Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-03-22
MIX. SCENARIOS SPEECH ON TiiE
SLAVERY QUESTION.

hdrbpr. cdp,clous aud tranquil, winch only
ltucsmen then torcSiw would be- useful ~ the
Oriental Commerce ul 4 far distant, Il not mere
" cdmerica future.
4 year ayn, California was a mere military
trpendr,ry Of our own, aud we were CCChra
ing. with enthusiasm aud uuanImitv, lis az.
q Silion. with It's newly discovered, but vet nn
tod and untouched mineral wealth, rs the nost
suspicious Of many aud unparalleled achieve
npnt.
To-day. California /, a State, more populous
than the least, aud richer than several of the
greatest OF Our thirty Satrs. This same Cali
turna thus rich and populons, is here asking
admission into the Union aud finds Us deb ttng
the dis solution vt the Cn,on itself.
No wonder il we are perpcX"d in the chang
mo embarrassment, no WOndcr u we hlc hp
rallied bv ever increasing responsibilities No
wonder if we are b,wildrrtd bv the ever nrgu-
lneuting magnitude and apidity OF national
Nirissitudc>
Shall cam uHy!l ug RECEIVED? For my
self, uuoH my individual Judgment ANA con~cl-
rnre | answer Yc>! For myself. a an inSrnc-
ted Representative Of one Of the States. 81 N1'
unr, oyen of the States, which IS sooner and
Innrrst to he pre- ssnd in commercial and pnlltl-
cal rivalry by the new & mn"u wealth, ans
Mrr. Yes TT California come in. Every
new STATE. whether she come from the Et>t or
from the West, coming from whatever part o
the continent She may, l. always welcome
Bnt Ca'inrnlailmt comes from tue cume Nhet'
the West Dies away INTO tie using f'tSl-CaI-
Norma witch bound, al once 'he hnPre ah"
the continent, -NalIlorhla' me N"",h'"l y zee"
ui the Pac1ha, III her robes on feednh' gorge
uu>y julajd with gold j. doubIy welcome.
And uoN inquire, FrR>r ~ty shouI cut
tornW - rye"'d! All the oDl'c'Iohs are InU"-
Grd only III me circumstances ~ "'' '""'nH
aud III me Organic ID" ""'c" sue presents '''
our continuation.
First. California comes WncHlcmoh onHlN.
without a preliminary consent ul Congress. and
therefore by u,urpaliun. This allegation |
Think i. MOI unite lrur---at least not quite true
III shirt. California is not here Of her own
,olirion. We tore Caliiurni, vol 'n,ly from
mr MACE in the confederation OF VI N,cau
,S,ntc.. aud simulated by the treaty OF Gndda-
lane lInj,Ioo tal tl, territory should be- ad
u,,,rd. by States. into the American Union H.
.rccdIIy a, pus,iJ'e.
But liz letter ui the 81 cction still holds. Cal
r,rnia Iid come without "A preliminary consent
ty Couor.,, io ;,rm 4 Constitution. Iiu NJ.
,hiulu aud other States presented lhrm,c.rr,
~ lin. same uu,uIhorz.J way. and Clnere,,
waived IN. iIrconlari,y. aud sanctioned lii,
u>urpaIiou California pleads these proceed nts
rni th. pl,a sufficient
Hu, il ira. b,su ,a,d BIS ,hr Hon. Soma or from
SuuIh C,rnln+, fNr. Ctlhoun) HAT tin. nrdi-
name. of I7S7 sccurc, 10 Michigan the rIlht H.
h,cumc a STATE when she should have sky
th,u.,ud iuhabi1,uI.-OXinrr to some neglect
Cunu,es. d,I,yrd Io take the census aud TIN.
!. Sid IN n,IL,,iou Of ,hc irrepularity in the
,Yse ,r Nirhir,u Rat California. AS ba, been
seen. has a treaty. and Congress, instead Of
o,,in,, rrnv,ous cunsent. and instead Of giving
dor Inc customary territorial Government, a,
,.or d,d ,n N,c ,iT,r failed to do either. and
thus practically refused both and 50 Abandoned
the new community, under most unnro,iiou,
circumstances, to anarchy. tu's,rnia then
made constitution for herself, but not unne
crss"ri'N aud preNnmWuonHly, "a Michigan Did
She made constitution for herself. and ,an'
here under the law-'he paramount law OF sell
preservation. thinks she stands lns,lh'd.
Indeed, taIlorna Is more man Ju,'hed
he WAS Chony-a mHH"H c"lony' "A" co
!omcS csPrcaiv MHH1rY co'"n'cS, are lhc""-
%rn"ur W0h our political system ana '.eS are
equally open 10 corruption ana opposed |" OPP
preston. 1hey are, therefore, not more "i'oI-
iunale III their own proper c".n'"oh lnAo u w
tul III dangers to the present Democracy ~
lInrnia then acted wisely and wei III e''aO
fishing self government sac deserves not re-
huko, bul praise and admiration,
Mr. doe. this objection come Wlh 1000
ace from those VINO "htr It, II 'aI'lorI.'"
were no" content To receive only ie'ft"Ha
cnnr''r, we c""id n"' a4r'" l." grant II W''"'"
AN inhibition OF slavery WHICH, III that case
hoiug federal act, ""H'u r'h"cr me a,t''"''
{" California A. - territory even more offensive
I" th"s' wa" now r'p'I h"r lhdh sue i A.
State, with the satn' lnmhll"n III the consult"
llon # her own voluntary choice
The second objection +, that California ha'