The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-01-20
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Speech OF 1ar. Esastss...
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Ms ,tAell,Scnafe, iOlon7uy, Dee
q 10, 1851, on tie .Nes9latio7
sNcHesed dy lir. Eyotr, l.e:ajirnins
vile Compromise Measures.
'st4itsttt M (CONCLUDED.) et., u
Nov, let me ask the honorabl,
Senator q question, which l cxprc
him to answer -and | hopc he vii
i.nswerit without the least hesitation
Suppose proposition were tc
come up Tomorrow to divide Gal
itornia, with the understanding that
one portion shonld be a slave State.
or that both Should he slave States.
would he vote f,r il?
NIr.3Foote, Of Mississippi. I will
answer, by citing past history, if the
gentleman will allow ne. intro
iuccd two propositions on the sub
ject myself Willie this matter was
neildiiisS5 fur neither Of which. accord
ins tony recollection, I had the
gentletnan's support, or that Of his
POLITICAL associates iii this body. On
the contrary, both of those rro.
positions received The # rcrst de-
Hnneiation from that quarter. When
the proposition to admit California
vas, pending, | moved to amend The
bill $50 that California should be
hereafter, with her consent So divided
as you Mr.. President, had previously
proposed she should be. Upon
consultation with you, T Mr.. King, I
lrtook the line which is proposed
in the amendment, for the reasons
you stated. | did not get thc
support | anticipated; anl will be
prepared to show hereafter, from the
printed debates, what reasons were
81 given zen by honorable gentlemen for i,ot
:s:ssssiias ssiias sfar.that very proposition. /
d y introduced .n,,theEnro.
Isl ion, :if5FHia shI1H bS
With, her consent divided b. tia,
line, sand that a territorial gov
crnnont should be established s,uth
oft. The objection, thcl Of ccrtaim
gentlemen who called themselves,
par erceltence, State-rights men,
was tho supposition that they in
agined my amendment to convey that
California, not yet admitted, in their
ind sment, vali'lly into the Union,
should be treated with SO much
respect as to have her consent to this
territorial curtailncnt asked That
also Was voted down. Whenever
any gentleman introduces a pro
position here to divide California
with her consent, by the line of SO
80, or $50 80, treating her in
all these respects as sovereign
State, 1 shall vote for it, and some Of
those who will vote for it in con.
nection with me will vote in man
'ner wholly repu usnant to their former
feelings.
Nj. Butler. Then the Senator
admits that while he wishes to make
the, compromise immu,ablc, lie is
perfectly willing to change it when
It suits him. This is 'linality OF
a totality.'
Y MIR. Foote. I should vote for that
proposition to alter the boundary
lines Of any other State in the Union
mt tlersrequest. / would not vote for
that sponer than a proposition to
divide Texas or New York, if those
States desire new State to be
formed within their limits. While
I hold the compromise to be a
'defnitive settlement, do not hold il
TO be above the Constitution, and the
Constitution expressly gives Congress
the power Of admitting new States
Now, perhaps, tho gentleman is ell
ftitlel to- the triumph which he
claims.
'T@AIr. Butler. I claim no triumph
gtEhe gentleman's own explanation
shows whore he considers the
.ttfiam2h is. While lie insists OF
these compromise laws being like
unto the laws of the NIc,les anC
ytPersians,5 50 perfect as not to bt
changed, yet he admits there arr
~ contingencies on which they may b,
changed. Ihatis what | intended
to say. 1t is so wise now that ht
i'loes not choose to let anybody
consult the progressive Improvement
sand suggestions of time; but hI
wishes to stitch down andqpin evory
@,body else TO his rropo silions, upol
the gronna that tic Procrnstca,
bed, whether shorter or longer, is th
@ealy true measure for the country
III, shall put proposition to tn
EsseptlemaR ], and shall expect him 4 t
that too. d u, 8,s au<1
s.gs ipote. L will answer a
as the gentleman chooses t
plttto me, if he will only allow IN
an opportunity of answering then