The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-08-15

WHoIllot VT Hot we shdu reply " dH1'"i"
: emanating from such a source, is a matter 70
!, futare determination, not regardidg ourselves
, as we have heretofore stated, as resting nnde
any obligation TO do SO, unles IS something shoul
h appear that imperatively demands our notice
: what we have lost by losing the CSmPFO
t '1nise.
Mr.. Clay, in his last speech OH the compro
mise, and just before its defeat, summed up it
: provisions after this style;
l Let me for one notwithstanding th'
pas, age Of the various measures which
. compose the system reported by the com
mittee Of ihitteen-let me see what will
be the condition -oi the two sections OF the
Union-what has been gained, and wha.
has been lost by zach. The North gain:
the admission Of California as a free State,
and the high probability Of New Mexico
and Utah remaining or becoming free ter
rttory, avoids any introduction Of slavery
by The authority Of Congress; sees New
Mexico detached from Texas, with high
degree Of REHABILITATION the nature Of
the climate and the character Of the soil,
and from other circumslances--that New
MeXico'Will ultimately becomea free State;
and secures The abolition Of The slave
trade in the District Of Columbia. Are
these not objects Of sufficient magnitude
10 satisfy any moderate, rational, Northern
wishes? And what will the South gain2
The South avoids the dangerous princi-
Iple, as they regdtd it, contained in the
Wilmot proviso; places beyond controver-
sy'906 miles Of the territory Of Texas on
the Rio Grande, now in dispute; gains an
Efficient fugitive slave bill, and %silences the
agitation about the abolition Of slavery III
this District. Sir, 1t may Ihappen--and i
am not going to disguise my convictions
as TO the probabilities Of the fact-that the
South will get no territory in Utah, New.
Mexico or California, adapted to slave Ia
Dor, in which slaves will be introduced.
But that is not The fault of Congress. 1t.
is Congressional power, Congressional
%usurpation, Congressional assumption Of
an unlawful authority over the institution
Of slavery, against which the South raises
her voice in protestation. II she c%annott
get slave territory in California, New Mex
leo and Utah, whose fault is it7 She can
not blame Congress, but must uPblaid ma
tpre's law and natures God.
Here wehaveitin a nutshell, and what South.
'ern man can deplore its failure?
According to Mr., Clay's showing, the North
world have gained to ~free-soil California, GER
tairly, New Mexico and Utah uIst probably,
and the Abolition Of the slave trade in the Dis
trict Of C~olfmibia, "%objects ito use his own Ian
gdage) Ct sufficient magnitude to satisfy any
moderate, rational, Northern wishes"
And what were we to gain! A waiper of
the Wilmot p%roviso; (oh! how thankful we
ought to be for small favors D ac%onfrmation of
TIE title Of Texas to the Rio Grande country,
which she has always maintained to be clear;
a fugitive slave bill, which Mr.. Clay calls an
efficient one, but which eminent Southern men
have disnpproyed Of, and repose about the Abo.
lition of slavery in the District of Columbia,
the slave trade there being repeated by anoth-
or clause of the bill
What the South Was to have gained BY this
bill was only that which she had an unques
tionable right to demand, and was only Il con.
cession a Of portion Of our just rights. What
the North gained was a ! naked concession to
the arrogant demands of aati,darey MnaL-
ciisn1.
The North was to get all the new territory,
and we were to have a waiUer Of the Wilmot
provio, but to lose all tho territory to which Il
was to be applied.
And can any Southern man now regret il,
failure?
MIR. Clay is consistent III his course. AL an
carry uay IN hentucNy, he opposed the estah-
iishment Of slavery in that State. He advoca-
ted the cause Of gradual emancipation N that
State, when the question was before THE peo-
pie Two years ago. Last year he addressed a
letter to a ffee-snil convention at Cleveland.
that Ind met to celebrate the ordinance or
1877, and this letter contained the stronces,
anti-slavery sentiments. iii reference to The
ordinaiice bf 1851; he says, that he was clad
"thati il has secuted 10 the States On which h
operates, ai exemption from the evils Of slav.
ery,' and in reference TO the introduction If
slavery into New MeSi,o, he said Uno oic
ca" be mare opposed than / am 10 Tie erteasioa
Of slavery into those netO territories, eiitef6o he
authority Of Congress, or By iniividuai enter.
prise.n
However pure and patriotic Mr.. CLAY NAV
be, the Interests Of the South are unsafe n HE
hands Those who agree with hin about the
evils Of slavery; and are animated by the same
strong opposition to its "extcnsioh into the hew
territories" may consistently pin thcif faith to
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