The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-02-15

be admitted Her senators will then be at liberty TO vote
without restriction, and without virtual pledge 10 Tue
country to vote for any Territorial government Tor New
Mexico which they may prefer and the apprehension 49,
that under such circumstances they will vote TO eler
New Mexico with the Wmot Proviso. The situation
of things will be very different if Congress should now
vote for the bill TO admit California State, and also
New Mexico as soon as she is provided with an ade'
quate population, This bill constitutes system both
for California and New Mexico Ii would be the gross
est breach OF public faith, if the Congress should
attempt to incorporate the Wilmot Provso with the
engagements for the regulation of New Mexico. The two
senator's from California would be the last to cooperate
in such fraud and, for one, say that if such an
attempt should succeed in Congress, should be the
last person in this country to submit 10 it, The South
would resist such gross volaon-not only of their
equal rights, bur of the public fah-at any hazard.
We should hold men who could be capable of such
double dealing guilty of of the greatest political
transgressions which could be committed We should
hold them as unworthy of being confederaes in this
great confederacy Of States. We should hold that such
government would not be fit to be trusted with the
lives the property, the rights, the liberty of the people
who live under its laws. We benefit, therefore,
lence every species OF disorder California from doing
nothing at this session; and danger to the Union. dis
traction-perhaps dssoution-rom further procrasna-
ton and continued excitement. These are the views
which we have taken of this subject They are ma
turely made up. They are frankly presented. II we
offend any of our friends by stating them boldly, we
cannot help Prudence might dictate slence but such
prudence is bastard virtue which we do not recognise
tbr al
public The aboonists and the free. soilers OPP
posed any settlement of this question at this time Their
element is agitation You take from them the very foun
daton which they expect TO rise to Importance and to
power We trust that there ultras on the other
side and that the extremes will not meet for the purpose
of cooperating and keeping open this distracted fountain
of bitter waters.
Let ii not be supposed that opposed to any other
mode of settling this agitang question. We would have
preferred the principle of non-interventon, if it could
be applied to the erection of California into provisional
territorial form of organization But all know that
such measure is not practicable, in manner which
could be accepted by the southern country No terrific
rial bill can pass without the Wmot Proviso. That
measure therefore, to be out of the question We
should gladly accept the Missouri Compromise, because
is recommended by strong precedents in our annals
But fear that this measure, too, out of the question
We should be most happy to accept the Compromise bill
of Mr. Clayton which passed the Senate during the last
sessionand should not despair OF carrying that
measure But in the of the Union-in the name
of the people of Califonia-in the of
country-in the of both parties-and if we
wing we would say, in the name of the incoming adj
mnisraon, to whom this unsettled question will de-
scend fatal her-loom-we appeal TO Congress to
settle this question upon fair honorable, and equal prn
cples.
We have touched this question frequently than
wished. But it is of those great subjects on
which the press cannot preserve commendable neuai-
ty We have spoken sentiments freely but trust
with offensive spirit We have looked to the great
American interests We deprecate all uraism it's de-
csion. We go for the principle of Intervention.
We cannot obtain it in the territorial FORM We must
then, seek it in the form of Sates-leavng the
pie themselves to frame their constitution and to
seek an admission into the Union as States
We have spoken freely upon this subject If we
have not pleased the uas both sides of the house,
have at least pleased ourselves Our conscience is at
rest We have attempted to discharge that duty in
ment of danger, which every citizen to the repub
lie We can, probably, do The great arbtra-
ment is now in the hands of Congress