The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-05-26
THE UNION.

concile the distracted and divided parts 81 the country.
we 60 home full Of the feelings Of rage and animosy.
section against another In such state OF feeling,
can the republic long contauei Let suppose, how
ever, that you reject this bill and pass the California bill
and home In that state OF hings' what will South
sayf What repIoaches will not level Il the North up
on this subject They will say to the North fou got
all you wanted; you got the substitute for the Wilmot
Provso; you have got clause much potent, much
more efcacious than thatyou have got the introduction
of slavery the constitution OF California you have
got all you wanted for the present. and have refused US
ever, thing you have seized upon California and mere
whole OF our acquisitions TO your exclusive beneht Ii
that state Of feeling OF mutual evaporation and ex
heated lecturers with heated men, how can you expect
hereafter 10 come back this theatre OF strife and
tenoD calm, and composed, to settle difficulties which
six months OF earnest and axous labor have not enabled
you to adjust
Il is said that nothing has been done for the South in
the establishment OF these territorial governments
nothing in this OF compromise. What, sir Is
there nothing done for the South when there is total
absence OF all congressional action the delicate subject
OF slavery i-when Congress remains passive, neither
thonzing the introduction OF slavery the other when
everything is left in stau quo What were the South
complaining OF all along The Wilmot Proviso-a Pro.
may be, will be the result, apprehend, Of the diff
Guilty oil pleasing southern gentlemen Their great effort
their sole am has been for several years TO escape IRON
that odlous Provso The Proviso is not in the bill The
bill Is SILENT II is active upon the subject OF slavery
The bill if slavery exists there there remains
The bill admits that if slavery is there, there i is
not The bill is neither southern nor northern II rs
equal; il is fair; it is compromise which any man,
whether at the North the South who is DESTROYS OF
healing the wounds OF bis country, may accept without
dishonor or disgrace, and 20 home with the smiles which
the learned senator regretted he could not carry with him
to Louisiana; They may go home and say that these
, uasa arg s open i no there
Neither the North the South has triumphed; there
is perfect reciprocity the Union only has trlumphed.
The South has not riumphed by attempting to introduce
whlch aha wond do III she could. because
she maintains lahough is not my own individual opn
ion, that Congress- has no right TO legisate on the one
hand for its introduction, the other Tor ITS excu
sion. Nor has the North been victorious She may,
indeed, and probably WILL find her wishes ultimately
summated by the exclusion OF slavery from our territorial
Of complaint with the South, because il will be the
result OF inevitable The bill has left the field
open for both. 70 be occupied BY slavery the people,
when they forming States, shall decide; or to be
exclusively devoted 10 freedom IL as Is probable, they
shall so determine.
Now let call The attention Of the Senate to very
painful duty, which constrained TO perform, and
which shall perform, let subject to what misinte
probation il may. here elsewhereI mean the duty OF
contrasting the plan proposed BY the Executive Of the
Thirteen. II the Executive has friend-Q do not mean
exactly that because believe and wish myself TO be
rate with am)-but ii there be- friend Of the Executive
who supports his measure to the eIusion of that Of the
eommitee will he stand up here, and meet US face to
10 the oher Let us here. and not in the columns Of
newspapers have fair full and manly interchange Of
argument and opinion. shall be ready 70 bear my hum
Bile part in such mental contest Allow me 10 premise
BY assuming. in the FIRST place. that every friend OF his
country must be anxious that all difficulties be set
tied, and that we should once more restore concord and
Now, what is The pan Of the Presidentl will de-
scribe il BY smile in manner which cannot be msun
fveSleedins and threatening The we'll being # moi the
existence, OF the body polite What is The plan OF the
Presldentl Is il TO heal all these wounds' No such
thing. II is only TO heal OF tue 6ve and TO leave
the other four bleed pousey than by the
sole admission OF California, should produce
death itself. have said that nve wounds are open and
bleeding. What are they First, there is California
there the Territories second there is the question OF
the boundary OF Texas. the thrd there is the fugitive
slave BILL the fourth and there is the question Of the
slave trade in the District Of Columbia fifth. The Pres
dent. instead OF proposing plan comprehending all
the diseases OF the country, looks only at His
accommodation does not embrace, and he says
nothing about, the fugitive slave bill or the District
bill; but he recommends that the other two SUBJ
jects, OF territorial government and Texas boundary,
remain and be left untouched, to cure themselves BY
some law Of Nature, by the vmedicatrtI nature,
sefremedy the of which cannot perceive any
ground Of the least confidence. have seen, with pro-
se % hs 50 Ss
Chief Magistrate of the country in his own peculiar plan
think that. in spirit Of compromise the President
ought to unite with he recommends the admission
OF California. We are willing to admit California We
60 with him far be goes and we make its admis-
sion compose part OF general plan OF settlement and
ComroWises Whicu VIC Piolosc W he Sohsuerdton OF
the Senate In the spirit Of compromise which trust
Does and which know ought TO, animate both ends OF
Pennsylvania avenue we had right TO suppose when
the committee announced in its report that II satisfied
with his Recommendation, lar II went, but that did
60, in respectful judgment, far enough and that
therefore offered close up the four
naming woundsl think that, in spirit OF peace and
concord, and OF mutual confidence and cooperation,
which ought to animate the different departments OF the
government, the President, entertaining that consiu
onal Difference 10 the wisdom OF Congress which he has
proessed and abstaning he has declared he would
abstain. from any interference with its free deliberations
ought. without any dissatisfaction To permit to
slider what 10 best for our common country will 20
little further in this comparison. which make most pain
fully After the observations which addressed to the
Senate week ago. did hope and trust there would have
been recprocaon from the other end OF the avenue
10 the desire to heal, not wound only which, being
healed alone would exasperate and aggavate instead OF
harmonzlng the country, but TO heal tnem all did hope
that we should have had Specification, in some form
other. OF the Executive conenment and satisfaction
with the entire plan OF adjustment But, instead of
with the committee on the part oil the Executive
have an authentic OF his adherence excu
svely to his own particular scheme.
Let look at the condition OF these Territories and
shall endeavor to do what has been done with suf
hcient pecson-to discriminate between non-action
non-nterventon in regard to slavery and non action as
respects the government OF the people, who, by the
dspensatons Of Providence and the of events
have TO hands 10 be taken care o To refrain
from extending TO them the benefit oil government, aw
order and protection widely different from silence or
non. intervention in regard to African slavery
The recommendation OF the President, as have al.
ready said, proposes the simple introduction OF Caor
MIA State into the Union-a measure which, stand
ing by ITSELF has excited the strongest symptoms OF dis
he III lad