Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-06-21
NUMBER I:1.

State Of New York. And the pas; history o country,
sir develops the fact that viii have Stale npon State
nercprobably many as the Atlantic s:cand s We
accumulate States accumulate strength; or Institutions
become more power 10 do good, and do evil.
have 10 doubt the time Viii when will have ,n,y
States this >u!c OF The Rocky mnrn,ans want the pow
r. air and the population. When the popniiion come,
,hry will require that this State shall bc divided
Is evidence tha, the inhabitants e>idng South Of The
parallel Of So dec 30 min preferred territorial orn Of fio-
yernment, the gentleman NJ G"in held the follow
in. language page l9o:
s.Sr are here forcing State government upon
portion l The reopl of California whose delegates have
hy ltcit recorded votes stated hcict that ic tl;en
unanimously agansta SI, government and IN favor "i
territorial organization! Do yon p.: expect and require
that they shall sustain this government and become part
o( W II not let require Their '"e"'rS 10 retire nom TINS
conveniun apply Congress for territorial government,
and exclude them from Stale boundary. Gentlemen AZ
ic't 10 believe that III taking IN large Ntoni %! territory not
represented here and from which opposition 10 onr action
has become known 10 NJ dom. great act oi inlos
ce 10 those people; when al the same moment We have
here before thu cct protest against State government
NJ portion al the nhabauis o this territory who arr repre-
sened But DO stop do refrain from committing this
ney"r "r ,hn ~ -, W. 60 % ~ ana ,. .xas or
State government, while they prefer ertitor, govern
ment; but rather than submit Ia separate anzatiop,
run the RISK :" seitins No government AT oil, they waive
their objection, and ACT with us
And again, page lg7
The proviso Of the gentleman from Monterey Nj Hal
cckl added his suggestion. | prefer sending my
proposition olcrcii We should n,ltaie our con
stitnon this subject. We send it great pnwcg.
Gentlemen deny the right Of Congress interfere with the
subject limits. ii Congress has the power de
signate what shall b WHY de- send constitution
there opposed any other boundary but that Of
California recognized hy thc government o lh United
States and Mexico for another reason ana con,ii, il
very important one, that il we leave potion Il" territory
out We would necessarily open question which we here
should not interfere with W. all know what 50 icg. 80
min is. Ii is the great bone oi contention. North 81 that
there is South oi there Is u II
cmcn will hook where this line strikes the Pacific; they will
thai solitary vote east bv delegate in This
convention South Of that line except iosr east ananstu
tuf. llp h,t. from MAJ
zion unanimous i'll their votes against lhr establishment
ii State government. II include The territory these
delegates represent the coast, why eXcH, the barren
waste beyond, where M white man lives We taxi" away
The substance and leave the shadow Let take the whole
territory stop al that line. II We stop al that line,
nnate the convention y! excluding the members South oi
ill.,"
Page Isl, Mr. Scmpe, the President Of the Convention.
said:
u feel under some obligation Ia rcpeata conversation
which has direct bearing upon this matter. There is
distinguished member oi Congress- vino holds his seat from
ol the States oi the Union, III California. Win
desire o obtain all tie information possible in relation Ia
the state Of things The other side oi tie MOUNTAINS
asked him what the desire oi the people III Congress
observed Ia him that was not the desire :" The people o
California takca larger boundary tian the Sierra Neya
i and rlat would pref" moi embracing within onr lin
lis this desert waste on the East III, reply For
Gods sake leave territory 10 ,.i-lac upon III Con-
nrc>s lie state then that the great object III
formation Of State government Mas I" avoid iuIIheI
lsatiom there would bc question Ia orr admission
hy adopting this c"Grse and that all subjects :" minor I'M
porianc could afterwards be settled think my duty t'
impar this information 10 the tonscnt!on. The CONVEX
took place between Mr. Thomas Butler kina and my
sell"
I,aiue Of slarsS il, Cattornia.
Some idea may he formed Of wha the value of slaves
would be- in California ii permitted 10 hc taken there from
what follows, page 49,
"Slr McCarver then moved the following section
80 The legislature shall nj s first session, pass such
law, will ecciualy prohibit free persons =" color from
mmraing and settling in this State and ccctnaly
prevent the owners Of slaves from bringing them INTO ths
State for the purpose of setting them free.
Mr. lcCarver This is the article which offered to hf
House sonc time ago Withdrew il AT the suggestion al
several gentlemen who thought i, would be more aPln1pai"
in another part of the constitution
" have doubt sir that every member IN Tins House -
aware Of the dangerous position in which this country Is
placed, owing Ia the inducements existing mere Tor siSt"d
crs 10 brn. their slaves California and sci them free
am myself acquainted with number ~. ." ",i. M - ~ ~"
ann nl r'"',u, ,,.. ..I hold 10 be
docrnc sir that every State has right to protect Itself
against IN evil 81 enormous rs tins.
Again the gentleman, PAGE s.:
Let look The inducements, and sec whether these
without foundation; ct us see what is The proba
bic value of abboded ncg" man IN the southern States
they hire there from sixty one hundred dollars
Suppose you pay 800 10 get slave here and SCI n Tree
on condition that he will you for year. He rrodn
cs according to the ordinary rates the mines rom
six thousand dollars. There are many oi Our Southern
friends who would be clad their tree and bring
them here il they produced only halt oi that amount
When the terms Of tie contract have expired, what would
these slaves do? They would become burden on the com
munity And assure you sr, thousands viii be- ntrodli-
ccd into this country before LONG II y'u d" not insert
positive prohibition against them in Your conStui.onin
immense an overwhelming population negroes, w'oiv"
been ireculen, who have never been accustomed "
provide for themselves"
And in like terms PAGE $50, Mr. McDonga:
"Grntccn have risen this loor and stated that they
had received letters from r Souih am thu they knew ol
many Others who want Ia bring Their slaves here ana WORK
them for short period in The mines ANA thea cniancipae
cor, ,dcra m Iavcs them the opportunity o bringing
their slaves here Ii is what they desire to doto create
some strongly Objectionable feature in the constitution, IN
order that they may bring their slaves here and work them
throc ths hey
yet them in the States. look upon that rs The result
send our constitution To Congress wilma bonnafy s""o
ectionable rs this"
add single quotation more. 10 give some idea 81 III.
extent which the people in California were represented
in this convention. Al page 49, Mr. Bolts SAID,
ayes, sir am told there thirty thousand trecmcn IN
this extent Of country east Of the Sierra Ncsada, which YOU
propose To include in Your limits Ago try IN the Ds'nc
Of Sonoma or Sacramento, Monterey Thirty thousand
of my constituents sit upon This floor Will tel You
received ninety yotcsl, who mo!csy requested 10
here by ninetysix NJ colleague it IS trnc, WHO
makes this proposition received twenty or thirty more;
and for the remainder of my colleagues oc'Ne i'! are
even worse oil than an
SKIES Still. BRIGHTER,
We understand that many oi e senators who are Trends
To The accommodation no" pending before te s
nate had conference Yesterday NJ nin, and the it
suit wa, more decided confidence in the passage oi the
bill Several gentlemen nvowed their Determination 10 sup
port the measure whose had not been sufficiently de-
cidcd admit Of positive calculation II is now esiinted
that the bill will pass the Senate by MAJORITY Of from SIX
eight The question however, vii! scarcely be taken be-
fore the end vi the week.
I'm the House of the clemeets of c3cui
ton are diversified and the result Is more neer-
tain But understand the prospects OF an amchble
settlement opening with more hope and confidence,
and is believed that this bill ol pa,i!tcaion WIN
finally pass perhaps with some notifications certainly
after Il considerable struggle between the wo Houses
But the most intelligent members, who have made II more
especially their duty sound the shadows and depths OF
fnurity are led with much confidence calculate
lislactory and brilliant result When te issue is fully made
|
ing peace 10 my country and saving this glorious Union
or obsnaey pcrscycrc in opposing all practicable compro
mise carrying out some avoFlte ultrasn We have
much confidence in the patriotism ." the members a. ~
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