The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-05-15
) Compromise ninittee.--Telegraphic
synopsis OF their Report.


We publish below all that has yet been receiv
ed of the proceeding of the Committee of Thir
teen, to which has been referred all the various
STONES Of contention growing out of the Slave
ry question. We hope, by our next, to give no
only the report of the Committee in detail, but
also the final, and we win add favorable action
of Congress upon it.
We hailed the formation of this Committee as
an omen Of peace and reconciliation We look
ed upon it as triumph Of that spirit which form
ed our Constitution, andwhich is to preserve
us as nation, in spite of the ambitious designs,
and arrogant dogmas of one-ideaed politicians.
The committee is composed Of men as the
country may confide in with sense of the ut
most security. They are men who may be rank
ed among the ablest and purest of, American
Statesmen. They are such as may be looked to
in the hour of peril, and trusted in times of i'm
pending danger. Hence we are ready to en-
dorse their report, even before we see it, or know
ought of its provisions. We looked upon the
success Of Mr.. Foote' resolution, creating this
committee, as virtual settlement of the whole
difficulty connected with the subject Of slavery;
and we have not yet seen cause to change our
opinion with regard to the results of its action.
We regret the attempts that were made by Sc
nator Benton and others, to defeat this concilia-
tory measure, and were glad when we saw those
attempts defeated. We regret still more, that
exertions we're put forth, after the organization
of this Committee, to tramel them with instruc-
TONS tending to defeat the very object for which
it was formed; and we regret, above all; that our
own Senators dodge and Jones0 We're among
those who were willing to throw obstacles in
the way of this salutary measure.
But to Report We give it in the form trans
mitted by the telegraphic wires, wherein part
seems to have been omitted '
The Compromise Committee of Thirteen then
made their Report, which Mr.. Clay is now read
ing, and of which the following is an abstract
The Committee are unanimously of opinion,
that new States may be formed out of Texas,
under terms of the compact entered into by the
United States, in the resolutions of anne aton
and when they are SO formed, they have clear
and undoubted ri ght to be admitted into the
Union as equal States, but the committee do not
think that any plan for the formation Of new
States should be originated by Congress, but
should be left to the people of Texas also, that
such new States should be admitted without any
objection on account fthe exclusion or permits
sion of slavery.
Second. In considering the question of the
admission of California, majority of the COM
mittee are of the opinion that every irregularity
in the proceedings antecedent to her application.
for admission into the Union, should, in con-
sideration of many circumstances of her position,
be overlooked and recommend the passage of a
bill accordingly.
Fifth. That slavery ought not to be abolished
in the District of Columbia
Sixth. That the maj rity of the committee
report bill for the suppression of the slave trade
in the District of Columbia-the mode of which
law the same as that lately enacted in Mary
land "-..
The Report is very voluminous, and occupied
more than an hour in reading.
Mason Of Virginia, Berrien of Georgia, Downs
of Louisiana, Clemens of Alabama, Yulee of
Florida, Turney of Tenn, and Borland of Ar
kansas all came out against the compromise.
Mr.. Clay was taken by surprise, but he main
taned his ground with characteristic ability, and
announced his determination to stand by the
Report to the last. Messrs. Cass, Mangum,
Houston, Foote and Dickinson stood by him.