The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-21

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but the policy OF Mr. Polk and his cabinet hes made
them wider and IN consequences, we have nothing but
trasCttng the nex for two years
and when il is 10 end, Heaven only knows
Have obtained Tor such sacrifices any adequate equiv
ssn DO moi propose to go INTO an examlnston q the
asi 70 eeur 10 the considerations aPPettalnng 70 thus
ssolec. particularly so far rs East California and New
aas concerned IN treating OF the sctcaoll OF
make the following remarks. #eae
no doubt 'he acquisition Of the harbor OF San Fran
the Pacific and this. have already shown came with
in the scope OF a just indemnify.
are, j, must be adnted very large; but am among the
number of those who have serious foebodnxs on this
subject do not believe that gold hunting adapted to
make good republican citizens. What want for our
people is steady employment regular industry. and mod.
crate gains. Agurs prayer give neither poverty nor
rches," is exactly adapted to There never has
been nation hitherto that has stood the pursuit Of the
precious metals they have degeneraed and become Truly
wreched But we are about 10 try a dread experiment :
the effect OF gold hunting the Anglo Saxon race BY
irresistible temptation, we take our people from their
farms, their work shops and their families. carry
them the Sierra Nevada. and precipats them amosg
the recesses Of those mountains How are they found
there Without Sabbahs preached goApels chQrthes.
schools. and the humanz!ng influence OF tho iamly.
and exposed TO all the baleul temptations Of the gog
shop and gambling, part 81 the Mon
sound morals thoroughly established, may be able to re-
ss these temptations; but how will it be with thsir pos
tery Wi they not degenerate and become eflcminato
and corrupt greatly fear that this gold business will
prove nothing but unmitgated curse TO the Aercan
people But is useless to dwell this featura Of the
case as gold max Is an appeal to the human heart which
is absolutely irresistible might well undertake to
beat back the cataract OF Niagara with q feather -
to undertake to resist the popular impression on this
subject. AA
But can be sad any proper sense. that own oil
this gold Have exercised we exercise any do
minion over it, Have we obtained one dollar OF seve-
nue. from Have we been able to appropriate sSea to
the and benefit of our peopss On TIE contra.
ry, is il not notorious that every nation, knxnoms and
tongue resort there, and take what they psaAes ihese
inexhaustbe riches belong rather to the whole world
than 10 the United States OF America Possibly, when
we get through quarreing on the slavery qqAsson. it
will Gs Be- IN mo our 70 40 sGmesnag Tn 0sm s .ursd
the sovereignty Of these countres but we cxnnct ex-
ercise il, The ratihcaions of such treaty were ex-
changed at Qerearo on the 3Oh of May, 1885, and the
treaty itself was proclaimed at Washington thelth Of
July folowing-over years ago-and to this dsy we
have not been able to exercise the power q Eovefmn
cannot fulfil the corresponding obligation Of project
ing life, liberty, and property. We are known TO Call
fornia by little else than the power of taxation.
Such are the sacrifices which We have made 20 OBJ
tain these Territories the errors OF the pest and the
responsibilities Of the late administration.
But we have made these acquisitions what Sfe we
recall their indscretons. We are bound 70 deal
with the existing Of things best we c1ns md TO
become statesmen and patriots We must have II eye
TO the peace and harmony OF the country and the sccess
| of our free institutions
Now, sir, am about TO make what, perhaps. hnpora-
bic members will regard vain attempt to reduce the
questions before their due proporonG NY tO1yc
ton ia that the whole difficulty results from the fe that
practical point of view, and that i the whoe cod9ry
could be brought to proper appreciation OF the trdh
and the whole TRUTH" there would be no excIteusnt no
alienation, and at no distant day. harmony IN oyr public
councils and mutual respect, confidence, and adection
among the people, would prevail ;.
In the irst place. wish to inquire, what ie the teal
state OF the before us, and what the eeu1eq 10
be brought into view 10 enable US TO make proper mo
sition OF them'
IL has been assumed throughout the entire discussion
that this s controversy between sections ana ceesI
between free States and slave States Il hAs been sed,
and again this chamber, that the free States
on a hss sno.aps popsy @ TS: deny
able show before get through that there 10 no sp
ground for controversy in any point Of view RHt
the fact be otherwise insist that arises between der-
ent classes OF citizens and not between Satee ot sc
tions-between shareholders and non-slAvehoidctn hpth
OF the free and slave States do not advert to tns Tor
the purpose Of raising any invdious distinction between
the different classes OF citizens in the slave Sufa. but
merely to bring out the in conformity with uuth and
fact The vehoders OF the slave States can and
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advantages enjoyed by the Shareholders Of sheee
States They 90 with their wives, their chidrsn snd
their money, goods, and chaels at peasure. ad pat
10 all people do and, what 10 renn9rkape, mey
when settled in the country. just - deerned to
exclude slavery any other class
Again, the shareholders OF the South can 0ni4gts to
the Territories exact footing OF eQuAlty With the
non -savehodes OF either section both Ake their
families and, arrival, 30 to work and earn Aer
bread by the swex OF the brow, Shareholders can lake
all their property with Them II they will only cppver
it money, and that, in the MAN, is what non
holders are Obliged do But il s said that mon, ,s1ve
holders have the privilege OF taking any and all of Their
movable property specifically Why shood not slave.
holders have the privilege IN reeect to that Ao OF
property which consists in savesl The answer 70 tbs
IL plain: The mpoesibility Of doing 20 y not o be
charged any fault in the constitution and laws Of e
either OF the free or slave S,aes but il results iron the
nature of the property ITSELF which 10 against ceshmon
right II s created by municipal laws. is itaelf local in
ito character and nave extra territorial existence.
except in States where slavery tolerated II eAve
holder voluntarily takes his slave into free State hss
instantly free; and il not for the provision Of the
constitution which imposes obligation 10 restore OF de-
liver up fugves from service or labor to the pefty 10
whom such service labor In due slavery could have
no recognition in the free States The real obstacle nen
the Introduction OF slavery into New Mexico and Ca
fonia will be found in the very nature OF the inatI
on, and results from principles Of jursprudencs aekno"
edged by the whole civilized world .-..l,
The claim that shareholders have conSus1poos'
right to take this sort OF property into me Iss
amounts 10 a reQuisition for every rood OF and Oes
TO the United States TO be ade the theatre Of AYE
II is an attempt to monopoze All me Ie,Itos0 ~ o.es