New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-15
-CaIifornia- & ompromIs".


Tho w;se man viii hold forms subordinate
b. substs.nce- patriot viii consent to be-
beaten in appearance. u be reproached -
inconsistent and faithlo-. even. if hc can
thereby serge bis country. secure what De-
cs-ontial and let YOUR adversary 20 oii tn
umphiue over hi. victory if he can-so that
tho end H. secure. it j. all tfc better that he
sh1vH triumph W. have long been Wiling
Therefore. that it should be- SAID that me
North were beaten on the Wilmot Pro"'''
provided Tho New Territories. including All
Now Mexico we're thereby -hiolded from
tl,c pl4ctioqI incursiou- Of Slavery. The
letter h. Mr.. Webster Of Hugh \. Smith,
Delegate from Ncw-Mexico 10 Congress, is
direct and forcible-it confirms nearly all
our preyiou. accounts and wc cannot doubt
H. general truth The People Of New-Nex-
leo are intensely hostile 80 slavery
of them we're once slave, Themselves and.
chcrishug q salutary remembrance Of the
patriarchal institution, would rather not re
fresh ;fcir recollection Of it, tender mcrclc-.
Thrv are simple pastoral and agricultural
people. among whom Labor is -o cheap that
Slaves could not be pro6tably employed I'M
les IN mining, which is not now very prom
ising nor vigorously prosecutcd-ln fact
cannot be- until the Agricultural capacities
Of the country are improved, for miners must
have food and they are surrounded 10y
mountains and deserts Believing that the
defeat or establishment of the claim #
Texas D. jurisdiction and Sovereignty
over all New Mexico this side Of the
Rio Grandc does truly and practically
involve the question the Extension or Nom
Eytcnsion Of Slavery We regard with favor
any proposition which looks to the defeat or
extinction Of that claim Protect New
Mexico from the threatened grasp OF Texas, |
and you rescue her from Slavery and Sc
cure her To fr2edom-and in securing her !
You DO very much toward securing all be
youd The region unrighteously, impudcnt-
" claimed by Texas extends. on the east OF
the Rio Grande, from the 32d to the 42d de-
gree Of North latitude-about 700 miles
on all Of which there is now no slave, and
not fifty persons whc desire the establish
mont Of Slavery. Recognize the claim of
Texas. and all this becomes Slave Territory |
at a blow: defeat that claim, and II not
only remains Free Soil with or without the
proriso, though we prefer ii lc'h in order to
make assurance doubly sure, but it forms
= magnificent, effective, almost impregnable /
rampant against the Extension of Slavery !
beyond it. Every slave taken across any
part of this territory by the direction or
consent of his master is legally free from
the moment his foot touches its soil Others /
must act according to the light they have
IL may be clearer than ours-but, in our |
earnest judgment, if the present struggle |
shall terminate in the overthrow or extinc
ton OF The claim of Texas to dominion over
New Mexico east of the Rio Grande, II will |
have resulted in the substantial triumph of
Freedom, though the Wilmot Provisc should
fail % be enacted. This victory may he
ncutralized and even overbalanced by the
formation Of new Slave States out Of Texas,
but otherwise We see nothing that should |
b. regarded as of equal moment with the
rescue and independence Of NewMexico.
We, therefore, shall endeavor not to be
haSty nor rash in our judgments of those
true men who vote a. we should net ON the
propositions now engroSsing the attention of
the Senate. All 5 well that ends well,
and If the issue Of their course shall be the
rescue of New-Mexico without exacting too
.,rrAt ransom in the shape of the admis
siou OF new Slave States to be carved from
Texas as suddenly and amazingly as Eve
was formed from the side Of Adam, or the
payment Of too exorbitant douceur 10
Texas, We shall be content. For the pre-
sent we can only see that they are taking
ON themselves fearful responsibility, and
will heartily wish them favorable issue
thercirom.
But We are not Vet reconciled to the idea
of mixing up the admission of California
with these Territorial and Slavery questions.
1t looks like denying us the fruits Of a vic;o-
~ fairly won on ground chosen 10y our adj
vcrsarieS. They insisted that California
should be organized r'thouf the Proviso;
We wished it organised icith it, They had
the Senate, with President PolkS Veto IN
reserve, and they defeated any such organ
i1ation as We thought just and wise. Let
California decide for herself - let her set
tie the Slavery question. &c was their IN
ccsSant clamor. Mr.. Calhoun vehemently