The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-03-03
TAIRTIETR CONGRESS-.
THE LAST WEEK OF TIKI SECOND SESSION.
Senate.
WAsHINoroN, Feb. Is, 1849.

CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATION
The bill Of the civil and Diplomatic appropriations,
With the amer dments adopted In Committee Of the
Whoe having been reported to the Senate last night
on the OF their after the conclusion
Of tho matters Of the morning hour, the
said bill and amendments came up for the concurrence
The item making appropriations to meet the stpsls-
lions OF the Mexican treaty was stricken out; ssps.
rate bill having bsen passed for thas object
amendm Mt spproprating $40 COO each for the pur-
chase Of certain private pagers Of the late General
Washington and t5e late President Monroe.
Mr. BERRIEN asked division Of the question.
The WsshiDgton papers were cOncsrred In; and on
sRrseiDg to the caue for the purchase Of the Monroe
Isp.Is the vote stood 20 to TO- So the whole amend
ment was agreed to.
The psIt question was, at the instance Of Mr. DIX,
upon the amen dment Of MIR Walker, Of WISDOM.
Elm, providing to extend the revenue laws, tho In
dian laws The land laws, TO, over the territory
tire Pacific, aud providing to confer upon The Presi
dent the discretion Of the government Of said terrific
~, and authorizing him to enforce ell nesdful rules
dispensing Of justice; authorizing him, ALSO to make
oil necessary TERRITORIAL legislative executive and judi
csl appointments under these g- neral provisions and
to change and modify tho same ar bis option, until
this authority shall be superseded by act Of
Tie VICE PRESIDENT announced the anne ndment to
the Senate.
Mr.. Di. took the floor aud remarked that he regret
ted tie necessity Of consuming any portion Of tho
time Of the at this stage Of the se.sion but
that he felt It his duty to submit foms
upon this ame ndment, and upon the general subjeot
He was fpposed to an amendment PROVIDING for . 90
vSrI meDt for Cafor mia, an ppendags to this or
any appropriation bill. The question was Of an i'm
sa he 90 Ss o. IN tai. ns
~ State At once, than arm the President with the
extraordinary powers which this pro poses
to confer. Such grant Of authority s utterly indie.
feDsibs, and wholly insxpedien He would frst speak
upon the amendm offered by the Senator from ZEN
nss,.,, GMr Bel to sd%i, GalfOr oiA .: State;
upon the President despoto powsrs thirdly upon tho
House BILL :. feIred t. committee this morning pro
viding terri orial government for Caifor mia The
menduent Of MIR. Walker were a. he thought Who'll y
iDsdmss'ble He had great faith In the honesty and
such eAtraoI binary and absolute powers upon any
man. But the powers were only diotstorai; they
we're Unlimited IN point of time Passing back to the
early history of ths government, Mr. Dix remarked
upon The prudence and precautions which had regu-
late the admission Of states into the Union These
precautions ought to DO followed up and no Territory
81 ould be admitted into the Union Is State t its
people with the theory and prsotics NJ
the gtveri ment-,hl they can rather facilitate than
embaas 1t In Its operations. Mr. Dix rec sptu.
lated the numerous and extraordinary obstacles exist.
Ing In California to its admission as . Stete The
Nor CUR language they were too small in number nd
searcely emerged from the pastoral Of semi bar
bslsm although thou de- Of intellig and an.
tepreiDg citizt ms were pouring into Cxor MIA there
were also Thousands Of foreign adventurous going
from all quarters Of the world Society there was In
s. os1 10 S, 81 tho gold
country was ever In . worse condition for the funo
tions Of separate local constitutional governme nt
State thoud pass the process me
and the training eff territorial supervision over t by
Congress The OF the Senator from VISION.
sin, In providing for the territory OF the Rio
Gfands, would leave New Mexico out Of the Union
and altogether to the mercy of chance. The bill Of
Acknowledgement Of California; and Mr. Dix said hs
should resist the dismembermsnt Of these
without their consent or Their being merged By mere
= Anil nm fnth d.
only measure OF Weldon and expediency - he apprs.
hended the necessities Of the case, was territorial
recognized boundaries as Transferred to u.s. In dis
cusslng, then, the general subject there were two
quesilens which he thould consider.
!. What Is the interest Of the government,
2. What Is the interest Of California and New Mex
leo?
MIR DIX recapituated the history Of the
Ct slavery into North Americas In 1920 Of quiet
extension In Opposition to the wishes Of the people,
over the whole OF The British coIonies Next he re.
capitustsd the historical facts respecting the
ments Of the fathers Of the republic arrsstng the
extension Of slavery and produced copy OF docu.
original Of which is In the hand writing of Thomas
Jefferson, which proves him beyond eli doubt she
father Of the principle embodied in the ordinance Of
hereafter the Jefferson proyiso Coming to the main
question Of the exclusion Of slavery the
ed Pr Ss . nAS Gos since
frst proclaimed to be abolsned by Guerrero in 1929
who.e proclamation was affirmed by Congress In "a
80 M.,a =. Psas s.reEy 70 enter these Terrific
,,;h ., w 70 sue.s tnis Pronio'tion, ana 60 re-
T.. - 49, "ne,1 nsu , Desn sooInned IL would
49, ssh,oh W @ n ts OF the oiack
nov.r 81 tha co~ntr. nh; ~ s nor moral
w.. W. ',e "1cn eASuoos nee ia0or when
as =, ~ so AeusNS % s.o wnIte race. Ih0 eognt
isbor 80 sS;a " III ~ sso ana exsend IRE
ths .nn,em.cnssa ,na.. ' ~ ts 80 our power 70
extension Of slavery into California and Nev Mexico
would be unjust to those people, who hs 70 no slaves
nd desire MIR Dix sdverted to the negotiations
of MIR Trst with the Mexieans after the armit &C
the city OF Mexico and with some interruptions by
MIR Foote he raid that the half civilized Mexioans,
vsnquis and compelled to treat had yet
as lat request that should not carry slavery
he territories which they compelled
How should Ne stand before he world disregsrded
this humane and exalted request, consistest With
the fpirit Of the age and the sympaties Of mankind
Mr. MAsoS-Does the Senator refer to the petition
IRON California!
Mr. RusK raid the negotiations Of the Mexcans with
Mr Irst we're instgated and controlled by the British
se snts in Mexico.
MI DIX replied that at all events the people of Mex
leo were known to be the of ala
very into their territories In conclusion re
New ork would never consent to extension Of sa
very to territories where it does not nov exist But
by whatever act this question may be settled, New
York will stand the avs and the co nstitution In
the exclusion OF slavery these territories he had