Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-02-07

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an the sahsct &C slavery 10 Tie Disifct winch may here
afr h. exarcised II i slnld bscae exp@eut 10 d. -
heress ,ld thai Congress has under III constitution
na such legislative r,wer al 81. and that any aHrml
his eeaste would be et1ss frau 1p'n al me o'ae
oi the laun
>. The resolutions &c the honorable Senaor as>Sf'
that slavery dos esisi by law IN The t'fH'of
les recrn |, acquired from Mesir' whereas. ! a" "
bini,n that the treaty with The Maslcan Republic cat
RED The cilstIiutin nth all as guarantees, u an "
tefftry ahialHed hy treaty and SECUTED ne pfiss9e
every Saihetn Stakeholder II enter any part nj IT, a.
tended nv his slave property, and !" - J3s me >''''
therein fee from all mueslaton OF hintriuees wha'sp
2 Whether slavery i, ar nat likely to be ln'rodnre'
ioi, riese territories int, any me ii HEM i rf"
~ siiien taa uucrtain 10 NV Judgment. !" be at pesro
positively affirmed snd am I'm Hing t. nah" 50
i.nn aive declaration the miut. Lri The future
rroejaf ie appropriate solution II has ne'fsmg ques
lion
1 Carsiiefinr a. have several times h~fetoh'fe iaf
naliy DECLARED TIE Hle Il Texas To- all the territory
,phrare,l IN her boundaries laid down IN her law 81
lS56 T. n copplet. and undeoshe. am unwilling ~
say ans hing BY restitution ar otherwise which may =
The casi .gtep draw thar ,llle into question: as tnh
done hv u the resolutions 81 lie honorable Nenat
from Kentucky.
: lam. rn,n constitutional and other grounds, wholly
mn, - q, ibe rrorele If assuming state debts. Which
ond y ard IL be- rnbdrd Ia II The resolutions "'
tho l-aarahl- Srn,iu from Kentucky. II Texan s' II
T., b. hopsht (aud wuh crrtan appnpaat" safeguards, !
m, erieily N favor ii ~ let rs pay 10 th" sovereign
Sae OF Teas the value ihefe N money 10 De osru ~
her as she p'eases l. will be- rs think, more delicate
and snalbd Ia let her provide for tho management III
Al nalirt which ssuciiy domestic II It's chafaeier IN
such sunsr she may ehuts" presenting ai she vii
,et wiselv Justly aud honua1ly towards all Ia whom
she may b. lndrbed.
4 A. IN the abolition Of the Stare trade IN The DIS
ifrl nj Canmha, see particular AFFECTION IN II,
nfovi,Ied II Is done in n dtcae aud Judlcons manner
aud IS not cances,lan mena-e- or demands oi lac
ir,pisls and fanatics Ii olher questions can be adj
iusled this one will perhaps occasion but hI'Ie dllenl
~.
! The resolutions which provide for the restoration
oC fogtves from labor service and r the establish
nsn, of Territorial vefnmens free fom all restficinh
an the subject d slavery, we my hearty approval HE
last RS ,lnon winch a.sers hat Congress has no pow
Or Ia prob the trade IN saves between Stae-l equal
" approve.
: If all other questions CONNECTED with the SUBJECT
nf slavery can he satisfactorily aljusirdl ~ ohrcton
Ia aimittng all Cahi ahrve the line Of 30 dearees
3Omnutes into the nlnn provided another new slave
STATE can be- lad 81 within the present limits al Texas,
10 keep mp the present eqhPondcra'ce between
the slave and The fee slaes nj thu luton aud pro
ylrd lnhnr all this is dune by OF compromise aud
IN orier u save the Unon. Us dear 10 me as 10 any nan
living
Having thus frankly sta led my objections 10 the hon
urae SeunLis resolutions aud havlng stated alsn where
ia approve them shall cease 10 occupy The attention
Of he senate.
Nc Clay l. ismv purpose not 10 engage ut present
ia the discussion of this subject Nor do rlsa 10 make
any obsofyadans except one or two respect Ia what
the Senator from Texas (Nir Ru=k) has sud. lie. |
think msundrts"i the ae recrtsd 10 IN tl', resolution
as he pop sgd boundary 1t his State. / does take him
the ID NafDe. hui II does mol give him the whoe ut
from the mouth Ia ts s"nfce And IL feghfd !" The
nafllnn Of The country acquired from Mexico, called New
a a l., his SuIp On this subject
have expressed the opinions hold. and If Mt any tune
sha in necessary Ia discuss Those npin"ns with the
hnnntaha senator pethaps mlht b. dt,poSrd 10 do sn
Tor diiIrf in toto VITA hin. Sir, honor the senator :
waehfnnpss af II was all proper ~ HIM rs one o' The
representatives from the STATE OF iXas. when he found
hat her garments were be touched rise and make
lis protest AGAINST it. But really sr, when thlnk If
the hbefally If the oler. | cannot but think that
both he aud his State had better uccop than reject
H. Il an offer. however, aud may be- rejected or MT.
II 50. each party will emainin possession ol Its own
rnhta.
Resperiiop what the senator from Mississippi (Nlr
Faolp) says know hat he speaks from kindness in
every thlnI that he has uttered and am very happy
To flh his olrclions evelleI rather at the affairs If the
District of Columbia, except rs respects The limits oi
California which is subject or fair consideration when
the question ol her admission shall | was
not able To oct maps In consider the question of he
limits and have therefore expressed 1t IN the resolution
"simaf limits leaving my own mind open upon the
shj,cr.
huk the Senator from Mississippi also will find
when he "a eous der the resolution that the has
Il slavery in the Dis'licl is put firm footing witt
regard 10 the constitutional question. have expresse,
my opinion, aud we argued the matter twelve years ag
IN The Senate aud maj ny IN this body. large ma
trity. thought that there was m implied faith TIN
pan uf he Guvenmentno ~ abolish savety IN the DIS
nc; but thai The power existed suppose at least three
f,unhs of this dy believed at at ume And in lien
of the aUnnon of resulutinn-whlch think was oer