The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-01-25

place from Territory to State and slG-
| very Is there the new State must come in
with slavery. I ask the gentleman whether
| it is possible, upon his own theory, that Utah
and New Mexico can come in without slavery,
even if the people shall see fit to do SO, as is
| provided in the organic act? Does the gen.
tIeman stand upon the compromises of 1850?
Mr.. Singleton. Well, sir. | did not
! made war upon them in my own State at the
time of their adoption, and | have never been
satisfied with them from that day to the pres
ent The people OF my State. however, de-
clared that they would abide by them, and l
| agreed to acquicsce in that decision simply
because could not do otherwise. i-f,l
Mr.. Clark, of New York. / ask if the
terms of the compromises OF 1866 We're not
that Utah and New Mexico may come into
the Union with or without slavery as they
may see fit
Mr.. Singleton Certainly. ~a
Mr.. Lamar. | understand that 1t is denied
| by gentlemen upon the other side that the
| Kansas bill specifies the mode and tilae when
slavery shall he excluded or admitted. i I'M
derstood the gentleman from New Jersey
| Mr.. Adrian made that DENIAL.
Mr.. Adrian Certainly. #e4
Mr. Lamar. And the gentleman from New
| York Mr. Clark made that denial. l now
assert that the Kansas Nebraska bill express
| ly ascribes the time when, and the mode in
which that question may be determined and
| prescription Of that time and mode precluias
any other time and any other mode. After
organizing the Territory and defining It's linz
| its, the bill says: ,-5 Es
And when admitted as State or States,
the said Territories, or any portion of the
same, shall be received into the Union with or
without slavery as their constitutions may
prescribe at the time of such admission
Mr. McClernand. But that does not pre-
vent the people from exercising that power
before that time. 1t carries TO implication to
that effect sse..-,.s .... -
Mr. Lamar Expressio unius est exclusio
uterus. .-.,s.
Mr.. McClernand. That maxim does not
apply.
MIR. Grow. When doctors disagree, who
shall decide?
Mr. Clark, of New York. 1 referred to the
! bills organizing the Territories of L tab and
New Mexico, and not to that organizing kan
sas.
Mr.. Singleton. The power is left an open
| one, They may como in with slavery or
| without slavery, as they may determine; and
the question now is, when may they deter
mine upon the character of their domestic
institutions | say, when they frame their
organic law, and not before. They have no
| sovereignty, as | have shown, in their terrific
rial state, and they can exercise no right W bat
ever, Independent OF the authority Of the
Congress Of the United States. The very
| first act of sovereignty they can do is in franz
ing their fundamental law. In that they have
the right TO declare whether they viii tolerate
slavery or not. i-a
4 few words more and shall conclude. |
have already detained the House longer than
intended. The question now is, if we never
sever the connection which binds us and the
North together how are we TO preserve the
institution of slavery? There is hut one
| mode by which, in my humble judgment, it
! can be pcrpetuated for any considerable num-
Der OF years. We may fail in That, but ee"-
tain!y it is the surest chance Offered Us to pre-
serve it. That mode is by expansion, and
that expansion must be in the dIrectUn Of
Mexico. At present there is 10 settled gov
ernment there. 1t is, to all intents and pur-i
poses, defunct; and we have the right, to the
exclusion Of all others, TO administer upon the
estate; and when we have wound it up, there
being no better heirs than ourselves, we will
be compelled to hold that territory. That
will afford us an outlet for slavery There is
in Mexico large extent Of territory suited
to the cultivation of cotton sugar and rice. In
my opinion we must, and we are compelled to,
expand in that direction, and thus peTpctuate
ia hundred or thousand years il may be-
That is the only conceivable mode by which
that institution can be preserved, unless the
people of the North shall put down the Re-
publican party, open the Territories TO Us, pro-
TO- -, H.. It
fugitive slave law, and give US the full meas
ure of our rights under the Constitution.
have but little hopes that they vii, do this.
1t has been long winning game for poiiti-
clans. This slavery agitation has been the
hobby upon which they have rode into office.
and they are not willing to abandon it ROW
It may be asked, when will the time come
when we shall separate from the North! |
say candidly, if the views expressed by the
gentleman from Iowa, are as he Says, common,
to the Republican party, and if they are de-
termincd to enforce these views, I declare
myself ready today. l would not ask to de-
lay the time single hour. am willin: 10
unite with the people of the South for this
purpose, at any time. | speak the words of
truth and soberneSs when l say that believe
a majority of my constituents are prepared to
take that step. In the last canvass [ Occu-
pied the same ground | occupy today An
independent Democrat ran against me- and
attempted to put me down upon my ultra
southern views; and yet, in district of four
teen thousand votes, | was elected by five
thousand five hundred and 81 xty-four majority.
But not only is my district, but believe every
district in my State is prepared to take ground
in favor of dissolution of the Union, when
you tell them thai such are your sentiments
and purposes But it is not probabls that we
will do it to-day or to- morrow. You ask me
when will the time come; when will the
South be united? 1t will be when you elect
Black Republcan-Hale, Seward or Chase
President of the United States. Whenes-
CT you undertake to place such man to pre-
side over the destinies of the South, YOU nav
expect to see US undivided and indiYisibie !
friends, and to see all parties of the South ar
rayed to resist his Inauguration Can we
stand by and permit such man as either of
those named, entertaining such sentiments, to
take the presidential chair? What should we /
have to hope for? A man who viii walk into i
the United States Senate and put his hand |
upon the Bible and take an oath to support |
the Constitution of the United States so long |
as he remains a member of that BODY, and |
then, before he is fairly seated in his place,
rise up and declare that there is higher law |
than the Constitution to control his action /
upon the subject of slavery, is not fit to be-
ruler of the nation. We will never commit |
our institutions to the keeping of man who
will not respect the Constitution, though sworn /
to do it. We can never quietly stand by and |
permit the control Of the Army and Navy to I
go into the hands of a Black Republican l'rcs-
ident, elected by purely sectional vote, upon +
anti cl tyr.Io Ia l., - e.
as it is to me, that the President has the
right, to great extent, to remove the officers
Of the Army and Navy without giving a rea-
son for his action. Whenever those officers,
therefore, render themselves obnoxious to q
Black Republican President By refusing to
obey his behests in his crusade against slave
ry and slave owners, their places will be vaca-
ted to make place for his minions and supp,;ant
tools. And thus, with the military ana naval
orces at his command, he would be prepared
% execute the threats of coercion indu!red in /
lpon this floor by his satellites 7sS@
Again, believe the presidential appoint +
nents number some one hundred and twenty F
thousand OF these, some fifty thousand are /
n the South. If Seward OF any other man Of
ike views be elected President, | take it for
granted that no honorable gentleman in the ,,
south will hold office under him. l would
lot do it myself; and believe my constitu- .
nts and the people generally would take the !
anne high grounds. II there be found in the
south those who would be willing to take
ftice under him, they would be marked. and :
not expelled from the community, would be
ooked upon with great suspicion. Can YOU
oppose that the people Of the South will per Q
nit fifty thousand Office holders, or any nun Ii
or of them, to be sent there as abolition ennis d
aries, for the purpose of stealing our slaves "a