The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-23

'orm, nnd mean tO perform it with fidelity
not Wl1lloht aenho Of surrounding dan
gd 'E' not without hope. have a pnrt 20
sct, bt'iur my own security or safety, for
am looking out for no fragment upon which
TO loal away from tho wTock, if wreck thoro
must be, but ior The good of tiio whole, aud
ihc preservation of the whole; aud thorc s
thal which will keep me tn my duty during
this struggle, whether the sun aud the stars
shall appear or shnll not appear for many
days ! sponk today for the preservation Of
tlr lnon. "lloar me for my cuuse.' | speak
10 day. out Of u solicilous nnd anxious heart,
for the restoration 10 thc country Of that qui.
ct aud that harmony which make the bless
ugs Of this Union 30 rich and 30 doar to us
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my-ulrto discuss; those are the motives, ard
he sole motives, that influence me In the
wish To communicate my opinions 20 the
Senate and 10 the country; aud II | cnn do
anything, however liilc, for the promotion
oflhcsc onds, ! shall have accomplished all
that desire.
Nlr Webster proceeds To some longlh and
reviews tho conqucsts In Mexico; gives his
tory Of snycrY- -dcelnrng. uhni, al lllc- time
Of The adoption Of the Constitution, mon ffom
all sections Of tho Country dislilScd the ins,i-
tuition, and looked forward TO the tine when
II would be- cradicnlcd, but that the profits
arising from the growing of cotton has
wrought change IN favor of slavery at the
South. We omit this part of the speech, IN
order to give tho main aud more important,
Vouon thoprosout wcch.l
Well, sir, we know what followed. Tho
a.f uf cotton became "A golden age for our
o Southern brethren. Il gralfcd their desire
i1r Improvement and accumulation az the
same time that II excited IL. The desire grow
hy what II fed upon, and there soon came to
--.----!I!- -eaeerncAs- for other lerriiotY, nRcw
area, or new nrcns for tie cuiiiynti0n 0r Tic
cotton crop, and measures leading to this re-
suit were brought about, rapidly, one amer
another, under the lcnd Of Southern men AZ
rc hGHd of tho Government t,-they having u
majority in both branches, To accomplish
Nclr ends. Tho honorable member from
ruolipH observed that thcrc has hccn a ma.
lprity all along in inyor Of the North. lfthnt
hr true sir, the North has dctcd either very
literally aud kindly or very weakly for they
never exercised that majority five times IN
the history of the Government. Never
Whether They are ont gcncrnllcd, or whcth-
" Il was owing 10 othcrcnuses, ] shnll not
stop 60 consider, but no man acquainted with
the history Of tho country san deny; that the
general lead in tho politics oflhc country for
lllrcc-iourths of the period that has elapsed
since The adoption OF the constitution, has
been Southern lead. IN 1902, i'm pursuit
Of the idea Of opening n new cotton region,
Ilr United States Obtained a ccssiun from
Georgia of the whole Of her western terrific
~, now embracing the rich aud growing
-Slale Of Al0humn, In 1903 Louisiana Wue
yrchuec nom TraHCC 0ur ~ vtTT-tr tt='r-7--t---
-L-4zAs. md Missouri hnYc hccu tumcd us
suychOding States. In 1919 the ccssiyu of
Florida was made, bringing another ccs.ion
ol slavrholding property and territory. Sir,
w honorable member from South Carolina
thought he saw in certain operations OF the
Government, stieh as the manner OF collect.
ing the revenue, and the tendency of those
measures TO promote emigration into the
country, whnt accounts for the more rapid
growth of the North thnn tho South. Tie
thinks that more rapid growth not tho opcr-
alton Of time, but of tho system OF govern
mcnt established under this constitution.-
That is matter of opinion. To a certain
extent II may be 80; but il does seem TO me
ihnt If any operation ofthe Government
could be shown in any degree TO have pro-
NOTED the population,nnd growth,n md wealth
oil The North, II - much more sure that there
-aie suBdry Important aud distinct -eperaliops
OF the Government about which no mnn can
doubt, tending TO promote, and which nbso.
lulely have promoted, the Increase of slave
interest and the slave territory oflhn South,
Allow me TO say that il wis not time that
r. brought in louisiana IL was the act nf men,
hIwas not time that brought mF'lo-ida, it
was the nc, of men. And, lastly sir, 10 com
plcte these octs of men which have contrhu-
ted so much TO enlarge the area and Blo
sphere Of the institution of slavery, Texas,
great and vast and ilIimiiablg Texas, was adj
ded to the Union as n slave State in 1Si5;hnd
that, sir, pretty much closed the whole Gimp
Ter, and settled tho whole account. That
closed the whole chapter-thnt settled the
whole account, because the annexation of
lcNns upon the conditions and under the
guarantees upon which she was admitted did
not leave un'acre Of land, capable of being
cultivated by slave labor, between this Capt.
'o aud the Rio Grnndc or the Nueccs, or
Whatever is the proper boundary Of TcXas-
not AN acre, not one. From thai moment
the whelt' country from this place. to the
western boundary Of Texas, was fiXeN Npledg-
ca, iHstQned decided, to be slave hrritory
forever, by the solemn guarantees of hw.-I
And now say, sir, as the proposition upon
which stand this day, aud upon the truth
ahd frmness Of which intend to act until il
u overthrown, that there is not at this mo-
'neni IN the United States, or ia any territory
o' he United States, single foot Of land the