Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-03-16
Voice Of the Great ExpOunder.


fore Congress. We have seen only the
telegraphic sketch of his remarks, which
we copy below from the Pittsburgh Gazette.
We understand from it that the great Ex-
FOUNDER has abandoned the Wilmot Proviso
that same Proviso which he not long ago
claimed as 'his own thunder and, to
relieve the Administration from its dilemmu,
is willing to rely upon the law of Nature
alone TO keep slavery ont of the New Tcrri-
tories. We regard it now as n settled point,
that the Proviso is dead. The great mass of
Northern Wings, following the lead of Web
ster, Seward and the other great lights of
their party, will abandon it, and the Dem
ocrats, with few exceptions, will do like
wise. Northern members of Congress, hav-
ing used it as a ladder TO climb into power,
will now kick it from under their feet ms n
useless abstraction, leaving the Frcesolers
to pick it up and gulvauize it into life again,
0hey can. TO this complexion has it come
ut last
1t will be seen that Mr.. Webster goes
with tho South on the question of the re-
clamation of Fugitive Slaves. In this he is
true TO the Constitution, the great idol of his
political life, but 'doubly false to Liberty
and God
WAsmNGToN, March z.
Mr.. Webster said, that he rose not as a
Southern man, or II Northern man, but as an
Alncrican-and he desired TO do his duty
with fidelity, with the hope that the storm
which was now raging in the land would be
lullcd lie spoke for the preservation of the
Union with an anxious heart-ior the rcsto-
ration of that quiet and harmony so neccs-
sory TO the prosperity and happiness of the
country. These were his objects, and if hc
could do ever so little for them, his end
would I've accomplished.
lie proceeded to consider the events which
had led to the present difficulties, commence
ing with n review OF the war with Mexico.
It's battles, IFS triumplls, and results. Prior
TO these negotiations, tie people of Caliior-
MIA, assisted perhaps, by officers and people
Of the United States, rcvolted against the
Government of Mexico, and run up an indie
pendent flag. The result was a tide of cmi-
giG'ion towards San francisco from every
country % pnc world. The rich, and e;-
parenlly ineXhatlstible mines of California
were subsequently discovered, and an in
creased tide Of emigration rushed to those
distant shores.
lie referred next 20 the failure of Congress
to provide Il territorial Government for the
people of the new territory, and siiid, that in
this state of things, those people had tuken
measures to establish local government,
and elected Senators and Representatives,
and sent them here, with their constitution,
nell .lsae..
This constitution, thus adopted, contained
clause prohibiting slavery in the new State
which provision it was that had given rise to
the opposition now made to her admission.
Whatever was believed TO be the object or
tie manner of the war with Mexico, the
territory was acquired; but the National eX-
pectation that it would be a slave territory,
was disappointed 10y the action of the peo-
pie of the territory itself.
MIR. Webster then went into historical !
consideration of the institution of slavery,
rom the earliest ages to the present time
bringing the mutter down to the Christian
Era, lac attended at some length TO the feel .
Ings of u large portion of the community /
he conscientious belief, that slavery is sin, /
and incompatible with the christian senti-
ments of brolherly kindness.
The question, in the earlier DAYS of the I
Government, was, how the evil should be .
dealt with. 1t was thought its day would he /
shortened by preventing the importation of
slaves; and proposition was Introduced to
prohibit such importation.
lie alluded TO the ordinance prohibiting
slavery in the northwest territory MIR.
Calhoun had said, this was the first of n
series of measures calculated TO weaken the
SOUTH" lie desired TO say, that the ordi-
nance was passed with the unanimous con-
sent of the South, there being but one vote
against il, and that one representative from
he North. Since that time, there had been
4 great change in opinion. There had been
continual and growing opinion in the :
South in its favor. This state of things re-
suited from causes which would always pro-
luce like effects
The change of opinion in the South had
resulted III u great measure from the growth
md Increase OF cotton raising. Il was we'll
Known that tho value OF cotton exported
rom the United States did not exceed fifty
thousand dollars thcn, while now, under iiI-
'orable circumstances its value was per-
ials one hundred millions of dollars per an
lun. Indeed he was told that when Air.
Jefferson negotiated the treaty OF 1894, with
England, lac did not know that cotton was
alsed III this country.
MIR. Webster replied to Mr.. Clhoun's OBJ
ection that the operation Of the govern
nent had been against the South, aud cal
'uiated to weaken her. lie cOntended that
he contrary was the fact.
Returning To Texas, MIR. Webster remark
ID, that lac had always been opposed To it,
because he knew that whoever possessed
Texas, it would be slave territory, aud lac
vas unwilling to extend that institution.
lie had time and again expressed him
elf strongly opposed to the introduction of
my new Slave States, or the acquisition of
my Slave Territories. Upon that point he
Knew no change ia his sentiments. lie had
expressed his belief in the Spartan maXnl-
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