The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-05-29
REPORT.

The Committee entered on the discharge
,f their duties with a deep srose Of their
great importance, and with earnest and anx.
ION, soi,ci,ade To arrive at such conclusions
as might be satisfactory to the Senate and 10
the country. Most Of the. matters referred
have bcen not only subjected 10 exiensiy o
and serious public discussion Throughout the
country, hut 10 a debate 10 the Senate itself.
singular for it's elaborateness aud its durs.
ton So that full exposition of all those mo.
.ves ard We've which, on the several sub.
lecis confided 10 the COMMITTEE, have deter.
mined The concl al which they have sr.
rived, seems quite unnecessary. They vii,
tterefor-, restrict themselves 10 few gener.
s'obsersa'ions, and to some reflections which
grow out Of those subjects.
Oar OF our recent territorial acquisitions,
and IN connection with the institution Of slave.
~, qleslions most grave have sprung, hlch,
greatly dividing and asi,aiing The people oi
The United States. have threatened to dis.
tufb The harmony # NOT 10 cndanger the safe.
ty, oi the Union. The committee believe it
10 he highly desirable and necessary speed.
ly to ADJUST all those questions, IN spltlt Of
concord, aud IN manner 10 produce, II pfac.
ticabe, general satisfaction. They thuk II
would be unsise 10 leave any one of them
open and unsettled, 10 tester IN the public
mind, snd 10 pfolong, # 10, oegravsie, the
eusilug ag iaiion. 1t has been their obieot,
therefore, IN this report. 10 make such propo.
ssis Shd recommendations as would accom-
rish general adjustment of all those ques.
lions
Among the subjects referred 10 the com.
miuee, which Command their first attention,
are tho resolutions offered TO the Senate hy
the Senslor from Tennessee, Mr.. Bell. By
sptoyision IN the resolution of Congress an
neslng Texas 10 the Uuiled States, il IS de.
clafed that "aev States Of Convenient size
rot exceeding four IN number, IN addition to
said State OF Texas. and having Sufficient
population, may hereafter We corsent of
.ad STATE OF Texas, and hs, risient pop.
uls,,on, may hereafter, by the con...nl of SAID
State be turned oui Of the territory thereof,
winch shsl! be entitled 10 odmissisn under the
provisions of the Federal Cunsiuu,ion and
such States as may he formed on, OF tina, por.
tioa Of said territory lying south of 36s 80
north ftnvd-. commonly known ss the Mis-.
sour compromises line, shaH be admitted into
The Union Nth or ~ithou, slavery, as the
people Of each Stale asking admission may
desire"
The committee are unanimously Of opin.
ton that whenever one or more STAIRS, form.
ed out OF the territory Of Texas, not exceed.
ing four, having sufficient population, with
the couseu, of Texas, may apply to be ad
ml,ted into tho Uniou, they are emitted TO
such admission. beyon all doubt, upon tho
clear, uusmb,guou., aud absolute terms of
the solemn compact contained ~ the fesolu.
ton Of annexation adopted BY Congress and
asserted 10 by Texas But whilst the Com
mitlse conceive that The right of admission
l1;o The Cnlnn Of any New Ststes carved out
Of the territory Of Texas, mol exceeding the
number specified, and under the conditions
.iaied, cannot be Josily contfovetied, the
committee do not think that the formation Of
any such new States should now originate
with Congress, The initiative, 10 conlorml.
" With the usage which has heretofore pre-
vailed, should be taken BY portion Of tho
people Of Texas hemse.ves, desirous of con.
sitntlng a new Stale, with the conseu. OF
Texas. And in the formation uf such new
State, will be for the people composing II TO
decide Ter themselves whether they will ad.
MT or will exclude slavery. And however
they may decide tina, purely muuicipa CUES
tion, Congress is bound 10 acqulesce, and TO
fulfil IN good faith the stipula,ions of The com.
pact with Texas. The committee are aware
that II has been contended that the resolution
OF Congress arnexlng Texas was unconstitu
tlonal. At q former epoch Of our country's
history, there were those land Mr.. Jefferson,
under whose auspices the treaty Of Louisiana
was concluded, was among lhem) who be-
llesed that the States formed out of Loulsl-
ana could not be received into the Union with
cot an smendmcn, of the Constitution. But
The States of Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas,
and Iowa have been all nevertheless, admit.
ted. And who would now think Of opposing
The admission Of Minnesota, Oregon, or other
new States fofm med out of tho ancient province
o' Louisiana. upon tho ground Of an alleged
original defect os constitutional power la
grave, national Transactions, While Yet 10
'heir earlier or lncipient stages, differences
may well exist but when once they have
ny HlhJUIlN dhu
ate consummalcd, or are in process OF con
summation, there can be no other safe and
prudent alternative than to respect The decis.
,, ,oa already rendered, and 10 Acquesce in it.
entertaining these views, a malority Of the
comm,ies do not think il necessary or prop
|er to recommend. at this time, OF prospec.
I"sely, any new State OF States to be formed
|ou' OF the. Territory Of Texas. Should any
eueh State be hereafter formed, and present
"et Tor admission into the Union, whether
WIN or without the establishment Of slavery,