The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-18
POLITICAL.


Woodward, OF South Carolina 10 iheir respective con-
suences 70 explanation OF their course upon the acc
lonai Issues which agated and disturbed the debeTa
tons Of the last Congress These two gentlemen lake
very different views Of their relative dues and submit
very different suggestions IN We've Of Tie future pocyo
tne southeIn people Both these gentlemen regard the
admission OF California an outrage upon the fiebs or
the southern States but Mr. Bayly considers The Outrage
and no a. he h0s osppa Fl 81 hs
fell spirit OF aboltionsm which for time seemed 10
threaten our goyernmen wi'h esgutioq and civil
has so Tong been Me flood, for ne first time for nonv
years, he sbb, and he counses the people Of ths
South acquiesce In The voice OF The majority, which has
admitted California as one Of the States 81 the federal
Union. He approves and sanctions the adjustment Of The
Texas boundary and the territorial governments provided
fugtiveslave laws while in regard to the law to pro-
bibt the slave trade in The District Of Columbia, he ap
proves the object and spirit Of the law and would acqu
escc IN H. though he denies the propety and power OF
such legislation By Congress. In word, Mr.. Bayly
would counsel the people Of The South 70 cherish their
love for the unioa as i is acquescng ~ the adjustment
by Congress Of the several questions referred 10 connected
with slavery. ii Iii III u. assg
Mr. Woodward. on the other hand, informs his people
that the fell spirit Of abolionisn regns in the North
omnipo,ent over Of all paltes, holding them in
lasso He considers the several measures already re-
fered TO as emanaons Of his spirit and he depores the
detection Of southern men in Congress who aided 10
act them into laws and, instead OF acquesence sub
mi sion, his counsel points more or less directly TO dis
solution OF Union.
Ii is not our purpose 10 examine critically the We've or
opinions of either MIR. Bayly or Mr. Woodward, with
both of whom we might diiler upon some questions.
Not 50, however y regard to me ultimate issue 70 winch
We congratulate Mr. Bayly that he has seen his own
fame and character involved in q firm and resp!uie all
me States. emanaliug fromit We depore the vain va
porlDgs of Mr.. Woodward far than he ever de-
poed the detection of southern men IN Congress-. who
successfully labored 10 provide territorial governments
Tor people niabitng the Territories OF the Unel
States, without congressional interference with the in
stituton OF domestic slavery, aud who conceded to the
people inhabng the State Of California the right form
their own constitution We are not disposed now re-
new the discussion which has been fully and elabc
ratey developed that involved in the several PROPOSE
lions to provide governments Tor our people nhabing
the territory acquired from Mexico We advocated, ear
aestly and zeaIousy, the principles pomulged by Az
Calhoun in his Senate resolutions OF 1S47 to which the
entire democratic party, North and South had subscbed
in their National Convention, the face OF slrenuous
whig and free soil opposition These resolutions declared
the right OF the people form their own constitution
with or without slavery they pleased and the STATE
government so fornei was not 10 be questioned by Goa
gress II enough that the constitution formed BY
the people republican political sense TO enttle
the State TO admission into the Union te.a tsss
We are among those who believe that notwithstan&
ing the intrgues and chcanery Of the whg adnin:tfa
ton the slavery question: is clear that the people Of
California did OF their own free will, desire constlu
ton framed prohibiting domestic slavery, and that sucha
constitution so framed, and that with such const-
tuition California was entitled toadnssion into the Union
These celebrated resolutions further declare and affirm
The principle Of congressional nonintserene with the
institution of domestic slavery. in the enacing Of laws
for the government OF people inhablng the territory
OF the United States before such Territory is formed into
States. This principle too earnestly and zesloqsy
advocated and we believe it was faithfully imhoded in
the laws which Congress enacted Tor the Territories OF
As to ihe boundary Of Texas, we believed, with the
southern people in general that the Rio Grande the
western limit OF Texas We believed. further, that Tax
poon y het territory 10 'as Se td I've "
pity the Intelligence OF southern statesman who thinks
that slave Stale so cedng territory to the United States
cedes slave territory TO free soil. when such terrofyn
governed by law which recognises the principle of nom
Interference already stated and leaves all TO their cops-
tutonsl rights as ascertaned by the constitutional ibu-
In regard to the fugitive-save law il was but us
and reasonable vindica,on Of the constitution. and
rejoice in lis successful prosecution and eniorcemsnt
while OF the law TO abolish the slave trade In the Dis
trict OF Columbia have scarcely word OF objecon
To urge, though do not believe twas necessary The
law o Maryland prohibiting the slave trade, IN the exact
words OF the late law OF Congress- was already in orce
in the District OF Columba but subsequent legislaion
by Congress, regard to much OF the Dstrct
ment for this traffic Il was only necessary for CoaSssss
repeal these laws and thus leave the traffic u slaves
the District Of Columbia 10 be regulated BY the laws Of
Maryland then in force-of which the late Law OF Con.
gress is part copy, all the other sections thereof st
remaining in full force and operation In the District Of
Columbia as in the State OF Maryland Besides southern
men have repeatedly advised and just such
law and only in the last Congress- dstinguished
and highly honorable gentleman from Misslsspp intro
duced law OF much the same character in the House Of
Re representatives. OF the United States. y stvs B4a
How, then, upon such a view OF the we tols
rate what we have termed the vain vaporings Of th0sc
who desire a dissolution OF the Union There 10 no prIn
cipe involved any OF the questions lately IN issue
except this poor little slave bill in the District Of Colum
bia which not emanation OIL and cardinal point
n the policy OF most iusrious southern statesnen;
and this bill has had their by the wayside
How humiatng, then, ist TO see southern statesmen %
trling and captious so unwise and 20 unpatriodc
Here the real OF southern weakness Our sn Of
empire have left us, and those who ill their places
alike destitute OF their talent and their morale Instead Of
brilliant dlsquisions IN support OF high national and con-
sttuonal craftsmanship, sinking 10 the level OF
sophomoca spasms, in vindcation Of the abstract and
unassaed and unassalabe sovereignty Of the States
II the South is cessing exercise powerful almost
commanding influence upon the politics OF the country,
II is not 10 be attributed TO her numerical minority ~
Congress That has erisied for many years. dcng phh
have been periods Of her greatest oseenddney and re9own1
No II we are sinking materially in the moral ,nnoence
have long exercised upon the politics OF the coun-
tune in the ineriorty OF the men we have electedto
represent us in the federal legislature Our best men
have OF late years engaged more than formerly m pvfes
sional and commercial pursuits and new class have
pushed forward from the humble sphere Of their county
c,rcuits 10 the large and important field OF learning and
labor In which, Of generation, and only af few
years ago, were Lowndes, Cheves Calhoun, McDu0Ie
Hayne, Forsyth, Troup. Macon Barbour and othes, Of
like temper who toiled In effort guide and direct
national pocy and though among this high roll we
may find those who astounded their countrymen with
extreme opinions Of constitutional right on the part OF
the several States, from Of Them snanafsd an
opinion IN favor Of dissol,ion Of The federal Unson
NO. we repeat IT, here lies the evil OF the southern Sles
IN the infenoy OF the who have been seiecen
resent in the observation-disclosures The remedy 10Y tina Evil
is very fortunately with ourselves. ana ~ our