The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-22

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brsced his bill 10 establish the boundaries Of Texas;
nor had any communication, oral OF written with him
upon The subject until i Yss presented 70 the Senate
the resolutions which offered IN this body The senator
from Missouri never gazed upon nor did his ears hear
sheir contents He had no knowledge Of them when
presented Them TO this Senate than The senator from
Alabama himself What facts then, had he 10 20 upon
Does he mean to that he relies upon the fact that the
other day the senator from Missouri round here to
my seal and had little conversation with me = Is be 10
speculate upon the occurrence Of such incident, and
eduee IRON II what he pleases Why sir il is true that
the senator fIom Mississippi Mr.. FoorEl made allu
sion To that fact; but did the other
day Tor had escaped my mind when he had finished his
remarks
Mr.. FooTE. (interposng.) had no idea Of saving
anything offensive. The reason | alluded 10 il was
that The senator from Missouri Mr. BESroSJ had him
sell alluded H. and explained the matter very distinctly
The from Missouri had arisen and expressed great
surprise in this body that the did not The
rescue, which surprise he could not have felt without
having had previous Interview merely wished to say
that this explanation verified the prediction which had
made previously. E
Mr.. CLAY Well. sir, be saw senator on the other
side OF the chamber come TO his he heard whisper
ing and from that he chooses 10 make deduction, for
which say he had no authority; he bad no right TO
make deductions 10 the object Now repeat that, as
between The senator from Missouri and myself, there
was no interchange Of opinion, either upon the project
which he has submitted 10 The Senate upon that which
presented % the morning to which the senator from
Mississippi aiudeds and 70 which suppose that the
ator from Alabama [aIr CLEMEksl alludes, when the
senator from Missouri came my seat, il TO
speak with with regard to the disposition OF the
luton before the Senate. Has il come 10 this that
senator cannot with another about the DISPOSE
non q the pubic business OF me county, but ne must
incur the suspicion and subject himself to the annadyer
sion oil others in tho Senale9 Upon former occasion
protested against the right OF senator to subject
either myself or any other senator, or any OF my
brother senator's TO any such test a. that But SIR sodeep
am oppressed Win lhe awIui Crisis whch exists ID
this country, that ii the senator from Missouri had been
the worst and berest enemy had in the world If had
ougni ma. " Any conference q intercourse WIN nm
senate ana congress 20 see these dsracune quesuons
would nave buried III moment all the ennity enter
ained against nln and would nave gone 10 him as the
best and most afiectonae friend had earth in orer
produce SO great ana glorious result az that would be-
OF narmonzng the distracted PORTIONS OF nus al present
unfortunate country am inclined % thlnk thai upon
we occasion q these resolutions which have offered
consulted win 100 lew Or ga consult win lew
nsd O as aomn Wnou Soay X hs Gea
and 1865 when had occasion TO present the scheme 70
when reference has oeeh maae, comea me opp9
sue error Of consuming WIN too many Inc ehec OF winch
was not ile 70 endanger the resolutions which pro-
posed determined therefore, 70 consult on ms occa-
SION las lew as possible, ana 70 hnit my intercourse
cheny 70 souihefh friends 30 much, SIT. LOT any sup.
posed or between the senator from
missouri and myself.
There are one Of two points upon which beg the Sen
senator from Alabama, Mr.. CLEMENS said that, with
regard to California, there Concession either
wanted but it got IL not BY the action OF Congress bui
BY the action Of the people Of California themselves who
had right to decide whether they would admit or ex
clude slavery
Let us see the argument or The manner in which the
senator from Alabama has answered this question: He
could not deny the fact that the exclusion OF slavery was
10 be found in the constitution OF California That is in
contestable No; but he says that il Congress now adj
miis California Congress would be responsible for that
clause in the constitution of California which interdicts
slavery Let suppose the case which the senator from
Alabama himself has puet suppose that there had
been census an enumeration of the inhabitants actu-
ally asccrtaned and suppose be found sufficient TO
enle California to admission into the Union. Suppose
the old mode to call convention and TO decide for her
self whether she shall come in or not as member of
this Union Suppose that she did so desire to come in
and should form this constitution and then should come
here and knock doors for admission Then, sir,
Congress admitted her. would il not be the fault OF
Conxress Would it not have been Congress that au.
thorized the taking of the census? Would il have
been Congress that passed the previous act authorizing
her to meet in convention Would that be the action
OF Congress And in that contingency, might not the
honorable senator justly charge Congress with nd
recty excluding slavery from California as he can do il
nowi understand that no matter how the constitution
framed there with or without the consent OF Congress-
when il is presented here our action is limited to the sim
gle inquiryls il republican. II il is formed with some
degree OF ireguariiy in the of California, you
TO consider hose Irregularities and 10 decide wheth.
statesmen, looking 10 objects, accomplishing
great purposes affecting the harmony Of this Union,
you will be allowed upon mere technicalities to de-
termine the question OF the admission OF State
into this Union is then, Just as much California that
has decided Tor herset-as she had right TO de-
cde-the question OF slavery, as IT would have been
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