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

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The Joint Resolutions fax .pneri,
Texas % Ihs United slzars. DECLARED IA
mrs Slaies OF convenient sire. not .,
eeeding four In number. In addition 40 \,
State az Texas. and having sufEsrienl %
pais'son. may hereafter. BY The comes
81 ne sald Stair. be formed oaG Of lerri
tory thereof. which shall Be entitled Q
admission under The Federal Constitution
And such STATES 40 may be formed on
olihsi portion of sid irrniory lying snull
OF thirty six degrees thirty minulrs. norsl
latitude. commonly known as he Nilsson
n compromise line. shall Re sdmiued in
10 the Union with az wiihous slavery n
The People Of each State. asking sdmis
sion. may desire. And in such Stale O
States az shall be formed ous of said Ger
n'ory nouh ri said Missouri Compro
mise line. Slavery or involuntary sersi
iuae lexespi for erimrsl shall be prohibi
u viii be seen frrm this, that In an m,
Territory Of Texas which lay North O
80 ao.-laboui $4,000 square miIes.l-
Slavery was expressly prohibited. whilst
al south Of that line. was 10 be admitted
into the Union with or without Slavery
- might be desired by ihe people asking
admission.
Now the SECOND section Of The New
Mexican Trrri,onsl Aci expressly de-
cisres that when admitted as Stale the
said Territory or any portion of The same,
shaA be received into The Union. with or
without Slavery as their Constitution NAV
prescribe al The time Of The admission.
What results from all ihisi Why thu,
The prohibition imposed BY The annexa-
ton Resolutions, on that part of Texan
Territory, North o( the Missouri Com.
promise line. is expressly repealed, and
u stands upon the same fnoiing, in every
respect. with that South Of The line. thai
Is, 10 be admitted. either nth or ,rifh-
oa Sidrery as The people may desire,-l
whereas. the condition Of that part South
oil The line has not in any respect. been
changed. Ia there nothing gained here
TO The Souihi Instead Of surrenderiug
even one ARE Of slave Territory 10 free.
soilsm. this Act discncnmbers upwards Of
$4,000 square miles from the slavery
nrohibIIion.--in other words, relieves il,
IN express terms. OF the very principle OF
The Wilmnt Proviso. which was imposed
IN u by The very language Of the annexa-
lion Resolutions! /,
liappears. however. that The process of,
reasoning by which the gentleman arrives
Il the conclusion. Ina, il was a surrender
~ slave Territory TO freesoilisn, 10 this
No State could have been formed out Of
., e1eep. by the consen, OF Texas,-Tex.
. being a slave State, would never have
glven her consent for il 10 come in as 4
rec Sia's.-fhersforc. il would sIways, I,
i1der Texas, have remained slave Terri
ory." This may be good logic, but il is
leiher sound sense. nor just principle.
% what position would il have placed :
exasf Why. denying her people. in I
hat section. sohen their necessities de- =
adad u, such State government as thew !
esired! Would This be jusli Would !
mol De in express violation OF the very n
re- rst principles Of popular government I o
would q NOT have placed Texas in the d
o'iilon o. endeavonring to force Slavery i,
. portion Of her people. who did no, ii
lsh u, and this too, BY refusing them a /,
operate State organization, when their e
scessllies and interests imperiously re. 6
nlred II. unless they should accept as a (;
'nf'iiion precedent. the establishment of b
al institution /! How beautifully consis- IL
MT such policy would have been, with Fl
70 I" creed" of the Calhoun Resolutions In
81. and with The genlleman's own re- /,
'rded sentiments as contained in the ci
'nthern address! And pray. how easily "
'nid they have evaded al This lf the IN
'ople IN that part Of Texas presented G,
onsiiiution silent on the subject oil Slave h
!. or iolerating il in express word., could Of
exas have controlled them in any attempt W
alter that Constitution after admission /! a.
ssldes. such doctrine would have led 81
evItably to the resul. of placing Texas NJ
the position of attempting to force Slave us
upon her people living North Of SO 80 cy
'ainsf the spirit. if not the very terms, of OF
law under which she herself came in. "a
the Union. A.
hut there is still another difficulty which III
considers insurmounlable. The Mex. al
law abolishing slavery rises up like HI
oss to disturb his fancy. again ask, an
W can This avail him as a reason for on. M
sing this branch Of the Compromise IN
denies that the MEXICAN law was in vi
re alter the ratification Of the Treaty. III
also maintains that all the Territory III,
'st OF the Rio Grande. incorporated into bl,
w Mexico. belonged 10 Texas. The of
! is based upon the principle ,ha, Tex M
had claim TO il. Then il. as he thinks are
lille Of Texas was good. Of course The res
'xican law had been superseded hy the CO.
- OF Texas, in all that part Of New wi
'xlco East Of the Rio Gande, and
'uld there be conflict between those The
o live on different sides of that River. fe;