The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-06-12


Il does not exisl-bestowns il on those who have
itnol The ioeusbilsy o. the evil is the greatest obsc
o e ne e Il sysy s9s much
more 70 incI one that u incuabe and against sns VIII
Of the people who are 10 endure il forever quarrel
IN evil and would neither adopt impose i on 9th
eEs. Vet am 4 STAKEHOLDER, and smong me lew mem
bars 81 Congress who hold slaves N THIS District
In refusng 10 extend slavery into these seventy thou
sand SQUARE niles act in conformity not only TO my own
ione principles but also in conformity TO- the
practice q rss "es ~ lout
oorary suspension Of the antsavery clause Of the ord
nance Of is7 On The ed Of March. 1893, Mr. Randolph.
Of Roanoke, chairman OF the committee 10 which the
memorial praying the suspension was Referred made
report against u which was concured in BY the House
This Is The report:
Ths, hs apid population Of the su Of OHIO ssiciens
H tho opinion Of committees that the labor
Of necessary promote growth and settle
men, q colonies n TIA. region that This labor demon
sss II The cultivation Of produces valuable than
:s maj q ss T. ss ss ss
provision wisely calculated 10 promote
security 70 s extensive IL ss
operation q this and benevolent restraint Il y
believed that the inhabitants OF Indiana will, at very
distant day, Nod ample remuneration for temporary pIi
walton Of labor and q emigration.
This report OF Mr.. Randolph was in 1909 the next
year. March, 1901 different report The prayer,
was made BY committee Of which Mr. Rodney. Of Del
aware, was chairman. Il recommended suspension OF
the slavery clause ior ten years j was not con
~, 1906 similar report, recommending suspension for
ten years. was made by committee OF which MIR. Car
nett, OF Virginia, was chairman: i met the same fate
non concurrence The next 1907 both houses were
tried In February OF that year. committee Of the House
Of which Mr. Parke chairman, reported in favor OF
zoe q Ins Il Inc ne, report Wns
franklin Of North Carolina, as chairman OF committee
OF the Senate made report against the suspension,
which red IN blythe Senate and unanimously,
i would from the ournal there being divis-
ion called for Thus, five times in four years. the
spectve houses Of Congress refused 10 admit lem
pOry extension rather re-exension oil slavery in0
Indiana Territory, which had been before the ordi-
OF 1857 slave Territory, holding many slaves at
vincennes These i've efusas 10 suspend the ordinance
of 1857 many combinations OF H.. All the resi-
of the action OF Congress the subject the
effect, or stronger. The Missouri compromise line
curtaiment OF slave territory; the Texas annexation res
oluions were the same the ordinance Of 1887 ITSELF so
often confirmed by Congress, curtalment OF slave
terioryn factits actual abolition for il s certain tina,
illinois at that time aud that the ordinance terminated It
act then, in conformity TO the long uniformly esab
lshed policy Of Congress, well conformity to my
slavery which The committees line would involve
return TO the pont,he 10000 square miles Of terri.
possssson of New Mexico to lie possession Of Texas,
and the question Of the extension OF slavery, which
grows out Of that transfer There i slavery i
the rzser 10 made This leaves open but one Question
and that is climate be relied upon keept away
think not There are two climates in New Mexico
in the temperate part Is long province, stretch
Ing and south. high and mountainous the north
has an eisva,on Of 1850 feei-El Paso $500 The Rio
del Non called in the upper part Of It's course the River
Adore. Trio Arrival in the lower part River Below, Trio
Abajo and the climate corresponds with this structure
Of the counryyxorous al Santa Fe mild al FL paso
Humboldt thus speaks OF them:
Nsw Mex,cc snoush placed nader the same latitude
cold Il freezes middle of The Nav
n:aI 70 Sara F. add little north tundsr the psra
several in succession ice thick that horses
and carssss pass We do know the elevation Of
he ,h deg Of is,,ads the bed Of the river may have
ofs Than seven OF eight hundred metres above
ley Of the Del Nor,e, those foot q which is
Placed Inc village q Ts.s lose ihei, snow already towards
1In1 i, ,. so2
The envifons Of Ell PAso delicious country, which
cultivated in aud wheat The vineyards produce
ssosIlsnt wines, which preferred the wines
abundance all the fruit trees Of Europe-dg,, peaches
pomesranates. and pean.-Yd. 3. y. so6.
Humboldt is right, and recent travellers confirm now
what he wrote in 1904 IL at the head Of the valley
Of the Del Noe three degrees north Of Santa Fe
that Colonel Fremont suffered his great dsaser-had TO
hossss, and found !, relief to tread the river solid with
ice, for road. AT Santa Fe the 10th OF February, il
was winter; eight days afterwards. the Rio Abajo
and sf 200 feet above the level OF FL Paso il was
epringthe farmers ploughing and seeding, the early
frult trees IN bloom, and the mild that he camped
out Of nights and without tenis though in aRtted and
hospitabIe country. Here. then. two Climates in
New Mexico-one barrier against the introduction oil
u barrier that Is proposed be transferred Texas
This applies TO the Del Noue and its valley 10 still
more true OF the Puerco and il valley. Rising in the
latitude, and al the ee, alton OF Santa Fe descends
below the latitude, and below the elevation OF FL |
Pnso, and - milder IN its climate throughout, be-
open The east, and sheltered on the west
BY . long and lofty range OF mountains Its more !
genial climate makes H. as have said, the bncolic
eion oil New Mexico, 10 which The inhabitants OF the
banks OF the Del Norte send their focks 10 hnd their
own food, and live without shelter The year round |
And il is precisely the sou hern half OF this river and
valley, reaching degree and half south OF New Or
leans, and without sufficient altitude TO counterfeit the
eject OF southern latitude that the committees bill
would transfer ION the possession OF New Mexico 10
the POSSESSION oil Texas. Climate there be no bar
70 the introduction OF slavery; and thus lis actual
teos1cn INTO that quarter becomes the~queston which
the commiuees bali forces US 10 face-and which have
fncedi
The committees line has The iurher IN consequence Of
raising the question OF the existence OF slavery By lawn
the Santa r. part OF New Mexico. II their ne l.
. eompromws OF the Texas claim. II admits the righ, and
sovereignty of Texas both above and below, and win in
vove members 10 inconvenient yotethe consequence
Of which IL readily seen.
Thisis consequence which the committees bill in. |
wolves. and IRON which there escape but In The total
rejection Of her plan, and the adoption OF the line which
Ipfopoee-the Longitudinal line OF I02-wbich. CORES
pondnx with ancient tile and actual possession, avoids
the question oil slavery IN eiher country; which, leaving
the population OF each untouched. disusbs inerct
and which, splitting the high sterile table land OF the
Staked Plan, confoms 10 the natural division OF the
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