Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-04-13

case therefore, Of rreconcabe difference of opinion
between two large parties in Congress, and their convic-
TONS their consciences respectively restrained them from
yielding the to the views of the other No reproaches
therefore, think, justly be made by party upon the
other subject of deep and profound regret that
proper governments not then devised but It was atbu
table solely to those unhappy divisions which sometimes exist
IN deoofase bodies and prevent legislation But s these
Territories all together-Utab California, and New
Mexico One short year ago they all Territories and
allow me to say, however much il may be emphasized that
California State yet and she be State until she
has the seal and sanction OF the paramount authority which
Pervades all this country tits 10 the power OF Congress- if
choose to exercise the right to put down the present Safe
Government which has been established there and esta
bllsh Territorial Government there ! am not dspos-
ed to charge community the misconduct peculiar
opinions Of any individual Of that community, but
must say what have been constrained to feel, that am
panied to see with what contumacy, with what disregard Of
the allegiance due from the States old and new they some
times treat the parental and paramount authority. And
was lately will not say provoked for the annoyance was
too sgh-somewhat grieved seeing letter writers
from California talking already Of breaking of from this Union
and setting up for themselves They will veature on no
such hazsrdous experiment that If they do, venture to
say the common authority of the Union will recall them to
obedience and sense Of their duty very quickly But sir
these three Territories, of which is now called State
were component parts of Mexico and they compo
nen parts Of the United States and allow, to say in re-
ference to that part Of the argument Of the Senator from Mis-
souri, which speaks of the wretched condition Of California at
this moment with her mines of boundess extent of gold
threatened, that Of law which exists that danger of
breaking into peces for such believe the remark Of
the honorable Senato there is not legislation here
do not all these considerations every one OF them apply with
to the Territories Of Utah and New Mexicol Why, in
gard to New Mexico especially, she is only present
without any government except some patched up military
form OF government but she at this moment threatened
with civil with her neighbor Texas and if sin
gle out Of these three Territories that in regard which
was the most imperative duty Of Congress to legae
would say New Mexico, and the adjustment of the
boundary between her and Texas Every consideration de
rived from anachy confusion, the want Of government the
want Of law, tie danger from disorder which the Senator has
aayed in reehnce to CALIFORNIA; applies with full force and
vgor to New Mexico Well, how does this matter stand
The three sister here the last session of Congress
New Mexico the eldest, California next and Utah the young
est They came here all soliciting territorial governments
Attempts wee nnde to give them all territorial governments
but they failed 10 the time, Miss California has made
runaway maichof iand she has not only done that but
she has taken as lGge portion Of the pamony Of
the whole she pases She here with her
ssesthe oder and the other younge-and cocks up
her nose and askf you will associate her with those
girls laughter Mr.. President, might laugh, if did not
feel the prooundes respect towards California but
asked, another memorable OCCASION Ye gods, what
meat has Caesar I'D, that he has grown greaf be-
lieve the meat of California would to be gold for al
though appears abound in all parts Of the country yet
is said that they cannotay the government without some
loan have some documents Of late from the Legisa
ture Of California, and find in of them very sensible
report TO branch Of the Legislature in which proposed
to levy poll tax Of five dollars, which it said will collect
ample by July for all the purposes OF the
Government But is there not in the nature of the subject
which is the establishment Of for our recent &C
QUESTIONS is there not in the fact Of their community Of exist
heretoore and in the community Of their present exist
there not in the fact that propose government
for the maured it is true in the form OF State govern
men and for the others governments also adapted to their
peculiar condition. ample why they should be combined
And what is there ask in the nature Of the case, that Of
fend IF
to be associated hereafter where she has always been
ciated heretofore, with Utah and New Mexico
But, sir the honorable Senator from Missouri has endeay-
ored to place himself behind precedent and he asserted that
in every instance Of the admission of State the question
of admission has stood by ITSELF unconnected with any
sure whatever Now it is very remarkable that that honorable
Senator did not ecoect the of the admission OF the very
State Of which he such able and efficient Senator hy
sir that State not admitted alone. Other subjects
connected with the act by which she was admitted Here
it is:
An authorize people the Missouri Territory
form Constitution and State Government and for the adm
of such State into the Union upon equal footing with
the original Sates and prohibit slavery in certain Terri
tories''
And the eighth section Of the bill provides expressly
merely f, the establishment of temporary Territorial Gov
eminent, but permanent, perpetual fundamental law ir
reference TO those other Territories:
Tha in all the territory ceded by France to the United
States under the Of Louisiana lying north Of Sc so
north latitude included within the State contemplated
by this act slavery and involuntary ervude otherwise than
punishment for crime whereof the parties shall be duly
convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited"
What did we do in the Of Louisiana In 1905 two
Territorial Governments esabished-one for the Terri
tory Of Orleans and the other for the Territory of Louisiana
the latter embracing the very State to which this prov
sion in reference to slavery applied. But if were te
open the records Of this body what would they disclose No
Teitoy.snd aStae combined but two States, far sepa
rated from each other possible combined by the Sen
ate Of the United States in the BILL and by perseve
almost unexsmped in the history of legislation, each
House, having disagreed with the other vote after vote was
taken without any practical result But they finally saw
land and the question settled by the Senate yielding to
the separation Of the States Maine and Missouri in con-
sderaion Of the introduction Of the free clause to which have
referred But if there precedenn the case Knight
very properly say that the peculiar situation of affairs would
supply precedent There is, admit, exactly in
all points like that of California and the two Territories ad
iacen to it, which seeking the establishment Of Terrific
rial Governments.
Tn mos, of the cases to which the honoraB Senator has
referred Vermont Kentucky, Tennessee and Others there
but single Territory to be admitted and that was
clearly Defined and its munmens ascertaned by the parent
States But here have the subject before us, and put
to YOU sir and to every member Of this body there
connexon, and fitness, and propriety and sympathy IN
the subjects themselves, that not only warrant but demand
that you should connect them together.
But sir see the enomity of this proposition. hope il
will be distinctly understood that equally anxious with
the honorable Senator from Missouri for the admission Of
California think her admission has been improperly de-
syed it has been unavodahy delayed, by which
all and understand But only does the honorable
Senator require that this elder sister, who treats with much
contempt the other p'or members Of her ayno only does
he require that her superior honor and dignity shall be ecog
nised but he from that she shall be kept separate
and alone that she shall be contaminated by any sort Of
connexion with her sisters lest she nigh,
agous and fatal disease The honorable Senator not salts
fed that she should stand alone, but she must lead off the
dance she must preceie all the others He insists that it