Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-06-28
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'nTHV tue Tor The RESTORATION u ~A1k 49,
sbor or s-rvice"--ihey establish terriiorl 81 Coz
,rnneats f5r Ctah and New Mexico, free from
restriction on he .aleei of slavery" bf S.sses
enactment: and they Old not g.
a. tar IS the resolutions in asserting - Lea
,rs., Ia, no power to proh,h, tie tfade q ave
between State and STATE" on this PoiakIhs
made no declaration al ali. And | defy the Sem
ator ACCORDING to bis own position . show, lhae
the compromise measures which - = BafnlM
ri.e 10 The south Aag neMpsne
ting advanta ses," which by hia owd -
the resolutions which he SO Violently osne
did net give. The Senator in his bsufsh Pee
AGAINST tbs resolutions, which shan -
niafe particularly hereafter, say. 81 - 4
ths resolutions Of he hoaerabie Sen4ap 49,
Kentucky drawn into question the tile e lszass
10 ali The territory embraced in her bsahdarleE
as laid down in her law Of 1896 which he con
sidcred. ofiil complete, and undeniabIs," ADD
was unwilling 10 ssy any thing 10 draw IN
question, "hy resolutions or otherwise. The
compromise measures not only disputed the q.
tie but lismemhe,ed Texas, ana wtll showaubs
,couen,,y that the senator even abandoned1h ia 4
last position. and both spoke aud voted TO dis
pute the title Of Texas, which he had 80 solemn>
IL affirmed to be fall, complete, and undenia.
h.e." The proposition contained IN the sena-
tors seventh position which have read, that
provisions should be made Tor the delivery Of iu-
etiye slave, that territorial governments should
be established free from all restriction on ths
subject Of slavery, and that Congress has no
powe. to prohibit the trade in slave between
the States, ara matters oil strci constitutional
rights. They arc no concessions to The South
they are hers positively unequivocally and IN
condlionaly without limit or restraint. They
form no compensa,ug advantages 10 tho South
( tor any surrender Of her rights and should never
have been brought in question under any scheme
Of Compromise without these, tho resolutions,
and ihe measures Of compromise, were UNJUST to
the South, aud gross aggresslona upon her
constitutional rigtts--wi,h them, they were tbs
same, as these we're matters Of positive con-
si,u,ional right, which could not be subjected 10
dt3paragemcnt on any conditions whatever. |
have shown hy the oyiaiun u Mr.. Clay, aud
the statements Of tho senator bimseIt that the
resolutions, aud measures Of compromise are
one and the same thing, or in The language OF
Mr.. Clay. tina, they "yalied bu, nconsderably,'
and leave the senator like the man in the laby.
lnh 10 wind himself ouI OF hs Inconsistency In
supporting the scheme Of adjustment" With the
declaration UPON his lips 'that he should cartains
" alcays ranAin unable to perceive in the reso
lutious any Of the features ai genuine cosnpra.
misc"
CALIFORNIA QUESTION.
4 next come TO consider the course OF the Sea-
ator in reference TO California. llIs fret posi-
ton on this question was 10 provide for CALI
fornia territorial government. AS this 10 what
| should have heen done, and there Is no obiec-
ton to il, | suppose ,ho senator will not deny
his if he does, hold in my hand pamphlet
copy, Of his speech IN the Senate, Jan. 9Th. so.
, accompanied by bin introduced by the Senator
. 1t tho sano time, 10 provide !or the organiza-
ton Of the territorial governments Of California
Drserte, and New Mexico, and TO enable the
people Of Jacinto with the consen. oil the State
/ of rexas 10 form a constitution and State inta
i the Union, upon an equal footing with tho ofigt-
i nal States ia all respects whatever" Tho sen
a,or at this time, seemed determined to have
+ another save state in the South, asa "compen>
II .atnp advantage, even for tho territorial gov
= eminent Of California, &c. In this same
! speech, however while the bill booked ona way.
tbe sennt1r seems to have had an eye the other
way, and looked 10 The admission Of Caiiofnla
as a state under certain circumstances Ahei
Speaking ola bill which he had drawn proposing
10 divide Texas on ceNan conditions, he says II
reference to it This | had resolved 10 offer as
I, new scheme d compromise, which with the estab
. lishment OF territorial government, in New
y Mexico, in neserct aud California, and the uiti
mate admission Of California AS stale, ''he'
:, freed from her present Unfortunate organization,
: hoped might lend to settle the yeHed question .
: the WiImot proyiso forever" Here the sena
= tor unfoIds the circumstances ofthe application
= Of California, which ia his judgment would maxi
her admission as n state 'tbe Wilmot provlso II
= another form" They we're "her unfortunate or
T, Raatzotion, from which she must be freed, be
fore he could be admitted, Now if a territora
government could have been gwen to Cafornis
/" Utah and New Mexico, without any restrictio
= as 10 slavery, ard California had afterwards in
:" regularly Authorised manner when all the chizen
Y Of all the states had an opportunity Of enterin
: her and being equally protected in their proper,
/, formed a slate constitution and applied for ac
y mission into the Unon. il certainly would has
y tended to settle the yexed question oflhe Wine
~ proyiso This is all the South desired il va
the senator's original position, and rs pity }
bid not stuck TO H.
81 His second position was an abandonment
~ his first Il Is laid down by him in his eight
h position agains, Mr. Gays resolutions, and
he follows:
II. s." Ifan other questions, connected with I!
nd subject Of slavery can be satisfactorily abjuste
ii. see no objection to admitting all Of Caltlorn
Of above the line Of 80 deg 30 min. into the Unic
n provided another new slave state can be laid
to within the presen, limits Of Texas so as to Ike
lie 10 the equpoaderance between the slave q
Ils the free states Of the Union and proyided furtl
All this is done By way Of compromise and
no order to save the Union, (aa dear to me as q
ee man ligingp
rn Here he abandors the formation Of terrific
+, Of al government, for California. He ahandons
es position that she must he freed from her pres
no unfortunate organization which CONSUMED y
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