The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-09-12

1asf and unnecessary soar By he INYA SION oJ
| lNertcan territory. Texas, then State of the
Union, had not, In the opinion of that distin.
guishedfnan, arg aos founded cldin1 10 am terri
tory bordering on The Rio Grdnds; and IN that
opinion, he Uds sustained by many zcho nor de.
nounce as faitIiess 10 the South all dose uho
aided IN securing 10 Teas the ftndispufed nos
session Of territory Urge enough for tsoo States,
the rigln 70 tchich they had strongly denied hsf.
No territory has been surrendered 10 FREE
SOIL unless The people Of Utah and Nev Meri-
co, iehen they form a constitution and appIu for
admission as STATS think proper 10 prohibit
slauerg; AND FOR THE UNRESTRICTED
EXERCISE OF THIS RIGHT WE OF THE
SOUTH HAVE ALWAYS COMMENDED.
Governments were established for these terris
tories in strict accordance with all The terit {.
al acts heretofore passed, with The exception
OF that for Oregon. There Is no restriction as
10 slarery; and tie ablesf statesmen and most dix
singaisfed furisls ofthe SoutE entertain ,0 aoubt
thai ale O7cnerS Of sldres nq0u nth PERFECT
SECURITY TAKE THEM TO EITHER OF
THESE TERRITORIES, REGARDLESS OF
THE MEXICAN LAW. Had tile southern
Senators and representatives. entertained any
doubt on this subject, do YOU suppose that
they, one and all, could hare pofed for the bill
lt1loaon as the Clayton bin, which left the ques-
ton as to the rGlidity of The Meriean lalc IL he
decided By the Supreme Court, sqtistGed as zee all
1cere that The decision coad not fail 10 sustain The
rights Of The South? Yet then, as noac, he odro-
Gates for resistance c0atened thai The Ea,c of Mers
ico ercIalaed sluUery. THAT THEY DID NOT
THEMSELVES BELIEVE WHAT THEY
SO ROUNDLY ASSERTED is apparent from
The fact that they roted AGAINST the amendment
70 the appropriation bill Of The same session, chich
authorized the President 10 ESTABLISH TER.
RlTORIAL GOVERNMENTS, saying moths
ing on tte subject Of sIaUerg; aud so argent lcers
they for PoSitire restriction that dey rery
near defeating The passage Of the ciril and diplo-
nafic appropriation bin 10 tchich after the rejec
ton Of The Clayton biH, lce had attached The gro4
vision
My only reason for voting in favor Of the
proposition to repeal the Aexican law when
made at the last session was, that know props
erty to be sensitive, and | feared that many
persons might be deferred from removing with
their slaves to those territories, even should
the discovery of valuable mines render their
labor profitable, after the opinions of such men
as Clay and Webster were given in favor of
the validity of the Mexican law abolishing
slavery. For that reason, and that alone, icouM
again rote for is repeal.
submission party of ofyonrcountry. Ifthe claim
set up rests upon the supposilion that am an
advocate for the formation of a third party:
either State or federal. it is most erroneous.
When attempted at Washington during the last
session, think may safely say that no one
contributed more to defeat the movement than
did. have always considered the good old
democratic party as the true Union party, and
that nothing more is required to put down
sectional division, and preserve peace and har-
mony, than to have the Goverement adminis-
tered in strict conformity with democratic prin-
ciples. have ever been State rights man Of
the Jeffersonian school, and can fearlessiy al.
peal tony whole public life in proof of the as.
sertion.
am not, hoseerer prepared 10 admit that the
States possess either the Constitutional or The re-
serred Tiga TO Secede from the Union. con-
slider it to be paramount right, inherent in
every people, TO free themselves from oppres-
sion when the action of the government yio-
lates their essential rights, and becomes too
grevious to be borne, and that, from the nature
of our federative system, it would be the most
etfectual mode to accomplish that object
| have heretofore given publicity to my
views as to the position which conceive the
slaveholding States should occupy in reference
to the action of the last Congress-; and will
not extend this long letter by recaptulating
them, but refer you to MY answer to tie invis
tation of the citizens Of Tuscaloosa in the
month of October last. Nothing has since
occurred to induce me to change the opinions
therein expressed. 1t will at all times afford
me pleasure to communicate with vou freely
upon all subjects of public interest.
Faithfully, am your friend and obedent
servant. WM. r. KING.
Col. A. B. CIirHERkLL.