The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-05-22
CONGRESS.


mitiee. or IN the Senate. or in The country,
IN the hope aszl die report IN the meas.
ures that IL recommended waoA be ulli-
lnaiely sanctioned by majority q both
Houses Of Congress.
The crisis had arrived, and /, was his
convielion isis,. oaly by some such scheme
as that presented by the committee. xe
raald secure the harmony and peace Of
The Union.
But he had now 10 eire more addition
al explanations Of The measures report
ed.
lie 6ri treated ,lle Texan proposition.
and showed that |. me, the appreciation
OF nearly every one. eeIrN9F
tie next took up The subject n lie OBJ
jrclions made TO The admission of califor.
MIA. As TO the population. il was said
that II was not exactly kaown. But i,
was known that the State was rapidly
filling up; and il was believed that there
was sufficient population 10 justify a re.
presentation Of two membeu. So il was
10 Texas; and as 10 Georgia the num-
bers were not known when they were ad.
miiicd.
And al The lime when The members
from California were TO take their seats
the population would certainly he suffi-
cieni. lie produced doca~seaary evi.
dence of this. The number of people on
the lsl Of January was 10000. There
was now number Of citizens Of the Uni
ted States in California sufficient 10 emil
ile her TO two members. Some of them.
TO he sure. might have returned. or might
intend 10 return. should they live. The
emigranis Who went TO Louisiana, design.
ing to return after making fortune, were
so much delighted with the soothing and
bland climate that Few ever came back.
/ A voice. " They died ,here."l
The whole Of the population south Of
80 deg. 30 min. in California were against
slavery. The Southern men ought not.
therefore. 10 object TO the boundaries. All
The Southern PARTON Of California was 4
sandy desert or involved in a chain of
mountains. In the Northern portion of
California was another vast desert. In
nnne Of these objections was there suf-
icieni motive 10 throw every thing into
confusion by rejecting this bl.
lie adveried 10 the numerous pans dif.
fering from this. One came TO us from
high authority. and recommending that
California be admitted. and nothing else
done, lie (Mr. Clay came TO WASH
ington with = disposition 20 cooperate
with The Executive, but al The same time
to follow the dictates OF his own ludg.
ment.
Mr.. Clay had The pleasure to say that
he did coincide with the President as Ear
as the President went. lie coneurred iul.
~ in the Presidents recommendation that
California be admitted into she Union.
There ahe President stopped, while he
(Mr. rlay) went iitllc farther. He (Mr.
Clay) was Of she opiaien that our ohec-
lions 10 protect New Mexico and Desc.
RET would not be laid aside. Was il right
in us TO leave them to themselves, tall they
got ripe for state government!
There were strong reasons a, the iine,
when the President wrote his message
(2lsi January in favor Of his plan. Then.
twas apprehended, tina. fearfsl agita.ions
would follow any attempt To vet ON the
subject of the territories. But the aerh,
the glorious north, had come TO the res
cue. and reason and patriotism were lis
tened 10. The glorious south had also
relaxed in her demands, and there was a
general disposition for cancellation and
harmony.
He had no doubt the gentleman who
filed the executive chair, would now take
much wider range in recommending any
plan concerning these questions. Even
now we heard of a civil eommotion In
New Mexico. Texas was moving against
Santa Ee. Bl0odshed would follow this
cont, oversy ia, was no, settled by us; at
al events we sheald make an attempt to
settle The question.
- Mr.. Clay reviewed all the objections
urged against the fugitive slave bill. and
the blli to abolish she slave trade in this
District.
After speaking two hours and half,
he yielded the floor to Mr.. Hale, and The
Senate adjourned.
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The Florida Tndians.-Ihe Savannah Re
publican, Of Saturday, las the following
paragraph, con6rmatory Of what we pub
iished few weeks ago, that the Indians
are not disposed 70 remove from Florida:
LATE FROM FLORIDA by private adj
vices to the Editors of this paper, dated
at Tampa. on the 18th instant, we learn
that Billy Bo,ciegs and the Other Indians.
with whom negotiations have been pend
ing. have all retired TO the southwark.
Bowlegs has been desirous ofrmigrating.
and has given the most solemn assurances