The American statesman: a political history, exhibiting the origin, nature and practical operation of constitutional government in the United States; . verylong session. At the next session, also, (1850-51,) although severalimportant measures in both houses made considerable progress, fewof them became laws. Perhaps the act of the most general interest wasthe existing postage law, reducing the rates of postage to three cents onprepaid single letters, for a distance of 3,000 miles, and five cents if notprepaid; and double these rates for any greater distance. CHAPTER LXXIII. THE COMPROMISE OF 1
The American statesman: a political history, exhibiting the origin, nature and practical operation of constitutional government in the United States; . verylong session. At the next session, also, (1850-51,) although severalimportant measures in both houses made considerable progress, fewof them became laws. Perhaps the act of the most general interest wasthe existing postage law, reducing the rates of postage to three cents onprepaid single letters, for a distance of 3,000 miles, and five cents if notprepaid; and double these rates for any greater distance. CHAPTER LXXIII. THE COMPROMISE OF 1850, CONTINUED. SPEECHES OF MESSRS. SEWARD AND CASS. In the senate, on the 11th of March, 1850, the presidents messagetransmitting the constitution of the state of California being under con-sideration, Mr. Seward addressed the senate in a speech of about threehours. As Mr. S. touched upon all the principal topics embraced inthe general question of slavery as presented at this session, and as thesubject is one of immense and lasting importance to the Union, it isthought proper to transfer to our pages a large portion of the speech, asfollows:—. ADMISSION OF CALIFORNIA. 913 Shall California be received ? For myself, upon my individualjudgment and conscience, I answer. Yes. For myself, as an instructedrepresentative of one of the states, of that one even of the states whichis soonest and longest to be pressed in commercial and political rivalryby the new commonwealth, I answer. Yes. Let California come new state, whether she come from the east or from the west,every new state, coming from whatever part of the continent she may, isalways welcome. But California, that comes from the clime where thewest dies away into the rising east; California, that bounds at once theempire and the continent; California, the youthful queen of the Pacific,in her robes of freedom gorgeously inlaid with gold—is doubly welcome. And now I inquire, first, Why should California be rejected ?
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