The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-06-28
NUMBER 81.

co without the WlmOt prOYlsO. But WhyE Is
this concession to the South2 Every leading
statesman of the North, and Mr.. Clay, and
those who act with him in the South, declare
that slavery is already excluded from these ter.
ritoties by the laws abolisbing slavery in Mex.
leo. Mr.. Clay says in his report, that these
territories must soon come into the Union as
free States, and that slavery will be exclu.
ded from them. Indeed all the inhabitants of
territorial district have been given to under
stand distinctly that they need not apply for
admission into the Union, unless they do ex-
cllde slavery According therefore to Mr.
Clay's own construction OF his plan of adjust.
ment slavery will be excluded from all our Mex.
lean conquests, and he urges this as a reason
why his plan should be adopted. If this be
done, does it matter to us how! Is it not more
manly, more magnanimous, more becoming the
dignity and character Of great people, for
their government to act openly, rather than to
accomplish its measures by fraud and knavery!
So far therefore, nothing is conceded to the
South. We are not defeated in manly bold,
and open conflict but cheated out of our rights
on every point in controversy,
Next in order is the purchase forl Texas,
a slave State, of rs, 100000 of acres II this
territory be purchased, it will thereby be taken
out of the compact of annexation, and placed
under the jurisdiction of the Abolition Govern
ment of the United States, and who can doubt
for moment slavery will be abolished init, and
that it will be formed into at least three free
States, and brought into the Union, for they
can get into the Union no other way, This
is one design of the scheme. That is, to take
the Texas territory, abolish slavery in it, and
dupe the South by making them contribute
their share out of the public treasury to pay
for it Mr. Clay holds to the doctrine, that if
it be purchased, slavery waL be excluded by
MEXICAN lars,
This proposed purchase in other respects,
the most dangerous proposition which this Gov
ernment has ever made in reference to slavery.
Ii this purchas be made, the precedent will be
made also that the Treasury of the United
States may be subsidized to abolished slavery
wherever it exist, or to bribe State to giyeup
the institution, as was done in the case of Por-
tuga and Spain, by the abolitionists ofEngland.
IL is an effort to enlarge the Jurisdiction Of Can
gress orer The question of slaoery. The British
Parliament exercised the same jurisdiction, and
emancipated the slaves in the British Colonies
at the hundred million of dollars, wrung from
the hard earnings of down.troddep RAGE Of
white people at home This is step Of the
American Parliament in the same direction
1t is among possible things, that the South In
twenty or thirty years to come, will be taxed
to the amount of untold millions, to eInaucipate
her own slaves; for it must be borne in mind
that the levcline system, of which have spoken
recognizes no constitutional restraints. The
will of the majority is the law. The abolition
lists have long since ceased to reason, and ne
who supposes they can be restrained by con-
scicntons scruple or notions OF justice,
knows nothing of the delusion into which ia
naticism plunges the human mind. What+s
deemed an extreme measure now, Will be so
common in ten years more, as to cease to at
tract attention.
There is another feature of this proposition
which will now bring to your notice When
Texas was admitted into the Union see owed
= national debt OF about ten millions of dollars,
She reserved her unappropriated lands to pay
this debt. The bill proposing to purchase these
lands of Texas provides that the purchase money
shall be first applied TO the payment of this
same debt. This proposition. which is in fact
Il gross insult to Texas as it clearly implies that
she cannot be trusted with the fund, to dispose
of it rs national faith shall demand, has in it
another secret object
The evidence of the national debt of Texas
is in bonds These bonds are held by many
persons other than the citizens ofTexas. They
have been bought up perhaps by adventurous
spectators, at great sacrifice, below their par
value. The proposition to pay the money for
these lands would, under any circumstances, in
volve design of bribery and corruption. To
propose to pay it directly to these bond holders
ut the pablic treasury, is a direct attempt to
bribo every Texas bond holder in the United
States to the support OF the whole scheme OF
adjustment as unit. Who are these bond
holders! Are any of the high functionaries
of Government stockholders in these bondss
Who will answer this grave inquiry? How
many agents of these bond holders are lobby
members, Eand who throng the purlieus ofthe
capitol, ready > grasp the promised spoils?-
Tons of silvo and gold are at stake upon the
issue made upon Mr. Clays writ in partition Of
the public treaury. All Of sudden the pro-
ductions of numerous list of letter writers
crowd the pages ofthe Union" who discourse
eloquently about the proposed plan of fcaptula-
lion, aud the South are in effect gravely told,
that inasmuch as defeat is certain, they had