The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-09-20
WASHINGTON: FRIDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 90 1880


ton on that point, should certainly second, in
stead OF resisting that movement; for these same
causes, which have made California non slave ehod
ing, Will ever continue, until heavy, massive col
uInns oil slave emigration overland overtake
and oyerrun emigration by sea- or the now cheap
quick moving. entcrprising emigration from the
northwest. We certain TO have two free
States, il seems clear TO me, we were 10 have
one, If California is divided; and the more gold
that is found in the southern part the greater and
quicker will be the rush OF the flying columns of
emigration there, that will not work with slaves
or allow a master of slaves TO amass unequal shares
OF the precious dust. So that slavery, it seems
To me, Is as clearly and as certainly shut out from
the Pacific as 1t Is from Canada, on the rhern
part OF the Atlantic coast. The great and impress
sive motive in resisting the division Of California
comes from the great danger of being, some day
or other, ruled by the members in the Senate from
our Mexican acquisitions. As a resident of an At
lantic State, do not want my people to be out
numbered, out represented voted in the United
States Senate. do not want the Atlantic ocean to
bow down 10 the Pacific. When / look upon the
map, and survey the almost immeasurable regions
we have now On the Pacific, and west of the
OF the Missouri l foresee that New England, New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and the southern States,
are shorn OF their sovereignty in the Union. wish
TO do all can 10 avert that result wish to make
OF California, of Utah. of Oregon, of Nebraska,
States as large as possible
go for the broadcst extent of latitude and Of lon
gtude compatible with their geogra phical posi-
lions, and the public interest Large States it ia
carve out OF those States to come; aye, the very
largest, unless we intend to be overwhelmed in the
Senate. Hence, wish to resist the division of Cal
iornia, and rather sorrow that she has not aiken
more than she claims. To divide her, it thus seems
TO me is common injury to the North and the
South to be aggravated to the South, if what
to be certain follows viz: the ablshinent of two
free States there instead of one. Even if go fur
ther, and establish slavery by law in one of these
California States, as some gentlemen seem to de-
sire, and thus ordain southern Wiimot proviso in
their behalf it would be the same as attempting to
establish slavery in Maine, Massachusetts,, Con-
necticut, New York, Pennsylvania, or Ohio, for
these and the like people already there, and
practical masters OF that soil. And that is what |
meant, when spoke OF destiny, the decrces of Pro-
vidence, or the fiat of Almighty God The ques
ton, say, is settled, and ali man can do is by un
necessary agitation 10 SOW the seeds of civil war,
and to make unhappy and bloody the soil on which
we dwell.
The gentleman from Ohio is however not salts
fed with that decree of Providence, and he
! 10 think Providence has not done enough for our
section of the Union, he will do something more
he asks US TO face the music as an abstraction of
his, and he tauntingy tells Us he will "smoke the
dough faces out" He renews here o-day n pro-
position that he introduced at the carly part of the
session-an abstraction, which attempted TO exclude
slavery by law when governments were estab-
llshed in all our Mexican acquisitions, including
California.
Mr.. RooT. No, not California.
MIR. Books. Well in all our Territories east of
California. And that abstraction once thrust
out OF the House, amid all the cries of the gentle
man upon us northern mbers ''to face the music
trust that this unnecessary, inopportune, and
mischieyous proposition will receive the same kind
OF treatment now, though II presents itself in a
| more imposing form. know, and feel the power
which the gentleman's whip may have over mem
bers elected two years ago. the storm of anti-si
very excitement that then existed; and know the
embarrassment that whip may create amid mem
bers pledged during that excitement to vote as he
/ IA m 10 bp tI9r 1riV
tells them 70 do. But the day Of oyerseers and Of
drivers is passing away, and the whip is losing its
lash. Emancipation - every day coming nearer
and nearer, the world rolls round, and the less
arc slaves, fearing our would be masters
Emancipation, however, cannot thoroughly take
place till the people pass their representatives,
through the ordeal Of another election. Two years
ago, Mr.. Clay, our fayOritc candidate for the
Presidency, sacrificed, as We Whgs Of the
North IN The main believed, because of his liberal
preferences, and General Taylor was made our
candidate for the Presidency Tor an opposite cause.
The indignation over such a sacrhce drove no
small portion Of our party into extremes and these
extremes were inyigUratcd by the fuel which the
Free soil Van Buren, Democracy supplied. The
members OF this Congress from the free States
elected, IN the main, amid this excitement, and
hey came here under impulses, and with pledges
from which there can be no escape only by the
ordeal Of another election. When that takes place.
they will represent a people who, in my belief
oharc in but n email degree the extremes now
citing upon this floor. The people are ahead Of
their Representatives, feel sure, in disposition TO
settle all these agltating questions before which
now divide and distract the country, and 70 settle
them amcably, fraternay, and equally. As TO my
own self can say, that though took great rcspon
sibllity IN voting against the Wilmot proviso the
early part of this session, have been more than
tained in the great metropolis which have the
honor in part to represent over forty thousand
names, uotmen ofink aud paper, butreal men, with
residences TO their nance, have given inc and my
colleagues ticket 10 ride ia an omnibus, cab,
rfHII ~ bon
bic vehicle dat comes along, singly or doubly; but
90 ride, at all events, prefer carriage with sin
gle passenger, If can get Il, but shall not stand
upon the order OF my going, but keep trying TO GO.
And this feeling 10 not alone the feeling OF the
city. The great metropolis OF n nations com
mcrcc the centre OF lie business the focus of its
changes, but ioreshadows what a nation thinks.
Il may be in advance of the nation. Public opin-
ion may there sooner come to a head; but when the
business agents Of a natlon-whcn their servants
speak, and speak cmphatcally, uncquiyocally, +,
universally. II Is but the prcmonitory note Of the
loud thunder that is preparing 10 burst.
The gentleman from Ohio, / think. forcsccs
the coming public opinion in the North, aud
hence his musical blast again this morning to
summon his followers TO overawe Of the North,
and to inghcn Va down. "Othello's occupa-
tion's gone II the excitement is not kept brew
ing. What will become Of me, pcrchance he so
lIioquzcs, If the storm ia hushed, and am not
buoyed up, and | drop down, II, in the import
ance and grandeur OF the subject which we have
= ~
sOlcmnty that did admit Of the ridiculous, the
extraordinary and associations Of day and
yesterday would convulsc with laughter.
saw marching between the tcllcrs just now, almost
arm In arm, and more than once, gentlemen from
the North and South, who could hardly keep each
others company two seconds without a smile or
shrug. There went the gentlemen from Ohio, and
gentleman from South Carolina, Siamesc twins
There were three gentlemen together who were Tor
dissolyinr the Union If the Wilm0t proviso unS
passcd, aud gentlemen Tor dissolving the Union II
Il was NOT passed Gentlemen will pardon me, but
some lines Of Shakespeare run through my head,
and ! must let them out, in order to describe this
competition:
"Fillct Of n fcnny snake,
In the cauldrUn boil aud bake:
Eye Of newt, and toe Of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Nddcr's fork, and bndworm's sting,
Lizards leg, and owlcts wing.
For a charm Of powerful trouble,
Like hell broth boil and bubble.
Double double, toll aud trouble;
Fire, burn, and cauldron bubble"
And go this cauidrOn IL 10 be made to boil and
l bubble in all parts of the Union. Now this amaz
| ing fraternity, this almost lu1icrous combination
| may be very patriotic on the part of gentlemen
from sections of the Union and from parties utterly
] be noblor tnotiyea tbps,