The North-Carolina standard., 1850-06-26

dent Polk, scas inserted accordance ,vi the princ
piles Of the Missouri line, and cpprooed By him; but
ne distinctly declared that if any bill should be pass
ed, during his Administration, prohibiting slavery
south of that line, he would apply his veto to it,
Indeed. he had prepared his veto to that effect, to be
applied the last night of his term as late exa-
nation of his papers by the Editor of the Nashville
Union has shown but these facts have never been
published in the Whg papers, will the late Pres
ident nor COL Reid ever receive justice in tis regard
at their hands. 1t is part ~s-he;. sllle to keep
back facts Important to do simple Justice
to their adversaries, while they l up the chasm
with fabricatons and misrepresentation of their
As INSCRIPTIONS partizans, bent retaining power
at all hazards and by every means such conduct is
to be expected, and exctes no surprise.
The right of the South to have the Missouri line
extended to the Pacific, and the grounds upon which
the Oregon bill was opposed by President Polk, are
thus strongly presented by Mr.. Seldom, of vir-
ginia, ina speech delivered by him in the House on
the 18th instant:
GAS have said, sir, and no fair-minded man has
denied controvert it, the Missouri line was
adopted and designed as compromise, by partition
between the slaveholding and the non-slaveholding
States, of the whole territory of the United States, and
intend to apply to the utmost western Limits of such
territory. Sir the full benefit of the line the Pa
fc ocean has on the faith of that compromise, been
States. Sir, as has been recently stated here, when
the ordinance of 's7, the prohibition of slavery,
was first introduced by the gentleman from Massa-
chusetts Mr.. Winshrop] into the Oregon bily it
thereto, and that ground many southern voted
for 1t. When afterwards the prohibition was actually
inserted in the Oregon bill is it no known-for was
it not solemnly declared by the President-that it
escaped and received his sanction only on the
faith and supposed obligation of the Missouri COM
promise?
The interdict of slavery in Oregon never could
have been law but for that compromise-above that
line to the Pacific the North had undisputed possess
sion and enjoyment. The institutions and the rights
eff the saveholding States debared and preclnded
therefrom. We Of the South have acquesced in this
lit in the bond and the faith of past legisla-
tion-on the force of compact scarce less stringent
than the fundamental law. We have relied upon and
now claim reciproca: rghts-our proportion south
of that line. AS Just and honorable men, can you,
representatives of the non-slaveholding States, now
deny and exclude US appeal to your respect for
the faith of your honored siresI invoke the solemn
obligations imposed by the reliance and trust we have
rePosed in your honor and justice, and call on you
the territory south of the line, in the full and
to the full extent even to the ocean, in which you
enjoy all north of it. The fact that you have realized
and are now enjoying the full benefit of the line to
that extent, with men of honor, must be conclusive
against the denial or reputation of the reciprocal
holding States. appeal from your prejudices and
aversions to your honor and JUSTICE
The Richmond Times. leading Whig paper, thus
notices these remarks of Mr.. Seldom:
CAT the request of Mr. Seddon, we insert the sub.
Joined report from the DAILY Globe of certain remarks
made by him on Tuesday, under the five minutes rule,
explaining his views respecting the constitutonaity
nf fh 1A g
that this explanation should go before readers
who may remember that, Saturday last, we argued
that consistency required him to oppose the Missouri
Compromise no less than the plan of the Senate, be-
We understood him to take the ground that the
South was solemnIy pledged to resist any exclusion
of her citizens, with their property by whatever in
from the Territories. 1t will now be
seen that Mr.. Seddon's position is that the Northern
and Southern States entitled to the public domain
in joint tenancy, but that equitable partition Of 1t
be,veen them IS tn conformity sOith the spirit g the
Constitution sohich guarantees them equal rights in The
common property. In this general principle ,0e fully
concus and, therefore, we have never admitted the
force Of the argument usually urged against the
stitutionality of the Missouri Compromise by Mr..
Calhoun, Gov. Tazewell and other eminent men of
heir political school. We agree soih M. Seldom,
he doctrine, that aO1cre the STATES, joint o,oness
he public territory. find It impossible to agree to the
node Of its enjoyment Il is peecty legitimate and in
rinsieaiy right to divide it sU;th hem.''
The difference between the Register and ourselves
this matter, is shis: That paper, in advocating the
Senates plan. would give up to the free States the
whole of California; and in falling back upon the
Presidents Plan-as it proposes to do in case the
senates plan is defea,ed-it would also yield up the
whole of that Territory, in disregard Of the Missouri
inc, and at the same time leave the Territories of
Utah and New Mexico without governments and to
he reign of violence, anarchy, and the sword. That
the Registers position, and it is the position of
he Wing party in North Carolina. We are in favor
II running the Missouri line through to the Pacific
'cean, Of thus dividing California, and of obtaining
Or the South At least portion OF that valuable
Territory. - s-st ass 5, 8
The Register endeavors to produce the Impression
hat Mr. Calhoun was opposed to the Missouri Com
promise. The fact is, Mr.. CelSoss seted for It, dur
ng the session at which Mr.. Clayton's bill was de-
eated and he stood ready at all times to settle this
'exed question Of Slavery on that basis.
In connection with this subject, we ask attention
o the remarks Of Messrs. Mason and Clay, on our
irst page to-day. 5es
The Address Of the Nashville. Convention to the
,eople Of the slaveholdng Sstes shall appear in our
next. Whig Editors in this State, instead Of de-
louncing the Resolutions and Address Of that BODY
Ind misrepresenting the motives of the Deleessss
would serve the canse Of the South and Of The
Union BY laying these documens before their readers
This, however, many Of them will not do. Thev
night offend some Of their Unioa-lovinx, Ffeesoil al
lies BY sucha course. ssss Sssa