The New York herald., 1849-02-23
TIIlkGTlETH CONGRESS,
SECOND SESSION.


WAsHINoToN, February 81, 1s4o.
The morning hour Was expended. Ms usua, iu psti-
tions, reports ana The passage OF fe~ iocsi bills
GkNKEAL APPROPRIATIONS BiLL-Mk BELLS PRoJ.cr
GOVERNMENT FOR rHE Skw rkRaIrosIss.
On motion OF MIR ArHknroN, tue Senate resumed
the bill making appropriations for the OWL ana d.
piomai, departments Of the government, aud it,
goa ers miscellaneous expenses for tbs ensuing fiscal
year
The two amendments Immediately pending were,
that Of Mr. WALKER proposing 20 extend tno revenue
laws the general land laws and all other general uii
tsry, naval, ana comnerosi regulations force else
where over the Union, over the territories So-
qured by treaty ffom Mexico aud tnat OF Mr.. Bell,
Csred Ss amendment Of the former, providing Tor
the medise admission OF aid territories, or soon
as may bs deemed expedien as one or t~o States Into
Mr.. BkLL, having the floor from yesterday, resumed
his argument in support Of the proposition tnAt
especial governmental Institutions ars required IN
territory before IL can be admitted ss u State, ana
that hence Is competent for Congress I'd mic
territories at once State States tnis
Union without waiting tor the formAtiss toe part
of the people OF raid territories, Of
regularly adopted constitution, according usual
forms of The sdmissisn or states into this Union.
There Necessity for these formshties. He
again presented the position that California and New
Mexico should have tns bsnsh OF laws and tneir
permanent and iirevocsble. The only way to d. en-
was to admit these territories one state or tw,
st.tss either iorsh.lts or By providing for sh.r sd
Of tho Judiciary Committee It, positions-thst Con-
gress has net the to create State. It may sd
NIT State bat cannot create It. rne creation OF
State 10 act Of popular sovereigny an sos OF
peopie Of territory air. Bell assumed, on the
trsry that Cor gress Is the only that create
Q state in Mon that moral body that pol,ticsl
corpo alton, recog nissd In the Is State
The people Of territory cannot create them ,slyes
into State IL must be done. aud}osa only BE- done,
BY Copgre" Congress Possesses the sovereignty
the territories.
Mr. WE.rcorr could not admi. this. Consrs.s DOS.
eessed power over the territories which the
sovereignty Of TIE people.
tainsd that tsrr,tory vas DO vsrsss to mske
itself State Of this Union IL must bs doss BY Con-
srsss and 10 not State until an act Of Ccnsrs" has
established it 1hs objection Of the judiciary oou-
mittss, that II VAS not expedsnt to admit people
without government and without muoioipSi lass,
would NOT spply to these territorss They mad been
inhabited and governsd BY oivissd psopls for ages,
and perfect their laws they have lava Of
c,i,a.a .ocisy atm existing s%ons them for tn. pre-.
sf the ststistios OF emigration, to California,
from which it might be assumed thss there would be-
In very short time that territory, population OF
from ID COO to 20 0Oe Americans all out counting
them acoordisg to the usual standard OF population
be equal political sspeot to 100 oO0 people Tasrs
large proportion Of men In these smgraeions Of
intelligence and high rssrsctAbiIisy-soms Of them
competent to take their seats In this chamber, s we'll
"a in the other House. IL was necessary that laws
sheaid BE- passed for the encouragement Sad protse
ton Of these good otizens. IL We delay, fear they
win be overrun by the horde Of reckless
pouring into the gold districts from a quarters the
earth The question, however, nrst TO bs ooasiaersd
have the power IL We have, the sxigeney is
upon for its exercise.
Mr. BvrLks-I would ask the ssnator one question
y,
Er BurLER-Doss the Senator assu me that all The
emsrsnts 10 Cafor mia will have the rights 20
Of sitize nsf
Mr.. BsLL-No, sir; but there is large proportion
going out to settle there mi,ies goas out and
train OF caravans will Inns the whole Interval In the
sprpg, between the Rocky Mountains snd the Psoiao;
and We only want the camels of Asia to make the pie
ture completely Asstc In its character Here, tns.,
Ia the necessity for the exercise OF the power wneo
Congress poeeses Copgrves alens have tine power 20
admit State. Congress may admit kasdom ~ =
Stale leaving Its constitution to be provided Aeet Tvs
admission. The resson Why there had pssn no esss
heretofore exactly to TINS wss tnas tn o,t
cum,tsnees OF the Gaze we're without parallel, ds-