The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-07-17

Proved by The fact lhat The Convention vas
unanltnons as To that QUESTION and a major
, ny oi The members If that Convention wen,
ftom The S'avchnldng States. But il is snid
That the limit, ni the State are too Iarer.--
hat, 10 me, = The veIy s,ronges, argument
~ favor Of us admission. wish those lin.
us had included the whole Of The country nc.
cured i'om Mexico, except iha, riscn To
Texas. The only department Of The govern.
ment, IN which any power is left io,ha Soulh,
Is The Senate. That poxer n. cons,antk di.
tn,nl s..as, mud the S.asil.ssR muu iururs mo-
tight responsibility who seeks TO Gu, up Cal.
iioin,a INTO mote Sla,cs than one, aud thus
Ia INCREASE the vote OF the non sa,chodna
States ~ the StGa'c. | do not hesitate,
therefore, 10 say that | prefer the measures
proposed 10 the Missouri Compromises
l. rst Because the Missouri Compromisc re.
asserts the right Of Congress to impose q
legislative restriction. This is done as &C
iecIaally, so far as prlnclple Is concerted, hy
epplyiug such restriction Ia one half uf the
Tertiary MS Ia all ui tl--and | confess that
cannot understand how any man, who be.
iievcs The fSerci*e of such power Is uot
warranted by the Constitution which he has
sworn iosuppori ran vote for II. So thought
Mr.. Calhoun: and he said that, although he
would submit tu u. he could no, vote for II.
Secondly. prefer It because Tho Missouri
compromise viii give two free States on the
Pacific and four Senators instead OF one free
State and Two Senators.
Slavery can never he carried TO the lower
porrinn ol California. That country con.
sisis, Tor The most part, OF swamp and sand
banks. Its agr,euliura! capabilities vill nev.
er support the population oi a State Blu, II
Is SAID there is gold ihere--none has been
discovered yet. But, ii Is replied, it will Lc.
So mat the diamond-but neither has been
found ye'. 1 i, is. slavery cannot go there.
NJ saGe man would Ike saves there sutroun.
Ged on one SIDE by non sla,eholdug Mexico.
with Which cou'hry We have no treaty ol ez
ifadi'lun, and non sayeholdirs California on
he other. Slaves alu,os, ,alueless ON the
Ono frontier of Kentucky. How much
gIen,cf ", uld be the insecurity ia Calfnruia
vast wi,dernts So, and occupied, not Jy sica.
idy add law ahd 10 farmers hui exclusively
by mineis. ! believe that It Is true nov, II
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no civl process could he served in the mi.
Fters' toNn oi Galena /; because the people
will not permit il. Bur then, again the right
of tie kenluckian is adui led aud indi.puia.
be. No, sn il California; for, If the Mis-.
sour compromi>e line is adopted, there viii
be no express legislaiinn on the suhp CT hos
he law left as II is, aud ha, NAV, at least
he regarded ns duubifal legal question
when nine ten,hs of the lawyers Of The coun.
Try ihink ,ha, slavery does not now exist By
Law III that country.
I The next question IS as to The organization
nt TcrfitoIini Governments III Utah and New
Mexico. |, is asked what does The South
gain answer eyeiy thing which We have
ever conicndtd for. What has been the
q ustlnn GerreIy ngiiaied between the
Nn'ih ard South ever since the Missouri Con
iro,cr.y Why, the isht Of Congress TO
Impose a restriction az To slavery That Is
conceded to 10y the refusal 10 exercise the
power, and that, loo. after an lr,ue fcgola Is
ianed aud made up between the two sections.
Bn this IS not all. There IS a provision IN
the b,ll that the Territorial Legislature strail
, no, pass any law establishing or prohibiting
slavery. That - 10 say, The law shall re.
main rs II now IS. How ls that ! Why, as
Mr.. Calhoun thought, and as all South Caro-.
lima thought, slavery exists there now oy
law. What more can be asked Than thai
f the Law shall not lie abrogn'ed This was
, the ground taken by Mr.. Calhoun two years
ago and re asserted during the present SIS
SION. Il any public man or press IN The
State has ever expressed doubt upon ihi
. question am lgnoaot of II. well know
n that there is n certain class of politicians wht
- breathe liulc lIeer sincc the death Of iha
/. distinguished man, and brgin 10 realize Tho
night. az welt as the necessity. 10 liuuk 10
thr mselves. But | would submit to ihen
d. whciher it Is not little iifeyerent so soon Il
n cnu,tover, n position which he had so deep
d ly delibofa'ed and go ably discussed or, II
n very good taste, npw to express opposite opin
o IONS. Such vas no only the undivided opin
4, Ton uf the State, but u was precisely 70
. holding the opposite opinion that Mr.. Ste
I, phens, Of Georgia, man, of whom II ma
4. be truly said -" as Cato firm, as Anslde
o Just. D" received very olitns,ye sobslqnet
c 1 he was right in his opinion, he rendcrc
T an cmlncut service ~ moving TO lay ih
CT Clayton Compromise on the table for
r. that case that Compromise yielded ever
n hing. ln one word, If slavery now exis
if ty law in New Mexico, the bill before til
u. Senate not only secures 1t from disiurbanc
r. from Congressional, but also ffom Terrtor
Of al Legislation.
10 Sir, 10 this connexion, beg leave to 81
M that cannot comprehend how i, is that Il
o. men, who wee the jealous advocates Of Il
va Clay ton Compromise, are now found IN o
al position TO the bill before the Senate. Th
AZ hill secures oil that the Clay ton Compromi
he did, and much more, as | will proceed
,e show. The Clayton Compromise contain
ey no congressional esriction--nei.her does 4