The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-05-09

piurous because commits gentlemen before the subject
Which afterwards the pride Of opinion will prevent them
nom leaving and all know how hard Is TO change
opinion when il has once been decidedly expressed
measures which win take from them the difficulties by
which they now surrounded And yet. i gentlemen
are committed beforehand and nexibe that they
will not receive notifications, they must stand upon their
own ground, or upon no ground at all,
Besides. sir il is injurious to the community TO have
these partial discussions these disclosures, brought up at
time to meet them to repe them. Theygo from one
end OF the community to the other, and the country
satisfied that there is mistake.
Now, sir, my friend before me MIR BoRLAND] will al
low me osay in order TO show how strangely he has fallen
into error, upon the very TACT OF the trial by jury IN the
State from which the slave has come that not single
member OF the committee from the North the South
objected 10 it, Not single southern senator objected to
It; and how can il be SO injurious as ne magines when
seven out OF thirteen apon that COMMITTEES were southern
men and southern slaveholdersl And il the senator
from Arkansas could have SO misunderstood the report
and the bill, appeal to every man here il is not an
usrson Of the danger Of entering into the consdsra
the bills have been printed trust therefore, that the
report will be printed, and that shall let the country
know VIVA, !. contains repea mai when the measures
his position. | will merely add that no gentleman even
upon the committee ioecosed by his action not
70 have the right to move such notifications as he may
Mr. DICKINSON. Not desiring to shrink from my
full share Of the responsibility think il proper say
Wolu vi Two, as 30 many memocIs VI Committcc
other senators have spoken am in favor Of the print
ing OF the report, and Of such extra number the
Senate may choose to order As whole, has had my
reasonings are not my own, being the emanatons Of
another mind and an0hes pen, and not IN all respects
such reasonngs as should have given. yet concur
generally in the reasons, and, whole, in the conclu
sions to which they arrive The honorable chairman of
the committee the distinguished senator from Kentucky.
MT CLAr,l who drew up this report is entitled 70 the
credit and honor for the language which the plan
put forward
did not meet at all times with the committee; but
am constrained 70 concur IN the conclusions to which
has arrived, under the circumstances Of the do
not mean to say that II could have framed the bills OF
the series OF bills, solely with view TO satisfy myself
bu BEEN too onr Of
atye bodies TO believe that every member can be salts
ned IN every particular IN regard to ordinary matters OF
legislation and more especially touching matters OF such
great difficulty.
There is an essential difference between these bills and
lais report iney are moi as some me doctrines
OF those resolutions and the resolutions OF the senator
from Kentucky will not now discuss the merits or the
dement's Of either But one Of the leading principles Of
the resolutions introduced BY the senator from Kentucky
and one which drew out the CHIEF opposon was the de-
clarng what was the existing law IN these Territories
There is an utter absence OF anything OF the kind in this
pm o. report canno, % hound u eneI ana ne cues
Ieories are concerned TINS form OF territorial gov
eminent cannot be satisfactory TO great majority OF this
Senate especially 10 those VINO nave opposed resIcuon
for one shall ever despair Of framing any territorial
government that will De satisfactory for so far as the
ierrories OF New Mexico and Utah are concerned is
simply extending territorial government there without
saying anything about Provsos on the one nand or on ne
other SIMPLY extending the laws tnere ana leaving al
the, CONSTITUTIONAL rights they may De- 80 much
pTessn, boundaries. as Immediately as the Tsrr05ie.
snali De organized ana al IN inns one Dill inal
u a question upon winch men may wei alneI.
u rs question upon whcn tne commilee dihered'
Is question wncn, were y an original one,
snoud De very gad 70 moaiiy In many respects Dui
felt inclined TO take the question with an us complicated
emparrassmens' ana dispose OF ~ IN the pest manner
ana nave no aouot ns Is the pest dsposon tnat can
pc MADE. VIII n9t discuss ne merits Oh u, iurIner
man 70 Iepeat nai very much lear II we cannon organ
ne governments under such pi, we cannot give tnem
any goveinmenl wnalsoever anu nat tne lsfntoly WIN
DC ieit wnou government Win REGARD 10 the iuguve-
save OIL, = separate maueI, ana now before Ine
Senate to be discussed and disposed OF when u comes
up An amendment mas oeen proposed 20 ~ oy lnc com
mee wnicn can pc ieec,ea, OF sourse, y MOI
I'm IesaIu 20 .ne ieeisinuon upon lhe suoeci o.
ne aooluon Oh siaveIy IN 'ne Dlsc. oi Soumpld, na'
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aoohuon OF 'ne save-uade tne Jaws OF maryland, as
ney nave existed or vey long Peroa, are proposed 10
pe e1 I over me Dlsucl NOW, SUI snail % Pre-
palea uus., =. Ine proper Time Necessary Ior me
vlndlcauon OF these measures TO show that upon the
wnpie, ne colmtee mas aceo uhaeI tne ccumsances
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