Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1850-06-07
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Mineral Point, June 7, 1850.
The C0mprOmiSe Report.

ous-auite too much so for our columns
The following is recapitulation of its
recommendations, as given by Mr.. Clay
himself:
The admission of any new state or
States formed out Of Texas to be postponed
until they shall hereafter present them
selves to be received into the Union, when
il will be the duty of Congress fairly and
faithfully to execute the compact with
Texas, By admitting such new State or
States.
?. The admission forthwith of Califor
MIA into the Union with the boundaries
she has proposed.
3 The establishment of territorial
Governments without the WilmOt Provi-
So for New Mexico and Utah, embracing
all the the territory recently acquired by
the United States from Mexico not con
tanned in the boundaries of California.
The combination of these two last
mentioned measures In the same bill.
) The establishment of the western and
northern boundary of Texas, and the eX-
clusion from her Jurisdiction, Of all New
Mexico, with the grant to Texas, of a pc
cuniary equivalent; and the section for
that purpose to be incorporated in the bin
admitting California and establishing ter
ritorial Governments for Utah and New
Mexico.
g. More effectual enactments Of law
to secure the prompt delivery of persons
bound to service or labor in one State, I'M
der the laws, thereof, who escape into an
other State.
And :. Abstaining from abolshing
slavery; but, nuder heavy penalty, pro
hibiting the slave trade in the District OF
Columbia
The discussion of this Yexed question
has occupied the attention of Congress
nearly the whole Of the present session,
thus far, and IN all probability, the pres
ent report of Mr. Clay, viii be made the
order Of the day for the balance of the
session We are at loss to know Why it
is that the northern members, having the
power to settle the question at once, are
thus delaying il bringing the matter to
final issue. We have watched, with much
anxiety, the various movements upon the
admission of California. and find no prop
osition as satisfactory to the people gen
erallv. as that of the President Were
the Wing members Of Congress as prompt
in carrying out the view Of President Tay-
Tor. as the democrats have heretofore been
in.sustaining the recommendations of their
President, long ere this day would Califor
MIA have been a State, and the attention
Of Congress have been directed to other
subjects of public interest,
President Taylor recommended the ad-
mission Of California, as a State, with her
present constitution The South object
on account Of the clause which prohibits
slavery, they are not willing to admit Cal
ifornia free from Slavery, unless they
can have the privilege of extending their
peculiar institution over other territory
and also have laws " to secure the prompt
delivery of slaves who may escape into
another state What has all that to do
with the admission Of California what
has she to DO with restoring to his mas
ter slave that may have run away from
Missouri, and afterwards be found N Wis
consin, Iowa or Illinois} IF we rightly
understood the constitution of the United
States. the sole conditions It requires in
the admission Of now Statos,are that their
Constitutions shall be republican in form
and that they have the requisite popula-
ton for forming a State That Calfor
MIA has sufficient population to entitle
her to a State Government, and that her
Constitution is Republican in form, no
enc doubts. And vet when she asks ad-
mission with the Union, various conditions
are asked which refer entirely to other
States and Territories, and have nothing
at all to do with California. It is hoped
that the Wing members Of Congress will
carry out the recommendations Of the
PRESIDENT for the admission Of California
as She IS, without regard to other qucs-
tons, and thus put an effectcal veto upon
tie gormandizing designs of those who
study only their own personal interest
n LeEislatiug for our common Country.
Ii the North are in favor of the Presidents
plan let them say so. if not let it so be
decided. There is no good reason for
connecting the admission with any other
issue the sole object Of the pro-slavery
portion Of Congress, is to keep out Coli
tarnia entirely. They knowyery well that
i She comes into the Union before they
can hatch UP another slave State Mr.
Calhouus ~elualibrium' is lost in the
Senate. They know that the questi Of
admitting California admits no comprom-
tse there IS nothing to Compromise
The only question i. shall California be
admitted Or not, and that may be deci-
ded to-day, just as easily as tie last day