The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-08-03

the treaty. are bound to give them protection,
and admit them into the Union State, upon an equal
foong with the TEST Of the States at time be Judged
OF BY Congress. What Congress By the one before
whom the question OF admission shall come. We not
content with not doing own duty reach ahead and
from executing the treaty Not content with our own
neglect oil duty, and breach OF duty, reach
ahead and endeavor TO tie up all future Congresses from
executing this clause OF the treaty which relates to CIV
ing this people admission into the Union. But there is
another clause which bears upon II
+ And In the tme shall be maintained and project
ed in the free enjoyment their bery and properly and
secured in the fee exercise OF their religion without
striction.
sin the mean time. Mr.. President, while waiting un-
til they shall rpen into that state which shall give Con
gress the right TO incorporate them into this Union. we
are bound to give them protection Have We done i :
Two years and half have elapsed from February lo46,
until the approach Of the dog days years and
half have elapsed and this part OF the treaty has not
been executed The people have not had protection
say il with shame with notification, that two and
half years have elapsed and this part OF the treaty has not
been executed, The people have had no protection IN
any point OF view and above all IN that great point
OF view in which il is looked at-civll protection by
law and by our administration OF government Ihey
have had none; we have given them none mus
far, Mr. President. It could be looked upon as mis-
fortune that we have not been able 10 give them gov
ernment II was the effect OF design; il must have
been the effect OF an imposslbiiity There may be tns!
excuse thai w9 years ana , na naye nI hui
it resulted from the impossbity pass law for their
government Now, sir we give up that excuse and thai
shall cut ourselves Of rom giving the proecoa which
we are bound 10 give. WHEN nv .sat
Sir, said il with unmeasured, and weghty and spirit
ed language when said that the amendment OF the SEN
ator from Georgia Mr. DAwsoNl comprises more error,
violation OF duty and OF existing legal obligations
than ever say comprised within similar compass oe
fore said ii with due consideration | used these
words strong they arealmost too strong to be used
in Understanding any measure which has been proposed
by member, much less which has received the sane
ton of the Senateand yet every word used was CON
sidered. Never many violations of right, OF JUS
ce, of obligation, comprised 10 small compass as are
brought together in this amendment Not even content
with giving these people protection at this tmcthe
protection Of law and order. the protection OF govern
ment-not even content with that they 60 forward and
say they shall have Siatethere shall be State east
of the Rio Gande until Texas agrees, and say nothing at
all as to the time in which Texas Is 70 agree You are
putting of the question You are deferring that healing
You are knocking the Compromise bill in the head, and
making ridiculous all those good-naured people who
have been praying for it's passage.
But what is when you come TO the fact that you are
leaving il to Texas TO make the agreement! Sir, ap
prehend, il the agreement can be made in short time,
appfehend there is very little time necessaryabout as
much time il will take for the gentlemen from Texas
to write an stinatu, and lay itdown before the others
jury, conne them all night with nothing but bread and
water, they would agree before the next morning !
care nothing about the 4th OF March next The great
objection have to this is il ties the United States neck
and heels, and lays down at the feet Of xas.
to rise till Texas agrees to let us up. BY the measure
winch proposed,
Texas to the whole country east OF the Rio Grande and
really had rather she should take the whole than the
half The claim may be right for the whole; i cannot
half. but The whole The great objection it is that
transfer, assign, and make overandI believe might say
without recsurseour legislative power TO commission,
which to be in the hands and under the control of these
commissioners of Texas that 10 10 say, refer the
question about which we cannot agree TO Texas herself,
n he tonne Il make which a whole
be left without the protection of law order
From wha. know Of the population on the western
banks of the Rio Gande del Norie and OF the settlements
there, You could not find from extreme to the other
business population there enough to form one Of the
counties which this bill provides shall be established.
The effect OF this bill would be TO require the govern.
ment to be established the west bank Of the river If
at all and the further effect OF it will be to conhne the
citizenship the voting the Office holding everything that
the west bank Of the rivers for by its express terms is
confined to those who live in the territory.
Mr. President, this is great Compromise and really,
sir we ought to recall what Cicero said on certain &C.
casion of certain persons He wondered how any two
of them could look each other in the face without laugh
port this Compromise can look one another in the face
without bursting into peal OF Laughter. Already al
most six months here spent upon this BILL we have come
TO stale such as described yesterdaya state OF mpos
sbility2S to 2S-29 to 29an equal number playing at
each end Of the rope. This is what call compro-
mise And suppose. Mr. President, it shall be carried
al last-suppose by casting vote, vote obtained in
the way know is be done, by changes and altera.
tons which to take place in the bill to secure the
iaiBcsi VINO Can Eespect sucn
compromise Who can feel themselves bound by il b
What is COMPROMISED II is voluntary surrender on
each sde by two parties, OF part OF their respective
caims-a voluntary agreement deriving its whole force
and virtue from the voluntary OF those who
to be bound by it, Why, the great parties that are
TO be bound by it do moi give il their consent The
North and South fight against il. Gentlemen from the
centre and from the circumference make up the number
to- bring TO sort OF lie vote and it is question
whether 1t will pass moi.
And suppose II does pass who can 20 for compro-
mise with such provisions these II is hard enough
to observe compromises after they made from the
heart voluntarily, with the Of each party and
with full undersanding-all parties being satisfied with
Them hard enough TO observe such compromise and
we know in the affairs OF life IL requires the power of
guard TO make them stick TO il then; bur that any
body shall feel themselves under any sort OF obligation TO
obey compromise which is forced upon them, in de-
nance oil Their struggling for almost halt year, an
idea too foolish for grave legislators TO entertain.
repeat then, what have said. The whole thing
ought to be given up. We ought to ask pardon OF God
10 do II again-hrow II all down. lake up the measures
one by one. and pass them separately.
said the other day that believed each measure would
pass in some form acceptable 70 the majority il the
ures were taken up separately The senator from Maine
says they would not pass. Still adhere 10 my opinion
II they are passed, they passed by majority and
The theory OF our government satisfied and being act
ed on singly, and adopted rejected upon their
its, no one has right 10 complain But II they adopt
ca ofreected in consequence OF being in other company
II they are passed by the merits rejected by The de-
merits OF other bills with which they conoined then
there is room for deep dissatisfaction. But lei them be
taken up one by one as have ssd and whether adopted
or releced-jn either event-the theory of govern
nent satisfied The majority acts and Is bounden