Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-04-13

prove 10 be an earthly tophe sort Of terrestrial pGndo
mum. But such thing, SIR To the honor OF human
nature and to the eternal honor Of American character that
mbued that society with American loyalty to law and oder
the people of California established government and that go
vernmen from the hour Of its esablshmenttil this hour has
given eec,ual protection to life and property and he
pursuits of industry than any Government OF Europe during
the same Period.
Sir California furnishes the strongest demonstration of this
age favor Of the inherent capacity Of man for segoven
men, when h to the free exercise OF bis native faculties
And il is the loudst condemnation of those systems OF go
venment which first debase and bru.aze man. ard then pu
nish and oppress him because he is debassd Without the
aid Of law, aher by virtue of better law than ever was
enacted by Congress- the law of truth and justice in their own
hearts, the people OF California organized thsr society,
framed constitution, and established governments and
they present that constitution for our accepance and
sir if have the law of truth and justice in our hearts, we
will receive this constitution at once, and welcome California
into the Union
But sir is said by that California must he remand
ed back territorial condition that must remain quietly
in that condition until Congress finds convenient TO give It
government others that California can have no govern
until Congress agrees upon general plan Tor the
settlement of all difficulties First our Territorial diff
cIesa government for Utah, and another for New Me1-
secondly the settlement of the boundary between New
Mexico and Texas and whether to have slave Stale
free State carved out Of Texas and finally, the settle
Of the question of slavery and the slave trade IN the Dis
trict of Columbia. Now, sir, opinion Is that you
California of the Union until you settle all these questions
by satisfactory adjustment needs vast amount Of Christian
patience, BECAUSE at the rate you dispatch business here
California may have some chance OF at some nde
finite time between and the millennium Si this Is per-
feet moekery II is substantially to the people OF Call
fornia You must break government resolve your
selves again into Of anarchy back and live quietly
and peaceaby and behave yourselves WELL and neither rob
kill another if you avoid it, until settle all
difficulties, all questions connected with slavery, to the
satisfaction Of the North and the South, and then we will
extend the blessing Of government to you've will give you
government exactly suited to your condition This, sir,
suppose is Congressional justice to California wish to
say respectfully my Southern friends, that cannot
conceive what advantage they expect to derive from the re-
lection Of California. II puzzles me 10 divine the secret OF
Southern policy this point Whether California is State
or Territory whether has any government or no govern
snt Southern slave-owner will ever venture to carry his
slaves that country Slavery never be established
there. With law without law, Southern men will never
dare their slaves there The people OF California
working great social probema problem that has
yet been worked out successfully any where else and
10 make labor, hard labor dgn6ed and respectable trust
in God they succeed But do you think the people en-
gagged in this work will suffer themselves to be jostled by
slaves No, sir, The of Southern planters,
the high spirited of Southern gentlemen would be the
first to resist and resent such experiment Sir the whole
united South dare carry slaves to California for
the purpose Of establishing slavery there In California; at
this moment there one hundred and fifty thousand men;
old men, and children but young, active darng
adventurous men-he flower of the youth OF our county
men such as settled country before Before
year rolls round California will number half million OF the
If searched this world for army would take
the collected in California tell you sir the South
and the North, and the whole country united can never force
slavery them. Napoleon tramped down Europe with
fewer men and worse material Sir they laying the foun
daon of great empire the shore Of the Pacca mighty
emprean empire that at future day will carry your
flag your commerce. your arts and your arms into Asa and
through China Hndosan and Persia into Western Europe
Talk carrying slavery hereof imposing such blight
upon that peopeof whitening their strength and
their energies by such institution No, SIT; such thing
intended by God and will never be permitted by
men.
am one Of those who believe that the laws Of Mexico abolish
ing slavery still in force and operation California and New
Mexico understand the great principle Of law to be tins
When country conques another the laws that s
the laws prescribing the duy Of the subject or citizen 10 the
Government abrogated And why Because the conquered
Government goes existence and the conqueng Govern
men takes its place but municipal laws-aws between man
and man, made for the protection Of life and proper
yrcman in force and of necessity remain In force
for the preservation of society, until modhed or repeal
ed by positive enactment the part OF the conqueng
Government. Now, this is an old principle OF law ie
older than modern civilization, yet has been as seriously
and denied this floor it had arisen for the
first the conquest of Mexico It is sometimes urged
here that constitution carries slavery with wherever 1t
goes unless positively excluded by law in other words
that slavery the normal larc of this republic think the
principle just the Slavery being in violation OF
natural right only exist by positive enactmen and the
constitution Of this country only toerates slavery whee ex-
ss but neither extends establishes any where but,
have heard seriously argued in this Senate that the laws
and edcts aboishng slavery in Mexico were all Irregular
and therefore void and that slavery in full force in that
country Al the Time oil annexation OF nese
is extremely hard to such argument as this This
is emphatcaly chivaous argument, which, though may
convince man. is we'll calculated to asound him. will
merely say that the poor Mexans made great many homes
and attempts abolish slavery, and they have
failed to accomplish that object they have been very unfor
unae in all their efforts have doubt that the people Of
Mexico will be highly edited when they learn that their old
acquantances the Nte Ancrcanos about the time they
discovered the Ell Dorado in California made another dis
covery and that is that their laws edcts, and tiuton,
to the contrary notwithstanding slavery is still in iui rec
and operation in that country without the people themselves
being OF the fact think when they hear this, they
will come to the conclusion that nvincibe IN logic
in battle. .ap
But sir will drop this subject. care whether there
is any Mexican law American law there whether The
Wo provso the jefferson provso he extended
those Territories slavery be established IN Cali
orna New Mexico. The climate, the soil, the produc-
ons forbid il. Ia word, the principle OF the Wmot pro-
vso extended the country by the law OF natureby
the law of Godas the distinguished Senator from Massachu-
might well undertake to plant groves IN Siberia as
establish slavery in California New Mexico.
will notice the question of boundary between New
Mexico and Texas. admire Texas highly as any man
living like the State and the people they fought gal
any and successfully, and achieved their independence by
struggle glorious and extraordinary any OF the present
age will saw, also that ought to ccse the claim
Of Texas closely that ought to be liberal to that young
and gallant State If there be doubt it ought to be resolved
her favor. But my mind there doubt In the case
Texas has right claim, title to any portion oil New
Mexico either this side the other side of the Rio
Grande She conquered il never occupied IT. never
reduced possession, and exercised any authority
over it, She has more title to Santa Fe than she has to
San Francsco-no particle That country aud the whole
of that country der the law, jurisdiction and authority
of Mexico when wrested from that country by the
Of the United States nothing about maps take