The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-02-22
0bt Confosttr Ga,ette.
MR, CLAY'S SPEECH.

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hear Of il aud about it. must necessarily lead to
the conclusion which have MENTIONED, that sa'
very is not likely 10 be introduced into them
Well sir Il il be true that by law slavery d"es
.nutno;v exist Ia tue ceded territories ahd 'ndt "
is not likely to be Introduced into the cehei ter-
ritoriss--if yuu Senators, agree IN uiese "u'uA
or q majority oil yon, as I am persuaded large
msinriiy Of you must agree 10 the'n--"ue'e
the objection OF the difficulty TO your announcing
them 10 the WHOLE world
Wbv .bouLi you hesitate or FILTER in the pro-
,,,Irsti,n ,f ipcontestible uuthsl On the other
bsnd with regard to Senators coming from the
Fr.s States ,iow me here TO make. with refer
snee 10 Calfirnia one or two observntiuns.-
When this feeling within the lnnits of your States
was gutiem up; when the Wilmot Proviso WAS
disseminated through them, ana your people AMI
Yourselves attached themselves to that prnvisu
what was the state OF hcts The state of facts
at that time was. thatyou appreheuded the intro.
duction oil slavery there. You did not know
much-very few Of Us now know mnch--abnut
these very territories. They were TAR distant
frnm yOu. You were apprehensve that slavery
might be introduced there. You wanted rs
protection to introduce the Introduction called the
Wilmnt Pruyiso. 1t was in this stale Of want ol
inlarmltion. that the whole north 6lazed up in
behalf of this Wilm1t lruyiso ltwas under the
apprehension that slavery might be introduced
that y.,n left your constituents. For wlIeu yon
came from home. at the time you lett your re-
spcciive residences yuu did not know the fact,
which has only rolched US since the conmence-
ment Of the session of Congress that COnstt-
tion hnl been unanimously adopted by the pen.
pic of California, excluding slavery from their
territory.
Well now lot me suppose that two years ago
il had been known in the free Stntes that such u
constitution would be adopted; lei Inc suppose
that il had been believed that in no other portion
of these cedcJ territories would slavery be Intro
duced; lot me suppose that upon this great sub.
ject OF .oIicitaJe negro slavery the people Of the
North had been perfectly satisfied thal there was
no danger; let me also suppose that they had Tor
seen the excitement, the danger, the irrilnliOn
the resolutions which have been adopted 10y
Southern Legislatures. aud the manifestation o
opinion 10y the people OF the saSeLOldng States
let me suppose that all this had been known at
the North at tue time when the agitation was first
got up upon the subject ol this Wilinot Proviso-
do you believe that il would have ever redCllrd
the height to which il hls httainedl Do my Of
you believe III Ahd il prior to your departure
from your respective homes you had hid MI OPP
purlunlty of cuuierriug with your constituents
upon this most leading aud important iact--oi the
adoption oi a constitution excluding slavery in
CuIiuruh--do you not believe Senaturs aud Rep.
resonlaliyes cnnins from the free States, that Il
you had had The advantage Of that fact told in Sc
riJus, calm. fresidU conversation with your Con
slhuents, they would uOt hive told you u com,
here aud settl all these aglutlng questions with
out danger 10 this Uuioul
what do you wa u What do you want VIII,
reside in the free Statesl You want that lhcr
shlll be- 10 slavery introduced into the tercitorie
acquired from Mexico Well have you not 60
tia California already il admitted Is Il Smtel--
Have n not got il IN New Mexico, in all huma
probability, alwl What more do you wdni-
YUu huve got what iS worth thousand WllmI
provi.us. Hun have got nat1re itself Un y1u
sidul You have tue fact it.el on your side
lnl have the truth staring yun in The face that u
oayery is exsllng there. Well, ii you are meu
i You can rss from the mud aud slough Of part
sungsles aud elevate yourselves To the height d
patrots what will you do! You will look at th
flc as il exists Yuu will say this fact WI
unknown to my people. You will say, they ucI
nd on Ote set Of facts WI hlyo got nuOther sci q
facts here influencing Us, and we will act ~ patr
Ots US responsible men, as lovers ol unity, aud d
buVa oh of this Union. We will act on the allcI
cd sol Of facts unknown 10 our constituents, an
wo will appeal 10 lhoir justice their honor lhe
inagnauimlty to concur with US on this occasion
for establishing concord aud harmony aud aail
tanning the existence OF this glorious Uuon
Well. Mr., President ibiul entertaining tues
views, ilmt there was nothing extrayaggut IN III
hope h which ndugea al the time lhese reB
tliian- were prepared aud olfered--nothng o.
travagant in the hope that the North might conte
itself oven with striking out as unnecessary the
two declarations They are unnecessary Tor M
purpose the Tree States huvo ia view. At all
vents, IL they should insist upon Congress O.
pressing tie opinions which are here asserted
that, ntall rvans. lhoy should limit their wisht
To the simple assertion OF them without insistil
on thar being Incorporated IN any 1'erriorIal GC
vernmeut which Congress muy est blish in I'll
Territories.
pass on from the second resolution to III
lind aud iJurth, which relate Ia Texds aud al
low me 10 say, Mr. President that | approic
the subject with fall knowledge Of al its dli
edtlesi aud OF all the question connected viii
or growing ont Of this institutions Of SLAYER
which Congress is called In pass upDu and decide
there are none so difficult aud Troublesome a
thoae which relate 10 Tokas brcaIse, sir TeIa
hus II question Of boundary To settle, aud que,
ton OF slavery or the feelings connected with
run into the question Of boundary. The North
perhhps will bo anxious Ia contact Texas with
the nnrrOweat possible limits, in order to exclude
all beyond her tO III .kr Tree territory; the Suut
on The contrary, mny be anxious l0 extend thes
limits To tho sources of the Rio Glande. ior ih
purpose OF creating an additional theatre Tor al.
very aud thls 10 the question uf tho limits Il
TeNns, aud tie settlement Of her bnundnry. III
slavery question, with NIL lis troubles aud difiicu
ties, is udded meeting sat every step we tax,
There 10, sir, lhlld question also, adding /
the difficulty, BY the resolution oi annex
tOn slavery was inlordcted in all North Of 3
deg 80 min; but pi New Mexico, that portion ,
u tafIs Itsa .f.th a 4. ~
think, about oneIhird Of Now Mo1ico Gust ,
tho Rio Grandc; 50 that you hayo free aud sIay
territory mixed, boundary and sInvery mixed {,
gother, and all those difficulties are To be cncou
tered Aud allow me To say sir that among til
V9pA"erM'um winch induce me 10 think that
was necessary io settle all these question, WI
Nle suilu ol lhuBsthhl now exists III New Mcxic,
nhd the state ut things In be upprohended bu,
there aud IN other portions Of tic T,rrilories
why SIR, at this momeut-- and think sh.
have tue concurrence of the twn Senators fro
tint Smte when ! announce tho luct--at this m
man' thelr IS feeling BappruSimatng to nbhorren
on The part oi The peupleui New Mexico at d
idea oi any union with 'reXas'
Mr. RUSk. Only on tho part of the Off,
seekers aud army followers who have settl
there, und attempt to nislead the people.
Mr., CLAY. All Sir, that may be, aud | I
nilnid that New Mexico is not the only pIa
where this class compose a majority Of the VIII,
population Of the country. Laughter.
Now, SIP, II the Questions are not settled VIII
relate To Toxns, her boundaries, aud ~ forth, a
TO the territory uow clnimed by rexas aud.
pl!ed by Now Mexico--ths territories beyo
Now Mexico which nre excluded from Cnliior
Ill tiese qucsIons are not all settled I think Il
will give rise TO mturo confusion, disorder, 4
snarely there, aud 10 agitation here. There
be have no doubt, party still ut the M
crying out II these questions aro nol settled