The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-25


thrs ugh the press, prAted about the exclusion Of
slavery from California by the laws Of God
and when Mr. WEBsrER shirked the Pro.
viso on the ground Of the inutility Of 70 enact
ing the laws of God in that respect signifyng
by that t;tls the net Of the squatters there--wc
exposed the humbug, and the hypocritcai pre-.
texts by which it was sustained. We stated
from the beginning, that the reverse was the
fact-thnt California, by the laws Of God, was
peculiarly adapted to that kind Of labor-that,
in fact, in some form, slavery must exist there
either of peonage, apprenticeship, or by some
other name; though by the engrafting Of the
Wilmot in their State constitution, they might
succeed in swindling the Southern Shareholder
out Of his just rights to a share in the territory.
The march Of events has already sustained
each and every allegation made by US on this sub
ject, most triumphantIy and the shallow sophis-
tries and faIsehoods of the CONF romisers now
stand exposed in their full proportions. The
natural features Of California, its condition, and
tho wants Of ito people, al plead for the ex-
istsncs Of African slavery there, have imperously
demanded it for the weIl-being of the settlers
there. This the Aboltionists knew full well
from the beginning, and hence they spared no
labor in agitating the question, and the proviso
was suspended over the heads Of the Shareholders
until their exclusion could be secured by a
fraudulent bargain with the parties at the seat
OF government scrambng for power.
8 In this they succeeded even beyond their
hopes. Not only did they keep the shareholders
out Of the territory. and secure the adoption
OF the Wimot in the constitution of California,
but they also secured, as advocates for that very
exclusion, and that identical Wilmot Proviso,
the voices Of CAss, CLAY, WEBSTER, & Co..
who thus were used by the Abolitionists ms
their counsel, and to whom posterity must award
the honor of giving life, and strength, and rule,
to the Proviso TO which WILMoT co Id give
only his name. The bantling, puny and sickly
while at nurse with SEWARD and HALE, waxed
vigorous and healthy when taken into dry-nurse
by Messrs. CLAY, CAss, and the Compromise
company. Its putative fathers gave it u name
and blessing-its adopted fathers have given
it territory for its inheritance, large as the
original thirteen States, and commended it to
the fostering protection of the parties of which
they claim to be the heads
But though they did their work as thoroughly
~ possble-though they sought to make clear
the title of the North to all the new territory
and gave to the Proviso the binding force Of a
constitutional provision, in open defiance Of the
origina! charter, and the terms of agreement
between the trainers of the Union-though they
did all this, and even drugged the scrupes Of
Southern supporters, of Southern Submission.
lists, into acquescence" in this outrage for the
laws of Gods and the higher law" of NEcEs
sIrT, threaten to overwhelm the plot aud the
plotters in common ruin.
Under all the discouragemeuts and hindrances
thrown in the way Of Southern possession Of
California-in spite of the swindling specua-
ton on Northern cupidity, by which the admis-
sion of that Estate" was secured, and of the
organic law which made the foundation of that
consttution--the people are crying aloud for
the abrogaton of that Proviso, and the estab-
lshmcnt of slavery.
The Abolitionists, with the keen instinct that
snuffs danger from afar, to their phiianthropie
schemes of National" spolation, are already
opening in full cry upon this new scent, while
their convenient tools, the comprrmisers, are
gazing in puzzled bewiderment on this new
evidence of the healing effects of their settle
ment, and preparing their broad backs for new
burdens which the Abolitionists may pack upor
them. In vain may we look in the compromise
organs, which have already compromised away
Southern rights, for any illusions to these move
ments in California, which we chronicled some
time since; but the holder champion of the
"Free State" Of California, the National Era
does not allow the matter to pass unnoticed
but sounds the tocsin for another onslaught or
the South. Under the caption of
I1sERrY IN DAsGEn-THE DUTY OF ANTI SLAVERY
VoTERs,
The last issue ofthe Era, contained long
editorial, from which we take the following preg
nant admission OF the real wants and wishes o
the people of California, which dissipates tn
cant of those who talked about the Wilmot Pro
viso, only recnacting the law Of God in tina
territory
We are permitted to quote the following par
agraph of letter from highly intelligent cti
zen of New York, now in San Francisco, to
friend in this city. The length of his residence
in California, his opportunities of observation
and his intelligence, entite his statements tt
much consideration.
"Our Legislature is on the eve Of electing
United States senator, and we fear The result, NJ
thousands of our people are from the Southern
States, many of whom fill the highest Offices
and sre constantly urging the introduction o
slaves into the State. All our journals, and W.
have many are either silent upon the subject, o
speak openly in favor of the institution. 4
wrong impression obtains at the North in regarS
10 the adaptation Of California to slave labor
In point OF fact, no State in the Union is mor'
c.vr~~Llo. ropo wharp slave labor COuld bs