The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-03-20

and nj Ista ys g! aisarai JacEson' ' Iaa, d. an{Sl
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ga. edfiit that .seye had bs6Ir for d l.; s,
tima desire oir tho pan pss tIe South, Isiia
inc Administrations bplieyc, to acquire FlSa
aa, butit Ras very different from the nsasfs s&s
assigned by the lsbnorabla Senator. Ths
were collected together four tribes of Inalas;.
The Creeks, the Choetaws, the Chlckusaws, aj
the Cherostees, about thirty thousand wasrio
who held connection, almost the whole {
them, with the Spunish authorities in Florid:,,
ana carried OH trade pnrpc,uity with titctniI
II was well known that most pcrnicioua iniiu.
eace wasthus exercised over them; and II wa.
Iie desire of preventing conflict between the
INDIANS agd ourselves in the South, as believe,
Which insucnd the acquisition Of Florida.
come nowto Louisiana. We we'll know that
uio immediate cssass for tho acquisition Of Lou
isiana wasthe suspension Of our right of depo-
s,te 81 at New Orleans. Under treaty with
SPAN we had righ, to the navigation of the
river as iat as Nov Orleans. and righs to
make depostcs in be port of New Orleans.
me Spanish autipritics interrupted that
right, and that into ruption produced preat
agitation a, the Wot, and may say through.
out the whole Unit.d States. The gentle.
men then in opposition, highly respectable
party-the old Federal party, which have
never said word d dsrespect in regard to
Ill mistake not, Dok the lead in desire TO
resort 10 arms 10 a,quire that territory MIR.
yehcrson, more prudent, desired to procure it
0y purchase. ptrchase was made, ia or
ucr 10 remove the difficulty and to ri 70 an
outlet 10 the West b the ocean. That Mas
t,e immediate cauc Of the acquisition NJ
Louisiana. Now, ar, we come To- TeAz
rerhaps no gentlemen had more TO do WI,
Inc acquisition OF Texas than myself; and
aver, Mr.. Pcsldent, that would have bcon,
among the very last'ndivdual in .,c United
o''tcs 10 naTe made any movement at that
t'fnc for the acquisition of Texas; and 70
further, II know mjsrlf, was incapable. of
acquiring any Territory simply On the ground
'na' II was 10 be an enlargement Of slave ter
rltnTy. w"uId Justas freely have acquired
II II u had hecn on the Northern as on the
Southern side. M, sir, very diff.rcn, mo.
tivcs actuatcd me. | knew a, = va-v o,r,,,
per'n"-i wI' not g' into ;;e history of tt
'"t ns't'sn Governmtnt had given encourage.
W, Il 10 the A>o'itonsls OF the United States,
VINO were represented At the Worlds Con-
Ve"'ion The question OF the abolition OF
slavery was agltated n that Convention One
gentleman stated tha Mr.. Adams informed
nm That It the BrItis Government WISHED Il,
abolish slavery in TIC United States thcy
must begin with Teas. A commission was
sent from this Wold's Convention to The
British Secretary Of State, Lord Aberdeen:
'"d IL S" happened tint gentleman was pre-
sem when the interview took place between
Lard Aberdeen and tie committee, who ,rave
me 'ul! account OF il shortly after It occur
red. Lord Aberdeen fell into he project, and
gave full encouragement To the Abot,onists
wen, sir, 1t is well Known that Lord Aber-
ieen was very direG, and, in my opnon,
! very honest and worthy man: and when
Nlr. Pakcnham was sent here tn negotiate
With regard TO Oregon, and incidentally with
aspect to Tcxas. he was ordered TO read a
declaration To this Government, stating that
he British Government was anxious 10 pr,
IN end 10 slavery allo or the world cominen-
ing at Texas. II is well known, further,
hat at that very iitnc>anegocia,ion was gong
N between France and England to accom-
,'ish that object, and our Government was
brown by strltagem pat Of the ncgociation;
nd mat object was. iirst,, ~ iIatyvse Msssssc
fb8hF9 igeTt0ilfntti igeTt0ilfnt Sii5t she would ablisii
All these are mattess OF history; and where is
he man so bind-,aI am sure The Senator
rom Massachusetts is not 80 bind--as no, 10
see that if tho project OF Great Britain had
,ecn successful, ia. whole frontier Of The
States Of Louisiana. tsrkansas, and the ada
cent States would have been exposed to the
nroads of British cmssaries. Sir, so far as
vas concerned, put it exclusively upo ,ha,
ground. never would run into the folly OF
rc. c.anrcxation, which always held to be alb
surd. Nor, sir. would | put it upon the
might we'll have put it-of
commercial and manufacturing consitlera-
lions; because those were not my motive
principles, and chose 10 assign what were.
So far as commerce and manufactures were
wou!d not have moved in The
matter at that early period.
The Senator Objects that many Northern
gentlemen voted for annexation. Why, sir,
II was natural ,ha, they should be ,lcsirous OF
fulfilling the obligations Of the Constitution;
aud, besides, what man At that time, doubted
that the Missouri Compromise line would be
adopted, and that tln Territory would fall
entirely TO the South! All that Northern
men asked Tor at tia. time was the extension
OF that line. Their course, III my opinion,
was e,nincnt!y correct and patriotic.
Now, Mr.. President, having made these
| must ~ back little further,
and correct statement which J think the
Senator has lcft very detective, relative ;o the
ordinance OF 1897. lie states, very correct
~, that 1t commenced under the Old Coniei-
Grafton; that 1t was stewards confirmed by
Congress; that Congress vas sitting IN New
York Al the time, wl,ic the Convention sat in
Phiiadclphia; and TINT there was concert OF
action. have no, boxed INTO tho ordnanc C
very recently, but nf memory will serve Inc
thus lar; That Mr.. Jefferson introduced his
first proposition 10 exclude slavery in l7Si.
There WAS vote taieu upon It, and J think
on that vote every Southern Senator voted
against il; but aul not certain Of 1t. Onc
thing am Cer;aln o, that II WAS ,hrcc years
before the ordinance could pass. Ii was
s,url,ly resisted down To l7S7; and when il
was passed, as ! hi, good reason to believe.
II was upon pr'ncp!e OF conp; ;onsse; first
that the ordinance houid contain provision
similar 10 the one put IN the Constitution.
with respect to tug'!vc slaves; and next, that
it should be inserted IN the Constitution: and
this was The cnnprinise upon VIII ch the pro-
hiht'on was inserted IN the ordlnacc OF 1897
We thought We k,d an indemnity IN that
but we made 4 greet mistake. o. what nos-
slb!c advantage h,- 1t been 10 us! Violated