Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-03-09


possible TO any sentiment in New England or in MIS-
sachusets that should combine the great political partrs
against this annexation and, indeed there no hope Of
bringing the Northern Democracy that view for the lear
ing was all the other way But, sir with Wings and
leading Wings, ashamed to say, there was great In,
difference towards the admission of Texas with slave ierritcry
into this Union. went on was then out of Congress
The annexation resolutions passed the ls Of March, ls45
Texas complied with them the Legislature of Texas COM
piled with the conditions and accepted the guarantees for the
phseology OF the language OF the resolution is ha Texas
% come In uPon the conditions and under the guarantees
herein prescribed" happened 10 be returned to the Senate
IN March, s45 and here in December I645 when the
by Texas of the conditions proposed by Congress
were laid before US by the President and the con-
summation OF the connexion laid before the Houses
The connexion was not completed. A final law doing The
Oh annexation ultimately had not been passed and when
vas upon its final passage here, expressed my oppose
70 and recorded my vote in the negatives and there
a' voe stands with the observations that made upon that
occasion. happened that between 1887 and this time on
various occasions and opportunities had expressed nv
e opposition to the admission OF slave States or the acqui-
slon OIL new territories 10 be added to the United States
know, sir, change in my own sentiments or NV own
purposes in that respect. win now again ask INV friend
from Rhode Island to read another extract from speech of
mine, made at Wing Convention in Sprine6ed Massachn
setts, in the month of September, ls47
Mr. GREENE here read the following extract
"We hear much just of anacea for the danger. and
evils Of slavery and slave annexation, which they call the
HHot prolso That certainly is Just sentiment but Il
which Wings d There
nor one who adReres to it more than another
"Ieei some little interest n this matter, sir Did not
commit myself in SSS to the whole doctrine fully entirely
And must be permitted that quite consent that
more recent dcoverers should claim the merit and out
patent.
deny the priority of their invention. Allow me to say
sir, it is not their thunder.''
eve the first and last and every occasion which
offers to oppose the extension Of slave power.
But speak Of it here Congress- as political ques-
ton, question Tor statesmen to upon. We
gard it. certainly do not say that it is less mpor-
IN fnty
many other points of views but legislator any off,
cial capacity must look it consider it. and decide as
matter OF political action"
Mr. WEBSTER. On other occasions, in debates here
have expressed my determination no acquisition or
cession annexation, North South, East West My
opinion has been that have territory enough and that
should follow the Spartan maxim, Improve, adom what you
have seek further" think in some observations
that made here the three million loan bill that avowed
that sentiment In short sir the sentiment has ayowed
quite as often, in as many places and before many
bes any OF the humble sentiments of mine ought 10 be
avowed
But now, that under certain conditions Texas is in with
all her territories, slave State, with solemn pledge that
if she is divided into many States those States NAV come in
slave States south of $50 a how are we TO deal with
know no way of honorable legislation but when the proper
time comes for the enactment carry into effect all that we
have stpulate to do do not entirely agree with my honor
able friend from Tennessee (M BELL that, the
time comes when she is entitled another Representative
we should create new State The rule in regard to it
take to be this that when have created new States out
VI we nave generaiy gone upon the idea that
when there is population enough to form State, sixty
thousand or some such thing, would State
may De thought quite different thing when State divided,
and two or more States made out Of it, II does follow in
SUCH case that the same rule of appoonmen should be a-
Piled That however, is for the consideration Of
Congress when the proper time arrives Imay be here
may have vote to give The OCCASION wish to be
distinctly understood day that according 10 my view of the
natter this Government soemny pledged by law create
new States out of Texa with her consent when her popu-
iatlon shall Justify such preceding, and far such
States are formed out Of Texan territory lying south of $50
3U to let them slave States That the mean
ing Of the resolution which friends the Northern Demo-
cracy have left US to fulfil and l. for one mean to fulfil it.
because will not violate the faith Of the Government
Now, as to California and New Mexico hold slavery
be excluded from those Territories by law superior
that which admits and sanctions il in Texas mean the law
Of natue-of physical geography-the law of the formation
OF the earth That law settles forever with strength be-
in California New Mexico Understand me- sir mean
slavery regard slaves in the gross of the coored
race, transferable by sole and delivery like other property
shall not discuss that point leave it to the learned gem
tlemen who have undertaken discuss i. but suppose
there no slave OF that description in California
derstand that peonfsm sort Of penal servtue exists there,
OF rather sort Of voluntary sale Of and his offspring
for debt, is arranged and exists parts of Caor
MIA and New Mexico. But what mean to say is that
African slavery, il among us, is utterly mpos
sible to find se, to be found in Mexico, any other
natural mpossibiliy California and New Mexico Asia
tic in their formation and scenery They composed of
vast ridges Of mountains Of height with some
times broken ridges deep valleys The sides ofhese
tans barren, entirely bareD their tops capped by peren
na There may be in California, made free by
its constitutions and doubt there are of valuable
land. But il is not in New Mexico Pray, what is the
evidence which any gentleman has obtained this subject
from information sought by himself communicated by Others
have inquired and read all could in order TO obtain inor
maisn this subject What there in New Mexico that
could by any possibility induce any body go there with
slaves There strips Of labe land the
borders Of the but the rivers themselves dry before
midsummer gone All that the people do to raise
little articles, little for their torillas, and
all that by irrigation And who expects hundred black
cuvang tobacco, cotton rice, any thing else
lands New Mexico made fertile only by irrigation look
upon il, therefore, fixed fact expression
the day. that both California and New Mexico des
tined to be free 80 far they settled oil, which be-
ieve, especially in regard New Mexico will be very little
the Power above have therefore say, in this re-
pec also, that this country fixed for freedom, many
persons shall ever live there by epealabe and
repealabe law than the law that attaches the right of
holding slaves in Texas; aud will say further, that if
resolution law now before provide Territorial
Government for New Mexico, would not vote to put any
prohibition into whatever The Of such prohibition
would be idle as respects any effect would have upon the
Territory and would not take pains reform ordinance
of Nature, the will of God And would put
in Wlmo provso for the purpose of aunt reproach
would put into evidence of the Of superior power
to wound the PRIDE whether just prde rational
pride, irrational pde wound the pride the gentle
men who people the Southern States. have such object,
no such purpose. They would think il taunt indig
nifty they would think it TO be acttaking away from them
what they regard proper equality of privileges and whether
they expect to realize any benefit from not they would
think it heoretc wrong that something less dero