Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-08-23
G OIL u NJ B u S !:
wednesday Morning, Aug. 20, 1851.
Slavery In the Territories.

of the debates on the New Mexico and Utah territorial
bills and to show that every proposition in any form
recognizing the right carry slavery into those terri
tories voted down; and that every proposition to
protect it, fell before abolition majority in both
branches of Congress. We ask our friends to read
the record carefully there are some facts presented
that have been ndustrousy suppressed by the defend
of these bills, and we must call to the minds of our
readers the positions assumed by Col. Cobb in this
He insists that slaves are admitted up to the
42nd parallel north lat. The reader will remember
that there three four attempts to obtain the
line of $50 3O and $50 3O and that they were voted
down. How Mr.. Cobb proves that slavery can 90 up
to the 42nd parallel is little strange when it is re-
membered that the northern delared that is should
not be admitted up to $50 so.
We understood Mr. Cobb to say that the line of 800
so was proposed to operate by dividing sovereign
State, and hence it failed. Itwas proposed to divide
California before she was made State by Congress,
and the argument of Mr. Cobb, if we rightly under
stood him, is worthless.
But this debate settles one fact, and we hope our
readers will it, and that is that slavery receives
protection whatever in the territories Congress re-
fused to permit the territorial legislatures to pass laws
protect slavery in the territories and yet the peo
pie are told that slavery is protected.
We understand that Mr.. Cobb insists that the Com
Law affords protection--this is an original dis
covery But to show the people how far they can re-
ly the opinions Of Mr.. Cobb invite them to ex-
anime the amendment proposed by Toombs of Geor-
gia. The whole will be found below, and we state
or tae Information 2 Mr C4b5, that Congress refused
10 a2" the Common Law as j. existed" previous to
L17G 'upgn the subject Of African alayery to extend
% the territory Of Utah.
}Ve say then, and ve challenge controversy on the
POINT, that slavery cannot exist in those territories
IS IS ettecnatly eNsiuded as though Congress had
--sssd the HAmot PFovSo ana sun the action oi Con
sS--sis aPFlaoqeo mere at 'he 0ou'n'
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The Record Presented for She Fggrls to HgE#.
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cl the following as an sL1aHla19ao 10 .-a amend
ment offered BY his colleague, tr toosc-
land that all laws aud usaaes existing In said
TERRITORY at the date 1fits ACQUISITION. by The Uni
ted States which nv or o5s+-uct fire rislt of anv
citizen cf the United States 10 remove le and re-
SIDE In said TERRITORY. with ay species o. proper
< vl.raI,y be}d in sny Of the S.atts OF Ibis Union
be and are hereby declared 20 be null and void
The vote on this amendment was;
v 40 NJ; NJ. pa,, Ar,.o- e.,
cas- @S-Davis' MISS, Deiilen, MASON W.
Nays, 33-FOOTE, Seward Hale, Chase
Greene DC
On the 28th of June Mr., 1ulee of Florida, gave
notice that he should introduce the following;
At the end of the 37th section add the following:
t'That citizens of the United States emlgrating
with their slaves into the Territory OF Utah, or of
New Mexico, shall be protected IN Their property
IN such slaves SO long as they commune under ter
ntorlal governments.
No such proposition is found IN either blli-lt
does not exist.
On the 5th of September, Mr.. Toombs of Geor-
gla, introduced the following amendment to the
blll providing territorial government tor New Mex
ico:
SEC ana 0e at Ja'f8er esGcteG' Inat no CIT
life Gbertv or nron@rtv IN said Terr;torv excent
bv tba iujnmenf of b;s 1oars and tbe Laws of the
land /; and that the Constitution of the United
States, and such statues thereof may not be To-
cally napplicable and the common law as it exist
ed IN the British colonies of America until the 4th
day OF July, l776, shall be the exclusive laws Of