The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-06-20

and there might be propriety, with those who held
resolutions Of annexation But according to The reasons
which have been assigned by the honorable senator from
Michigan and The honorable senator from Alabama, this
provision s not 10 be inserted into this bill because
necessary for is already conceded them BY the
stuton. and for all power that any Congress hereafter
could have about the admission exclusion OF States
upon them but from the words Of the constitution un-
dersand this is TO be put in sort OF rebuke to the
fanatcism Of certain gentlemen who entertain some ex-
here. but dary hint at This to put strong seal
Of reprobation upon some anatcsm that s lurking in
the minds Of some incorgible members Of the Senate,
OF that sort there ought to be preambethat II
ought to be declared, that it not supposed that this is
p have any binding efficacy upon any future Congress-
but is inserted sort ol rebuke 10 covert fanatciSm
Of few men--of dsingenuous menwho are seeking to
make act speak differently from what they really intend
Now beg honorable gentlemen to treat this matter sc
riousy, il they think worth while to incorporate any
thing Of this sort into this bill i is conceded on all
hands that il will have binding force whatever on fu
tnre Congresses.
Now, have no doubt--as the honorable senator from
North Carolina Mr. BADGER] suggested the other day
that all future Congresses will look with great Difference
10 tho opinions Of this particular Congress But when
this particular Congress setting al naught al they do
by the provisions OF tits bill what all their predecessors
have thought from the beginning Of the government down
the present moment seems to me that some 81 those
who to succeed may take il in their heads that II
will be quite wise to follow the older pecedenis as 70
follow the new lights we have set up or them 70 walk
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one and taking all the acts Of legislation upon the sub
ect Of Territories down Polk and Oregon, that there
Du s o% e
vanity TO believe that BY mere insertion OF an abb
stract provision do anything more Than TO render
honorable senator's but what will be the effect Of insert
ing such proposioni II you are going upon that game,
have some abstracons that should like to have i'm
bodied in this BILL Upon looking around the Senate,
there found gentlemen WHO
have peculiar opinions Of their own which they
would like % placed between the sheepskn covers q
Legislative act that il may down to postsrty that
upon these subjects they thought thus and So But sir
appeal with all gravity and all candor 10 honorable sem
aols i not Ing g KIN ,hs%ssves ng WIN !ns
engaged ought to be engaged to attempt 70 in
corporate into this bill expression Of our opinion.
Wnsh can q BY no have the ne iu and u eGdag al
afraid to put my vote upon the record upon this
proposition and il the honorable senator from Alabama
for IT, am ready to do but will not take up the time
OF the Senate in stating them al the present time. ~
Mr. CASS Mr.. President. think this is about the
ortieh time the senator from New Hampshire has ad
nnsered lecture to those senators from the slave
holding States who do not concur with him In bis views
upon this general subject warning OF the responsbl-
" encounter, and o the condemnation BY our consult
uens which is sure TO Imns beg the honorable
member let us settle that matter with our constituents
while he attends to his own. We need no lecturer, nor
do need the senator for lecturer Every member oil
this body feels, am sure, his responsibility, well to
himself TO his constituents, while acting upon the
grave subject which occupies much OF the atten
ton OF the American people And il is very bad taste
for one OF number TO be warning that there is
tribunal at home, where shall be weighed in the bal
ance and found wanting For myself. shall submit my
and my conduct with perfect readiness 10 The judg
ment OF my constituents and, whatever may be their
tence shall hear me complain. am doing the
best peace and tranquility 10 country
and am sure can claim the merit SO Tar as II is one,
OF acting with single eye 10 these great objects.
Mr. HALE. Mr.. President, will ask the senator TO
yield one moment.
The VICE PRESIDENT Does the senator from
Michigan yield the ioorl
Mr. CASS Certainly, sir.
Mr. HALE. i do not know what the honorable sena-
tor means have not said anything about warnings.
North or South, anywhere else. II must be the
tors own conscience which suggested that.
Mr. CASS Mr.. President. il the senator will attend to
his conscience ne will have quite enough to do
understood the senator as repeating the lecture he
has so often read Us; and If he did moi, we have
had the benefit Of it but thirty.nine times instead
OF forty. | have become so habiiuaied 10 it, that,
expecting to hear Il every time tue senator rises
the more readily supposed he had fallen into the usual
topic The senator says that s an abstract proposition
and therefore be cannot vote for it. WelI sr il is so.
and have always objections to voting upon such prop
osiiions But sometimes becomes necessary that our
position may not be misunderstood. IL is but short
the propositions submitted by the senator from Missouri
all OF which were absifactons; that s not accompany
asaos 81 he fights Of the States between sheepsEn
covers ito the phrase OF the honorable seDaiorJ and
make il question, 80 lar we can make one that all
The people who may hereafter join this conedefacy shall
in with the same privileges as those who have
tered 1t before them
Mr. HALE The honorable senator from Michigan
Is entirely misiaken--entrey. have not said word
to-day like what he has accused me Of. did not say
syllable like il, nor make aliusion to it,
Mr. CASS. Will the honorable senator yield the
floor
Mr. HALE shall be through in moment
Mr. CASS (taking his seal) You are not polite
as was [Laughter.l
Mr. HALE Well, will yield the floor.
Mr. CASS, lin his seat) | won't take il now; but
vi have IL in spite OF You. [Renewed laughterl
MIR HALE. Well. sir, say again, ! do not know
what the senator meant and TO repeating wha said
just thirty nine times cannot understand It, Per-
mistake tmay be that the time OF the passage
tine since between the honorable from Iowa
Mr.. DoDcEl and myself. in which that gentleman be-
slowed upon reproof the honorable from
Michigan intended 10 add remarks and that now,
in opening his desk he haS taken out the notes which
be prepared for speech them and made the speech
[laughter.1 think nmust have been some mistake OF
tba sor for utterly protest. and appeal TO every
aof who hears me- say expressed indicated any
10. Why sir, am alarmed at snch misunderstanding
upon the part Of the honorable senator lie could not
have been attending what said aad protest gsinst
il over and over again.
As TO the suggestion that would better attend TO my
conscience ard let other folks alone, have not
sumed sir, believe. that he has conscience or any,
thing OF the sort [Ianshter1 | have not been guilty
OF such an extravaganza TO intimate that anybody
bad conscience, because might be called 10 order for
introducing matters enrelyexraneous legislative con-
sderat'ons lRenewed laughter The honorable
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