The Hillsborough recorder., 1850-08-07

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spoaneilsd y he eonees,ion uhirh ne hal
sasds. Ia Consequence Of sk.s ooaeessior
which he 10 "a rsceiss. ID Inv 10 20 srs.
rnnriPle involved. such az q vsolsgion oI
nc esnsSniiaa az lhs Unised slslss.
sIHnii thzs such . compounds a that
sTs "A usver n - sznstsoesd or sJop'sJ.
sHi ssw ezll upon any senaioi IN his
place so point oct. from the beginning 10
the epd. from California 10 New Mexico.
= eaIIsary provision in lhis bill which 10
sisdatiss Of the eunsiiluiion Of The United
slsies. - - y
Sir. adjustment in the shaps Of eom-
vsmise may be made wiihost producing
s@y such consequences ss have been APP
pretended. There may be q mutual Cor.
besrsnce. You ferh~sI upnn your side 10
inslsl upnn the zpplirslion Of The reslric-
''an denaminzied lhe willnai proriso. 10
here any violation Of pnnriple there Z
The most thai can be SAID. even assuming
sss POKER ls pzss tho wilmot prosiso.
which 10 denied. Is tina, there 10 forbesr-
sare Ia. exercise, not .. violation of. the
pawsr N pass the prosiso. So. upon ihs
oihrr hani. il there Was a puwer in the
rras,ilslion of The United States auihoriz-
isg the establishment ef slavery in any OF
'he rslritnrlrs--a power. however. which
V soniroveried by lsrse portion Of lb:s
Ssazle-if there was power und>f the
constitution 10 establish .lsver,i. the for.
hcarance 10 exercise tina, prwer 10 no viola
TOO 81 the constitution. ,ay more Than
'Ae constitution 10 siolsied BY . fnrbear-
ssre 10 oserciee Numerous powers that
might be spe~i6ed that are granted IN the
constitution. and that remain dormant un-
ul ihey,come 10 he exercised by tbs p,o-
pes legislative auihop,ies. ID 10 said that
,hc bill presents the state Of coerrion--
,ssi members are ccerced ia order IN get
shst they want. to vote Cor thai which
,hey disappmve. Why. sir. what eoer.
einn 10 theref % there any coercion in
the numerous treaties made by the United
Stsies--the treaty in sei,Iiag The Msine
boundary; the treaty coming down from
~ deg. 20 min. 10 20 in Oregon all
,seatiss which hare been made upon com.
merce. upon boundaries. and other qnes-
tons from time 10 time by the United
States, upon the principle Of mutual and
reciprocal concession upon the part OF
those who made them! Is ihere any
nore coercion in this ease than in the
passage Of bill containing a variety of
provisions. some OF which you approve.
sad others Of whieh you di.appro~e
Can il be raid upon the part Of oar north
r~n friends. because they have mol got the
wanm proviso incorporated in the terri
,oral part Of The bill, that they are coerced
---waniing California a. they do 10 much |
--io cote for die bill. il they do vote for |
n' Sir. they nigh, have initiated the no
hle example of my friend (Mr. Cooper
from thai State upon whose devotion 10 |
ihis Union place one Of my greatest re-
liarres IN ito preservation. What wss
the course oi nv friend upon this subject
&c ,he wilmot Provisof He voted for |
IL; and he could 90 back 10 his consiilu-
ents and say, 10 al Of you could gc back |
and say To your constituents. if you chose
n do %, /" We wanted The Wilmot Pro-
visc 10 the bill; 10 tried 10 get il in; bui
the majority Of the Senate was against
H." The question then came up whcih-
q we shoald lsse California, which has
got an interdiciien in her constitution
which. in point of value and duration, is
vsrlh thousand Wil,no, Provisos: we
rere induced. 40 my honorable friend
could say, 10 take the bill and the whole
" il together. although we were disap-
t,cin,ed in our votes with respect to the
Wilmot Prosiso--to take il with whatev-
er Of objectionable matter il may have in
il. on account Of the superior smoun, Of
good il contains.
Il 10 said. Mr.. President. that this
omnibus" A. il is called. contains too
ruch. lthank. from ihs baitnm of my
heari. the enemy of ihe bill who gave
il thst denomination. The omnibus 10
he vehicle Of the people, of the mass
Of the people. Aud this bill deserves
he name fnr another reason that. with
Re exception OF the two bills which
are to follow. u contains all that 10 re-
ressaIy to give peace and quiet 10 the
cauniry. Il is said sometimes. however.
han this omnibus is too heavily freiyhled.
and that il contains incongruous matter
7 shall moi repeat the Argument which I
lave addressed to sou heretofore. show
ing that. according even 70 ihe British
Parliamentary law, but moro especial,
" according 10 the Congressional Law,
this bill is in conformity with prac.
ice in inBumeiable Instances. But the
os,ensibls ohjsciion that Is contains too
much matter is not the realone. DO you
selisse thai the Senator who siIs before
ne, (Mr. Baldwin, and other Senators il,