The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-04-13
VOL. III. - NO. 40.

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thirty second degree, we propose to take ten
degrees of latitude along the coast of the
Pacific. All along that great distance there
are settlements, and villages, and forts back
of it is all wilderness and barrenness and
Indian country. But if about San Francisco,
and perhaps down to Monterey or a little to
the North there shall be enough to make up
one State, why the people five hundred miles
| OIL in time to come will have another State and
then this disproportion of Senators to the
people will go on, and must go on, and we
| cannot. prevent it. l say Sir, that according
20 my conscientious convictions, we are now
| fixing upon the constitution of the United
States and upon our form of Government
montrosity-a dis6guration--an enormity.-
Sir, hardly dare trust myself. I do not
know that may not be under some delusion.
do not know that my head is not turned
1t may be that it is the weakness of mine eyes
that forms this monstrous apparition. But
If may trust myself-if may persuade my
self that l am i'll my right mind, then it does
appear to me that We, in this Senate, have
been acting, and are acting, and are likely to
be acting hereafter. a part which will certain
! ly form remarkable epouch in the history
| OF our Government holdit to be enormous
l-Hagrant-and an outrage upon all the princ-
pies OF popular representative Government
and upon the elementary provisions Of the
constitution under which we live, and which
we have sworn to support. But then, Sir,
what frees the case from this enormitys Why,
1t is that we stipulate only that these new
States shall be brought in at a suitable time.
Now, what is to constitute the suitableness of
time? Who is ojudge of it : tell you sir,
that the suitable time will come whenever the
preponderance of party power here makes it
! M ffh a.
will depend upon the state of our politics
here, and not upon tbs condition of these
States elsewhere, Be assured, sir, there will
| be suitable time, whenever strength, or
party power, or votes, are wanting in this
Senate. We have some little experience of
this. Texas came in in suitable time, very
suitable Texas was finally admitted in
December, 1916. My friend near me here,
| (N1r. Rusk,) for whom l have great regard,
whose acquaintance have cultivated with
much pleasure, took his seat here, with his
colleague, in March, 1915 In July, 1916,
these two Texan votes turned the balance in
the Senate, and overthrow the Tariff of 1912,
in my judgement the best system of revenue
that was ever established this country. Gentle
men of different opinions think otherwise
They think the Texan votes came in in suita-
BILE time and they will take care that New
also. understand it perfectly we'll. 1t is a
difference of opinion between myself and
them. To their policy, to their object, to
their purposes, the time was suitable, and the
aid was efficient and decisive Sir, in 1850,
perhaps, similar questions may be agtated
here-they no. likely to be before ut
agitated they will be then, unless some change
in the course OF the Administration of the
Government take place ; and, according to
my apprehension looking to general results
as flowing from our established system Of
commerce and revenue, in lS4S, two years
from this time, we may probably be engaged
in new revision of our system in the work
of establishing, if we can, tariff of specific
duties; in the work of protecting, if we can.
the domestic industry of this country, and in
the work of preventing to some extent, if we
can, the overwhelming flood, of importations.
Suppose this to be the case. and suppose that
our opponents require additional strength,
that will be exactly the suitable time for two
senators from New Mexico to make their APP
peafance here.
/ CONCLUDED SATURDAY.