The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-02-13

I AXE ii last and final farewell of thai body
and to close The political career OF his Itt-.-
And he desired. that If there were any upot,
thai floor whose ambition led them to hope
that They might be- elevated to the highest
place oil honor and trust within lhe gift OF The
American people. and who imagined that he
might i'll any way be regarded as a rival 70
that distinction. lie wished them nj once to be
undeceived upol that point. For he would
assure them, that il his own wishes and
tet.liIgS were consulted he never again would
sand b lore the rountry as a candidate for
their sufi, ages for any Office ut is bestowal.
II he knew his own heart, he was purely dis
interested in bringing forward The proposition
that WIS then under consideration. and that
he had no other native than TO give peace
10 his country. permanently TO her free insti
tutionS and happiness and prosperity to all
classes and conditions of her citizens. The
bitterness of party strife us evinced through
out this entire session. Mr. Clay rebnked in n
manner that all conceded to be merited re-
marking that the struggle which for weeks
and weeks had been going on in the House of
Representatives tor the election of the most
paltrl officers, had ma de US the jib4 and leer
of all Europe.
He then proceeded to the consideration of
his resolutions seFiGtun; bui the bitterness of
the hour at whi:h write. will prevent nv fol-
lowing him throughout. so us 10 finish this let
ter in time for the mail. He was neve" great
er or more impressive, and after speaking two
hours AMI a half without much more than half
exhaus;ing his subject, he gave way to mo-
ton to adjourn.
HIS appeal to the free Suites tn give up the
WilnOt Pr0viso was addressed to their re ,son.
not TO their passions, - to their better 1udv-
mentS. not 10 their sympathies. He adn lifted
that il would be il great sacrifice to them 70
do so. more especially as the sentiment en-
hrared in its principle pervadrd all parties.
sects and conditions; and had even hrcome
mixed up with their religious bases and pre-
JUDGES. But for this great sacrifice. he con-
cedrd the South should make some compen-
saI0n. That compensation, he maintained.
was simply the declaration by Congress oran
undoubed and indispulabr truth. viz: that
slavery WIS already prohibited by law from
all The territories we had acquired by con
quest and purchase from Mexico This posi-
ton he elaborated upon in as clear and lorc-
bic IL manntr as ! ever heard of. uvon even
the simplest proposilinn; and how any one
could escape the conclusion of his reasoning |
am at IL InsS TO conjecture. He met the OBJ
Jrcil0ns raised BY the Calhoun i;ictiouiSls -
thai the prohibition slavery in Mexico was
procured in I'm irregular mannpr-in IA way
that they will find it difficult to reply to. He
maintained that it was an anomaly in IrgisIa-
tiop, that one foreign power should object TO
the irregnarify in such an Instance if another
tOrcirn power, when the foreign power where
II tie Irregularty WAS charged to exist raised
no such objection and acquieSceh in The act
char TO be irregular. He cOntenled, that
in his judgement. Il large majority OF that
Senate agreed with Tin in opinion. It's 20 the
prohibition of slavery in the Territories of
New Mexico &c. under the laws of The M
non from which il WAS acquired. and lie could
see no reasoi why they should not mamiuIIy
come out and so de,are to til" world.
The position assumed by some Senators
that there was no constitutional power vested
in Congress to establish Territorial govern
ment. he regarded ns unteInble. it not ib
surd. That If the power 10 acquire territory
either by conquest or purchase existed urlcr
the constitution, il C FRIED with it us a neceS-
s Try and Indispensable. the power TO lrgiSIdte |
over aud control it, until 1t was sufficiently |
propIed. TO JUSTLY their taking upon them |
selves se't-gOverumenr. To show the ne :eS- |
Slty OF his resolution proviIiIg for giving to |
New Mexico Territorial government he |
caused to be read IL memorial of the citizens |
of that territory. presented through their
delegate, who had asked admission upon the
floor in the other Iranch of Congress- setting
forth Their grievances and the difficulties un-
Her which they lahored, and heserching Con
gress us an act Of JUST t and humanity. to
extend over them that Cover rment, which
by the terms of our treaty with Mexico, We
had expressly agreed to do.
Mr. Clay proceeded next to take up the
question between Texas and New
Mexico. and to consider his proposition for its
adjustment; but he description of
his satisfactory argument npom this branch Of
lis subject, must defer until to morrow.
ASHLAND.
Ten co~oUrptSc p,,nr Tobo A Jor,-