Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-08-03
DEBA8E IN THE SENATE.
THE COMPROMISE BILL.
WEDNESDAY,, July "a, 1850

WEDNESDAY, JULY a, ioCO.
The Senate having under consideration the bill for the ad
mission of California into the Union, the establishment Of
Territorial Governments for Utah and New Mexico, and
making proposals Texas for the settlement Of her northern
and western boundaries
The pending question the following amendment,
offered by Mr.. HALE to the amendment Of Mr. BRADBURY
heretofore published:
And the rights both Of the United States Texas the
territory in dispute shall remain the they were at the
Of the exchange of the caons OF the treaty Of Qua
daupe Hdago and neither party shall be preudiced by
thing which has queny occurred shall either party
ske any further TO reduce rights
said shall have been appointed and the
shall have acted definitely thereon"
Mr. BENTON. When we began this debaie-when
began sir the subject which occupies the Senate the
sun on the other side of the equaor down towards the
tropic of Capricorn Since that time has travelled north,
and crossed the equator and come TO and has turned
back again. thus has performed that operation which the
Greeks called trop travelling between the tropics and return
ing back again the equstor and towards Capricorn
That what the has done, while have been occupied
with this subject In imitation of the sun, turning
back, and going only to the place started from, but
beyond the place started from We going to the
other side of Capricorn What is the motion have
before us The motion 70 strike out of the bill every thing
in the world which relates Texas Il is right motion Of
ITSELF and which made ourselves, and accords with
the action Of ali those who against tacng iaconguous
subjects together We all objected to adding Tenas to Cali
orns and the Territories but the amendment proposed
by the Senator from Maine strikes every thing in the b
which relates Texas and then proposes to insert something
which hold to be either nullity, worse than nuty
But, in either event. we turn back, and the work OF SIX
months is abandoned and thrown away On the 18th OF
January there were resolutions submitted m this body
one of which was in these words -
Resolved That the boundary Of the State Of Texas
ought to be fixed the Rio del Norte commencing
league from its mouh, and running up that river TO
the southern line Of New Mexico thence with that line east
.ss ,S il the .ps to s
any portion Of New Mexico whether lying on the east or
west of that river.
There was our starting point may call it. on the rs
day of February last One starting point was to h1-IS-
the boundary Of the State of Texas, and SO to x
that should not take in part OF New Mexco and TO
make perfectly certain that part Of New Mexico was to
be seized by Texas the resolution had the recauon Of going
on both sides of the Rio Grande while Texas only clans
one side Of that river but from the beginning to the end of
it. and that than fourteen parallels OF latitude
Yet determined those the side OF this resolution
lest Texas might by operation cross the river and get
hold of little of New Mexico the other sde that they took
the extraordinary pains crcamvent her
where she had shown disposition to go-and said that
she should take part Of New Mexico on the one side or
the other of the river. That starting point-now
where are we to-day So far this proposition
ed we are for giving up the whole Of New Mexico to the
head Of the rye and putting out OF our power to say any
thing except to say yea Or nay proposition ior giving uP
only alternative which this proposition leaves to the legislative
power of the United States Sir this making reHograde
rather faster than the retrogade beyond the
New Mexico is to be taken by Texas When the bill in
under this resolution seventy thousand squa,e miles Of New
Mexico to be taken by Texas, including 81 Paso as
part of Texas which established as military preside
about the year $685. and which Texan from the
year her declaration of independence down to the treaty
Of Guadalupe Hdago No Texan saw il during that
entire period unwilling to say this, but am driven to
this thing by the which this has taken We
are driven it from the abandonment Of the ground
upon which started that part of New Mexico was to
be touched andby the introduction Of plan taking
thousand square miles from her, and now OF another in
which the last inch taken; and we cannot be ourselves
unless by pronouncng the monoysbe nay, SHAH show
you due me when have etrograded at hisrapid ate
and thus plunge the kncs deeper into the people OF New
Mexico. am driven By the necessity Of the TO make
remarks which do wish to fnse, when say that no
Texan ever behe Ell Pasc from tho day Of the recognition of
h. Independence of Texas which wished her a
except that Texan expedition which, within twenty ies e
santa re e e srf fsso ssssn thought bill Of the
ttee Of Thirteen had departed wide enough from the og
80, ,r,;n, no;nt when they would cut THAT deep into
New MeIIc5 al this Re what the proposition Of
the Senator from Maine does shall show before get
through.
The proposition of the Senator from Maine, presume is
be considered entertained otherwise would not be
brought forward at hiS time. Whether passed not do
undertake say-bu ii is to be largely entertained
otherwise he presumed that step important
striking every thing which relates Texas and subst
ting something that is either nuity something
would not be submitted by any Senator here That amend
ment goes provide, That the President Of the United
States be- and he hereby authorized by and with the advice
and Of the Senate to appoint three commissioners
who with such commissioners shall be appointed by Texas
shall agree" &c. Now have bill here, the work of
thirteen Senators, and in favor Of that bill we have
good-na'ured peope-the world contains many good
natued people than is generally admied-meet in public
squares and in large public rooms in the extremely suoca
ting hot weather had and there pass resolutions not
only of the decisive kind, in favor of the bill of the
Committee Of Thirteen, but against those who do not aid it.
Now the labor of that committee knocked in the head,
proposed be knocked in the head at point vital to the
whole for this Texas subject we know, has been
from the beginning the life of this omnibus BILL II was the
link which bound the different parts togehe was the &C.
ment- the thing which to carry the omnibus bill
and to make 60 up hill and down bill, through mud and
me and stumps and brush, the Texas bill was intro
duced The Texas bill put in for that purpose, and
put in by the Committee of Thirteen. And Is pro-
posed be knocked out after having this work of the Com
mee of Thirteen celebrated this floor the thing which
the dsesses of the country heal all the wounds
assuage all the pain and make the halves OF this Union
rush each others and embrace like brothers, and
make ourselves this floor stop legislation, spring from
seats and embrace Now sir that oil knocked the head,
after the people of the United States have been made to be-
eve this after all the pathos that has been expended it
here this oo after eli that has been said and all that has
the bill which the work Of the committee is to be thrown
as worthless thing away. Surely ought to have com
passion on the good naued people who have sent us their
reasons and and who have prayed for this bill
OF thirty sections made slight aluson to that num-
Der in an early speech made this subject Thirty mine
forty save one-an ominous number and has now got at