The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-11-02

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power to admit new States, the admission {
Caliiornia was purely a question of Congress
lonal discretion. The law admitting her wa
a eoasahdionai ine. 1t iHAicts no s~ectionu
wrong OF injury on the South, and, in my opin
ion, ought not to be resisted By the South."
, Mr. Toombs, however, like Gen. Foote, vote
against the bill admitting California, and afte
, explaining the grounds upon which he did SO
he proceeds to say:
} "None OF these reasons are sectional, ant
would as we'll warrant Massachusetts in resist.
ing the law as Georgia. Congress waived these
objections and had a right to waive them; and
ltis not to be denied that there were weipbty
reasons on the other side for her admission.
She had a population Of American citizens
much beyond the number requisite for her ads
mission. Her people, without any fault Of
theirs, but on account Of our disagreements on
the slavery question, had been without lawful
government for several years. They were sub
lecIed to an Illegal and unconstitutional mill
tary nsurpation, at the very moment when they
most needed stable, and regular, and lawful
government. They had an undoubted right 10
throw of that government, and were rightfully
entitled to a government OF laws, instead of
military force. The remoteness of California.
the extraordinary state Of things existing there,
resulting from the unprecedented discoveries
of gold and the high rate of wages, made its
government by Congress not only inconvenient
and difficult, but enormously expensive to US.
The mixed character of the population from
all countries, inviting collision and hostility,
augmented the necessity for efficient and regu-
lar government. In weighing these reasons,
Congress decided for her admission, and | doubr
not that the exclusion Of slavery by her consti4
tuition had a great and perhaps controlling in
iiUence in favor Of her admission, with the
northern members. But they did not trans-
cend their powers. 1t is equally due to truth
candor to say, that the controlling reason ,
'or resistance 10 that act at the South, is found
"a upon tho same clause in her constitution, :
That reason ought not to have controlled either !
'arty, and especially is not a Just or sufficient c
eason for opposing the law and r~esistiue the c
government" Il
But we have quoted more from Mr.. Toombs'
lddress than we had intended. Our object :
to show that men Of the South, equally as F"
atriotlc as Senator Davis, and Of equal mental "
alibre, did not sec in the admission of Califor. {"
ia, cause Tor resistance to the general govern is
tent. :.
Inc Hon. Senator's next position was, that
Ie right ot Texas to the Rio Grande was clear
lc lndisputable-that the offer on the part of
Q Government to purchase the boundary in bu
spute was for the purpose of making another is
ee-soil State-that it was a bride offered to 90
exas for the surrender Of a portion of her do. esI
am II, then, Texas should accept the ten or
lions In lieu OF her claim, she stands CHARGED no
the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Of having been prl
IBEp to do a wrong to herself and her sister or
ates OF the South! 1t is a compliment, truly. ner
the free and sovereign people of Texas. who of
lght ana bied Tor their own independence. den
oe charged with bribery and corruptionn all
us peculiar guardianship of the people If sen
oy the dlsunioniats of Mississippi, is no secl
ubt inlly appreciated by them; but we have eve
ara y limited that Texas was full grown, and all,
not desire any further counsel and advice to
on from the gallant heroes of Chupultepec The
ana Buena Vista! deli
The passage Of the Fugitive Slave Bill was on I
me Senator's opinion, a very small affair." AL
re Dagatell, and not to be thought of as INV oreC
= q reparatIon for the INDUSTRIOUS wrongs litiC
'c'ed upon US by the passage of the other ests
lie did not, however, as we recollec, amc
uict It's repeal-which was either n verv imp
'eusaole omission in his programme, Or Of t
u'S 'nat ne has greater confidence in the cred
ng'n OF the bill than any Of his cotempora- from
Of the " resistance" stripe. suel
9 was not openly for d,sunton now. but was anna
The difference between hocu, poli
. ana p0se-u' hoar-us. lie sanctioned the on :
ornors proclamation, hoped a convention abol
ID De called, and would abide BY its deeis. bv /
Ills first allegiance was to Mississippi. uf /
"nen ms duties as her representative in due
rational councils coused, he knew where ther
ew duties commenced!
Inc gentleman's perOration, he was pleased
to his arduous public services, in the
and the cabinet, which s~macked more Of Vi
y aud egotism than we were prepared TO In "a
from the brave soldier and the astute AS
tor. DIV
. cannot speak for others, but at the con. s'sslE
on Of his two hours speech, we felt that a Wis
had not made out his case, but had rode
ted upon his audience a long, dull, prosv the h
III, with four lines Of poetry from an Irish the
in bas %rclieoo. were
ed oil
. We regret to learn from the last her b
age Recorder, that the existenco ar over
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