The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-03-20


excluded slavery. AS far as the tIeY acgi
=! s,tishe -csncefHeI, am dIsposed 10 leave
them to he disposed Of as the hand of Nature
shall detesInlne. 1t is what always have
insisted upon. Leave that portion of tho
country more natural TO a roD-slavehOlding
population to be filled by that description Of
populations; and leave that portion into which
slavery would naturally go, to be filed by
siasehoiding opulation-destroying artificial
lines, though perhaps they sDay be better
than none: Mr.. Jefferson spoke ike prupF.
et Of the effect OF the Missouri Compromise
Pine: am willing to leave It for Nature to
I,sttie; and to organize governments for the
Territories, giving all free scope to enter and
repare themselves to participate in their
.nViIeges We want, sir, nothing but jus.
'ce. When the gentleman says that he is
l,lIing to olenve it TO Nature, l understand no
i:"'ling to remove all impedrnents, whe,ll-
Nreal or lima. mary. 1t 10 consumate folly
sGs'ssert that the Mexican law prohibiting
sh'ery in California and New Mexico is il,
'oce; and have always regarded it 80.
No man would feel more happy than nv.
sei 10 believe that this Union, formed nv our
an'ostors, should live forever. Looking hack
~ : 'e long course of forty years service here,
I've The consolation 10 believe that have
u. meer done one act which would weaken il;
'na:l have done full justice to all sections.-
and 1t have ever been exposed to the i'm.
putatlons OF contrary motive, it is because
have been willing to defend my section from
encroachinenls But can.
not agree with the Senator from Massachu.
sctts that this Union cannot be dissolved
Am 10 understand him that no degree OF op-
Eessinn, no outrage, no broken faith can pro-
'cc the destruction Of thus Union! Why.
81 IT that be,o oTnes fixed fact, il will Itself
oe"mc the great instrument Q! producing
oPPessIon, outrage, and broken faith. No,
n' '% on'Sn can be broken. Great moral
"Lua'sw'll L' break It il they go on, and it can
o'''y Genrcscrvcd by justice, good faith, and
r!g'a a!,erence to the Constitution.
m1. Whistler Mr. President, a single
""ru III rely 10 the honorable member rom
SCUM Nanin1. My distance from the hon.
room prevented me from hear ng the whole
"f his remarks have nnIv one or two ob.
ser'ations 10 Ike; oul, tu begin, frs; no
tlcc "i fhe i"nnr.'.!c .n.,,,,,crs, last rctDark.
ne asRs me II TO- al The king I'D OF the
Union, by any such hing as tho voluntary
seccss'or oi - 'tcs. as ", imuO=sibility r
Know, SIR, THIS Un.on can b,bruken IN: every
Govcrnncn' Can te; and i-J,ui, ,ba, there
may be such Il degree ol on, >oss;ou as yr;lI
warrant resistance ami a iorc,h., xercr,,rn
That is revolution. That is revo.,,iop, o.
that ultimate right o! rcYolu, on lhave no,
been spcak.ng. | know that that aM e., no.
ccsSi,y does cy'st. ,0rbear from poin. fur
ther, because 10 not wish to run INTO n Is.
cusson o' the nature ol tins Gnvcrnme,.
The flonrrahlc member and myself have
bro"ken iances sufficiently often before OIL
tl,a: subject.
Mr.. Calhoun. have no desire to do i
lnw. Mr. Webster. | presume the reu.
tlenian has not, and have quite az little.
The gentleman refers 10 tho occas,pua on
winch these great acquisitions were made io
torrttory on the Southern side. Why, .ull-
doubtedly wise and ski!ul public men, having
an object 10 as:2mplish. may lake a1,ssesSstssai
- casion; A
1cEesas By The British
under the pressure OF ailicl, Be untler the itis-
tIfiicaton OF which the thin. cauld be fiisli,e,
1t Was done, and done skilfuly. Let me cay
one ih;::G further; anu that is, that If slavery
ware abolished, as il was supposed TO have
been, throughput all Mexico, before the rev.
out,on and the establishment of the TexaE
Government, then, If it were desirable To
have possession ,f Texas by purchase, as a
means Of preventing its becoming British
possession, suppose that object could have
been secured by making it tree territory o
the United States rs well as slave territory
SIR, in my great desire not To prolong this
debate, have omitted whit intended to say
upon PARTICULAR question under the motion
Of the Honorable Senator from Missouri pro.
posing an amendment To the resolution It the
Honorable member from Illinois; and that is
upon the propr,c,y al d cxpc,lency Of admit
ting California, under all circumstances, JUS
as she is. The more general subjects in
volvcd IN this question are now before The
Senate under the resolutions of the Honnra
bic mcnber from Kentucky will say thai
feel uCdcr great obligations To that llnnora
bic member ior introducing the subject, ant
for the very luc'd speech which he made, anc
which has been so much read Throughout, the
whole country. am also under great obi
ga,"ns to the Honor bic member from Ten
nesscc for the light which he has shed upor
this subject, and. IN some respects, IL will bt
seen ti,t differ very little from the leading
subjects submitted by either OF those llonora
ble gentlemen
Now, SIR. when the direct question Of thu
admission of California shall he before III,
Senate, proposc-but not before every othc
gentleman who has wish to address the Sc
nate shal! have gratticd that dcsirc--to sa,
something upon the boundaries OF California
and upon the cxpcdiency. under all the CIR
cums,ances, OF admitting her with that Con
s:ituiInn.
Mr.. Calhoun One word and have done
and that word ls, shat notw:hs;anI the ne
question oi the vast Territory ol Texas repre-
scntrd hy The Senator IRON Massachusetts, 4
Is the TACT that all that addition 10 our Ter,
tory made II by no means equal 10 what re
N"rlhern States had excluded us from teise
lhIt acquisition. The Territory lying Wss
between the Mississippi and The R'9ky
Mountains Is three. inurths of the whols o
Louisiana, and that which les hc,weerS tht
Mississippi! and The Ohio, added To that, tke'
a much greater extent "i Territory thaTf'!Orl
dl ana Texas aud TIN, portion oi l. fI's:an;
that has fallen 10 our share.
TIE AGE OF TnE SrArEs.-Tt$ follow
! ing are the dates when the rcspectiFc State
entered lhe a ncr,cah Union:
| Dei,wafc, December 7, 1897; lcnnsylva
nia, December IL, 1877; New Jersey, DE