The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-03-09


municipal ncis Of any guve'nnrn,, particular.
ly when the people Of Mexico had scqu,essrd
IN II.
Mr.. c. also read extracts from the CORES.
pondence 0f Mr.. Tus, With the povernmeoi
on ihis point. The d,seu-sicrs IN a fur,ne,
occasion. when this tetruos, WAS is, C, ded.
had lct The general irptessi0n that slavery
was no, IN existence N Mexico or those tern.
torres prler to their csssion to The u. Sale,.
I Nor could be account for ats exits euce there
nov, unless at tho mo,penl ihs Ifesryr ef ccs.
sion wa, concluded the constitution was ex.
tended over every pau Of the territory aud
! touk slavery with Il.
\ Such doctrine ves wholly irrrcouc,leab'e
with his viess and feelings. There was st
the time of iha, ,tesy fifteen free and fifteen
slave States IN the Cnloa; the iustruti on. u
both were recognized by the Constitution. -
How could Il he pe,sible that he Constitution,
IA extending over ihe,e ,eru,osrs. could car.
~ tho prInc pie ol slavery aud cou nol ca,
.. tho principles OF f,eedom establish he'd ~ Que
half of the CGupl BY the law oi Mexlcu,
ite'e "as M slavery III ihe,e territories al
the lima oi The cessIen; and as no sct,on had
been iuken 10 induce u lheie, he thought h.
had suthccn, tesson TO say II did no, exis,
there nos.
Z Thr question or slavery vas divlsibe into
tao branches: slase'y IN the States. aud sta.
very ~hhoui the States. Conetess have no
po~ers over slavery IN ihr States rscep, The
thfso psruculsfs mrntioucd VI The Cnnsiitu.
ton. That IS. the poser to regulate repre-.
! .en'a.on, the power TO lew n tax, sud the
power relative to lueiiise slaves. Be- ond
this, Congress had no power over SLAYER, 10
I The States.
II Congress we're called upon 10 ove,turn
The insuiutIon OF slsver, IN the Sts'es. aud
such u measure Was seriously thought 81, then
his voice would be for ~sf. Then = case
would be presented where IL would be i s,f.
slsi the opptessrrn. They would hen Le act
10y IN self defenc, sud The ,la, States wou'd
then be jis,i,ble N resisting the sci b, eve.
y means within their po~et; aud, N a civil
anr IN such n case. they ~ouid have the sym
pi'h,es aud support oi every maa Who loved
4Ja.ice aus ughi.
France nd tngsged in q ~sr 10 ptcpses'e
The figh Of mnn. ard her tsie was aei kn,~n.
u sr should engage IA C wi ~sf ahou, ht
introduction of slavery mo territories ~hete
1t does nut exist, what . ,p~c'acle would be
pfeseGird 10 he world. IL ~o.ld not BE- u
~ar TO propagate the right. OF msu. Oar
y Brush ancestors we're blamed, and Iisiiy Tor
Introducing i1to our midst ih,. insitiunun; and
he, for one, would never vote inr rs IN, oduc.
tl,n ans where, where the people did no, de
sneI.
The question nf slavery without the limu.
u The ) a'es Ms debs able one. Slavery
suhn The States ~ns utrbitabc. o. The
euesl,an oi slavery without the Sisas there
~as room for d ference Of oprn,un us would
lead to thr breaking Up Of this Government.
Tie differed ~'de, ifota his friend iron.
Michigan Mr. Cass) as TO The b,ndlng au.
Ihotli, Of decisions OF the Suptcne Court,
aed elementary writers on the CONSTITUTION.
lie REGARDED that ~htn a coD.tIiulonal qncs
,,on ass Uncr decd b, compe ont authority,
II ~es srlilrd. o hcrsI.e there wss nolhin.
-etiltd under The Cvn,liluliun, but al was sllli
unsrliled.
Tie pui il to gentlemen Ia say II there was
not an actual cx,.tn. power snmrahefe to
introduce OF exclude slavery from The Tern
torres. u so, ~h-rc was The pave, Before
The teiiy a,lh Mrxlco hat po~cr vas vest.
rd ~ MevIco. She having then The tetruofy
and The sovereign, over II NeSic0 pared
With the territory and the sovereignty TO II c
L States, and nov the L, States have all the
powers aud sotorclgn'y possessed BY MeSco
before the treaty. The power does or doe,
,C ~ III
have all the powers p1ssessed by Mexico, un
der the limitations oi the Constitution.
There va. no power given TO Congress in
express Terms by the Cohsiini over the
subject OF slsvety, but thefe was no power
gwen ~ express terms over an intin,e variety
Of other sui lects which we're acied upon eve
~ day. It,, ,.ss an incidental po~er. Where
there was a power u scqa,te, there followed
= power to control. lie willingly admitted
that Congress hid the power TO Introduce ,la
very INTO The Territories, the po~e,s VI N.
tfoduction and exclusion vent together.
As TO The SECOND truth, iha, slavery wss not
likely to exist 10 any part oi tho Territories
he had a lev word, ony to say. California
by her os u acton, had excluded slavery fore
yer from her hints and lhete, If any who're
~ the territories, II VAS most likely that sin.
very would have found a fuolhold aud II sla
very is not permitted there, where che ~ he
Teri'oncs was i, likely to be introduced =
Ia the cold aud mountalnous districts, the cit
mato aud the SOL, forbid its introduction. -
Thyn il was truth that slavery was not like
iy TO exls; IN any part Of tho TsIriiotiss. -
All knew TIN. to be he fact; then why should
there be any hesitation IN declaring III
Ia the l,ee States where tho W,lmpl Pro
viso vas FIRST agi,a'ed, this territory ~as
bou, to be acquired. aud the people there we're
aborlng under tho apprehension that slavery
would likely be extended 10 those Territories