Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1861-01-02

| were the.e. 1t was dead limb, paralyEed
lifeless. The Federal Government came
along as kind Of physician. saying owe
will take this dead limb from your body
aud vitaliEs it, by giving protection to the
people, aud Incorporating it into a terrific
rial government, and in addition to that
We will give you $40, ,020 900, and you
may retain your own public lands" aud
the other States were taxed in common
TO pay the $4,000. 900. Now, after all
this is done, Texas, forsooth, upon her
own volition. is tn say, "I will walk out OF
this Union ~ Were there No other parties
TO that compacti We are ted the com
pact is reciprocal. Did we take 10 Cali
fornia. did we lake 10 Texas, just to benefit
themi No; but to add to this great fami-
ly OF States: and IL is apparent. from the
fact of their coming in. that the compact IL
reciprocal; and having entered into the
compact, they have no right to withdraw
without the consent Of the remaining
States.
LOUISIANA.
The Senator in like manner referred to
The State Of Louisaha-the meney the ma.
ton paid for her-the battles fought Tor
her. and remarked:
And now after all this; after the money
has been paid; after the free navigation sf
the river has been obtained-not for the
benefit of Louisiana alone, but for her in
common with all Statss-Louisiana SAYS
to the other States. ave will go GU. Of thu.
ConfederScy; We do not care if you did
acquire the free navigation OF this river
from Franc, we will go out IL We think
proper. aud constitste an iniependsnr
Power. and hid def sDse 10 the other
S,ates.' 1t an absurdIty; it is a contra
dIeiion; it is illogical; it is pot 6educiblc
from the structure Of tbs Govsrnment it,
self
SO sensitive have been the people of my
State upon the free navigation of that
river. (Aississippi) that as far back as
1886, now sixty four year, ago, in their
bill Of rights. before they passed under tn.
Jurisdiction OF the United States, they de-
clnred:
"That an equal participation OF the
free navigation Of the Mississippi is one of
the inherent rights of the citizens Of this
State; it cannot, therefore, be conceded to
any prince, petentate. Power, person, or
persons Whatever"
This shows the estimate that the people |
hxed on this stream sixty -four years ago:
and now We are told, il Louisiana doe. go |
out, IL ~ not her intentisn a. this tins To |
tax the people above. Who can tel what
may be the intention Of Louisiana here
after Are We willing to place the righ:s |
OF our citizens, are We willing to place the
travel aud commerce Of our cItiE ms, at the
discretion of any Power outside OF this
Government! | will not; | Ito not care
whether the other Powers be Louisiana or
the moon.
FLORIDA.
Mr.. Johnson gave the history of the
purchase Of Florida, and the expenditures
Of the Government in driving out the
Indians. aud remarked:
We paid the sum Of s25 900 900 to get
the SemIuoles out IF the swamps so that
the Territory could be inhabited by white
men. We paid TOR it, We took possession
of IL; and | remember. when | was in the
other House. and Florida was knocking at
the door for admission. how extremely anx-
ious her then able Delegate was to be ad
mitled. He now sits before me, Mr.. Yu-
lee ] remember how important he
thought it was then to come under the pro-
lecting wing of the United States a, one
OF the stars of our CoDfederacy. But now,
the Territory is paid for, England is driv
en- out, Sf5 900 900 have been expended;
and they want no longer the protection Of
:his Government. but will go out without
consulting The other States, without re.
ference to the effect upon the remaining
/ PARTIES To the contract. Where will she
gol Will she attach herself to Spain
again ] Will she pass back under the ju-
risdictien Of he Seminolesf After hav-
ing been nurtured and protected and fos
tered by all these States, now, without re.
gard to them, is she to be allowed. at her
own voliIion, to Withdraw from the Union?
| say she has no constitutional right TO do
{ 1t; and when she does il, it is an act of sg
gression. If she succeeds, it will only be
successful revolution. IL she does not
succeed she must take tho penalties and
terrOrs Of the law
wnAr Is KANSAS STATE on rERRIroRx
But, sir; there is another question that
suggests itself in this Connection. Kansas,
during the last Congress, applied for ad-
mission inIe this Union She assumed to
he State. and the difficulty in the way
was provision in her Constitution, aud
the manner of its adoption. We did not
let Kansas IN. We did not question her
being a State; but on account of the maa
ner Of forming her Constitution and its
provI ions, We kept Kansas out. What is
Ksn>as n"wf IL she Ssate, or il she a
Territory Does she revert back To her
territorial condition of pupilsgei Or
having been 5 ate, and hsY'bg applied
for admission aud been refused. Is she
standing out SiaIef You hold her as a
Territory; you hold her as a province =
You pre>c Ibe the mode Of electug h.
menbers oi her Legislature, and pay then
ont of vnur oun Tvaae,,rv IL - d.
, pruvinse controlled by Federal authority
and her laws are made in conformity will
the acte Of Congress. Is she not Terri
a lory2 think shsis,
. THR osrEND MANIFESTO.
Mr.. johnson here quoted from the 0s
1 tend manifesto. That manifesto woul
justify taking Cuba, "On lhe very sam
q principle that would justify an iadivlduu
u in tearing down the burning house of hi
g asighbOr, il there were no other means q
: preventing the flames from destroying hi
= own home
It Mr. Johnson called this pretty sosn
y doctrine" and sdded:
I, We ind this document, signed by OF
K three ministers, and approved by u
ar American people, the doctrine laid dow
n clearly that il the United States believe
n. that Cabs was 10 be transferred by Spai
to England or to France. or TO some 9th,
= Power inimical 10 the United States u
ty safety OF the American people, the safe;
N Of oar institutions, the existence Of VI
= Government, being imperiled. we shoul
have right, without regard 10 money
blood. TO acquire II.
Where does this carry usf We ir
that this doctrine was not only laid dow
!" hut practiced. in the case OF Florida
Suppose Louisiana was now out Of q
" ConfrderscJ, holding the key to the Gu
:. the outlet to the commerce OF the gre
", West, under the doctrine laid down
'o' these ministers, aud praeticed by tho Co
~, gr.ss OF the United States; would not th
,,u' Government have the right, in obsd;en
,u' to the great principle OF self.preservatio
'.e and for the safety OF our institutions,
seize il and pass il under the jurisdicti
Gu .p OF the U'ited States, and hold IL as
Tue province subject TO the laws Of .he Unit
States Z I say it would. The same pri
"a "a ciple applied to Florida The sane pri
Aa ciple would apply to South Carolina.
s =" regret that she occupies the position Il
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