Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-16


adopted Il because so many Senators OF
distinguishes abilities, who were present
VIXEN he delivered his speech and exrla;n
ed his plan. and who were fully capable
to do justice to the side they support,
have replied to him.
The plan of the Administration cannot
save the Union, because it can have no
effect whatever towards satisfying the
States composing the Southern section of
the Union, that they can, consistently
with safety and honor, remain in the I'M
ion. 1t is in fact but q modification of
the Wilmot Proyiso. # 1t proposes to
effect the same obiect---to exclude the
South from all territory acquired by the
Mexican treaty. 1t is well known that
the South is united against the Wilmot
Proviso, and has committed itself by SOL
emn resolutions. to resist should il be
adopted. Its opposition is not to the
name, but to that whichi it proposes to
effect That, the Southern State hold
to be unconstitutional, unjust, incon
sistent with their equality as members of
the common Union, and calcuIs4ed to
destroy irretrievably the equilibrium be-
tween the two sections. These obiec-
tons equally apply to what, for brevity.
l VIII call the Executive Proviso. There
is no difference between it and the Will
mot, except in the mode of effectjna the
object and in that respect, / must saw,
that the latteris much the least obiec-
nemable. 1t goes to its object, openly,
boldly and distinctly. 1t claims for Con
gless unlimited power oyer the Terrific.
res. and proposes to asser; it over the
territories acquired from Mexico, bv a
positive prohibition of slavery. Not SO iihe
t,'''''o Pro,sso. u tnles -. y -
course, and in order to elude the Wimot
Proviso, and thereby nvoid encountering
the united and determined resistance of
the South. it denies, by implied the
authority of Congress To- legisiafe lor, The
territories, and claims the right as belong
ing exclusively TO the sinkabitants0flthe
territories. But to effect atthe obiecbof
excluding the South, it takes care, in the
meantime, ofletting in eniiQrlnts freely,
from the Northern States ard all ohter
qnarters except the South, which it takes
especial care to exclude, bythel1ibg up to
them the danger of having tiief Slaves
liberated nnder the Mexican laws, The
necessary consequence isto exclude the
South from the Territory, Just as effectu.
ally as would the Wilmot Proviso. The
only difference in this resfect is, that
what one proposes to effect directly and
openly, the other proposes to effect indi-
rectly and coyertly. 2'
But the Executive Proyiso is more
objectionable than the Wilmot, in another
and more important particular. The hat
ter, to effect its object, inficts a danger
Gus wound upon tile Constitution, by de.
priying the Southern States as joint part
ners and ownersof the Territories, oftheil
rights ia them; but it inflicts no create,
woand thanis absolutely necessary to eff
feet its object The former, on the con
try. while it inficts the same wound
inficts others equally great, and, if posi-
ble; greater, as / shall next proceed tc
explain. g s'ass ~
In claiming the right for the inhabit
ants, instead of Congress, to ,legislate. .fol
the Territories, in the Executive Proyiso
it assumes that the sovereignty of tn,
Territories is vested in the 70. naer, or tt
express il in the language used in a reso
luton offered by one of the Senators from
Texas. GGen, Houston, now absent) 9Th,
same jnherentright of self-government Il,
the people in the States, ~ 2z'he assump
- = y -, pr .>r>.ardad. innconstitution
al without example, and contrary 10 iii,
entire practice OF the Government, from
ITS commencement to the present time, al
shall proceed to show. y, .se ~
The recent movement ofndiyiduais in Cali
fcrnia to form Constitution end State Gov
ernment and to appoint Senators. and Repre-
sentatires. is the first fruit of ti,is rnonstrou:
assumption, fthe individuals, who made tbi,
movement, had gone INTO California as advent,
rers, and it, as such, they had conquered Tho
Territory and established their independence
ihe sovereignty of the country would have
been vested in them, as separate and indie
pendent community. In that case, thew would
have had the right 20 form Constitution, and
to establish government for themselves, and
y, afterwards, they thought proper to apply e
congress for admission into {he Union MS d
soseereigp aud Independent State all this
,tabliahed principles. B0,f ssicIi i not die
case. 1t was the United States who co,Sfg gseg.
ed CalifurIiin and Jinafiv a., 49,