Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-10-02
NUMBER IL.


other triumph! twenty-five thousand
square miles of Free Soil have. in the last
half of the 10Th century. by an &C. of tho
American Congress. been surrendered to
Slavery! And amid the clanking Of new
ly forged ict,ers. we hear the craven
voice of exultaton, Yes. Northern
throa,s are hoarse with rejoicings at the
victory obtained by Slavery over Free.
dom! On that some avenging angel
would blot out the disgraceful record. that
our posterity mi lsht be spared the morth-
cation of hlushing az the dcgeneracy Of
their fathers.
Texas, from the moment that Tyler.
Calhoun. Upshur. &c. conceived the
project of annexation. has been a root Of
evil and bitterness. la coming into the
Union, Texas brought Debt. Slavery and
War as its train bearers. Texas, in and
of itself. was a curse. for it added anoth-
er Slave State TO the Union. lndepen-
dent of that, we were compelled to fight
out lis Var: an! now we give SO 100000
TO appease the spirit Of Rebellion!
This insloriouS concession TO Slavery
does no, like others, owe its success to
the fears of the North. Another element
has been at work. Ten millions of the
worthless Bonds Of Texas were afloat.-
These Bonds, in anticipation Of this re-
suit, were purcha ased at from fifteen to
thirty cents on the dollar. Gen. Taylor
frequently said that Texas Bonds were
far more to be dreaded than Nashville
Conventions Without the aid Of this
insidious but powerful argument, the Tex.
as iniquiiy would not have cen perpe-
trated.
|, was the duty Of Congress. holding
the Freedom of New Mexico and Califor-
MIA in trust. to have protected both against
Slavery. Upon the North especially was
this duty sacredly enioined. But the
North has proved again recreant Twen-
ty-tive thousand square miles Of Terrific
ry have been cursed with Slavery; and
SlO.Ooo.ooO have been given to Texas
spectators under a pretence Of saving
the Union.
But the deed is done" The respon-
sbility of it is with those by whom it was
consummated. We discharge a painful
as well as a humlia,ing duty in saying
that Slavery has extorted an unworthy
concession from the North. We impugn
not the motires of individual members
We know men who voted for this bill
whose personal integrity is above re.
proach or suspicion. But the influences
and atmos phefe which surrounded them
were malign and deleterious They
yielded to false alarm.
/ Our purpose, however, is more to thank
and applaud those who have been faithful.
than to reproach or reprove those who
have faltered With US, devotion to Free
Soil has been a sentiment. All that we
have said has been meant and felt. 10
unsay it now, because others have chang
ed their views or their course, would be
pusllanmous. We do not intend to give
offence, but this journal is pledged, hand
and heart, to the cause Of Free Soil, and,
cost wha, it may, it shall speak the truth
tearlessly.
There has been too much Of agrees.
ion from Slavery, and more than enough
of concession to that power. We would
not yield 1.-the averdupois Of a hair" to
the threats Of Disunionists. We would
not surrender one Acre, one Rod. nor one
Inch Of Free Soil to the demands Of Sla-
very. Before suffe ring that peculiar In
stitution" to extend its dominion or to
augment in power. beyond what it enjoys
under the Constitution, we would Join
the issue they often and SO insultingly
offer.
The Governors and Legislatures Of tho
Whig States Of the North stand solemnly
committed against the Extension of Sla.
very. The Wing party in the Free States,
through its Conventions and its press, is
as soiemnly pledged to protect the soil Of
New Mexico and California. Congress
has given $4,000, 900 to Texas ostensi-
bly, to satisfy its claim on New Mexico.
in bill which robs New Mexico OF 25..
600 square miles Of territory.
Having believed firmly in the necessi-
iy, the expediency. and the restraining
virtues of the Wilmot Proviso, we cannot,
even in Difference to the opinions Of those
who have modified their views. forego an
expression Of deep regret hat the Proviso
was not engraf.ed upon the bills giving
Territorial Governments. Public men
have acted, however, upon their convic-
tions, and we leave them to the Judgment
Of their constituents.
i We are not among those who rejoice
at the 'seit!ement Of the Slavery ques-
ton upon terms alike injurious and dis
creditable to Freedom. We would have
stood like adamant upon the admission
OF California, and the organization of New
Mexico, Oregon and Utah with the JET.
fersonian or Wilmot Prohibition Of Slave
~. We would have stood there, because
it is right in the sight Of Heaven and
) Earth to uphold FREEDOM; and because
it is wrong in the sight Of God and of Man
10 extend Slavery.
! CT The Nashville Banner says that the
new capital of Tennessee. now in course
!, of erection in that city, will, when com.
, pleted, be the noblest structure of tho
kind in the Union. The roof is 10 be Of
iron, and no wood at all is to be used in
its exterior.
: EThe St. Louis Republican Of the
3oth ult. says: During the pas, three days
government contracts have been made in
this city for the early delivery of {, 800
bbrls of superine four-iha bulk of