends. The honorable
member from Carolina observed that there has been mao-
ry all along in favor Of the North If that be ue sir the
North acted either very literally and kindly very weakly
for they exercised that majority five times in the his
tory the Government Never. Whether they were out
generaled or whether it owing to other causes shall
not stop to conse but man acquainted with the history
OF the country deny that the general lead in the politics
OF the couHty for hreeouhs Of the period that has elapsed
since the adoption of the constitution has been Southern
lead. In 1902 in pursuit Of the idea of opening cot
of the whole of her western territory, embracing the
rich and growing State Of Alabama In 1903 Louisiana was
purchased from France out Of which the States Of Louisiana
Arkansas and Missouri have been framed slaveholdng
States In 1919 the cession of Florida made, bringing
another cession of slavehodng property and territory Sir
the honorable member from South Carolina thought he
in certain operations of the Government such the
Of collecting the and the tendency those
promote emigration into the country what accounts the
rapid growth of the North than the South He thinks they
were not the operation Of time, but of the system Of
ment established under this constitution That matter Of
opinion To certain extent may be but it does
to me that If any operation of the Government could be
shown in any degree to have promoted the populations and
growth, and wealth Of the North it is much that
there sundy important and distinct operations of the
Government, about which doubt tending pro-
mote, and which absolutely have promoted the increase
the slave interest and the slave territory of the South Allow
me TO say that it not time that brought in Louisiana
was the act Of men, It not time that brought Florda
1t was the act of And asy sir 10 complete those
Of men who have contributed much to enlarge the
and the sphere Of the institution Of slavery Texas great and
vast and ilmitabe Texas added to the Union as
slave State in ls45 and that sir, pretty much closed
the whole chapter and settled the whole account That
closed the whole chapter-that settled the whole
count because the annexation of Texas upon the conditions
and uSder the guarantees upon which she was admitted did
not leave of land capable Of being cultivated by slave
labor between this Capitol and the Rio Grande the Nueces
whatever the proper boundary of Texa-not acre.
From that moment the whole country from here to
n was Hyod
decided to be slave territory forever by the solemn guarantees
Of law And now say, sir the proposition upon which
stand this day, and upon the truth and rmness Of which
intend to until it is overhrown that there not at this
moment within the United States any territory of the
United Saes single foot of land the character of which,
regard to its being free soil territory slave territory,
liked by some law, and some irrepeaabe law beyond the
power of the action of this Government Now is it not so
with respect to Texas Why, is manifesty so.
The honorable member from South Carolina the time Of the
admission of Texas, held important post in the Executive
Department Of the Government he Secretary of State
Another eminent person Of great activity and adoness in
affairs, mean the late Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Walk
was leading member of this body, and took the lead
the business Of annexation and say that they did their
business faithfully there no botch in it. They rounded
i eff and made close onework put together
Resolutions of annexation brought into Congress fy
ened togethercompact firm, efficient conclusive upon the
great object which they had in view.
Allow to read the resolution. 1t is the third clause of
the second section of the resolution Of the st March, s45
words: IA
New States, of convenient size, not exceeding four in
NUMBER in addition to said State of Texas and having su
population hereafter, by the of said State
formed out OF the Territory thereof which shall be entitled
admission under the provisions of the Federal Constitution
And such States be formed out OF that portion said
Territory lying south of thirty degrees thirty minutes
north latude commonly known the Missouri compromise
ne shall be admitted into the Union with without slavery
the people OF each State asking admission may desires
and in such State States shall be formed of said
Territory north Of said Missouri compromise line slavery
involuntary servtude except for crme shall be prohibited
Now what is here stipulated, enacted secured 1t is that
all Texas south Of $50 3O which is nearly the whole of it,
shall be admitted into the Union slave Sate-it was
slave State, and therefore came in slave Saleand that
new States shall be made of it, and that such States as
formed of that portion Of Texas lying south of $50 80
may in slave States to the number Of four in add
ion the State then in existence and admitted that time
BY these resolutions know mode oegsaon which can
strengthen that know mode of recognition that can add
title Of weight to it. listened respectfully to the resolu
ions Of my honorable friend from Tennessee, (Mr BELL
proposed recognise that stipulation with Texas But any
additional recognition would weaken the force of because
stands here the ground Of contract for consideration
It is law founded contract with Texas and destined to
larry that contract into effect recognition founded on any
consideration and any contract would not be strong it
stands the face of the resolution. Now know no
way canddly confess in which this Government acting in
good faith trust always WILL relieve itself from that
stipulation and pledge, by any honest course of legislation
whatever And therefore, SAY again that far Texas
concerned-the whole of Texas south Of 36o 3d. which
suppose embraces all the slave eritoy-hee is land, not
acre, the character of which established by law
law which cannot be repealed without the violation Of
contract
Texas concerned has been maintained and the prov
in this article-and it has been well suggested by my
friend from Rhode Island that that part Of Texas which lies
north Of thryour degrees of north latitude may be formed