The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-19
The XXilmot Proyiso.

We sincerely hope that the naked three million bill will
pass and stripped of the Wilmot provso We have the
strongest to believe from what we have heard two
days ago. and from the letter which have seen to-day
from the Havana that it will facilitate the adjustment of
peace with Mexico. The war stroke which will be
made at her. and the aid of these three Millions WILL is
believed, soon procure peace Who will take the re-
sponsibiity of defeating it Who will insist
upon this proviso, which must defeat the bill,
and certainly all efficient action under it? How
can this il-iudged proviso affect the treaty of peace
What has Mexico to do with the population upon our
territory? How can she pretend TO stpuate that slaves
shall not go upon the coded country How can the
President make such stipulation with foreign nation
Would he do so, when he must know that twohirds OF
the Senate could not be obtained for its ratification How
can we now provide for the regulation of any territory
which, in fact not yet These queries press up
on us with irresistible force
Ii the treaty OF peace any territory, trust
to the concatory spirit and the compromising course OF
all our institutions, for fair adjustment of this agitatng
question We, for one, never did yet "despar of the
public" But we believe with Mr.. Colqut and General
Houston that the acquisition of territory will not dis
solve this great Union, but that justice will preside
its distribution
correspondent of the New York Courier writes
from Washington Tuesday last. that ''the proviso
will be defeated in the Senate by considerable vote and
with it will fail the appropriation Indeed, the naked
proposition could not have passed that chamber. Mr.
Calhoun and his friends set their faces against from the
first, though without any positive or public committa II
treaty is TO be made with Mexico, say they, let II be
done in good faith before the of all the world so that
suspicion of foul play may not rest upon either side
We do not believe it. We know not what Mr. Calhoun
may do but we will not believe that Messsrs But
Ter and Yulee will vote against the BILL when stripped of its
proviso We will not believe, when peace may hang
upon the adoption of this BILL that they viii vote against
it. We will not believe that because the provso IS de-
feated that therefore 'the appropriation will fall We
come to an exactly opposite conclusion. The failure
of the proviso seems to better calculated to IN
sure the of the appropriation There is another
mart of the same letter in the New York Courier against
which we enter our protest. viz: "There is candid
friend of the administration bold TO deny that the
great object of the President to obtain southern terri
tory in order to erend sectional supremacy Whether
the motive be avowed or disputed this would be the nat
ural effect his policy ess checked by restriction
like that anhich has been adopted'
We are so bold as to deny to be the great object of
the President to obtain sectional supremacy" By sec
tionai we understand the writer to mean southern
premacy We deny it. The President has no such OBJ
jec in view his great Objects to carry out the spirit
of the Confederacy, and do equal justice to every
section; and admitting for arguments sake that
the line laid down by Mr. Calhoun in his speech (say
the 32d degree) is the Presidents line Also and the
Missouri line of 3Gt degrees TO divide this territory then
the quantity of land thrown into the south not calcua
ted to alarm the norh-for there may be formed out OF
the southern territory scarcely than thirteen States
whilst the territory in the north, sweeping off to the Or
egon line will comprehend twenty-odd States The
whole policy therefore, thus idly ascrbed to the
President by the New York correspondent, unreal
it is gratuitous.