Slaveholding Aggrandizement

Some of the Southern papers are makin- large calculaiïons on the posver and influenoe to be obtained by the South through the extensión of Slavery. Ilear the Charleston Patriot : "Everybattle fought in Mexico, and every dollar spent there, hut insures the acqiiisition of territory which must ïoiden the field of houthernenlcrprise and power ïn the future. And the final result will be tore-adjust the whole balance of power in the confedcracy, so asto oive US CONTROL OVER THE GOVERNMENT J.N all time to come. If the South be but truc to thcmselves, the day of our depressiorvand euffering i gonc. and gane fbrercr."1 i