Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-03-15
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH Is, 1850.

congress would be inpueni undo Can the North hold
ie ooutS discernmcut iii such slight appreciation
nope 10 conceal from it, under this parv disguise, tha
.his Is no less than the Hitmot Proriso itself applied
10 tc territory South OF the compromise line and ap
Ped oy ne direct action of Congress- and the deep
aurontive from the attempt TO impose upon her
dersiandng while deprivng her OF her riphts and de-
grazing her sovereignty The best Judges estimate the
portion Of California lying South OF 50 30rom its climate
son locality and prospects of containing immense deposits
oil tnc precious metasas being fully per OF the
irhoie Vale oi all the territory acquired from Mexico South
OF that ine what then mal Of the North do you mean 10
persist In first appropiane 10 yourselves exclusively and
IN perpelmy IS per cenum of all that pertains the Terri
tora calm and then add indigniy injustice by calling
laornia herself "a parceps ermns and all in deection
hs he Isl into the Union umpire decide upon what
disposition Is 10 be made Of the remaining % per
he Soh Scdi and constitute her beside the supreme and
na arolier Of all the other weGhy ssuesl Whether tbs
constitutional guaraieg for the reclamation OF fugitive slaves
sa ho oaserved and enorcel Whether slavery shall be
preserved or abolished in the District OF Coumbial Whe-
he citizens o the slave States go from slave State
to another with their slave properyi Whether region
Of the slave territory of Texas shall be taken away from her
and converted into free territory &C.! Thcseare mighty IS
Sues men of the North submit the sole and defnitive
arbhnent OF those who claim represent people OF but
ycsterdaydesnte OF the essential elements constitute
IN American Siateol rie numbers entite them sim
ele member 0f Congress- and void therefore, all lawful
authority 10 have appointed the very and
atipes TO be made arbcrs of the controversy With
out and agains, tho choice party whose interests
TO be chiefly affected BY the decon which is 10 be made =
Would the South submit 10 all this She would not be
thy OF her place in the Union would the North hold her
in its respect if she did. Need more be said?
II ls not 10 be- denied 10 be wondered that there has
been much in the of California disturb and
the Sourhs susceptibtics Through every stage OF her
struggle in Congress obtain territorial organization the
South has proven herself her and fastest friend To
secure TO California this inesmabe benefit she offered 10
surrender her undoubed right 10 equal share in the COM
mon acquisition Of all the States which she was fully
titled whether Technically it free slave territory If
the Supreme Court should decide Tint under tho treaty Of
cession il technically free territory Nevertheless
Caornas first advent 10 power through her bold assumP
hons OF sovereignty gnazed only by excluding her
limits and out ot her ana exercising functions which
the South denies To Congress and which Congress had
stained from exercising in the territory she ate
line Wilmot Proyiso hther and puts the South al every dis
advantage in the mighty struggle she Is engaged in Tor her
equal rights Moreover upon the discovery OF the gold re
on the South possessed that peculiar species OF labor best
adapted for profitable employment hiihcr The hardness o
accmaton Of the African rsce-lheir READINGS under expo
and exemption from IcYers presented 10 Southern
planters the tempting inducements 10 emigrate 10 Cali
ont with their siyc engage the gold washngs and
work the mines The trade itself its origin and
its continuance Tor century the wants Of the mining
operations in America Tor which the labor o the white aud
Indian prove inadequate and nnadaped Yet every
pains taken exclude Souherners with their
slaves from the mines oil California while foreigners from
all paris OF the world, with caste OF laborers existing
among men, had Tree and welcome the 10 seek Tor
and appropriate 10 foreign whatever OF mineral wealth
they could gather soil the acquisition OF which
Southern vaor and contributed its full share bu
Souheers with their slaves being degraded caste were
forbidden hy their brethren from sharing even with 10
RElGNERS the spo!ls o conquest which, shoulder 10
shoulder with those brethren they had gorionsy won The
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with their aborers The Coolies from India Sandwich Island
ers hall civilized tribes from all the aes OF the had full
scope and free the nations treasures II 10 my
knowledge that hundreds oi South Americans took
their pcons ihhe and gathered handsome fortunes from
their ventures. And who peonSf The lowest bonds
upon the scale Of ci,zed They are siatss, the
sirsS debts which under the Spanish system OF peoads
made edecmabc for though always paying ihty are
aiyuys owing AID the debts OF labor due Srris OF
the soil, with little live hope iorgeneations come
Ind 60 aud leave them they find them without an Ia-
proyement changebranded with all their ehoiiie7s
characteristics o stupidity debanclery hle'ing AMI ylhg
In ihrcs5 and hopeless servltue upon the scale ol mo-
ca and intelligence they Il century behind the slaves oi
the Southern Sa!es yet poems tft Their ndeTS mace 'aa
from ne first ,es adn1nce me gold regions, and hGre
fre admtoace and be iound in amters there no'o
! below the mark when | say that NOT icsa ui'h
100000 Of national treasure have been gathered ao
pated and tken away from California by ipresner ana
not a claior or is heard from the wachieIi
whom the people appointed 10 look after tie national me
rests; whereas, had Southern Senator taken a'iy
0 slaves hther, and successfully competed WIN m eIt-
cans PerurianS, CtanS, with their tots lne slaIc-ae-
nouncng North would have been aroused and offended at
the intrusion though his contribution To the conquest
had been gallant kinsmans life and with Southern COL
engues the Senate he had secured the acquisition
the ratification Of the treaty ask you, men oi the Norh'
ers and against your betbren Is II manly or Just IN you 10
share the public with strangers and exclude from
participation those who are Joint owners WIN you! an y
be wondered that treatment like this should have aroused
the ouths attention. kindcd np her pride ana spread as
content through her borders Could il be otherwise man
felt marked, and remembered deeply and bitterly are
fine men of The South than men, that Their acc-
lions i1f the Union outlve theae repeated hIshea
and such deliberate nJustice In these iles me mon u
those Sates orignaedthese ties have holden them uteo
and should they unhappy be ruptured and desoyea De-
cvs YOU men of North that through mere brute ioce
with all Europe 10 help y", You could hoid mem oge.el
Study the of the you must deal wlI ana e'ei
her the causes and struggles OF the American heVoiu1o
md then you may the question wisely and safely
Should the Union survive this conflict Of interests ana pas
sons whrhnow shake and menace it, coming generations
will scarcely believe thai sovereign States could nave so'
with sovereign States in the Union without Immediate
dissolution civil with no other voucher tah history 70
attest ibecausc the ageIcy and influence oi government
will be unseen those who care little TO trace inc eaos
Of causes and effects and who see not therefore, na e
whole movement of California was Tie
of Tie agitation and action Of the legislative and executive
authorities of the Union. When the North with lis com
mandnp majority in Congress refuses under any ior o
a;sl,on 10 grant California territorial government m
less with restriction forever excluding slavery oih ei
borders and when NIL the Lending men who control ha ma
ritv declare in their places and in every imposing io "
anccch thai she shall never be received as o.ae ~ '
Union without express clause IN her CONSTITUTION ~ pu
yidng io the exclusion OF slavery an ac ol o9,Sie
copld scarcely speak auhoratyely either 70 Saoi
;n ar southerners commanding the former what they
were 10 do 10 secure admtance into The Union ana
up The latter that they could not migrate thhe WIN eif
s,y s but al the imminent risk Of losing it aitosene
leaving foreigners as free as they were oelofe - 20 NM
with ier tondnen and there gather ana appropriate VIII
out "el or hindTance all inc ueaSue 'hes N' w '
s much for The legislative influence o Congress upon
the action Of the people of California Inc uenee s ,'
Executive Department TO have been sun more aifec
cal and authoritative pass BY without remark The Is
snc which has been raised whether General Riley was act
ne under the advice of the present past
m Of neither in issuing his proclamation 10 the people
California in June las making known to them that the RE
sdent of the United States and the Secretaries OF oae
War had directed him advise them 10 choose Ionvcn
,on form State Constitution, &C. Such specu'ach
hardly worth pains, when the present ~
mis- distinctly that it transmitted advces 70 Ca'''uilu u
through Mr. King than two months before zen es ro
acted and of precisely the import win 'hose ne pro
s.ed to be acting under and ratified besides every z
which General Riley did do What these were ana @al m
executive meant do and did do in the premises Is es
scertained BY reference Mr. Claytons instructions a'
Mr. King in connection with what has come 10 ishl S'ee
He tells him ~ ,.,e .;.,es on,i can
with proprictv suggest the people o Caifona s ~
tion of measures calculated 10 gre fhf,n tgc
measures must of course originate solely ri M
ssure them Of the sincere desire of the Executive Oh e
S,tes to protec, and defend them in The formation a'
orernmet republican its character, aereafr 10 o sao
e 10 Congress which shall be the result oil 'er o" Ut
! berale choice, &c. ~
Mr. CLAYTON has not exactly told US what az me RE h
sijont's views" were but Mr. King is to "dSsIre In N
C.alifornians of the Presidents sneers dere nal 'e
shond choose convention and form State eoNefhien
o BE- submitted 10 Congress In all our past history a
usages ,hs constituting Territorial Government WIN
ens. of the inhabitants and designation OF voters ana
under the authority of Congress- have 6een deeea