The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-27
SPEECH OF MR.. WEBSTER
ON THE CoAFPHokUsR auI

OI EEOQ OE Ahs w EDCl EH
ON THE COMPROMISE BILL.
Delivered in the Senate Of the United States on
the 17tk day Of July, 1850.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill
for the admission of California as State into the
Union, to establish Territorial Governments for
Utah and New Mexico, and making proposals 10
Texas for the establishment of her western and
northwestern boundaries
The pending question was the following amend
ment of the Senator from Missouri, (Mr Benton y
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Mr.. WEBSTER. Mr.. President, it was my purpose. on
Tuesday Of la week have followed the honorable member
iron South Carolina (hr Buer,) who addressing the
Senate on the morning Of that day, with what then had
the honorable Der had concluded hs own rnaIks va
announced here that the late Chief Magistrate Of the Uued
adjourn The Senate aonrnsd and tie sosp esSa " u
the decease of the late Chief Magistrate announced the
Sir there are various reflections which cannot but pssnt
The a d anddsaV F
Gently elected TO the Office by the spontaneous voice of ne
gs m ye e Eaa a6 % & sSe @ GGndeRse S and
principles Of his civil administration he fell by the stroke Of
death And YET SIR mixed with the sad thoughts tbat his
event suggested and the melancholy feelings which spread
Og s %S s5d e a e % oy and d. admre Of
affection for this loss, found something gratifying to their re-
suddenly No sturbance arose; no shock was ie IL in
great and free republic. Credit public and private was in no
was nowhere felt Tie Ssons Ieeu Gf TO va. individuals 1o @
GodHed nor was there any ge delay eexecse
nen as w9 Necessary los las ndu genee-tbe proper ndu
Sir for his country General Taylor did live long enough
Bot there circumstances attending his death at Were
50 fortunate that for his own me and character and for the
TO have died fortunately. " ~
That life is good which answers life's great end
Bred soldier. accomplished in his profession he had
achieved al that was be expected of him character
voice Of the people, he ed IN tRe midst Of domsge o ~ s ~
fiction and domestic eeaee He died in the full possession of
duty psrOs He died in the midst Of the scSS ef
on him those marks Of e aud agd naSs .6S
the republic pour the distinguished OF her sons He
with the blessings of his countrymen.
:. Such honors Iium tn her hero paid
And peaceful slept the mighty Hector's shade l''
BILL what was my purpose 10 have said on ias Tass O .R
And And b 6egn @ By remarkRg that the longer stay in the
of postuOnedhe greater the intensity of thai anxetv
ions far can wish to facilitate some meagr co
cliaion wish 70 proposition or other
1t is not my purpose today TO compsre or eontra
which have been proposed A measure suggested BY
repeated in the message of the late President in 1s4 And
then there s before Us this proposition of the committee of
the language of The day. atagOucal propostons N
proposed either By Mr. Polk the at PeO9 9ds09G Of Ts I T
ted States this report of the committee and the bin now before
ea at Of tie late Preent of the Gnted STATES a1 were e 70
adT Fbs GB1ifSS B Ss Bg Sgf sDss 70 sp DoSS:.. s
also 70 make proner progis9n.a provision not
Utah. And confess sir, that my Judgment from the first
mas Deen lna vas that Congress should make
less whether the things necessary to be done were done in one
& or N separate bills that as matter expedency
been better to have proceeded by measure That
was Of this commee Of tSeen o cae Az Se mr
to my own seemed to be the general opinion of the
admit aona and then take The other msau gs oef p
on further considerations The committee very fairly doubt
thought would be better to unite the three objects which ar
Well whether single united together every one of these
SfS rS5 ;sG s my r. % @ , and Il ny judgement de-
jec to admit California do conceal from mvsef or
sh to conceal from Others, that California is before Us with
been through The previous Of Territorial existence
he & has formed tbIs constitution without our consent But
stances which have attended her birth and progress until the
case to an exception from ordinary rule Who expected to
see such great community s9ng there in such inere
one hundred thousand people engaged in much emroy.
msPt % with 50 much commerce and activity and epterps
within the period of few months? Her constitution has
constitution United States And under these ccu ~ e
stances. s admitting that her application premature and
part will not She win be lawfully in the Union
fhsEeors TTsE ss have no hestEn he @ on that ground
Of opeon that we should not separate at the end Of this
It safe to let Snss Snd Ss tSsy iSg t sFs
Sir has been thought that there might be such thing as
impGsbe in the nature Of things that such course Of POI
icy should be adopted if i could meet with proper concur
now acting on California as separate measure and should
Uno % 81 e @6a bsn f aSs nO the
posed that the questions respecting the Territories woud be
thing be done would be to take up he snbect Of
the Territories and the necessity of goyernmen the Terri
manner terminated by Congress and that It would be the
h s %SR hs %
Of m % no. 70 say g. r do not know The opinions
Here sits the honorable member from illinois, INT
nougssl at the head of that committees keit for grSntsd
DAY admit California sope he would u TO morrow nSs fse his b
d duty e bring i bills for the government Ofthe Territories,
MR MMGgSLAs p9es the senftS wish ne 70 ssy
Mr. DouaLAs. Mr. President, if California should be ad
mitted by herself should certainly feel my duty, Chair
Territorial bills at once and 10 put them through and also
he Texas boundary question and to settle them IN detail L
% are not settled IN the aggregate and can that such
s the opinion and determination of majority of that com
Mn, WEBSTER, Then, SIR it is as supposed we shall
not get rid of the subject for the present. by admitting
our condition. IL admit California my honorable friend
from Illinois will then bring in bill for Territorial Govern
ments for New Mexico and Utah. We must open our eyes
10 the of opinion the Houses respectively, and
endeayor what would be the effect Of such bill lift
be bin containing the principle Of exclusion, we know i
could pass this House f il be bill without the pruc
pie of exclusion, know what difficulties would sncoun
ter elsewhere that very little relieve ourselves from the
embarrassing circumstances of the condition in which
by taking up California and acting upon alone | am,
therefore, SIR deededy-decdedy in favor of passing the
bill in the form which il is. But r If it be the pleasure
of the Senate upon the motion that II proposed
make the Senate shortly for laying this whole measure
the table, and thereby to dispose Of this b only for
one say that if this measure defeated by hat proceedings
or any other, hold myself only Inclined but bound to
consider any other that be proposed because
the Is pressing the circumstances Of the
gent When in this country, have had foreign Ques-
ton if say exterior question that has occupied
the consultations OF Congress for months ike this and
yet to result? When have had subject before
that has psayzed all the operations of Government that
has displaced all the regular proceedings of the Houses
of Congress and has le at the end of months Of the
When have had BEFORE in the history of this Gov
ernment, such that? What isnOw proposed
is 10 make Territorial Government for NewMexicO and
Utah without restriction feel authorized assume, from
the circumstances before that in the of the
emen Of the South decide whether these Territorial Gov
ernmen without RESTRICTION. provided in this BILL shall be
established or not have voted against restrictions, for
which have alreaay given to the Senate and may
peat but II lies with Southern gentlemen whether
restriction shall pass and they will decide that ques
ton, doubtless by reference to what will happen If they dc
not pass IL. Now, sir prepared TO that II this
sure does not ready to go for proper
that pass and will pass shall consent ss
leave this session of Congress until some provision made f