The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-03-20

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We all know. sir. how incredulous The I
American public was AZ The accounts
which rearhed US al first Of these disco.
vrries; bul we all know that these accounts
rereIyed. and continue fn Iereire daily |
continuation. and down 10 The present
moment | suppose The assurances are IS
strong. after The experience off these seye.
raj months. Of mines Of gold apparently
inexhauslible in The regions near San
Francisco. in California. as they were Al
any period Of the earlier dates Of The as-
eonnis. II so happened. sir, that. although
in ihe time Of peace. il became very i'm
poriant subject Tor legislative consideration
and legislative decision 10 provide proper
Territorial Government for California. yel
differences in opinion in the cnunriis oil
the Government prevented The establish.
meni nf any such Territorial Government
for California al The lasi session of Con-
gress. Under This stale OF things. the IN
i habiianls Of San Francisco and California
then amounting 10 great number Of peo-
pIe-in The summer Of last year, thought
lilo he their duty 10 establish local Gov
ernment. Under the proclamation Of Ge- |
neral Riley, The people chose delegates 10
a Conveniion--ihai Convention met Al
Monterey. They formed constitution
Cor The stale Of California, and il was
adopted BY The people Of California in
their primary a. a.semblages. DESTROYS Of
immediate connexion with the United
States, IFS senators were appointed and re-
! preseniaiives chosen. who haye rome
hiiher, bringing with them the authentic
= constitution Of lhe stale Of California; and
! !, they now present themselves, asking. in
! behalf Of their stale, that The state may be
admitted into This. Union as one Of the
United States. This constitution, sir,
! contains an express prohibition OF slavery
p or involuntary servitude in the state ol
:, California. Ii is said, and suppose truly,
u thai Of The members who composed thal
>: Convention some sixteen were natives and
oi ,, had been residents. Of the slaveholdine
;, states, about twenty-five were from the
u nonslaveholding states, and The remaining
ie ten members were either native Califor
y mans or old settlers in that country. Thi,
N prohibition against slavery, il is alleged
- ;, Mr.. HALE. Will the Senator give wa,
- ), until order is restored!
~ -rhc- Vice President. The Sereeant-al
- Arms will see thai order is restored, an,
10 II no more persons admitted 10 The floor.
- - Mr.. CAss. l trust The scene Of the olhe
day will not be repeated. The Sergeant
ai-Arms must display more energy In sup
70 pressing this disorder.
T. Mr.. HALE. The noise is outside Of ih,
90 door.
he Mr.. WEBSTER. And i, is this circum
y, stance, sir, the prohibition Of slavery b
ar that convention, which has contributed
he raise do not say il has wholly raise
at the dispute as TO the proprieiy of ih
IS: admission of California into the Unio
c. under this constitution. Ii is not 10 b
OF denied, Mr.. President-nobody thinks Q
er denying-ihst, whatever reasons were as
an signed at the commencement of the lat
a war with Mexico, il was prosecuted 70
70 the purpose Of the acquisition Of territory
:. andunder,he alleged argument that the ces
Is sion of territory was the only form il
10 which proper compensation could be mad,
,e 10 the United States by Mexico for ih,
70 various claims and demands which lh,
IN people Off Government had againsther
/. Al any rate, il will be found that Pfesi
of dent Polk's message at the commences
= men, al The session Of December, 1877,
,e avowed that The war was 10 be prosecuted
of unlil some acquisition Of territory was
!. made. And, as the acquisition was to b.
I, south Of The line of The United States, ia
warm climates and countries, il was ma
q turally, suppose, expected by the south
n iha, whatever acquisitions were made il
i that region would be added TO the slave
Il holding portion of The United States
Is Events have turned out as was not ex.
re pecied, and that expectation has not been
d realized; and therefore some degree OF dis.
N appointment and surprise has resulted. ol
a, course. In other words, !, is obvious that
IS the question which has so long harrassed
ia the country, and at some times very serI-
d ously alarmed the minds OF wise and good
men. has come upon us for fresh discus
IS sion-the question of slavery in these
y United States. Z.
!. Nov, sir. propose-pcrhaps al the
4, expense of detail and consequent delen
IS lion of the Senate-to review historically
r. this question of slavery, which. partly in
If consequence of It's own merits, and part
i Iy. perhaps mostly, in the manner it il
" discussed in one and the other portion o
!. the country, has been source of so mucl
e alienation and unkind feeling between III.
n different portions of the Union. We al
S know, sir. that slavery has existed in th,
e world from time immemorial. There wa.
y slavery. in the earliest periods of history
l. in the Oriental nations. There was slave
ID ry among the Jews; the ,heocratc gov
ID ernment Of that people made no injunction
" against it. There was slavery among tht
i, Greeks, and the ingenious philosophy o
ri IL cannht n hnd a