Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-08-03

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when, finding difficulty in heir way, they delegate their
power and strip themselves Of this legislative authority by
clothing these persons with the power of doing that thing
which, when done, we are to agree to Is, reject as
is And this when not merely one, but both parties,
approve' Texas must approve and the United States
must approves that while undertake get nd OF one
difficulty on this floor, how many contests shall have,
how many eggs will be laid produce greater dssen-
s0ns in the fuuret
But if we fall into this if we now delegate authority 10
commissioners shall then find ourselves to be bound
to say yea nay to what they may refer to US Shall
we not find that have stripped ourselves Of oil authority
Do we settle any thing No, sir. We merely make pro-
vision for harvest of contention and dscod in time to come
That is all we make. And sir il may happen that these
commissioners failing to perform the duties assigned To hem
the same duties will be devolved upon other commissioners
Mr. President. not my intention to support this amend
ment And sir think we have arrived at point at
which there ought to be aconhat action which there ought
to have been the beginning. Il is admitted that the
bill reported by the committee Of thirteen is dead Upon the
suppoon that those who abored for the passage Of this bill
in favor of this amendment, they give up the OMNIBUS
and they throw away all that they have done for the last SIX
months And then, sir, they have substituted something
which than that proposed by the bill Of the com
miee. After having made this experiment; after having
come at this point after six months has brought us
to the point when be admitted by every body that the
bill of the committee is Dead that their plan has totally failed
that they done with hat the heart the life stricken
Of it. in striking out the proposition to give to Texas ten
millions Of dollars the whole object of putting Texas into 1t
has failed and miscaied-when instead Of fixing the bounda
Of Texas have transferred the question to three commits
soners settle, who will agree, and who they do
agree will agree before three hence
after all this be allowed the humble privilege OF say
ing yea nay to any suggestion which they may
make Sir what ought to be done know how hard It Is
to give up, after defeated It Is hard to give
up but this bill has failed at the only point where there was
life and vitality in it. II has failed at the precise point which
constituted the whole argument in its for II Dead
and when every thing which constituted argument in favor
Of putting in Texas is gone when all swept cut OF it. why
not give it up
Sir there was once sarcastic poet who said that when
mans brains were out the dead. The brains
out Of this BILL sir the heart Of the life is out Of
It. the blood is out of it, and yet there those who, al
though the bill is without heart brains, or life, or SOUL
would say that it should be passed.
Now sir what has happened Six months has California
been delayed. Delayed for what Why sir for that which
foreign to the question Of her admission State into
this Union the boundary Of the Great Khan OF Tarary
What has occupied this morning-Caifornia No, sir
What has occupied from the first moment when began
to raise that committee to the present time California
No. the discussion of the other subjects compehended in
the BILL California has taken up but little of our time. The
people throughout the country have prayed for decision of
the California question: and have again and again urged SEN
ators to act upon it. California has beer delayeddeayed
six months by this conjunction Of which have
aton to her, And this proposition, adopted by the
Senate, admission, confession, that he has been
gheousy and wronguly delayed, and male to wait fohe
fixing Of these Texan boundaries, which now knocked out
Of the bill and submitted to the settlement # commissioners,
who may make report in two or three year.
Now, sir, what is there for keeping California out
any longer What is there for assoatng her any
longer with these measures Sir the bill bebre ought to
be laid upon the table. It ought to be laid down. The
guments in favor Of laying down have become irresistible,
say that the Texan boundary question is be given up
ought be laid down. and bill for the admission of Cali
orna and giving Territorial Governments to tie two Terri
tories such that reported by the chairman of the Commit
tee Territories ought to be passed Every that has
been given by the Committee of Thirteen in favor of their
laon to the fixing the western boundary Of Texas,
many overwhelming why these should
longer be held together if this portion the bill given up
The settlement Of that boundary is given up sir and yet Ca
lifornia is to be delayed-delayed still more.
Sir, is California be admitted is she not be admit
ted Is the final question Of her admission to be made de-
pend upon the final settlement Of the report made by this
mttee, is it to stand upon its own merits Is she
to in until these commissioners shall have to
agreement and both Texas and the United Ses shall have
sanctioned their opinion Is she in until that
time not them sir, she is to be delayed for an indefinite
period of time. But s i she is to come in as soon as
bill be passed for her admission then there is
longer ean her. The company she has been sir has
kept her back repeat that all the delays Of California have
arisen from this conjunction of the with the
other We could have settled her admission in very short
time but for this coDuncton this dragging along with her
these other subjects This has delayed her and has
come to the point of dragging along with her dead
She dags dead body along with her the hiy-nnth
section is TO go, and this amendment is adopted.
Mr.. BRADBURY. The extraordinary and unexpected
opposition which the honorable Senator from Missouri has
made to the amendment which offered this morning. calls
for some reply think that reply will be easy to be made
and think will require but few moments TO show that the
honorable Senator from Missouri is the last Senator in this
chamber that should make the objections which he has urged
to this amendment will undertake demonstrate that by
proposition which the honorable Senator himself presented
here, and by the position which he has assumed in debate
great objections made this amendment have been sig
naly reuted and answered One great objection that
der the provisions Of the amendment 10 possible that the
to be appointed may adopt such line Of boun
dairy that New Mexico may be absorbed in Texas and
we have heard reiterated once and again. that New Mex
co Is to be absorbed dsmembeed The honorable Sem
aor says, 81 will never give authority to do what believe
we have power - and he denounces the proposition
IN the bill to establish boundary line between the United
states and Texas and to make compensation to Texas be-
si0es. In answer to this objection of the Senator appeal
70 the proposition made by the Senator himself in his resou
on offered to the Senate during this session. by which he
proposed certain boundary line between Texas and the
United states, and to pay Texas the of fifteen mil
lions OF dollars upon her the of the resolution
ms proposition was to pay larger than has been named
by any other Senator And Why ask this large amount
70 De PAID to Texas she had claim to the territory, and
the title OF the United States east of the Rio Rio Grande was
clear from dispute Did the honorable Senator propose
to give fifteen millions Of dollars to Texas in order that line
might be agreed upon and the controversy terminated Had
not Texas claim Had she right to the Territory for which
this enormous sum to be paid And ives this question
Of boundary as clear when this resolution was offered
six months ago. the honorable Senator supposes il 10 be
this morning So why did he propose fifteen million dosrs
call tne attention Of the Senate and the country to that
proposition Of the honorable Senator from Missouri Early
IN the session. such the uncertainy such the i'm