The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-05-08

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LIST. That Territorial Governments shall
be established over New Mexico and Utah.
without any reference TO Slavery. We
must all acknowledge the advantages TO be
realized by the South, from not being cx.
cluded from Territories, !our.fifths OF which
arc barren, and upon no part Of which, ouI
opponents toll us, slavery can exist.
I'd. That Texas shall have the right to
divide herself into four additional States
with or without slavery, MS tho people with
in them may desire, whenever there is suffi.
cicn, population. The concession to be
found in this is tho acknowledgment that
this Government, is to bc bound by its OWL
contract with foreign State, for upon those
very terms was Texas admitted into tho
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Sd. The strong and emphatic declaration
OF the right of the South TO have fugitive
slaves delivered up.
This, if extended to its legitimate results,
we consider the most important concession
TINT our opponents have made, or will make;
and is, perhaps, the basis upon which an nd.
jnstmcnt of tho difficulties may be founded;
Tor it IL, rs far Us it goes, republication OF
tho Constitution. and an admission that that
once respectable, bnt now almost forgotten,
instrument is the magma char,a, the fuuda-
mental law of the land. Upon the Consli-
tuition VIC have always been willing to cs,nb-
lish ourselves, and in it tho right to recap
iurc fugitive slaves is "a strongly and en-
| pliaiicaliy declared rs terms can DO devised
TO express. Theoretically then, and in one
particular, the remarkable concession is
made, TINT tho rights of the South under
the Constitution, shall be protected Il,
practice though we have Away, found, and
probably will always find, that the sentiment
Of our Northern brethren is adverse to the
Constitution in this rcspcc,; and the unior-
tunatc owner will only have the consolation
of knowing that he could rccnp,urc his slave
he only had the power to enforce his right.
Having thus made their concessions, and
flung the sop TO Cerierns to keep him quiet,
| they proceed, without fear of danger, to
grasp The objects of their desires,
California. the last unappropriatrd terrific
ry, the only land, upon which slavery can
! exist, that we have not already been cxclrd-
cd from, is to be scaled against even our
brave warriors whose valor aided in winning
her. Never arc Southern feelings and in
stitutions 10 be disseminated and established
there. It's vast storc-houscs Of mineral
treasures are garnered up for others than
us. Its incalcuablc wealth, its boundlcss
resources, its future rcsistlcss commercial
power, are TO DC joined to the influences
now at work against MS; and shall we moi
trnmb!c in anticipation Of our doom.
The specons manner in which this dis
astrous condiionof affairs has bean broueh,
MIA seeks TO be admitted as State pf9seiRar pf9sssesiar-
ing Constitution which unorgnnized mass
es have adopted. Excluding slavery, it
meets the views OF our opponents, who adj
Jnrc lis To lcgalizc this trcspass ppon our
rights upon the plea that the inhabitants =
that country were forced TO adopt laws to
prevent anarchy; that, though not legally
organized, SO that they could act in a sover-
clsn capacity, yet the necessity of their
case, by Natures own laws, endowed them
with the right, and that their own prcdicc-
tons produced the obnoxious clause.
Now leaving ont of view the fragrant fact
that few thousand wanderers over terri
tory have dared to exclude from it its ,ruc
owners, it is enough for us to consider how
that necessity was brought about, who caus-
ed 1t, and from what reasons those prc,lilec-
tons exist. 1t was the result of the refusal
by tho North at the las, session Of Congress
TO establish n Territorial Government over
California, unless the Wilno, Proyiso should
be attached. The cnmity 10 our institutions
crlnccd by tho stronger portion Of our Con-
icdcracy, tho determination declared by them
that slavery should never be extended into
the territories and their past disregard OF the
most sacred obligations, have convinced
shareholders that their property was not ST.
cure even i'll their Country's possession; they
have therefore shrunk from the hazard, and
Northern men, with their peculiar prejudi-
ccs, have tlockcd thither. These facts, Ia.
ken together with Executive Interference,
will account for the prcGilections exhibited
by the inhabitants of California. And now
we ask the question. Shall hey be permit
led 10 take advantage Of ,hcir vnn mrong-
DOING a Court of Justice would spee,li-
ly decide tho question. NVo submi, il TO the
people.
But this is not all that the Compromise
Committee has proposed to do for us. Like
the giant of tho forest, its trunk, while il
can up-root tho mighty tree, can pick up the
minutcst needle. While one hand of the
Committee reaches out to tho Pacific to
grasp the prize of prizes, tho other gently
closes ouer the District of Columbia. The