The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-11-16
CANTON MISSISSIPPI NOVEMBER. is 1880. q.

sity, 10 form q government Tor themselves. II
Southern men had gone to California, in sutii' /
eient numbers, theymight have formed Al State
Constitution , and thus takenadyantage Of the
bad faith of Congress They did not do 30
and the free soilers predomlhated-they made I
q Rep0Blicaa Constitution, and presented
thamsovcs for admission into tho Union. The
constitution, proyides that n new States may
be admitted by the Congress into this Union;
but no new State shall be formed or erected
wtaiu the iurisdicllon,of any other State; nor
any S'ato be formed by the junction Of two
or more States, OF parts OF States, without the
cons MT Of the Legislatures Of the States con- +
eeIned, as.wcll as of Congress.n Fl .r5 nis y
CaIiforniaNvhs not withh the jurisdiction OF
any other State, nor was it formed by the iunc-
ton of two or more States or parts Of States
ii was entirely within the iierritury of the
! United States, and, therefore, does not come
4 within either Of tbe above exceptions. Cons
gress, therefore, had full power 10 admit her
as a State. Itwas in the discretion Of Con-
gress 10 admit or refuse admission. She has
been admitted, and from that act there isnO APP
peal, Congress cannot repeal the law. CAL
lifdrnia stands now on an equal footing with all
the other States Of the Union. II California
could be repealed out Of the ULion, SO could
every other Statei and as the free States have
the majority in Congress, il this doctrine We're
admitted, they couId repeal all the Southern
States out Of the Union by an enactment Of
ten lines; and thus Congress would have the
puwero dissolve the Union at tsapleasure.
If, Il crefore, the law be constitutional and cun-
moi be repealed, bow is Mississippi 10 resist It's
execution! It can only be done by n. sulll.
i. cient armed force sent to California to make a
conquest OF that country against the combined
forces Of the Calilornans and the United
: States. Will Mississippi send such force!
;, The territorial bills or Utah and New Next
= co provide that those territories may finally be
!, admitted into the Union as StRtes iCtth or soitt
out Slavery, as the people thereof respectively
i may desire II is worthy Of remark, that botf
of these territories extend North TO the forty
:. second degree of North latitude. The Nashville
), convention was willing % ccmprOmise at '36
30n Under these hills tho territorial legisla
% lures may pass laws, for the protection 0
- slave properly, aud if Southern men posses
II themselves oi the country they willpass sue
laws. Our State convention, and out last Leg
slutuTe, solemnly "Resolped Thaiitittbe dnt
Al of the Congress of the United States to provid
Territorial organization and government to
al the Territories acquired by. the commo
. blood and treasure the citizens OF the seve
=, al States, and to provide the means OF entorG
ing, in said territories, the guaranlees OF th
Constitution ol the United States, in referenC
n to the property Of citizens Of any Of the State
removing to any Of said territories with u
ofI sume, ,0ittost distinction or Limitation" t.
on Congress has executed this resolution to II
.rn letter. It has passed general law und
ny which oil persons and property may be prOtec
,ur ed 'toriLout distinction or linritatioa," Cor
rm aross M gin, with poprietv, have gouo a lit
he farther, and made special pfouision for the pr
the lection Of save property; but this was not r
her quired bv our State Conventions, and has n
been done, How, then, can we complain
lip. Will Mississippi send an armed force to Ut
her aud New Mixico to resist the very laws viii
she she has required Congress to pass?
ce, n The propositiunto to settle the boundary qu'
gle lion between Texas and New Mexico, has .
nd yet been accepted by Toxas. II Texas reiu'
tits the offer, it does not become n law7-lt Tex
and accepts the offer, it then becomes a contract
the tween the United States and Texas. !
}. mower Of the Federal Government to settle
ties, boundary and make such purchase is not disE
leg ted. The purchase Of Louisiana, Florida, a
Dis. New Mexico, settles this point. VIII Miss
the sppi send an army to Texas TO resist the e.
,wer cution Of this contract in the eventNoi its
rom eeptance by Texas!
, as These questions are easily answered. N
with. $ ssippi will commil no suehact ol folly, y
Con sissippi knows that the honslilQtlop, and
/ the flaws Of the United States passed in pursua
was t6ereoG are the Supreme law Of ate land;
yress THAT the Judges IN every State, (as well as
Dis! people Thereof are bound thereby; unytt
Tint in the constitution or laws Of auyState 70
,ople contrary notwithstanding; she will never
tates louadin State Of rebellion against law
The this character. Mississippi is a.unionloy
luse law-obiding State. She claims the cons'
tic as ton as an ancestral legacy above all prl
from and when that holy charter is trodden U
iund, foot by any portion of ihe coniedeIaey
t will boldly denouncelhem qsDisanioaisIs
J, and Traitors, and treat them accordingly. ssl
uced. /, is true that Mississippi was opposed 7
70 the admission OF California, and probably y
were, proposition made to Texas. She was ais
rec to posed 10 the incorporation Of the pnitedS
that Bank--to the high Protective TarlH, ana
orce? ternal improvements by the Federal 70
: 49, ment, as unconstitutional measures Bp
= n confnedher opposition to her lntellsc'p
. r..,a ,,.,,u H. 1Jions n1easurpS were Tept