The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-30


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resolution Of the honorable senator from South Caro-
Kentucky must have alluded Ii is in these words
sd Thai any ausmptof any Stale or States, or their
upsps 10 abolish iavey in this District or any OF the
Te!si'oSies the goupd thai Is Immoral sinful. o.
under any sext whateye the passage Of any act Or
nsAssse g. Coagsss with thar view. would ba dangeroas
public faith Implied in the cession and acoepsanoe Of the
4 Sch was the original form Of the resolution, which
was seseutially modified before its adoption 81
s ss Clay mosd . amend
inserting IN lieu thereof; FsbW 'J9T
hst "a bv the citizens OF any of the sates
with the view 10 the abolition OF slavery this District Is
endsnxsng the rights and security OF the people Of the
p9 and that any act Ss measure q Congress designed
" Ahal!sh slavery "a ms Dsct would DO avoauon 81
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see ls s c1n,e an a we people 2. as
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the Indian Ilbss where |. now exists d Florida the
hseagse o the serious alarm and lust apprehenons which
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NV So ssisd 4 q be done and when adm,ed mo thy
~ snseives because X would be ia Violation Of hs si
ulAxons OF treaty between the United States and SPAIN
q The ga Of February 1919 and also because il would be
IN violation ola scemn compromise made at memorable
and critical period In the history q this country by which
ni'st slavery was ponnited Eorth wa. admitted soah,
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~ the citizens Of any q the States
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avsholdng States, and have direct and inevitable
dsney 70 disturb and endanger the Union. asl
by vote Of Sc tos Here then, Mr. President Is fully
and broadly asserted the danger to the Union of inter-
isng with slavery in the District of Columbia. as an in
Twelve years have swept all this away. Twelve
years after this was DONE enc TO whose voice we looked
ior something that would heal the existing
clause Nor, Mr. President, did be stop heres but he pro-
posed to change the boundary of State with which
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TEXAS, had right to settle the question of boundary be-
Z tween Texas and Mexico; Texas was admitted as a
Congress- and she, by the terms of annexation, gave
the United States rights to settle her boundary with
Msxico The United States in the treaty with Mexico
acquired other territories than that claimed by Texas
She was agent in settling this question of boundary
II ID The violation of every principle of awplan enough
to b seen by him even who knows not aw--for the
sgsn 10 take the property ntrused to his care and ap
pfupae to the of the agent alone The right of
Texas TO that boundary il complete and marked by acts
ct her Congress before the terms OF annexation were
agreed upon Refer to them and we find that the Rio
0fandes from s source 10 the Gulf of Mexico. is the
westsrn boundary OF Texas What justice can there be-
then. when Texas has consented TO annexation upon
ersin terms In taking from her part OF her territory Or
ci4,ming that to which we have no ttles
These, Mr. President, constitute two great objections
10 the proposition which has been made without saying
anything about opinions gong into the assumptions which
are lad down as iacts when they are merely OPINIONS
that the institution OF slavery will never enter into
said sitory But with regard to that why sr was to
work the gold mines that the Spaniards rst brought Ar
cane upon this continent II - under the parchng sun OF
hat climate where the European was SICK and diseased
that the work was proved to be best adapted to the Arr
can nce lbeeve, cir, that no REGION better adapted
slaye labor than are these gold mines But have
not the government to introduce slavery into Cali
forniA We have only asked that our rights, under the
CONSTITUTION, should be maintained We have asked only
thatths soh. climate and productions, should Determine
ne naeure Of ITS laws IN relation to thai institution But
~ congressional agtanon has prevented the slavehold
en iron gong into California with their slave prop
ey; end now we are told that the question u settled
More han that slr, we are told that when we have