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SERIES—VOL HI., ATHENS, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1850., UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY VOLUME XVII. NUMBER 48 Z:$ikdit> fJorttg. ■ ^Thmtdv, n,mnw «» 'SSSkgVV -*> imwwrn, be mjt, mam m’SSSTr, ‘ " Too must not go, raj dew, IWt't *> mtmw a talking; 3<m shall not fuaero* tb« field With BUlr Grime* a Felklof. Tn think of me preenmptioo, too! Tlie dirt/, ogljr drorerl • 'pzszn&ir*-"* BeaMaa. theywj, to Gnaw* ‘ *- That Billy U the only Sonivingbcir to all that’* left; And that, they *ay> nearly A gfpd wfithaatdnil iliHarr. am ,, Ih^t#aJw»dr«lyeariyr. ,-I did not bear, my daughter dear, ,« ■ . Tour last remark quite clearly. Bat BQlyiaficbter lad, t And nodotf* lore* you dearly! • r, tbea,to-n ‘ played (Dooming signal*, arid Minted ’ joying their riches. You seek: aland iJic remains with all ibe honors paid to j peasant ib the sight, but dprigefmia to mmmimnrmL * m tj ^ . si yj the feet; a-land of fragrant winds, Frttn- San Domingo- the coffin was which loll to security; ofgolden iruits conveyed to the Bay of Ocoa, and ihfcre which are poisonous.- of glorious hues transferred to tbe sbip-of-war San Lo-j which dazzle and mislead: • ; renzo, which immediately -made sail, I You may be rich and be pure ; but it and arrived at Havana, in-the Island of j will'cost you astrugglc. You niay be Cuba, oh ibe 16th of January, 1796.— rich and go to heaven; boil len. doubt- Here every thing was conducted with j less, will sink beneath their riches, the same circumstance and solemn cer-! where one breaks through them to lemony. The. principal authorities re- heaven. If you have entered this shih- l ■ .u— .L: n : i 1 lx .1 j paired on board the ship, accompanied by the superior naval and military offi cers. The remains were removed with great reverence, and .placed in a feluc ca,-'Jin which they were conveyed to ihg way, begin to look for shares and traps. Go not careless of your daogcr. of you, how many there are wife seal God*S Word with their blood. i,nd' in- Ibe midal of a prow.wro ofj They lhat will be rich, fall into three columns of felucca, and boMrhtj temptation antfa snare.and into many the royal wrvme.coniainingdmingobh- foolish and hurtfal lusts, which drown For rd miluary and .ministerial officers.—! men to destruction and perdith.... . „. Two feluccas fallowed, in one of which > t l, e love of money is the root of all evil, marine guard of honor, with! which, while some have coveted af- monrnmg banners and muffled drum;— Ier , they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many Aerov tie field cfUrley." 1 l*n the night when the roeoo hewn* brifbt On flayer* that drink the dev ; ' - When cascades sheet m the »tar» peep out Front boundlema field* of btim; But dearer hr than mooa or aUr, ■ Or fiownr* of gaudy hue. CJr murronrin-tlirill -of moontaio rill*—. .. I tore,! lore, lore roe!, _ .. ( 1 lore to «*r»y at thu clWe of day Through grore* of linden tree*;. When girthing riotaa from "onj bird*’ throat* 14^>^honight—theglorioiHiii^U-!. , When licart* beat warm and tree; ‘ . Bat fitr abore the night I lore, I lore, 1 lore, knwvoc. V> m'trr. oul1 ° <W •J Dear, in the Morn’**oft blowing gale, “• ,^&35SujU. IMMMl%t' ->•*< Dear i* the early evening *tar, >. 4 * .Thelover**guide,; . Bat dearer atm and awi-eter hr, -ao *•* OnovxFnniMl - ^c,, k Ilear is the wild hint*’ lively aong TWt eheera the weire; Sweetie the brreae that wafuahmg .... . The *igh of Lore; " Dear Uthlndloc'. heart the t*U *rr* Bet Ol more dear, more sweet than all, OvnowaFianim! , < the representatives of the free States inl fal character ot the strife in which it | pendence, common to all the colonies; I be'effort to prevent the occurrence of j was-achieved. j one which is deemed necessary to ihe this difficulty; Nay, sir} if some two Coming to the consideration of this comfort and happiness of those by or three of them" could have remained J question in the spirit of these feelings, j whom it U retained ; that they entered firm upon the ground they had occu- j it seems to me appropriate to express ' into their present bond of union with pied, it would have been prevented. I my high sense of the pariolic and gen- this institution subsisting in -its lull am desirous now to unite in averting, if j eroos motives which prompted the in- force, as it now does, with the declared it be possible, the dangers which are production of these Resolutions by my [ purpose to coniinlie it indefinitely ; that * The’Senate having under considera- j threatened. It may require some self f honorable friend from Kentucky,- (Mr. they were not merely accepted and lion the resolutions offered somedays ! sacrifice ^ it may require the sacrifice I Clay.) He wilt allow me to use that welcomed into the-Union of the Slate* ago by-Mr.* ; w v . |ol popularity or official station. I am term, since he knows th.at it is used , with this institution, but were -urged to , **^ |W *‘' *" "**" L-h-rli:—;a..* t —r.i— r..n which that; enter it. Andyetit is this-institution, not, in [ existing at the time that the constitution SPEECH OF HH. BERRIEN', - ■ op oboHou, On Sir. Clay’s Proposed Compromise, Irr Sex ate, Mono* v, Feb. ll, 1850. igo by Mr. Clat-*-"' ; ’ ‘ . j oi popularity or omcial station, i am term, since ne Knows that it i Mr. Berrieiv—I; am very sensible,! willing to make it, if you will present with a full sense of what it is wh ir, of the difficulties which encompass me any ground upon which on honest relation implies. And if I do L. it,., nAmamvo.... ninn fnnv unit a oiiih i-nn in olvino npnn> rrfprrinor In hi In. nnnpt in hie nnn the subject' that now engages the ami provoking it. See, on every side side ration of theSenatc.' Of these dif- in the other were the commandant gen eral, the principal minister of marine, -and the military slafL In passing the vessels of war in . the harbor, they all paid the honor due to an admiral and captain general of the navy, t On arriving nt the Mole, the remains were met by the Governor of the Island, accompanied by lhe generals and mili- tary.siaff. The coffin was then convey ed between: files of soldiers which lined tbe streets and formally delivered to the governor and captain-general of the Island, the key given up to him, the coffin opened and examined, nnd the sale transportation of its contents au thenticated. This ceremony being con cluded, it was conveyed in grand pro cession, add with the utmost pomp, to thiecathedral. Masses, nnd the solemn ceremonies of the dead, were perfi Ki. C’ l' * I., .. arrows.* —Ret. Hi W. Beecher. Venice. The Tribune translates a foreign lel- ler from a writer at Venice, which con tains some details of the present state of the city.—“I slopped uiy gondola nt oneol those magnificent palaces which involuntarily enchain every spectator by their perfect architecture. On the steps . and the porch was a crowd of men. I_ asked what the matter was. An auction,of all the furniture. I went up stairs until I came through a row of high' marble columns, ornamented With cosily frescos, into the room where the. auction was held. The hammer wa just striking off two splendid pier-glast e». of the celebrated manufacture of Rabaldi, for a mere song, to an old wo man. who kept a curiosity shop. Other valuable articles went in the same way, ttf which you saw at the first glance the splendid histoiy of centuries. For col lectors ol autiquity, Venice now opens rich, and I heard that emmissions are .ed ,by the bishop, and the mortal re mains of Columbus deposited with the utmost respect and solemnity, in tbe wall on'the right side of the grand al ^ r \ Smce the above date no further men tion is .made on the subject of the mor- pnvwc pnm were 10 oc pre- i.iK-m, ihc mosi important hidorical per- v i OU g|y remov “ d . Th „ lace ^ sonngc lhat lias appeared on our globe „i.:„i. r _ _:n: r < IRisccllang. Christopher Colnmbns. "What bcfel hit ashes—not* the least rcmarlf- “ ' ' able cf' his history t * •s • At scarcely anything relating to. ibis wonderful man, wlieo-alive, is without -interest, so even that which befcl him alter his death it hot ibe least remarka ble part of his history. HedmdalVal- ladnlid, in 1606, and.his funeral obse- -qtiet, were celebrated with much pomp, and bit body deposited irr tbe parochial church of Santa Maria de la Antigua, -of that city. In 1613 bis remains were fransported to the- Carthusian Mpnaste- ry of Los Cuevas, at Seville, iir'the . Chapel of St.'Ann, orSantoChrisiof, in Aihich chhpel were deposited those of "fclt son Diego, who died in the village of Montalban, on the 23d February, 162G. Id the year 1536, both bodies wore removed to Hispaniola, and inicr- ‘red in the principal cqapel bf lhe*cathe dral of Sim Domingo.,. Here they were permitted to remain unifisiurbed until *1706, when on "the occasion of the Wand of Hispaniola bringr ceded Jo France by treaty, the Spanish authori ties, wishing .to pay all honors, to the joeepory o f ib at •• worlby and adventu- .«|* general of lhe seas,” the.rsmains of ifae admiral were cslmmed and con- .veyed lo iho Island of Cuba, . , OntheSOih of" December. 1795, the mcksl distinguished persons of San Do mingo, the digniinriesof. ibacborcb and and miluary affieuvusetobw «Ubo metropolitan caibedraL>^A«mll oil wa* opened- above.ibe chancel. In appeared «l Q in the last eighteen hundred years. It were, to be .hoped that they might henceforth be permuted to rest in peace, until the- hour when both quick nnd d.ead .shall ( be summoned by the sound* of the .frump of the Archangel of Heav en.— Boston Journal. Evils of Dissipation. Experience^has shown that no sen sual pleasure, except \yhat is regulated hy temperance, can be lasting. Every pleasure that is carried beyond it is no more than a momentary explosion; a transient guih; a torrent that comes down impetuously; sparkling and roam ing in its course, hut that-soon runs out, and leaves a muddy and pointed chan nel. Who knows not the languor and dejection that fellows each successive indulgence of pleasure, or a long con tinuation of amusements of any kind? From whom do we hear such frequent comprint of low spirits, as from those who^spend most of their time iq the cir cles of dissapation and gaiety* or in'the revelry of the world ? To what wretch ed arid pernicious resources are they ob liged Ip -fly, in order to recruit their spirits,^and restore some life to their deadened sensations? What melan choly spectacles do they at length ex hibit of a wom out frame and an exhaust ed mind.! . So.well founded -is the oa- sertion in the text, that there is a “mirth the end of which is heaviness.*- - ^ Let us rate sensual - gratifications as high as we please, we shall be made to feel<ihal:Uie seat of enjoyment is-in the soul* Tho corrupted temper - and - tbe guilty passion of tl»c bad frustrate the eflect of every advantage which the world conferi on them. The world may caQ them mcn of pleasure.; but of all menv they, ore tbe greatest foes to pleasure. From their eagerness to grasp they 4 strangle andxlestroy it. None but the temperate, tbe regolar, ami the.vir tuous, know how to enjoy prosperity. They bring-.toits comforts tbe manly Acuities, soine are ‘ intrinsic. If they do nof. belong 'to and inhere in the subject under disimssion, they have been'so absolutely'identifier with it, thaf there have been' momen^s oT de spondency’ in : which f: have been tempted to fear that it might not be possible to surmount them. An inter est of vrist magnitude is afiected, direct ly or indirectly,’by the principles which are involved ' tn the discussion before the Senate. It' is impossible--to esti mate the magnitude ol that interest by a consideration of its pecuniary advan- Tng e > great as that unquestionably is.-*- No. sir; there are feelings inseparably associatetl with that 'interest which no man unconnented with it is capable of appreciating; They are the recollections of infancy ; they are the occupations of manhood ; they'a re the graver thoughts of declining age. It is associated with our habits, with some of jbe very best auc tions of nature. That interest has been rudely, perseveringfy assailed. It were idle to forbear loatate, as it is useless to attempt to deny the fact. More recent ly. th? opposition to it has been system atized, and extended, so as justly to ex cite the apprehensions of every reflect ing mind. The people of-the South are at length aroused to a sense of the danger to which ubey are exposed.— You will permit me to say that you have awakened a feeling which can m longer be trifled with. I speak plainly constamly sent over by England— " ,e “casina demands it. .tuner » Many private galleries were 10 be pro- !T. ena 1 , ; e - Y°° 1 lru3t - lule " “> » he - . • • r •- friendly voice of the warning to beware, and receive irio the same kindly spirit in which it is offered. 1 repeat, sir, lhat I utter no menace. It is not my pur pose to do so.-' My respect for.myself, for the Senate, anil especially .for my associates in this chamber, would ne cessarily esclude therq^fi^m jiny re mark* which I frave to make. The fanaticism by which we arc n assailed wits, in its origin, probablVv annoying^lo our fellow-citizens of‘the free Slates as it -was to bs. They did not join it/but ihey opposed it, or they did not oppose if-with the eflect which might then have been given to their op position. In fact, sir, -and to a certain extent, they gave it their sanction, by lhe approbation of the principles which Could not'be enforced; In process of which cosi at least a million of francs, was sold for 34,000 Borins. The pur chaser is to turn it into a soap factory. Crazy men get up.some queer ideas now and .lhen., ^Ve saw a man.once thal'attributed his ruin to a verjF singu lar cause—having been broke down in bis attempts to roof the earth. He used for arches second-hand rianbows, over .which he spread a web of silk netting. To render the whole water proof, he Ailed the interstices with shoe- pegs, when, as bad luck would have it, a long.drought set in and so shrunk the P**gs, that they all fell out. . To remedy this disaster, he hired a man to sharp en them at both ends and sell them for oats.. Jusl as his crop was finished, down went the grain market, fill oats were worth less a bushel iban pegs. Tbq consequence was he had to saw them all ofl again, and sell them to a shoemaker, wno, tw.o weeks afterwards, failed, and paid a wax end'on a dollar. Bruce,the Traveler.—This gen tleman* was fond,of sbowiug his. visi tors, at Kinnaird, facsimiles of the thir ty different. languages, that: were spo ken in the camp, of one of tbe caravaqs in which be had. occasionally travelled on the continent of Africa. To spare the ears of the unlearned, he called these languages, ; with somqhumor, the red, blue, green &c., according to the color ofits character. Upon his show ing the manuscripts to a lady,-distin guished for the vivacity of .her remarks, and informing her that'the. word .kiss .is to.be met with, expressing the same idea, in some passages pf Ins rainbow of languages, she pleasantly > observed to bhn—-“ I lold yoo, Mr. .Bruce, .that kissing is tbe same all the world over,’* V" .T *, T, r . rtney firing- tolls com torts tbe manly ^“ ,,,;OMorMed fragments of a leaden coffin,« number man may unite with yoo in giving peace J referring to him, annex to his name those was formed, with the avowed -det.erm*-; to the country. 1 know, sir, that in h honorary prefixes in which Senatorial [ nation to continue it-in that Union which making this offer, the sacrifice on my \ courtesy is accustomed to indulge, it ‘ was about to be formed, wliich was re part would be comparatively trifling j will be because those titles to respect cognized and protected by various pro- with those of men in tbe earlier stages and admiration have been already i visions of the constitution—it is this td- of life, with • more extended "prospects! awarded to him by his country and by stilution, the existence of which is 'to for thefuture, and greater political as-; the world,-it will be because he is ni-, deny to a portion of the people United pirations. But I- am willing to give j ready in the full enjoyment of the rich States lhe'rights which they would fitb- you all I have. It may be Ies9 than | reward which is bestowed by ** the un- erwise be permitted to exercise. :: } the widow’s mite, but it is all that I! bought homage of the brave and free” The South asserts, then, her right 'to have to give, for the first great desire I in his native land—of all, m every participate in any and in all of the ter- df ray heart is that to which you can-! clime, where liberty has a resting place j ritories which may be acquired by the not administer. j or freedom a votary. He has iny sin-1 United Slates.^ She asserts her right I have endeavored thus to present to ! cere good wishes that he may long five [Vo emigrate to them, with her pro- the consideration of the Senate the im- ! to enjoy it; and when, at last, he shall perty of every description. That it pressions of my own mind, in relation , be called to cast off this fratL covering the precise right which is denied by to the magnitude and difficulty of this ! of humanity, which he has so graceful-; the North ; accompanied hy this further subject,for the purpose of urging upon j ly worn, that his closing eyes may rest [ declaration,that it is not merely the prin- them the truth of the conviction which ; upon a free, happy, and united people, [ ciple of Free Soilism, as' it .is now un- I feel that, if these difficulties can. in- i with whose glory his fame will be in-; derstood, which is to guide the future deed be surmounted, it is only by a j dissolubly connected. j action of the Congress of the United calm, dispassionate, and, as faras may j Mr. President, passing to the consul- States—for lhat is limited to the avoid- be, impartial consideration of them,! e rat ion of the subject, wliich is before 1 ance of that most horrible of all griev- undcr a full sense of the duties which ; the Senate, I desire to say in the outset, auces, the extension, as it is called, of we owe to each other as members of that, abstaining from a minute examin- 1 slavery to a soil which is now free— this great society of States. And I lation of the several resolutions which i h°t the proposition which is maintained derive something of hope—oh no sir,! have been presented by the Senator .j *? cre an « elsewhere, is lhat neither ,• In ' that falls short of conveying what I from Kentucky, it will be my purpose j** 1 ® present nor any future acquisition wouldexpress—I derive a hope, amount- * ** * * • • . ing almost to confidence, from the cheering recollection that these difficul ties, these self-same difficulties, exist ed at the time of the adoption ol our constitution and lhat they were then sur mounted by the patriotism of our fa thers. There arc other difficulties which have been connected with this subject. They have been generated by the mad ness of fanaticism; by the colder, more calculating, more selfish spirit of po litical demagogues ; by the excitable and excited feelings of a wronged and insulted people. These may be sur mounted, if we resolve to meet them in the unselfish self-sacrificing spirit which our duty demands from all and from each o£ us—with 4. determination on every side of this great question, to yield whatever may be yielded without a sacrifice, not of mere speculative opinion, but of constitutional principle. Sir, there have been many crises in the brief history of this republic—appalling dangers have often menaced us—and we have more than once stood on the brink of a precipice from which one advancing step would have plunged us into , the fathomless abyss of anarchy, with all its countless horrors. At least, abstract from them those principles,! territory which shall be made by the the consideration of which, it seems to j U. States, whether it be slave or Ftee, me, will be the best calculated to lead ! shall slavery exist. The flag of this to an amicable adjustment of this un- Union, according lathis idea, is never happy controversy. The Senator from ; to float over any State or territory itl Kentucky piesents to us a series of res- which slavery may exist, unless it is in olutions which propose a compromise time these principles, or those who ad- such has been the picture presented to vocafe them, acquired a strength which us by our political orators and essay- was felt in thb conflicts of party in the I ists# from the rostrum and from the press. They stop at. tbe - proper point, 'before enjoyment degeneratesinlotiisgnsi,and "™ n lv°d° pleasure is converted. into pain. The, r .are stnngcrs to those complaints. which t-Ai.- li. lr. ofhones, and a quantity ol-mould, evi- essesof-a vitiated quad. e , r j?tqus . indulgence enervates **t*r<>D 1,^'ffie.Sodj.ite’tmnii,pwiijand Iri.M and the powers ol human ££ ® f „ ornamented « nh lace and | f r u„, ou . Moderate anti simple pleasures fringed of gold. ' relish lugh tvitb tho temperate; in.the 1 ’• On the following day there was a noth-. mid**t pf his,st m lied refinement the vo- Her-grand convocation at the cathedral, loptuous languishe. when 'Vigils and massesMorjhe dead L v * * were solemnly chanted \»y lhe archbish- ■ * Danger of Striving' for fticAes. #1*1- fli*rrtmnonioil slsf. AAmflMnJsifl r ^ * t.; .1 * * if - Profawitv.—The • Rev. Dr. Cox, whi13 lately 'speaking tof ihd “sins of the nation,’* said—Tbfere • is one aw fully protriinent—profane swearing.— Rut of all the dark caialmvge, there is not one mere vile and execrable; ' It and loves to cluster r and he who looks up and insults bis Maker to his face, needs but a;little more improvement' to make hima finished devil.” deceu chcal no ti ■ •f* * cc «mponied byihb; commandant f Riches got* by deceit client no man General of the Armada, the Dominican Uo much as the getter. Riches bought •and Franciscan friars,and the Jriars of with guile, God will pay for with ven- . the order of mercy, together with the •gcance. Riches got' by fraud are dug ‘ rest of the distinguished assemblage.—[mit ofoneV own 'heart; and destroy ii<» After this a funeral'sernion was preach-’mind. Unjust riches curse t^- - “ ' r the archbishops At four o’clock i in geiting in keeping, in, trar iWt alternoon, the coffin was Jraus- ’ Thej^cvrse bis chddren-in the f d to the ship yrith the utmost fiatcj mem6ry r Th'theif'o\vn wasteful j • ^ oerrmony, with a civil, religious in drawing around them all bat •gfid military procession; banners wrapt: to be' dieircompanidns^ * ‘ > "*’® ourn *®F*. »nd responses, and r^VhilelJJo doufis’courage your search dischsrges of ot^luyt The most dfc- Vdal^lTwarruyou iharR is not a tingtnsbed persons- of tKe| several •tot* [cruise.liponjeyel seas, and under bland iftrs took' iuriis to support the coffin, j skies. ' You advance* where ten thou- r which was received on board a brigan- sand are broken ’Tn^YeciBS''before ibe T " •<h«« called the ^Discoverer, 1 which with [reach (He mart; where those who read all tha other shipping "in the port,'dis-- jf^rc tfiffiyjhetr 1 labors past en- Givb Now.—Defer not thy deeds till ihe^mantle of death has covered thy form. s Ten dollars -given to-day,' afe better than fifty left in thy. wilt. * IH* hot benevolehfee to give away whafTOJii hast no further deed of; antr no legacies will; purchase''' future felicity for'thie -meap'and avaricious hfeart.; I 4 * •*’ *• What’s ibe use of making of su ch a fusS, Fat? fsn*f one rchgioa>s good as another?*’* ta Indade onof.and I five, of slight figure and poor,” She is in “ peculiar’; circumstances,” ' which render it desirable that-she should body free States ; and then they were court ed by each party. - - i In tlie'course of tho last year this feel ing lias more amply developed itself.— Wo ha ve seen, a large 'seclion of a great party seceding from their political asso ciates upon the avowed ground of what they denominate **Frte Soil.” And we have witnessed the remnant of that party and the aggregate of iheir oppo nents straggling to declare and prove iheir greater devotion to this principle. The united North has thus become, en gaged in a crusade against the rights and Interests of the South. It is a union Composed of Whigs nnd Democrats', of secederX • and aljofitionTsts; and' the South is thus put., under the ban of the Republic.', : ' * * '. “-Now,sir, it'cannot-surprise yon if. with itis manifestation -of a universal disptisitionTri' tlie free Stales, in va rious modes, to assail an interest which is cherished To’the'South—it cannot surprise yod if this has awakened^ > feeling in that - ponton: of the Union vfhich 1 a'ra hound to say’rnu^ ^ioT he subjected toTurther irritation, unless yoii are willing to place it beyond your control and beyond.' ours; in a word, sir; beyond all human control* . The feeling-to which 1 have, reference is that which Ts mostly ' uttered * by the demagogue fu popular assemblies.; It is Hot that Which forms thethcme.b? the political;partisan in legislative' halls.— No sir; no sir. - Vis'that feeling which is,sadty expressed in the family circle, add around the 'drimjestic hearth. It is rAaf’ feeling which you have awakened. It is that feeling which you must re- Ih'Vbtrt future'legislation upon ihfs^hjeit- ; .Thave united, heretofore, at some j>er8nnaf htuardof the* sacrifice jof pop ularity ancl station—fI have united with Iny ^‘fPU8.pt the free Slates i- foreseen dul And yet, sir, in the deepest hour of gloom there has ever been found some auspicious moment in which the light of truth has penetrated the clouds of folly and passion, of fanaticism nnd selfishness; has dissipated the mists of error,- has awakened ike slumbering patriotism of our countrymen, and has reVoaled to us our glorious charier, un scathed amid the tumult, in all its origi nal st rength and vigor. So may it ever be ! In the darkest hour of our nation al fortune, let us never despair. For myself, though age has somewhat check ed the current of my blood, I would still cling to this hope with all the’hope- fulness of youth. I would catch, if U might be, some portion of the dauntless spirit of .the gallant mariner, tossed upon the raging billow, TV--* « All aronnd him one wide ocean, — -All above him one dark sky,” who, still amid the fury of the tempest. could merrily sing, or gratefully re* member. ;; . : • • those States or Territories Where it .i* now established* If it could be shown—and, if I have strength, I hope to be able to show— that the South has with the North equal rights under this constitution ; that the inevitable resolt of that equality of right to participate in all the ac quisitions which are made by this Gov ernment ; and that no incidental circum stance attending the condition of any .: _ .l. .*.i..k• _ of this matter. He states his readiness to accept such modification of them as may be consistent with the great pur pose in which they originate. He says to Senators, here is my offering on lhe altar of my country. Adopting the spirit, if not the language, of a Roman poet, he say9, jf you know any thing more advantageous than this, propose it: if not, accept that which I offer to you. The proposal is fair, frank, and manly. It requires to be met. It must be met the same spirit in which it is lender- i. What, then, sir, is the condition in which we, who are the representatives of the South, stand upon this occasion ? You have acquired in the prosecution of the war with Mexico, an extensive ter ritory. You have not merely acquired a number of acres of land, for which you could make needful rules and reg-, _ ulations under the provisions of the j the common territory of the Union, but fourth section of the third article of the ; to remove if it-were necessary, any ob- constitution, but you have acquired in-j struct ion which existed to lhe cnjriy- habilants, living men, the sovereignty ment of that right. , over whom, which was exercised by j r Congress possessed a power to of the parties to the constitution can, in the exercise ofan implied power, destroy the right which is founded upon that elementary principle of'equality; if this be demonstrated, there would result an obligation on the part of Con gress, supposing them to be invested with the power of legislation upon the subject of slavery, not to prohibit thp citizens of the United States from the njovment of a right to participate (ft .. ..r Mexico, has been transferred to you.— You are under the obligation to provide a government for these men; tor you have bound yourselves by the treaty stipulations, which have become the su preme law ot the land, to give tfa*. pro tection which can be nootherwise afford ed than by extending to them a govern ment. Now, in the formation of this Government, andin advance of any dis tinct proposition upon this subject, what do we hear from the Legislatures of the free Slates, or the Representatives ol these States, who have chosen to advert to this subject upon this floor? You are about to make a Government for these Territories. Tbat-yoirowe to the people who have been transfer red. You are about to make' pro visions for the disposal of the public domain, and fer the regulation of the legislate upon the subject of .slavery; in the Territories of California and New Mexico, and there existed aiiy obstruct lions to the exercise of the right of the citizen of the South, the South might| with confidence, appeal to them to ex* ercise this legislative power, for the purpose of removing these obstruction*. But we make no such appeal. And now I desire Senators to observe the fooling upon which, so far as I under stand it, the Southern claim rests. W? make no claim to your interference.— We do not invoke the exercise of yoifr legislative power. We deny that jtou possess, such powersl We‘say to Con gress, exercise-ihe power *whiblr^pif possess, from whatever source this rnay be derived, of instituting Governmenl#- for these territories. Abstain from, leg islating upon 'the subject of slavprV.-— You assert one principle anil we aontho er. Leave $iat principle to be decided intercourse of those who may emigrate to that Territory. That you owe to . ... v your own people. And it isjhst al [ by the constitutional arbiter between os. this point that the controversy com- We do not ask "your legislative aid; What we deprecate is your' lcgislariycF mence. The Sooth says to you, We are a. interference. Organize the Goyqi-fl^ portion of the American people; \re ! meats of these Territories ns yoii .may have equal rights with vou in this terri-j see lit. No Southern man will inter--’ More gravely, sir, addressing myself! lory j we require that fn the regulations j fere to oppose your progress.' Bui to the highest legislative assembly of;a> which yoh make for it, you shall do j siaiu from the Use of the powef wKicji Christian people, ! should soy, 1 have! nothing which will embarrass those yon affirm and we deny,'and give u» aft abiding confidence that the God of rights ; nothing which will prevent us (the privilege of referring the'question otir fathers will be the God of their from the lull exercise and enjoyment ofj of difficulty between us to the comhum children ;■ lhat He will bn our God; them. 'arbiter established by the con stituthkl. The North •says. You cannot be per-• Organize your Territories as you will that’He will -graciously enable os to perserve’lbat glorious fabric which .his mercy aftd his'good ness, not the might and strength of our ancestors,, enabled them to Construct; and that countless generations, enjoying the rich ’heritage to them;-will in? distant ages, unite in the tribute of gratitude to their 1 memories, which m-this our da^ Ills our privilege To offer." * 'Yet, sir, we .most not forget (in in- tufging this bope) that the providence is often exerted through the ing the cqusequences' of* the measures which w'qjre then'in 'operation, foresee- ;bicii they would bring " upon with, ijliem at *80010 hazard in the effort to prevent it. We orable associates in this chamber, then, failed.. The evil is upon us. The teori- to come to the consideration of this sub- torywhich we have acquired by an ex- ject in that spirit of conciliation, which "‘■ndilure of blood and treasure is about can alone lead to a propitious.result. I subject us—uhless under the mercy ask them, to^remember lljal we are of Providence we ' are guided by wisertljro}hren of a common family, .united counsels than those we have exhibited— by a ttioosajndTsocial as /well as polui- milted to enter those Territories imless but abstain from any act bf legislation you divest yourselves of certain rights, calculated 10 abridge the enjoyment of. which, within the limits of the United [ a right which we assert. Abstain from; States, you possess. any legislation calculated to interfere 0 .... ^ ^ This is the bone of contention. But. with the enjoymenl of that right, ami which they have transmitted to Us, arid m pre particularly, there is a domestic! »h en boldly advancing with all the pow* which by his blessing,^ will transmit ihslitution prevailing- in a portion of of your intellect, maintaining tho these Slates. The Senator from Mas^ j opinion which you hold,. give us tho sochusetts (Mr. Webster) will excuse! nght, with humbler faculties and fe6- me if I still use the term which on a | bier intellects, to go before the conitita- former occasion, was subjected to hjs! lional arbiter, and to assert our right*, criticism and if It shbll be still a sub-! This is the stale of the conte'st, apjd ject of cavil; I invoke the aid of the j in this state of things,. I appeal to. tbe Senator, from Mississippi (Mr. Foote) i Senator from Kentucky, what isit that tovindicatOit, etymologically j to prove j we are in a condition to surrender?—- that the word statud is interpreted to'Whatisit that we shall be asjtediD . set up, to appoint, to establish ; [and yield? We say that we have a right to . lM the relation which exists between participate in these Terrilories/and we the different V.asses at the South may \ ask you lo legislate fer them without be properly denominated an iustilufion j interference yriib our enjoyment of that set up, appointed or established ' by | right. This yqu deny. Give us then those who have tbe 'control ovCr it. I j the privilege of going before the cbnstK repeat, iheii/tliereisin a p»)rli6n of these j tutional tribunal. What are we to States a.dbmestlc institution, which I'yield? Must we yield our constitutid^ - "beg Senators tor remark wasafthe time al right td 'invoke the* judgment of the