The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-03-09

no use IN settling one part, and leaving others
open. but ,ha, al should he settled ut ono tine.
Ito also though, that he should pfepa,e a
scheme that both classes of Sia,ts-.fiee
States and slave S.alcs--cou'd ad- pit without
on, sacrifice of Ir,nc,p'e. These series OF
resolutions propose a plan whereby ali this is
done.
tie saw one section Of the States of the
country pushng their measures to an alarm.
ins and dangerous extreme he saw the 9th.
er section preparing TO extend ths,s ueasures
10 snoiher and equally dangerous extremity (;
and lie thought that he should prepare plan
that would stop this peril, aud etiord Q ground
on which both sec,icns cuuld unite ~llhnu,
The sacrifice OF any principle, bu, q, the sac
r'tiee Of little feeling only. Tie believed
that his resolutions accomplished this end -
tie believed that. in all concessions by one
section. 'bey should receive a compensatiun +;
and BY a careful and cslm consideration o
the resolutions ihi. would eppcar to be earn
ed oui.
Ia the fifsl resolution i, was said ,ha, Csl.
la'nia shou'd b. admitted into the Un,on ~hh
on, an, pros.s,op eIIhrr prohibiting or admit.
ting slavery. But gentlemen from the South
sav, 'ba, IN ihi. tho North re, all they van,
that slavery Is sheady p'ohlbred there,
and ,hs. the ends and purposes ot the Tree
States have been accnmpl shed. This 1. true.
Bot BY whom has been done Has It been
done 10y Congress, or BY Suy act OF the Gov.
ernincni! No, bot by the people o Ca,.o'.
nia themselves sud ts II not the doctiine OF
all frta tt.,I ~. A.. r
should be left free either TO admit or prohibit
slavery, as they should deem piopcti The
question involved 10 the sd mission OF Nilsson
~ vas Whcihor, alter q State had formed a
constitution, and was orgauzed Safe oi the
Union, Congress had power 10 control the sc.
,,an I" tina, State on ihs SUI Jsc, OF SLAYER,
Those OF The S'uth ~ho favored her admis.
sion ,Go the Unon held The doctrine that
once State. sho stood IN onp her peers % lal
10 sll respects to the,n. and that her rights
ard powers over TIN, subject were as cieat
aud unqnes'torabie as any one Of the thirteen
original Sla'e-, sud that Congress had no su
ihofiy or power TO coniIo! her action 10 The
lesst respect.
He thought th,i the friends of the Wtlmot
f'oviso stocfJ be weIi sau-f,d with tie dec.
iarston, and w,'h ~h,, had taken place IN Cat.
,forna. They should remember that VI the
W,'moi Prusiso Wa enacted, IS operation
would cease when the SAFE vas lofn,d -
There ~as nov no one ho a0uld contend lor
= moment that " the Stst-s fornrrd OIL, ol The
North vest Tern,ory. AID to shom had been
sppi-d the ordinance OF II II llnoi-, o o.
ludiana, and others choose 30 alter her con.
si,iu'rns, and pefmi, slavery To Exist within
their lImns, they had not as much right aud
pu~er to d, 60 as had Vu.,ula srhin her
limit.
No one would contend thu, the eycluaoa Of
slavery by the people Of C,iiforol, was the
act ol Congress, or OF the Guve,ntneni o tie
L. States, bu, II was = drclsIon ot The Ques
ton by the people OF C4hioinIi, by Csliorntd
herself. .ho s'une had tho ugh, to decide IT.
The second resolution Of The series was nn
lmportan, one, and he begged gentlemen 10
look at It calmly. lie ~ss aware, when he
prepared 1t, OF the perseverance With which
The WIlmo, Prnvt-o ~as pr s.cd by the Nhrih
he vas aware that every free ) ate had ey.
pressed az opinion IN its favor, and bad IN
sttuc,,d tie representatives IN Conste 10 Sc.
cure lts adoption; he was assfe that the
notihern peop'c considered II as lavorrtc
measure, and had SCI their hearts on 4. Hr
was aware that, by asking them TO VOC ior
this resolution, he called upon them to sbin
don tho Wimo' Provlso, to give II up, to opeu
their eyes to the danger to tie country II
pressing II when there was no necessity What
ever for u.
In thus calling upon them 10 abandon then
fivori,e measure, no Offered them the asscr
uon, 10 his resolution, OF two clear and nhis
puiabe truths. They 3cre: FIRST Thai
slavery does not exist m any p,rt oi the tern
torres acquired from Mexico; ard secondly
that, IN our opinion, slavery never Will exls
IN any portion of II.
III had head i; stated iha, the assertion
of these truths by Congress was EQUAL TO 'be
enac mont of tho Whine, ProvIso. Tie q
not lhnk ~ss. II the W,Imot Pfos,so b.
pa-sed BY Congress, there Is a solemn enact
meut, and II isa positive intcrdicuon Of slav
ery there but, by this assertion we say moth
ing moro than that q, the present time II doe,
not exist there. and that, ~ our oplnlon, II ne
yer wall.
lie hoped lha, the free States would be sat
l.i-d with this rxprcs,lo Of opinion, and no
require any enactment on the subject.
+ This resolution would have been more nc
ceptabe TO him wihou, the assertion Of ihes,
two truths Than with them, bu, he had though
that something should be gwen as co:npen
sa'lon for The surrender and compromiss o
feeling on this point.
lie had no desire 10 make . speech on eaef
of the resolutions. but would dotan tho Sen
ate for while 10 the examination OF tht
truths set firth N ihnse resolutions. As 4
The first, ths, slavery does no, exis, in any o
tho Territories acquired by Mexico, he woul'
refer TO The &C, OF 1924. by the supreme gov