Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-06-14
VOLUME III.---NO. 45.

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"thUAon TO admit new States out of foreign
territory, and that for one, never would con
; Heh', .,I'tt no matter what may be said at the
. syracuse c0uYcn'lon, or any other assemblace
o insane persons, never would consent tha.
there should be one foot Of slave territory be-
: y"nd what the old Thirteen States had at the
tine OF the formation of the Union. Never,
never. The man can't show his face to me and
say he can prove that | ever departed from
that doctrine. He would sneak away, and
SINK away or hire 4 merccnarv Heep, that he
uil2ht say what nerccnary apostate from
liberty Daniel Webster has become Laugh.
ter and cheers. He knows himself to be q nv.
PocTte and falsier But, gentlemen, l was
N N public HE when the proposition to annex
le&as to the United States was brought for
ward. You kno" the revolution in Texas,
which divided that country from MEXICO. was
in the year 1885 and '36 | saw, then-and /
/ cont know that it required anv particular fore
'sIght-that it would be the very next thing to
bring Texas. which was designed to be slave
holding State, into this Union. did not wait,
sought an occasion to proclaim nv utter
aversion to any such measure, and determined
| 70 reslstl it with all my strength to the last.
/ Now, gentlemen, it is not for your edification,
nm sure, that now revive what have before
/ spoken in the presence of this assembly. Twas
| in this city in the year 1887, and long before
left New York on that excursion, in the course
OF which | went to the South and returned
here, my friends in New York were kind enough
to offer me public dinner as testimony of
their public regard for me- Iwent out Of my
way, on that OCCASION for the purpose of sh ow
ing what anticipated in the attempt to annex
Texas as slave territory and said it should be
opposed by me to the last extremity. And in
Nlbos Garden, in March, 1887, made
speech: Well, there was the press all around
me. The whig press and the democratic press.
Some spoke commendatory enough of my
speech, but all agreed that l took pains to
step out OF my way to denounce in advance
the annexation of Texas as slave territory, to
the United States said on that occasion:
Gentlemen, we all see that by whomsoev-
er possessed, Texas is likely to be slavehold,
ing country; and frankly avow my entire un-
Willingness to do anything that shall extend
the slavery of the African on this continent, or
add other slaveholding States to the Union.
When said that regarded slavery as great
moral and political evil, only used language
that has been adopted by distinguished men,
themselves citizens Of slaveholding States.
shall do nothing therefore, to extend or en-
courage its further extension. We have sla.
very already amongst US. The constitution
found it amongst US. 1t recognized it, and
gave it solemn guarantees. To the full ex.
tent of these guarantees we are all bound in
honor, in justice, and by the constitution. All
the stipuations contained in the constitution,
in favor Of slaveholding States which are al
ready in the Union, ought to be fulfilled, and,
so tar as depends on me, shall be fulfilled, in
the fullness Of their spirit, and to the exact
ness oftheir letter. Slavery, as it exists in the
Sfofo ssk L. ~ "a
is the concern ofthe States themselves. They
h have never submitted it to Congress, and
Congress has no right or power over it. l
shall concur, therefore, in no act, no measure,
no menace, no indication of purpose which
shall interfere, or threaten to interfere, with
the exclusive authority Of the several States
over the subject of slavery, as it exists within
their respective limits. All this appears to
me to bea matter Of plain and imperative du.
~ But when we come to speak of admitting
new States, the subject assumes a new and
entirely different aspect. Our rights and our
duties are then both different The free 4
States and all the States are then at liberty to
accept or reject. When it is proposed to
bring new members into this political partner
ship, the old members have right to say on
what terms such partners are to come in, and
what they are to bring along with them. In
ny opinion, the people of the United States i
will not consent to bring in a new, vastly ex.
ensive, and sIaveholding country, large enough
or half a dozen or dozen States, into the
Union. lnmy opinion they ought not to con-
ent to il. !"
4 Gentlemen, ! was mistaken; Congress did
onsent to the bringing in of Texas. They
i'd consent, and Twas false prophet. Your
wn State consented. and the majority of the
representatives of New York consented
rent into Congress before the final consum.
nation ofthe deed, and there fought, holding
p both my hands, and proclaiming with a
oice stronger than it now is, against the
,hole oft But YOU will have it so, and you
id have it so. Nay, gentlemen, will tell
he truth, whether lit shames the ID or
OF. Uaughter) Persons who have aspired
Ugh as lovers of liberty-as eminent lovers
the Wlmot Proyise-as eminent free soil
len, and who have mounted over our heads and
.odden us dowa as if we were mere slaves,
hey are the men that brought Texas into this
ountry. That is the truth, the whole truth,
nd nothing but the truth; and / declare it be-
,re you, and in the presence of my God, that
was So Look to the journals. Without the
onsent of New Fork, Texas would not have
ONE into.the Union, under either of the origi.
al resolutions or afterwards. But New York
oted for the measure The two Senators
ON New York voted for it and turned the
uesion, and YOU may thank them for the glo.
;,the renown, and the happiness of having five
six slave States added to the Union. (Great
pnsation) Don't blame me for it. Let
lem answer who did the deed, and who are
ow procaiming liberty, and using it for
umbug and trading purposes.
Gentlemen, who aided in bringing in Texas!
was all fairly told to you. You had Moses
nd the prophets, daughter,) but if one had
sen from the dead, such was your devotion
!, that policy. at that time that you would not
ave heard him, or listened to him for mo.