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EXTRACT FROM A SPEECH OF Mr. Berrien of Georgia, On the Bill to Establish a Government in Oregon. The Senate having under corsideration the bill to establish,the Territorial Govern mnent in Oregon Mr. Berrien said : Mr. President, from the first moment when I took my seat in this chamber, up to that in which I now address you, I have studiously abstained from intruding upon the Senate the dis tracting question which this bill forces upon our consideration. I have not per mitted-those who hear me will bear wit ness to the truth of the declaration-I have not permitted my conduct to be governed by sectional considerations. I have sedulously endeavored to regulate it by a just regard to the interests of the country, and of the whole countr%-to the rights of the American people. unintlu enced by lo'cal discriminations. If' I am driven from that position to-da)-if in vindication of the rights of a portion of that people-my own immediate constitu ents, who have honored. mew ith their confidence-if in defence of their rights I enter upon a discussioa from which I have hitherto abstained, let those who hear me bear in miud that this unwelcome task is forced upon me by the advocates of this bill. On this question of slavery, in every aspect in which it can be presented, our position-the position of the united South --is truly stated by the Senator from South Carolina, (Mr. Calhoun.) We ask you simply to let us alone--leave us to toe enjoyment of our domestic institutions, in which we cannot discover the evils which affright the imaginations of others, au: do not punish us for adhering to them, by denying to us the common rights of American citizens. You refuse.this. The bill before the Senate stamps the peculiar institution which exists in the community P which we live, as one w hich is beyond the pale of legislative protection--as one which is so characterized by its own int trinsic impurity as to require you, in the exercise of your legislative authority, to deny to the citizens of the South, to those of every slaveholding State, a right to par. ticipate in the common benefits which be long to all thd citizens of the United:Sates Under 'such circu:nstaaces %%e would he wanting tih self r'espect,' we uintld be faith less-to the.memorg of our fatbeis "bo n mns, I tnga ,t eir'fitiies as mien~id' as citizens, and. 'who have gone to.their resl .ith tinstained reputations, if we could sit'.here in silence. The second~ class which I have etw tioned consists of those who are iorror stricken by the,contemplation of the ovils of slavery. They are iitilueneed by higher considerations than those which euter into the cold calculations of the Senator from New York. They are free-soil men; the idei of slavery is horrible to them. They cannot tolerate the thougtit that this free Government should participate in any measure which may sustain an institution so steeped in iniquity; nay. that it should abstain from any measure which may destroy it. Now, sir, if there be any warrant fir opinions like these-if these denunciations have any foundation in truth and justice--if slavery, as it exists in the States of this Union, he what it is repre sented to be in some of our public presses --if the denunciations which are uttered here be at all consistent with the fact-if this domestic and cherished institution of the South be flagrantly unjust, violative of the principles of humanity, incompatible with every dictate of religion, with every emotion of piety, what are we, who live in the midst of it, who tolerate it, sustain it, defend. it-who have received it from oiur fathers, and mean to traustmit it to our childien? What are we but otcasts frotn every pritnciple which is (lear to man int his associationi with his fellow s, and yet mtore sacred in his accotu.tability to his God ? If these things be true, then in all those qualities which enuoule niatn, which enable him, Deo jurante, to fulfil his duties to God and his felltow metn, we must shrink from a comaparistin with the citizenis of the iton slavehiolding States of tbisUnio.n. Justice, liumnnty, the love of God arid our neighbor, in all thospirtues which belong to man, they are our supe riors, .ia there any man who hears me, the citizen of any free State, who will have the arrogance to claim this superi ority for themi or for himtself? And yet such a claim is the direct consequence of these denunciations. Sir, as the reptresen tative of a peoplei among whom this insti tution exists-knowinig them atnd ho,nlr ing them, with no desire to offend any man, but with sotmethir.g more than a mere tdesire to fultil moy duty, and my whole duty to thetm-I feel bottnd caltmly but frar.kly to say, and to say here, that these denunciations of slavery as it exists amiong thetm are the result of atn ignorance of the institution, its practical operation and effec.ts, which couldl alone impart to them the confidence with which they are uttered. I will tnt humble myself or them by en teiring upotn their vindicatiotn, but I propose an inquiry Is there any full grown man who~hears me, who is endowed with the orditaary share of intellect whieb God in his mercy allots to his creatures, who does net know that on this subject of slavery, a mia'' opinions and feelings in relation to it del pend.upon tbe place of his,birth. hisecdu cation, his associatiotns, the h'abits said feelings and" institutions of ihe comninity iU'-which he lives ? Does any ma~tiblt thiis'? Let-him for a momehtcons:derit. A snn is hneo, educated, and conttintues to reside in a non slaveholding State; he knows nothing of the institution practi cally, nothing from his own observation; but from infancy to age he has been accus tomed to hear of its horrors. The tales of the nursery first affrighted his infantimagi nation, and pictures of men languishing in chains, or writhing in torture, and of a tyrant master plying the lash which inflicts it, which he. finds in his school-books, rivet upon his young mind the impression n hich they were calculated to make. Can you wonder that such a tran grows up wih an innate. irrepressibl- horror of at. institution which is productive of so much miser) ? And when, having attained full age, he mingles with the elders of the land, and finds that there are also political con siderations to strengthen his opposition to it, that the preponderance of his party at home may depend upon the activity of that opposition. are you surprised that be comes here prepared to denounce this in stitution with an ardor which is propor tioned to the value of the stake for which he plays, and a confidence which is the exact measure. of his ignorance of its practical operation and efrect? Another man is born, educated, and resides in a State where slavery exists. The institution is familiarized to him in the earliest moments of his life. It is sus tained by the parents whom he reveres and loves. In their mild and gentle rule he sees nothing of the horrors, in the cheerful and merry countenances of the slaves lie beholds none of the sufferings, which are elsewhere said to attend it, The nurse who has watched over his infancy, on whose bosom he has reposed, whose breast has been to him a fountain of life, is a slave; his first playmate, the com panion of his boyish sports. the sharer of his childish revellingv, is a slave In his earliest wanderings from the maternal roof, an aged donestic of the family, his cotnpaniot, protector, and guide, to whon he looks with alTection and respect, is a slave. They who have watched over him in his' hour of sickness, whom he has seen. ministering to his aged parents with affec tionate assiduity on their death beds, -and mourning their departure with a sorrow which woulp not be conforted, these, too, sie slitves. Can we wonder tbat such a man, 'with a consciousness that he isnot himself a tyrant, with the conviction that bis slaves are cheerful and contented, sees in * he'utost correct esiimaie-of this-institu ion.?' The one kvows nothing_of it per sonally ;. his judgment has been- formed Dn the representations of others, whose moans of information were as perfect as his own; the other hat,grown up with it, witnessed its operation and effects, daily observing them from infanc'y to manhood. Let those who hear me judge. Take another test. The citizen of a non-slaveholdiug State, who has grown up with a cherished horror of slavery, and has found, on arriving at manhood, a superadded motive for opposition to i' as a political institution, is tempted by the love of adventure, or by whatever cause, to migrate to a slave State. The institution, in its practical operatiou, is now befora him, and he has thus an opportunity to confirm or correct the opinions he has formed. What is the result? His horror of slavery ceases. He sees a body of la borers cheerful and contentad; ha finds that the quantum of labor is less than is demanded elsewhere ; he sees them fed, clothed, and ministered to in sickness and old age ; he associates with their owners, and amongst them meets men who are honest and often distinguished for their piety and for the exercise of charity in its sense. HeI bccomes reconciled to the in stitution, assd very soon is himsself a slave holder. A man birought nip in a slave S tate somectienecs, though the intstanuces are mote rare, removes to a non slaveholding State. HeI dues not change his opinions, but listens with scorn or cotttempt to detnunciations of an insstitutiont which be feels tat be tmisrepresentted only because it is misunderstood. The first wvil! change his opinion-al most utuiversally does so; thie secontd rarelv, if ever. A Setnator near tpe speaks of instances of such change as within his knowledge. It mtay he -so; I ilil not doubtt it. B3ut they are sufficiet ly rare to form exceptins, which only prove the rule. Te suggestions orthe Senator has brought to my recollection 'nstances, ntot of persons botrn in a slave holdintg Sate, but whto had remotvid thaere attd become alaveholders. who,'returnintg so the States frcms whence they came,' underwent a second 'change of opinion;' anid detnounced slavery as a mortal sin. My'recollection also furnishestme~with ihe fact that they had first qualified themselves for this second migration by selling their sves and pocketing thte proceeds of' the sale. Sir, I assert'a fact which every man whose opportunities of obefvatlun -'have enabted him to sieak to it, wvill affirmt, that it is precisely those:persorns who ha-va removed from free' Statcs and become slaveholders' who are most setete itn their exactionis from their slaves. 'Iis perfectly natural that it shoujld be 'so, :They- anow these people only as h6borers for whom th'sy have paid a price, and demandiTrot them the 'labbr wvhich'they'haw 'heen accustoed 'elsewhere -to see'pWrformned. 'Thby he've not-.-it is imjsdssibtorihutilhey' shtild .hae-tewardsthemth16iitofeel ins~of'kitd~oess kand ferbearatnde ues-those whpi hv&lieen born aud-broutghf?up te ilie ~iiiti orai-wib hoeave :p.'wyhdite and; vho,i re of sickness and sorrow, have miaist o, and been ministered to by. them.a: 'l tr i; i instinutions of the South staid vin, from the imputations which hay j cast upon them; that however, drthern brethren may he disposed i inn their policy. they will afree ey are not so steeped in iniquity.'as elude those who tolerate them from ight to participate equnlly in theenj ; of that which is the common p* y of the people of the United Stat And now. I ask, can this exclusiton in the spirit of the con stilution'' Mr. Pres ftahe Senate has been told, and utifui it is in fact, the declare tiun' wijl-= rted, that the South has originated, ' iscussion-that they are "agitating irected question. I say, simply" y, kly, the fact is not so. Tihe -disi forced upon us by our Northerasbg . If they had contented themselves organizing a government for the,te f Oregon. leaving the quesin .s u untouched, this ques tion * ld*n e ve arisen. Why. sir. look ate'p eal operation of the 12th section ofth I. It proposes by an act of'legislati rful at least in relation to the ques onstitutional power, to exclude,t zene of one-half of the States for a rticipation in a territory which,:sith ormmon property of all. You sy' very shall not exist in the territory' dn-that Southern men shall no intted to go there n ith their sl e do not ask you to say tnat sla or-may exist in that ter ritory ; r may be permitted to go there = e -ask you simply to with draw, pr ition, to say nothing, and then 'ihe discnssion. You tell us that ' e-only by force of State laws;,h8 oment we pass the houn dary of e.they are free; that Ore gon is tory, and that if we carry our al a ihey will become free. Then islite to forbid slavery there? -I are right, the thing is alreded your hands. Prove the sinerity r elief. ay withholding the pro ad. leave us to test the cerrecta ur :opinion by carrying our slai yin the absence of'such prohibiio u will not do this; you insist:upon etnent by which sla fallacy tf your own opi n. 'n You admit the right of the people of the territory when.they come to form a State constitution to determine the question whether slavery shall or shall not exist there. N 1ook at the practical operation of the course.which'you propose upon the exercise-of thatsight. -You forhid alavery, so long as Oregon remains a i.-rritory ; no slaveholder catgo there with his property, and of coursewill not go. When the question'comesto. be settled it is then to he decided exclusively by citizens from the free States. Who does-not foresee how it will be decided?- And who does not as plainly see that this decision would be produced by -your previous legislation? You cannot but be aware how much this question at this moment agitates the Union. You :know that hundreds of demagogues, iitnuuted on this political hobby, are dis[iacting the American peo ple. The South is comparatively tran quil; bit whyt you come to apply to other territories:adapted to slave labor the principle whicliyou will have established by passing this: bill you will awaken a feeling which it.will be difficult to repress. I do not desire.tbe extension of slavery. Personally: i .opposed to the acquisi tion of territory,..and I believe that my conatituenata would iprofit more by the im, provetment of the lands which they possess than by emigi-ation to any other. If sla very is extended-by the acquaition.of ter ritory, and wuthnout any act of legislation on our port, tt r,nust result from thne opera tion of oulr constitution and laws. If we have resisted ibe acquisition, we are not responsible fnor$i't consequences. But to gentlemnen whorvoted for the treaty with Mexico. and 'who now make an .outcry againtt-tthe extegsioo of slavery, A say you votedl for the extension of slavery when you voted for tid.acquisition of territory, unless, in vibhiadion.ofr.the plainest prinaci pIes of jtnstice~ and the manifest spirit of the constittnDyou meant to appropriate that territory-to: one-half of the States, excluding the ;ueaainder from all partici pation in .it. -. One more coasideration : the country is separated-intoI wo great political parties, who are:dividedson principles which they respectively believe no be amportaint to the best interests-of .be american pe ~. I allirm the sindeOrityof my-own ions, and accord to othire what I claim for my self. - TIhe principres which we respective ly muaintainl.Cteern-the great interests of the nation; butevery thing must yield to thne exciteme)lz' hica ts -produced by this, agitating- queszep' .:-Thes frese soil, dema gogue mtounttid.on has political hobby, breaks througityour.ranks, and both par ties are-thrown into confusion. Trotny.:polinil-:friends-to those with ,whom I:ba1te voted in -resis'tbeg the-.acqui sitioni ofrierij -. say, adhere to the principlerh l' overned.,you then. -Yo.u soughat to 4Qo tbiggu.etion frotR.our national -co6l a,by..reistaqcegt. terra to* rial:acqiisitioMi,la.this;you have failed. ~Wbat remas acinto rerieall.legisla'ive interferen'e~i a-questionao pregnant -with dange ie-iniegrity.of- the Utnion?j address- $ d -io, in a.-perfectly re spectful spiir nenitlemeb.,on the other -sid o teha an....in my pnolitical opn pnnens. To them I appeal to adhere to those principles of policy which t) have recently and publicly proclaimed. In the resolutions of the Democratic Convention at Baitimore I find it solemnly resolved ias a cardinal principle of Democratic faith, "That Congress has no power nuder the constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutious of the several States." And again : "That all efforts of the abolitionists or others made to induce Con;ress to inter fere with questions of slavery. or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are cal culated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences; and that all such efforts have an inevitable teneency to diminish the happiness of the people, and eudanger the permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions." I address myself to gentlemen some of whom participated in the deliberations of that convention, and united in the afiri ance of these resnlutions-tll of whom are "friends to our political institutions" I appeal to them to say if this bill which inhibits slavery in one of the Territories of this Union is consistent with that reso lution. I ask them if it is not an "inter ference with the question of slavery"-if it ie not at least an "incipient step in rela tion thereto;" and then I inquire if. as "friends to our political institutiuns," they will lend themselves to a measure which they themselves have recently and public ly declared to be "calculated to lead to the most alarming. and dangerous coet qences ;" to "have an inevitable tet i cy to diminish the happiness of the people and endanger the permanency of the Union ?" However we may dillei on otber subjects, I offer them my adhesion to this principle of Democratic faith, and pray them to adhere to it. With the privilege which belongs to those of a cott aron faith, I warn them against an inter fererce with the question of slavery, by taking even an incipent step in relation to-it. One other question, and I have done. You tell us that you will not interfere with slavery in the States-that you. will respect what you denominate the compro mises of the constitution, and so long as it is kept within those limits we may enjoy it, or suffer under it as we can-that be ond these it cannot pass-especially a o ent hob o er hereafter to iippropriate exclustve yto. yourselves. You tell us that slavery is an outrage upo.t buman rights-a violation of the laws.of God-a leprosy which must be excluded from the camp-and iha unless we quietly submit to these terms, the Union is uot worth preserving. Now. I propose to you a question, and I p.ay you to answer me. As men, as honorable men, do you belieie that this is the spirit in which the constitution as formed ? If, in the convettion which framed it, your fathers had addressed this language to ours, do you believe that this Union would ever have existed ? Do you not believe that the men of the-South would have indignantly rejected a proposal so degrad ing to them as nen, and as freemen ? If they had tamely submitted to so arrogant a demand, would your patriot sires have deemed them fit associates for freemen ? Would they not rather have united th':ir political destinies with the slave, than with his master-wthith the untutored Africans, rather than with the craven wretches who held them in bondage, without the spirit to assert their of.n rights against their equals? GEN. CASS AND THE WHIG PRESS. The Whig papers of the country are ex ertang themselves to the utmost. to imtapress the people witha a convictiotnt ofe. Cass' opposition to Slavery, and are perverting facts, usinig false statements anad making all sorts of " garbled extracts" to carry their poitit. Witness thme followitng: -We are no Slave-holder. We uever have been. We never shall be. WVe dep recate its existence in principle atid pa ey for its abtolition every where, wheni tis can be effected justly and peaceably amnd easily for both parties." . Tihe above clearly proves the desperate shifts and pitiable condition to which te Whig Preass are reduced, and fully illus trates the truth of thte trite saying that "drowning men will catch at straws." Had tey continued their extract and con nected it wvith the w-ords which follow in that speech of General Cass, they would have placed himn in a position they did tno' intetnd he should occup)y before the coutntry: " But we would nut carry fire, and de vastation, atid murder, and rtuin into a peaceful com munaity, to push on the accom plishmnent of the object. But after havinig visited the three quarters of 'he old conti nent., we er.y before God, and the world, that we have seen far more, and more frightful misery since we landed int Eu rope, and we have not visited Ireland yet. than we have ever seen among this class of people in the United States. WVhatev er may be said, there is much of the pat riarchal relation. between thme. Southern planter and the slave. And as to the phy sica.ditress, which is seen in Europe, re slting.fromx a wvant of food and froam ox posre jo a igornuis ,winter witout ade quate clothting, w'e believe it to be so rare, as not to form a just elemntt in the con sideration of this matter. But the subject of- the.emancipation of two mni'iotas. atnd a -alf of liuman beings lIiiig amongeanoth-. r population of different race an'a color, ad.with,Aifarcnt,hahitS and 1'eitas is one of the gaveit questions which can be suh. mitted to society to solve. It can safely be left only to ltose who are to be so seriously afrcted by it; and there it is left by the constitution of the United States. IT IS A MATTER WITH WHICH THE OENERAL GOV ERNtENT HAS NO CONCERN." When these partizan perverters under take again to quote the language of one whose whole life has been spent in the ser vices of the general government. they should recollect that the Democracy of the country are ' Argus eyed," and will bo sure to detect any error they may lug into their -- half made up" extracts. Candor will force them " to do justice to a politi cal opponent."-South Carolinian. Political.-Whmat will he the eflect of the rupture among the Democrats of ibis State, upon the Presidential election? The answer to this question is not so obvious as might at first tie supposed. One effect doubtless will be, to give the State of New York to Gen. Taylor; but on the other hand, riany votes at the South which would othervise have been given for Taylor will now be given for Cass. The serifices which he ha- made by declaring himself hostile to the Wilmot proviso--which would exclude every slaveholder from every inch of the newly acquired territory-naturally begets a strong feelina in his favor at the South, and a disposition to compensate him, even at the expense of a candidate whom, apart from that consideration, they would prefer. The strength of this feel ing, and the extent to which it is developed, will depend very much upon the success of the demonstration in favor of Van. Bu-I ren. If Burnburner,, Ultra Clay- Whigs, and Abolitionists, should unite upon him. as it is probable they will, at the approach ing Bufl)lo Convention, Cass may safely count,upon several of the Southern States= whereas, if Van Buren had kept himse aloof from the contest, and if the.- Barn burners had remained passive, nearly eve ry one of those States would have-goat for Taylor. The course of .the Northet. Taylor.nmen will also have an influence. Should these adopt the Wilmot proviso as. an artiCle :Of their creed-and many of them inclined to do so-the Suoth will, go almdst 'inani.mously for Cass, and even the election of Taylor iay ie .ndangered. N. P' Jour. of Com. 'rti tihe N? rived yesterd from Vera i h uilt. Her advices-f .the.capitol are': the 22-four. Jays.later. than -we halnpr viously. received. The .news is inportatrt. . but may beto,ld in a few' words. Official and private letters- received" iu the city of Mexico by exlres -from Gaua ajuato announce that on the 18tb"lt. the troops of Busttmente gained .an impor tant triumph over .the iusurgents. Gen. linon submitted a, plan of attack which was approved. The attack was made, and the principal points defenled by the insurgens carried. Father Jarauta was made prisoner, and in obedience to orders from the' War De pariment,- he was immediately shot. When he was apprised of his approaching execution, he demanded an interview with Gen. Minon, in which lie represented t'o him that Paredes had in his hands several prisoners. all of whom would be shot were the life of his second in command to be taken. lie tried other means of saving his life, but the orders of the Department were too pesitive, and were carried rigid ly into execution. It is represented that 'his act ofjustice has entirely disconcerted Paredes and his followers, but this comes to us from a government source. The ofli,,ial despatches tnnion that the scoun d.-el Jarauta partook of the last s.icra ment of the church prier to his death with ex tremne fervor. His remains were burried with the honors of war dlue to his rank. B3ustamiente entered thbe city of Guana- .. jauta the evening of the 18th without.en countering any resistance, 'as the forces of the itnsurgents were already dispersed, their leaders having concealed themnselves as soou as they heard of t he execution of Jarauta. The govettiment is urged to the utmnost dilligence to ferret our the fugitives that they may he brought to strict accoutt for their treason. Trhe latest despatch from Bustamente is. dated the 19th. In it he says that Pare des. with a few attendant, fled early. .in the action. and that he had despat'ched troopes in pursuit of him. :A hodly of troiops. had beeni ordered to Lagos and another to Aginas Calientes to arrest Paredes if pos sible, and to hold in check any wh-i might be disposed still to assist his waning fortunies. Capt Scott of the Fanny, in forms us that when he left Vera Cruz a report was current there that Paredes had been taken and would be shot. VoLUNrEsas.-Those who enlisted for the war are entitled to 160 -acres'of land or scrip, of the value of from $115 th Sl20y and all who have been honorably- eischar ged to three months extra pay,- amount- - ing to $21. The families of tha deensed soldiers are entitled to the land or the Uni, ted States script, as they may prefor. .Territory of Oregon.-Joseph L. Meek, the special atetnt for the territory -of Ore- ' gon, now at Wanshinmgton, addresses an earnest appeal and remonstrance to Con gress. in behalf of that territoryt; and hints that if tnothing for the protection and gov etrnnient of' the people there is doie at this ses;ion, they must break "the bonds or sympa thy" now existing with the United Statesn