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

st,,esr gosf !, ss,,oe
olssgi'i siea under fa no Was 10 ps.,ssse
Therc were in Ire Senate three S,ates,Sisi,,..
upon whom the eyes Of tho world had baer4ix-
ed and who In many coniiiet had brokers'
iances together Over groat political uaes-
tons-all equally devoted to the Constitu,iorS
and the Union. There were other Ssflis ahE
eminent Senators there. WHO Of Ill 3,hesef
was to propose? From what quaTt5r WA sthes
proposition to come We say, and correctly.
rom the North. But there was an actual, sx-
ls'ing state Of things. Wtsayas to propose z
NO proposition from q Southern Statesmen,
would nave mot with any favor: indeed thew
fiad none to make. No Northern 81 ates,,,cu
ventured to come forward. Some ON, ,,,.,
break ground. Al this juncture afr. Clay
submitted his Resolutions, and followed tben,.
up with speech, in which he endeayored t6-
ma'nh'm his several PROPOSITIONS. In this wc,
tmnk he failed. Iii two only, of the eight he.
hsbniItted, can we agree with hiu,--nne 4,
| reference to the recovery of ,lupi.iya syns.s..
and the other in reference to the power Of Con-
gross to prohibit ostrnc tho trade In slayes
between the slavelohling States. On, batb oi
these propositions his views accord entirely
with the views tho South. To his argument
on the power of Conercssl 10 lesislnte upon
the subject slavery in the territories. in yv,c
he holds the affirmative, deiucing the power.
from TWO sources, lst from ''the clause Which
con'ers OH Congress tho power TO regulate tho
territories and other properly of thctU. s. and
Znd ''thc trcaty-,naking power--the acquiring
power'-to his argument ON ,lis power the
reply is at hand. Now lc, it DO borne ir, mini
mat tiicre is no express grant of sncina 4 power
as he contends fort is a mere implied power.
The gSoutl,ern8yiew ilfTfnrnish fiic answer:
at tho time Of tho adoption of tho Constitution
oil the States were sovereign and cgual.-,hcy
hnve by consequence nm equal right to the ac-
quired and other properly oftlie United States
and any law of Congress, a5Tidging that right.
strikes Mt fundamental principle and is un-
constitutional. The Constitution recognized
slavery as propcny-.o r,ss law prohibiting
one or more Of the States frogfaTTiTsd by the
their property into !!s.i Common |benefi, Of all,
eo''',''on M hbrdgncnt OF that right and therer
,1S,9sssSWSould be unconstitutional. To Imply
a power Oh tho part of Congress would
destroy fundamental principle OF tho Ss9ss s
ton, tho equality fright. 1t would ns sss iss
unwarrantablc stretch nc s.7h:strurion
'.s.er is enjoincd BY tho Constitution ii 81 .35
necessary to effcctmute ii, il not expreR;5 b i@s q
ted. may be implied. Blu, bt yond wta4p. s
essary, Il is idle to contend for: and 80 rs
idle 70 contend fo- an imiiraiirp 4 a&.3 5
destroy d Jfsrsfanental:s priuciplo. C6isast {
has the power 10 acquire new terrific lis lfss s,
the powcrtq mako all neesEiiI rules ard Il,
ia,iors for the territories ha1 what kind ei
.rs,ss7'tailr, san tho or
any species ofproperty slavery be necessary for
that purposcl On this point eur Limits viii hi,
rsfr>i. us 70 say niu,u. ~ O frax& - ,,issents s
too from Dir. CLAY's proposilios5a respecting
ATexas DC FToposesto run the Texas limo I'M
the Rio Grnnde to New Mexico, about the 3ad .55
N. latitude and then Eas. to the Sabine, she !,
ceding ~ lad. below Sod. 30m. to the Uui.5
ted States for, it may DO, fair crI,ivaIen,..--
W. simply dissent
We have sald thai MIR. GLAf h=aeght ttsssssss ttssss
ward nt a certain iuucturc, the several proI;o-
sitions we have thus briefly noticed. We have
stated wherein we thought him wrong. We
have this to say further. His speech met with
no quarter at the South-lis opinions gcner-
ally were at war with ours and heavy denun-i
ciations wcrc leyelcd agninst him. He has
been called by many hard nnmcs. Hell cer-
| tainy obnoxious to the Charge OF pushingr and
| too far. Itis not our province, and therefore
we do not feel at liberty to Judge of the motives
! Of men. We arc bound to believe that his
general purpose was good; and under the cir
cums,anccs then existing, we feel assured that
! it did service. 1t condemned the course of the
North on several subjects in terms so decided,
a to awaken them. Ii was extensively circu-
lated and read, and brought them TO reflect. 1t
prepared the way for Mr.. WEEsTER's Speech,
with which, in some of the main features, 1t
agrees; except that the general tone os tho lat
ter is higher and more statesnnnllke. There
was cviden.ya change wrought by il ut the
| North But whatever bc tic final result ot
things, whether our differences shall ever be
adjusted or not--at some coming timc history
will review this period, and it will give him n
place-in the general summing up. it will
censurc many OF the acts; but il we mistake
not, it will commend the man. And now the
great Carolinian advanced with his heavy bat
tie axe, and with that directness Of purpo Sc,
: which belongs to him, he cut right through &c
the bottom OF his subject. He presented the
grievances OF the South in such plain and
truthful characters, and with go much power
as to leave the other side no alternative but e
mec,,he question. We can only join in the gsn
eral judgment, that il was every way worthy o
;, so ogreat man. His suggestion ss toan amend
mrni of the institution ysf, think very o,od