The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-06


now an odd humber OF States and The majority sgans
the savehoiding States want no hybrid speckled mon,
Bres irom Mexico VINO are free-otate people ~ paa
enough 70 nave Them from New England ana
cVzed as they are Our action In regard 10 purchasing
errtory somewhat curious we DO not more tnan haii
pay Inc Indians for their land in fact we cheat them out
OF and they are disappearing as the snow fades before
ne lace OF aay AFTER having done thah you are 10 get
up Territories and new States, and by all sorts OF artificial
excitement force into them population from all Europe
men hat 10 not SUIT you or me- sr and yet men 10 whom
you propose 10 give land 1or nohlng More Oh ihese men
land at the port OF New York every year than the whole
number OF ine population oil the state OF Fiorida or the
otate Oh Arkansaa
am against giving power to such people In this way;
Ny notion of governing the Territories a that they ought
70 DO governed by ro-ccnsu and pay tribute to
the way public lands like Austrian horse that is sleek
and boated with puf instead of real fat and strength by
putting arsenic in bis food Are you TO stall the pee
Pe Ia lnesg ierrilsrlfs no SIR Woeio treat them ui
ierenuf ahs eyys1teat Eet 100 pig or their neeenes
.ey ought 10 nave rgd discpine aamniseied 20 tnen
70 oe MADE 70 Snow 'her place ana
10 keep we are told OF there being two hundred thou
sand people in Minnesota do not care i there are five
huna,eo lhousand. Ihey went there IN the way nave
seleu ana DO not lneha 70 60 out OF my way 70 give
'nem power.
have other reasons for opposing this bill and they are
reasons sowhg ent e tne geography ana .ne law OF Tue
case minnesota Is undoubtedly portion OF Ihe louisiana
Pnicnase ny 10 lhe laws 81 'he a ohiea aa
tBioren Daanes edition. vol J. pp 43o 4a0 43 e Seqrl
VIII pe ioana mat Tue eastern boundary oy
the treaty OF Paris OF the ioth February i!o was
ne drawn aigng !ne laas o. 'ne river msslsspp ,lo
Its source to the river iberye Inc southern BOMBAY
at tuis ume was tho uuii VI McAieo anu msAoo &c
northern ana western was not nxed py any oe
ni'e he, put was eniey ~ tue M ~
as 70 uiscoSery alu oecupancy tns "1uI a,e s;
the noIt pounuaiy - lne M a
.ie h ana
north and emptyng into Hudsen's bay The northern
h; GaS Of 40 deg rnrb I.,itnda ~ tho pnc,v
Mn,sn a saArD s Nav Mesico anS
ay extended to the Pacihc so as TO include oregon By
the treaty of 1886 the boundary continued west on the
parallel of 40 deg from the Rocky mountains to the Pa
ci6c.
Mr.. HUNTER must threw myself on the courtesy OF
my friend from kentucky 10 allow me 10 make report
from a committee :.
Mr.. THOMPSON, of Kentucky eannet stand that ]
never disturb the SENATOR ana nope ne w mol interfere
with me, aln someEass lo the va Dominon
from which he comes and he will understand that de-
cline to yield the floor from personal discourtesy him
My mother and my father Virginans. My maternal
and paternal grandfahes officers in the revolutions
ry army from Virginia reverence that old Common
wealth but the way things are NOW g6ug o the day will
come when there will be more pine fields upon worn-ou
land virginia. and more sedge grass than ever before
simply because you are eternaly paying for and and then
you offer it at half price give 1t away to the few States
process acts two-edged sword. fou buy land
from Indians and sell it to Dntcbmen and lrshmen Not
only arc the old States impoverished by this but
to say long will be the day before the proud Old
Dominion will ever again wear the purple. Though am
as averseto dying politically most men ale 10 dying
naturally lit is likely that snail never Ve long enough 10
see virgnan wear the purple The progress of events
forbids IT,
have stated "a tn Senate my understanding Of the
Of the Louisiana territory as ceded by France
have before me an extract from the introduction to the
volume of land laws COMPLIED In virtue OF resolution OF
Congress of 9th of April l81O in which 1t is stated
Tbs tInsa ststas bs tho trsstv of iona with Franco
aca,;rad tnn;.;ana ,bot anv a;rect of
ar; bu az tIv and in The same manner as il had bean
ACQUIRED by France from Spain in virtue Of the treaty Of
St deonso of the LIST of october 1900 By this treaty
Spain had retroceded Louisiana to France with the
extent that 1t then had in the hands OF Spain and that it had
when France H. ana such as should Do after tue
eates en'erea n'o oe'Ween oPa anu o'her
ou'es. ,
shall deain the Senate by going the question:
what the boundaries of New Mexico as II out to
the southwest2 because that sufficiently discussed
when talked about Chihuahua and Coahuila in the late
treaties with Great Britain in reference the northwestern
boundary that here grant describing the ceded
country and it is the only definite description you get
1t like All open line In survey That line makes the
Louisiana cesson include the Mississippi up to Its head
with all the waters that into it. Going up to the head
OF the Mississippi according to that grant runs up be-
yond the western end of Lake Superior When you
up the headwaera you must take in the highlands in
the country they take dividing ridge boundary
Then you pass up the Platte and the Missouri striking
to the Rocky mountains The Louisiana cesson in
cluded all this vast country, and undoubtedly included
Kansas and Nebraska, and large portion OF Minnesota
Taking this to be fixed fact as geographical question
how does this sandY This seems to under the
treaty OF Louisiana is inconestaby slave territory have
voted for compromise lines voted for the Kansas BILL and
sorry that ever did for it seems nothing can ever
be settled in this country unless 1t Is making or breaking
compromise The treaty OF purchase negotiated by Mr.
Pnckney and Mr.. Monroe provided
inbabtants of the ceded territories shall be ipcor
poraed in the Union of the United States admitted
as possible according to the principles Of the fedora
constitution the enjoyment OF oil the rights advantages