Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-05-30
GLASGOW MISSOURI THURSDAY, MAY 80, 1850

it within the pale Of the Federal authority
The remoeness Of that territory from the seat
Of the General Government; the dispersed
state OF its populations; The variety Of races
pure and mixed-of which it consists; the
ignorance OF some OF the races OF our laws,
languages and habits; their exposure 10 in
roads and wars Of savage tribes; and the sol
emn supnlations OF the treaty by which we
acquired domain over them-impose upon
the United States the imperative obligation
ol extending 10 tenn protection, and OF prov
ding for them Government and laws suited
10 their condition. Congress will fail in the
performance Of high duty fit does not give,
or attempt 10 give, 10 them the benefit OF
such protection, government, and aws.--
They are not now, and for long time to
come may not be, prepared for State govern.
ment. The territorial form, FOR the present,
is'best suited to their condition. A bill has
been reported by the Committee on Terri
tories dividing all the territory acquired from
Mexico, not comprelended within the limits
Of California into Two territories, under
the names Of New Mexico and Utah,
aud proposing for each a Territorial Govern
ment.
The committee recommended 10 the Sen,
ate the establishment OF those Territorial
Governments; and, in order more certainly
TO secure that desirable object, they also rec>
ommend that the bill for their establishment,
be incorporated in the bill for The admission
OF California, and that, united ether, they
both be passed.
The combination OF the two measures in
the same bill is objected to on various
grounds. II is said they are incongruous.
and have no necessary connexion with each
other. The object OF both measures is the
establishment Of Government suited 10 the
conditions, respectively, OF the proposed new
State and OF the new Territories. Prior TO
their transfer 10 The United States they both
formed part Of Mexico, where they stood
in equal relations 10 the Government OF that
republic. They were both ceded 10 the Uni
ted States by the same treaty. And in the
same article Of that treaty the United States
solemnly engaged 10 protect ard govern both.
Common in their origin, common in their
alienation from one foreign Government TO
another, common in their wants OF good gov
eminent. and conterminous in some OF their
Boundaries and alike in many particulars OF
physical condition, they have nearly every
thing in common in the relations in which
they stand 10 the rest Of this Union. There
is. then, general fitness and propriety in
extending The parental care Of Government
10 both in common. II California by a
sudden and extraordinary augmentation OF
population, has advanced so rapidly rs 10
mature her for State Government, that fur.
nishes no reason why the less fortunate ter.
ritories Of New Mexico and Utah, should
be abandoned and left ungoverned by the U.
States, or should be disconnected with Cali
forna, which, although she has organized
for herself a State Government, must be
legally and constilutonally regarded as d
Territory until she is actually admitted as q
State in The Union.
It is further objected, that by. combining
The Two measures in the same bill, members
who may be willing 10 vote for one and un,
willing 10 vote for the other would be placed
in an embarrassing condition. They would
be constrained, it was urged, 10 lake or re.
ect both On the other hand, there are 9th.
er members who would be willing 10 vote
for both united, but would feel themselves
constrained 10 vote against the California bill
il it stood alone. Each party finds in the
bill which it lavors, something which com
mends it TO acceptance, and in the other
something which it disapproves. The true
ground, therefore, OF the objection 10 the
union of the measures. is not any want OF
affinity between them, but because OF the "a.
vor or dislsvor with which they are respec>
Ii,,al Ia, lal L. IL; n, r
it seems 10 majority OF the committee that
spirit OF mutual concession enjons that the
two measures should be connected together;
the feet OF which will be, that neither opin
ion will exclusively triumph and that both
may find in such an amcable arrangement
enough OF good TO reconcile them 10 The &C.
ceptance OF The combined measure. And
such course OF legislation is not at all unu
sual. Few laws have ever passed in which
there were not parts TO which exception was
taken. 1t is nexpedient, il not impractical
BILE, to separate these parts, and embody
them in distinct bills, so as TO accommodate
the diversity OF opinion which may exist
The Constitution OF the United States con
tanned in il great variety Of provisions, 10
some OF which serious objection was made in
The convention which formed it by different
members Of that body; and when il was sub
mited TO the ratification OF The States, some
of them objected to some parts, and others to
10 other parts OF The same instrument. Had
these various parts and provisions been
separately acted on in the convention, or Sc
paIately submitted 10 the people OF The Uni,
ted States, it is by no means certain that the
constitution itself would ever have been
adopted or ratified. Those who did not like
particular provisions found compensation in
other parts it. And in all cases OF consli.
tuIions and laws, when either is presented as
a whole, the question TO be decided is. whe,h.
er the good it contains is not OF greater
amount, and does not neutralize anything ex,
ceplionable in it. And, as nothing human
is perfect, for the sake OF that harmony so