Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-07-20

California Utah, New Mexico Texas boundary and Texas
stock and must all go through, or bak together and all
The committee say, in their report it Is not to be anticipa
ted that Texas will refuse to accede their liberal PROPOSE
tons That presume will depend opon the amount Of
money with which that carefully blank 10 to be filed
and that is not to be filed until the last moment-unl the
bill Is on its third reading. Then the filling is to come and
upon the quantity OF it. presume, the Of the State
Texas to dependboh the State in its rejection or
OF the proposed erms and her here
voting for or against the bill which contains them speak
of the State and Of here as would speak
my own State and of myself under the like circumstances Our
first duty TO State and under the sense of that
duty the vote OF the Texas Senators on this bths omn-
bus bill, IN which the admission Of California and govern
ments Territories is mixed up with money to Texas
their vote upon the whole bill depend Money enough
to Texas and they it, and all the measures are carried
Not money enough to Texas and they halt and all the
measures are lost II is not only enomy itself make
passage Of the other great dependent uoop the
amount OF money voted to Texas but leads to vicious and
condemnable mode Of fixing that amount Il leads TO
voting the amount not that Texas ought receive but of
what will pass the bill and to the contrary what will defeat
the bill Thus those intent upon the bill must vote large
to secure the Texas vote those opposed to must vote
small sum, nothing, in order to defeat it, This vicious
voting, and to be condemned every where jury that
should make up verdict in that way would have their
dict set aside, and themselves reprmanded What should
done to US and our verdict under the circumstances
For one confess the vice Of my voe and lay its blame on
those who force me into the false position in which
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would vote Texas liberal sum in this connexon and
under these circumstances not cent
Mr.. President there is something overulng 10 the affairs
OF men, which, in the end, brings things right and
establishes the dominion OF truth and justices and
was this overriding superintendence more visible than
now. Here are measures of the most dscordant kind
clapped together in BILL in violation Of all parliamentary
law, and to the ruin Of all fair legislation, in order
to force some to carry others 1t is the
fsgan case Of parliamentary improperly which the history
OF our legislation has presented and, rebuke and
it here the highest proof of its enormy which the
wisdom OF man could have devised. Votes nearly bal
anced on this foor for against this conglomerate BILL
There are two Texas this floor, and they count
off and two on-and every knows that these
votes will decide the fate of the BILL and that they themselves
will be decided by the amount of money to be voted Texas
Sir, touch point which is still ahead, and which will not
develope When we come TO the filling up of that
mysterious blank, carefully guarded, may be able to
demonstrate that the effect Of this congomeraon Of bills and
that reservation of blank, to be filled the last moment is
to open auction upon the floor Of the Senate for votes
which carry through the omnibus b with all its null
tfaous and heterogeneous contents. The filling Of the
blank may devepe the fact that the admission Of CALIFORNIA;
and the establishment Of governments for two Territories,
may depend upon the amount of money be paid Texas
and it does it will present the highest evidence Of the fla
grant enormy of tacking incongruous bills together which
the history of American British legislation has ever
exhibited The bill caught agra deEcto-taken in the
here Mr. B. gappled bill and held it up)-n the very act
of pepetrang its crmen the very Of auconeerng
votes pass itself seize in the act and hold up
public oppobrum, and make be recued TO- and
its fate to stand warning against all future conjuncions
| of ncongruous measures
i | beg my friends from Texas (Messrs. HoUsroS and
RUsK) and call no man friend without being ready to
stand for friend when is needed beg them take
what say in the intend it, In their place, should
do they will dovo.e for against the bill, and all it
measures according TO the of money 60 into the
bank-and with the sentiment of profound humiliation
which they must feel And this shows the enomy Of such
will argument but lately come to hand but which
ought to have its weight this occasion i allude to the
new constitution Of Kentucky, and its sautay provision
against the Tunous practice Of clog rolling" In section
of article of that instrument there this pro-
vscn EVERY BILL SHALL CONTAIN BUT ONE SUBJECT, AMI
THAT SHALL BE CLEARLY EXPLAINED IN THE TITLE. This
is the sentiment Of Kentucky the fatal practice of tackne
incongruous bills together She has pointed her constit
ona against it. True, not bound by the pro
visions Of her constitution but bound to respect the
principle of morality in which it is founded and of
condemn and repudiae this omnibus BILL eighed with
many subjects and dependent for its passage the
money be voted of the public Treasury to the State
of Texas:
Sir, have myself, in bill before the Senate, pro-
posed compact with Texas for the settlement Of her
boundary but proposed mutual exchange
erritory-no dismembement of New Mexicono purchase
OF the Santa Re couny-no giving away territory,
and paying Texas to take it. My proposals steeed clear
all that folly and blunder. This is what proposed
cart 8. The State Of Texas cedes to the United States
all heT territory exterior TO the limits to Dhch she reduces
herself by the first article Of this compact"
And the limits then proposed by for her reduction were
the proposed-lO2o of longitude and $40 oil
north latitude. This is all the cesson that my bill proposed
cession from Texas only-and not of all the territory bu
of all her territory exterior her reduced limits. This avoid
ed the consequences Of cesson from her of the whole
try, including New Mexico part Of Texas 1t avoided
the consequence of holding the Santa Fe country pur-
chase from Texas II avoided the consequence of admitting
all that country have been part OF the State Of Texas
avoided all the serious and disturbing consequences in which
the committees bill would involve For such line
proposed to Texas cedng territory her, accepting
title New Mexico from her, leaving New Mexico intact,
and conforming ancient title and present actual posses
sion, would fifteen millions of dollars; for such line
as the committee propose, not copper.
The committee find excuse in my offer for theirs.
And here address myself especially that member Of
the committee (M CoorEn, Of yiuana) who
have become its organ at this point and TO him. and
through him the committee, there nothing in the
Justify the other The two offers different the
extracts from that sarsapara roo heauen ,oide apart and
infinitely dssimar and not alike any t,Do particulars
and having hUo qualities common One begins twenty
miles, straight line, above Ell Pasohe other three hun
dred miles in a straight line below il. One is latudinal-
the other longitudinal One eastthe other NORTH One
cuts New Mexico in two-he other goes round her. One
cedes 10 600 square miles of New Mexico Texas-the
other cedes nothing to her One accepts the remainder of
New Mexico cession from Texas-'he other holds her
cession from the republic of Mexico One conforms
cient te present possession, and geographical aniesthe
other violates all these conditions One raises the slave ques
into half Of New Mexico and its implied legal existence
in the other hahe other avoids both these questions by
leaving both New Mexico and Texas just they One
the Texan laws and constitution