The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-21

people OF these States The former neither BY the terms
Of the treaty by which California was ceded 70 US, BY
naturalization laws nor by any ACT q ihs government
were then and bound by allegiance To this govern
ment How either OF these classes OF persons assert
right. in The political sense OF thai term, 70 set Up
outside nay, paramount 10 the constitution
and laws OF this Unon But again, on whose territory
do they propose TO exert this authority OF selfgovern
meni Can people" in any true and accredited pot-
ical sense OF that term, exist without country! Or
shall the citizens OF California, order to reach the ex
ercse OF disputed right be permitted TO usnrp territorial
dominions confessedy not their own' VIII we accept
them is obviously the only true inquiry
We aware that the territory OF California, as de.
fined her constitution is vastly dsproporonaie TO the
average size Of the States Her shoreae includes the
whole length OF the Pacific coast from Oregon TO New
New Mexico-a distance OF nine hundred and seventy
niles Should she be received she now presents her
sell she will have monopolzed all the commercial ports
OF entry have in that most interesting section Of our
possessions the Pacific south OF Oregon Her mineral
wealth is believed TO be unexamped These facts Mr.
founded OBJECTION on the par o ali the States 10 her re-
cepon 10 her present circumstances And as the con-
s.sxiDn ~ ~hish.y sssal.aiesa plses bar acceptance
SINKS the objection OF the South to other particulars Of
her application than that Of her Boundaries pass from
this topic without further comment, in order that may
have the time to bestow the second resolution
have to offer:
3 Rssotosd, That the COMMITTEES the Territories be
structed report the House bin organize that part Of
the territory ocaorna south Of the rael line Of 30 deg
Mexico and Desere prohibiting the introduction of slavery
into part q he said Territories north Of the parallel
6y into Ill paris q said Territories south said line Of
q deg 30 min until the adoption by the people thereof Of
State constitutions. and their admission into this Union
assume that adjustment Of the existing cOntrover-
sy, hnging exclusively the one or the other OF the
opposing opinions warmly deciaimed upon here and
elsewhere will prove acceptable 10 the various sections
of the confederacy Are not then called upon, for
utility and harmony, to sink differences on which opln-
ions and preudices found to be- unracable The
plan proposed is rendered by usage familiar here and
rlsewhere-cf dividing that which, being held in com
mon, cannot be IN union enjoyed The line chosen has
been selected chiefly for the reason thai having been
acted upon twice in similar emergencies have thought
probable that il will be more easy TO collect the will Of
the nation upon than any other OF Like kind To
The North gives the opportunity % express her dissent
from slavery. II assigns her than half the territory
To the South Il extends the privilege Of carrying her
slaves far north il is likely she viii find motives to
iake them 4 proposes 2 que, disputes az e the ssca
IN its new home, should il be carried there BY throwing
over the protection OF undertake. law. Perhaps still
greater good than s these would come 70 her oi Il !
tion by this government OF her property in her slaves
thus strengthening her confidence in the justice OF H. and
dscounenancing The lawless violations that are from
time to ne being perpetraed upon the property. To
the whole country gives that which II 30 much needs
repose Should the other hand. total exclusion pre-
VAIL IN what relation then will the government appear
Il cannot be less unfavorabe than that OF an abandon
nent OF nay. reprobaiion Of tia reprobation as Of
isnsvs 70 the feelings Of The Propretos Of It as il Is DE-
AMI have honorable members who press this extreme
policy weighed the necessary effects OF lis adoption by
the government II il shall become law, can II be
believed Mr. Chairman. that il viii be possible for the
people OF The South, supposng them 10 be toerabiy in
formed of the rights Of property in regular government
and TO possess moderate share OF senslby 70 wrong
and insult to maintain that attachment the Union and
that desire for its preservation which necessary alike
70 IFS prosperity its peace, and its honor Happily for
The higher destnes OF human nature, she ID incapable,
in such circumstances, OF gross act OF
ment | awaie honorable members. who take the
ground Of total exclusion, insist that Il quite imposs
bic that any desire can be felt BY them to dede or di
parage the South, or any other section OF a common
Union. Conceding that, what, may respectfully in
luire is the stress that regard which cannot overcome
Inc Obstacles II any exist, that lie in the way OF such
Terms Of compromise these have had the honor this
day 10 announce,
And what Mr. Chairman. is the practical solution. as
Of slavery to the new Terrories Is It NOT that within
The short lapse Of single generaton perhaps, the white
population residing in the slave States, by some process
not YET known in the range OF what practical
be shall depo her slaves or abandon the country to
lhems aware that assured that the object
II nonextenson is not TO disturb impair the inst-
luon OF slavery within the slave States. But urge
attention to The logical proxmae effect of the con,em-
plated measures. And with how much more ease may
the North approach the ne indicated OF settlement
than the South The North, by The nature oil her in
ernal condition, as well a. her numerical preponder
ance in the more populous branch of the national e
yisaiure and must continue secure. Her power must
every event obtain the other branch of the
Congress The South pressed by assaults and out
Of power The North is moving on her career oi en-.
croachment at the suggestion of sentiment sentiment
founded on speculative and disputed point In natural
rights The South Is charged with The preservation OF
vast and Indispensable form OF wealth.
widely diused and most influential element in the con-
st,uion Of her civil and domestic institutions and rea
tons
In looking, Mr. Chairman, the vast theatre now
the display OF American patriotism and
American politics. the eye becomes dimmed by the stretch
Of territorial distances, and the mind throbs with the
labor OF comprehending the extent and variety OF the
nations resources What comprehensvcness Of policy,
what prudence Of purpose. what moderation OF temper
will be demanded in the conduct OF public affairs
Drawn too strngeny together the weight Of the parts
would crush them Regarded with ndiference, not TO
say hostility BY the they will inalliby sep
aaie and fall away. The grand rewards OF wise and
tolerant system OF political economy that e in prospect
the and bounteons lap OF the continent
party The government demands statesmen, not cssusis
10 administer politics. What s the source OF all our
present pels II is the effort to convert the constitution
OF the country into school for the propagation OF doubt
fu erecds of moral ethics Bot fanacism, however nge
nious provefbiay impracticabIe may ruin, but can
not govern was but Few days ago. that we were called
TO hear the reprobaon OF the institution OF domestic sla
very here on the authority Of the hackneyed
and mystical postulae, that all men are born equal
1h by the way, 10 have become SOFT oi oracle
whose sbysc responses quoted Tor the authority 81
very much proposed, from time 10 ime in American poll
tics that odd and startling to human experience true
may be the asserted maxim in some restricted and ex
planned senses Invoked in the and for the purpose
contemplated II is buta weapon with which niatuation
folly, unresraned might the bonds Of every con-
ceivable political organization which il s the power oil
human nature 10 endure Ii appeal be taken from text
10 commentary, find that the authors Of both were
slaveholdersand, what s more, slave importers u we