The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-12

gressional adjustment of The territorial and sln-
rery questions!' Such is the faith by which
we shall live and die.-Ahens Ba .ner.
Which, being interpreted, means unqualified
submission. The banner had better make its
will, for it will not live" long, politically, on
such faith" us this.
Let lis see what this faith" is. An ounce
of fact is worth a pound of talk and bushel of
faiths"
The Union upon he basis Of The late Com
gressional adjustment Of The territorial and s!a-
rery questions! =
Stick pin there.
And now for the .territora adjustment"
what is it!
The lierican uar debt expended to conquer
this territory was one hundred millions OF dol
lars. OF that it has been demonstrated by
official financial documents the South has TO pay
sEvENTY-FIy MILLIONS. The Treaty OF Peace
with Mexico involved another expenditure of
fifteen millions Of dollars, of which the South
pays ten millions The Texas bribc to be paid,
is ten millions, and of this, in the same ratio,
the. South is to pay ss7,5o0,O00. Add seventy
five to ten millions and to 81 100000 and you
have KINETY-TWO AND A HALF MILLIONS rs the
Southern contribution for the purchase of this
Territory Well, the dispute about this terri
tory is the one just adjusted in Congress, and on
which adjustment the Banner pins its faith 10
+" live or die" by. Now what does the South
get for her share Of an expenditure of ninety
two and half millions! How much land 7
How many acres or square miles Of the 100000
square miles obtained from Mexico Not a
square mile, not acre, not a foot, no, not AN
Inch!
Is this denied! Then, we ask, where is it ?
Not in California with her Wilmot Proviso con-
stitution--not in New Mexico where her Free
soil constitution is already made and waiting
Il decent time. for the South to digest the
other pills that have been crammcd down her
ostrich throat to be admitted. Not in Utah
among the Mormons, for what Shareholder will
take his property there, with the fiat announced
by the Northern majority in Congress, that no
more slave States shall be admitted into this
Union? Where, then, is the foot Of land the
South obtains the use and enjoyment of out of
this nearly million of square miles, paid for at
a cost of 92A millions Of dollars! Echo ans
wers where!'
But is this all! II is only one chapter in the
book Of internal Outrage The United States
sent sixty thousand troops to fight this Mexican
war. Of these forty thousand Gn round num-
bers,) went from the South, and twenty thou
sand from the North What does the South
get for her share of the victory? What to COM
pcnsate her for the blood Of a Butler, a Dickn-
inson, Clay, Mckee, and a Harding! Nota
doit--not the pairing of mans nails. Hurra
then, for the Banners Congressional adjust
ment Ct the territorial question" Glory to
the noble faith by which it will live or die.
All honor 10 territorial adjustment" by vir-
tue whereof, in the vigorous language of Ran,
dolph Of Roanoke, .'Southerners with their
slaves are forever forbidden By Congress to oc-
cupy one foot of the Territories, for which they
are to provide three fo,rths ofthe money.coa and
have already contributed, tsuo-thndso Of The men
AND FoUR-FIFTHs OF THE GRAVES
Butts this all I! Does The "Tcrritoria adjust
ment" stop with taking away from the South all
the common land! No, indeed Not content
with gulping down the whole of the common
prize. these greedy free soil cormorants have
| actually "adjussed" away 90 millions of acres of
| Ieras Stare soil--enough to make two States
as big as Georgia. And this is part of the Ban
ners faith. Noble faith True hearted.
champion ofthe South! Fling up your hats all
| We Southern submissionists, who can stand on
the Banners "ierviforial adjustment" and olive
or die" by a faith, that robs, and plumbers, and
insults and degrades you.
| Let us recommend tossthe "Banner' while
| hunting up new devices to nscribe on the sub
mission banner, under which it proposes to 60
into the fight, to give some attention to its pa,
per. We hear that Mr. Cobb has been rechrist-
ened in this district, and is now known as the
Hon. Esau Cobb" Suppose the Banner
drops its title of Southern Banner and raises
its true flag Of the "Nordiern Bauner" with
Northern principles.
| The RICE HARvEsT.-The Savannah Re
| publican of Monday states that rice of he new
| Ter is all .b,,r