Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-05-17
Report of the senate Committee of Thirteen.

New Hanover County Convention 1saII meet on
Tuesday of june County Court.
Report of the senate Committee of Thirteen.
The views and recommendations contained in this report
nay be recaptulatcd in a few wordss
81 The admission any State States formed out
Texas postponed until they shall hereafter present
themselves be received into the Unon when it will be the
luy of Congress fairly and faithfully execute the compact
with Texas by admitting such State or States.
go The admission forthwith of California into the Union,
with the boundaries which she has proposed.
3 The establishment of territorial governments without
the WmOt ProvisO for New Mexico and Utah. embracing
all the territory recently acquired by the United States
Mexico contained in the boundaries of California.
The combination of these two aforementioned
ures in the same bill.
5 The establishment of the western and northern boun
dxry Texas and the exclusion from her jurisdiction of all
Mexico with the grant Texas of pecuniary equiv
And the section fur that purpose to be incorporated
in tho bill admitting California, and establishing territorial
governments for Utah and New Mexico
So More eectual of law to the prompt
delivery of persons bound to service labor in State
under the laws thereof who escape into another State
And Z. Abstainng from abolishng slavery; but, under
heavy penalty prohibiting the slave trade in the District
of Columbia"
The above is an extract from the report of the
Compromise Committee of Thirteen made to the
Senate on Wednesday, the 9Th instant, through its
Chairman, MIR. CLAY. 1t is brief but complete
summary of the measures recommended in the report
and embodied in the bills accompanying it. The
plan of the Committee correctly Swallowed forth
in letter of the Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sum- portion of which we copied into the
Journal of the Goth ult in our notice of the appoint
mcnt of the Committee.
The success of this scheme of compromise seems to
be very doubtful. 1t will be opposed by the united
iDHua
men from the South have also ranged themselves in
opposition to it, on account of that feature providing
for the admission of California with her present
stitution and the boundaries proposed therein. We
notice among the Southern opponents of the report
Messrs. JEFFERSON DAVIS of Mississippi, YULEE of
Florida, BERR1EN of Georgia, CLEMENS of Alabama
BoRLAND of Arkansas, and Mason of Virginia, and
perhaps or two others sufficient with the North
opposition, to give the bill its quietus, unless
some modification be made by which their support
can be secured.
We can understand very we'll why the Free Soil
faction whose life depends upon the continuance of
the present agitation should labor defeat anything
that might promise to put end to it and restore
peace and harmony to the country, but we must con-
fess oursef unable to perceive what advantage South
Senators promise themselves from the defeat
of the compromise. If this attempt fails, we know
of none other that can succeed IT, account of the
contemplated admission of California in connection
with the other proposed measures the whole scheme
should be defeated by the influence of Southern votes
the result will inevitably be the admission of Calfor
MA by ITSELF and without any compensation or COM
promise to the South Beyond all question, there is
large majority in both houses in favor of the ad-
mission of California during the present session, and
if its admission in the way contemplated by the Com
mittee be defeated, it will be forced through sepa-
rately, as demanded by old BENTON and the Free
Sellers; and this DONE the Territories may re-
main under a military government, without any eff
fectual well-regulated protection for person OF
property and of course, completely debarred to set
Element by persons carrying that most delicate of all
species of property slaves. The admission Of
California may be delayed, but we believe that il
cannot be prevented and the question now is, wheth
er her admission shall be coupled with other meas
ures providing for an equitable settlement of thu
slave question: or whether she shall be brought il
by herself.
Perhaps this compromise is not all that Southern
men could desire In some respects it is not but W
believe the question is now narrowed down to this
compromise or disunion There is no use in deceiV
ing ourselves California is bound to come into tn
Union q non-slaveholding State. The characte
of her SOIL untitled for slave labor-the character
her population nine-tenths of whom from tn
Northern and Western non-slaveholding States
prove this. Along her rivers, in her dry dggins an
in her towns are adventures without capital, say
the labor of their own hands at the mines who woul
feel degraded by the association of slave labor in tn
same pursuit with themselves Having the powe
in their hands, it is not likely that they will
low the introduction of negroes whO on their ow
account, that of their masters might share in I'll
work, and participate in the profits of mining. II
deed, SO great is their prejudice against that rae
that their constitution forbds the settlement of eve
, free negroes in the State demanding California
| Territorial condition, would be useless. One, tw
vc or ten years hence the result would be the
The division of California by the line of Sc
| would be measure equally fruitless. There is
material difference between the character of the sc
and population north and south of that line to fav
I the inference that the Southern section would
more favorable to the introduction of slave labor thc
4 the Northern. Making California into tv
. States instead of one could only have the efe
Il of giving four free soil Senators instead of two
II consnmmation not to be wished
Finally, we believe that the policy of the democr
tic party, of the South and of the country is that
II total non-interventon upon the subject of slavery
D The only violation of this acknowledged principle CO
nected with these territorial measures is the alleg
II interference of the Executive in sending out T. Blu
Il LER KING to influence the free choice of the Peep
D of California This wrong-censurable and il
q proper; but it does not appear right that the ms