The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-15


Amoun, Of unoccup pied land in slave States s9lsi3 s95
This reduced to farms OF l60 acres would make
Sates~eqaaI 10 100 acres g be worked by
republic-besides wha, they occupy, :.
which Is about zov,WOuoV
Land occupied and unoccuped in slave State. s14sIss05
Whole area Of free States 2soI7I6Oo
Excess. in slave State. 1855 ass
Occupied land in slave States about 2so,ooo0oo
Unoccupied land in slave States over whole 80 -.
area in free iu5oto, ,Eto
wish to address fewfemarks to the Senate upon the
subject Of the admission Of California They shall be OF
very general character, and will introduce them BY
reading an extract from the late speech Of the senator
from South Carolina, Mr. BUTLER:l
But evade this Wimot Proviso, the people were le
o. s ss ao hsg sg
leges now by usnrpation TO which they are not entitled
regard p ID Why, s il IVY whom % wa. vested sovereignty
over the citizens and the inhabitants under the treaty Of
able senator from Mississippi IM Davsi the other day
demonstrated that and he put the proposition in 80 strong
and the from Georgia has left ground Tor Others
occupy venture 10 say that there are but very few in
buns that could take cognzance OF the subject
eeigny vested In the United States TO be exered
@Tse right Claimed under he doctrine Of sell govern
is exraconstutiona and has sanction for is
Of the constitution. power
CATION Of the rights OF the States Of this Union n whom
was vested the high sovereignty and eminent domain"
Now, sir If the senator will compare these remarks
with the almost universal character OF the remarks OF
senators from the South last wlnte he will find that be
has unsad the whole Of IT, II he will compare this with
the doctrine OF the resolutions OF his colleague in s47
and mis- speech thereon he will find that he is in direct
conflict with it, II he will take the Union newspaper
published about year ago. he will find that he repu-
dates the very thing which then coniended for We
were asked, almost in terms, why we could not let Cali
fornia alone let her adopt constitution for herse and
thus let the question oe settled lear this doctrine % Will
igan, Mr. CAss, who delivered speech days since
the doctrines OF which he now hears condemned by
COMPARE the docnes held yeas ago. moi only by The
public press Of the South but by members upon this oo
with those held now, you will lind thai any one who
upon the subject OF slavery will have cond
ton himself very that OF slave. He must change
his views often the position OF things changes adj
from Louisiana. tMr Downs II his language had been
used by northern man. will venture to say Il would
have been taken by him an insult to the South He
says:
other why the people Of the South should not aud
will willingly, consent 10 receive this state even "
was spontaneous movement OF the people, without any
action Of the government Ii case Ia which half
Of the Union had no opportunity OF being heard you took
who wished 20 there could do It, Il Is much more
expensive transport slaves We have no, the SHIPS and
federacy Yoa Of the North have o. wealth 70
stock your expeditions We travel by land in
own carts and wagons We go large scale
the North We build whole houses and put them
board hips and take them TO California We not
rich all that and the consequence has been that
IL slavery could be admitted by law those who had
slaves and did not want them got there FIRST and took pos
session
This is not very favorable picture OF the prosperity
and glory Of the South-not very elegant view OF the
eegances, Injuries, and conveniences Of the instu
tion- But Ii is not commentary by me- sir but by the
senator from Louisiana and strange ii is. What
would the senator have Would he have the elastic,
bounding activity OF the North to await the slow and
surrsh movements OF the sIavelabor machinery OF the
South IN settling the Territories Does he expect this
n so-mark nv words--he will expect in vain, until the
last clod has fallen upon the coffin Of the last slave
whose serviIe foot mprHs the southern soil II will not
wait You cannot chain the active energy Of the North
You could not chain that Of Fremont he did not wait 70
him his hardy counymen be braved the pers Of want,