The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-23
VHIRTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
Senate.
BY BANS ELECTRO CHEMICAL TELEGRAPH.

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MI Websters resignation laid before the Senate
| by the President
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| A'0'io' presented the proceesngs Oh meetih9
OF citizens OF Texas asserting right Texas all
the territory claimed nv her ana .onaaurn. IN. ..ts
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Vi Nuei" oeis III preventing her exercise OF Jur1s-
dcton, and declaring their determination to resist
such interference at all hazards and IN tho lat
| tremity
Mr. HousToS said that knowing the character of the
individuals controlling the meeting he was sntirsv
confident that their declarations were made in goad
| faith and that they would be made good e''~
After the tran elton OF the morning business the
| oMsIBus BILL
| Was taken up
the state Of California shall nor sr,rciss urs.ios
over any territory south of the line of thirty deg
thirty min until after the question OF establishing
territorial government south of that line shall have
been submitted to the people
MT CLAY took the floor and after few preliminary
remarks proceeded to address the Senate in favor Of
the bill and in ar swer to the urged Against
it. lie commenced by expressing his arm conviction
edats Shorts to avert that danger ne wss me-
alarmist but must much in the signs of he
s;1ns ~ danger he ment;onaS tbs seamn .nS
several Legislatures in favor of extreme sectional mea
surss in the event Of the admission of California the
of the Wilmot Proviso or the Abolition OF sI
yerv in the District of Columbia He also named ex
prsssions OF sectional feeling the countenance or
and ests hIishment OF nress AT tbs seat ~ .oyarn
msnt mot 70 the interests of the Union Int
int Of ticnl IF fhe
H. ths aciion ~ the senate In annointin.
the seect committee of to the oppo
ston made 10 its organization and the riaicule ana
onn,,in bcb ITS ranort ysS mon Ire nrsssnts
NJ, Tha compoitee enoyted three ,n.as,,r.s .or
Jointly which were undo consideration the bin now
before ths Senate hill for the reclamation 81 Y,oi
tive slaves and one for the abolition of the siay.
trade in the district of Columbia The former was
to because Il provided for record evideus OF
the right OF an owner to the possession Of fugitive
which the directors com plain made the old law worse
thsn before I;entlemep ougbt to he aware th.t ,he
been objected that the bill for the abolition OF the
slave trade in the district deprived the owner Of his
right to take his slaves through the district in trans
hitting them from one place to another This was
not so The owner would still have the privilege OF
bin we're passed But he designed to confne himself
to measures INN. diately under consideration IL he
should have oc casiou 10 refer to the plan recommen
ed bv the late President he hoped il would he undsr
stood that he did so without the least feeling of
s,, tr,hm,s 20 tbs ,ssmorv Of aanprss T.x,or Ms
had known hJr, rrtab,v lon 90, Than anv otbsr man
In washington. He knew his father we'll, as one OF
~. ha.t va most inteuipent citizens Of tbe
STATE Of Kentucky, and had known the late
President since the time that he entered the
on because Of their respective positions in disrsnt
spheres of service be had always novp him TO be n
good and honest and brave man he had covered his
own head with laures and added honor and glory 40
his country without nything as to what would
have been his Official course had he lived he must
say in reference to HIS adm inistraion in come lion
with foreign affairs as far as they had been de
It had his hearty cordial to his
Mexico as State declaring his Conviction thai she
not In the state of maturity essential to State
and she could admitted as such at the prs
sent time. The boundary OF Texas also was an i'm
portant question, and that ust be settled now II
the of civil would be avoided The bill had
been objected TO because it was a compromise and =
compromise considered imp oper What was a
sompromise but yielding OF extremes by both sides,
Of question and who would say there was any i'm.
propriety In such a course, The bill had been called
Omnibus-he thanked the opponents OF the bill for
giving IL that name. An omnibus the vehicle Of
the people II had been said that II too uch
The only regret Gas that AZ could not contain more
and settle ali the questions in agitation Indeed ths
vsrv oh,srtion In fact of the v.s tha the
ON nibus eoud not take in wiimot also The IN sop-
gruity Of the passengers in the Omnibus was also
Objected to- lie must say that there was OF half the
in these ensures that there was in the
elements OF opposition In this connection, he re-
ferred the fact soers and extreme South
ern men we're united In opposition TO the bill
Mr. MAses called upon Mr. Clay to say whether he
knew Of any consultations held between Southern
Senators and Senators from the free states
Mr.. CLAr-No. But will the Senator say that South
srn men opposed to the bill have not held FREQ az mt
consuitations among themseIyesf
Mr. M.sos-We have had frequent co consultations I'm
reference TO matters affecting tho honor dignity and
safety OF the south.
Mr. Cay-Yos no doubt Of II; and others OF az have
had many consultations with reference 10 the honor
dignity safety and perpstuity OF the Mon rea APP
plause in the galleries with much al uty sy
the officers Of the sepsts) lie proceeded to present
ns heretofore offered in support Of the propoa
ton the proprety Of Joining the several msasnrss
In order the whole aud peace 20 the
country, and government aud protectos to the terri
tories. Suppose the measure sheuid be passed and
Northern senators should be asked By their
stuents Why they did not put In the Wiimo proviso,
would ~ not be SUFFICIENT answer TO say that they
voted Tor the proviso, but falling 60 secure that and
believing that the r loci and the law OF nature
eludsd slavery they did not itsl at liberty to vote
OF good in admitting California aud restoring to
the country Would not such satisfy every
reasonable man OF The North After replying TO some
remarks OF John Davis, In which he alluded to the
domination Of the cotton interest aud forth, Mr..
Clay alluded TO the opposition 10 the bill made by
those Who say thy vsnttse constitution and nothing
else Their error consisted In taking their own inter-
pretsuon oi the contribution without paying any at
tenton whatever to the honest Interpretation Of
those VINO nner rom them. Did not persons who
ogec, 70 the bhi because IL sdmtts California With
an innbion OF slavery In her constitution upon the
sround that the acceptance of that constitution In
VOWED congress IN the act OF adopting the ohibitUn
OF slavery; did not such conduct their part
iound truth snd fal.ehood' black and wbite, things
totally dh.rent In their nature aud objects What
w Ie ~ he