Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-12-05

more than Kentucky has done in trad.
ing in slaves as merchandise, than the
State of Mississippi has done, which
inserted il in her constitution; than
many other slave.holding States have
done. The law which was passed does
not touch or effec. in the slightest de.
gree the institution Of slavery as it cx-
lists within the District. 1t does not
prevent the inhabitants of the District
from selling or other wise alternating
their slaves. Ii does not prevent them
from even going out Of the Dislric,
and purchasing slaves and bring them
within it for their own use: the law was
a mere regulation called for by all the
considerate ones, which cannot unite
in the passage of any law, in which in
the absence of all passion, excitement.
and agitation all impartial men would
concur. Such, Mr.. Speaker, is brief
account of the system Of measures re-
commended by the committee of thir-
teen.
That committee thought il expCdient
to unite in one bill all those kindred
measures which related TO our recent
territorial acquisition. They thought
that considering the actual state of the
opinion in Congress, it was best so 10
unite them, that when thus combined
each party would see what it gained
and what it lost, and they would be
sure that in the passage Of the com.
mon measure it would find its losses
compensated by its gains; moreover,
there was unhappily, distrust engender.
ed between the parties as TO what might
be the result if the several measures
were separately proposed. One SAID
TO the other, if we pass what you want
having got it you will afterwards re
fuse to give US what we want. By
combination Of the measures, each par
ty would see and know the exact ex
tent of what it conceded and what was
conceded 10 it, and being once passed
there would be no risk of bad faith
The friends of the compromise were in
favor of all the measures either in the
aggregate or in the detail. Welded tc
no matter Of mere form. actuated BY
no pride of opinion, they were anima
ted by no other desire than the peace
and harmony of the whole country
The opponents Of the compromise
with some exceptions, were agains, tn,
measures in the aggregate and in de
tail, and their objection therefore tc
their union was not the true and rea
objection; but for their indiscrcet anc
bitter opposition the omnibus woult
have passed months before the separat,
bills passed; happily the whole system
OF measures as originally proposed, Fl
nally prevailed in both Houses Of Con
gress. The propriety of the union o
some of them was demonstrated in tn
House of Representatives, by the fac
that the Texas boundary question wa
presented as separate measure, il wa
rejected by a majority of more tha
forty, and afterwards, when unite
with the bill for establishing the terrific
, rial government for New Mexico, with
out the Wilmot Proviso, il was carrie
by decisive majority. And now, Nj
, Speaker, lei us for a momen, paus
, and consider what are the actual osse
and gains by the two sections of th
Union in the adoption of the system {
I measures. think that, as TO Caifol
{ MIA, neither party, so far as the actio
, Of Congress is concerned, can be trul
. said TO have gained or lost. What hi
/, been done by competen, and admitte
e authority, without the in,erposition I
e Congress. AS to the territories
8 New Mexico and Utah, the wishes
] the south have prevailed, and the w
:. mot Proviso has been repudiated, ar
n although do not believe that SLAYER
d will be tolerated in them, both are 6
e lowed TO admit or exclude il accordir
J. to their own pleasure. In regard
e the Texas boundary the South has bet
:. rendered secure in all the territory !
e ing West Of the Nueces, and extendir
}, to the Rio del Norte, and up that riv
Ie from its mouth, TO the southern line
& New Mexico, as an area for SLAYER