The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-02-23

strOnn reasons w. a ~ -nbipct ]
Tsylor's feelings and wishes on 'p'' '''
ara W. aa,iree therefore, reported a Tesol0'
,hsv did not concur with our oena-
and representatives in regarding the P'"-
~ =, admit California as an attempt u
POs'',"" wImo, Proyiso in another 'OFm'
THE principal ground Of Obj''''o" 70 ,, '"S
l"' # s,dirornia indicated in the letter
"", ms,Obersi in Congress is, "her constr u
.rob,b7ion of slapery.n This is the new
emergency upon which they des'rea
sra.siou 81 their opinion on the part OIL 'ne''
an.,;,rsuts. But we could not instruct 'ne.i
80, ,he admission Of California on inns
without recognizing the constitutional
oowo, or Congress to establish slavery IN !he
ro.,;,o,;o, mr. 10 exclude ii therefrom: IN other
words, without recognizing the power IN oo"
gress to pass the Wllmot PFoV''o' anu
oh,ndonino the ground taken in the reSoiu'lo"s
sr,no oc,ober Convention. Hence the hrs'
resolution declared that such q measure as '"o
Wilmo, Proviso could receive no co"n'e"S"'0
or lavor from US. ho
II Con Cass, letter to Mr.. Nicholson, OF the
24,b Dec l847, on the subject OF the ""
p.o.;oo he said. tie inhabitants OF California
uwbetber they depend upon their Plougns "
M ho,As rrpuot become shareholders" lie
anoiod the language Of Mr.. Buchanan, seore>
-. rs state-that "neither the soil, the cl'
por the productions Of California nor
indeed any portion Of it, north or south Is auap,
led 10 slave LAHORE that "such properly "ouiu
he entirely insecure in any part oil Call'ofna'
"a concluded that it was'morally Impossible
that a majority Of the emigrants "wlll ever re-
es,oblish slavery within its limits" tie a'so
.ro,ed from The letter Of R. J. Walker, OF 1894
saving that beyond the Del Norte sIayery"'l
oot mass, &C., and adds, "from the feelings o'
,ba inhabitants and the laws OF nature, II Is
;mrossible" that slavery can ever re-estanIlSn
itself there.
Cen. Cass also said, 81 am opposed to the
exercise Of any Jurisdiction by Congress over
This matter, And one othis reasons for being 50
ouposed was, that the adoption ot'thIs res'F'c'
tionn-,he Wilmot Proviso-wOuld prevent the
ox,ersion of our 0territOrial limits"-that the
neople could not have extension and rrOVlSo
both.
And Cen. Cass in The same letter. aVowed
himself in favor OF extension, and OF leaving
to the peopls of any territory, which may here
after be acquired, the right to regulate slavery
for themselves, under the general principles
Of the constitution"
These views Of Gen. Cass, were expressed
in n letter to q Southern Democrat, doubtless
with n view to conciliate the South and pro-
cure for himself the nomination for the Presl-
dency by the Baltimore Convention, which ne
did afterwards get. And with a full knowl
odoe of the views Of Gen. Cass, our said
members in Congress- Gov. Matthews, anC
Gov. Quitman, supported him for the Presl'
+ denoy IN preference to Gen. Taylor who wa'
n STAKEHOLDER, a Southern man and uncommit
, ted on this subject. And the State of Mlssls
sippi voted for Gen. Cass. Recollectlng thes'
! facts, aud also that the men, who sustained
Gon. Cass, were successful at the genera
election in I849, by increased majoritles, ant
seeing no evidence OF a change of opinion OF
I. this subject among tire people, the COMMITTEES
felt forced to the opinion that the positions
= of the people had undergone no change on TN
subject, and The committee SO expressed them
, selves in the 2nd resolution reported by them
q setting forth the reasons Of this opinion.
The committee did not understand these tw'
E resolutions as committing the mselves or tn
whig party, Internationally, and unqualified.
j.. in favor Of the admission Of California as
A.. State. Not having all the facts and circum
a stances Of the case before thom, they felt n
v disposition to pre>iudge the rights of Caliior
!. MIA, but lett out of consideration all objection
i which the facts might develope. They there
# fore, reported resolutions strictly responsive t
;, the single fact'' submitted to the people {
a Mississippi by our membelsi in Congress-"tb'
California will most likely obtain admiss'o
into the Union with her constitutional prohib
Y tion of slavery"
Nor did the committee, il am not great
n mistaken, regard President Taylor's messag
as unquali6edly and uncOnditionally, recon
e mending the admission Of California.
The resolutions we're adopted with s'ronl
and | might say enthusiastic APPRECIATION, b
one of the largest meetings | ever saw in th
Representative Hall, with but one dissentin
voice.
Being informed that a Democratic meeun
on the California question was to be held
If the Representatives Hall on Saturday evenln
10th inst, Iattended as spectator. A den
IS ocratic Chairman, and as | understood. demo
cratic Secretaries were appointed. | did n
see six wings, known to me as such in Il
meeting. The speeches made were of a par
c. character-so much 50, that the chairma
in CIV Ouitman- felt cnmnelled Ia snv limit if II