The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-22

read III:
Provided however, and 1, s further understood and
declared that the boundaries of these three States shall 90
find sxpedieat they shall have aahoriy to form
States In that part of the said Territory which
lies north Of an east and west line drawn through the
souhery bend or extreme Of Lake Michigan And when ZEN
any Of the said States shall have sixty thousand Tree
inhabitants therein, such Sate shall be admitted by Us
delegates, into the Congress Of the United states, on an
ever and shall be at liberty 20 form permanent consttu
saa % s e
conformity TO the principles contained In these articles
the copfederacy such admission shat be allowed
earlier period and when there may be less number oi
Byvirtue of this ordinance Michigan claimed admance
when she had population Of 10000 free inhabitants
She was rejected in consequence OF dispute about her
southern boundary and did not obtain admt'ance until
to conceive how any ingenuity can torture the case OF
Michigan into precedent 10 justify the strange and
nnhard of eaarmites which have recently been enacted
in California The cases are as widely dissimiIar
sunlight and darkness In California census has been
taken; there is no law fixing her boundaries no law
regulating the time, places, and manner OF holding eec
tons no law 10 determine the qualifications Of voters
no evidence, and to believe that she con.
tans free population equal to the present ratio OF
representation. military governor, acting under
the orders OF the President usuped the power Of Con-
gress, directed the mode or manner OF proceedings sub
stuted his will for law, and conducted to It's final con-
the annals of any land In other times the actors in these
awless would have been held to fearful reckon
ing put the strength Of party ties and the usual shrink
ing OF ordinary minds from the face of great dangers has
not only dsspaed the sense OF accountability, but left
matter Of doubt whether the Congress OF the United
States will not assume the act and throw around It's own
shoulders mantle deadly than the poisoned shirt
OF Nessus Instead Of vindcating the majesty OF the
law, and trampng down dangerous usurpaton, we are
gavey delberatng whether temporary quiet may not DC
purchased by unmanly acquiescence. | say temporary
quiet because all experience has demonstrated that no
weak expedient suficed to serious evil. In
political as the cause must es e
California will do nothing towards aresting the current
Of abolition aggressions II will be regarded everywhere
from the shelter Of which the assaing party may the
effectually annoy and harass the assaed Yet the
senator from Kentucky says that yield nothing by as
senting to il. lquote the senator's own language;
We, now, is there any ssion in this resolution by
either parry to the oher3 know that gentlemen who
come from slsvehoding States say the North gets all that
desires; but by whom does 1t get It Does get II by
action Of consressi If slavery be ntediced within the
limits Of Califonia has !. been done by Congres-by this
California herself"
answer that euery thing is conceded by the admission
OF California The whole matter in controversy termi
mates at once The North gets all she has ever asked
gets it by the action of Congress, and in direct violation
OF the great legal principle that the wrong shall net
Who among us does not know that agitation in the
State legislatures and in the National Congress has pre-
vented southern emigration to California and placed the
restrcon Who is there SO blind not 10 see that this
has been the result OF aggressons commenced her And
IespO0SUlt
thai slavery has been excluded Property is proverbiay
timid The STAKEHOLDER would not carry his property
there with threat hanging over him, that i was TO be
taken away by operation OF law the moment he land
ed Agitation then in Congress--repeated declarations
made everywhere-in State legisatures-in conven-
tions--in the public press-rom the pulpit even
that slavery should be excluded by law has deprived US
OF constitutional rights certainly and eectualy
any positive enactment could have done and we are moi
only asked to submit to it, but to accept as boom and
be very thankful for outrage. Sir. prefer the Wmo
Provso direct prefer H. because il is bolder, palmer
and more manly. The robber who meets me the high
way and demands the surrender Of my property leaves
me at least the option of contest and is entitled TO lar
respect than the assassin who turks behind cor
nes and stabs in the dark So sir he who undertakes to
deprive me Of my legal rights by open means is always
entitled 10 higher respect than he who seeks TO accomplish
the end by deception and trckery. hold that what
ever opposition is due to the Wilmot Proviso-whatever
resistance il demandss doubly due TO this scheme OF
this will be set down to the account OF fdcon II Is the
fashion denounce whatever is said By any southern
man which argues truth to his section OF the Union in
particular have been made the especial mark for the
Of all those who engaged in this work OF detracon In
New England am represented not only as disunionist
but entertaining and expressing habiiua contempt for
everything Of aorhern origin All this is utterly
founded. The people OF New England have many vlr.
tues and many good qualities, which every man oi ordl
nary intelligence must appreciate and respect III II Is
worth anything, accord to them freely my highest ad-
mraon Tor the energy, the industry and the sagacity
by which they are so eminently distinguished In all
that constitutes the wealth OF State cart and science
the pcure the song, and the landscape they have con-
tbued abundantly to the common treasure house OF the
nation; and he know bat little OF my character who sup
poses that take less pride than OF her own sons IN
whatever blight glorious in her history But she has
many faults also which, il her children will not see, they
ought not condemn others for noting OF some OF these
has been my duty speak heretofore. There is an
other which il would be well for them to correct-a sort
OF constitutional proneness to besow their sympathies
upon the public enemy IN time OF war, and withhold
their plau1ils from the counry's defenders remember
that when the remains OF the amented Lincoln were
borne from the field OF Buena Vista 10 his fathers home
for inicrment, Major General OF Massachusetts militia
refused to out his command to do honor to the dead
alleging that he had fallen in an unjust war; prosecuted
for unhoy purposes and that would be an act OF wick
edness and shame to honor his memory mourn over his
tomb. remember also incident in the history OF my
own regiment paper was received which contained
the first announcement in New England Of the death OF
Colonel Truman Ransom, and the friends and comrades
of the dead soldier had gathered around prepared to lis
ten with proud mournfulness to the praises OF their late
commander Bni the cold blooded devil who presided
the columns OF that paper had prepared Tor them
quite another entertainment He stated briefly that
Colonel Ransom hal been killed in stormIng the castle
OF Chepultepec that he soldier by proe sson, had
lived by the sword, and bloody grave was hitting end
to a Of violence shall not attempt to describe
the effect OF this announcement To them he had been
friend and father They had followed him through hun
led them wherever duty pointed the way--wherever
honor and renown were 10 be won. Finally he had
fallen soldier should fall-faen glorously at the
head OF his regiment-faien with the words, Forward
the Ninth !" still lingering on his lips When his "as
battle had been fought" and mo sound awoke him 10
glory again." they had lifted him from the field Of his
fame and consigned him. with all soldiers honors, 70
a soldiers grave.
Far from his own land, from his own home, they
read the appalling that no had fallen