Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-04-13

On the question OF making new State in Texas,
prepared to say that feel myself bound to perform every
stipulation condition, and obligation of the resolutions Of
nexaon. Whatever the stpuatons are, bound BY
them This nation is bound, BY every principle Of honor
and good faith to fulfil its obligations with Texas No MAN
give any for the violation Of these spuaons that
he give for the violation of every human obligation
do know sir the opinion Of my State this subeci but
take it for granted that the State Of illinois will never 50 far
forget her duty this nation and her own character TO
violate the pshted faith Of this Government do not think
there is man in my State who will not consider himself
bound by the engagements Of his Government The Nor
mons, while they lived in that State were accused Of assu
ing they had authority from God to violate their
with But they have left the State and do NOT
think have any political Mormons in Illinois now. But
must be permitted ssy that think Congress has no nghf
take the initiative in this matter think there wrong
here the initiative ought TO be taken by Texas II is for
take the preliminary steps, designate the ertoy and
State and when that State asks for admission
into the Union, if il within the conditions of the
utions Of annexation, is the duty Of Congress to admit it.
But suppose the Southern friends anxious
squeeze State of Texas at this time is to bring slave
State into the Union In conjunction with Caiorns TO prs
the balance Of power maintain the equilibrium M
the Senate. Now, think there Is thing TO which
Southern gentlemen must make up their minds, and that
to submit what is inevitable The whole world must sub
what is inevitable and the South must submit to il
like the rest Of mankind tell you, sir, what think rs m
evable that the free States will ounumber the slave States
and that the power Of the free States will over
the power of the slave States. They will lose their relative
power in this nation They doing every day not BY
the action of Government but by the action Of irresistible
lawsaws that control the moral social and political cond-
ton Of man. You may well talk Of equazng the popuia
ton as Of equazng States There is another thing the
South may we'll understand, mention this as predic-
ton and that that the people of the North will never co
foot of free soil converted into slave SOIL they
prevent by constitutional resistance. believe the
North does not contemplate any other mode OF resistance
territory is annexed free, must remain free until as atc
il may choose to change its condition. II slave territory p
annexed (Cuba insance let remain slave territory until
as State chooses change its condition. Sir, 1t seems TO
there nothing unfair in all this the contrary that IT,
Just equitable No one, Think, in this advanced age
of the world should attempt to convert free man into slave
or free territory into slave territory.
Mr. President sincerely believe that if the South had not
the extraordinary position that slavery is the normaf
law of this country that like the electric fluid, pervades
space exists throughout this whole land where not
expressly excluded by law that avehoders could carry he
slaves like their horses California and New Mexico BY
force and virtue Of the constitution of the United States and
contrary the municipal laws of Mexico still in force there
the terrible feeling awakened in the North the subject Of
the Wot poviso would have found such general
preston in that portion of the country. When Southern
declare that slaves like horses, chaes that
they carry them with them into California and New
Mexico by virtue Of the constitution that the constitution
protects the right Of property in chatte and consequently
in slaves, the Northern feeling evots against such claim.
And even the very best friends Of the South compelled
reject such unenable pretensons. Sir, cannot believe ar
you Southern (Mr CLAr in the chair) have absolute
property in your slaves You have property in their SERVICE
and that is perpetual Slavery is state Of perpetual
sevude and you have right to employ all necessary power
them enforce such service But you have absolute
property in the man. in that mysterious being composed Of
boy and SOUL you do him you your horse,
because human law give you such property in him.
Sill slavery understood in this in any
ty-neither amongst the Romans. the Greeks The
Mahommedans and it is TO be deeply regretted that such
claim should be urged by Christians
have already said that the South may give all idea Of
an equilibrium Here existed and exist
1t is fancful notion at best the me'e dream Of Po
cal visionary You balance political power You
not weigh in scales You cannot regulate by any system
Of equiposes. The thing is simply impossible Why, sr,
South Carolina proud little State, spirited and intelligent
has welded political this Confederacy for seyc
years past than of the larger States Of the Union.
The experiment has been often tried, but has always isa
The French tried they have tried every kind Of exer
After their first revolution they established Govern
ment fancifully constructed, upon equilibrium
pounded Of territory and population. the delight Of
the enthusiasts Of that age No liberal politician of thatdsy
seemed fully appreciate the absurty of the experiment
Edmund Burke great English statesman, should
say Irish staesmanbut England appropriated him to herself
she does all renowned shmenha great statesman,
say, dcued the whole scheme, pointed out its abb
surdy and mpractcabty, and predicted its speedy de-
srucion. And sir, the prediction verified The
very FIRST heave Of the great political mess, shattered the
Government into thousand fragments and buried its pro-
ectors under its ruins The experiment. therefore, wholly
failed in France After the fall of Napoleon the Holy Ali
tried similar experiment. and if any body of men ever
possessed the power to out such experiment. The
members of the Holy Alliance at that time They SET
tied relative condition of the several nations of Europe,
and they established great continental system, upon what
they called ihe equilibrium of Europe. Sir, should like to-
know what has become of that system would like to ind
the of the equilibrium Of Europe now Sir in my
opinion the Gar of Russia could throw the whole Of Europe
at this momen with the exception perhaps of France and
England into scale and he would only have throw
bis sword The scale, and in year the whole os
Europe would be Cossack from the Bosphorus to The British
Channel So the experiment of equilibrium has utterly
failed in Europe. Sir, has succeeded and
succeed The thing is impossible ard impracicabe Yon
maintain permanent equilibrium between States
or nations, parts of nations But am wasting time
necessarily upon such subject
Now, If all the dangers which the South in tbs
far distant future this moment present and PRESSING,
upon us would respectfully ask Southern gentlemen
tell what remedy they would propose in such
tion of the Statesan amicabe destruction of this Govern
Southern gentleman stand Up quietly have the whip APP
piled to his back, TO the people of this country down
quietly and lock taney and unmoyeJ the destruction oS
their Government No, the very attempt woul be
the beginning OF of which hut God could foesee
the end Of determination and deseaon continuous,
ceaseless perpetual transmitted from father
son, from generation to geneaton until your great Anglo
American race, the pride, and boast, and glory Of ih
continent, would become byword, scorn and warning
TO the world The energy your that terrible
ergy which making you masters of this coniaen would
be the motive TO leraets desiructionyon
would devour yourselves But does any suppose
that the great Northwest with all its millions-hat worh
that is growing up between the heaiwaers of the Ohio
and the headwaers of the Missouri, between The Ale
ghany and the Rocky Mountains-w peaceably sub
init TO the mouth Of the Mississippi river in the pos
session Of oreign Government Never sir, never
With that people would be question OF t sson u
would be above all reason would be question OF
cessity and Of existence thing which they never would