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


project ard govern both. Cumn,on IN their
ofRin. Common 10 their alienation from rne
ioteign government 10 another, cemmon IN
their wants Of good government, ond con,er.
mnous in some Of iher boundaries, and alike
IN many particulars Of ply siesl condition, they
have nearly every thing 10 coma,on IN the re-.
is'ions IN which they stGnd TO the res, OF this
Union. There lie, then, a general fitness and
propreiy in extending the parental care Of
go'eromebs to both in common. Ii Cal,for.
MA, by sudden and extraordinary aogmenta-
ton Of population, had advanced 30 rapf,ily as
TO mature her for State government, ,ha, fur.
nishes no reason Why the less fortunate Ter.
rliorIes Of New Mexico and Utah should be
abandoned aud left ungoseIned by the unied
States, or should be disconnected with Cal,
lorna, Which, although she has organlzed Tor
herself Sale government, rnusl be Ieeall,
and consli'u'ionaly regard d as Territory
until she is actually Admitted az a State 10 HE
Uoon.
lIIs further objected, lha; by conb buing the
two measures 10 the same bill, members " ho
may be wiling 10 vote for one and UNIV ilng
to vote for The other, would be placed in az
embsrrssslng condition. They would be con.
STAINED, II IL urged, 10 take or 10 reject bolh.
On the other hand there are other mem be 3
who would be willing 10 vote for both united
bu, would feel themselves constrained 10 vote
againsi the CnllioTnla bull lf II sIoed zone. =
Each party finds IN the bill which It ravors
something which cosiLiruGs il 10 acceptance,
and IN the other something which 1t di.ap
proves. lac true ground, Therefore, Of the
obj fcuon 10 The union Of The measures Is uol
any want Of affinity between them, bu, be
cause Of he favor OF dlsfavor With which they
are respectively regarded. In this coufllcl Of
opinIon, 1t seems 10 HsJl l'tiy Of the commI.
tee that spirit OF mutual concession euions
that The two measures should be connected
'ogeihat; the ef-c, Of winch viii be, ,hG,
uei'her opinion will exclus vely triumph, and
that both may Gnd in such an amcaLle ar.
Taog"menl enough Of good TO ,eccuclle the IN
TO the acceptance Of the combined meusure-
And such n course OF legislation rs not al al.
unusual. Few Laws have ever passed IN which
here were col parts to winch exec ption was
lnkeu. It's 'neSp'd en'. ii not notinpfocucablr,
bills. so as to pccomm moda,e the diversity o.
opinion which may exist. The ConslI'u'iuu
Of the Unied S a,ss cuntsined ia i, n ptes
variety o. provisions, 10 SONS Of sh ch serlou,
ullecnon wss made IN the convention whct
formed i, by d,feren, meGb bers OF that bod,
and when /, was submitted to The raufcstlon
OF The States, some of them objected to some
parts aud Others 10 other parts OF the sano IN
s'tumen;. Had these various parts end pro.
visions been separately acted on IN the couyen
non. or separately submitted TO he people u
the Unlted States, II Is by no means certain
that The Cons,iuuoo Itself would ever have
been adopted or ratified. Those who dld nol
like particular provisions found compensation
IN other parts OF 1t. And 10 all cases Of con
slluuous and laws when either is presented as
a whole, the question TO be decided ls whether
lhs good ~h'ch II contains is not Of greater
amount, snd does not n'u,raliz" any ,hIng ex.
ceplonable IN It. Aud as nothing human is
perfect, for the sake of that harmony so de.
sirabe IN such coniederacy as this, we must
be reconc'ed 10 secure as much as We can ol
what We wish, aud be consoled bv the r. G,c
ton that ehal We do not exactly ike Is a
friendly CONCESSION, ard agreeable 10 those
who, beng united with Us IN common des.
tiny, II is desirable should always live with US
N peace and concord.
A majority Of the committee have, lhere
fore, been led to the recommendation to the
Senate that the two measures be unted. The
bill for establishing Ihe Two Territories, il
will be observed, omlts tho W,Inoi proviso.
on the one hand, aud, on tho other, makes no
provision for the introduction Of slavery into
any part OF the new Territories. That pro
vso has been tho fruitful source Of distraction
and agitation. II II we're adopted and applied
10 any Territory il would cease to have any
obligatory force as soon as such Territory
were admitted as a State into The Umon.-
There WAS never any occasion for II 10 &C.
complIsh the proiessed object with which il
was originally offered. This has been clear
ly demonstrated by the curren, Of events
California, Of all the recent territorial scoui.
siiions from Mexico, was lha, in which, fauy
where within them, the introduction OF save.
ry was most likely TO take place aud the
Of California, by the unanimous
vote OF ber convention, has seSpressly interdc
ted Il. There is the highest degree of proba
bllty that Utah and New Mexico WILL when
they come TO be admitted as States, follow the
example. The proviso is as to all these re.
glons IN common, mere abstraction. Whv
should II be any longer insisted on 7 Totally
destitute, as II is, OF any practical import, 1t
has nevertheless had the pernicious etfec, TO
excite serious, # not alarming, consequences.
Il It's high time that the wounds which il has
n1 cled should be healed up aud closed and
Iba, to avoid, IN all future time, the citations
which mus, be produced BY the conlc, of o.
pnon on the slavery question, existing as this
institution does in some Of the States and pro
nbited as il is in others, the true principle
which ought to regulate the action of Congress
n forming territorial governments for each