The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-06-13

gers of his left hand The Senator had but FIVE
myers on his hand and hSfMr B thought that
perhaps the reason why there we're no more
wounds than FIVE was that the Senator had no
more fingers on his left hand
lie then said that in this compromiss tho con.
mittee make California the scape goat for all the
sins OF slavery in the United States lie raod
from some work TO show what was the origin Of the
word scape goat, and read description OF the can
ture of che goat the covering Of his head with sco
let cloth, and then the ceremony Of the higb
priest confessing over the head Of the goat all the
sins and transgressions Of the nation. After this
the goat was carried to a mountain, and the cloth
being removed he was showed backwards down
the mountain to prevent him from jumping To
save his life lie then drew an analogy between
this proceeding and the conduct manifested to-
wards California, by making her admission de-
pendent the passage of remedies for evils grow
ing out of slavery.
He examined the report on the subject Of the
proposed boundary Of Texas and said that one
error of the committee was, that il assumed that
there was a difficulty existing baween Texas aud
New Mexico There was no such thing New
Mexico was no party. Her territory was the
property OF the United States and the difficulty
was between Texas and the United States, and
was to be settled by them. The case was one of
which the Supreme Court had original jurisdic-
ton, and the United States had the power aud
the right to bring Texas into court, even without
her consent.
lie then examined the boundary line proposed
by the committee, and said that IL it were adopted
os jl" northern houD1srV of Teyas 10 wooI1 -
about seven hundred thousand square miles from
the flank Of hat was New Mexico, as laid down
anciently. lie cited Humboldt and other writer's
and also various maps, 10 show the ancient bound
nrIp n NQkp axia oil. Ia ln.Y hat h
ritory cut off by the line proposed by the CON-
mittee was the ancient pasture grounds, and
also that therein was the region whence the
inhabitants Of New Mexico obtained their salt
lie then alluded to the subject of slavery, and
said that bis early principles upon the subject of
the necessities Of two races dwelling together and
upon the doctrine of emancipation, were derived
from reading Virginia authority The principles
formed in early life he still maintained. He was
opposed 10 inficing any evil upon any people
which could not be remedied. He was opposed to
extending slavery to those who have il not
The committee had also reported two smaller
bills which were dangling at the tail of this CON-
promise. lie would not now discuss them. They
were not under consideration, though they formed
part Of the scheme which was To be taken as
whole under the penalty mot however, suggested
by the commttee) Of being gazettcj as enemies to
compromise, aud Of being played at by the or
gans. One Of these organs was sadly out Of tune
il was cracked and disjointed but still they were
called upon to dance to its music This old or |
gan, which was not very good in its best DAYS,
and whose piping has betome so discOrdant IRON (
having played so long on the four "F'sn-" Fifty
Four Forty or Fights wholly out of order
and wanting in harmony-still calls upon them
to dance TO its music 1t is now cracked and
presents wounds more gaping than those pointed
out by the Senator from Kentucky He could
not dance to such music
The bills which have been taken by this COM
mittee and conjoined into compromise had been
already before the Senate before this committee
went out. The California bill the bills giving
Territorial Governments to Utah and New Mex
leo, had been reported by the Chairman of the
Committee on Territories long before this COM
mittee went out. The bill respecting fugitive
slaves had been reported early in the session by
the Committee on the Judiciary a portion Of
that part of the bill relating to Texas had been
introduced by himself They were all on the Ia
bles of the Senators. 1t was said that a rose by
any other name would smell as sweet This did
not hold good in this respect These bills, when
laid on the tables Of Senator's, did not, it would
appear smell at all they did not reach the olfac-
tories Of the nation at all But as soon as this
grand committee took them up, and their adopted
father placed them together, then they became
something great, and the whole nation experien-
ces their odor. He did not know how this could
be accounted for. He could not understand it,
He was reading man, and read the papers par
ticulary the advertisements. He would call the
attention of the Senate to an extract from an adj
vertisement of old Dr. Jacob Townsends ssrsa-
parilia- 1t would be remembered that there was
young DR. Townsend, who also manufactured a
sarsaparilla balsam. They both extracted from
the same root, yet there was great difference
between their syrups
The old Doctor proceeds in hie advertisements
| TO give the reason Tor this. Mr.. b. then read IN
extract from the advertisement of DR.. Townsend
which was something TO the following effect
"Unlike young s. p. Townsend's, il improves
with age, and never changes but for the better
because 1t is prepared on scientific principles by a
scieuifc nan The highest knowledge of chem
istry and the latest discoveries of the art have
all been brought into requsiton in the fpanufac-
ture of the Old Dr's sarsaparilla. The sarsapa-
ra root il is well known to medical men, con-
tains many medicinal properties and come prop
critics which arc inert or useless, and others
which, If retained in preparing it for use, pro
dnce fermentation and acid, which il injurious
TO the system Some Of the properties of the
sarsaparila are so rOlnile that they entirely
evaporate and are lost in the preparation if they
are not preserved by scientific process known only
TO those experienced in its manufacture More |
over these ro'a,i}e principles, which fly off in VA
por, or as an exhalation under heat are the very
essential nedicai poperties Of the root, which give
TO il all its valuen
Mr. b. said TINT the secret was that the VIOLA. |
tile properties which the old doctor, being a sci
enifc man. secured and preserved, slipped |
through the fingers of the young doctor, and |
We're lost TO the medicine. The old doctor also |
had caution 10 his advertisement, which warned
the public that they would know the preparation
Of the old doctor, AZ none was genuine unless his
name was labelled upon 1t.
Mr.. Hale followed Mr.. Benton, in reply to
the personal assault made upon him by Mr. Daw-
son, who repeated his remarks After which, the
Senate adjourned
CONGRESS- ON TUESDAY. /,