Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1850-11-22

Il Hands cETi-the pedple of the teFrilefieS eteae
hare tie power to Legislaie upon all subjects But
ghe people Of Califusnia formed Con-
iuding Slasery, the Disorganisers
eiens grounds for DissolFing the Oh
b, If they could kick California our.
AL for OF supported the Compromise
measu.' characterised, as g S0bmlssionisss 7
and enensI. ofihe soaih.
we trust our neighhor Of the SPIRIT will not OBJ
iet 10 Democrats authority fer reminding him Of
doctrines eAce entertained BY him. which be n04s re-
pudiases.
Judge THoAAs b. Barr. in Circular q his
constituents, says
/ have said that the doctrine ofnon-inter-
yention was The South's own doctrine. 1t Is
the doctrine deliberately recognized as the
trne doctrine during Mr. Jeffersons admin
istration, / referred in detail to :the i'm
posing cireums tances under which it was
dane In the speech | made in the House of
Representatives On the 10th of May, 1915
Tits the doctrine always maintained by Mr.
Calhoun, aud whichwas advocated in thead-
dress of the Southern members of Congress,
His celebrated resolution Of l647 declares /
That il is fundamental principle in pur polls
zeal creed people, IN forming CONSTITUTION,
have the Unconstitutional right 10 torn and Sdopt The
government which they may think best calculated
10 secafe their liberty prosperity and h&ppiaess 1
and that in conformity thereto, no other eondipa is
. imposed bg the Federal Constitution on Stale id
order to be admitted into This Union except mat ill.,
egastilAiioR shall be republican; and tina; iha3 inn
position 0t any other by Congress would net ony be
inviefation I'll the Constitution bar in direcs conflict
wish The principle on which our poiticSl system
rests
In his speech supporting this resolution,
Dir Calhoun said
H Sir Ihold il 10 be a fundamental principle Oh
our Political system, that The people have right ID
establish what government they NAV lhiak prsrer
for themselves that every State about To beco;le a
member Of thisf L nion has right 70 form its ouH
government as III pseases; and that in order Ii be-
admitted, thereis bll qualification and thai Isl
that The government shall be republican,
Il will be recollected that prior4 to the
meeting Of the Southern members If Con-
gress in ls49, | was requested to draft and
present the resolution which were the basis
Gifts aetiou was upon the committee of
thirteen which reported the address sand
also upon the sub committee of ffyoi wll,ieh
framed it and | know, personally thaf nd
provision OF that Address was more fully
considered than the following
-Nhatwe propose ID Iris toHaeclian Il 70 make
icwremarks Oh what lhe North alleges, ctr jneg5us-
lyz to be the issue between US +and them. II
So far from maintaining the doctIine wEich3aeE
issue implies, NE hold that The FEDERAL Giogkfn-
mFnt has no right 10 extend Or restrict slavery no
mdrc than 10 establish or abolish ii; nor has ii am
right Whatever 10 distinguish bctweea the dbn4stic
institutions Of ohc State orscstiQu aRd arss,it.f Az
the federalTepresentative ofeach and all thi States
il bound 10 deal out within Tie sphere of It's now
ers, equal and exact justice and laSor 70 all To
act Otherwise, 10 attempt to discriminate between
the domestic institutions Of one and another: would
Ne n ct t0faI Ell nEt
was established-t0 be the common protector and
guardian OF all. Entertaining these opinions we
ask not as the North alleges we do for the extern
sion ofslayeEy. That woald make Discrimination
in our favor as unjust and Unconstitutional as the
discrimination they ask against us in their favor III
X n natfor them nor forthe Federal Government 10
determine whether our domestic institutions ARE
good or bad, or Whether il shotld bs 5ressed pr
preserved. It belongs 70 " and 10 us only; toll de-
eide such questions. What, them We do insist on
is, not 10 extend slavery, but that We shall not be
prohibited from eplgrating, with our properly ialo
Ihe!FeTitaries dfihe United States, beeausefweafe
81 ave holders or in other words that we shalHot
on that account be DISTINGUISHED OF privilege pos
-sessed by all others citizens and foreigner With
out discrimination as to character proiessoni or
c6Ibr. All;w1eiher savage, barbarian OF civilized
may freely enter and remain we only being eSklu-
dg8"
That paragraph was inserted III tile i'd
dress at my Suggestion. / said to MI, Cal
hoqn that nothing was weakening usso much
at the Northas the constant assertion, which
Was believed BIZ many, that we invoked the
power of this Governmental extend slavery,
4 that we ought to disavow it in the most
emphatic terms He entirely agreed with
me, and he drew the paragraph just qloted
When we reported the Address TO- tile South
crn members, that portion Of it was aslailed,
as they will recollect, and / defendedHt for
the reasons i had suggested in favor of its
insertion. The Southern members BY an
overwhelming majority, sustained it.. Tie
Southern Address was extensively circulated
in my district and warmly approved hy Al
vast majority Of you, The territorial bills
arc in exact accordance with the principles
laid down in it; and if, therefore, he'd any
doubt as to my vote upon them, it would
have been dissipated BY what | regardIas
virtual Instructions from you. Bat Fad no
doubt have not changed any of theyiews
which | have formerly expressed or this
subject, and which you haye approved