The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-22

ana KIND feelings and the country cOnvulsed TO Its
centre, will be restored TO quiet and peace.
The whitening curse Of posterity will fall upon
those who could perform this heavenly work and
| fail to do it.
\ oar, | shall not discuss the compromise or ad-
Iustment bill, as was done on yesterday by gem
imam from Ohio Mr.: Roor.] II would be out
of place here, and could be productive of no good
therefore forbear, and urge upon the committee
not to mingle disturbing elements into the admins
tration OF our government. The argument urged by
the gentleman from Tennessee, Mr. GENTRY has
no legitimate application here. He truly said
that the revolutionary war was the result of an
assertion on the part Of the English government
ola righto tax us without representation, but even
the friends of this application do not deem that this
would give representation to the people of Des-
eret. II is what they call mere courtesy--a seat
IN this Hall. Sir, courtesy would be daily pur-
chased by adding to the elements Of evaporation
now existing in the country
Mr.. SWEETZER held that there was nothing
IN laws on the subject now in existence, TO justify
the rejection Of the applying delegate. His OPP
insist on his rejection, as being required by these
laws. He conceived the simple question involved
in this case to be Internationally different from
the difficult issue decided on the previous day, in
which delicate and complicated points were
mixed up. He held this question to be, whether
the House were under obligations to extend to the
people of Deseret the protection, the privileges,
and the rights which had fallen to the lot Of every,
each new community spvinging up in the West.
He WINS by no means inclined TO force them to pay
the penalty Of the peculiar condition of the coun-
try on the negro question, which, far, had infu-
enced Congress to withhold compliance with their
just demands.
| Mr.. S. next proceeded with an elaborate de-
scription Of the colony at Deseret, and the cir
cumstances under which the colonists had flocked
thither. He disputed the fact so vehemently
alleged by Southern gentlemen, that the North
were excluding them from the territories Now
the South were to enjoy in those territories pre-
cisely any and every right enjoyed by the North.
He admitted the truth of the allegation, that the
North had determined to exclude slavery from
these territories.
| Mr.. MEADE, Gnterrupting Mr.. S. said that
as the gentleman had affirmed that the North
slavery into those territories he desired to
| know of him, (Mr. 81 whether they preferred
the restriction of slavery or the Wilmot Proviso,
to the union of this confederacy Of States.
Mr.. SWEETZER had not used the word "haz-
ards;" nor was he a proMsoist. He had been
elected to Congress over the Wilmot Proviso.
| Mr.. MEADE would be gratifed to have the
gentleman from Ohio explain the manner in which
the North proposed at all 'shazards" to interdict
| slavery.
| Mr.. SWEETZER relied on the Constitution
| and the laws of Congress. Slavery could not now
go to the territories without local legislation, as
there were already laws in force over them, pro-
hibiting the existence Of slavery there.
| Mr.. SWEIZER, continuing his speech, urged
the propriety of admitting Amon W. Rabbit to
a seat in the House territorial delegate from
Deseret.
| Mr.. McWILLIE reminded the House that the
Constitution fired the qualifications of members
OF the House of Representatives. He held that
in admitting individuals to seats here they should
look only to the Constitution to ascestain who
were qualified. Thus he had serious doubts as to
the consttutionality of the law of 1917, which
provides for the admission of quasi members, or
| territorial delegates. In this particular they
were asked not only to go beyond the Consttu-
ton, but even to set the law at defance--to treat
! it as nullity. However, he was not surprised,
for this had ceased to be government of law,
becoming one of an uncontrolled sectionrl major
| ity, which by its own violation was apparently
determined to admit this applicant to seat in
clearly ascertained violation Of law.
| Now, it appeared to him that the immediate
friends of the admission of California, should be
most opposed to the admission Of this delegate,
| who claimed to be the representative of a large
scope of country within the bounds which the pro-
posed new State California demanded as hers. He
trusted that we should hear no more homilies in
that Hall against Southern ultraisms, after what
had just fallen from the honorable member from
Ohio, (Mr SwEETzER,) who had virtually ar
gued IN favor of throwing open the territories ac-
quired from Mexico, to the whole word-to be
settled up by any and every class of human be-
ngs, save only the planters of the Southern
United States In view of this determination on
the part OF the North, the South had made up
their minds to have their rights, as in the end the
North would learn. He could not understand
how twas that the North in this case endeavored to
escape from their bargain of 1890, which gave them
three-fourths of the Louisiana purchase, all pre-
viously slave-holding. Now the South were
/ MO- Iyy tIa,N,ap he
same principle which would give her certainly not
more than a fourth Of the territory acquired by
the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Yet, because
her representatives set up this modest claim every
where over the country they were being de-
nounced as utraists.
The hour for the termination of this general
debate q p. n.y. arriving,
Mr.. STRONG (who was entitled to the floor
under the rule) addressed the committee against
the claim Of the contestant, who, he alleged, was
entitled to the seat neither by law nor precedent.
He maintained that there was great danger in set
/ ting up the precedent to be involved in recog-
nizing the right of the people Of Deseret to send
delegate to the House, as had been done. He ac-
knowledged the importance Of making for them a
suitable territorial government; yet he held that
such a government should be established before
the reception of delegate from that people,
/ The committee then coming to vote on the
propositions before them, the clerk reported the
resolution from the committee on elections declar-
ing it to be inexpedient to admit the said Almon
w. Rabbit, to seat in the House. as delegate
from Deseret.
| The amendment thereto offered by Mr.. McDoN-
AID, which proposed substitute for that resolu-
ton, another declaring it to be erpedient to admit
the said Babbitt, was next reported to the COM
mittee by the clerk,
/ And then the amendment to the amendment
Mr. BILsELLs proposition, providing, that in adj
hitting Mr.. Rabbit, the House entertained no
idea of recognizing the validity of the laws and
! organization of the State Of Deseret, being read
| from the clerks desk, and
The question being first on this last propositions
| it was not agreed to.
Mr.. DUER next offered an amendment to the
amendment, in which he proposed to strike out
all after the word tResolved that, and TO insert
| instead hereof, as follows, viz
"That Almor W. Rabbit, who has been sent
here as advocate or agent of the people liv-
| ing on or in the vicinity of the Salt Lake, i'm
California, be admitted to seat on the floor of
the Honse, and that he have the same right to
speak therein as delegates from territories.