The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-12

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| The following iFsbFapsvh Of Judge srzw-
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| Mr.. Presdsst Having been appointed at q
| nseyious meeting one of the committe 70 dram =
~ Of resolutions TO be submitted TO The present
@0e,ing.l wish to make' few remarks and Of
~ a TED Of the reasons sshy TINS meeting should
| adopt the resolutions just read The two princi-
pal proporisions contained in the resolutions ~.
SHOULD Texas enforce her jurisdiction over all
her territorial limits ''Should Texas dispose Of
any portion Of her territory is contemplated IN
the "Compromise bill, reported by the Committee
| Of Thirteen?'
all the saveholding .S,ntes, TO enable us proper
" to comprehend their political bearing on the m
stItution OF domestic slavery, and the equal rights
Of the Southern Hlatea. generally. it IL necessary
that we should refer back to the pot,cal history
ofthe United States which exhibits our contn-
ued effort on the part Of the non-s!aveholding
States to enlarge their political power--while At
the same time, they have done all in their power
10 diminish the political strength Of the slavehold
ing States 4t ~ f4 y laa9faG "a glfis
| Let US refer to the report Of Richard M. Young,
Commissioner Of the GeasruI Land Office, Of the
22ni OF March, l040, and the accompanying map,
showing the area Of each Stats and Territory, III
acres. This document shows what the free States
were, at the time the "Cssios" commenced, and
what they have grown to be, by the unjust legis-
lation Of this "Union" Government.
| In fact, we may trace the original purpose of
Northern domination, as far back as 1887, 70 the
ordinance excluding slavery ffom the territory
now composing the States Of Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part Of the terri
tory Of Minnesota, making an area OF Isl, 475,64O
acres, country much larger than all OF the then
Northern States. including New York and Penn
uxIvn rrha ainhf Nnrthurn 20
New York and Pennsylvania, contained onlyl05,-
OIL $40 acres, leaving difference OF 62, AGA 900
acres, in favor Of the country, thus secured by
northern ambition, the basis of future political
power. % l
To enable us properly to appreciate northern
ambition in this matter, we must reflect that our
| western boundary only extended to the Mississippi
pi river, and our southern boundary to Florida
At that time the vast amount ofterrltory since
quired by the United States, or the Union'' was
not thought Of, by any person. Therefore, the
North believed that she had secured the elements
Of power necessary for controlling the Federal
Government, even al that early period. -
The Northern people clearly saw, that the At
rican slaves, then in the Northern States, were
fast leaving the North for the South, where their
labor in great demand, aad consequently,
where they could be sold for double what they
were worth at the North The Northern people
saw that the signs of the times clearly pointed to
northern interest," and southern interest, and
they determined to secure the power in their own
hands, Of rendering the Southern section subser-
Went and tributary TO the Northern section And
they saw that the dividing line between the two
sections was to be marked by the institution of
African slavery therefore they fortified them
selves with Free-soil territory, to the exclusion
Of the African stakeholder thus securing the great
element of political power necessary to control
this great "Union" by numerical strength.
But in 1903, the United States extended her
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dence Of the determined purpose Of the people Of
the non-slaveholding States to secure to them
selves the elements of political power sufficient to
control the Federal Government and consequent
ly the destinies of the Southern section. The
Floridas, Louisiana, and Oregon contain 1,017,-
423 800 acres of this territory, the non-save-
holding States appropriated 10 themselves $780,
246, $40, leaving the Southern section l44, Ill.,
$50 acres Thus we that the people of the
non-slaveholding States, had by the year le45.
excluded the African Shareholder from ,040, 722,-
4S0 acres Of the public domain and what is still
more Illuminating to the people ofthe South, this
has not been effected with the sword. lthas been
accomplished by a whining, canting hypocrisy
on the part Of this glorious "Union. !" ''Washing-
tons Union" The "great Union" which we
are called on to defend, even while it is robbing
US Of our property. and our civil and po,,,.,ca
thus dsmantled the Southern section,in violation
Of the Constitution, that sacred instrument which
created the .sUnior" 5t,s5s5 h,S
And we might here institute an inquiry into the
ministerial conduct Of John q. Adams, and find
the real cause why Texas was abandoned to Spain
by that statesman. As the location of Texas was
such that the North could find no plausible ex-
cuse for excluding the African stakeholder from
its territory f.
Thus stood the situation of the two sections al
The time that Texas entered the !" Unioa.' Tex
as entered this s'great Union" under the provi-
,io ~ opacial an free md
sovereign, as the "great Union" herself; at least
one half of the contract was of her own making;
therefore the great Union" must not complain if
Texas claims one-half Of the right Of deciding
whether or not that contract has been complied
with as one of the sovereign parties to the con-
tract. Texas being free and sovereign State,
and the owner of all her public laEds, she
Joined the "grcni Union with her boundaries
described and defined in the contract with the
"great Union" as il had been defined in the treaty
with Santa Anna, and also on her statute book
Therefore the g great Union" must stand to her
part of the contract or Texas is released from all
obligations to the "great Union. y
And Texas further contracted with the g great
Onion" that her citizens should be allowed to own
African slaves in all her territory south Of 5000
north latitude. The ssgreai Union must stand to
this contract or Texas is under no moral obligation
to the "grsat Union" I
But, MIR. President, we see that the "great
Union" is disposed to rob us Of $4,000, 900 acres
of our territory, and for that purpose the great
Union" has sent her agents to Santa Fe to excite
her citizens to rebellion against the authority of
Texas. She then comes forward and proposes to
dismante Texas of her territory and pay her about
l4s cents per acre, for her territory, or $l0O0O,
900 for a country worth $l00, 900 10000; and to
the political value of that territory to Texas, and
all the South, it is vast, that it is beyond the
reach of calculation, or Of bargain and sale. Why
this great effort on the part of the "great Union"
to procure Santa Fe from Texasi Texas is in this
great Union' and if Santa Fe is in Texas, Santa
Fe is also in the "great Union. !"
But, Mr. President, here lies the whole naked
truh-the "great Union" covets the territory of
Texas for two reasons-the first is: she wishes to
organize free soil State within the limits of Tex
as The second is: she wishes to interpose free
soil State between Texas and California, so as to
prevent Southerners from emigrating to Cal'ior-
MIA with their slaves. And if the great Union
Gets 60 900 900 acres Of Texas territory with the
present population of Santa Fee, she can organize
large free soil State out of the territory OF New
Mexico and the territory taken from the State OF
Texas But if Texas extends her jurisdiction