Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-03-11

: ry the people of each State asking admission NAV
desire; and in such State States shall be formed
out OF said Territory north of said Missouri comprn.
mise line, slavery or involuntary servtude, Except for
crime,) shall be prohibited.
Now what is here stipulated, enacted secured o.
is, that all Texas south of &c deg 80 min which h
nearly the whole oft shall be admitted into the Union
as slave Sfate-it slave State and therefore
came in slave Stae-and that, new States shall be
made out OF 1t, and that such States formed out Of
hat portion OF Texas lying south of 36 deg 80 min may
come In as slave States to the number of four in addi
on 10 tne state then in existence and admitted at that
Ilme oy 1nese resolutions know no mode of Legis-
laton which can strengthen that. | know no mode of
recognition that can add title of weight to it. lis
tened respectfully to the resolutions of my honorable
friend from Tennessee tMr. BeLL.) He proposed to
| recognise that stipulation with Texas But any add-
ona recognition would weaken the force of it, because
1t stands here on the ground OF contract for consid
Grafton. 1t is law founded on the contract with Texas
and destined to carry that contract into effect A re.
cognltlon founded any consideration and any con-
tract, would not be SO strong as it now stands the
dldy confess in which this Government acting in good
falth as trust always will can relieve itself from that
stipulation and pledge, by any honest otegsa
ton whatever And therefore saw again that so far
as Texas IS commemorative whole Of Texas south of36
deg 80 min, which suppose embraces all the slave
errtory-there is land acre the character of
which IS not established by law law which cannot bs
repealed without the violation Of contract
hope sir it is not apparent that my proposition so
Tar AS Texas is concerned has been maintained and the
provision in this artceand it has been well suggested
by my friend from Rhode Island that that part of Texas
which lies north of thirty degrees of north latitude
may be formed into three Staesis dependant in like
manner upon the consent of Texas herself a slave
State.
| Well, now, sir, how came it? How came it that
within these walls where it is said by the honorable
member from South Carolina tina, the free States have
a malority-this resolution of annexation such as
have described it, found that majority in both Houses of
Congress Why, sir, it found that majority by the
vast addition OF Northen votes added 10 the ent re
Southern vote, OF at least nearly the whole ofthe So th
ern votes. 1t made up of Northen as we'll as OF
Southern votes In the House of Representatives it
stood, think about eighty Southern votes for the adj
mission Of Texas, and about fifty Northen votes for
the admission OF Texas. In the Senate the stood
tor the admission OF Texas twenty seven, and twenty
tive against it and OF those tweny-seven votes CON
stitung majority for the admission OF Texas in this
body, no less than thirteen of them came from the free
States-tour OF them were from New England. he
whole OF these thirteen Senators from the free States
within fraction you of half of all the votes i'll
this body Tor the admission Of Texas, with It's inn
measurable extent OF slave terrory-were sent to this
Sir there not remarkable chapter in our history
OF political events, political parties, and political men,
as is afforded by this measure for the admission of Texas
with this immense territory, that bird fly over
in week. [Laughter.] Sir, New England, with some
OF her votes supported this Three tourhs of
the votes OF liberty loving Connecticut for in the
other House, and one-half here There was one vote
for it in Maine but am happy say not the vote of the
honorable member who addressed the Senate the day
before yesterday, tMr. Hamlin0 and who was then
Representative from Maine in the other House but
there vote two from Maine-aye and Their,
was one vote for it from Massachusetts the gentleman
then representing and now living in the district in which
the prevalence OF tree soil sentiment for couple oyears
has defeated the choice of any member t. repre-
sent it in Congress Sir, that body of Northern and
Eastern men, who gave those at that time are
now seen taking upon themselves the nomenclature
OF politics, the appelaton of the Northern Democracy
They undertook to WELD the desnies of this empire
may call republic an empire-and their policy was
and they persisted IN IT, to bring into this all the
territory they could. They did it under pledges-ab-
solne pledges to the slave interest in the of Texas
and afterwasds in the case of these conquests--
My honorable friend from Georgia, in March, ls47,
movede Senate to declare that the war ought not to
Tor acquisition, for conquest for the dis
memberment of Mexico. The same Northern Demo-
cracy entirely voted against it, He did get vote
from them. 1t suited the views the patriotism the ee-
waited sentiments Of the Northern Democracy to bring
u world here am99g the mountains and valleys Of
California and New Mexico, any other part of Mex
leo, and then quarrel about ito bring it in and then 10
put upon it the saving grace ofthe Wilmot provso.
There were two S eminent AID highly respectable
4emen IN this Senate refer, and do with entire
5espect for entertain for both OF those gentlemen in
Seneral high regard, to MIR. Dix, Of New York. and
Mr. Niles, OF Connecticut-w voted for the admission
OF Texas. They would not have that vote any other
way than it stood; and they would have it as il
aid stand speak ofthe vote upon the annexation of
OF Texas. Those two gentlemen would have the re-
solution of annexation just is and they voted for it
Just as il is and their eyes all open it, Ny homo
raole TREND, the member who addressed the other
day from South Carolina, the then Secretary of
State. His correspondence with Mr.. Murphy, the
charge daffares of the United States in Texas had
been published That correspondence was ali hatore
those gentlemen and the Secretary has boldness and
candor to in that correspondence that the great
object sought by the annexation of Texas was TO
strengthen the slave interest of this country Why sir
he said in so many words
Mr.. CALHOUN. Will the honorable Senator permit
me to interrupt him for moment?
Mr.. WEBSTER, Certainly
MI. CALHOUN am very reluctant TO interrupt the
honorable gentleman; but upon point Of SO much i'm.
portanee, deem it right put myself rectus in curig
did not putt upon the ground assumed by the Seus,
tor. put upon this ground that Great Britain nod
announced to this country in so many words that her
object was TO abolish slavery in Texas and throuoh
Texas to accomplish the adjustment of slavery in he
United States and the world. The ground nrt il nm
was, that it would make an exposed tr1ntier and if
Great Britain succeeded in her OBJECT, it would be i'm
possible that that frontier could secured against the
aggression of the abotonsts; and that this Govern
ment was bound, under the guarantees of the cons,u.
ton, to protect us against such a state of things
Mr.. WEBSTER. That comes l suppose, sir, TO ex>
actly the same thing. 1t was, that Texas must be oh
tanned tor the security of the slave interest of the South
Mr. CALHOUN. Another view is very distinctly given
Mr. WEBSTER, That was the object set forth in the
correspondence o! worthy gentleman not now living
who preceded the honorable member from South Caro-
lima in that office. There repose the files OF the De-
Partment OF State, as have occasion to know strong
letters from r Opshur to the United States minister in
England and believe there are some to the sam. minis
ter from the honorable Senator himself asserting to this
extent the sentiments of this Government that Great
Britain expected not to interfere to take Texas on
of the hands OF its then existing Government and mako
" Hee country. But my argument my suggestion is
TINS that those gentlemen who composed the Northern
democracy when Texas brought into the Union saw
with all their eyes that it brought in as slave eoun
and brought in for the purpose Of being maintained
as slave territory to the Greek Kaends rather think
the honorable gentleman who was then Secretarv NJ
State might, in some of his correspondence with Mr.
Murphy have suggested that expedent to saw
too much about this object that it might create soms
alarm: but sir, he did avow it boldly and manuly: he
did not disguise his conduct.
Mr.. CALHOUN. Never, never.
Mr.. WEBSTER What he means he is very apt to saw.
Mr.. CALHOUN. Always, always,
Mr.. WEBSTER. And Honor him for it. This was
in l645. Then, in lS47 fragrant beo between the Uni
ted States and Mexico, the proposition have mentioned
was brought forward by my friend from Georgia-ths
Northern democracy voting straight ahead a9ainst i,
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