The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-26

yield the hoorl
Mr. CLAY; No, sir, unless ii is for an explanation
Mr.. BU TIER. | only wish TO know Of one meet
ing of the particular kind alluded TO, or any
thing Of that sort, where these ncongruous elements
have met together.
MIR. CLAY, (resumingl was going to exonerts you
from the association, and only wish could separate yo.
upon the final vote lLaughlerl ! sm afraid we shal
hnd you then together Whose eyes have not witnessed
the consultations between the extremes of this chamber
from day to day The eyes of every discerning senator
must have noticed it. But whether in The consultation
between these ultra gentlemen from the South there
any MIXTURE Of the abolition element which is near me o.
not, was about TO remark that could say have
heard indeed, that the senator from New Hampshire Mr.
HALEl was present. But If he absent, and those
others about to vote upon the final question with
our friends upon the other sde there doubt OF the
fact from what have heard, that the consultations Of
some OF the opponents Of the bill quite frequent
as any which have taken place between the friends Of
Mr.. DAYTON. tiu,srvosior, Idi.;ks 10 interrupt III.
senator but desire. one Of the opponents OF this bill
on this side of the chamber, dsclam all kno wledge
either direct indirect Of any such meeting for consul
tation upon this subject
Mr.. CLAY Does the senator deny all consultation
i MI DAYTON have no knowledge Of any.
Mr. CLAY. alluded more particularly to some SEN
atos whose consultations have heard, have been fire.
quent, very frequent; but do assert it as fact.
Mr. MASON. would ask the senator, when he alludes
good enough declare whether he ever heard wheh
er ne has to believe, that senators from the
southern States have consultation upon this bill
with any senator from the free States'
| Mr.. CLAY. No, sir; | had not heard So But at the
same time would ask the senator from Virginia whether
they have not had frequent consultation amongst them
MIR. MASON Twill answer freely. There certainly
have been frequent consultations between from
and safety the soahsn ses as hy
conceived in the provisions Of this bill
Mr.. CLAY. And so, undoubtedly, did our consulta-
tons relate to the dignity honor and safety of the Union
aud the constitution OF our country loud applause
The PkEsBENr Order Th. segsan,-at Arm. will
a ne uallo ifDrdor ThoC hair
Will not permit the applause to be repeated; if it is he
will be under the necessity Of ordering all persons to leave
MI. CLAY. Mr. President. there is neither incon-
gruy In the freight in the passengers board
omnibus. We are all heartily concurrent upon the only
he sole subject OF our consultation We have no Ar
cans or abolltonists in omnibus-no disunionss
free soiles, Jew Gentle Our passengers consist
OF democrats and whgs who seeing the crisis of their
common country, and the dangers impending over it. have
met together forgetting and throwing far behind them
their political differences other subjects, compare
their opinions upon this great of reconciliation
and OF harmony.
MIR. President how stand the questions which have
formed the subjects Of delberation long! One
party wants the immediate admission of California, and
wants the imposition Of the Provso in the territorial gov
Ihs other ea Pc PKy wants ne limits Of aO1
piedsome of them with the express recognition of the
right to carry slaves south OF ii others without such
and these other parties strenuousy opposed TO the
Provso. Some again. want the Texas boundary settled
and others want to be left open. These the
they to be adjusted 10 there senator member
Of the House, is there in this wide country. who
ons e
opinions 10 be adjusted then Can it be otherwise done
than by meeting in the spirit OF amity and conciliaon
and recoecng the great interests to be preserved and
promoted by combination
The honorable senator from Massachusetts Mr.
DAvIsl says there are no parties who can make COM
promise. Will the excuse for saying that this
remark smells much of the techncalty OF Blackstone
No parties! Are there not great conflicting interests
conflicting opinions, pervading the whole country Who
constitution OF the United States There were no tech
nca parties to that instrument but in deberang upon
what was best Tor the country and preserving that there
They compromised and settled them by ample concession
and in the spirit OF true patriotic amity They adjusted
these conflicting opinons and the constitution under
which we sit at this moment is the work Of their hands
great, memorable, magnificent compromise. which in
dcaes to the course Of duty when differences arise
which can only be settled by the spirit OF mutual conces
sion. Sir do we not know and have we not reason to
apprehend, that without combined measure you can do
nothing | have heard, MIR. President. that different
temper prevails at this timethat possible 10 carry
these measures il they presented in succession, just
as they have been reported by the committee take the
occasion say and sure express the sentiment OF
every member OF the committee that prompted
BY the pride OF opinon or welded to any gwen system
of arrangement or settlement OF these great national
questions We preferred combining them in measure
because we thought most practical and most likely to
lead TO auspcous result But if it cannot be adopted
IN Tue COnJOint IOfm reported Dy the COmmlttee anu
the desired object be better attained by action npon
OF successive without the odous Provl.
80. not a murmur of complaint, quite sure, will
ever be heard from single member Of the committee
II is not the is the great specific end, we have
in view and however that end is aained-whether by
such arrangement this committee has proposed OF
by separate of egisatonthe committee and myself
utterly indifferent But il is known to you that II all
the comprised in the bill under consideration
not passed there is danger that the presentation OF
those measures in detail OF them would fail and
the result would be, that whilst party got all that
Immediately wanted, the other would obtain nothing
which it desired. You know there great
to apprehend-l hope there may be none now-that, in
the separate of the the consequence
would be the attachment of the Wimot Proviso in one
the other of the two houses, and the utter failure to
establish any territorial governments for Utah and New
Mexico 1t was thought then that in the spirit OF our
revolutionary sres in the spirit which has heretofore
pervaded all our government conciatng and reconclng
much possible opposing and conflicting interests
and opinions, would present measure which would
tcabe unite upon il for the sake of harmony and tran
quity. We thought then, as think now that senators
from the northern States might 60 home TO their cons
uents after this shall have been passed. and say,
We have got California; she il secure there Is a
prohibition OF slavery in her constitution that will last
perhaps forever whereas the Wmot Provso would have
had limited and evanescent duration, existing while
the territorial form Of government remained, but ending
whenever the State should to form for herself a
constitution" This northern senators might say with
great propriety to their constituents: We have secured
that free solsm which you much prize" "Well but
why, them" they might reply, have you not put in
restriction in the territorial BILL to secure that, at
| least until they come TO be ripe enough form State