The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-12-04

film al thisi Is shrre not rather rrason
for congrsiulalion. that in the establish
] menl of this ierrisnriai government truth
and justice have Iriumphed over error and
, fsrai;cisms
This is mol all. Slavery already exist
J ed in Utah. The Mormons. il Is said,
carried IL there. The ninth section Of The
: Acl provides expressly far wriss-of error
and appeals 10 The Supreme Court Of the
United Slsies.--and declares that in all
/ rases involving lille 10 Slaves. The said
. wriis cf error or appeals shall be allowed
and decided by The said Supreme Court.
t with or without regard TO The value Of the
! matter. properly, or iille in controversy"
: The same section coufers on the Courts
I of The territory . common Law jurisdic-
lion"-and the last section provides iha,
: |" the Constitution and laws Of the United
States are extended over. and declared 10
be in force in said terri ory 50 Gar as The
same or any portion Of Them may be sp-
: lplieablc.
; What follows from these provisions
There is plain recognition Of The rela-
lion of master and slave-ihe Courts are
I opened 10 Try title 10 slaves. and common
!, law jurisdiction is given those Courts.
n Besides this the lugiiive Slave law enacIs
Il that when any person held TO serviinde
a or labor in any stale or territory. dc. shall
+ escape, &e."
= To what territory does this enactment
\ \ referl Not TO Minnesota or Oregon, be.
i cause slavery is expressly forbidden in
i both. Utah and New Mexico are ih.
4 only territories 10 which il can apply
> The gentleman insists that the difficulty
is the supposed existence Of the Mexican
y laws abolishing Slavery. But wha;evel
N may be said OF those who believe ihes.
y. laws do exist. how will this avail him O.
es such as think with him! He eniertain
'e- the opinion that those laws ceased 10 hav,
=. any force after The territory was acquires
~ !" from Mexico. Bul if they were in fore,
m before the passage Of The Utah bill, do no
cd the provisions 10 which have referred
ITO by implication al least, repeal lheml
g. they do not, still there is ample provisio
~ ~ made 10 raise The question and try The I
a,o % lie TO slaves, by the Supreme Court Of III
me Union. and how can any man who sus
tanned the Clayton compromise, as a PAL
lid lacea for The lille that threaten us, insi
60 that nothing is gained by this Act for III
de South contend that the provisions ,
10. the Utah and New Mexico lerrilori
d. bills in reference TO Slavery are substal
nm tally The same with those of that Con
ed promise, for which the gentleman an
a his friends voted, and for opposing whic
vs. no quarter was shown 10 few soulher
mcn who voted against il. IL there b
ms any doubt on The question whether Slave
ad nv can legally exist there, whether il
"a. shut ou, by any law Of Mexico prior
,e- The treaty Of Guadalupe Hi,lalgo, VIII.
N. provision is expressly made for trying
Id Ties to slaves, under which The opinion I
n. the Supreme Court may be obtained o
he this very question. This Mr.. Calhoun
he himself. and if | am mol mistaken, all VIII
acted with him, were willing TO abide
,r- How then, again ask, can this measur
~ he made the cause Of just complaint j
IS, the South Are we not estopped fror
lie so doing by our of recorded opinions!
le. come now 10 that part of The Con
lie promise. which more than any other seem
nd to have excited the hostility Of the ger
- tIeman, and aroused TO its full height. hi
Ir. patriotic Indignation! The Texas bour
darv and New Mexican Territorial bill
IS. that above all things done by Congress
ed since the days of the Alien and Se,litio
'al laws, is filled with gorgons, hydras an
IS. chimeras dire ut has run rough.sho
over the rights Of poor, helpless, defence
W. less Texas. whose Senators and Repr'
o. senlaiives abandoned her in the hour {
Of peril and distress, and humiliaiing to n
la late, /, was nefarious scheme 10 despo
the Soulh of Slave territory, perfected b
an the bribery Of the American Congress
he through Texan Bond-holders lie woul
RS, have us believe the bond-holders, thes
ll- harpies, who were ready to prey upo
cy the tender consciences Of Congressmel
Ter were in The lobbies-beset the gallerlt
Ter and The oor-ways-intruded ihemselvt
nd into the sacred recesses Of Leglslalis
wisdom, where sal The gentleman himse
ise wrapped in the solitude Of his ow
act originaliiyr' What picture !-Whal
for scene for The pencil Of The artist, and v b
les humiliaiing spectacle for the friends
le. Representative Government! One d'
lei this ngarious scheme was rejected, Il
he next il was reconsidered, and passe
he agains, all the principles Of parliament
les ry law! All! the soft impeachment b
aid been TOO irresistible, the delicious app
all had been handled, the bribe had done
III dirty work. the stern virtue of the Anne
ay can Legislator yielded to the en,icemer
/" Of gold, and The odious measure bccan
ere the law Of The land, by vote of l07
ab- OF! And where, pray. was the gent
ur- man himself during all this while /! WI
Sc. did he mol cry aloud. and expose SUI
not villainy! Was it because those /" bribil
Of bond-holders" passed him by, witho