The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-05


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Dosd, Conciliasory, and wise Policy, Contra tsd
wsth shs Weak and Euqivocai Course Of the Admin-
istratlea.
The policy OF the present administration is errone-
GUS in relation to our internal affairs as it has been in
foreign relations What, for instance could prove
more fatal to the Union than the which the Pres
dent has proposed about the Territories Of the United
States He is for admitting California State, and
then leaving the other Territories at sea- without pro-
vidng any government for them. The object is
papable and some Of his. friends are falling into it.
He wishes 10 dodge the Wimot Provso and avoid all the
responsibility Of signing Of vetong it. lest he should
expose himself to the Of section Of the
try or Of the other He elected by the aid Of differ.
erent PROMISES favor Of and against the Wilmot Pro-
vso and now he dare not meet the consequences Of this
double commitment We say, in the face OF the nation,
that no respect should be paid the maneuvres OF his
CABINET proves 10 DC paul.
or by refusing to march up to the object like man Of
moral courage, and declaring that he will save the
Union from all excitement and all danger by yetong the
Wilmot Proviso But if, instead Of discharging this
duty, he goes SO far as to ask his friends to save him
from all responsibility this OCCASION we say at once.
let us never sacrifice this glorious Union for single
man. He has right to expect such tremendous con-
cesson and the representatives OF the States and the
people, and the whole people. have right to demand the
complete and immediate settlement Of this agtatng ques
ton, whatever may bede General Taylor his cabinet
Let us settle this whole question at once.
lay down the proposition conscentously and unhes
itatngy without regard to this party that and having
single eye to the stability Of the Union: this dark
question ought to be settled at now and forever
Let US not settle il by piecemea Let US not bring in
California as State alone, but let us settle the whole
question in all it's rami6cations and forever. Let us
be done with agitation Let not the wound be kept open
Let not attempt to do little at this time, only have
the controversy brought up again subsequent
again throw Congress into another convulson and to
keep the public mind constantly agatedand the Union
itself always upon the abyss Of destruction Away with
such temponzing and mischevous policy II is not
the characteristic of statesman. Mr.. Clay under
stands his duty better when he insists upon satis-
factory settlement Of the whole subject Let US not
be done with California alone, only to be harassed
and pestersd hereafter about Desere and New Mexico
and Texas and the District Of Columbia and fugitive
slaves Does not the enlightened statesman see that the
ship ought be preserved from these violent and nces
SAINT shocks i-ihat ought to place the Union upon
calm and immovable basis, now and forever Does he
not see also. that in general system of compromise
each Of the parties may be content to yield something to
the other and Versa, for the purpose OF being rid
forever Of this harassng and dangerous question Settle
all and cannot be long before the whole country will
be better satisfied with what done il il be all DONE and
done forever But what shall we say Of the other tenn
porzing dodgng ndecsive and nsdious scheme OF the
present administration
The plan recommended by General Taylor in his Cali
forna message for the adjustment Of the territorial ques
ton which agtaes the country, is not only unjust and
insufficient but it is dangerous 1t proposes to admit
California as State with her present constitution and
with her present limits, while il leaves the other Terrific
res acquired from Mexico uncaed for and unprotected
until they are prepared for admission into the confederacy
a sovereign States The whole scheme, we repeat, is
make -shift-a dsreputable mancuvre to avoid re-
sponsbiity 90 that the fraud which practsed in the
election Of General Taylor may be continued and
perpetuated-so that the friends Of the admnistra-
ton at the North may continue to assert that the
President is foe to slave institutions, and its
friends at the South may continue TO point to
his two hundred slaves sufficient guaranty that he is
faithful to southern interests and true to southern rights
The scheme has about II none Of the marks OF honest
s.atesmanshp or Of firm patriotism but, from the begin
ming to the end il bears the impress Of party trick,
ceived in dupcy. and marked by those inconsistencies
which mar all the works Of political trcksers II does
no, owe it's existence patriotic desire to calm the pres
en excitement and settle the present controversy be-
tween the slavehoding and non slaveholdng States II
sprung from naked desire to turn away from the Pres
dent the bitter cup Of direct committa on the Wlmo
Poyso and to enable him TO avert the storm Of popular
indignation which would assal him when il should be
made known which section Of the Union was derauded
Of its franchise in the last presidential election.
The message Of the President comedies to the people
nhabiting that portion Of the territory acquired from
Mexico which lies the Pacific the absolute right to
form State constitution and to demand admiitance into
the Union as a sovereign State with two senators and
two representatives in the other branch Of Congress, and