Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-05-24

transfer 10 the OmteQ STATES, they Doth
I formed part of Mexico, where they stood
in equal relations to the government ol
that republic. They were both ceded
Ito the United States by the same treaty.
-dnd in the same article of that treaty, the
limited States solemnly engaged TO pro-
tect and govern both. Common in their
origin, common in their alienation from
one foreign governmet to another, COM
mon in their wants of good government,
and conterminous in some of their boun-
daries, and olike in many particulars of
physical condition., they have nearly ep-
Iery thing in common in the relations in
which they stand to the rest of this Union.
There is, then, a general proprieay in ex-
tending the parental care of government
to both in common If California, by a
sudden and extraordinary augmentation
of population, has advanced so rapidly as
to mature her for state government, that
furnishes no reason why the less fortunate
territories of New Mexico and Utah
should be abandoned and left ungovern-
ed by the United States, or should be
disconnected with California, which, all
though she had organised for herself n
state government, must be legally and
constitutionally regarded as Territory
until she is actually admitted as state
in the Union.
It's further objected, that by combi-
ming the two measures in the same BILL
members who may be willing to vote fer
one and unwilling TO vote for the other
would be placed in an embarrassing con-
dition. They would be constrained, il
is urged, to take OF to reject both. On
the other hand, there are other members
who Mould be willing to vote for both uni
ted, but would feel themselves constrain-
ed to vote against the California bill if it
stood alone. Each party finds in the
bill which it favors something which COM
mends it to acceptance. and in the other
something which it disapproyes. T'he
true ground, therefore, of the objection
to the UNI the measures isnot any
want of ty'between them, but be-
cause of the favor or disfavor with which
they are respectively regarded.
| In this conflict of opinion, it seems to ma
jority of the committee that spirit ofmutual
| concession enioins that the two measures should
| be connected together the effect of which will
be that neither opinion will exclusively tri
umph, and that both may find in such an ami
cable arrangement enough of good to reconcile
them to the acceptance of the combined meas
ure. And such course oflegislation is not all
unusual Few laws have ever passed in which
there were not parts to which exceptions were
taken. It,s inexpedient, if not impracticable,
to separate these parts, and embody them in
L g Sn oa tn fha II
sity of opinion which may exist. The Consti-
tuition of the United States contained in it n
great variety of provisions, to some of which
serious objection was made in the convention
which formed it by members of that body; and
whenit was submitted to the ratification of the
Stntes, some of them objected to some parts,
and others to other parts ofthe same instru
ment Had these various parts and provisions
been separately acted on in the convention, OIL
separately submitted to the people ofthe Uni
] ted dStates, it is by no means certain that the
Constitution itself would ever have been adop
ted or ratified, Those who did not like parli
culer provisions found compensation in othsi
parts Oft. dnd in all cases of constitutions
and laws when either is presented as a ole
the question to be decided is, whethe the
good which it contains is not ofgreatcr amount
and dbes not neutralize anything exceptonable
in it, And as nothing humanis perfect. for the
oiiiAo VI tIihI hO uSSuuulc Ill suCn
confederacy as this, we must be feconciledt q
secure rs much as we can ofwhat we wish, and
| be consoled by the reflection atwhat we dc
moi nxactly Ike isa friendly con ession, and
agreeable to those VINO, Deing united with us
IN common destiny, it is desiretlc, should al
ways live with us in peace and concord
! A majority of the committee have, therefore
been led to the Recommendation to the Senate
that the two measures be united. The bill for
establishing the two territories 1t will he OBJ
served. omits the Wilmot Proyiso, on the one
hand, ard, on the other, makes no provision for
the Introduction of slavery into any part of the
inew territories. That proviso has been the
1 fruitful source ofdistraction and agitation II
Iitwere adopted aud applied toany Territory
/ 1t would cease to have any obligatory force as
eJoh as such territory were admitted as a State
into the Union. There was never any occa-
sionfor it, to accomplish the professed object
with which it was originally offered This has
! been clearly demonstrated by tho current OF
events California, of all the recent territorial
acquisitions from Mexico, was that in which il
anywhere within them, The introduction Of sla-
i very ives most likely to take place; and the
constitution of California. by ihe unanimous
vote other convention, has expressly ifitertlic.
tedit There Is the highest degree of proba-
\ biiity that UtaE and New Mexico win, when
they some to to be admitted as States, follow
the example. Tbeproyiso Is, as to all these
regions in common, mere abstraction Why
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