The Hillsborough recorder., 1850-08-07

lli,h ahy TsWilaglll saEtmmtnls faF ullll
s1d Neu MsEga II Wsr hoaEht ihsn
lh.l, u Il,s spiEh 81 oar ntolaiinnafy
siIFs. 10 he spirn shEh has hesttnisTs
perFzdeA al rnf 6orfFnmrnt. ennrlllsiin1
and rsrsprsliaf a mssb - Poalsls sf-
posing and fosfiesnr insrfesss srd
apinians. we wseid presrnl . mfssaf<
whirh woul1 bind M. and that weuid
lead holh pzrssss. ss Er ~ Pf-esiss'
blr. 70 uni,s upon ii Cor ihe sake 81 hzr'
mnny and tranquility. We thaaFta then,
% Ihink nes. lhai senslan lram Ssfih-
ern Sisiss nigh "a hanse 10 lhrir eans,f
iurnis. siisr mis- measure shall hare eesn
passed. and say. = We hare got Cslslafnisi
she is secafe: sh~rs 70 prohibition o
slxtrry in her constitution ihaf wiA las
perhsps lserers rhsrsss The wilfnal
prosisa wsuid have had limited and ~
esanesseni duration. existing whiIe lhs
TernsaIial fern ai government remainet.
bm ending wlssnrrsr The State should
rome 10 farm ler herself rorssiiniion. :
This. our Nosihem Senators migh saw
with great proprieiy Ia iher ron-Iiluenis
We have fecued t'slifornia fsr ynn;
she 10 dedsraied nos and fsfsrer N that
frse-sniiism whirh ron 50 murh prize
Well; hui Why. lhrn." they niRhi rply,
shave yan noi pul in res'ririian in the
Tsrriiorial hill. ~ a. 10 Secure that. Al
least until ihes rome ~ be r'pe enough
10 form State Governments Coz ihrin-
selvesf" Would 10 not be = satisfactory
reply 10 them 10 say. that in vonr opinion,
and in ihe opinion Of large parliss Of
This Senair. The Law af Nuturr. and 81 Ma
lures God excluded slavery from these
Teni'osies. and. according 20 your apn-
ton. the Lex loci Of the land also excluded
slavery And might ynu not farther add.
with proprisiy. that you endravored lore
concile The distracted and aisuniird por-
iions of This great empire. and ynu lhonght
that no imposition or restriction was nrcrs-
ssry 10 any objeri which you desired 10
attain. and in = spirit Of cnnrilia,ion.
iherefsre. , ON fnrbors TO vote against The
final measure. because Il secured 80 mnrh
of what the North wanted! Conld you
not say that you were MT in danger Of
lusins what yan also wanied in respect 10
the residue Of The conniryi
This suhjerl has presented one of the
most extraordinary political phenomena
thai | ever witnessed. Here is a united
Senate, almost i'm favor Of al the measures
in drisil--in favor of The admission Of
California; in favor Of Territorial Govern
menis for Ulah and New Mexico. with or
without the proviso; in favor Of The set
element Of the boundary with fexas--in
favor of al Of those measures in detail.
hut opposed 10 them when they came to
be presented uniirlly to be acted on; sd.
hitting the validity Of every item Of the
account, hui. when il comes 10 be footed
up. denying or unwilling To acknowledge
the Justice ef paying the aggregate Sir.
il The measure had heen more inronaruous
than uiey are alleged 10 be. there has been
ample lime for just conception OF them.
and just ns perfect an understanding Of
them 20 IL they had been prescaied in sue.
cessive deiail..
wish. again, 10 make onlv very few
observations about this came proviso. Il
has been argued with an ability which re-
quircs no addition. or a,,emp, a, addition.
from me, by The Senator from Massachn.
ae,is who has just vacated his seat, that
The proviso is not. in itself. a principle, hu!
> means 70 accomplish N end. Ard
where, let me ask. exists the necessity To-,
a proviso! You have been told that the
existence of African slavery depends upon
The character ef The climate and Of the soil.
The nature Of The soil Of New Mexico
forbids, The expectation that slavery will
ever bs planted there. Why. we all know
that slave labor Is applicable only TO the
great staples whirh constitute the subjects
Of our foreign commrrce-co,,on. sugar
hemp. tobacco, and rice. Slave lal,orhas
been found, according to Apeiican ex.
perienee, to be utterly valueless, or =, lea.l
10 q great extent valueless. IN those States
where these. staple arlicles are no, cult.
va,ed. Dnes any body pretend ,ha. the
soil of New Mexico or Utah is adapted ia
the cultivation Of these articles! Do we
not know that if il were adapted. and The
climate and soil would allow Of their being
cultivated. the expense Of transportation
from New Mexico er Utah. either 10 The
Pacific on The one hand. or 10 the Gulf oI
Mexico or the Atlantic on the other. woult
he, perhaps. ten times lhs value al home
of any Of these articles!
Bu. the honorable Senator from Mas.
sachu-ei,s Mr.. Davi-) has found oul !
new object Of ,emp,aiirn in respect Il
slaves in New Mexico. He has employ et
an expression which filled all of us viii
profound regret. on accouai ofihe dignity
the character Of The Senator, and The hpk
stations which he has occupied. liz
spoke Of New Mexico being adapted "a
the breeding Of slaves. lie has bad ,hr
good taste TO omit thai expression in hi.