The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-08-31

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had the example of not replying 10 the question
relative to the business in which he was engaged
and said that il became gentlemen, as lovers OF ND
erty, and republicans, 10 retrace the steps which
unfortunately they took in authorizing the investl-
CATION.
After further proceedings, the demand for the
previous question was seconded, and the main ques-
lion ordered to be put on the resolutions pending.
| MIR. SrANLY has the floor for the closing speech
| TEXAS BOUNDARY BILL.
! The morning hour having expired, the uniin-
ished business taken up, being the bill from the
Senate proposing the settlement OF the boundary of
Texas.
Mr.. CLARKE, of New York, said that the Wilmot
proyiso was with him and his constituents a senli-
ment anabidlng principle; and he then proceeded 10
reply 10 his colleague, MIR. BRoons. When the
Wings assembled in State convention in ls4S with
view of aiding the election of General Taylor, the
gentleman was a disting pushed member of and re-
ported the resolutions 10 that body They
strong in their tenor, and embodied and enforced
the Wilmot proviso; and through the gentleman,
the organ, spread before the people the fact that we
the friends OF the provso, now and forever and
that II was our liked intention and purpose to APP
ply il 10 all the territory which we acquired from
Mexico. Now, the gentleman says that the vii
mot proviso once useful, serving to arrest the
progress OF the American arms during the war with
Mexico.
But the progress of the American arms had been
arrested long before he reported the resolutions
The treaty was signed on the second OF February,
and really il seemed TO him that the adoption OF the
Wilmot provso by the State convention had no in
fuence in arresting the war. The gentleman fur
Their said that they who support that measure are
pursuing obsolete idea, and for factious pur-
poses, and that some OF Va are favorable to disco
luton of the Union. The gentleman did not do
| we'll III arraigning the friends Of the proviso. lie
(NIr. c.. voted for it, because he thought that it
was right He did not watch TO see who pass through
the teliers, say aye or no lie cndeavored to un-
| derstand the subjects upon which he was called to
act, and TO vote according to his best Judgment
The why he voted to reject the Texas
| boundary bill were, among others, that he knew
| il would give Texas at least seventy thousand
square miles of territory which never belonged to
he and because he knew that the ten millions of
dollars would go 10 certain people-no matter who
Certainly 1t did not give the money to the brave
men who won the battle OF San Jacinto, or the de-
| scendants of those who fell at the Alamo No: but
TO the bears and bulls OF the stock market. He
could not consent To a gambling operation. He
cared less for the money than the coil and he would
not rob freedom of its soil and the treasury of its
money. AT no distant day, the South would take
the Indian territory, embracing two hundred and
ten square miles, and make slave State OF II.
Gentlemen of the South are more sensible, shrewd,
and have foresight than they of the North in
looking to their ultimate advantage IN this partic
ular. lie did not care, as the boy said about the
cake, but deested the mode in which the bitch cut
il. Laughter He knew nothing OF the legerde
main of legislation, but when he discovered prin
ciple which was not proper he opposed it. He voted
against the bill, and subsequent events satisfied
him that he right His colleague said that there
was use for the Wilmot proviso, and that by the
providence of God slavery could not go to the Ter
rories. The South think that slavery go there,
and in proof of this he requested his colleague to read
for him extract from the sketch of the remarks
of the gentema from North Carolina, (Mr CLING
MANI 1t would be seen that doctors disagree
Mr.. BROOKS acceded to the request and read
the following:
''He (Mr. CLINGMAN) stated that he was in cor
respondence with persons there, and from other in
formation, he believed that there sufficient in
ducemeEt to carry slave labor thither He wanted
10 il 60 1t was his opinion, derived from OBJ
laer labor ia mr.
ierred to all other In the gold mines. The negroes
can stand in the water all day, with the sun shin
ing on their heads, and enjoy as good health as the
white men"
Mr.. CLARKE. 1t was read cxcellently we'll
Laughter ].
Mr.. BROOKS asked the gentleman to give him
! three minutes Of his time.
Mr.. CLARKE had none to spare; and he pro-
ceeded TO speak of the boundaries Of Texas, with
| which he protested To be well acquainted, and
which were not those claimed by the South We
! do not, he said, owe any money to Texas. The
! days OF Rome were numbered, when Brcnnus threw
his wcghty sword into the scale and demanded that
II should be balanced by money. The bowie knife
of Texas is now thrown into the scale Ills constitu-
ents aid not send him here TO rob the treasury. We
should not give the money in consequence of the
threats OF dlsunon. AS to disunioE and nullifca-
cation, he did not believe danger exists. il
imaginary, and trumpeted by those who to re-
ceiye the ten millions Of dollars. The disunon-
ists not as numerous the lunatcs in the
| asylums There nothing in the disunon
cry. Ii, in South Carolina or in Texas, die
union was begun, the women and children would
cry themselves blind, and the would run
mad. [Laughter.l He did not believe in pay
| ing revolutionary dCbts; and this would be set
ting precedent. The money would go To those
"Hho toll not, neither do they spin; yet Solomon
in all his glory not arrayed like Of these"
! 1t would go to those who eighteen hundred years
ago were whipped out Of the temple with lash of
| scorpions. The Spanish robber stations himself
near the road; traveller passes along and, hear
ing voice asking for aims IN the name of the Nir-
IL
pointed at him. Money ID put into the hand in the
name of the Virgin. lie DOM rob. No SIR Laugh
| ter. He was unwilling that tho United Statos shall
yield millions con compulsion" If dollars were
| az plenty as backberrics. lie wished 10 give rea-
sons Tor the opposition 10 slavery; but at this point
the Speakers hammer fell, indicating that his hour
| had been occupied.
| Mr. GORMAN, Of Indiana, commenced his re-
marks by saying that, if he knew his heart, be
loved his country better than he loved any party.
| lie was one Of thosc who like the gentleman fiOnl
| New York, (Mr. BRooE., who Yesterday, in a
manner 50 patriotic and highly complimentary 70
his head and heart, addressed the HOusc-Came I'M
! der the category Of dough face; who dared TO do
what was right, and what the Constitution Of the
country justified and demanded to be done be
one who, with the greatest chez fulness, even
under the command Of the captain general, (mean-
ing MIR. ROoT,) dare now and forever 20 face the
music" He was one Of those who believe that
this Government Is committed TO the Texas boun-
Diary 10 the Rio Grande, and We cannot rctrace our
steps
| The President should have his hearty thanks for
the recommendation contained in the latter part Of
! his recent message. The recommendation 10 set
/ tie the boundary question was doubt dictated
| BY high sense Of patriotism. The gentleman
/ from New York, who addressed the House to- day.
| had forgotten that the langdaIe he made use Of
plundercr and robber-was thrown at the head and
into the teeth Of his (Mr. CLAHEE's) own Exccu-
| tiyc-thc Vice PRECEDENT OF his own choice, and
who has succeeded TO the Presidency. We hear
this language not from the friends Of the Prcsi.
dent; no. II ID the voice Of the "higher law" lie
! (Mr. g. used no such language towards the Pres
ldent, believing that that gentleman is governed
by high sense OF patriotism, and that if hs recon-
mcndauon be carried out the question will be set
| tied.
We had heard the gentleman from Massachusetts,
| (Mr. AsHMUN) spoken Of as coward, for express
| ing himself favorable 10 the principle OF the bill
for himself, he was too cOwardly TO raise his arm
! against his countrymen When his life was ia peril
and he must stand the hazard Of the die -, he wish
cd his own flag 20 wave his head, and 20 have
| the enemy OF his country to encounter. lie too
| much afraid to stop and count the number Of dol.
lars. la the language Of late Senator, he prefer.
red 10 mark the line between the United States and
/ ICNas "a dOllara- than In Ia yyttb