The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-23


government which the adyees give me reason TO sup
pose have been aceompshed and IL is believed they will
shortly apply for tho admission OF California Union
as sovereign State Should such be the case and should
Their constitution be confoabe the requisions of the
constitution Of the United States their appi-
cation TO The favorable consideration of Congress.
{" The people OF New Mexico will also II is believed, at
no very distant PERIOD present themselves for admission
into the Union. Preparatory the admission OF California
and New Mexico, the people of each w have instituted
for themselves republican form Of government laying
foundations IN such principles, and organizing its powers
such form, TO them shall likely effect their
safety and hsppness.'
" BY awaiting their action all causes of unea,ness may
be avoided and confidence and kind feeling preserved
With view of maintaining the harmony and tranquility
dear TO all should abstain from the introduction Of those
exciting topics of sectional character which have hh-
efto produced painful apprehensons IN the public mind ;
and repeat the solemn warning OF the first aud most
lustfious Of my predecessors, against furnishing any
ouSd for characerzng parties by geographical dlscrmna-
lions. y 1|#.
n his special message to the House of of
January 81 1885, communicating information in regard
California, he said
"Shoud Congress, when California shall present herself
for incorporation into the Union annex condition TO her
admission as State affecting her domestic institutions
ary TO the wishes of her people, and compel her
porary to comply with it, yet the State could change her
should expedent Any attempt deny the people
of the State the right Of seEgevernment matter which
peculiarly affects themselves, will inibly be regarded by
them as an invasion OF their rights and, upon the prnci
they will certainly Be- ~ he Z, %ss &c
American people To that they conquered peo
ple and must as State submit to the will Of their con
qlerors IN this regard will meet with cordial response
among American freemcn. Great numbers of them
tive citizens of the United Sntes inferior to the rest of
countrymen in intelligence and patriotism and Lam
guage of to restrain them in the exercise of
doubted right substantially guaranteed to them by the treaty
of cesson ITSELF shall be uttered by me- encouraged
and sustained by acting under my authority Il is
to be expected that the residue of the territory coded
us by Mexico, the people residing there will at the time of
THAR
tons Of domestic policy to suit themselves"
Seeing them that the question which now excies such
painful sensations IN the country will in the end certainly
be settled by the silent effect Of independent al the
action of Congress, ! again submit to your wisdom the
policy recommended in my annual message of awaiting
the saluary operation of those causes, believing that
shall thus avoid the creation of geographical parties and
the harmony of feeling necessary to the beneficial
action of political system. Connected the Union
u.s. with the remembrance Of past happiness the senee Of
pery every dictate of wisdom, every feeling of duty,
and every emotion Of PATRIOTISM tends to inspire fidelity
and devotion to IT. and admonish us cautiously to avoid
any unnecessary controversy which either endanger
impair strength the chief element of which is to be
found in the regard and affection Of the people for each
other"
Thus will be seen that finding the Missouri Compromise
line could be adopted the plan settle the question
BY resort to The judiciary, the proposition of the
ator from Illinois pass law for her admission, in adj
Of her action when she should form consu
on General Taylor fell back the doctrine Of non.ner
ference and explained it as have read to the Senate.
During all this period the question ragged in both houses
Of Congress- The excitement increased every month and
perhaps every week, The celebrated omnibus bill of Mr.
Clay reported and the of increased aga
ton for several months but final vote taken upon
1t while President Taylor lived He died the 9th Of
July 1885, and ina few days afterwards less than days.
taken upon that bill in the Senate and that
also failed After that my honorable friend from
Maryland Mr. PEARcE proposed to Just the boundary of
Texas upon principles contained in the bill Of MIR
Clay changing the boundary line Of Texas and providing
that half OF the ten millions TO be given to Texas for the
.IY ha
the benefit Of her creditors That great measure which
the chief Of all The compromise measures OF 1850,
susctated by my friend from Maryland after il had fall
dead IN the hands of It's original projectors and his BILL
ameadps IL ash haye slatsds was trumphanty carried
other measures every one of which would have been
passed FIVE months before if they had not been tied
gether in bi which necessarily INSTRUCTED the passage
Of the whole followed in few days. easily and in
sion This is the history of the compromise OF
1850, so far as | deem il necessary TO state IL.
Having promised this statement of facts for purposes
which will hereafter become apparent proceed TO the dis
Of the main question involved IN this BILL which is
whether the 9Th section Of the of 9th March, iS20-by
which slavery and involuntary serytude otherwise than IN
the punishment of crimes was forever prohibited IN the
territory north of 36 deg 80 mn, acquired from France
should be repealed. What mean when sustain the prop
osion Of the from Illinois, which speaks of incon
ssency between the bills of 1850 and the Missouri Com
promise is repeal the act Of the 9th March, 1870.
excuses and no apologies, except those which
choose render for myself
The honorab senator from Massachusetts MIR. SunsrR
made eloquent appeal and my colleague to mann
hin what he termed the compact made IN Congress in
1920 and he said and said truly that Mr. MeLane, then
repre- Of Delaware the other House, with both the
from that State Messrs Vandyke and Horsey
ted for the bl which contained, among other things the
eighth section of the Of 1920 My colleague and my
self the administrators, dc bnps non, The polIt
cal Of those distinguished statesmen, and would
be bound by their acts # thought them
Were they here they would be bound 10 adhere
an understanding which has been repeatedly violated by
others could properly reply to the senator
from Massachusetts, than in the very language OF Mr. Van
dyke and Mr.. MeLane in 1920, when demonstrating,
they both did in the houses Of Congress which they
specivey belonged the utter unconsiiutonaty Of the
proposed esrcton 1t that, after thus proving it's
they did both for the eighth
OF the Missouri of 1890 which the senator says
compact permit slavery exist north Of tho par
ne OF 30 deg 30 min north latitude IN any part Of the
Territory Of louisiana coded TO us by France.
Before advert their opinions and examine the CUES
ton Of the consuonay Of The section proposed be
pealed let say that merely the grounds taken
by my predecessors here against restriction uncenstu-
tional that seek justify repeal The consider
atoms which induced them to consent to IL would have
operated on me- under the circumstances refuse
disturb il. But they exist onger and the altered
cumsances of the country, together with the
pursued regard to the subsequent acquisition of
Than million Of square miles Of territory, demand that
as an unconstitutional measure, should remain after
has ceased to be Of JUSTICE and hss become
fruitful Of discord As geographical line, tending
geographical parties, ia liable the denunc,sop
OF al s,nr ensures the Farewell Address Of the Fahe
of his Country and know thnt when first adopted
Mr. jefferson said Of that for that reason, 1t sounded
his car like 6rc-be in the night From the history
given of the struggle between the North and the South
it Ia clear that the North has always refused extend tn,
line 10 the Pacific and think equally clear that II III,