The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-06-08
SPE E Gu
ofProh. Meaoham, Of Vermont,
In tho House Of Representatives, May II,
Upon the California Question.

10y The purchase Of she claims Of Texas io
settle tho boundaries hgtweGH lhHt State and
b New he2lea, propose 10 discuss llat hill.
II IN q prnclicaltuhlrct Whoever consents
10 take part Ia the present discussion, aud
scOrna 10 repeat the arguments Of others,
must be content with the critics reputation
of hnving heen at a ienst OF learning nnd alol-
on the scraps.
\ II IN surprising TO hee the efforts on the
other rlde of The House 70 uinko political cup,
iHl ouL-pf HE pundiHg c0nIfWCiFy TEG
I ReHtl6HaR who tas i'iri closed Mr. Sayngol
m the most jealous of the number They
seize the floor, aud rush forward M II 10 an
nounco now discovery. With all the ear
nesiherr oi thu philosopher rrirlrnFfrur tho
hath, they cry "Eurokn Eurekn ~ hGre
found Il IhHrr found u! Fonud whnt, sir (?
! Why, have found, riinl Ia the last prczldrn-
rnI canVnss the friends of General Taylor
ascd dliioreul motives ~ different sections of
/ the Union, iu Hid he election. II granted,
| - there anything new IN ihnl2 Has not the
sone been true Ia every clrcliog since the
| time of President Munroc Was not that
! true of ihc friends of Adams aud Clny. Crnw.
ford aud Jncksnu. aud the successor of Jack.
| son 2 Take my subject ilini had been I'rom.
| lneut hciuro the couutry,nnd turn u any side
mp or ellhor end up-turn it inside out or
outside iu, and on every face, you Will fud
Sectional motives were piled in the election
Of Gen. Harrison. The friends of Nj Polk
had more thnn lwo ihcy had Texas, ,tho tar.
I lil mud the NORTHWESTERN boundary. They
bad motive for the iorrid, the temperate,
und the lfigid zone up to - deg. 30 ~ We
cnn come nrnrcr home Ia those who nrc wng.
iug this war for political gnin. Go up
20 gallery of the pnlrnt Office,
aud ia case hard 10y The camp chest Of
Washington, you will see - form having two
hcniF=ouE- idoktng -noUii mud ric orhcr'
south. viii not Nouch for the chronology
which inserts TINT 1t came into life on the
night of the last Baltimore Convcniion;-hnw.
ing thni nature, even in her lowcsr works
SympAthisrd wlh the Sublime production uf
the day, that came forth upou the stage with
one life written for the face that looked
noHhwurd, and another for the fce that
looked southwHrd. did not bring forward
these things NJ charges against the dsiin.
VuiEfri mru to whom they refer Such mo.
tiNcs tnnN he used 10y the friends of t''cuudi.
late without any just charge of dupliciiy
ngnnst the cnnddntc himaclc Hni ! 40
bring them for u purpose they serve, TO show
fhc gentleman, that II hr courts u contest Of
this Mind there mny bo blows To take us well
as blows TO give.
Ihes" things nre not to my purpose or my
taste. have regretted to see men shower.
ing down upon this House the relics oc old
pnrtizSn sectional stump speeches, only that
Ihoy might tricklo back 10 the great ocean,
md hc taken up aud poured out on some /
nlicr CougEess ia n moro furioHT delugc. II /
is for our shame that we have wasted 80
much time in squnhbing over PARTY tioti .
tics md hurting provoking sectional lannls (
while the suhllmcst spectacle IN the history |
oi the world n passing before us.
This discussion has often trcallrd DIES
cripion given 10y Livy OF Romnn baitlc
held where the comhnllnts. surrounded IN IA
temporary mlH, were 50 holly cpgagcd u the
contest TINT they needed not vocrt tartl-
quake which wns shaking tlrir cities, chang.
ing the cuursc ofthcir rivers, md uphcnviug
the i''ttfttutiutr OF tt1r rrouututnr hr Srrrr7
lnrd was on the shores of tie Pacific an hun
dred years before Smith landed nj Jnmcs-
town, or the Pilgrims trod the rock ofPl,m.
outh. Since TINT time the Saxon race hns
crossed aud conquered continent. They
have rcHchcd the shore, aud in thrcr ycnrA
done more for mankind Than the Spauintdi
Ind done in three centuries They have not
like CortcZ aud Pilhrro, seized the golden I,
stores aud fled from the country leaving the
marks of their dcsontion in smouldcring vii
lagos and slaughtered people They have
settled down in lhat country ms their home.
fhEy tiHve shown rtIcr purpose dud thrtr
NlN'l''Ili w IldHllHE 3llu atptlilIlE hS IltlT
one of the noblcst State constitutions ever
formed 10y human hands. With that consti.
tuition they appear before us, aud usk for nd.
mission. Relying on the practice of this
Government, on the plighted fhth Of n treaty
iud on promises made before the CONQUEST, I
hey demand place in this Union. why ARE
hey not admitted? Their proceedings nre /
'harged as hregaiar Congress has given
hem no power to form State government
they have had no rcusus Grant il; but il ,
Il shown that they ARE IN n line Of snir pre-
'cdcnts, lay acting M majority of the seven
cen new States have acted. 1t was proved ,
leYond cnnirnNersy, in The Senate yeslerdny,
,y MIR Clay, that they have population en- i
itling them, to Two Representatives. II is I
TINT foreigners voted IN their ciec- :
ions. Grant thnt too. How was il in Michi- I
yan? Foreigners were marched to The bal. I
~ box. in Indian file, and deposited votes. i
which they could not write or ro al or under q
Iland, when spoken. The convention, that g
,nvc assent TO the conditions of admission,
was not called by legal authority, but 10y tho 4
chairman ofn Democratic State Committee. |
OF one third of the people OF that State ever n
ssenled to the terms of admission ] had I
prepared myself to discuss the question. but u
,thers, more fortunate in gaining tho floor, h
ave brought out the main incis do not q
uo pos,. 10 feueat them. ] have no disposi. a
ion to iurn over tho old Kaleidoscope 10 got Il
Icw reflection, from the suuTr hits oi broken {;
lass. cousidor the objections as really I,
iven up. The gentleman from Georgia, Fl
cross the way, Mr. Wellbornl whose spirit b
vc all Rdmirnd, and wish all might have Il
inflated, proposed to admit California with n
er present constitution restricting her I
outhern boundary to 80 deg. 10 Ipn., flurrh IT
rtittitle Was there any more irregliiHrity h
tI,a nnt 0T N tai