Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-05-17

iorty the COMMITTEES that spirit of mutual concession en-
Joins that the two measures should be connected together
svcy triumph and that both may in such an amicable
arrangement enough of good I'd recoce them the aecep
ation is all UNUSUAL Few laws have ever passed.
which there not parts to which exception taken
is nexpeent not mpractcabe separate these parts
embody them in distinct bills sd as accommodate the
diversity of opinion which may exist The Constitution of
o ne erS S a in s
Vention which formed it by different members of that body
of them objected to parts and others to other
parts of the Had these various parts and
provisions separately actcd convention
paratey submitted the people of the United States it is
by certain that the constitution itself would
cuar provisions found compensation in other parts OF i'll
And in all cases OF ana laws When
good contains not OF greater amount and does not neu
%an for the sake that harmony So desirable in
such condeacy this be reconced secure as
lection that exactly like is friendly con-
ceson and agreeable to those who being united with
destiny it desirable should always live with us
in peace and concord.
majority of the committee have therefore, been led to
the the Senate that the two be
united The bill for establishing the two Territories it will
be observed omits the Wmot provso, the hand,
slavery any part new Territories That proviso
has been the fruitful of distraction and agitation
It adopted applied to any Territory would cease
70 have obligatory such Territory
admitted State into the Union. There any
occasion accomplish the professed object with which
st originally offered This has been clearly demonstra-
ted by the current of events California of all the
Territorial acquisitions Mexico was that which, if a
ny where within them the introduction slavery most
likely to take place and the constitution of California by
dcted it, There the highest degree of probability that
Utah and New Mexico WILL when they to be admitted
as States follow the example The proviso is as to all these
regions in abstraction. Why should DC
any longer insisted on Totally destitute, is, any
practical import has nevertheless had the pcrncous eff
feet to excite serious not alarming consequences. 1t
high time that the wounds which has inflicted should be
healed and closed and that to avoid in all future time
the agtations which must be produced by the conflict of
pn ne o Ss GnSR ST i oT
the true principle which ought to regulate the action of Con-
in forming Territorial Governments for each newly
CURED domain is to refrain from all legislation the subject
IN the Territory acquired so long retains the Territorial
bory when they have attained condition which entities
them to admission State, to decide for themselves the
The believe they express anxious desire
of immense majority the people of the United States
harmony and raternal sentiments should be again revived
and that the Government should be able pro-
coed IN its great operations to promote the happiness and
prosperity of the country undstubed by this dstractng
by her being associated with other kindred
f%g9 to rejoice and be highly that in into
happiness of the great family of States of which, is to be
hoped ped she may one day be distinguished member
the northern and western boundary Texas On that
view it, the western limit Of Fexas was the Neuces
according to another extended to the Rio Grande and
stretched from its mouth its majority of the
committee having the conclusion recommending
amicab adjustment of the boundary with Texas
from expressing opinion to the true and legitimate
western and northern boundary of that State The
proposed for such an adjustment contained in the bill
herewith reported and they with ineonsiderabe vara
o the same as that reported by the committe Terrific
ries
According terms it is proposed to Texas that her
boundary be recognized the Gande up that river
to the point called Ell PsSo and running thence
line and thence easwardy to point where the hundredth
west angle in the fine designated States
and Mexico and the in the line of the territory
set apart for the Indians by the U. S.
If this boundary be assented to by Texas she will be quiz
eted to that extent in her title And suppose that
might without other equivalent elnqush any claim
she has beyond the proposed boundary that claim to
part of New Mexico Butt under the influence of
tment of justice and great berality the bill proposes
ounay G it, and eonsdr
ing that portion of the debt of Texas created
pledge to her creditors the duties on foreign imports
and received and receivable in their treasury majority
of the committee the payment the of
millions of dollars Texas to be applied in the first in
stance to the extinction of that portion of her debt for the
reimbursement of which the duties forgn imports
pledged aforesaid and the residue in such she
may direct The said to be paid by the United States
nuay payable yearly the treasury the u States
and the principal remburabe at the end of fourteen
According to estimate which has been made there
included in the territory to which is proposed that Texas
shall relnquh her claim embracing that part of New Mex
square miles and about 70 1870 acres of land From the
proceeds of the sale this land United States may ut
mount thus proposed be advanced Texas
be anticipated that Texas will decline accede
these liberal propositions she should it is to be dis
tncy understood that the title of the United States
territory acquired from Mexico east of the Rio rande will
remain unmpared and in the condition the
sails of ustment offered had never been made.
majority of the committee recommend to the Senate that
the section containing these proposals to Texas shall be
eorporated into the bill embracing the admission Of CaOr
mia State and the establishment of Territorial Govern
shment of the boundary between New Mexico and Texas
has intimate and necessary connection with the establish
lishment Of Territorial Government for New Mexico. 10
form Territorial Government for New Mexico without pre-
scribng the limits Of the Territory would leave the work
perfect and incomplete and might expose New Mexico to
controversy if not dangerous collisions with the State
of Texas And most if not ALL the considerations which
combining the bill for the admission of Cali
fornia State and the Territorial bills apply to the boun-
dairy question of Texas By the union the three
question of difficulty and division which has arisen out
be adjusted placed in train of satisfactory adjust
ment. The committee avang themselves of the arduOus
and valuable abOrs of the Committee Territories report
BILL herewith annexed (marked Al embracing those three
measures the passage of which, uniting them together they
recommend to the Senate
The committee will proceed to the consideration Of
labor in State escaping into another The text OF the
constitution is quite clears held to labor
vice State under the LocS thereof escaping into
other shall law regulation therein
discharged from such service labor but shall be dtire
ed the claim of the party to whom such service labor
may be due'' NOrhing be explicit than this
anguagenothng manifest than the right to demand
and the obligation to deliver the claimant, such
fugitive And the constitution addresses itself alike to the
States composing the Union and to the General Government
IT, indeed there difference in the duty to enforce
this portion of the constitution between the States and the
Federal Government it clear that it is that of the
former than of the latter But it is the duty of both 1t
well known and ncontestabe that citizens in slavehold
States encounter the greatest difficulty in obtaining the
of this provision Of the constitution. The attempt t.
Teeapture fugitive almost always subject of great rr
taOn and excitement and often leads most unpleasant,