Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-09-10

rencCS-fOr materlllS III not HhUIn1-OUll nave nc HSdTI
for ordinations and recriminntions with Southern men. l
prefer 10 appeal to the convictions and candpr Of the gentleman
himself, in relation to the measures which have passed. ] ask
him, in all sincerity, if he does not consider the sanction
which has this day been given by Congress to the unau-
thorized %usurpation by the hordes who occupied California,
of the vast domain embraced by the constitution, and 10 the
exclusion hy a proviso in the form of organic law, of all
citizens of the slaveholding States with their property from
oil participation in the enjoyment OF this modern Eldorrndo,
an aggression and a wrong2 Is il not, in substance and OPP
Grafton, the Wilmot Proviso, deriving its legal sanction and
validity only from the recognition OF Congress! Is that no
aggression Is II no wrong taat the only laboring class in
the world excluded for months past, and forever henceiorth,
from participation in the fertile resources and exhaustless
mineral treasures of that vast region is the laoo'lng class OF
ne.half the owners 7-that we of the South alone, with our
property, ue to have no share nor lot in the treasures which
are TO be had for the digging, and which are probably to en-
rich the mar,s ant. influence the destinies of the whole con-
tinent J / hold this an outrage of the most direct and mo-
mentous character. i appeal again to the gentleman. lie
has declared, by speech and vote, that the iue OF leaast'
the whole of the territory east OF the Rio Grande, from its
mouth TO its source, was clear and incontrovertible. Was II
no outrage and aggression that $1,000 square miles OF this ter
ritory should be purchased, TO be transferred rom the ]nris-
dic'lon of Il saveholding State, certain TO MAINTAIN our IN
stitu,ions, TO the tender mercies of tins government,
controlled, as il confessedly Is, BY an anii-slavery ma
Jority, or Of the scmi-rivilized Indians and Mexican half
breeds, who have just manifested their determination 10
exclude nsl Even this is not all; for we and our con-
sti'uents are compelled TO pay millions for the transfer
which thus privileges and insures our exclusion. The gen.
tieman has just seen the plain denial, even in regard 10 the
barren sa' plains OF Utah, of four unobstructed right to enter
with our sllves during the short period which is 10 intervene
before States are 10 lnterpose against US the insuperable bar
riers Of organic law. Surely he mus. admit that TO be
a wrong. Indeed, MIR. Chairman, | appeal with confidence
70 The gentlemen TO say whether, by the series OF measures
here adopted, he is not convinced that the South is effectual-
" precluded from all participation in the vast territories nc.
ouired from Mexico? For years hence, does he believe there
will be a STAKEHOLDER with his slaves anywhere in that inn
mense rcgionl Must ii not all be dedicated to free soil, and
constitute hereafter free Siatesl For that territory we have
fought and paid freely, calamity. Ii is common property,
under the control of a common government. Is no, our ex-
clusion from the whole, gross wrong aud aggressionl The
Ted bv this one common government, bound to afford US
equality of right and protection. Who does not feel that in
this system Of measures there have been hostility aid invid-
ious discrimination manifested against our section, its pro.
perty and institutional The potent agencies and Influences