Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-04-18

Of a suitable b,uudary G,r Texas with The ,fet III
equivalent for e surrender of any iie Which sle m,g
be snppsed io have in The teiinrv surrendered LIT
ne 10 ii. whilst tins su ject m leNns, snotbef part
III The Senator's srumen. aud put It IN the canlor II
the senator To sdou h'w unfair how improper at icas
1t Is io suppose that. by snch cnnbna as hava in
dnaisd III" result would be I" civ" TrS,s veto on
California; WIN msainea tlni' Son ross hill with
ne separate section or tho ADMISSION OF CniGrph Other
secon+ in tho bill esiah shing vovctnm"n's IN the
tN. Truiiocs, and n,h.r sections IN relation 10 the
nroposion to iexns ior The settlement of her bundsrv
mahinr her certain Oilers md tn latter proposition tie
pand,nt IN the ronsent which Texas might give. But
surpos. TrNss does nn give her does any hdy
say that the other parts OF tn. bill would bcconr drsd
nugataryl Each portion nf thu bill il I tcs mud eff sci
according Ia the oInct III view. aud zach mgst a'sn
although the other portion Of tho bill myht he rendered
null. IN quenco o tho OF lexss IN
aay other power,
Il has been s,id that il wrong 10 mike those who
might I've IN favor of lhc ndmissnn OF CnliIrni, And
gaios, The -slshlishmtn, II Territorial Goveron~.s.
rice rersd sneh eomhna',n~that Il would he
wiring to combine them in BILL because they would
have v,te against both. not liking poron of thu hill
OF far both. still dl- kim portion "i th" bill. And ""
told that what he wisdom III { i"rna "ngg"sed IN
her cnnsu untha IL To say. the kc"piug o Suhlte's
separate and dsnc,is thereby 10 be dsrcsri'd. Nnw
there very ue o pracnabll,y IN THIS idea OF total
separaun uf subjects. Suppose vou have the Ca'fn'a
h alane before that sinp ,des1 There l. INST
the admission of the STATE and secondly the proper bmn
d,rra oi the Sue Nnw there may he ScnNots II you
had this suple bill belprr yau. who would say wa nIe
willing 10 admit slate 10 be carved out i ms i"ff',o
~ bu, are against the Boundaries prop eJ. md why
no separate IT into bulls. for The admission 4 the
Saio and the other iuI The hxaion of limits. Why.
thus YOU might 90 cutting smh"cis up in' ns many
pats they capable oi being DIVIDED INTO, and sny
thai each ot them shall cooain suglc idea Take
the MI bill. II contains five hopdi ed ipms usually .
and VIZ have never passed n tstn bill. gvop vote
npon il. whn snnr puts OF bssg obj cIlonahle 10
some. that did not ann,n items inf which some nan
voed against h,s JnIg neni but which hc dad vote o
because of other items IN the sana bill. Aud so with
the course propose II cnnh,ne together Tor
the admission oi California and hr governments tn thu
Ier oes in the fra, place those who oprs" The com'
ba oppose IT, II II IL introduced n'tendy ~ The
bill II may h. proposed In strike out what re'nrs 10 The
Territories; II II Is ptnposed lint they shni be added
the bill ur the admission II Caliurntn they can move
amesdmcns. call for ihe yeas and nays. and Illus show
their npposin To the association o the measures 'oReh
ar But suppose IL 9 maJory oyerrues 'hen. Suppose
there IL majority IN favor oi thr association n' inc neis'
and then tho hnal question ia put, will you vete
for ot ncaiust the m2 And what arc you 10 do IN n
ease Of that kndl Ex,cily WHIST would do IN all
human concerns There is bad and good mixed together
You vote against It yon please ~ toto because o
the bad there ~ it, OF You my vote Tor H. because you
approve of the greater of good there ~ IN H. lhc
question for The ,ime Is. whether thee 10 more "t the
good than Of the bad in the bill aud II the good ouweehs
the bad. that will be further consideration ot voing
for the whole measure
Rn' s,r. my ohect Ia show tha, there ls per
feet connrNion be thu SUBJECTS proposed To br uni
ted and r'ft 10 what the Sonetor from Missouri
has charged. but the Stae Of Cafrn,, territorial
governments ior the Territories and at most the fix 'iipn
oi he boundary Of Texas. Sir. hrn These snhlrcts ron
nected nge hrr they no} Ie' us look ut iact'
aud at history. Let appea IL the v,ry tncls ahle
he Sountt from Missouri himself insists ought IL be NJ
Influential our Judgment. W ell, sr. California. New
MrSiro and Utah. all were component pnfs ot the Mex
cnn Repnhlc. aud they ceded together. IN nsso
olnon. tho Repubm Of the United States. They
were If ike gfnde Of government in Mexico. All o
them were provnces; of them were States under
the Mexican Republic. They came here together, IN
association uudcr the treaty by which we acquitted them
They came here the last ion together. all nrlof
ing he establishment of Territorial governments with
~ heir respective limits. IL WAS not done. Why wns
il not donr The South reproaches the North tnr moi
dung by saying yon insisted upon The n'foIuc oil
the Wilmot Proviso. The Norh repouchcs the South
by saying you responsible or II by opposing the Il
moi Pfovlso.
Mr. Pres dent. both parties wrong and neither
" as wrong They were wrong in the aggregate, but
not wong sepnratoly. They wrong ia the agpre-
gnte because Congrrs, failed To devise and estnblsh
governments which VIVA caet upon TO do by all The
solemn oiuaii0ns Of treaty spnaiions and pll the so
lemn dnies which resued from The fact o the acqnisl
,ion o those territories by this country. They wert not
wrong separately bccause ynn who contended Tor the
pfoviso did have dooni honestly, snd YOU who
nnnosed the provSo did so | hnve doubt honestly.
/, wasa case therefore. uf irfeconcaMe difference Of
opincn between between l,ge parties in Congress
md their cnnv ions ihe fences. respectively re
STAINED them from yielding The one to he views uf the
,,ber Nc rcrro,ches thetef1rr think, can justly be
mad. by one Marty upon the other. II slljec OF
drep and profound regret that proper governments were
not then devised bu, attributable solely ~ those
uph,ppy divisions which sometmes exist in deberatiye
bodies aud prevent Legislation. Bat. sir. these erno-
RE. were all tuyehcr--U u hh Calf rua. aud New Mex
ico One short year ago thry were all Ienrorc',and
allow me to say. however much II may be emphasized.
lha, Calnrna Il Siae yet and she can lie 10 State
until She has the senl and snnrtou of the p'mmnuo' au
t,ot,y which pervads. all this country II is in the
mower of Congress- II choose exercise the right. Ia
nut dow the presen, STATE Government which has been
% abi shed there and establish rrnt rial Government
there am not disposed 10 charge on = community the
misconduct or pccnaf oplnns Of any individual II TIN,
community but must say what have been cons'ra'n
ed 20 feel that atr paned 10 with what conuna-
cy with what sregafd Of The allegiance due from 'he
States old and new they sime INES treat the ptenta
and patamonn, authority Ard was lately will not
say provoked for tho annoyance was toi sh1h,-sone
villa, rrieved seeing SINE letter writer's hom Cali
ftnia talking a eody of breaking of from this Union
md setting up fr themselves They viii venture on
M such hazardous exI erimeDi that u thry do,
venture To say the common anihp,y If the Union VIII
recall them e. obedience and uf their duty very
ouickly But, SIR these three Terorrs, one oi which
is now called State, cmpnn' nt paris "i Ntx'co'
and thy a7e component parts "f the United Sa'es
aud allow me say in reference 10 ha pnr "' me aIgu
pent nf the Senator from Missouri, which speaks o' me
vre,ched condition Of California al this moment, WIN
her mines Of bonnd extent Of gold desperate
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