Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1851-06-27
HOLLY SPRINGS, MISS

foot Of Stare teTTd0ry beyond trhai the old
thirteen States hoo6t TIE time OF tie form
alton Of the J1sie7. leger, neeer. TIE
man cant shosg iis face 10 ne and sog he
can y1roye that Iess. departed from that doe
frine. He moad sezeak apcay, and stink q
rag, or hire a saefs9aary heeIo that he naight
sag aghat q naerceaosy opostots from !uertg
Daniel Webster Aas become Laughter
and cheess.l Hf haoses himself to 5e a
hgpocrae and fazssFsr., But, gentlemen, l
was in public life aen the proposition to
annex Texas to Sc United States was
brought forward c. know the reyolu-
ton in Texas, rsllsefssaivided that country
from Mckee, 3 6 i. si,. sesr fsse;5 OF Sc.
saw then-and don't know that it requir-
ed any particular foresight-that it would
be the very. next thing to bring Texas,
which was designed to be a slayeholding
States, into this Union. [ did net wait
| sought an occasion to proclaim my after
ayers5on to any such measure, and deter
ntined to resist it with all my strength to
the last. Now, gentlemen, it Is not for your
edincation, [ am sure, that ] now revive
what | have before spoken in the presence
of this assembly. ! was in this city in the
year 1887, and long before left New York
on that excursion, in the course of which |
wentto the South and returned here, my
friends in New York we're kind enough to
offer me public dinner as testimony Of
their public regard for me. I rent ont Of
my s0ay, on that occasion, for the purpose
Of showing mhat / anticipated in tie at
tempt to o5e3aee IeroS as q stare territory,
ard said It ahoasld be opposed by NE to tie
last extremity. And Ia 856to's Gafden, IN
March, 1897, I mate speeceh. Wen,
there was the press all around me, the
Wing press and the Democratic press
Some spoke commendatory enough {; my
speech, but all agreed Mot Itook pains to
step ont Of Day acay TO denoas7ace IN odgaace
tie annexation Of Tera8 as a Stare territory
to tie United States / said on that occa-
sion: Gentlemen, we all see that by
whomsoever possessed, Texas is likely to be
aslaveholdmg country; and frankly avow
my entire unwillingness to do any thing that
shall extend the slavery Of the African on
this continent, or add other slaveholdine
States to the Union. When [ said that
regarded slavery as a great moral and po-
Gtical evil, | only used language that has
been adopted by distinguished men, them
selves citizens of slaveholdina States
shall do nothing therefore to extend or en-
courage-its further extension.
We have slavery already among US. Tht
Constitution found it among US. 1t recog
nIZed it, and gave it solemn guarantees
To the full extent OF these guarantees ".
are all bound IN honor, IN justice and b.
the Constitution. All the stiDulations con
tanned in the Constitution, in favor of the
slaveholding States which are already il
the Union, ought to be fulfilled, and, so fal
as depends on me, shall be fulfilled, in tht
fullness of their spirit, and to the exactnes
of their letter Slavery, as it exists in thC
States, is beyond the reach of Congress
1t is the concern of the States themselves
They have never submitted it TO Congress
Congress has no right or power over 1t.
shall concur, therefore, in no act, no measure
no menace, noindication or purpose, whicl
shall interfere, or threaten to interfere, Witl
the exclusive authority of the several State
over the subject Of slavery. as ii exists with
in their respective limits. All this appear
: to be matter of plain andimperatiye duty
, But when we come to speak of admitting
| new States, the subject assumes new an
: entirely different aspect. Our rights an
) our duties are then both different. Tn
, free States and all the States are then at lib
r erty to accept or reject. When 1t Is propos
: ed to bring new members into this politica
partnership, the old members have a righ
; to say on what terms such partners are t
IN ar1I what thar- 10, brf7ar olo
! with them In my opinion, the people {
= the United States will not consent to brin
! IN new, vastly extensive, and slaveholdin
country, large enough for half a dozen Q
2 dozen States, into the Union. In my opin
ion, they ought not to consent to il" Gen
] tlemen, | was mistaken; Congress did cor
: sent to the bringing in of Texas. The
: did consent, and / was false prophet
Your own State consented, and the major
ty of the representatives of New York cor
sented. | went into Congress before th
final consumation of the deed, and there
fought, holding up both my hands, and pre-
r claiming with voice stronger than it no
is, against the whole of it. But you woul
f have it so and you did have it so
i Nay, gentlemen, l viii tell the trutl
: whether it shames the devil or not
f Laughter. Persons acho haee aspire
: high as fopers Of tberty--as eminent tooe,
Y OF tire Halmot ProUtso--as eminent Fire.
: soil men, and rho hare mounted oUer oa
: heads G trodden as dom as If are aeere me,
5 slaUes. they are the men that brought Tere
: into this country That is the truth, and
: declare it before you-and in the presence
: my God, thatit was SO. Look to the journal
Without the consent of New Y Iork, Texs
. would not have come into the Union, und,
t either of the original resolutions or afte
: wards But n York voted for the measur
The t,co Senator'S from Mar York uote
: for 1t, and Gou may thank them for q
:. glory, he renoacn, and the happiness
| haring fire or sir stare Suites added
J the Uaion. Great sensation.] Don
!. blame me fer it. Let them answer who d
!, the deed, and who are now proclaiElir
n liberty, and using it for hiunbug and trai
d ing purposes Gentletoen, who aided
|. bringing in Texas2 IT was all fairy TO
d TO you. Yoa heard Moses and the pr
o phets, daughter. butif one had risen fro
IF the dead, such was your devotion to tt
policy. at that time, that you would n
i. have heard him, or listened to him for
If moment. Wen. all that viii non say
# tfat,with the blessing of God. aciN n
aou or hereafter, before the eouatt,y