Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1851-06-27
FRIDAY. JUNE q, 1851.


+ tic tcorld consent to BE- Numbered among
those ,eho introduced ncsc STARE po,cer in
to the Union. | did all IN aqg Bolce1' to
prerent IL EApplause.l And again,
gentlemen, the Mexican war broke out
This vast territory was acquired. and the
peace was made and, much as | disiiked
the war, disiiked the peace more, be
cause it brought IN these territories. That
territory was unknown. | did not know
what it might be. The plan came from the
South | know that certain Southern gen
tlemen wished the acquisition Of California
and New Mexico, and Utah, as means Of
extending slave authority and slave popu-
lation; everything was known about il. I
did not fall into their idea much, but see
ine quarrel, as | conceived; seeing how
much il would distract The Union. voted
saysaiflss The peace aiIl1 Mexico tro.ed q
gainst The acquisition. | wanted none OF
/ her territory, California, New Mexico, nor
Utah. They were rather ultra American.
They were far from us and | saw that they
might lead to a political disturbance, and
voted against them all--against the treaty,
and against the peace. and | am glad of It.
F.
pute; that by the controversy the whole
Union would be agitated, Messrs. Berrien,
Badger, and other respectable and distin-
gushed men of the South, voted against the
acquisition and treaty which secured it; and
if the men of the North had voted the same
way, we would have been spared all the
difficulties that have grown out of it. APP
plause.
Now, there is no sort of doubt, gentle
men, that there were some persons IN the
South who supposed that California if 1t
came in at all, would come in as slave
State. You know the extraordinary events
that arose there. You know that Califor
MIA received rush from the Northern peo-
pie, and that an African slave could no
mere live there than be could on the top Of
Mount Hecla. Ofnecessity it became free
State, and that no doubt was a source of
much disappointment to the South. And
then there was New Mexico and Utah;
what was to be done with them? Why,
gentlemen, from the best investigation [
have given the subject, and the reflection
have devoted to it, ,CGS IF the opinion
that tie Mountains of Ncac Mcrico and
Utah could no more sustain African
SluUGy than tie Saolcs Of Canado.
saw it was impossible / thought so then,
and [ think SO now, Therefore, gentlemen,
when it was proposed in Congress to apply
the Wilmot Proyiso to New Mexico and
Utah, it appeared to me just as absurd as
TO apply it here in Western New York
saw that the snowy hills, the eternal
mountains, and the climate of those coun-
tries, would never support slavery. Ne
man could carry slave there with any ex
pectation Of profit. 1t could not be done; and
as the South thought thatit was irritating
and disrespectful, l was not willing TO do it.
and, THEREFORE, [ saw no occasion for ap.
plying the Wiimot Proviso to New Mexico
or Utah / voted accordingly, and who
doubts it nowl The lar admitting tt0s1
territorjes passed aoithout any proriso
Is there siaUe, or is At likely there aca
be 0pe there? Why, there is not man
in the United States so stupid as not to sec
at this moment, that such thing was Who'll
ly unnecessary, and that it was calculated
, to irritate and offend. And | am not one
] who is disposed to create irritation, or give
: ofiense to our brothers, or to break UP fra
: ternal friendship, WITHOUT CAUSE. The
; question was open whether slavery shoulc
or should not 90 to New Mexico or Utah
, There is no slavery There is not the shin
ing face of an African there 1t is utterly
/ impractcable, and utterly ridiculous to sup
= pose it, and no one, who does not mean t
: agitate, will urge it. Well, gentlemen, We
: have race of agitators ali over the coun
! try-some connected with the press; some
t | am sorry to say, connected with the learn
D ed professions. They agitate-their live
, lihood consists in agitation-their freehold
f their copyhold, their capital, their all ant
all, depends upon the excitement of tn
: public mind.
r Gentlemen, these things went on at tn
: commencement Of the year 1850. Thu
: were two great questions before the public
: There was the question of the Texan boun
= dary, & Of a government Cor Utah d \ Mex
: leo, which j consider as one question; ant
: there was the question of making proyis
: ion for the restoration of fugitive slaves
e Gentlemen, on these subjects | have some
| thing to say. Texas, as YOU know, estab
= ished her independence of Mexico, by he
I revolution and the battle of San Jacinte
u WHICH Uidtlc Uti softitf2I poHCa- ifsSf
already stated to you what have andeipa
i, ted from the movement-that she woul
: ask TO come into the Union as slave State
d We admitted her In 1845, and we admltte
$ her as slave State We admitted her i
, 1916, and we admitted her with her ow
r. oundaries-remembe that. She elaine
e by conquest all that territory which wa
$ commonly called New Mexico, east of th
| Rio Grande. She claimed also by thes
If limits what her Constitution had declare
s. and established as the proper limits of Tes
< as. This was her claim. and when sh
r. was admitted into the United States, til
; United States did not define her territory
. They admitted her as she was. We toe
, her as she defined her own limits, and wit
the power of making three additional slaT
q States. | say eve but | did not, alway
= remember that. Now, IN this state {
% things, let us go back to 1850 What wa
I the state of things in 1850? There va
d Texas claiming all that, or a great part {
z that which the United States had acquire
l. from Mexico as New Mexico. She state
n thai Il belonged to her By conquest and b
d her admission into the United States, an
, she was ready to enforce her claims by tt
n force of arms. Recoilect that is not al
Il A man must be ignorant Of the history
ot the country who does not know, that
al the commencement Of 1880, there was
:, great agitation throughout the whole SouIl