Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-21
NUMBER l2.7

tuting it a State, with a privilege, BELONG
ing to Gll States, to ndopt sucl- domestic
institutions as her own sense of duty and
interest shall determine
II 1t be objected that the population OF
the proposed State is too small 10 iustifS, her
admission into the uEion ut this time, we
answer fhnt II contains larger white pop
ulatlon than either of two States now in
the Union, and represented in both branch
is of Congress
Tue present population of New Mexico.
Including Arizouin, is estimated ut I05,-
OeO. THIS computation is made upon in
formation believed to be correct 1t mlv
also be objected that the present resources
OF the territory Hre not equal to the sup.
port Of IL State Government. If this OBJ
lection has any Foundation in fact. It
may be easily removed by liberal donn-
tlons, such as Congress has often hereto
Tore made to new States on their coming
into the Union. The Committee consider
these and other objections to this plan
which might he suggested Ns too insiguifi-
can't to weigh for 1t moment against the
lncalcnla1ie benefits to all the States. and
to all the people of all the States. Which.
It is hoped, may dow from the adoption of
the measure proposed
Other plans aud modes of adjustment
have been presented and considCredh hv the
committee: all of them, however, involve,
tue surrender of opinions on Constiiu-
t!onai law; long heldby large portion Of
the people, and too firmly grounded in
Their convictions to justify n demand of
Their abandonment, especially when the
results desired by ull can be reached with
out such sacrifice.
From the beginning of our deliberations
1t "ns apparent tlIat the disposition of
that portion of our territory lying south of
the parallel of 36o 3Oi was the main snb-
Ject OF difficulty. The settlement of that.
question was, huwever, complicated with
IL provision much insisted on for territory
to he hereafter acquired. This did not
seem to the committee property TO belong
to the subject. The committee did not
think proper TO extend their consideration
of the enibarrassments arising out OF tie
occupation of territory now within our
possession to Territory Which might or
might nnt hereafter be acquired. IL seemed
to them improper, if not absurd, while our
Government was threatened Will. over
throw by nn angry controversy touching
the disposition of our present territorial
possessions. to employ their time in ar.
, r1lnSng for 1t partition amongst ourselves
OF til: territorial iomiNions OF ucigbbor-
ing nations, looking til future which,
when 1t shall come, will probably bring
with II tcircumstancesNu aud conditions which
could not lie now foresecn, and which,
therefore, should be left to the judgments
of those whose duty it may become To
consider and act upon tAcm
The subject of slavery in tie District OF
Columbia, and in those places in the slave
holding States where the Federal Govern
mcnt has exclusive Jurisdiction, as wcll;as
the inter-siave trade, have been disnOsv.i
fof by IA resolution accompanying this re-
/. port, sHd The reason far that disposition
briefly given in the resolution itself
The rendition of fIgitivcs frusu Justice
has u. all times, aud especially lately. be-
come source of much irrirntion between
the Suites, and connected ITSELF unElnu-
ply, with the subject of slavery. The
pF0vtsionsJo Jof. the Constitution have been
differently construed by the Governors of
fdtftercnt Suites, leading to CONTROVERSY
untavorablC to those nnlirabIe relations
which should always subsist betwcen the
States.
Toremcdy this mischief, the committee
thavo thonGht it expedient to transfer the
duty of acting upon the acquisitions for
stI"h tnGiiircs from the Governors of the
States TO the courts Ofthe United SIntcs,
80 as 10 secure judicial construction of
the Constitution, and also secure uniform
ity of action on the subject, and present a
bill for that purpose. a'5 a
The committee have proposed several.
resolution which do not, propose action on
any specific subject, but which, if adopted
and approved by n vote of the Hnnse, may
serve to announce principles which seem
in some quarters to be questioned. while
their adoption may tend to correct errors
and misrepresentation that have obtained
Il to0 general I'elief in the Southern Sec
tion OF the Union.
The intrinsic difficulties which belong
to the subject must be the apology of the
committee for the time cons0med in com
ing t0 the conclusions now submitted to
the ilUuse. If the,resuIts wcihave reauh-
cd should fail to accomplish the sO-muul-
desired end, the committee still entertain
II confident belief that Congress will
speedily adopt some measure which will
he "crcpted by mll n Just and fair basis
upon which the frlteFnlI relations be-
tween all sections of the Union may be
restored.
1t is proper to state that tho committee
were not unanimous on all the, prOposi-
tions reported, but IL majority oFa quorum
were obtained in their favor.
THoNAs CoRBIS. Chairman.
DISSOLUTION.