The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-04-23

custom Of praece and that which comes from custom or
practice u as much law as any Other and Is known BY
Sir William Black stone. in his Commentaries on the
Laws OF England thus speaks OF the law Of Parliament
As every court of justice hath laws and customs
the civil and canon, the law others their
peculiar laws and oustosso the high court of Par
lament hath also is own pecaa. law called the Ter
law which Sir Edward Coke Observes is al omaibus
gAa,ssda sts ignorata passis eossta" o Be sought
by ALL nak TO many kH0Un by fe0)and which, he
says much better be learned Out Of the rolls Of Paa
ment and other records and by presidents and continual
experience, than can be expressed by any man."
Volase D. page 1863
Custom. then, makes parliamentary law, as we'll
other awand the place to find il is in the rolls OF
Parliamenn its proceedings, precedens, and practice
This the place find and looking there in our own
congressional history and the practice OF our Congress
and on the identical point 10 question, find practice.
cedents in relation to it. The point in question is the
admission OF State, and with without cemplica.
ton with other measures. The practice Of sixty years
the seventeen presidents which that long period
the face Of every roll which relates to The subjects
and each, uniform upon the admission without com.
plication with any other measure whatever showed
this uniformity IN speech delivered two weeks ago-I
will not travel over the admission Of each new State
again. re-. the fact where the examination OF that day
placed II, d wlch showed that every new State with
had been asi,sd upon b confined 10 the i single sub
ect OF admisy.ol and all in separate bills except in
instance. when two States, equally ripe for admission
were aumltted IN the same DILL Ibis makes aWndkes
by ourselves for ourselves and to disregard il is to set
our own law at defiance.
Great Britain has no class OF bills precisely analogous
to for the admission Of States the nearest APP
proach 10 II are the articles OF agreement for the upon Of
Scotland and Ireland With England But go far as she
has gone II the way OF adding these kingdoms her prac
united to England by separate bills 1t is to our
own history then, that we look for precise analogy and
consequently Tor exact precedens and these we find in
seventeen instances and from the birth Of the government
N an WI n n n
We have made our own parliamentary law. founded in
right and Justice for the admission Of new States and let
us abide 1t!
have shown British parliamentary law, and the law
resulting from the practice of Congress against
these unnatural conuncons, more unnatural and pesti
hsys
OF the British House Of Lords against this lacking in the
case Of supply bill have to show rule OF our
in all cases whatever and although the rule as rule, is
not IN force In this chamber yet the principles in which
is founded in force here well in the other end
should not disregard it The rule is number as and is in
these words:
No bill resolution shall any time be amended by an
asans thereto Or ,asopaatsng Aept other biz
This is the rule OF the House OF Representatives and
Is law at the other end OF the building Under IT, that
House could noton any two of these subjects
together; and can we make them do it, They will not
join different bills together and send them up shall
we conjoin and send down to Them For the sake Of
fair legislation they will have but one subject in one bill
Shall we coece them TO- be unfair and require them to
do what they have said they will not do and which
we know they have said they will not dor Their rule
stares us in the face. read it aloud We all know OF
It and are we to venture upon the experiment OF forcing
the House TO violate its own rue-a rule founded In
dom and justice, adopted in all parliamentary law, and
consonant to the common and honorable feelings OF
all mankndl Shall we try to them' II may be
a luckless experiment As OF the Senate, should
not like to engage in it, member OF the House OF
Representatives. ii was one should resist the attempt,
and repulse the bill that was sent If for
yet for the single and adequate that the rule OF the
House shouldno be overrdden BY the power, crcum
vented by the continuance of the Senate
have vndicated the right OF the State OF Caor
MA purely and simply IN legal point OF view, and with
out regard TO the high consider which enforce it, to
separate consideration. These considerations are in
deed hgh-a Sate-a new and sister State-coming into
the family oil States, 10 be one OF the family equal
footing with the rest She comes to us through a mes
sage from the President Of the United States, with the
constitution OF the United States in hand, and the
treaty with Mexico IN the other, asserting the perform
ance OF all conditions, and demanding admission a
night under that treaty II is subject OF dignity,
brought before us with dignity, resting upon question
OF right and OF decorumthat right and decorum which
give TO every State separate consideration, and con-
sderaton not TO be postponed TO inferior subjects much
less TO be thrown into botchpoch with them II is deg
radaton well as injury thus 10 postpone her. and thus
TO commix her And with whati The senator from
Kentucky who sits furthest the way, MIR CLAYl
has undertaken TO say, and that before the COM
would be joined, and what not: and, although he
spoke for thing before il existed yet the event NAV
show that he had warrant for what he said-dltf.
cult as II might seem 10 be 10 speak for committee and
speak its sentiments, before created He may We
spoken upon warrant; but Of the outside have no
such inside views, and only look at the question as
presented the record BY that we see that the eight
slavery resolutions submitted by the senator from Ken.
lucky Mr. CLAY and the nine submitted BY the Senator
from tennessee. lMI BrII,l making seventeen in the
whole are all referred TO this committee OF thirteen. not
only without instructions, but upon resolve OF the
Senate TO give none, and with full knowledge that an
Inauguration bill was TO settle the whole slavery agiia
ton, was the object OF the reference With this outside
view OF the committees purpose only look TO the
themselves Tor the amalg amaon subjects
and there We find subjects enough, and various enough
some Of Them difficult enough. to leopard any bill 'o
which they may be joined. Lei see them and, FIRST
those oil the Kentucky senator;
Mr.. Gays rssoiufioml
Hbeng desirable for the peace concord and harmony
OF the Union Of these States, settle and adjust amcably
out Of the institution Of slavery, upon fs equitable and
LIST Rssoivsd That California with suitable boundaries
States Of this Union, without the imposition by Con-
gcss OF any restriction in respect the intro
duction OF slavery within those boundaries.
70 seped That as slavery does not exist by law, and
Is not likely 70 be introduced into any territory ac
quircd by the United States from the republic Of Mexico IL
inexpedent Tor Congress 10 provide by law either for
introduction no OF exclusion from, any part Of the said
territory; and that appropriate territorial government.
onght established by Congress IN all OF the said terrific
assigned the boundaries OF proposed State OF
California without the adoption OF any restriction cond
Sd Resolved, That western boundary of the State of
Texas ought be fixed the Rio del Norte
one marine league from s mouth, and running up that
line eastwardy, and confusing in the same direction 10
the line as established between the United States and Span