The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-06

other States exercised d. FOR thsmsslvss OF ais
EoesIsss he night q the people Of The Ter
rtories 10 determine their institutions The egs
l.tue 81 bis State Lsd taken that ground in favor Of this
right long since and because he took the position
be was then denounced Z nullifer. He held yet
the came position, and now found more less per-
denouncing him for Proysoist because of his
Mr. H. then went on to show that the objection that
California had proceeded form State constitution
without previous action Of Congress, did not form valid
reason Tor her rejection The constitution OF the United
States merely declares that Congress may admit
States. To reject her would he conceived, be gross
e q popular nights a. o According 2 his
they were derived from the constitution, not from acts OF
Congress Each Congress may act for ITSELF not being
the The fact On hs record ord shows hs
Tennessee had not been remanded 10 territorial condi
lion after having formed State constitution.
Mr. H.. at some length, here rehearsed the history OF
the admission Of Tennessee the Union quoting the
proclamation OF the Chem governor Of the Territory to
prove this position. The governor in the face Of the
The righi 70 vote il forming State government on ali
free males in the Territory without distinction OF color
Washington sent their constitution to Congress- recon-
mendng their admission and Rufus King had objected to
it, the ground that Congress had ordered the
to be taken But he objected in vain, she was re.
ceved, without return for an hour 70 the territorial
Florida, and Iowa, Were admitted without previous
action OF Congress to that end The people OF Michigan
had often applied for authority to form State
Notwithstanding the refusal Of Congress, Michigan
formed her constitution, and part OF what was then
Michigan had been admitted under Then the right OF
suffrage there confined to citizens OF the United
States who had resided there for year. But the
rtoal Legislature dsTegarded the act OF Congress-. BY
authorizing all free white male inhabitants, who had
been there three months, vote and, under General
Jacksons Recommendation, she was admitted.
California, hehought, upon these presidents. was en-
titled to be admitted without previous action (drecon)
Mr. n here recounted the history OF the efforts OF
Americans to reduce California long before Kearny or
HarRey struck blow in that quarter But for an acci-
dent said he, California would have been IN the hands
Of the Americans without governmental interference.
They, in fact, had il in possession when United States
troops first reached them The original American con-
prize into the hands of the governments military officers
though, in doing. they have SO far acquired the bur-
ne hsos n 81 he q people Of
gon. in making government for themselves, formed
another important precedent Their conduct had been
praised by the whole counry-by many who now de-
nounce the Cafornians for essaying the same thing
The Oegonans had refained from making State govern
ment only because they were too few IN numbers IN
burdens OF State government did not ask Congress to
bear any portion of the expense Of local for
them.
right to prevent the people of the Territories from coming
into the Union they sufficiently numer-
GUS. To prove this position the speaker quoted IRON
speeches of Messrs John Holmes, James and Philip ),
Barbour and from resolves. and report OF the legls
ature of Virginia the Missouri controversy, showing
that the received doctrine has BEEN that the people f
territory may rightuly demand admission as soon as
they have the requisite population, their ndepend
ence of the United States, the alternative Il had
been said that the Caiornans were not sufficiently nu
merous for their admission This he did not believe
and he stated many facts concerning the late emigration
to that region by all prove that some sixty
thousand had gone there in six months only Of
last year. Since and before many went thereenough,
he conceived, to satisfy all that there quite one
hundred thousand persons within her proposed limits.
Thirteen thousand had voted for her constitution This
was larger than the original vote the adoption OF the
constitution OF any new State except that OF Wisconsin
To prove this point the speaker read from accounts of
the first elections held in Illinois, Louisiana and Misss
sppi With fifteen thousand voters, Mr.. H. asked If il
would be maintained she has the requisite population
Arkansas and Michigan admitted in 1885, The first
more than ten thousand In Is45, Florida and Iowa
admitted-the first then voting five thousand,
and the latter thirteen thousand II had been said
that foreigners voted in California Her constitution pro-
hibiis all such voting; and under il were al
lowed 10 vote but original citizens OF the United States,
and those made citizens by the treaty of Guadalupe Hi
dalgo In lS47 during their insurrecton full half OF the
bearing population Of California were in arms and
from the number of these troops, the speaker judged that
not more than fourteen hundred such PERSONS thus ac-
curing the right OF citizenship could have voted.
II had been said that the people OF California are wan
dering vagabonds, who had gone there to steal gold.
Some such accusations made against the people OF
his own State in old times and in this case they are based
Before concluding, he would take occasion to express
his gratitude TO General Cass Tor the eloquence and rm
with which he had adhered TO his original nonnter
ference ground He begged gentlemen who had support
ed that statesman for the presidency to remain true 10 his
views IL fad as well as In appearance
portion of the people unonsts and would
proceed TO calculate the value OF the Union He viewed
with painful apprehension all movements for the Wimot
Proviso, which in their effect upon mis- own constu
ents who conservative the slave question, could
hardly fail to drive them from their allegiance to the
Union The doctrine Of nonnterv enton should be car
ed before the end Of the session. defiance OF the
efforts OF uiraists from either section Of the Union
Here the hour Of the gentleman from Missouri was up;
and M
+, Mr. CABELL having obtained the floor, said he should
not argue points made BY others Al the last Con;
he felt authorized recently to vote for the gentle
for the Speakershp, that his part would
have satisfied his constituents, MIR. WINTHROP being
personally great favorte with the wings OF the South
But matters Stood his course in the election OF
Speaker for this Congress would doubtless crafty his
constituents. Now questions before the coun-
try-quesiions upon which the gentleman from Massa-
chuseits differs too widely from the Sonth to have per-
med him (Mr. CO. to vote for him. Here the gentle
10 enumeraie those questions, and TO define
the difference between Mr. WINTHROP and the South
upon Them and declared that he had reason TO regret
his course.
On the great question OF slavery, though advocating
most destructive measures the great body OF the wing
party Of the North he held still more conservative
than the great body OF the democracy of the North
There had been some time since contest between
Messrs. ScHENcK and RooT TO show which the best
free-soler, and the late Speaker (Nr. WrNTHRoP had
subsequently entered with Mr.. Roor into similar
test Now all these gentlemen, representing the different