The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-08-13

plain hut comprehensive and eaectua Ii proposes 10 nd
Texan territory and settle the and conditions of
the admission and cesson by the usual and practicable
The admission OF the State or rather is right adms
son is TO be complete under the BILL 10 20 be admied
necessary for that purpose and the possibility Of Missouri
controversy win be entirely avoided The admitted State
caly; for the bin dae. her representation IL federal
nothing about senator's for there the Constitution alone
Is sufficient 1t both gives the right senator's, and fixes the
Congress. he number bill asfs gives
e the first Texan State two menbersa number 70 which
her present population will ene her and which will be
sensbly Increased before process admission be
porionment under the Of 1850 be extended
her
manning Texan territory the United States
dsPsnsabe and hefe the Joint resolution from the House
whole republic oi Texas as one stale and provides no
means oi reducing her limits without her In fact
without her the Of the Unired States
lobids and the equilibrium Of system will admit
Of the unon This i n5 new point in our history Il has
occurred before, and has been decided The eay history
o. our coniederacyi full Of instruction upon H. Many Of
the States az the close Of the revolution found be
100 large for the safety Of the rest and the perseverng
were called upon by the Continental Congess reduce
their limits and cede their surplus territory Some yielded
iesngs being rather they Vlr
gnla ceded graui,ousy all her territory beyond the Ohio
GOT two and halt millions Tor her sipa shore
q Lake Erie Georgia held until 1892 and then sot
million and quarter In money, five millions OF Of
land scrip and obligation extinguish Indian es and
remove Indiaas which has cost tens millions for the terri
tory alone which forms the single State OF Mississippi
required the most persevering exertions, all know
aided by hs kindly sPr. which then prevailed and the
debt obtain from the great States the contraction Of their
limits and ihe cesson q their surplus territory % the Union
they ny believed 70 guard against the like danger in
a n he new
states making them Of proper number and size, SO that
House Of Representatives small rule the Sem
ate was equally avoided This was wise IL
Aud shall such example be upon Us Shall we vol
untarly throw ourselves back into condition far
than that from which atheIs with much care, wis
DOM paotism and even money succeeded in exricatng
ass Texas far larger than the Northwestern Territory
yet our ancestors would risk the danger Of single State
there, nor even OF multitude OF small they wisely
fixed the number Of the WHOLE and the Of each
Gentlemen suppose that Yexas will voluntarily reduce
herself, i is supposon contrary al human expert
ence But suppose she does what then i'm
nedateiy result which is impossible by the
joint resolution Texas keep her lands and pay
duced State and covered by Indian tribes To pay her
debts Of these lands would therefore involve ad
ory belonging TO the United States would also involve
the indan hs bs ss in as M sas sr n
possible Nobody could think Of such thing State quar-
o Und al s as s wa
would be the inevitable consequences of such pro-
rlory, and among the Indian tribes Reduction Of limits
would be about calamous retention OF limits; Il
would be os Texas decide which calamity she woad in
Ic for the United States would not even have the poor
privilege Of choosing between them all would be al the
say this upon the assumption that Texas would accept
our proposal and come toto the Union upon the terms Of
any such hng srep for the pnposs Of presibng her
terms as the price Of reducing her fniis and rsinqs.hg
resolution, she only
source Tor Ply her debts out of lands which
age Indians, and which will cost their value in money
and more than their vsne in blood, obtain from these
except 10 make her afterwards Tor the reduction
OF her limits and the oession Of her remaining territory
settle these terms beforehand. 40
used this language, Mr. President, Eve years ago.
and six years ago All that foret6ld and that the
crisis has upon u.s. and that we are in the very Jaws
of the crisis, my views have very little weight, except
upon trihing and incidental point. foresaw and
said that Texas would make her own terms. But the
That was the cry, sr Well, tie consequences have
precisely as ioreold at the time, along with
that were not foretod II not fore,od at the
tme-no one could have foreseen that-that we should
have to purchase our peace from Texas According TO
all that have heard OF il from the from Penn
syvana Mr. CoopGRl and others, the best thing can
do s buy peace. oil any begins this prac
tce Of buying his peace with regard his person, his
property, or his reputation, he will have enough TO do
from sunrise till sunset every day Of his life
But, sir am not aware that the State OF Texas,
State, has done or said anything BY way Of threatening
the peace OF the country And with regard to the blus-
iering language OF individuals, have heard that in
other places aud at other Zines and should approve
the policy oil purchasing our peace, even Texas herself
had threatened ever 50 much.
There very few persons who able in the midst
Of buster and threats, pursue the even and straight
which they would otherwise pursue unaffected by
the bluser and threats; and although do not know that
am differently constituted from other in that
spect, should nevertheless try 10 do Some persons
in such get mad and wont do right and get
scared and can't There very few that preserve
the exact equanimy o their tener and the exact equ
librium OF their judgment i do not know that can
claim be exempt from the natural nfrmites of other
men In this respect may be apt 10 get rrtaied. or
this evidence 10 myself, that remain about where was
that am ready to do precisely what ready 10
do five years ago. and precisely what ready 10 do
at the beginning of this session of the Congress- and
ready to do nothing more L am willing 10 deal with
Texas literally as was then but there things
that will not do
Now, sir. as this bill now stands shall vote against
it, and II il fails shall then be ready. upon a reconsd
Grafton Of the subject, TO DO what think ought to be
be satisfactory TO the country think bill can be
framed that will suit all those conditions.
The question being then taken upon the amendment, il
was reiected--yeas 10. nays 2s-as follows.
YEAS-Messrs. Atchlson, BaruweIl, Bell Berriep But
Ter, Clemens, Davis of Mississippi, Dawson Dodge ofiowa
Footc, Hupter King. Masou, Morton, Rusk. Seba
Sonle, Turney, aud Yuee-l9.
. NAYS-Mesas. Badger, Baldwin, Bradbury, Bright.
DICKSON, Dodge OF Wisconsin,, Ewing, Feloh Gfeene
Hale, Hamin, Norris Pearce, Phelps, Seward. Shields
smith, Sprusnce, Surgeon, Underwood, Uphan, Wales
Walker and Winthrop-29.
No further amendments being offered, the question