Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-03-15

threats; be Tho counts the danger Of defending his own
honor is alrady degraded; the people who count the
cost OF mantaning their political rights are ready Tor
slavery rhe sentiment of every true at the South
will be- We took the Union and the Constitution to-
gether-w will have both, or we will have neither
This cry the Union is the masked battery from be-
hind hcl the constitution and the rights of the South
are to be asaed. Let the South mark the man who is
for the Unon at every hazard and to the last exemty
when the day Of her peril comes ne will be the mltaor
of that historical character to whom the gentleman
from Pennsylvania tMr. McLanahan) referred, the |
base udean who for thirty pieces Of silver threw away
pearl richer than all his tribe"
The south acquiesced, sir in this compromise. Texas
being the next acquisition after its adoption it was ap
piled to that country Our claims to Oregon being set
tied, and all of that country lying above the compro-
mise line, the north applied the prohibition OF slavery
to the whole OF that country, and the South acqWesced
in it. Mr.. Polk placed his approval OF the bill upon
that express ground The North after applying the
compromise line to Texas, seeks to get rid OF
it by restricting thejust territorial rights and limits OF
Texas In this think we have just cause OF com
plant but the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. CampbelD
manufactures out OF this transaction two oil the main
counts in his indictment against the South. That gen.
tleman congraulates himself upon the fact that Ohio
has school houses and schoolmasters at home. From
the snguary inaccurate account which he gave OF that
very recent and marked eventin public history,
could not resist the conclusion that Ohio needed her
schoomasters. That gentleman charges the
ton OF Texas upon the South and through that policy,
she says, Northern labor stricken down by the
overthrow of the tariff of 1872 by the vote of the Sena
tors from Texas.
Mr.. Campbell here states that he said was Southern
policy.
ported by the facts When Mr. Tyler attempted to annex
Texas by treaty. it was strongly urged upon the South
On sectional grounds by distinguished gentlemen
nected withhis government On its presentation to the
Senate it was defeated by large majority embracing
both Northern and Southern 1t then taken up
by the Democratic party as party it de-
elared by them to be great American question Mr..
Van Buren, was overthrow at Baltimore for opposing
It; Mr. Polk was nominated for the Presidency mainly
Tor his support of it: Upon every Democratic flag
throughout the Republic-Norh, South East and West
were inscribed, Polk, Dallas, Texas and Oregon"
The Democratic party triumphed; the Wing party OF
the South combated it with fidelity equal TO that OF
the North. Both divisions the party overthrown
in their respective sections, and majority of the people
at the North well at the South sanctioned the an
nexaon of Texas. After this decisive public verdict
IN its favor, several Wings from the South voted for it
1t had become mere question OF time and terms of
nexaon. Their constituents deeply interested in
the terms then approved and now approve their
course.
The tariff of 1912 Tell by the same means; hostility to
1t was inscribed upon those same banners; it became
cardinal principle of Democratic faith it promu
gated by the same party convention, in which the whole
North was not only represented, but in which had
overwhelming majority. If the act of 1886 is under
mining Northern industry, it is fault Of and
! every other Southern Wing, except my friend from
Alabama, (Mr. HllliardJ voted against it. l have
yer yet given sectional vote in these halls | never
will Whenever the state OF public opinion in my own
section shall deter me- the injustice OF the other shall
incapaclate from supporting the true interests of
the whole nation, and the just demands of every part Of
the Republic will then surrender trust which
no longer hold with honor. Neither are the conse-
qlences of the act of 1916 Justly chargeable Texas
Where was the Empire State when that battle. was
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois? Yes, sir, where was
Oho9 Your journals will show they were in the ranks
OF those whom the gentleman now chooses to consider
the enemies OF Northern labor. If the overthrow Of
the tariff of 1912 has paralyzed the arm OF Northern
labor, the suicidal blow was stricken by its hands,
To return from this depression: Our next and last
aequison was California and New Mexico They are
the fruits OF successful We have borne our full
share OF its burdens demand an equal participation
in its benefits The rights of the South are consecrated
by the blood OF her children The sword is the title by
which the nation acquired the country The thought is
| suggestive wise men will ponder upon it brave men
will act upont toresaw the dangers of this question
warned the country OF these dangers. From the day
that the first gun fired upon the Rio Grande, until
the act consumnated by all the departments Of this
Government, resisted all acquisitions Of territory MY
| honorable colleague before me (Mr Stephens) and my
SELF standing upon the ground taken by the Republican
party in 1896 against jays treaty, voted against appro-
priang the money to carry out the treaty OF Guadalupe
Hidalgo We had no support from the South and but
hall dozen votes from the North. saw good pros
poet OF adjusting fairly the question which the acquisi-
ton would present l. therefore, resisted policy which
threatened the ruin the South the subyerson of the
Government And to-day, men ofthe North, these are
the alternatives you present u.s.
| We demand an equal participation in the whole
country acquired division of it between the North
and the South For very obvious reasons founded upon
natural causes we less soctous about the extent OF
the privilege than the recognition of the principle The
first would most probably be boon without benefit:
the last is the vital spark of whole political system
whose eXtinguishment is death The North now disa.
VOWS the principle of division After getting more than
two-tmrds OF Louisiana, portion OF Texas and all OF
Oregon under the Missouri compromise line of division
she repudates it, | am content. Let us stand on
original constitutional principles. But let the North re-
member that when she repudates the compromise line
she is led to take nothing by the legislative pece.
dents based upon that compromise With this reserva-
tion she is not only without precedent, have al
ready shown, Tor our exclusion from any part of the
common territories OF the Union, but such act would
be against all we-defined precedents from the begin
ming of the Government to this day.
have presented you the of the South as strong
y as am able to do it, fully the time your rules aj
low me will permit IL is fortified by principle by autho-
rty, and by the immutabe principles Of eternal Justice Il
lsnot only supported by the principles ofour govern
ment, but by the fundamental principles of every GOOD
government All just government is derived from the
consent of the governed and all power exercised with
oHt that consent is asupation The universal limitation
is that it shall be rghtuy and justly used for the COM
mon benefit of those who delegate it. No honest intel
ligent man can believe with the Constitution and its
history before him. that the sayehodng States intended
10 confer upon Congress the power to legsate against
their slave property in the Territories or anywhere else
The day that you do it, you plant the seeds of dssol-
ton in your political system Then the house will be
divided against itself and it must fall The folly Of
some the tmldy OF Others and perchance the treacbe
ry of others in the South, may roll back for season
the wave that shall overwhem and destroy it but it will
be the reuX OF the advancing, not the recedng tide
snail gather strength from every BREAKER and will final
~ accomplish its mission,
The first act OF legislative hostility to slavery is the
proper point for Southern resistance. Those in adj
vance may tall-it is the common history Of reyolu.
tions-bu the cause will not fall with them no human
power can avert The result it viii triumph Thopel
hostile interference is the point OF resistance no-ner
ference is not the measure OF rights. We are en-.
titled to Inter terence from alien and foreign Co
yernmepts England owes us that much France owes
US that much Russia owes us intervention. You
owe US more. You owe us protection Withhold it.
| and you make us aliens in Government
Our hostility TO it, then, becomes necessy-a neces-
sity justified by honor, interest and our common
safety. These stornger than all human government
our hoststy is aggravated by the causes which you
allege in its defence. We had our institutions when
you sought our alliance. We were content with them
then, and We are content with them now We have
not sought to thrust them upon YOU nor to interfere
with yours. Il you believe what you say, that yours
are so much the best 10 promote the hannness and