Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-03-02

CITY ana Mmness the Introduction OF II into any portion
the territory Of the United States where they do think
now exists by law They go further than this, and
prepared any time acknowledge and defend the consttu
tona rights of the slave States They do desire
will they consent interfere with the institution Of slavery
in the States II lew OF the North shall occasionally
60 into the slave States and kdnap slave the people
North to be any justly held responsible for it, than
The people Of the South for the offences which few OF
the citizens Of the South may commit in the Nohen Satesl
those Southern gentlemen who in the habit Of dealing
in wholesale nvecve against the North, would pause awhile
and reflect upon the true of facts thsy would be
WINGED that they were doing great injustice to very large
majority of the Northern people, And they would also be
convinced that they wronged themselves when they judge
constitutional and legal questions the influence of these
erroneous feelings and preudces.
The true ground Of security the medium between these
two extremes This is the ground Of compromise, and do
not doubt but that here the great majority Of the people
country, both North and South will be found to stand
They have wish press any, especially these exciting
questions so far to endanger other and important
teres They know that the Union constitutes their only
strength and safety. They will give up crafty the
ambition Of politicians the malgny Of party. Their pa
triotism not bounded by geographical divisions crcum
scrbed by State lines They have common motive pre-
serve common national And if this Congress,
rising above the storm Of party which RACES urousy
shall respond to this spirit Of Cancellation existing in the
bosoms OF the people, the elements Of disaord will be
hushej into sence and the ship Of State will ride on safely
and prospe.ously, in her
have said that think fortunate for the country that Mr.
CLAr has lived until now think also fortunate for the
country that General TAYLOR is the President of the
United States and that his patriotism has been
srkingy exhibited Elected in the midst Of these very ex-
elements he into the Presidency under peculiar and
emb hy oc tho
extremes of pary both in the North and South his mness
has been subjected of the severest of tests But he
has manfuy pursued his Of duty looking neither
the right the left He has stood like faithful sentinel
upon the watchtower, guarding the rights of both the North
and the South, and determined TO stand by the Union all
hazards What else could he do than he has done When
he into Office he found the Territory Of California to
the language Of Mr.. CLAY abandoned 5y Congress-
and the people of the United States ockng there in
numbers and from every part of the country He knew tha,
the people of both the North and the South willing and
anxious to welcome them into the Union and he
eman Of high character there 10 tell them so. To whose
opinions and wishes, in doing this, did be most conform
those Of the North South In my first number stated
the fact that at the last session of Congress- the South was
willing and anxious submit the whole question of slavery
the people Of California. General TAYLOR knew this and
did not hesitate ove this Southern plan his preference not
because was the Southern plan but because repub
can and right He did attempt either directly OF indi.
recy to interfere with the right Of the people Of California
to sese their own domestic questions He did not write or
speak sentence word either apor of against
the establishment of slavery there did he authorize any
agent of the Government to write speak Having thus
placed the question just where the South willing should
be placed he had hope that the South would
not make upon him because Of the result. have yet to
believe that the South will do Politicians from that
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on but the people will be influenced by these considera
tios upon question of much decacy and importance.
They prepared stand by him. They know that he
presents, this great crisis those conservative principles
which they CHERISH and that he is alike the object of hatred
to the ulras Of both North and Souh-that the Southern
fanatic and the Northern fanatic meet upon common
ground Of opposition him. The issue of this contest il
only to be by the eye Of Omnscence, but whatever
may be- the President of the United States will have the
ISOLATION of knowing that he has above every condera
ton Of sefshness and planted himself upon the Constitution
with the determination to yield up every thing that is merely
personal HIMSELF for the safety and integrity Of the Union
But the President had something TO direct him in the
Of policy which he adopted than his judgment
the natter the expressed opinions Of Southern gentlemen
Wien he into office he found upon the stautebook
existing law, which he execute and hich he
cou not hare tzecuted if he had failed to do what be
done. That law the Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo
between the United States and Mexico By this treaty the
allegiance of the inhabitants of California transferred
Immediately Upon its ratification from Mexico the United
States They then became citizens Of the United States SUBJ
jec their general laws until altered by the United
States but looking the treaty for their political privileges
and inmunies Neither the President nor the people OF
California could look any where else because Congress had
failed to provide any other political rights for them. What
then, the duty of the President under the treaty The
ninth article is as follows
The Mexicans who, in the Territories aforesaid shall
preserve the character citizens Of the Mexican republic
formally with what is stipulated in the preceding article shall
be incorporated into the Union Of the United States and be
admitted, at the proper time, Ito be judged of By the Con-
gress Of the United States to the enjoyment of all the rights
Of citizens of the United States, according the principles
the constitutions and, in the tne shall be maintained
and protected IN the free enjoyment Of their liberty and
property and secured the free exercise Of their religion
aithout restriction"
Here important duties conded the President He
required to maintain and protect the Caoans in the
" free enjoyment Of their liberty and property, ard to
them "n the free exercise of their religion without estrc
on" He do this by his Erecutire authority
for Congress had made other provision He knew why
Congress had failed provide Territorial Government, and
he also knew that the of this failure would
exs until removed by the people of California, who
alone had the power of its ultimate settlement In order
then, justly the spirit of the treaty. and give full
protection to the liberty and property Of the people, his
imperative duty provide far he could the best form
Government, for them, and to provide il speedily posi-