The southern press., 1850-11-07

which religiousy believe, the path of wisdom
may now lead not to its exercise, by any single
State, but to solemn call for Convention of
the slavehoiding States. This would be respect
ful to them, and can produce no evil results. Ii
held, good may be effected, whether in or out of
the Union-if refused, we shall have the salts
faction of knowing that the wcrld cannot con-
dem us for precptate action. Such a call by
Georgia, |, one of the feeblest of her sons, de-
voted, as with childs clinging love to its mo-
ther, to her honor and her happiness, commend
to her consderation-and your kindness en-
boldens me to make the suggestion of Carolina,
| in which my maternal ancestors lived and in
which still reside some of my kinsmen.
! Ihave the honor, gentlemen, to be respectfully,
your friend, Il JOSEPH w. JACKSON,
| I'VE extract the following editorial from
the Louisiana Courier. Such showing in that
particular quarter, will be beneficial, and may
tend to take off the winkers with which the
NATIONAL press of New Orleans have been
hoodwinking the people of the State hitherto
Commerce" may be king" in some quarters
of this Confederacy-but is not yet SO at the
South .." t..... ....
VERMONT AND LoUIsIANA-A CONTRAST
Under the last Apportonment Law, the two
States We're rated as equals in Federal members
each has therefore, two senators and four repre-
sentatives in Congress and if their burthens
had been equally and Justly apportioned between
| them, each shouldhave contributed equal portions
in men and money, 10 meet the emergencies and
defray the expenses Of the late Mexican war
and that being done, each should have equally
shared in the indemnites and enoluments re-
| sulting from the contest Is there a man to be
| found who will deny that. In other words, had
these States voted alike, fought alike, and paid
alike--is there an honest man who ever did or
will say, hut that they would be entitled to share
alike in such Federative partnership as ours
Is there one! No. not one
| Well: that war brought the United States i'm
mense territorial acqusitions-and making the
war debt the measure of their money-cost,-t
has added upwards of an hundred millions of
dollars to the public expenditures. Let us now
briefly contrast the contributions of these States
to the final results, which blood and treasure
have striken for and won.
Without prosecuting the war, the Territory
could never have been acquired,-and Louisiana
voted for it, and Vermont against it!
Without ratification of the treaty, the terri.
tory could never have been acquired, and Lou
siana voted for its ratification, and Vermont
against it!
Without an army in the field, the territory
could never have been acquired and Louisiana
contributed one of the two Commanding Cen
erals a number of the most gallant and distin-
guished officers with several regiments and
companies, of valiant soldiery; white Vermont
never contributed sabre or a fre-lock!
Without heavy expenditure Of money, the
| territory could never have heen acquired; yet
Louisiana through her exports, buys and con-
sumes of the imports, in the proportion of Mt
least 90 to l contrasted with Vermont, and
(ncarly the totality of the public revenues being
collected through customs, instead of the far
juster mode of direct taxation, upon the consti-
tutional ratio of Federal numt ers,) its results,
that for every dollar Vermont pays into the
Federal EXchequer, Louisiana pays twenty, and
of course contributes and has contributed in the
sane proportion, towards the extinction Of the
Mexican war debt
Now, if Justice alone was to be consulted,
upon the equities which guide and guage in
every commercial adventure, the very smallest
measure of profits between these States, would
be in proportion to their rmoney--contribution
but there is something else to be consulted.
What is that? The Constitution Of the United
States, and one Of its fundamental and impre.
scrptible principles is, that all the States shall
equally share in all the advantages derived from
its authority, however unequal their contributions
towards common acquisition. 1t is NOM
mated in the bond" and hence Louisiana has
never begrudged to Vermontan equal share with
her in the ceceded Territories, nor waited forth
the first complaint against it: There has been
nothing Of the sort: Nothing whatever: No in
deed The complaint comes from the other side
of the house! 1t is Vermont with her meagre
contributions who complains and insists, that
IOuisIonn fnr from hpinp allattad bnr
tional share of the acquisitions, shall not have
even foothOld In any of the Territories; which
through her skill and her valor, her troasure and
her votes, she has SO largely and valiantly con-
tributed to acquire! Would to God that this had
been all but wo betide the spoilers! in Con-
gress has been found a despotic and tyFannus
majority, who have listened to and needed the
monstr0us pretensions of Vermont, and exclud-
ed Louisiana and her kindred South, from every
inch of the ccGed Territories absolutely and for
aye. This is most undoubtedly true, rs to- all
the Territory embraced within the vast area of
California, and we have the eminent authority of
Messrs. Clay and Cass, Webster and Benton,
that the sanie results have been accomplished in
Utah and New Mexico. ~ ..ar
Such were the contrasts in the respective con-
tributions of Vermont and Louisiana in the ac-
QUESTION of our Mexican territores--and snch
the shares which the fairness and justice OF Con-
gress have allotted to each. Is there Louis.
ianian who comedies these premises to be true
in fact and esuts,-who would admit such an
adjustment of the matters in controversy, to be
right, equal, or just9 Is there partner in a
commercial house in New Orleans who, excluded
from all share in the profits of joint andcommon
adventure, would own the justice of so mon
strous a spoilation, and submit to it? Is there
n court in Louisiana to which he could apr)ly to
remedy the wrong, which would not adjudge
such spoilation and misappropriation Of the
common property, as fagrant breach of the
compact of partnership, and unoonsionable
fraud, and an incurable nullity! Not one -
and those who will not shut their eyes, might
equally see, that these territorial spoilations,
were quite as fragrant breaches of the compact