The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-09
Thirly'First COngress"~lsl Session.


United States Of New Mexico; for the same
purpose, lac read also, from the Constitution
Of Mexico, adopted in 1913, which declares
that no ono II a slave IN any territory ofihe
Nation. tic HisO entered nc some lnUpTh, la.
10 an argument 10 show that IT, Slavery had
not been abolished, no man would llink Of
hiking slave there under The laws govern
Ing slavery, unless Tor lhe purpose offreoing
him becauso HAT law favored tlie slave 90
much more Than the master 40 TO make slave
~ unsafe and Improbable. In this view hs
ronlendsd THAT nothing was 10 be- gained aud
nothing lost by tho passage Of the WiimoT
proylso In connection viii. Tho territories Of
New Mexico aud California.
The House heing in Committee Of the
Whole on tho Presidents California Mes
fugr'
Nr Doly introduced tho following bin en-
Wled-
An Act to admit tho State Of California
mo tho Union;' Uhaeds, the people Of Cal,
Hornin have formed for themselves a Consli-
luton md SBto Government, and nppliea
gor admission into the Union ~ State, aud
whereas tho said Constitution has been of
hcinlly communicated 10 Congress, and h
Republican, thereof
See !. 80 II enacted 10y the Senate and
House Of Representatives oftho United States
ll hmerlch IN Congress assembled, that the
state OF California, with the boundaries de-
'scNbed ~ tho said Constitution, shall be- ,,itt,
ard Is hereby declared TO be one of tho Uni
ted States of America, and admitted into the
Union on M equal footing with the original
States, Ia all respects whatever.
See, .. The said State Of California shall
never interfere with the primary disposnl of
he soil within tie Same 10y The United States
nor with any regulations Congress may mike
Tor securing tho lite in such soil to bone fde
purchasers thereof No tax shall be impos.
ed on lands which are the properly Of the
tniIed SrutrFiwiIicl Enid provisions arc here
by declared TO bo fundamental conditions
0 WT7-1i I06 5i-iT ; .1-T n 1--I-T7C-T mo VIC
Union.
Mr. Toouhs having spoken, Mr. Baker, Of
ILL.,, said ho WINS glad 10. announce TINT soon
the flag of the republic would wave over tho
sovereign State Of California 10 reflect our
splendor aud glory forever aud forever. Was
there foot OF territory ever acquired, on
which slavery existed, with which the North
have ever inioriered' They allowed it Ia
remain where Il was
Mr MeLnne-Wus not slavery prohibited
North of 30 30.
Mr. Baker NORTHWEST.
MIR McLnne-Sluyory was excluded from
Iowa.
Mr. Bnker-No
Alf- Gtafad-Slavery existed in tho Prov.
mce OF Louisiana when IL was acquired, aud
was excluded from a portion Of it 10y the
Missouri Compromise.
VIZ Baker remarked that what he snd was
literally true, for all purposes II there was
no law excluding slavery from Iowa oHd Or
rgon, II never could have Conc there tile
climate prevented IL. Slavery was never
there 10 any extent. Tie dcnicd thnt tho
Hofth had over inieriercd with onybodys
rights, ns to the rule of properly. Was not
hc Wilnot Provlso principle applied To Or
'con, and in the Missouri compromise bill,
'and did not the people ncquiescc2 l. there
any difference between whul il WINS now
rtoposed TO do, and what 1igs been done p I
No mar can point To any reason why, IL il be- /
constitutional To- prohibit slavery north of |
30 80, it cannot be abolished south OF that
line
MIR Cubuli Slavery can go whcro its own.
cr plcnses, and it is tho duty Of government (
70 protect IL.
Mr Baker sad Congress has the same pow
CT IN tho District of Columbia us lha Lngi.la.
,urc OF Maryland has in ihal Stnte. Con.
gress has exclusive jurisdiction in tho terri
tories, aud has the power 10 regulate proper
w. or nobody Inns. Did gentlemen mcnn TO
tell the North that ifthe Wilmot Proviso
should pass they will dissolve the Unon?- !.
You are going to dissolve the ITnion-for
what; Your fathers did what the Congress
who passed the Oregon bill did and the late
Resident approved. Ifso, how will yun do
H. lie would he alarmed irhe thought that
the Eninn- WINS in danger IInw do yau-il..-
agnc the Union is To be dissolved? Il
Mr. Colcock-As ullusion has been made
10 him, he repeated that ifthc Wilmot Pro. =,
'so in amy form should pass, mud slavery be I
r'rfEt-Efet-i+f- -p4stTiet-nc Cnlunlhia he I,
would introduce n resolution that the Union I
ought TO he dissolved.
MIR Baker--Would he introduce n resolu. I
ton TINT the Union shall be dissolved, or is
-ts-utvrrt ?----
VIZ Colcock will even take that form. The
adoption Of the Wilmot Proyisp would eXpeI a
ne Hou'h from the Territories, and in effect
'nls would he n dissolution Of the Union {
Mr. Baker-Supposo we of the North pul
uown the resolution or amend il, by snying d
,ne Union ~ not dlssoved-whnt good would
INC reioiuton do? The South have been \
Uy'ng to accomplish this result for eighteen "
Years. !,
MIR Colcock never heard so absurd n prop.
oSlton. lf Congress pass a bill ncornorat. r.
ing the Wilmot Proviso, or abolishiug slave II
~ he would introduce n resolution that the, t'
uhIon ought to be dissolved. The gentle. n
man, mud all the North, would he convinced d
wat the South are IN earnest. Ct
MIR Baker took this MS more declnratory -
an preparatory; and the resolution so often -,
pSscd IN the minds of the gentlemen, do no ..
cea hnrn In the iisSovng of the Union %
10y ye gods II II does pnss, would that dis 81
solve the Uuion5 He wanted TO know how n
IIIIe south were going beyond the resolution?
nc ma heard the descriptions OF swords in 81,
Ioln' OF wit, dirty aud eloquonce; but no ole y,
uS SAID that no would draw tho sword A. ~,
'uhst the constitutional power of tho pov- ~