The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-04
sPEEoH OF l1R. SEWARD.
OF NEW YORK,

On he Compromise BA; delivered in the Senate of the
United States, Tuesday, July 3 1850
Mr. SEWARD said Mr. President. il an alien in our
bates, be would ask whether California was stranger
and "a ehenly, unbidden and unwelcome intruder
OF fugitive. powerless and poronless. and therefore
and thsTsiois hateful aud dangerous We should Be
Obliged to answer MOI California yielded to percussion
rather than @ conquest She has renounced her lineage
banks Of streams which fow. over. precious sands
and Il the base Of mountains which yield massive gold
coveted treasures Of the Eastern World California re-
fuses only to let us buy and sell each other within her
domain, 20 rich in all the elements Of legitimate com
mercs She invites TO forego an UNJUST injurious aud
ingloious dominion over a caste, and to extend the
sway OF peace. of arts and Of freedom nations be-
yond the seas, still Numbering under the mingled reign
of barbarian superstition and unaevated despOtism The
very head and iront Of her offending hath this extent
The President OF the United States recommends, never
theless that California shall be admitted Internationally.
while committee OF the Senate insist on condifbns.
prefer the Prcsidents suggestion but not merely be-
cause il II his although honor his patriotism and
fde fully in his wisdom Nor do prefer his suggestion
out of disepect the statesmen by whom 1t Is opposed
NY yeneraon for them has been abundanty manifested
heretofore, and needs display OF protestaons now
We are in frame OF things disonti and in the confu
sion resulting from severance OF parties and
functions Of statesmen each Of is obliged TO rely
on the guidance Of bis own Judgment and conscience
submit sir, that the conditions unreasonable,
FURIOUS and oppressive in regard to CALIFORNIA So far
a. they are found in the bill before they 1st the
establishment OF territorial government in New Mexico,
government in Utah; 3d. compromise Of border dis
pute between New Mexico and Texas The garment Of
Compromise thus quilted Of various fabrics with artistic
skill, ingeniously pieced out with collateral conditions
in report and other bills concerning slavery in the
District Of Columbia, the recapture OF fugitive slaves,
and other national interests or petensons OF slavery
Il IL pretended that California needs aid from these
conditions, thai they can give IT, California is taxed
for supeuous power to draw the dependent into
port, which Otherwise would founder and be lost This
nd IN
Admission OF California.
Why Is California subjected to this embarrassment
treaty denied or questioned No, il is unanimously al.
frmed. Can California abide delay' No; her anomalous
condition not merely appeals TO our justice, but touches
the very virtue OF compassion within Why, then,
should California be kept waiting, while make cir.
cult throughout the entire orbit Of slavery California
neither brought the States into confederation nor con-
sructed the constitution She neither planted slavery ia
the slave States nor uprooled Il in the free States She
is not found by the eide Of Texas invading New Mexico
nor allied with New Mexico in resisting Texas She Is
guiless equally OF buying and OF selling, OF holding and
Of emancpaing, OF retaining and Of harborng slaves
anywhere. She has neither vote speech here, nor
where Ss amFy s' d oe She
nexionthe only connexion she had with Utah and
New Mexico The slave States, indeed insist on right
to colonze new Territories with caste But all agree
that the community IN any such territory may establish
constitution prohibiting caste California, already colo
nzed has done this already and her maturity is NOT well
questioned, ahough has been az rapid and bewilder
ing - the presentation OF midsummer nights dream
There il, therefore, neither community connection
nor even conRruIty between the admission OF California
and The conditions demanded II is binding Eros An
ieros-con6ding youth to querlous and wrangng age
the struggling hind 10 ravening hounds
We were told long ago that California would save time
by yielding TO this most unjust combination We have
seen the error Of that hope We making the over
land Journey OF seven thousand miles between the Pill
lars of Hercules when might have crossed the Straits
OF Gibraltar, on smooth sea, in six hours.
We were told that minority in another part oil the
legislature might prevent the admission OF California
and even bringthe government to a dead stand. But il
must work in its democratic and constitutional way
Slalss can the responsibility OF aesling the gov
ernnsent By faction Opfim,s aup,es gsri qua pro
yaosblice salute geyenfur, qua conrdm rsmpubcdm fer
rentuv contra auspicia fsrrt."
submit now that the conditions demanded are equally
unrsnSonabs iwrous, and opprenvs in regard to the
other PARTIES affected by the combination, vzs TEXAS
Nrw MxxIco, UrAH, and the DIsTRIcr OF COLUMBIA
Each AZ these parties ought to be regarded as asking
only NJ 3NAFd and Congress- is to be deemed ready {
made only by bestowing distinct and separate consider
alton on each claim. The same principle OF dialects
philosophy which orbids multfarousness OF issues an'
confusion Of parties in the administration OF justice, con
dennis incongruous combinations in legislation
The bill before adapted 10 enable senators
speak on one side, and to vote the other TO comp!
with Instructions and TO evade them 10 vote for the ln
OF 80 deg 30 min, and 70 vote against IT. 70 support tn
Wmot Provso, and yet 70 defeat its application to ths
efronrer language were courteous. might dcmandrou
the majority here, asubdvison of the BILL 10 enable M
10 vote elecually for what approve. without voting
eorally for what my Judgment concurrng with in
structons condemns and thus 10 place myself, where