The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-08-07

does not become me to speak, nor IL 4
necessary to say any thing. The com.
try, the Senate win Judge Of that
Without, however, sayiRg . word In
respect to the husble person she nov
addresses you, I may be permitted q
say that alaree portion Of that commit.
tee consisted Of gentlemen who had ho.
norably served their country in the
highest stations at home and abroad
men Of ripe experience. and whose
large acquaintance with public ,ahAirs
entitled them at least 10 respectful
consideration when they were engaged
in the holy office-if I may use the ez.
pression-of trying to reconcile the
discordant parts Of this distracted coun.
try. After having expended some two
weeks upon their labors i'm their cham
Der, the committee agreed upon report
deliberately made. Ii had hardly been
presented before all sorts Of epithcts
were applied to the committee. They
were called the thirteen doctors, not in
kindness-for the honorable Senator
from New Jersey (Mr. Dayton) seemed
not only disposed to deny their healing
powers. but to intimate even that they
were thirteen quacks; daughter that,
instead Of bringing forward measure
to cure and heal the public disease.
they had brought forward a measure
that only aggravated the disorders Of
the country, and calculated to threaten
it with more agitation. Mr.. President,
i need not use one word of recrimina-
tory language. leave it TO the Senate
and to the country, and even to the Sc.
nators themselves who have INDUCED in
such expressions. deliberately to consi-
der whether measure intended, at any
rate. as an olive branch, presented un.
der such auspices as this was, ought to
have been so treated, and whether the
committee who presented it ought IA
have been so treated? r.
Well, sir, the committee presented
their measure, or rather their systen
Of measures, coextensive with all ths
existing disorders Of the country, in re.
lation to the subject Of slavery-a sys
TEN which, ifallowed to produce its be
ne6cent effects--and which I entertain
the highest confidence it will produce
if it be adopted by Congress-leavel
nothing in the public mind to tester an,
agitate the country. Be "A
The three first measures reported b,
the committee are those now under con
sideration-the admission of Califor
MIA, the establishment of Territorial 20
vernments for Utah and New Mexico
and the adjustment Of the boundary be
tween New Mexico and Texas. Witt
respect to the other two measures,
shall say but little at this time. Itwil
be in order to speak Of them when they
come up for debate. ! cannot forego
however, the opportunity Of remarking
that really | think the honorable Sena
tor from Virginia (Mr. Huntcr) ha.
manifested too much eagemess to q
aside tomake occasions Of fault-findins
with the character of those measures
He has misrepresented, as | think, no
Intentionally no doubt, but misrepre
sented, as you yourself showed very
properly, the nature Of those bills. But
whatever may be their characteratpres
cnt. when they are taken up { be ocon
sidered by the Senate. it will be in th,
power of the Senate to modify then
according to the wishes Of the honora
bic Senator from Virginia. In two i'm
portant particulars that Senator mis-
conceives the character of these tw,
measures. First, in relation to the re
medy byrecord in the recovery Of fugi
tive slaves. That was intended to be
as his colleague could have told him
merely cumulative remedy to that al
ready in existence. E
Mr.. Mason, (interposing.) lam sur
the Senator will indulge me one mo
ment. My colleague is not now in hi
seat. When he proceeded to discus
this measure upon former day, he wa
promptly called to order and not allow
ed to proceed. / do not intend to cal
the Senator from Kentucky to order
but submit to the Senator whether
is altogether courteous to refer to re
marks Of my colleague which he wa
not allowed to-pursue.
Mr.. CLAY. / do not mean to go fur
ther than the Senator himself did.
have remarked that ! do not mean
argue this question at large. l wish
answer the objections only which wer
urged, after which shall pass over tn
subject. Ishould have almost conclud
ed by this time, il the honorable Sena
tor had not thought it his duty to inter
pose. | was merely going to observ
that the remedy Of carrying transcriE
Of the record to the State to which th
fugitive had fed, which bis colleague a
luded to, in the bill for recovering fl
gitive slaves. was merely cumulativ,
And | also intended to observe th,
there is nothing in the bill which pr,
poses the abolition Of the slave trade
!, the District Of Columbia, which pr
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