New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-15

many did I 50 CONSIDER i rei'hcr could nor wogiJ
have xrrtS>cd The oPiaOa, iha, the people Of thr
South ctrif with huor au5 under the Circumstance.
ston'G. acquicsce in what lad been done. Toe Con.
siitu;ion IMPLY yves fo Con frs> the power 10 admit
new State and me ouis fc, -lcton upon the cxer.
ofihis poVcr - thai re - ~ Constitution shall
BE- republican N t,r 'oI'l framing + required
no assent OF Ccrcrc, g. u o-mauon VI tae COns,l
iuuOn. PREVIOUSLY gwen. - o. le found. The whole
matter rests VIA N0agfDss 'o exercise sound dis
creilon.
As RESPECTS tnc B,i for abl,>hing the slave trad.
m the District q Columbia. tO whlcA Won particular.
IL call ny attention, NI,h io oe tisisn ty uuieT-
stood Al an saf. ftno. "i the hr>. session % he
last Congress. ofsiaTct lu nv place m the senate
that stood ready u rv rue 10 authorize the break
lug Up Of those slave -oiis iu the midst OF The city
offensive a> they rtit iecencN, proJn,icial 10
health and m mrrv RESPECTS shocking To humanity
IL Twas nv desire to clotae The corporate authorities
OF the ,ty With Tic pow cf 20 % ate them saaces
whenever they connsffl proper 10 20 - and for
such a bill | would urhes tttingy have gwen m,
vote-havr nO tears that by >,ch measure slavery
IN the DistrlC would he a,eCtci mJurouSly The
people more directly Interested entertained 10 apPre
kension a. The kirc-and shuA | can say With Ger
talfty that nlnc tSIS O. tae citizens desired those
Slaye-martS ~ be suppressed. 1 however voted
AGAINST the Bill - y passed. because the penalty for
violating the lnw was the emancipation OF the slave
and rOnlc R0i, IT1fr G1y rsrcSSiances, kars gires
uU S.nctOn 10 c0p5i safln n tsf District Of totH5d,
nl.t4er as q pesa. ~ fie 1oaton gf lar Or "a aus
oib.r panns--ana shord feei u a boVaisa dwty 10
rcfe FOR me rsysai y thc racP9f'as clause Aeserr
proposed
Permit me 10 a.lvert fnr moment 10 the o.her
nroyi>iops Of the bill as revorted by the COMMITTEE
and Tor which. after undergoing seNefa nodlhca
tons. gave vote. And nrSt, as 10 the BOUNDARY
OF Texas. am luib SATISFIED thai IN giving my sup
rort to the line as agreed on. although mad eon-
tended for different Scuu4ary. was promoting tse
true interests Of Texas ana OF The whole South The
camor " hch has been raised against the measure,
that slave territory had tee9 surrender,d 10 me
soil. =" has no foundation IA fact Many, however,
without SWING 20 the sab &C, thorough eA@miaa-
ton, have been made to believe thal the n"1hdd)d u
Texas had been esiah>hc ~ te time oi her annex.
ation and that hcr ri-h: io the whole TERRITORY ea1
OF the Rio Grande. irom ~ m,Gh 10 iiS source. Mas
I unQuCStOned. Noihng rtn be more erroneous
When Mr.. Calhoun, ~ Secretary ot stale, negolA.
ted treaty with the Texas to.inisS.oncrs, No open
/ " declared that he ccu>'- ed her true western
boundary to be line ~ Ne drawn through what VAS
known as the desert. iymc between the Nueces and
the RIO Graada. That tgV"t, vas rejected by tie
Senate. A. a subsequent session., the resolutions
which passed authorizing ihc admission Of TEXAS
expressly reserved the rgh, OF this Government 10
fix by negotiation VITA Mexico, her western bound
/ ary. Nothing Mas sad about the ttlo Grande and
thus Texas came INTO the Union, her western bound
airy unsettled The effort 10 Sttle II by negotiation
having failed. Gen. aNlor wis directed to take
position ON the east bank q. the iNer lie removed
from Point Isabel ard cLcanpod opposite Matamo-
ros The battles of Pao Alto and Resaca de IA
Palma followed. What was ihcn said by MI Cal
houn. the bold, fearless ANA uncompromAng ad'o-
cate and defender OF southern rights and Southern
interests He denounced IN mos Indignant terms
the Administration o. col Folk for having involved
the country IN an unjust ami unnecessary "af By
the INVASION of Mexican territory. Texas, then
State OF the Union. had not IN the opinion OF that
distinguished man, any well founded clam 10 any
territory bordering ON the RIO Grande, and IN TIA.
opinion he sustained by many who no" De.
nOunce rs iaithlCSS - the South all those VINO aMet
III securing To Texas the mdlSputed possession OF
territory large enough for two STATES tne Hyn' 70
which they had strongly denied 10 her. NO hrnoly
has been surrendered tO tree soil, unless the people
pf fah and \pM MPNlgu when tuGN FORM a iOnNu-
tuition and apply for admission aS states thnk proper
To prohibit slavery and for the unrestricted exer-
else of this right. of the South have always con
tended. Governments were established Tor these
territories IN slrlct accordancew In all the territorial
acts heretofore passed, with the exception oi hM r
Oregon There Is no restriction as To slavery ani
the ablest statesmen and most distinguished lurss
Of the South entertain no doubt that the owners d
slaves may with perfect security take them 70 eihS
of these territories, reeardlcss OF the Mexican law
Had the Southern senators and Representatives.
entertained any doubt on this subject do you sup
pose that they. and ALL would have voted tor the
bill known the Clayton Iill-which left the ques
ton as to the validity OF the Mexican law To be de-
clded by the Supreme Cosr-satlsfed as We all
were that that decision could not ail 10 sustain ths
rights of the South Yet then. N now, the advocates
for resistance contended that the law OF Mexico er
cluded Slavery. That they old not themselves be-
lieve what they roundly asserted, is apparent from
the fact that they voted ae aRot the amendmentie 70
the Appropriation Bill, Of tie same session, which
authorized the President io establish Territorial
Governments, say ing nothing on the subJectoi slave
~ and so urgent we're they Tor positive Restriction,
that they came very near defeating the passage Of
the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill, to which,
after the rejection VI the Clayton Bill, we had a.
tached the provision.
My only reason pr voting IN favor Of the propoa.
ton To repeal the Mexican law, when made nv mo
last session. was. that know property to Dc 'ensi.
tive and feared that many persons mghioe deferred
frCn removing th their slaves 10 those teffi"fn,,
even should The discovery OF valuable mines Ientf
the labor proi ble after the opinions OF such men
4 A aIl ~, 'f~te Ael
ldl Of the Mexican law abolishlng slavery. ."
'hai sason, cHf " { 0I.ne, u0uid again rote J~M
rFf'. =
party O. county. II the claim set up, rests
upoA the - pyr tl0n that am an advocate iof me
for alton OF ilri party, either state or federauS
most erroneous. When attempted at Washington,
duung the asi session, think may safely say That
no one contrlbutoi more to defeat the moyementhan
did. have always considered the good Old Demo-
cratic party the true Union party and that nothing
more rs required to put down sectional divisions and
preserve peace and harmony, t m to have he Co''
eminent administered IN strict conformity win De-
mocraticprncipes Ihaye ever been States hlgms
man of the Jefferson school Hnn can fearessiy aP
peal to my whole public c IN proof Of the assertion
am not how ever prepared Ia admit that the states
possess either the constitutional or the reserved Hsm
to secede from the Union. iconsider II to De para
mount night, inherent IN every people, 10 free hem'
selves from oppression, when the action of the Gov
ernment violates their essential nights, and becomss
too greyous be born and that from the nature Of
our federaiive system II would be the most enectua
mode to accomplish that OBJECT
have heretofore given publicity to my views as 70
the position which conccIVethe slayehodlng STATES
should occupy In reference 10 the action Of the last
Congress and will not extend this long letter by
recapitulatlng them. but refer you 10 my answefp
the Invitation OF the citizens OF Tuscaloosa IN me
month OF October last. Nothing has since occurred
10 induce me tOchangc the opinions therein explained
1t will AT all times afford pleasure t0 commun'
cate with you freely upon all subjects OF public m
terest. Faithfully am your friend and obt seTr'
WILLIAM X. KING.
Col A. Is. CLITHERALL.