The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-23

iu Springfield, Ainssachusclls,i ,in Tue month Of
seplOmbor, lsl7.
Mr. Greene here read Mo following ex-
tract
We hear much Just now ofa paHaeoa for
The evils and dapgerh Of slavery and slave an
Horauon, which they call theIl lHhoi Frofiso
That certainly b just senilment, but IL 10 not
d sentiment ~ found any new party upon, ltl
b. not a sentiment on which haasachunetts
Wings diiieT, There 10 not d man in this hall
who holds % Il more firmly than do, nor one
who adheres 10 IL more than another.
feel some little interest IN this matter, or
Did not | commit myself ~ ir,i- 90 the whole
doctrine, fully, entirely Aud must be per-
mltlcd 10 say cannot quite consent that more
recent dsooyeTcra should claim the merit and
take out patent
deny the priority ofthor invention Al,
low mo 10 say, sir q Is not their thundef
We are 10 use the first and last
and every occasion which offers 20 oppose the
extension Of slave power,
but ! speak Of II here Aa IN Congress, a. a
political question: a question for atateHmon 10
act upon. We must ~ regard a. certainly
do not mean a. say tbatit 10 loaa important ~
moral point Of view, that 10 not more lmpof-
taut "a many other points of Wow but "a
legislator, OF IN any official capacity, 1 must
look AZ Il, consido5 a., and decide II, aud decide
Il ~ a matter Of political action
Mr. Webster. On other occasions, "a debates
here, have expressed my determination 10
vote iof 40 acquisition, OF eeHsion, or unneSa-
ton, North OF South, East or West. Sly o.
piHisG has been, that We have Territory cnolgh,
and that We should follow the Spartan maxim,
Improve, adofn what you have, seek no fur.
Tier, | think that Ut vas In some obHCTya.
lions that made here on the three million loan
bill, that | ayowed that sentiment Ia short,
sir, the sentiment hos been aYowcd quite aA
o0en, Ia % many places, aud before many
afscmbliea, ~ any humble sentiments oFmino
ought 10 be- ayoWcd.
aas..l.a4-aAIla4I.- -HaadI
Texas 10 IA with all her territories, as slave
state, with a solemn pledge that i she ~ d.
ylded into many Stalts, those States may
come IA as slave States south OF 3Odcg 3uinn.,
how are We 10 deal with this subject i know
no way of honorable legislation, when the
proper time comes for the enactment, but 10
carry into effect all that wU have stipulated 10
do do not entirely agree with my honora.
b-lftsHd lEoHl Ia nnrAAcc, AlG -HCll.l that aA
soon ~ the time comes when she 10 cHtiled 10
another Rcpfcsc ntahye, We should crenle
new STATE Tho rule IA regard 10 it l take
10 be this that, when We have created new
States out Of Territories, We have generally
gone upon the idea that when there - popu.
lation cnUugh 10 form State, sixty thousand
or some huch thing, we would create a StAtg;1
but Il 10 quite q different thing when n State
10 divided, aud two or more states are made
out OF IL. IL does not follow, IN such a case
applied. That, however, is n matter for The
CONSIDERATION Of Congress, when the proper
time arrives, I may not then be here. | may
thaYo no vote 10 give on the occasion, but
wish It 20 be distinctly understood TO day, that
according 10 my view of the matter, this Gov 4
ernment rs soLsmnly pledged by law to create
-i-ia-- GLL- ~ -IE1Aa. with hot consent,
when her population shall justify such pro
ccedlug, aud 90 far aa such States are formed
out OF Texan territory lying south Of 20 deg
80 min, 20 irt them eoiiie ia a= slave staies -
That 10 the meaning of the resolution which
our friends, the Northern Democracy, have
len US to fulfil and /, for one, mean 10 fulfil
Il. because l will not violate the faith Of the
Government
Nsw, as to California aud New Mexico, I
hold slavery 20 be excluded from those Tern.
tories by II law even superior 10 that which
admits and sanctions It IN Texas mean The
Law of naiurc--oi physical gedgraphy-thc
law of tho formation of the earth That law
settles forever, with strength beyond all
terms OF human enactment, that slavery can.
not exist IN California or New Mexico. Under.
stand me, SIR mean slavery as we regard II,
slaves IN gross, Of the colorcd race, tFansicra-
bic by sale and delivery like other property
shall not discuss this point, but leave II to
the learned gentlemen who have undertaken
To discuss It, but suppose there is no" slave
OF that description m California now. un.
dctsland thal gtgHtSm, sort of penal sctvi-
AhA't tAhAo AllNItt OF fAANtf sort Nl hblhHAAIl
Aals Of man and his otlapring for debt, as II
ls arranged and exists in sOmc paris Ur tutrt
iornia and New Mexico. But what | moan To
say ~, that African slavery, as we see 1t a..
mong US, isas utterly impossible 20 find itself,
Tor TO be found in Mexico, aE any other natur-
al impossibtltty. California aud New Mexico
are Asiatic, IN their formation aud scenery
They are composed of vast ridges OF noun
tains Of enormous height, with broken ridges
aud docp valleys. The sides of these noun
tains are barron, entirely UTTruu, ttrrrr-t1T-s
capped by perennial snow, There may be IN
California, now made free by It's constitution,
and no doubt there are some tracts of valuable
land. But it is not no in New Mexico. Pray,
what is the evidence which every gentleman
must have obtained orethis subject, from in.
formation sought by' himself ar communicated
by others have inquired and head all /
could find in order TO obtain information
What il there in New Mexico that could by
any possibility induce any body 20 60 there
with slaves; There are some marrow strips
Of tllGblc land on lthr-,bordcrs Of the rivers;
but the rivers themselves dry up before mid.
summer is gone. All Thai The people can do,
ls to raise some little articles, some little wheat
f.g their larlillns, md all that by Irrigation.
And who expects TO see a hundred black men
cultVating tobacco, corn, cotton, rice, or any
thing else, on lands in Now Mexico made fer
tile only by irrigation look upon it there
fore, us-a fixed fact, 20 use the expression
current at tins day, thnl both Nalliorhlu. ana
New Nico are destined to be free, so far as
they are settled at all, which ! believe cspcc.
ially in regard to New Mexico, will be very
little for d great length OF time; free by the |
arrangement of things by the Power above us.
have therefore To say, in this respect also,
that this country IL fixed for freedom, TO AZ
many persons as shall ever live there, by az
irrepealab,rand more irtcpenlublc law, than /
the law that attaches To the right of holding /
slaves in Texas; aud | will say further, tliht f
a resolution, or law, were now before us, To /
al l.nvaruu1aut for Natv