The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-05-22


nothing ever could be done. There were a
ie" things IN this plan which did not exactly
square With his private views and opinions,
but what VAS tho committee raised for if II
we're no, to obviete Il ese private dliicu,licsl
lie took The report as a whole, aud he would
support It cordially and with pleasure. n.
was tor settling IN sny honorable way; In
deed, he vas disposed TO be liberal.
Mr.. CLEMENS .sid iha, he would vote
against oil the measufesreporied by the CON.
milee. Ho had voted for The committee be
cause his friend. had done so, but he never
expected any good to result, from it, and he
~as not disappointed. Il was nothing more
than The plan submitted long since by the res
oluiions Of the Senator from Kentucky, end
which The Senator from n. Carcl ma had then
opposed IN the slronges, terms. iie thought
The Senator from North Carolina little IN.
conslslen, IN supporting that now which he
had denounced some ilGe back The Sena
tor spoke ol beng LIBERAL. H. (Nr. C. cou'd
not he liberal when It was proposed to do thai
which ~os uncon.,tu'i1na He could not .
gree with Ihe eIort because it assumed thfee
lungs as facts which we're not fsci. The
II 81 ul these was, Nat lhete was an mpeta.
i've necessity for the fotmltion Of Safe
government 10 California. Il so, Why did !,
not exist in Utah, New Mexico. aud 10 O.e.
gon The neSi ~ss. that there was the re-.
qulslie number Of iuhablian's (,n The consii,u
urnsl sense Of The teru) n California to enti
tic her TO admission. He denied the truth
of THIS. The ihlid assumed fact, and 10
which he could moi assent, was. that The lr
rcgu'nr'les which took place IN California hid
aiken Place IN regard 10 her Safes. lie
then gave hls'oy o. he sdnlssion Of The
other States, TO show this assumption was no,
true.
Mr.. CLAY said ha, be no, ,huk il
el'her Jusi TO Tie committee, the Senate, the
repoft, The country or the subject, ,ha, the
report should be thu, taken up aud d ba,cd
before Il had time 10 have been spread before
tie county. lie never knew fepor, 10 be
The sulJec, Of 'emark and dcbl'c. Let the
measures and The bFs reported be di.cussed,
bu, DO 20, Pounce down on the report, and
hold that up to commen, aud rdcue b, fore
IL IS knosn to the county. He won d stand
by that 'epor, and the measures Of the com.
mttice. He had ENLISTED 10 the cause Of hrs
country, and wcu'd stand firm 10 hrs post nnd
no remarks, OF whatsoever n1'pie, would IN.
daee him to aband.n his duty.
Mt. FOOT T. SAID that he vas rather Of an
lnpulsye nature, and vas apt To arrive al COO.
illusions upon subjects as soon perhaps az most
men, bu. he could not, as some Of his freud,
had done, see, IN what hs had heard Of this
report, sufficient TO enable him 10 form cor.
rect judgment upon rs merits. Tie bad On.
detsiood ts g'refal features, and thought he
would be 6Oe TO gyo 1t his support. He
though, ii due 10 the country and the com.
mitieo tha, tho report should be prined, and
would move that hiy thousand ezra copies
be printed. lie dld not think i, proper thai
the report should be prjujiccd N advance.
Mr.. CLEMENS sad tha, the Senator
from Mississippi had scented surprised at his
quick perce plon OF the report. The Senator
must have forgoIten that on yesterday he had
endsavord for more than an hour, 10 npress
him With the coa'ents of the report, ard TO
induce him 10 support II. his wasnn o'd
.utlect. The bills reported had been upon
the table Cor weeks. The other features we're
the as the Senator from X n,ucky's res.
buttons.
Mr.. lULEE sad tha, the legislative re.
port of the committee coud not receive his
support. lie considered II bu, the embodl
ueUt Of the scheme submitted by the Senator
from ken'ucky early IN the session, and which
had been before the country, mud which had
been pronounced sgalnst. lie then read
commentary on Mr.. GAYS resolutions from
the Journal Of Commerce, IN which II was
sa ID ha, the North could adop, iha, plan be.
cause il give the North the kernel and the
South the shell. lie rhough The South should
have a small portion OF the kernel.
Mr.. BORLAND SAID he could no, support
the report of The commlttee, particularly BY
the part relating TO fugitive slaves.
Mr.. HALE said that he hoped this orpo.
sl,ion to tho plan by the South was not 'rln,,
bu, that II would be peisesstcd in and the
measure voted down.
Mr.. HOUSTON was in favor OF printing
the report, and when he had time 10 examine
1t, would form hl, judgment upon IT, lie was
for UNION and compromise.
Mr.. MANGU VI said great error in which
Senators we're falling was, IN suPposng this
plan was tho same IN substance with tho feso.
lu,lous of the Senator from Kentucky. Tie
had, when those resolutions were offered, de-
cIated he would never vote for them, because
one OF them asserted az two truths that slave,
~ did not esis, in the territories, and that II
never could exist there. lls would say now,
that If any one could point on, in any part o!
this plan any recognition Of tho principles of
Il a, Resolution, be would vote agaius, II. lie
had always been in favor of admitting Calilor.
MA IN her ulI length and breadth.
Mr.. CASS urged that this was no. the
proper time 10 discuss The subject. lie hoped
The matter would be printed. No gentleman
on or of tho committee was precuded from