Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-07-27

others without such recoeni,on trusting TO an ipl
constitutional right and these other parties strenuous
opposed TO the proyiso Some again. the Texas bou
Diary settled and others want 1t TO be left Open These
the conflicting opinions which recognise in this bod
How they to be adjusted Is there Senator or men
Der OF the House. is there in this wide country WI
WIN say .nat congress ought to adjourn without seir
these questions Not one. How these conflicting opI
ions TO be adjusted then Can be otherwise done than
meeting in the spirit of amity and concaton and coec
ing the great interests to be preserved and promoted by
bination
The honorable Senator from Massachusetts, (ur D,v,s
says there are no parties who make compromise Wi
the Senator excuse for saying that this rem ark smells to
much OF the technically of Blackstone No parties Ar
there not great conflicting interests, conflicting opinions per
vadng the whole country Who are the parties in ths
greatest OF all compromises-the constitution of the Unite
States There were technical parties to that instrument
but In debealng upon what best for the country AM
preserving that, there great and conflicting interest
pevadng all its parts They compromised and settled then
by ample concession and in the spirit OF true patriotic amy
They adjusted these conflicting opinions and the constu
ton under which we sit at this the work
their hanIs-a great, memorable, magnificent compro
mise which indicates to the of duty when df.r
arise which only be settled by the spirit of mu,ua
concession. Sir do know and have we not
to appreheHd, that without combined measure YOU car
do Eo,hing have heard Mr.. President, that differ
en temper prevails this me-,hat is possible to carry
these measures they presented in succession lust al
they have Been reported by the committee. | take the
occasion to say and express the sentiment Of evey
pride of opinion, welded any given system Of arrange
ment or settlement OF these great national questions We
preferred combining them in because though,
most practical and most likely TO lead to auspcous re-
suit But cannot be adopted the report
ed by the committee, and if the desired object can be better
attained by action upon series Of successive measures with
out the odous proviso, Of complaint am quite
sure will ever be heard from single member of the commit
ee II not the MEANS it is the great specific end we have
in view and howeve that end aained-whether by such
an arrangement as this committee has proposed
acts OF eglsiaion-hec committee and myself utterly indif
eTen But Is known to you that all the COM
prised IN the bill under consideration passed. there is
danger that in the presentation of those measures in detail
some OF them would fail and the result would be- that whilst
one party got all that Immediately wanted the other would
obtain nothing which il desired You know there great
cause to aPprehend- hope there be now-tha
the separate presentation of the measures the
would be the attachment of the Wmot provso one or the
other OF the two Houses and the utter failure establish
any Territorial governments for Utah and New Mexico 1t
was thought then that in the spirit of revolutionary sres
in the spirit which has heretofore pervaded all Govern
men concatng and reconcng much possible opposing
and conflicting interests and opinions, would present
measure which would bind all and hat would lead both par
ties as TAR practicable to unite upon for the sake harmo-
ny and tranquility We thought then, think now that
Senators from the Northern States might home their
stltuen after this shall have been passed. and say
We have got California she secure there prohibit
ton OF slavery her constitution that will last perhaps
ever whereas the Wino proviso would have had limited
and an evanescen duraon existing while the Territorial form
OF government remained but ending whenever the State
should come to form for herself constitution This our
Northern Senators might say with great popey their con-
stuents "We California for you she dcdca-
ted now and forever to that free sosm which you much
prize "Wel but why, then" they might reply, shave
you not put in restriction in the Territorial bill, TO
secure that at least until they 10 be ripe enough form
State Governments for themselves :" Would be sat-
sactoy reply to them say, that in your opinion and in
the opinion OF large portion of this Senate the law of Ma
ure, and Of Natures God excluded slavery from these Terri
oil ,ha Inas
OF the land also excluded slavery And might YOU not fur
cher add with proprety that you endeavored reconcile
the distracted and dsuned portions of this great empire ard
you thought that no imposition or restriction was necessary
TO any object which you desired to aan and spirit of
conclaton therefore, you orbore against the final
measure because secured much of what the North
wanted Could you not say that you in danger
of losing what you also wanted in respect to The residue
or the country
This subject has presented of the extraordinary
political phenomena that witnessed Here united
Senate almost in favor Of all the in dean favor
OF the admission Of California favor of Territorial Govern
for Utah and New Mexico with or without the provi
in favor of the settlement of the boundary with Texas-n
favor o: all of these DETAIL but opposed them
when they come to be presented unedy to be acted ad
mtng the validity OF every item of the account but when
be footed up, denying or unwilling to acknow-
ledge the justice of paying the aggregate Sir, if the
sres had been ncopguous than they alleged be-
there has been ample time for just conception of them
perfect understanding OF them If they had
presented in successive details.
wish, again, to make only very few observations about
this provso 1t has been argued with ability which
requires addition, attempt addition, from me, by the
Senator from Massachusetts who has Just vacated his seat
that the provso not ITSELF principle, but TO
accomplish an end. And where, let ask the
y Tor proviso You been told that the existence Of
African slavery depends upon the character of the climate ard
OF the soil. The nature of the soil of New Mexico fobids
the expectation that slavery will be planted there Why
all know that slave labor is applicable only the great
staples which constitute the subjects Of foreign
cotton hemp tobacco and Slave labor has been
ound according TO American experience, to be utterly value
less, at least TO great vaueless in those States
where these staple articles not cultivated Does any body
pretend that the soil Of New Mexico Utah adapted the
cultivation of these articles Do all know that if
adapted, and the climate and soil would allow of their
being cultivated the expense of transportation from New
Mexico Utah. either to the Pacific the one hand or
the Gulf Of Mexico the Atlantic on the other would
be- perhaps times the value home Of any of these ar
tces }
But the honorable Senator from Massachusetts, (Mr DA
vs) has found out object Of temptation respect to
slaves in New Mexico. He has employed expression
which filed all Of with profound regret of the
dignity the character of the Senator and the high stations
which he has occupied. He spoke of New Mexico being
adapted to the breeding of slaves He has had the good taste
to omit that expression in his printed Speech and substitute
for it the " traffic" in slaves.
Mr. DAVIS, Gin his seat.) | believe did not that
expression.
Mr.. CLAY. The Senator did employ it, for it was he ard
and noticed by than myself
Mr.. DAVIS. One cannot always remember precisely the
language he in the hurry Of debate only say that
have no recollection o using the word breedng " and
think the reporters preserved and referred to- the
look and see if is but according the best Of my
collection, soke OF the CAPACITY of The countrv for