New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-15

will be- admitted into the Union. A an IN
dependent proposition. ve do not believe
ora..hirl e either House viii see fit 70 vote
arain-t II. II j. contrary to the unbroken
precedent- IS our history a. Federal I mon
during which seventeen State have been
,5rn;,teJ - connect her admission WIKI any
oue.,ion. foreign thereto. In . single M
.tance that Of Missouri the STATE wa- 70
auirad not To- pas q threatened act deemed
In violation ~ the Constitution in one other
THAT e the admission Of Iowa and FLORIDA.
pa, STATE. were admitted In one and The
same LID. Box there j. no instance 30 Pc
cord Of the admission ola STATE being coupled
with the settlement of a territorial. b"unda-
~. slavery or any such question, pertaining
not % it, own territory but u other parts oi
tho country. Bad a. wa the precedent OF
uniting two State. into the same Bill. the
propo.ition now before the senate seems e.
q. still wider departure from sound prn-
cjple and historical precedent
Col. Benton propose to instruct the
embryo Compromise Committee Of Thirteen
a. follows:
That in any bin. scheme or other measure or
measures they may report, they shai not connect
,be admission OF the State Of California with any
o,ber proposed legislation which shall require the
assent Of suy other State " its completion.
. That they shall not connect the admission oi
the STATE Of California with any measure which IS
connected with a question Of boundary or other
controversy with any other State
That they shall not connect the admission Of
the state OF California with any other measure Of
less gnity than the reception and admission Of a
sovereign State. o. be a new and entire member o'
this mon.
That they shall not make California party
TO- or in any way include or connect her with, any
provision in the nature or intent Of a compact re-
'ating b. slavery or u any Slave state or Slave
Territory other than the compacts Of the C0nstitu-
ton
b. That they shall not make California party to,
or ia any way include or connect her with any pro
vision IN the nature or intent Of compact Of any
description other than the comPscts Of the Cousti
tation. and those cOmpactS relating - the public
domain which have been heretofore required Of
new states formed out If the territory OF the nlicd
STATES
o. That they shall not report any measure pro
posing any alteration the boundaries OF the state
Of California.
T. That they shall not make the State Of Caliior
MIA a party to. or IN any way connected with. or
the question OF her admission in any way connected
with or dependent any provision IN the nature
Of a compact which has not been required of either
Of the following named States Ohio, Indiana, ID
nois, Michigan, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
Arkansas. Missouri. Iowa, Wisconsin, Florida.
That they shall not make party 10. or IN any
manner bind o. include IN. or connect with, any
provision having the character or intent OF com
pact. any State or people having the political or
eanization Of State. not represented IN this body
% That they shall not connect the admission OF
The State Of California with any matter foreign to
the admission of that State IN Greet manner, on
precisely equal footing with the original states
and unencumbercd with any other conditions, re
sponsb iiiics or considerations.