The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-08
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ting c.iorais % preserve ,hs line Of g dee 30 min
ment with pro,sclion 70 southern property
costing srsA rsmsdss b y. ws mus, say they are
as Win be seen by reference 10 the sct for the purpose OF
onsheg ..'s:sancs' e the admission q California Nei
thing whatever DO with IT, The convention has been
% ns Ne s.s aSss failed
SS es ' III a%ss Of ss %
consideration Of The convention But the editor does not
ns ns 0a "a" He hs Sa
self And YET he thinks that the convention should require
Congress, ast its session." to repeal invalid law
dsadhitei lie /, certainly hard pushed to fud some.
thing Tor the convention 10 do.
So much Tor the first remedy--lhe repeal of law which
the editor admits is Of ioce aud feless as an Egyp
tian mummy He next proposes Thar Congress sboad d.
Admitted and independent State OF the conederacy
li'ed 70 all The rights and Prveses which belong 20 the
more divide her territory than tina, Of Georgia New
YORK Tne case Is not analogous e that q Texas Ianre
California her limits distinctly defined nothing is LEFT
in doubt which would authorize the interference 81 Com
gress We dismiss this remedy essore as mere absurd
Such i Inc which the editor Of the Morning Nsw
asaosasas h as
free soil I aea oPpossSk he admission Of California and
e and an insult to the south masmach az was passed
mainly by southern votes and believing the Utah and New
MEXICAN 10 De detective, the Mexican law
pealedafter all this sound and fury. signify
ing nothing" the remedy to kill dead law little dead
uosnsi This i the most sublime instances Of the radaeo
ad abssrasn we have ever met With After alarming and
posed to heal all our ills simple absudtes! THIS is
the entertainment 70 which ne Is Invited I'm
ouy reliance is upon such these. Our
Pora IL aware that Congress declined to alter tue boanda
res OF California In the bill Of admission Does he NOT
know that will be done that she is the Union,
and cannot be without her consents He is also aware that
he expect that Congress viii do now that terri.
oria governments have been given 10 New Mexico and
provo was repndated by Congress in framing the
few questions in addition those which he has already
answered Does he believe that Congress win repeal
Does he believe body will epea alter the Ia
admitting California in the manner indicated, without
agree 10 And hnay Congress win do neither the one
the other. what does he think Georgia and the oheI
! southern States ought TO do
JUDGE WELLBoRN's LETTER TO HIS CoNsTIr.
VENTS.
TO the voicrs Of the Secoad congre,ioaal Dsr,et u
Georgia;
The solicitations Of citizens Of tie district, connected
with the fact that circumstances may delay my 10
Georgia cf rev weeks, have induced address you
udlica, letter
Win Georgia, by way of rssentng the late bills passed
the Unon otherwi So "resist It's goyerneptf Having
GHases. b. P s
savery would render snch step necessary, and having
my mind, Lal Inc avetscn Of northern opinion and feel.
10 slavery Will sooner or later and IN way other
lead either the overthrow oil the SOUTH or oil the Union
| propose offer late meas.
urcs, with view show that, although not justly aiisac
nv w setiem.nts heretofore ade between The
savetoldng non-slaveholink sections Of disputes
speeding save.yto show. in ne that we can honorsbly
fhs Utah and New Mexico territorial Bills are obviously
more favorable Than suen Is We have until within few
OF the admission
OF California with without division OF her boundaries
been aceu stoned demand They exceed IN essential
PARTICULARS OF great value the South, the provisions
The now somewhat historical peace measure proposed BY
Territories adopt slavery prior the alton OF Stale
constitutions Was expressly withheld from them, while i
snply silent the subject OF the great and BY tit
Worth hitherto uniformly denied right Of the people Of the
Territories ofgtnzng State governments TO adopt slavery
be the Uaion without objection for tia
cause Not line Utah and New Mexico bills There
ohng 10 them which stands In opposition to the intro
slavery amy and the right Of the people innab
thrln adopt III their anticipated State constitutions
is expressly guaranteed Yet tho Clayton COMPOUNDS
ceived the unanimous support Of southern democrats and
houses of Congress and il is fresh memory that
OF deemed 100 to be visited the
WA. asssroyes Whether they are not likely 10 incur a.
much rep zach for abandoning TO a partial extent
The inyesisslng habit OF the late e1 Prrsident Polk.
mind. his sound Judgment and the known caution with
which he selected his line OF policy have given more
ordinary his opinions In the estimation OF his
Treating OF these Mexican Territories in his
annual message Of l8sS, he held the following language
question believed rather than practical
whether slavery would exist IN portion OF the
From the the climate
portion OF certain could
h In the remainder the probabilities II would But
however this may be- the question: involving as doess principle
partners In the conederncy should not be dsreearded
In organizing governments over these Territories, duty Inn
the constitution requires that they should eg
hats subject slavery while their power,o DO .. NOT only
OF instrument Whether Congress shall egsae not the
OF the acquired Territories when assembled convention "a
form State constitutions will the sole and exclusive power to
determine for themselves whether slavery shall or shall pot exist
limits shall abstain from interfering with
Territories will be Ie ree adjust
they may think proper when they apply for admission States
into the Union"
And sgaint
fortunate peace harmony
question Its and only for the
admitted Union population
flowing into them is highly probable that this viii
occur"
It's thus seen that while the present Congress have not
followed the recommendation OF Mr. Polk in observ-
ing complete silence respecting slavery in Its legislation
IL has departed from IL In only essential particu.
arit has affirmed and grated the record egsa.
trine in American poticsso vastly necessary as con-
coded truth 10 iedeIative system OF
which permitted be exercised In the OF Nilsson
's admission, only such cost the right
of the people regulate for themselves their social
labor including slavery and their right irrespective
those forms, TO freely States into the Union. am
unconscious that the value Of this stipulation some
by the TACT that the bty that various causes
the people Of these Territories will