The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-03-31

But whatever lmay be said by those who believe
these laws do exist how will this avail him. or suct
a. think with him' He entertAihs tho opinion that
those laws ceased TO have any force after the Terri
tory was acquired from Mexico. But if they were
in iorce before The passage Of the Utah bill do not
the provisions to which have referred, by impli.
cation at least, repeal them3 II they do not, still
there ample provision made to raise the question
and try the title to slaves, by the Supreme Court Of
the Union; and how can any man who sustained
the Clayton compromise, as panaoca for the ills
that threaten US, insist that nothing is gained by
this act for the South? contend that the provf-
sions Of the Utah and New Mexico Territorial bills
IN reference to slavery are substantially the same
with those OF that compromise, for which the gen
tlcman and his friends voted, and for opposing
which no quarter was shown to a few southern men
who voted against it. II there be any doubt ON the
question whether slavery can legally exist there;
whether 1t IL shut out by any law of Mexico prior
TO the treaty OF Guadalupe Hidalgo-why provision
ID expressly made for trying ties to slaves under
which the opinion OF the Supreme Court may be
obtained on this very question. This Mr.. Calhoun
himself, and, il l am not mistaken, all who acted
with him, were willing TO abide. How, then,
again ask, can this measure DO made the cause OF
Just complaint In the South! Are we not estopped
from 30 doing by our oftrecorded opinions.
come now to that part Of the Compromise which
more than any other seems to have excited the hos
tility Of the gentleman, and aroused to its full
height his patriotic indignation The Texan Boun
Diary and New Mexican Territorial bll-that above
all things done by Congress since the days Of the
Alien and Sedition laws--is filled with s'gorgons,
hydras, and chimeras Dire it has run rough
shod over the rights Of poor, helpless, dsncsless
Texas, whose Senators and Representatives aban-
doned her in the hour Of peril and distress, and,
humilisting to relate, il was nefarious scheme
to despoi the South Of slave territory, perfected
by the bribery of the American Congress through
Texan bond -holdcrsl He would have believe that
these bond hoidcrs these haypies, who were ready
to prey upon the tender consciences Of Con yress-
men, were in the lobbies-beset the galleries and
the door ways-intruded themselves into the sa-
cred rccesses Of Legislative wisdom, where sat
the gentleman himssli. wrapped in the solitude
Of his own originality!'' What picture! What
scene for the pencil Of the artist, and what a
Illuminating spectacle for the friends of repre-
sentative government! One day this notorious
scheme was rejected, the next II was reconsidered
and passed, against all the principles of parla-
mentary law All! the soft Impeachment had
been too irresistible the delicious apple had been
handed, the bribe had done its dirty work, the
stern virtue Of the American Legislature yielded
to the enticement of gold, and the odious measure
became the law OF the land, by vote of LOT to 81
And where, pray, was the gentleman himself du.
and expose such villainy? Was it because those
!" bribing bond holders" passed him by without
the cold respect OF passing gancef or did they
sec in bis courtly bearing and flashing. eye spi-
rt too impervious to all their arts lofty for any
price they could offer? The representatives of the
people bribed, bought up! TVho are they? Let them
be held up to the and execraton of the whole
Union! l sciH not, cannot believe it. Rather
IL
cion there be, is the phnntasy of sono distempered
imagination, the offspring OF diseased brain and
malignant heart! 81
Perhaps il may be interesting to inquire what
company the gentleman himself was keeping dur
ing this drama of bribery and corruption? He
says the measure was ruinous to the South, and
for this reason, fast friend to US and our rights
he opposed it to the bitter end. Well, let us ap-
were that stood so gallantly by the South! find
among them certain Mr.. Giddings-who il some-
what suspected, at least, of Abolitionism; MIR.
Preston King-slightly under the same cloud; a
Free sellers; Mr.. Sprague-who belongs to the
same fraternity; Mr.. Root--whose polished man.
ners and sparkling wit render him Free soil
panion not to be despised; a Mr.. Durkee--who will
regard 1t as very cruel to be thought disloyal to
the cause of Abolitionism for being in company
with such valiant champion of southern rights as
the gentleman claims to be Others, good and
true in the cause of northern fanaticsm, might be
named. Strange, indeed, that we of the South
should have 50 long misunderstood and misrepre-
scented these men, How delightful the reflection
that we found friends, in that hour of need, where
we did not expect them Are they converts OF the
gentleman? Are we indebted to hin, for their new
born zeal in our behalf? Ifhe right, were they
right too If they deserved the appreciation Of their
can BIO expect approval from MS?
How is it that extremes have thus 80 strangely
met! ls it the sign OF n political millennium? ls
the kid at last to lie down with the wolff
Let US dissect this vote little further The gen.
temnn 10 fond ofproclniming his distrust Of north
ern Wings. Well, how does this rule work in this
case? There were forty-four northern Wings, and
but thirteen northern Democratic who voted sUifh
him against this measure How does this fact tally
his vote was for the South. Will he claim that
there were but thirteen of his own political friends
at the North who could be rallied to stand by the
South, under the inspiring tones of his voice, and
vote down his proposition There were twenty
southern Democrats who voted for the act Were
they enemies Of the South, too, "bottghtup by Itran
bond holders 2" Amongst these twenty. seven.
find recorded the names Of Bayly and Mcdowell.
Of Virginia; McLane, Of Maryland; Welborn, of
Georgia; Cobb, of Alabama; Boyd and Stanton, Of
Kentucky; Bowlin, of Missouri; johnson and Ew-
ing, of Tennessee; johnson, of Arkansas; La Serc
and Morse, OF Louisiana; Howard and kaufman,
OF Texas. Were such men enemies to the South?
Did they fall victims to the magic power of Texan
bond holders? No, no! Such an imputation dare
not be made. He dare not make it against Wing
or Democrat by NAME Again, there were forty
nine northern votes for the measure, fifty nine
southern-a majority of ten from the slave States!
The bill passed by a majority of ten. II passed
then by southern votes. We are indebted it seems
to our own representatives (Whigs and Democrats)
ruinous to interest violative Of our rights,
and whose passage through Congress, if the gen
teman's charge be true, was marked by SO much
that was Illuminating TO our personal and national
pride. "Tell 1t not in Gath!'
But what is this measure, which seems to have
produced such trepidation in the nerves of the gen.
tieman' The General Government and Texas
we're disputing about the boundaries between that
State and New Mexico. conflict about to
ensue, which in all probability would have spread
into general civil war. II was proposed to pay
Texas ten millions of dolars for all the territory
she claimed north of line running west from the
100 of west longitude the line OF 800 90 north
latitude until it reached the l03d parallel Of longi
tude; then down that line south until il reached
tho lo5d parallel Of longitude; then down that
line south until it reached the line Of 80, and
with that line to the Rio Grande, at Ell Paso.
From q map which have before me, prepared
at the General Land Office, from the treaty
map, ii appears that this line cut off about SO 900
square miles from the territory claimed by Texas.
OF this, 44,66l square miles wcre south of the
line of $50 80, and the residue north of tex
tending up TO the 45th of latitude This territory
lying on the east side of the Rio Grande, together
with large portion of country west Of that river,
was, by the act, erected into the Territory of New
Mexico Now, understand him to contend that
by this act, the whole of the territory lying cast Of
the Rio Grande, which was cut off from Texas has
been surrendered TO Free soiiism Here take issue
with him. What the facts?
The joint resolutions for anncxing Texas to the
United States declared that :" new States Of con-
venient size, not exceeding four in number, in adj
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