The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-08-01
TIE NEW COMPROMISE.
Concluded next week. |

! The National InteiHgencer gives the
substance of the Territorial Bill agreed
upon by the Special Committee as fol-
lows -
1.-The bill provides Territorial Gov
eminent for Oreeon-continuing in force
the laws which have been passed by the
present temporary government until the
Legislature, TO be created by this act, shall
pass other laws in conformity to the wishes
and interests of the people whom they
represent.
''As it regards New Mexico and Cali>
fornia, it provides for each Government
such as that first given to the Michigan
Territory but at the same time Restraints
those Territories from passing any laws
on the subject of slavery, freedom of re-
ligion, or imparing the right of the Uni
ted States to the unocupied lands What
ever rights of property are to be enjoyed
by persons removing 10 those Territories,
derived from the Constitution and Laws
ofthe United States, are to be referred to
and decided by the Judicial Power of the
United States"
On introducing the bill, the Chairman,
Mr.. Clayton, made a statement, from which
we CLEAN the following -
"The territories for which temporary
Civil Governments were to be organized,
embraced an area of 1,044, 492 square
miles-about as large as that of one-third
Of all Europe, and capable of sustaining,
sooner or later, the population Of mighty
empire.
"A vote was taken on a proposition
moved by the Senator from Missouri, (Mr.
Atchison,) that the spirit of the Missouri
Compromise be adopted to govern the set
Element of all the territories of the United
States On this question the Committee
divided, five for and three against the mo-
ton. The Senator from Indiana, (Mr.
Bright, } then moved the proposition, notice
of which had been previousl y given in the
Senate, containing the 'rords of the Mis-
souri, Compromise. As the condition of
the territory was now SAID to be different
from that to which that Compromise APP
piled in 1890, motion was made by the
Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Underwood)
to amend that proposition by providing
that all the territory in New Mexico and
California, south ofthe parallel of36 80,
shall be placed on the same footing in all
respects that existed in Louisiana while it
was a territory On this question the
Committee divided, four for the motion.
and four against it. After the failure of
this motion, the question was taken OH the
proposition Of the Senator from Kentucky.
and with like result-the Committees
being again equally divided
"At this stage of the proceedings all
! compromise appeared to be impossible
But the Committee proceeded afterward
to consider proposition to endeavor to
adjust the great question, at least So far as
TO enable Congress to extend the laws O.
yer and provide for the administration of
justice in the Territories, leaving for the
present the settlement of it to the laws of
population, or the adaptation Of soil, cli>
mate and all circumstances to the various
kinds of labor. While it was admitted on
all sides that by far the greatest portion of
the Territories was adapted to Free La
bor, and would necessarily be free soil
forever, yet it was also with equal unani-
nifty conceded that there was portion of
/ it where free labor never could be intro>
duced, owing to the climate and the pecu-
liar productions of that portion. 1t was
thought that if Oregon, which no one inn
AGNES can ever be slaveholding, could be
organized as the people of that Territory
desired, by the temporary adoption of their
present law interdicting or prohibiting
slavery till the Territorial Legislature pro-
posed to be organized by popular vote,
under the bill referred to us, could enact
some law on the subject, most of the OBJ
jections would be obviated without anv
sacrifice OF principle by those who urged
them; and that, after disposing of the
question, so far as relates to Oregon. the
Territories of California and New Mexico
could be organized in the same bill by the