Democratic banner., 1850-02-11

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can poss;k tfsosk thsi psosisos sails
nach sfikAs sjir1sT ezra; si ssissass1a .
6. Besssas atsleaisl atast1ssrfishs esslt
usassners,akf establishnga sansapsew3sieh
mast tjslsimasziy place 4be poweEih 1bsibsnes
of the blacas-the bloody horrors Of wi5oh
the nind cshpct evss coatensssfs sWiihsst
an involunf shHdder. iWhatitinse inuss
be the feslinj ef tls ppsfintic Riae Aeszss
fleets that fhie 8Re icalsnityis 10 hxbfssgit
about .bya DO action sof shat Gpxssnsbsh a
which ives aasiesed for ErateefssaH5 ,ss1t1
4. BecssSeit IL ydssieped sto eseresOihs
South to eHsseipais their siAsss,i By snsh
interferenee u must FREUD 10 mAks tlsesb
Iupproftabls md dangs ss5es cad fer thab
very reason tEs proviso 6sfa sspshse1s
and is ssdyesskd byl a.s e Pc
8 8. !" B.c.a sl.er :ssil "a ss)s.ise..s q sals
results hss en psfdpssd. t. Els lths
South fos eifh . atsAel rec 4 -
E',satiss. E!.t y ,bs sfseIs slsss: !.
|ontksI5s8 = not thought Pf -
deemed impraeiieable; /; Sc. .aAasao Tsssnsas
would be left, but to absndon ts, thec cblAeka
that fair and productive portion Of eur, 20.
ion for which more than half Of opr exnsE,
tati6ns have been derived. sQpr. .wagesI sas
property, our safety, our, iysss vepld hA
put in jeopardy BY its 4enacmest., Bat tie
consequences, direct and remots, are tea
sickening and heartIepdipg to- be followed
out in detail. These viii suffice as, mare
examples. -----.-.------------------.
On questions so vital 20 snomsntous ~
this, it 10 certainly important thattBe pe0
pie should know precisely, without doubtor
ambiguity, the opinions Of their public ser
wants. How else can ltheyi expect to be
faithfully and truly represented? Col. Ben
Ton has been asked frequently by his con-
stirusbES fer bis opinions on the subject, and
he has never answered any one so as to
make himself understood nor would he
give them the least satisfaction. SIG T. zasi
He replied, 81 MAKE NO PLEDGxs-f GIVE
NO BoNDs;o and in no oinstaace wonid he an-,
swerwhether he was for or sgainst Fres
Soilisni. Now, believe from the fact above
given, together with various others, that he
is ss much Free Soiler as David Wilmot:
but yet there ere many good and worthy.
citizens Of our State who think he 10 ag0insk
Free Soilism, and would abandon him in an
instant if they believed he would fayer that
odious and dangerous scheme Te my cer.,
tain knowledge some of his friends eonsid-
er him committed for the proviso, and 9TH
ers consider him against il, One or the
other Of these must be deceivsd-eps OF
the other Of these must be diseppointea.---
In spsh case, neither enc should repoie Ant
confidence in The man, Who knowingly and
wilfully practises sneh dnpleitly & double
dealing as must eventuate in the disappoint.
ment of one or both; and no man can tell
but that he himself may be the sufferer. . ''
But what il he should, contrary to the ex-a
pectations of his Free Soil friends, change
his course and come out against the pro-
viso,-it cannot check the great impetus
given to that party-it cannot stay the
mighty avalanche putin motion BY him, that
threatens to overwhelm hs-it cannot re-
dress the irreparable wrongs already infict--
ID upon Missouri, through the influence Of
his name. These are injuries past recall.
which patriotism must mitigate to the ex-.
tent Of constitutional power.
Col. Benton, however, says the pfoviso is
nothing but ''goat's wool, /" because he says
'lavery was abolished by Mexico before We
acquired the Territory. Let rs consider
his for moment. 9.:'- p , .;''.''..1 >
The first thing referred to, is the procids-.
nation of the President of Mexico, in 1899,
which p,trpo~ted to abolish slavery through
'ut the Republic. But this was powerless
md void; for the President did not possess
authority to abolish slavery In
he States Of Mexico BY proclamation, and
lis act was not ratified by the Mexican Con-
,ress. II is therefore imperative, and re.'
NAMED dead letter, and slaves still eon17
inued to be held in the Mexican Ststes.--.I
N 1887 another attempt vas made by thso
Mexican Congress to abolish slavery. and
his fact shows that the proclamation was o.
utility, else there could have been no me-
'esity. according to Colonel Bsnton's doc
rine, for any other act. The law Of 1887,
however, was never carried into effsct.---''
t provided for the appointment of apprns-o
ers. who should appraise the slaves, 70 Ssa
aid for out of the public treasury None
{ which things were ever done aad siavesS.
cons. and Indian slaves. bought and sold