The southern press., 1852-03-16


and the Missouri line, This shows Us, for The
6st time, the gross blunder which has been
committed in the history of our revolutionary
fathers, which infjrms us that they passed two
ordinances for the government of the territory
of the United Staies-one for the portion north
west of the Ohio, which prohibited slavery, the
other for that southwest of the same river, ex-
pressly excluding that anti-slavery provso. We
also learn from the Governor, contrary to that
romantic production, Mr.. RWEs' Debates of Con-
for the extension of the Missouri Compromise
line through Texas, in the resolutions of an
nexation in 1916, and, of course, there were no
Democrats who voted for that line originally in
1921, and, of course, none who voted for the
prohibition Of slavery in the Oregon territorial
bill of lS4S. So there was total disappear
ance of Democracy in all the Northern States in
l847 and l84S, when their legislatures unani-
mously adopted the Wilmot proviso, and Gen.
CAss also disappeared as Democrat, when he
declared in the Senate, in the debate on the
three million bill, that although he would not
vote for the Wilmot proviso as an amendment
10 that bill, he would vote for it in the terri
torial bills Hence, we learn that the first faint
glimmerings of this great Democratic principle
was in the change that went on in the public,
and in Gen. CAss' mind, when he wrote the
NICHoI SON letter
But the progress of this great revolutionary
constitutional, Democratic Compromise principle
was slow. Let us consider how it stood on the
Compromise measures themselves The bill ad-
hitting California as State was by far the most
important of those measures, and the most sig
ma affirmation of that principle. II passed the
Senate by vote of "a to lS-and that thirty.
four were the following, viz: Baldwin, Bell
Benton, Bradbury, Bright, Cass, Chase, Cooper
Davis, of Mass, Dickinson, Dodge, of Wis
; Dodge, of Iowa, Douglas, Ewing, Fech, Green
, Hale, Hamln, Houston, Jones, Miller, Norris
! Phelps, Seward, Shields, Smith, Sturgeon, Tn
{ derwood, Upham, Wells, Walker, Winthrop
v and Whtcomb. A minority of those who thu.
g supported this great principle were Democrats
i and they were also minority of the Democrat.
t in the Senate-but all The Wings in the Senate
y except three, and all the Freesoilers and Alb
e litionists, without any exception, voted for it
; Those who opposed it were the following
: Atchison, 'Barnwell, Berrien, Butler, Glen,
3 ems, Davis, Of Mississippi, Dawson, Foote
; Hunter, King, Mason, Morton, Pratt, Rusk
3 Sebastian, Soule, Turney, and Youlee compre-
hending majority Of he Democrats IN The Senate
r and all The Democrats Of the South, except
5 BENTON and HoUsToN. Even Gov. FoorE and
Senator CLEMENS were faithless to Governor
: CoBB's great constitutional, revolutionary Com
promise, Democratic principle as adopted in that
|, greatest Of the Compromise measures
/ When the same measure was before the
f House, the vote equally disastrous either to ts
Democracy or the Democracy ofthe Democrats
There were only ffty-eight Democrats in its
favor, but there were ninety-truo Wings, includ.
ing all The Freesoilers Of both parties and unless
!, Freesoilers be counted as good Northern Dem.
|, ocats, there was not majority of Democrats fol-
! the bill in the House. The vote against il wa.
e fifty-six Of whom Joriy-Sir Dere Democrats, al
;. from the South, including all from Georgia Sc
! that the principal plan, which the profound and
!, original gsC,ps of the Georgia governor propo.
d Ses for the next Democratic platform is AREA
!, dy occupied by nearly all .he Ways, and quii.
all The FreeSoilers and A6olinonisis. Let US now
n come TO thenext measure Of the Compromise in
}. the scale Of importance, viz, the Texas bound
i AIRY and New Mexico territorial bill. Lei
! us consider for moment the position Of the
! question. Texas had been annexed with q
constitution, previously adopted, fixing her
limits from the mouth of the Rio Grande
away up beyond Santa Fe, and on the sole
condition, as TO limits Of their adjustment
D 'oih Merieo by this government. They
had been adjusted by treaty, with a. map an.
nexed, fixing them as she had fixed item
The inhabitants Of California had held an ILLEGAL
. convention, and had declared themselves STATE
with limits extending along the Pacific coast
down to 80 degrees. Both thus claimed large
territoy-but the claim Of Texas had been
settled by the resolutions OF annexation, and by
2 the treaty with Mexico. The claim Of the Cali.
fornans had no validity whatever, and could
have none without the assent Of Congress Bu,
Texas was slaveholding, and although, as 10
her, the Missouri line had been already agreed
on, which excluded slavery north Of s6.3 il was
determined that portion Of her territory down
to 80 degrees should be taken by purchase,
with threat Of federal compusion hanging
over her. Bot as 10 California sbe had exeI,d.5
slavery, and therefore Il was decided that her ut.
terly Illegal, unacknowledged and extrava.
giant claim down to 80 degrees should be rati.
hed by Congress. SO large portion Of the
territory Of Texas was thus transferred by
the Texas boundary and New Mexican terrific.
rial bill TO New Mexico which had Just before de
eldred fer he exclusion Of slavery Thus as
The principle established Of the right Of an anti.
alavory ronplo - C.. a. .