The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-01-13

~ tue SoHStHutioii, is i0l Olliy violated,
but even pu, under tho ban or The pul.
pil, lei The yct.,lc,nan mol tell me lin,
We are-t pM, bayonetS at The disposal
8, .a,i Executive to enforce any such
law. Let the gentleman not lay ,ha,
1sttcring JUNCTION 10 his soul. | know
that the people may be addressed and
that parties may make excuses and
patched up platforms, for The purpose
ot conccaiing The tr,,h FROM the public
: ,nind: but ii cnnnol be dta,c.
Mr.. Foole, Of Mississippi. Les, !
should have misunderstood The gentle
tnan, will ask him whether we arc 10
aAdtx&and him rs just now announcing
the, opinion, TIA, ara.ed opposition o,,
tho purt Of citizens of a country, for
The purpose of arresling the execution
Of the fugitive slave law, would moi
amount 10 treason?
Mr.. Bullcr. sal no such thing.
know the difference between rio, and
sreason. i. would he treason TO levy
war against tire lui,ed Sla'cS, if there
had been concerted movemcn, Of /.
public kind to defeat the execution of i,
law, or Of the Constitution, it would
uinoaht 10 treason. But these riots
wlfch break out suddenly for private
end, the release Of fugitive slave
from his masler, would be- construed To
l,mounl 10 mere riot, and would moi be
held 10 be treason. And | said, too,
Tint judge would award proper pun.
ishment, The Governor Of The State
Mould rerni, il.
hlr. Brodhcad. No, in Pennsylvania
Mr. Butler. I have right to uppc Il
10 The Senate upon another suI,icc, in
connection with this. The Senator
from Mississippi vchcmcn,ly urges the
Necessity OF having statutory or lcgisIa
tive cnaclncn,s Tor the ratification OF
tliis compromise. lie may take either
one oi the horns Of The dilemma. The
gentleman was either opposed to some
Of the points Of The Compromise when
they were under consideration, or he
was in favor OF them. / do no, care
which lie takes. hlrs,ssEssl{sp,5,s on.
sposcl 10 Sc "
iiinS5olyed III the compromise, lie mus,
allow me 10 take his authority; and if,
on Tint OCCASION. lie denounced and was
opposed TO ii, | have right n, least 10
expect from him some indulgence to-
wards thuse who agreed with linn on
,hnt occasion. IL, on the contrary, the
gentleman was in favor OF the compro.
iniscs, he. surely will not take The posi-
ton that he was ';rowing one way aud
looking another" that lie gave us his
Voice by simple monosyllabIe Of ayc
orno, when he gave his heart and hand
TO those who we were fnrcing The meas.
ure on. He must lake one or the other.
lie cunnot escape it. lie was either
opposed 10 the admission of California,
aud opposed TO the abolition of Inc
slave trade in The District of Columbia
or he was III tuvor Of those two meas
ures. For, as regards The fugitive
slave law, Of which SO much has boel
said, il was not part Of the original
compromise. | take il that the rccor,
mus, speak upon this subject. Here
are his votes: and how does the gentle
man stand in the parliamentary mirror;
fie stands opposed to The admission o.
California, upon the ground that il wa.
precedent nol TO be found in the poli,i
cal history OF this country. if | re-
member right, al one time he dcnoullcc,
Executive inlerferance for the procure
men! Of the admission Of California
need not 20 through all tho gentle
mans speeches in support of This view
because they are too various; but
wlsh TO go through this fairly. Til,
gentleman. said that California had beci
admitted under circumstances under
which no other State had been admitted
IN violation Of all precedent; and in the
next breath he says. why do The enc.
mics Of the compromise dcnouncc this
measure? lie undertakes 10 yindicalc
Culitornia, and say that she came into
lie Union Just like any other State. Al
another lime he admitted that she came
IN 10 violation Of all precedent; and a,
jhe.ncXt moment, he says she was ad.
united in the same manner AS anv other
State was admitted into The Union.
~ Alloy me 10 say that although Cali.
iornla has been admitted against my
Judgment. and IN opposition TO my will
ana vote, bave met her representatives
here with all respect and Kindness, and
entertain Tor IhcD entire friendship.
urged The constitutional objection as
well as could in The speeches nude
at lhe time, with great rcspcc, and
difference 10 those who differed from
mo. DO not intend to repeat them.
Whatever may have been the operation
,ot that measure, and think it nny
operate differently from the intention.
the doctrine was proclaimed before her
admission, and some OF those who voted
tor il, assumed to do so OH The ground
illht not another slave State should be
admitted into this Union. Mr. Webster
with all his annoiations and commcn,a.
ries, las put it foilh in that form. Tie
doctrine was avowed and intended Ia bc
established by the precedent, that nc
o;her slave Stale should rnllule he po
lilicGl association Of this confcdcracy
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