Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-08-02
But to the extract, which is as fol-

| What does Massachusetts and the
free States lose by this billl They
lose the application of the Wilmot
proviso, and nothing more. Califor-
MA is admitted, they desire that; the
Texas boundary question is settled,
and that they desire, and desire to be
settled upon liberal and just terms.
What was the value of the Wilmot
proviso as applied to new Mexico7
Nothing. There was no sacrifice
made by withholding that proviso.
He alluded to the improbability of
slavery ever being carried into New
Mexico, as well on account of the
country as the opinion cf the people
OF New Mexico themselves. And
repeated that, as regarded New Mex
leo, the proviso was nothing but an
abstraction, for whether applied or
not, things would remain precisely as
they were before.
He alluded in terms ofcommenda-
ton to the speech eff the Senator from
Connecticut (Mr, Smith, upon the
improbability of slavery being carried
to New Mexico, and maintained that
by that speech the exclusion of sla-
very was clearly demonstrated. He
regretted that the Senator, however,
did not intend to vote accordingly.
The reason given by the Senator
I was, that he was under instructions
from his State. He then examined
the doctrine of ofinstructing representa-
tives, and the duty of the representa-
tive to obey those instructions. He
examined how far instructions, bas-
ed upon ex-parte considerations of
subject, and given under different
state OF circumstances, by a small
portion OF the country, were binding
upon one who is sworn TO discharge
duty to the whele country; and by
whose vote may be determined ques-
tions involving the honor, renown,
and destinies of twenty millions of
people. He examined it as a ques-
ton ofmorals, and cited the case of
representative instructed by his
constituents, and who pledged to
vote according to the Instructions,
who, when he came to take his seat
in the French Assembly, was objec-
ted to and rejected, on the ground
that, being pledged beforehand to a
small constituency, he was not fair
legislator for the whole nation.
He said that members ought to be
free in their action in the public coun-
cils. The Senate should have Will
mot proyiso uponit. Members were
not free to act according to their no.
tions of what was just, wise, and ex-
pedient. He thought that if the ge-
MUS OF liberty, having power to en-
force its decree, would appear in the
heavens, bearing a scroll on which
were inscribed the words, "Neither
slavery nor involuntary seryitude
snail exist, in the Congress of the
United States, except for the punish
ment of cfime," that it would be a
great blessing. How could the spir.
it of freedom free mems limbs and
bodies in the Territories, and leave
Congress bound and shackledl
He commented upon the evils of
instructin Representatives upon this
one idea, while the very fact ofbeing
instructed uponit acted to the preiu-
dice ofthe other great and paramount
interests of the country. All the bu-
siness interests, the laborer, the IIiSr
chant, and the manufacturers, were
now oppressed for want Of proper
Legislation in their behalf, and this
Wilnot proyiso stands in the way
and checks all things. Never were
the vast business interests more de-
pressed for want of fproper protection
than now, and yet nothing can be
done till this subject is disposed Of
and settled. The people wanted the
question settled, and they would de-
n1and 1T.
Ii was asked what the South
would gain by tilis bill with respect
to the Territories. He would take
the State Of Maryland, and say that
Maryland gained exactly the same
that Massachusettslost, and that was
precisely nothing,
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The CoLUMBUs @ GATHERNG. The
following extract from letter receiy.
ed by a gentleman in Charieston,
gives some Indication of the feeling
abroad in Georgia. We find it in
the Mercury:
a"We had a glorious day oft on
the 10th. We had a meeting Of the
36 80 or fight boys; yes, and girls too,
for there were at least 500 of the
best mothers and prettiest daughters
that ever boasted a home in our sun,
NY South, who graced the meeting
qy. their presence. The ladies' are
decidedly with us, and ] don't believe