The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-08-18

ea power Of the non vehoding States The admission
of Louisiana made coniederacy OF compact
ana = Ihs aemp. % ehsp no Sor,b oDgbs ao 20 sbm ior
any Interest No interest ought 70 DO pat 10 com
petition with political power IL was, as one OF the orRi
nal parties 10 the compact et hsei bound la honor
not 20 submit
The extension of the slave States, he says, abridged
THE POLITICAL POWER or THE sLAvEHoLDING STATES
No intsea he continues. ought TO be pt IN competition
ae, pot.tical pososr Wisely said il understood 10 apply
10 political interests for political poper determines and
controls political interests at william admonton deser-
wing the attention of southern men now And no Sub
missionist' was Mr. King admire this proof OF north
ern spirit Shall the South be blamed il she emuates 4
The sernness OF the North was not tried, Tor us point
was gained But she furnished the phrase Tor the
occasionhe phrase that expresses the resolve appca
Bile unjust attempt al abrdging the political power
of OF the two great sections BOUND IN HONOR NOT
70 SUBMIT
The gentleman who may be regarded as the northern
leader in the House upon The question Of the day was
| Mr. TAYLOR, of New York. He moved the slavery re-
strcon the Arkansas territorial BILL and was prom
inent debaer.
resentaon in Congress, he proceeds to say
| The majority may be in your hands. You may have the
power pass such laws; bur beware how you use H.
Remember by whom and for whom this government was
established ''We, the ope OF the United States made
| it 10 Liberty and promote our welfare Tfue
is not every violation Of the conston thar WI justly
extreme Our Union may be compared TO com
mercai partnership Some omissions OF duty and acts OF
may be overlooked and forgotten bur
erosion vRRY NATURE is BEYOND FORGIVE
l. CONSISTS INTO
the and unexpected partners, ~ such man
change the principles OF the partnership ITSELF and
destroy the rights of the original owners
Truly it seems as though Providence had guided the
men of those days the record of language BETTING
present necessities order that out OF their own mouths
the North might stand condemned. We had then the
powell By adheIing TO our adya1iage we could e. have
federacy. We heard the complaints OF the North we
listened with fratena kindness to her apprehensons Of
political subsection; yielded with generous beaty
WAS npcp r n her This
cesson has given her the power to change places with
us Ii is her province now to decide the late OF The
Sonthan advantage she enjoys from the concessions to
her fears, made first in respect 10 the Northwestern Ter
rtory afterwards the Louisiana purchase We taste
now the bitter fruit OF our generosity But we hnd THIS
relief least from the history OF our last gilt, that The
North has furnished through her leading men with
the recorded lesson Of duty which becomes IN the
emergency II the attempt Is made unIusy 70 subord
IN HONOR TO SUBMIT" And II the attempt Is made
to introduce partner, I'm such mdfner as TO
change the principles OF Inc partnership ITSELF ard de-
sroy the rights Of the org,n, o,snsrs' it is "a
erosion WHICH, in IT'S VERY NATURE, BEYOND FOR
GivENEss REQUIRES REsisrAscz. ruey leash rs
that when the abriigment OF political Power q ~ Issue,
we are at liberty calculate the value o. The Union
will pass hastily through the reading Of he pointed
passages from northern speeches 10 show that political
pow II, between the slavehOldng and slavehodng
sections, was at the bottom OF the controversy
Mr. Oils, Of Massachusetts, took the ground, that the
slaveholdng States would become too numerous, and
Gliding upon the admisson'of Missouri.
! Mr.. Roberts, of Pennsylvania;
For myself, | my representatives
should with those representing properly beyond the
bounds the old United States further than have al.
ready gone.
! Mr. Cook, Of Illinois
Let Missouri in, aud the predominanoe, Of the slave
influence will be seued-Naf Intf Aprit5
! Mr. Pummer, OF -:
is not southern influence southern representation
which we are uniriendy, but slave influence and slave
representation, which wish to confne within the mils
come this Union, had they supposed possible that
within the generation they would become minority
side to make Them so in the senate, &c Feeling the
weight Ct ibis slave Representations, aud Knowing With
what fatal activity H increases is strange that the r.
States believing they possess authority under the cousi-
uon should wish 70 prevent ITS ex,sIenee Ia states mere
Ohio Indiana and Ilinoi., Nc. And what have
or hear that we should shrink from this duty Is il The
conduct Of the senate in connecting Maine aud Missouri
or the declaration that IN future no iree State shall be ad
mitted il saveholdng State can be formed 10 form
balance 70 It IN the Senate
| Mr. Holmes, OF Massachusetts
This representatives Of Missouri day to form a
local balance sgainst s;ase in the East.
will not remark further upon the passages have read
than TO call attention TO one important fact Upon The
testimony Of Mr. Cook OF Illinois, will be that
that time lin ls20l the South made open declaration, and
gave full notice that GIN FUTURE NO FREE STATE SHOULD
BIZ ADMITTED TILL A sLAyEHoLDISG STATE COULD BE
FOUND TO FORM a BALANCE TO IT IN TIRE SENATE"
about now to cite the authority of several menu
bers of the Massachusetts delegation In quoting from
prove that considerations OF political power entered into
the contest but WILL besides read passage OF their
patriotic illusions, 10 show what sentiments an indepen-
deat northern statesmen felt al liberty in that day
IL is among the least significant and unhappy signs OF
the times, that Massachusetts, man, OF the great
umnares that light the pathway OF the present genera
lion OF man, held upon the defence, with imminent
danger to his political fortunes for the expression OF
opinions which fall UNNECESSARILY short OF what other
men of Massachusetts,, n day not long gone past were
able TO declare without fear At the hazard OF fatigue
The Senate will read part OF the honest language OF
these However tedious, It may not be without
profit II it does not TO recall their posiery OF this
day to better feelings, At will at least impress with
proper OF the dangerous and portentous change
which has happened in the interval
! will read first from the speech OF MIR Whitman, of
Massachusetts, which may be found in the 10Th volume
OF Ness Register IL delivered upon the occasion OF
motion to apply the slavery restriction in the Arkansas
territorial bill
We should consider that we have, by common and
joint funds acquired tract OF territory
the Mississippi that IL valuable country furnish
fertile region for the Of country resort to
for the purpose OF beering their conditions acq ring
perry, and providing for their children The great
sections oil the Unon-to wit, the savehodiug and
savehoding sectonshave equal right TO It's enjoyment
By permitting slavery Ia every OF IT, the vchod.
ing portion viii be deprived Of III IL not entirely certainly
in very great degree. On the other hand II people
the South carry hcr slaves with them when they
emigrats, the benefit will be equally lost TO them.
i We must, then, go have begun-sdmttng some
already admitted Louisiana, lying prnc paly Of the
Mississippi, without any restricon for the benefit of
southern brethren. We have decided 10 admit MIS-.
souri, with The resuicion with view In measure,
continue in the way, admitting States off
against the non-slavehoding States westerly the