The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-28


into various extra peous subjects, complimenting the
people Of New Engand being brave honorable can't
ing, ghost seeing people who when it came to the
struggle, would no doubt boldly stand up for liberty
and the political constitutional rights Of the people
An explanation here interrupted the current of the
argument-the subject Of the controversy being the
territories Of the Cherokee Chckasaw and other tribes
and the treaties under which said territories were
ceded to the government, Mr. Bell. MIR John Davis
and Mr Calhoun, being implicated in this incidental
illustrative branch of the general discussion.
Mir BELL, in conclusion, said he would prefer the
Wimo proviso their ntroduc ton at once as States
TO the present bill. | would, said he make them an
lndian territory-abandon them to what tribes might
choose TO inhabt them ! would prefer, Sir, that the
Inhabitants Of New Mexico and California should de-
clare themselves free and indepe of the United
States than that they should dscord between
the North and the South Let them make a New
Germany or New ireland of the country on the Paci
fc, and will say God speed them do not object to
their being part Of but rather than thew sboud
prove a source of discord between MS would sever
them If the North shall say to the South You shant
plant your foot then cannot say what will be the re.
suit No one man can say but what civil war NAV be
hndled, and reciprocal outrages may disbaud the
Union Sir, If the States the borders could give
their guarantee that such difficulties would arise
territory and Western Texas too All want IL this oua
rantee and all the eighteen hundred thousa nd square
miles will readily give up exclusively to the North for
the growth Of their freemen. Sir regarding this
measure therefore rather tending TO increase the
dscord between the North and the South shall vote
against it, beg pardon for the length Of nv desuto.
ry remarks which have extended much beyond what
had at first intended
ME- BEhhiEN STRONG FOR THE DILL AND SOUTH
MIR. BERRrEN expressed bis regret that he found it
necessary at this late hour alfpast 10 o'clock To ad
dress the Senate for brief period He de MED
mat TINS discussion had bee sought brought about
py tne SOUTH II came by the insertion in the Oregon
pih o proVlso against savery-a useless wan
tVn asteruon Oh power on the part of the North and
Whcb the South felt bound TO move to strike out No
one ever imagined that slavery could exist in Oregon
abo he wanton act Of dragging the question into the
| pl is chsrgeabe solely TO the North The object of
appointing committee 10 avoid n discus
SION on TINS exciting subject Of slavery We
ask, VIII you allow the law TO decide and
gentlemen answer no, we will not we ne
yer will agree TO until there engrafted on Il the
ordinance OF 1881 As be went he mai ptainad that
the bill provides sufficient protection for the citizens
Of California and New Mexico, and their nronertv
He next pleaded that the bill did not skulk The onas
ton The reason why the committee had not referred
in the bill to African slavery, as distinguished from
Peon slavery, was, that in specifying in the Hill
that the territories of California and New Mexi.
co should have no power to legslate on African
| slavery would be to declare by Congress that
African slavery had been abolished in her ter.
fltories by Mexico. which a question not for
legislative assumption but for judicial investigation
ne deprecated and dcsecrated the principle Of the
WIimot provto, following the grounds taken by Mr.
,ahoun In support Of the equal rights Of the South
10 the territories OF the Union. lie would tell the
senator from Ohio that these new territories we're
acquired by conquest III O'clock nearly all the ladies