The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-19
NV quurter--in the North or in the lSouth--

any qusrter--in the North or insthe Soutli-sit
will be ready to furnish twice, thrice, yes, ioul
times that number, to march where that danger
may be--to return when it is passed, or return
no more
Let me not be misunderstood by this House
or by the country This TRADE OF the member
from Illinois, is extremely harmless; and, under
ordinary circumstances, would excite smile
only. But when viewed in its true light, as one
of the signs of the times indicating clcarlylthe
fact, that the independents OF the States is de-
MED and that this Government is, an, fact, no
i1a longer a confedemted Republic Of sovereign and
equal States but consolidated despotism, and
that its edicts are to be enforced by the sword
then, this declamatory display of the member
from Illinois assumes a degree of Importance not
intended, perhaps, and should arouse the people
of the South to united and determined resis-
lance 5st3 ,sql8Hh fltt9ispiltsEa9 hir atTgt1 ~
q But this is not ALL Thegenteman from, Mas
sachusetts, Mr.. MANN, ina recent speech--a
speech characterized by spirit Of ferocty and
malignity, never surpassed in parliamentary his
tory--rsed the following language, in reply to
some remarks lately made by Governor Iroup,
Of Georgia, in letter to friend: as 1l
IS Mr.. Chairman, (said he) such cOisionwould
he war; such forcible opposition to the Govern
ment would be treason. Its agents and abettors
would be traitors. Wherever this rebellion
rcars its crest, martial law will be proclaimed
and those found with hostile arms in their hands,
must prepare for the felon's DOOM" so'i ag
i These are the doctrines Of the majority, to
which the people OF the South are told they must
submit, under the penalty of a felou's and a
traitors doom. The first object of this major
ity is, to obtain political power, with the view to
bring it to bear upon the slavery question:
Secondly, to provide for the perpetuity of that
power in themselves; and, thirdly, to identify
the persons upon whom that power may act.
q And thus the Constitution Is overthrown, and the
North becomes the tyrant and the South the
8 victim. lesi tl4g 1aEi9 ala si0FdH tlIigt q
The great scheme of non-extension is the
means by which all this il to be accomplished
Z The majority are united upon this policy. There
are now thirty States in the Union Delaware
may be chased with the North, with whom she
4 ffnternizes and acts. The North have now,
therefore, thirty-two Senators, and the South
itwenty-eight: and in the popular branch of the
Government, the North have majority Of for
ty-four Representatives.. h.aa# tsclt# 1
Let us now look, fora moments at the state of
things which must prevail, il the 'Free-soil
scheme be carried out tits avowed that no
more slave States shall be admitted into the
Union, and that all the territorial districts shall
be brought in az free States. .If this be done,
d the inequality which now exists between North
and South will be increased to an extent that
iwill utterly destroy the balance Of power be-
tween the two sections, and place the South ut
the mercy of the North. 1915 5dt lie asnai ia
/ hold in my hand the Sd vol Executive doe
nments, I'd session 30th Congress, which con-
tains an appendix to the annual report OF the
Commissioner Of the General Land Office. v By
an examination of this report, it appears that
the territorial districts OF the United States con-
tain a geographical area of Il 1851 ,976 square
miles,; OF this vast extent of country, 262,729
square miles lie south, and l,599247 north of
the line Of 36deg. 80 min. north latitude. The
State OF Ohio is large average State, and con-
fains in round numbers, 10000 square miles. Ii,
then, tile Statei0f Ohio be taken as the basis of
calculation, this territory will bcfo,nd equal to
1orty-six States as large as Ohio. sOf these
States, six lie south, and forty of the Mis-
souri, Compromise line. Ii the question now he
fore the country was settled on the basis of the
Missouri Compromisc--bu whichthe North re-
fuse to do--thc North would have territory
enough foraforty new States, and the South,
nix. The resolutions by which Texas was adj
mittcd into the Union provide. that four more
States may, with the consent of Texas be form
cd out ofthe territory of TINT State. This gives
the South territory sufficient for ten new States;
but if the Frec-soil scheme be carried out, then
the North will have territory enough for forty
six new States, which, added to the old States
will make their whole number sixty-two States,
while, the South viii have but eighteen. III We
~ This monstrous scheme of fraud and impo-
sition upon the South does not stop here. II
has connected with it another scheme to dis
member Texas, in order to restrict slavery, and
swell the number Of free States, The majority
have assumed that the boundary of Texas ia
the South does not extend beyond the River
Nucces, and that the country lying between
that river and the Rio Grande belongs 10 the
United States. This country contains an area
of 52,OlS square miles, and is therefore larger
than the State of Pennsylvania. T.'
&c NV, limits will not permit me to enter in de-
tail into the merits Of this boundary question:
and win only remark that in my judgment,
southern and western boundary, and which was
in fact and in law established by the treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo, can be shown to the salts
faction Of any court of justice in the United
States. This assumption Of the majority,
groundless as it is constitutes an important ele-
ment in the abolition policy. 1t has a deep and
portentous meaning. The territory to which
this claim is set up, extends to the Gulf Of
Mexico. If the majority can succeed in anuul-
ling the claim of Texas to this country, and
admit it into the Union as free State, they
will thereby perfect their whole non-extension
scheme. The migration Of African slaves along
the gulf shore will be cut off, and the Gordon,
to which the member from Pennsylvania alluded
with so much satisfaction, win in fact b, ex-
tended all around us. .y, ls., Nh, f-t..f
b., Mr. Chairman, ] am deeply impressed with
the conviction that this picture is not oyerdrawn
!, To this result this great deyelopement in the
history of the country has been slowly but
surely, tending ever since the enactment of the
ordinance of 1887. This tendency was slow
Mt first. Time is required to effect all great
changes in the progress of the destinies of
States and Empires, The apparent cessation
of this tendency, which took place between the
time of the enactment Of the ordinance OF 1887
and the Missouri Compromise, was but the time
required for the growth of the new States /;
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