The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-21

bat line there is very little south Of 4 worth concnding
or il is said To be country adapea onS saanS xsd
the vine aud never become slave country lhs
gold region OF California; north oil the missouri line,
WILL in all human probability. Jet brco'c slave coan-
try IL s difficult 10 perceive on what principle slavery
win be kept out, il hand make ten and fifteen do
lars par day by his labor in the mlAes Every people
will seek their interest. and most persons generally
have saxaeily enough TO perceive II II u should here
after appear 10 be The interest Of California 70 introduce
slavery, her constitution will be altered Tor that purposs
This may be done BY bare majority OF the Legislature
sanctioned by the people bot dissolution OF the Union
would of course prevent any such change OF result
Il is mistake suppose that because California started
wrongly and excluded slavery she can never change hef
policy. AS The gold mines OF the mounlalns--
which said to be the most vauableare opened there
will be demand Tor capital. which Is not necessary TO
work the deposlie mines Men OF large capital viii then
have to engage in mining The machinery and preuara-
ton will require capital These capitalists Win sOon por
ceve the proprety Of purchasing slaves 10 work tnef
mncs instead OF hiring freemen a. diteen dollars per Gay
negro would pay ior himself in "A lew weeks lie
State of Illinois started California dda frec otsse;
the price OF grain alone aduced The people then TO change
their constitution and admit slavery, In's cnange came
very near being carried by popular vote few years since
II the price of grain had continued az high as was, the
change would, perhaps, have been made SO At rs pos
sibe for people TO change from Tree TO slave State
Shall we dissolve the Union account Of the adjust
ment of the Texan boundary! This bill was voted for
by two-ihrds of the southern members Of Cosgress!
The vote was ifiy-two TO twenty six from the savehoh
ing States The State Of Texas voted Tor the adjustment
in both houses and her citizens have voted for the accept
Texas had no use for the land, and in want Of the
money But there is better reason than this for their
acceptance They had valid title to the territory Of
New Mexico II was claim only. resting on nothing
more than the continued assertion Of right Texas had
never conquered New Mexico-never extended her laws
the people nor had she ever soldier on the SOIL IN
less he was In chans When rexas WAS admitted into the
Union, the question 10 her boundary ws expressly
served for settlement between the United States aud Mex
leo 1t is mistake to say that her boundary 80 claimed,
and including New Mexico, was ever recognised BY the
general government.
The history Of this claim on the part Of Texas is sim
this s tn HsSv OF H Ne *. as
hundred years, as province OF Mexico. They were
settled on both sides Of the river Texas which lay FIVE
bne TO the mouth Of the Rio del Norte, was wilder
ness, uninhabted, except by Spanish settlement q
San Antonio The people Of the United States went
country declared their Independence. and asserted ,hs
boundary OF heir republic to be the Rio del Nore from 10
source to its mouth II they had conquered the people
as they did those living the mouth Of the Rio dol Nore.
their title would have been good deriued from ne
sword But they did such thing nor didthey attempt
The people Of New Mexico were conquered BY the
American army province Of Mexico. and held 40
conquest until peace was ratified between the United
and California were all ceded to the United States
indemnity for the The rights Of the people nhab.
ting the country were secured BY this treaty They are
separated from Texas not only BY the space OF i've hun
bred miles, but by desert over which it is dhcultto
pass II seems to me tina, there would be gross injustice
in separating people who had lived together 20 long y
laws and uniting those living on one bank OF the Rio del
Nore to foreign people five hundred miles OF. speaking
different language having different manners and Gus
toms, and separated by an almost impossible desert.
By the annexation Of Texas TO the United States slavery
was excluded from all the country north OF the Missouri
Compromiss line Now the e.. whole Of th q country
which much complaint is made! 70 expressly stp
ulated. too, that the people Of New Mexico and Unh
may come INTO the Union with q w',nou. n ssvs Y, !,
mission State. But il is said that slavery ID ex
cluded from that country BY the Mexican laws which
on n bs doctrine %
the South to advance II certainly not the doctrine
of Mr. Calhoun. who showed most triumphsny that he
constitution and laws OF the United States were pa1
mount TO the Mexican laws I! seems TO me species
of sbsurdiy to suppose that the lays OF the ppoAs
conquered shall be superior to those OF the conquer
the Clayton Compromise was acceded 10 % behalf Of
the South II this doctrine be correct. then the Caihp
JIG religion. which is the estAblished religion Of ne
MeIicsns, will exclude all Pfo'tstsnu tom 'he whole
Texas had no right to thi. territory Of New Mexico,
why, then did the United States pay her ten millions q
some reason Ia the first place, the cuo house nksa
by the United States from Texas was pledged 70 pay ave
millions OF the Texas debt. This is q pan 81 the tsa
paid TO ex,inguish clam which had in some measure
been coantenanced By the course pursued On ne "
the United Ststes Ii Is no uncommon occustenCe 10!
nation individual TO compromise claim, inSssdu
| fighting over IT,
| The Wilmot Proviso has been abandoned in New
Mexico and Utah. This 10 concession to the South
most important one The whole OF that vast region Of
country, enough TO make half dozen States, opened
slavery Congress has guaranteed, likewiee th0 these
Territories may into the Union with slavery II tht
people prefer it. This concesson on the part Of Con.
South and whenever the South Is united. = she vas
her opposition TO the Wimot Proviso. she will b sue
csssfuland never can be successful unless we are
unei IL il said no wever. that tAis 10 concession
because slavery will never 60 into these TerrorIes IN
reply can only say that slavery does now exist In unn
and tba, the MorRons living there do own slaves and
will probably continue TO own them. But the principe
has been conceded and il was for the principle, inside
battle between the North and the South couBnAnsed On
the Wmot hovso The North declared that 20 mon
slave territory should be admitted into the Union the
South resolved that Congress should pass no law e.
GLIDING them from the Mexican territory. None such
has been passed II excluded by Mature and The
country is no, adapted to slavery We hsss no caase %
complain Of the action Of the Morrill, OF on that account
The fugitive slave bill was likewise concession to
the South. drawn by southern and made - str'n-
gent any, the devoted southern could require
This certainly manifestation the part OF Con
gress and the North carry out the guarantees OF ns
federal constitution Il is said, however, that this law
will not be enforced, and that il will b repealed Le
say that sufficient unto the day s The evil thereof
will be sounded. There will be division thsn Of ~
South. All the savehodinG States will b asi!sd Ihl'
union OF the slave States viii prevent IL royal haH
not the slightest apprehension on this sphiosA II saN
too, that this law will not be enforced in he porssn
States have doubt that il will b. svaded in many
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