The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-03-20

elapsed since ne adoption al ne consltiNs
ii0a has been q southern lead. IN 1902,
IN pursuit. ol he idea 81 opening : new
colon region, he United States Obtained
. session from Georgiz oflhe whsle Of her
western territory. nos embracing the rieh
and growing state Of Alsbsms. In 1903
Lsusiaaa Was purchased from France. ous
az which the states Of Louisiana. Arkansas
and Missouri hare been framed az SLAVE
holding states. In 1919 The cession Of
Florida Was made. bringing another ees-
sion clslzseholdirg properly and lerrisory.
Sir. The honorable member from Soulh
Cssolina shruughi he ssw In certain opera
lions Of lhe Government. such ss the man
ner OF collecting The revenue and the ten
dency ofihose measures 10 promote en1-
igrslion into the counjry. what accounts
Cor the more rapid growth Of The nnrsh
than The south. lie Ihinksihey were not
the operalion Of lime. hHl ihe system OF
government established under this consil-
iuIion. 'ihslis a matter Of opinion. To
a certain extent il may be so; but a does
seem 10 me thai il any operation OF the
Government could be shown in any de-
gree 10 have promoted the population and
gros IN. and wealth Of The north. il Is much
more sure that there are sundry important
and distinct operations oflhe Government,
about which no man can doubt. tending
20 promote. and which absolutely have
promoted The increase ofihe slsve interest
and the slave irrriiory Of HE south. Al
low me 10 say that i, was not time that
brought in Louisiana; il wac The acl Of
men. II Wa mol Tine that brought in
Florida il was the act Of men. And
lastly. SIR. To rompleie those acts Of men
who have contributed so much la enlarge
The area and The sphere Of The institution
Of slavery. Texas. great and vast and H.
limilablr Texas, was aided 10 The Union
as slave state in ls45: and that. sir. pref
~ much closed the whole chapter and set
lied the whole account. That closed the
whole chapler-lhsl settled The whole ac-
count. because The annexation Of Texas
upon The conditions and under the quaran-
lies upon which che was admitted. did not
leave an acre Of land capable Of being cul.
iivaied by' slave labor between this Capt.
iol and The Rio Grandc or The Nueces. or
whatever u the proper boundary Of Texas
INT an acre. not one. FIom that mo-
meni ,he whole country from here 10 the
western boundary OF Texas. was fixed.
pledged, fastened, decided In be slave Ter
riiory forever. by The solemn guarantees
of law. And | now say, sir, as The plo-
position upon which ! stand This day, aud
upon the truth and frmness of which |
intend TO aci until il is overhrown. that
there is not a, this moment within The u
niied STATES, or any territory OF the United
States. single foot Of land the character
OF which. in regard TO its being free soil
territory or slave territory, is not fixed by
some law, and some irrepealable law be-
yond the power Of the acton OF this Gov
vernmeni. Now, is il not so with respect
10 Texasl Why. il is INST manile-tly so.
rhe honorable member from South Caro-
lima, at the time Of the admission of Tex
as. he'll an important post in the Execu
tive Department Of the Government; he
was secretary uf STATE. Another eminent,
person ofgreat activity andadroi,ness in az
fairs, mean The late Secretary oflhe Urea
sury. (Mr. WaIker,) was leading mem
Der OF this body. and took The lead in the
business Of annexation; and must say thai
they did their business faithfully; there
was no butch in il. They rounded il off.
and made as close joiner work as ever was
put together. Resolutions of annexation
were brought into Congress lilly joined TO-
gelher-compac,, firm. efficient, conclu-
sive upon the great object which they had
in view.
Allow me 10 read The resolution. Il is
The third clause of.he second section of the
resolution Of the LIST March. lS45, for the
admission of Texas. That clause reads
in these words:
"New states, OF convenient size, not
exceeding four in number. in addition TO
said stale Of Texas. aud having sufficient
population. may hereafter, by the con
sent Of said state, be formed out Of the ter
rilnry lhercaf. which shall be entitled 10
admission under the provisions of the
Federal constitution. And such states as
may be formed on, Of that portion of said
territory lying south of.36 degrees thirty
minutes north latitude, commonly known
as The Missouri. compromise line, shall be
admitted into the Union with or without
slavery. as The people ofeach state asking
admission may desire; and in such stale
ar states as shall be formed out Of said
north Of said Missouri comprn-
mise line. slavery or involuntary serviiude
(excep. for erime) shall be prohibited"
Now what is here stipulated. enacted.
secured! II is. that all Texas. south Of
So 30. which is nearly the whole Of il.
shall be admitted into The Union as a slave
was slave state, aud therefore
came in az slave 'siate-andrthat new
states shall be made out oft. and that such
states rs are formed out Of that portion Of