The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-18

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strongest xemn0Qe 70 rejpiHe pver tho eeteipzn
as ~ The Nosth has soiae ans hnndtnd aa,d
forty members in the House Of Representative
and II they are all 80 dull Of apprehension ~ to
allow to pass without objcckon. m adroitly
wosded amendment 70 Bill, carrying slavery
into New Mexico, II i ittle short Of provdentiaI
that we have escaped without having the same
''proviso' extended over NIL Of our Mexican con-
quests, in<tead Of an Uncomfortable portion
Hence we would rejoice
On the other hypothesis tl.e one generally
adopted by legal n,eu-that the amendment
amounts to nothing practical, the question Of
slavery is ieh to tho operation of the local law
and the ASTON Of tho people. We'hnve always
based our advocacy Of measures for tho settle
ment Of the slave question upon the theory, that
that institution could not b. carried by the force
Of the Federal Constitution,b eyond the limits Of
the States tolerating it. According To this
view, slavery u prohibited throughout all our
Mexican acquisitions. And hence we would re-
joke.
Ffom Me 0kis Sssss Jssw~sl.
The SourH rRUsFRArKDr-The Rev. Ed
ward Smith, the Free coil lendidate fbr Governor,
lately made speech It gainesville. The Tele-
graph Of that town, inNlsing the substance Of
Tho South had always managed to elect the
Executive Of the nation, 20 that the Government
patronage might be bestowed to suit It's pur-
posea. And 4 had always obtained all its de-
mands, and il it failed to keep California out Of
the Union, or make it slave territory, it would
be the first time that it ever had been frustrated
in its purposes, since the organization Of the
Government"
Well, California is admitted into the Union,
and it is mol slave territory. We suppose the
Rev. gentleman will now admit that the South
has been frustrated" beaten for once by the
North.
From tie CimciHnesi Gazette.
WHAT WILL THE SouTH DO I've have heard
much of secession -many threats Of the DISCO
luton of the Union in case California was adj
mitted with her prohibition Of slavery. She has
been admitted lis now in the Union--one Of
the United States What has the South done
She has held Convention, and talked loud,
threatened and abused the North. She hns
stimulated her members Of Congress to buster
and resort 10 all manner Of trickery to prevent
a decision Of the question. She has delayed
the action of Congress nine months. She has
made arrangements for the call of Southern
Convention, to prescribe the course Of proceed
ing in case the bill became law. But notwth-
standing her opposition, her threats, her conven-
tions, her trickery, the bill has become a law,
and the new, and free State Of California, has
been admitted. What will the South do now !
It is said that Georgia had confidential agent
at Washington, charged with despatching infor-
nation Of the admission, to enable tho Governor
the more promptly to convene convention Of
the chivalry to determine on their future course.
The despatch has, doubtless, been sent. The
proclamation Of the Governor may have been
sent forth, convention may BIO convened, but
what will be done? Nothing. Resolutions
blown up to red heat may be passed-some Of
their hotspurs may get rid of their surplus bile
and gas, but there the matter will end There
all be no dissoution--no opert act Of treason.
In very short time all will be quiet.
The telegraphc wires inform'us that ON the
receipt of the passage of the bill at Charleston,
s. c., tho people there were furious" A pub
the Union was atr0ddcn under foot" They
trample the flag Ut the Union--the stars and
stripes Of the Nation under their feet! This
tho Chivalry does because they nre in minority
in Congress-! This is done in the Nation of
Soa1lh Carolina! But this il not an overt act
of treason, for which the actors can be arrested
and punished, nor will the Chivalry commit any
such act, with the halter in prospect This be-
ing hanged BY tho neck until one is dead, cools
their ardor. They may go to the verge Of trca-
son, but with them the better part Of vaor will
be discretion; they will stop short Of actual trea-
son, and save their necks. In a few days even
the croakings of dissatisfaction will have passed
away, and the Government Of the Union will be
moving quietly and steadily along as heretofore.
Nobody killed or hurt
The LANDIKc or THE TURKISH AMBAssADoR--
His REcEprroN.- United States ship Erie ar
rived off Castle Garden yesterday forenoon, ut
III o'clock, when the Hon. Amin Bey, the Turkish
Ambassador was waited upon by Mr. Fairman,
the chief Secretary Of the Mayor, who said that
he had Been deputed to inform his honor that the
city authorities regarded him as their guest, that
apartments were provided for him at the Astor
House, and that tomorrow, (this day. at twelve
o'clock, NJ, the Mayor and the Aldermen of the
citySdnd county Of New York would pay him
their personal and official respects.