Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-06-15

sed men to be- And seems 10 me that our committee hs
initiated this play without It's reasonken the license Of h
saturnala without its grave work Of the
gay sport-Produoed monster instead Of msny-andrew-
and required US to worship what il il duty to kill
Ipoceed to the destruction Of this monster The Cafor
mia bill is made Of all the Of slavery in IN
United Staeshat California which is innocent Of ali thes
SINS II is made the goat and this is the first IN
OF American attempt to initiate that ancient Jevs
mode of expiang national SINS will read how was don
jerusalem TO show how exactly committee have mi
tated that ancient expsory custom read from an approve,
volume of Jewish antiquities:
the temple and his head bound with scarlet cloth Signify
sin the high priest went to him, and laid his hands h
head and confessed all the nquites OF the children
Israel and all their transgpesons in all their putting then
all the head OF the goat After which, he given to the
person appointed lead him away, who, in the early ages
the CUSTOM led him the desert and turned him loose
die but the goat sometimes from the DESERT the
paton in such not considered completes and
make of his DEATH the after custom lead him to
high rock twelve miles from jerusalem and push him
off of it backwards prevent bis jumping, the scarlet cloth
being rs torn from his head in token that the sins OF the
pie were taken away"
This was the expiration of the scape goat in ancient Jerusa
lem; innocent and helpless ANIMAL loaded with Gins which
were not his own and made die for offences which he had
committed So of California. She is innocent of all
the evils of slavery in the United States yet they all
be packed upon her back and herself sacrificed under the
heavy load. First Utah and New Mexico are piled upon
her. each pregnant with all the ransgresons of the Wmo
pr,visoa double load in tseand enough, without further
weight to bear down California Utah and New Mexico
first piled and the given for it by the committee
is thus stated in their authentic report:
The committee recommend the Senate the establish
of those Territorial Governments and in order
certainly that desirable object they also recommend
the bill establishment be incorporated in the bill
for the admssioRo California and that united together they
both be passed
This is the given in the report and the first thing
that strikes reading it, its entire ncompaibity with
the previously given for the act In his speech
in favor of raising the committee the Senator from Kentucky
M CLAY in favor of putting the Territories upon Cali
fona for her goodfor the good Of California herself
as the speedy to get her into the Unon and the
to do it, by preventing opposition to her admission which
might otherwise defeat altogether This was his
then, and he thus delivered it to the Senate
He would say those who desired the speedy
tanning the desired object include her admission in bill
giving governments to the Territories"
made this because he mpelled do
from what had come his knowledge II her admission
separate be urged opposition created which
result in the defeat OF any bill for her admission"
These the which the Senator then gave for
urging the conjunction Of the State and the Territories
quickest and safest for California her admission the supreme
object and the conjunction of the Territories only
OF helping her along and saving her. And unfounded
deemed these at the time, and know them be-
they still had the merit of giving preference where il was
due-to the superior obect-to California herself State,
without being State of the Unon and suffering all the ills
of that anomalous condition California then the supe
object the Territories incidental figures and subor
dnae considerations to be made to her salvation
Now all this is reversed The Territories take the superior
place. They became the object the State the incident
They take the st-she the second place And to make
Of their weare-make certain of giving Governments
to themnuendo, such Governments as the committee
scrbethe conjunction proposed and enforced This
change of position, with corresponding change OF
Doubtless the Senator from Kentucky has right TO
change his position, and to change his reasons at the
time but he has right to ask other Senators change
with him. require them to believe in two sets of reasons
hpIip
neither did not believe in the first set when they
delivered, and time has shown that was right Time has
disposed Of the argument of speed That reason has expired
under the lapse of time Instead Of speedy, all
know that California has been delayed three MONTHS waiting
for this conjunction instead of defeat if she remained SINGLE
all know that she might have been passed sngy be-
fore the committee raised, if the Senator from Kentucky
had remained his original ground, my side and
knows that the only danger to California comes from
The companonship into which she has been forced do not
believe in either Of do not admit the Terrific
rial Governments be objects of superior interest to the adj
mission Of California admit them to be objects Of interest,"
our attention. and that this session but
the expense of California in precedence OF her, in
conjunction with her. condition for her admission.
She has been delayed long, and endangered by this
attempt couple with her the Territories with which she has
no connexon and to involve her in the Wmo provso ques
on from which she is free. The Senator from Kentucky
done the favor to blame me for this delay He may
blame again when he behods the catastrophe of his at
tempted coniuncons but all mankind will that the delay
the result of his abandonment of the position which he
originally took with The other which the Sena-
tor his speech for the conjunction the
repor-he which addressed itself SYSTEM
and menaced total defeat California if urged in bill by
herself He has not renewed that argument to fears
exhibited three months ago and may be sup
posed that that danger has passed by and that Congress
now Free But California is not beered by it, but worsted.
Then only necessary to her salvation that she should
Joined TO the Territories said the speech Now she is
oined Texas also and must be damned if strong
enough Texas and Utah. and New Mexico and her
self into the bargain Ms--
United together the report says the bills will be passed to-
yeher That very well for the report II natural for
i to say So But suppose they rejected together and
consequence of being ogether what is, then, the cond
ion of California First she has been delayed three MONTHS
great damage to herself waiting the intrusive companion
ship of this iDcongruous company Then she sunk under
its weight Who them is 10 blanche Senator from Ken
lucky or the Senator from Missouri And if opposition
this indefinite postponemen shall make still further delay
CALIFORNIA; and involve her defeat in the end who then
blamed again do not ask these questions of the Sena
Tor from Kentucky. II might be unlawful do for by
the law of the land, is bound to crminate himself
Mr. CLAY, (rom his seat.) do not claim the benefit
Of tie law.
Mr.. BENTON. No; hgh-spiri,ed man will not claim
it. but the law gives him the privilege; and, lawabding
and generous man. give him the benefit the law whether
be claims not But think is time for him to begin to
consider the responsibility he has incurred quitting his posi-
lion my side for California SINGLE and first to tumble her
in this crowd, where she TO meet death, come the
when il will think il is time for him to begin to think
about submitting to ms-trial withdraw juror and let
uenire tactds de nouo be issued.
But have another objection to this argument The
Territorial Government bills the object; and to make
certain Of these bills they put into the California
BILL be carried safe through by it. This the argument
of The report and is plain declaration that
be forced to carry the other This breach Of Parla
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