New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-27


M union Of sentiment no coincidence on opinisn.-
In olr me lettings upon this subject Ia our consats-
tim, Democrats and Wings convened and con
suited together. They threw aside, as not gsuu-
inc ard az unworthy Of their confederation, al tas
seitAting party politics OF the day and venture
10 ,sy th.t in these meetings between my Demo
cratic friends and mysef there was no diversity or
coptrsriety Of opinion upon the only subject that
h,oReht ma together II am not utterly mistaken,
there ia no such union and coincidence OF opinion
between the opponents OF this bill, who upon the
very subject Of Slavery 10 which it relates ave 90
wide apart as the north and south poles Some OF
The opponents Of this bill have bad qute n preg
nant consultations as its friends Whether the
Senator near me from N II. Mr. Hale was pres
eut or not an not able 70 say. do no. recoilect
10 have beard that be was one OF them, bat l.
Mr. Butler [iIterposine II hope that the Sen
ator-
Mr.. PREsIDzEr-Does the Senator from Ken
lucky yield the floor
Nj CLAY No sir unless il Is for an ex plauation.
Mr.. BUfLER-I only wish TO know OF one.nest
irg Of the particular kind alluded IN, or caucus, OF
am thing OF that sort where these incongruous ele
meuts have met together
Mr. CLAY tresumedl: I was going to exonerass
you from the association, aud ! only wish could
separate you upon the fna vote. Laushterl
am sfisid we shall end you then tos ether W1oso
ewes have not vvine sted the consultations between
tie extremes Of this Chamber from day u day
The eyes Of every discerning Senator must have
ICtced IL Bot whether 10 TIE combinations BE-
tween these ultra gentlemen OF the South thsre
Was eIy mixture Of the abolition element VINO Is
near ne, or uot was about to remark that do not
ssy have not head, indeed, that the Senator
from II. Mr. Hale YVES present Bat Il he vi"
absent and there others about to vote upon re
final question with some Of our friends upon .ne
other side there is 10 doubt Of the fact rom VIVA!
have learned, that the consultations Ol sene ~
the opponents Of the bill were quite as pregnant
any Which have taken place between the friends OF
the bill.
AR DAYTON GutsrpOsing) dislike 10 interrupt
the eeuAtor, bot desire az one OF the opponents
If iris bin on th. side of the Chamber, to disslaim
all knowledge either direct indirect Of any such
meeting for consultation upon this subject
MIR. CLAY Does the Senator deny all couiulta
tioIs
Mr. DAYTON: have no knowledge OF any.
MIR. CLAY: alluded more particularly to some
Senators vbose consultations | have card have
been frequent, very frequent, but do not assert 1t
80 fact
Dir. MASON | would ask tho Senator when be
slludes TO Southern Senators. Of whom am one, If
he would be good eooUgh % declare whether he
ever heard or whether he mas any reaton 20 believe
that Senators from the Southern States have net
in consultation upon this bill with any scnatorfrom
The Free States
Dir CLAY. No, Sir. had not heard so-b1t at
the seme time | would ask the Senator from Viz
ginia whether they nave not had frequent consolta
tiops among themselves
Mr. MASON will answer freely; there certain
ly hsve been frequent consultations between seGa
tors from the Southern States upsH questions in
voviug the dignity, honor AID safety Of the South
ern Stetes involved ss they conceived in the pro
visiong Of tits bill.
Mr.. CLAY. And so. undoubtedly, did our con
suetions relate to the dignity, honor, aud safety Of
the UNIoS and the Contribution Of our country
Loud applause from the gallery
THE PREsIDEST-Order. The sergeant at arms
will clear the gallery, if order is not preserved.
The Char would not permit the applause 70 BE- re-
pested If it is, be will be under the necessity o.
ordering all persons TO leave the gallery.
Mr.. CLAY Mr. President, there is neither incon.
gruity in the freight nor in the passengers on board
our Omnibus We are all heartily concurrent lpOn
the only topic which brous ht US together, aud which
constitutes the sole subject Of consultatioDs-
We have no Africans nor Abolitionists Ia our lmni-
bus-Io Jew nor GENTLE, Disunionists nor Free.
Sellers Our passengers consist OF Democrats and
Wings, who, seeing the crisis Of their common cjan.
try, and the dangers impending over 1t, have met
together, forgetting and throwing far behind them
their political differences upon other subjects 70
compare their opinions upon this great measure Of
reconciliation and harmony.
MIR. President, How stand the questions which
have fcrmed the subjects Of our deliberations 50
lone1 One party wants the immediate adm sslon
Of California ard wants the imposition OF the Pro
viEo in the Territorial Governments. The other
party wants the limits Of California crcumvented,
and the Missouri Compromise line applied; some
o. them with the express recognition OF the night ~
cary slaves south OF it. others again, without such
recognition trusting to an implied constitutional
right; and these other parties are strenuously op
posed to the PfOvsO. Some again want the Texas
Boundary settled and others want it to DO left
open. These ere the conflicting opinions which We
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justed IL there Senator, or Member OF the
HoUse-is there a man 10 this wide cOuntfy--whO
will say that Congress ought to adjourn without
settling these questions Not OHe. How are
these conflicting opinions TO be adjusted then -
Cen it be otherwise done than by meeting Ia the
spirit Of emity and Cancellation, aud recolocting
the great interests TO be preserved and pro-
NOTED by combination The honorable Ssna.
tor from Massachusetts (Mr. Davis says there
are no parties WHO can make a compromise, VIII
the Senator excuGe me for saying that this re.
mark smells too much OF the technically OF Black
stone. No parties Are there not great conflict
ing interests conflicting opinions, pervaJing the
whole country Who are the parties ia that
greatest OF all compromises-the Constitution Of the
United States There were no technical parties
to that instrument, but In celebrating upon what
was best for the country, and preserving that,
there were great and conflicting interests pervad.
ing all its parts. They compromised aud settled
ample OOuCctAlODb III N0c spirit Ol
true patriotic smity. They adjusted these con-
fctiDg opinions and the Constitution under which
we sit at this moment is the work Of their hands
great, a memorable, magnificent compromise,
which indicates to us the course Of duty where
differences arise which can only be settled by the
spirit Of mutual concession. Sir, do we not knox
ard have we not reason to apprehend that without
q combined measure you can do nothing | have
beard, Mr.. President, that a different temper pre-.
walls at this times that it is possible to carry these
measures if they presented in succession, Just
ss they have been reported by the Committee |
take the occasion to say. and am sure express the
sentiment Of every Member Of the Committee, tina.
we IRE not prompted by the pride Of opinion, nor
welded to any gwen system OF arrangement or
settlement Of these great national questions. We
preferred combining them in enc measure, because
We thought it most practical and most likely TO
lead To an auSpicious result But II it canaot be
adopted in the copjoint form reported by the Com
mittce, ard II the dtGred object can be better at