The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-09-04
Admission Of California.

ton, OF Texas, made the following remark
Mr.. HOUSTON. Itiswth preo, ,eluc
lance, Mr.. President, that rse TO oceup,
one momeGt of the attention af the Senate
bat Tor tho last many months | have sat an,
listened 10 lie debates upon this and olhe
kindred subjects. | have not participated /,
them, for The reason tina, hoped, and doubt
ed no, that gentlemen better qualified thai
myself would manage he discussion and pi,,
such a direction 10 the measures Of this Tod,
as would lie most becoming. | have 10
been nsensIble 10 the denunciations Which
have been b, poheIcally stated and pcs i've
is charged upon those VI ho might thiik pro
per To- vote fur the California bill. have
voted Tor that bill, aud | have also voted for
another ahlch has been Dc nounced o. unCfiend
ly To The South. And IN casting NY vote
cor The other mea ufe, ! bec,. that have
b'en actuatrd bl feelings ns purely southern
as any gentleman IN this bod, and rhoush n
my conception of what Is oent hcia 10 The
South may no, be right, nevefthelcs.
that my motives are us pure as those &c an,
f'"ilrman What consideration, SIR, cauii
iiuencc me 10 depart from a policy ca c,.lt.
lrd 10 advance the interests ol The Sauth -
What have been nv cnnnc,ians vtih Its
south and What have bten my course ppd
maUnc! OF liie So Ear as can understand
4, nnd the interests of The South, uEa,utyer
teen adverse TO them ipI uic moment Gen.
tiemen have ( hiuitJusly come forward i.
the champions of the lniefes,s'rf thai : are
which have the honor IN rart TO feptc,cnt
here. They have denounced the course
shch have pursued. Whether lie mo.
tres by which was acluated were difrcliy
irpusncd OF not, Is not material.
have not fiseu to smdlcaie or 10 excuse
myself 10 MY Constituents exclusively, nor IL
iier an aPogy Tor the course n.y pursue
IN this buoy; but have uscn TO ,indicaic
myself IN tho dIso barge 81 the trust delegated
" ne ! have iaiih ~ NY constituents: |
have tested them from The beginning Gf lhcir
.s'ste 'cc as a na ION 10 the present time.
kno" that they desire the harmon, OF the /
people ot the United Sll,rs, and tho perpe,u /
~ of this ua'on. And. SIR whatever course
may Judge best calculated 10 attain those
olJ,cls, AID 10 proinote those ends, | AN sat
nhrd It vii be concurrcd IA hy hem. | de
~ to honorable Senators Tie exclusive Urhf 4
q becoming or avowIne Themselves, or att.
lrs o. guardians oi Suu,hcrn Interests |
1--we very lu south, slr. feel as South
efn man. and ! ltel aud lhllk as NJ, con.
situens do, that to be southern man Is Ia
he a thlon man too. SIR Was dcllnhtcf
lhr o'het day ritE sen'imrnt oxpf, ,,cd III
teSns, IN the osIcbration Il the netunu an
msersafy OF the tnued States, On that das
sediment VAS gwen which does the pc, pie
honor. SIR. was deiieh ed 10 fad, nolwiIh
standing thstr excited condition, that tho pro
pic there entertained sentiments tint are be
eoming AmeficaD heafis aud gave uitetance
10 them IN manner becoming American
heads Sir, the sentiment was gwen
"Our brethren, from Maine 10 The RIO
Gtardr; from the Atlantic 10 the Pdc,hc
We salute them with our love"
These are sentiments that emara'e from
hearts that represent; and | would be falih 4
'-ss II DID not respond Ia my conduct and
IA my vote 10 such sentiments as these.
II uas said when The Texas blll was be-
iofc this body in intimate conntaon With
the California bill, that Texas was to he sac
rihccd 10 free sod and To the Mouth. | have
hnsl mpahles With free soil. have sympa.
thy With the North and The South alike
ihey are inseparable FOR the ua!ioual pros.
prtty and glory, and for the honor Of the
American character. But, SIR, how vas I
I'xns situated ~ this restectl She had
come into this Unlun 10 cunlotrf,y With the !
Missouri compromise and its principles and {
apor'Iua-the frs, portion Of slave territory
granted since 1919 10 free soil dominion was
'sk"n from Texas, and carried 10 the Nonh
by southern votes. Sir, she e, tho iniltl.
tnce OF thls; aud It was her assent that
bfough, her ,nto the Union. The conditions
we're not oi hcr osn election. They were
enforced upon her by the symparhies aud at.
tachmens that were chntshed IN Tsyhs for
THIS Un,on for their iatheraud 1t was
not by her AMUSEMENT nor deylslnn 1t was q
merely the alternative submitted to her re.
pea'ed!y, positive aud unconditional IN It's t
Character Aud lf The South curla,ed her {
upon her adycn, into the Union aud i, suits
hei 10 preserve her n,egtly and her spotess
icpu'atlon, she has an undoub'ed night to ,
"lcna,e, not for free soil, such portion of her
territory IS she could spare aud as suited I
her ccnN cnicnce but her high motives, sp
lar as she Was represented IN my humble /
person, was TO concIliate aud reconcile the
great interests Of this country. |, was a
hgher object than sectional feelings tha, an
mated my heart; and am satisfied that
my colleague felt as hc ough, to do; for he
manifested II with an ability and earnestncss
mat precluded any necessity OF participation
On my part 10 the debate.
well, sir, TO show the fallacy of the asser
non that free soil has been advanced end
southern interests depressed or injured by
any cesslon that has been made by Texas, it
was suggested by the honorable gentleman
'otn tennessee that so long as Texas re