The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-03

to be understood denying the constonally oil the
Inc position thai authorize Congress 10 sdni.
into the Union, the individuals who constitute the people Of
the State have the pacty Of erecting
the soil which is TO be sais To this position
see no obscton unless BY erecting meant
DO the meaning il virtually 20 denial OF the
power Of Congress TO admi, new States ut all q
falls OF It's own weakness suppose that IL was meant 70
assert that tho individuals in California could not erect
government their SOIL either because they could
shake of their former allegiance upon settling in Terri
tory OF because they were transient soounsrs and adven
turers, whose purpose their former homes
cannot suppose the author Of the address intended 70
s ss a % rsGs s e l ssy y e.
from which he removed by emlgfsng 70 and seung per-
ooaSsy he idea hs, Ss advdaas who made az the
mia constitution soourAers and adventures and
on mar account measurable Of ereslng over ne
truth OF which Is assumed do not know that these pdi-
. w lie
the admission OF California as State.
gross % recognise the constitution and a,y BY her adj
as STATE is the same thing as II Congress had
sst aasas ass q "a
ositon and II that has alen this necessarily falls with IL
have ol,ned constitution containing the Wimos PlosIso.
and have properly sought admission into the Union In
that case, her constitution. with its Wlmot Proviso, would
be invalid until Congress breaihed life into by admit
sgmalize that Of the Wilmot Proviso
by the legislation OF Congess suppose he would readily
between that and her present application Congress
refused TO give the people territorial governments and for
ary or themselves In order secure ain adj
mission into the Uno, they formed republican constu
e.. W% s b
Congress, her constitution invalid If Congress admits
whose Proviso t2 That Of the Cafornians that OF
Ccngressi This depends upon the question whether the
Caomians people possessing the capacity 70 erect
Ss .dopoa he u 3
solemn form Of declaring their intention remain
which would require OF 10 look behind this
on TO ascertain whether il their real purpose TO be
Country In this respect think We are bound 10 regard
them as people But what right and powers people
Of such government as Congress could give them But
Congress would give them What then, was to be
upon the eternal principle of selfgovement they had
Inherent right for themselves just such OF
government as would assume exclusive jurisdiction over
the soil would Interfere with the rights Of proper
soil belonged They could not prohibit from coming
to as rsy W their y a,ssrs w @
consistent with those which Congress could exercise and
therefore they could neither exclude slave owning emil
grants abolish the relation of master and slave But
they could government own persons
and their own property and 70 this extent and with these
would be deny the fundamental principle Of freedom
When they agree upon aconsaalon and seek admission
they adsned they comc IN with their own constu-
IL is their own Proviso and not the Proyso OF Congress
conclude, theteore that the reasoning Of the address UNI
satisfactory, and us conclusions untenable
am fortified in this opinion by the fact that the address
expresses willingness to acquesce in the admission Of
:. q 4 her ;ou'hsrn 70 mea 70 as Pais
whole oil California because the trainers oil the constitution
are no. people am anab. 70 see hoy becomes con-
adoption BY Congress Of The California constitution with the
by Congress- why the admission down
to 80 deg 30 min with constitution containing the VIII
mot Provso not equally an enforcement by Congress OF
the Wlnot Proviso II am told that il only
h as l. y 70 s a @ Il MIN e
constitutional concessions In way 20 make the impress
SION that we weave our constitutional positions with ex
ceeding We claim constitutional right much
ofthe territory than the south Of ~ deg 80 min:
propose TO surepder large portion Of that right We as
that Congress has constitutional right to exclude
slavery in any Territory propose
territory north OF 80 deg 80 min We assert tina, Congress
has constitutional right admit California because her
Inhabitants people, and we propolc to surrender
that! cannot acquesce In an argument which IN my
view weakens rather than strengthens The OBJ
jeclons the admission OF California abundant and
overwhelming the OF expedlcncy that Congress
could be Justified any short oil absolute faction in
excluding her. Bu when all these impregnable grounds
overlooked and her exclusion is attempted 70 be ust
fled grounds which cannot be clearly
tanned, am bound TO dissent from the argument With
these Views voted In committee for the substitute after
wards offered in convention by Mr. McRea, OF Mississippi
The address discusses that feature Of the Compo
mise which provides for settlement OF the boundary be-
Texas and New Mexico Alter asserting the right Of
Texas claim the Rlo Grande her western boundary
and urging the TACT that the United States government is
prccuded by repeated recognio1s OF harboundary from
now disputing H. the issue Is stated In these wordss
Texas is the only State in the Union which has the
solemn guaranty OF the government Of the United States
in every possible form her boundaries Yet this is the
which disputes them, and. under the preex
thai they very doubu proposes take from her
Y one-ha OF Ter territory 1t by virtue oil such pretcn
that. by the bill. States to be taken from the
southern and given to the northern Sates and thus wrong
Is aggravated by compelling pay for it. Though the
treasury Of the United States"
submit every frank and Impartial mind. II this is
such statement Of the issue ought to have cmanated
from the convention Is true that pro-
poses take from Texas nearly onehaf Of the territory
And especially, Is true that by the Compomise bill two
States be taken from the southern and greR the
northern Satess do not understand that govern
would have been much airer 10 have stated hc
Issue IL really stands Texas claims large scope OF
territory belonging her, which s also claimed by New
Mexico as falling within her limits and therefore belong
States proposes TO Texas that II she will code 10 the United
States her claim much OF the disputed territory
lies oil designated line, the United States will cede
Texas all claim much OF the disputed territory
as lies OF tho line, and, in addition, will pay her
claim cedcd specific in money IL 10 proposition
for compromise, which Texas may accept reject she
peases How unfair then, 10 say that IL Is proposition
take from her nearly half OF her erriory The
fairness OF the statement of the issue aggravated by the
that the bill proposes faks two States from the
southern, and grs them 70 the northern States. The bill
proposes make the territory 50 oeded by Texas part of
New Mexico aud to give all New Mexcoa territorial gov
eminent, without any prohibition against slavery. was
fair Ia the address argue that the result Of the arrange
might be 10 create two free States of terri
fair fact that the bill takes States
the southern and gipes them 10 the northern States But
another portion Of the Argument which does
10 me 10 tally well with these positions The portion
10 which allude Is ms iolowsi
Bnt any arrangement concerning her territories, which
leaves shade OF doubt 70 the right oil the people Of the
South TO enter portion Of the territory which. according
20 the terms oil annexation, now Tree 70 them neither