The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-07-03

tice Richie has an unfortunate memory, |
and appears to forget one day what he said
the day before, and he never pretends to rec
ollect or be governed by his positions of a
year or month previous.
But what is the substance of the Presidents |
plan? 1t is known that the recommended
tions of the President in relation to the terri
torial slavery question are comprised in two
simple suggestions Of advice: First, that
California shall be admitted into the Union
as State, with her constitution as she pre-
sents herself; secondly that New Mexico be
admitted also when she shall form a State
constitution confcrmabIy with the constitu-
ton OF the United States, and present herself
as an applicant for admission. In the mean
time, the people of the Territory might be
left under the protection OF the military forces
of the United States, te be governed by their
own local laws and usages, to which they are
accustomed.
The immediate admission of California as
State, and the prospective admission Of
! New Mexico as q State-the contingency
of her admission dependent only upon her
application, with constitution in her hand
in conformity with the Constitution of the
! United States-these are the two features in
| fact which constitute the whole of the Pres
dents policy inrelation to the Territories.
| And this we uphold as a sober, common
sense plan, that meets with the wishes and
desires of the people. IfCongress had pass
ed bill founded upon the plan Of the Presi-
dent. .he people, with the exception of few
Southern fanatics, would have been abund-
antlv satisfied. But Southern ultraists
knew it was the wish of the people of Cal
ifornia, that slavery should not be admitted
into the new State, and upon this broad
and correct belief rests pretty much all the
numerous exciting questions which have
arisen from discussion of the main ques-
ton.
The Union, in opposing the Presidents
plan, used the following language, June 18th :
"IG then, there is little or no prospect ofob-
tanning the Missouri compromise at this time,
to what other remedy can we look Shall
we adopt the feeble and temporizing policy
Of the Cabinet, and iet IN California lDitho1t
any eqliuGIent in the ether Territories
and, iR fact, learning them 10 come IN as Cat
ifoTnia comes, with anti-slaTe constitutions.
and leaving the door epen for agitation. and
the country to be further distracted by sec
tional iealousies and political ambition, and
the Union itself threatened with imminent
danger"
And in all its opposition to ths,and defence
ofother plans, 1t never says what this ''cquiv-
alent" is. We lave a curiosity to know what
it means.
In the Union. of January %, the Editor
entertains different opinions, He urges Con
gress to.sette ;;ihis Yexed question, and says
: slaves may never, under any adjustment
be carried into California. He says no ter
ritorial bill can be passed uncogged by the
WiImot Proviso, and the Wilmot Provisc
cannot be passed that session. And he fol
lows Then why not provide for the ad
/ mission Of California into the Union, and lie
{ her settle the question ofslavery for herself
Then the honor of the South will be saved
All then why oppose noto the President
{ plan? Have things so changed in this bre
e time? Nothing was said about this equiv
$ alent" in all the Unions discussion then.
e In the Union, OF February s, 1919, is tn
i following
Is "But three weeks and three days are al
- lowed for action, and we respectfully urg
s. that they be improved. Let some scheme b
adopted which slves the lights and honor {
the States, and leaves the people Of the Tel
ritory to determine for themselves the char
Ct acter of their domestic institutions. That
a. the proper tribunal to decide this great ques
lg ten. Such a measure has already bee
n brought forward, and the choice is betwee
!, that alternative and an adjournment Of Coz
gress without actlon-leaving California
IN its fate No territorial bill can be passe
without the Wilmot restriction. # this ia
be so. then the admission of the Territory
lie the form of States Is all that is left and 4
- ferUently hope that ace 1olt not |0reUeT To-
Le the benefit of that arrangement by miSchie
ell ous delay and yfdtdL uLtraiSm."
ng Ii appears then, that in February, 184
DE the Union was an earnest advocate Of Il
principle of adjustment recommended by Il
President" that Of the territory in the for
l7' of States" And the Union recommend
"a the admission of the acquired territories
Id California and New Mexico into the Union
;. States, as soon as they shall form republic
W. constitutions as proposed by the select col
mittee''-which is Just what Taylor's pl
does What is the arrangement alluded
n I above? Why, the very thing recommend
n0 by Gen. Taylor IN his message of Dece
'n- Der 81, 1919, and which the Union now SIT
ay matIzes as a miserable SYSTEM" We wor
now exclairn, in the language of the Repu
lie, if we thought Father Richie could he
'yS US
ON " Wretched reviler look it in the face
We Blush, if the faculty yet remain. and hardt
ed impudence have not brazed it so that i