Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-09-27

% district hill hut he recommends that the other two sub
@ and be left untouched to themselves by some
of nature. by the Uts nedtcdtG ndhfde, VI s"L Ism
edy the Of which cannot perceive any g0uDo
1.-The Recommendation the President have already
said proposes the simple introduction OF Caolna as
State into the Union measure which, standing Dy eh
has excited the strongest symptoms OF dssatislaceon @
Southern of Confederacy. The
% rnnases to leave all untouched and unprovded
for In such abandonment "hat vii, De tne
thngs The first approximate territory TO Calnof9a
Utah and in what condition that left by the Presidents
Message? Without any government al an Mh0 o even n
when you to New Mexico what
you? military government by hdt of
of the army ALeutenant Colonel mere on
the Of The United ehe M WIFI o
stand up, DemocTdt arh0 cam ana oJeno 9J 1850 r
sent ntany goose eo a s re1 we had doubts
about the authority of the late President to DO TINS IN '
here in time of proourd peace. it is proposed by the
highest authority that this government that TINS miay
peace ensued know notshould be continued indefinitely
till New Mexico is prepared to come as otae to Ins
cnmnosed of Americans spaniards and Mexicans: and
about eighty thousand or ninety thousand INDIANS h
will tbeV be ready to come State Sir say it under
full of the responsibility OF my position that TO-
morrow with d population and such Constitution as
such population might make, they were to come here Tor
admission State for one, would not vote Tor IT, IL
would be ridiculous would be tarclca 1t would prg
into contempt grave matter of forming Ccmmonweaths
as sove eign members of this glorious Union IT,,
Mr. Bell replied TO Mr.. Clay. On the third OF July
1850, he commenced one of the most extraordinary
speeches ever delivered in the Senate and continued it
for three DAYS In regard to Mr.. Clays plan of adjust
ment, he said:
as the chairman (Mr Clay of the committee
SHOWS Ithas at no time met my cordial appro
val When the plan of such gentlemen falls SO
far short of what the Senate and the country had right TO
expect of them it is to me, matter of deep regret
He then proceeded to defend the Presidents plan IN
the face OF bis former proposition, and to suggest
the most puere objections to Mr.. Cays Adjustment
fe was exceedingly ingenious in his attacks upon it
He sought to array the ultra Southern men and the
AboltiOnists against it. TO the Southern men he said
1t is proposed by the 39th of the bill, to esab
lish a Territorial government for New Mexico
The the concessions to the South apprehend
found consist in the mere fobearance to employ
odious and obnoxious forms of enactment Qhe Wimot
p1ovo) The principle of non-nterVention is
not violated, and that, is said, is great deal
confess any substantial concession to the South
in all this. = Suppose that contrary to all
slavery should be introduced into New Mexico and
after lapse of years when the inhabitants shall be
hozed to form State constitution and slavery should be
recognized by its provisions what security has the South
that with such constitution, New Mexico will ever be adj
mitted into the Union State! None at all -.
Yet this very same John Bell proposed only tT0 or
three months before, to take ~ degrees of slave terrific
ry from Texas attach it to this New Mexico, and hand
both over to the iree-sOiers. Further, in this very
speech towards its close, he actually proposed in order
to array the North against the compromise, to admit
this very New Mexico Immediately as free State
Speaking to the ultra Southern men, he again said
lac connected
with Texas would have adopted the spirit OF the Missouri
compromise and set apart some portion OF the Territories
into which the stakeholder might with his property
This would have considered substantial concession to
the South-a real compromise"
Yet, in his speech from which we have heretofore
quoted delivered at this session only four months
before this one we find Mr.. Bell saying
Il know that many southern gentlemen for whose opn
ion entertain high respect, that the Missouri
mise line should at all hazards be adhered to. / cannot
UPON that point will only say that, even if it could be
a
south of THAI ne it would be barren victory for there
recognition should be conceded by the North,
would be of no value to the South
Consistent John Bell He next turned 70 the North,
and tried bring them into opposition to the compro-
mise He sets out by informing them that the Wilmot
Provso is not III the bills. and that it is not clear that
Old lack would veto it if it put there. Hear him
81 have said that neither knew, sought to know,
General Taylors views upon this subject during
canvass do not noo k00 chat General Taylor aooud do
whether he would veto bill containing the Wilmot Pro
vso not Nor dol believe the living who say
with truth that he better informed upon this subject than
myself
Having stated that he did not understand General
Cass to have declared what bis would have been
under such circumstances, he added
Sir his objection to the Wimo Provso, BEING founded
has opinion OF acha the Constitution authorized and not
any opinion favorable the extension of slavery
1rOud haze been act unusual bOdeSS haze declared
that ne acOd disregard the former practice Of government
and given weight to the precedens of the Missouri
promise and the Oregon territorial GCt.'
thus giving the North TO understand that General |
Taylor, should Congress pass the Wilmot Provso, |
would not be guilty oil act Of such unusual boldness
as to veto it. Not content with this he draws their
attention to the fact that they instructed to vote for
it. He sale
Look, sir, the North South and see who
those of the North are Hey not pledged and tied to the
W11ot precise by their Instructions? And have they
already receded little their platform in coming to
the plan of the PRESIDENT"
Then still further alarm and embarrass those Nor
thern men who disposed to go for the compromise
in spite OF Instructions and trust to the peOpe to san
port them, Mr.. Bell said
Sir for the moment you pass this bil and as long as
government according to its provisions shall
peal, or the application of the Wilmot proviso.'
lie went still further and appealed to the cupdity of
the North to defeat the compromise He held out to
them the gitering bait of another free State in New
Mexico the inhabitants of which were about forming
State constitution with prohibition against slavery
He said
Admit New Mexico a State or provide for it's adms
sion at future day after Texas shall have acceded to
settlement of her boundary and though there may be some
increased excitement at the South for time it will soon
Nj FOoTE: state with perfect conscentiousness and
with complete CONVICTION of what say that New Mex
leo Is admitted as State the Union continue to ex
10 reply to Mr.. Foote and Mr. Clay's declaration
nat ne would not vote for the admission Of New Mex
leo as State Mr. Bell said
" does appear to to be strange and extraordinary,
position tor Senators take. chen ey declare that ui
no Circumstances so'1 they cote to admit Neeo MEXICO INTO
This hasty effort of Mr. Bell to drag another free
State into the Union, with population according to
Mr.; Clay, OF about ten thousand Americans, Mexcans
and Spaniards and eighty or ninety thousand Indians
+" civilized uncivized, haEcvilized and barbarous
people, must be considered very strange not to saw
monstrous, when taken in connection with his subse
quent conversion to Know Nottingham and his Jealous
with that party to prescribe and put down
our oregn-born citizens, in the eletion of 1855 Rut
this Was not all. He begged to remind the Northern
Senators that there bill for the abolition of sla
very the District OF Columbia, and then proceeds to