The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-04

way And sir il 20 many judicial decisions confrmsi
by the universal acquescence Of the people Of this Union
eminent during iis entire history cannot settle fega
question: ask what so! Of authority does the senator
from Louisiana require IN the courts OF New Orleans
convince the Judgments OF those c0urlsl II there eve
was lega! question which was put beyond the reach
OF disputaon BY the weight Of authority, 1t is the very
question which the senator has raised objection 4
Ia conclusion, sir win only say, that regret to
such extraordinary efforts made 70 raise up objections IN
the way Of the admission OF California into the Union.
and am unable 70 comprehend why i s that you are ds
poeed % deal with 40 much rigor IN the case o.
California than you have shown 10 any other S;a,e ap
plying for admission Why is i that she should % g
thes and your Justice Is not your faith and your honor
pledged 70 California TO give her government ana protec
tion} How, sir have you redeemed tnsI piedgef how
have you fulfilled your treaty spuletlons The only
law YOU have extended 10 her is the taxing power the
only administrators Of justice YOU have sent her are the
tax gaheres You leave nef cIuxens without protection
a. 10 life as to property As 70 person you refuse fur
nsh her money to bear her expenses you refuse to give
her that protection which all other people in the United
Soa hundreds 0S d az dollars from S
through your and when she after waiting
patiently for territorial government has lost all hope d
vo .s o. sn
foFcs them with rigor known attempted to be
exeed against any other State asking admission into this
Sir the people Of California have no claims upon YOU
sympathies you Tecolect that they have right to
demand justice at your hands What objection has been
ued TO the admission Of California that did not exist in
sce one Of the States which have already been
admitted into the Union know Of none, Ihave list
ensd attentvey to the whole debate have noted the
objections, by one Us hey have been advanced and
have heard objection which might not have been urged
with equal force but not considered nsupeable. in
reference to other States You must therefore, depart
from established usage abandon the precedents and
oveurn the authorties before you exclude Califor
min from the Union What has she done to justify this
treatmenti Sir, fear the world will come TO the con
clusion that her sin-her only crime--was that she
chose, the penude Of her wisdom and power, to
clude the institution Of slavery from her borders.
"A SENATOR That is it.
MI. DOUGLAS. The world will be likely to come to
this conclusion, because they will be unable to perceive
any other objection which you have not overcome in
other California had right to exclude or admit
slavery she pleased and the representative Of
Of the States Of this Union, have right to vote against
her because Of the choice she may make in this respect
know il j. denied that her admission is opposed on this
ground. and have had hopes that action would sat
is the public that there were grounds for suspicion
or apprehension in this respect But, sir, when you
vcsgate the points, when you take up the objections in
DETAIL when you that they have all existed in some
form in other Sates and did their case constitute
insuperabe objections fear that will be dryenun.
willingly drivento place her rejection indeed she
shall be reecedupon the grounds to which have re-
ferred.