The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-08-20

this debate from the OF the present Sea
sion OF Congress- the South have been disposed TO yield
nortion OF their rights They had right 10 demand In
removal Of any distractions in the Territories. grown.
out of The laws OF Mexico anything else that migh
be an impeachment in the way OF the enjoyment OF Their
rights within the Territories. They have never asked
io1 The full measure OF their rights They have been
willing to rest their rights upon The constitution as
handed down by lie trainers, obelrueed as We were told
il was BY the laws OF Mexico. We were willing 10 20
before the courts of the country and TO ieae our rights
upon the ground that The constitution was paramount
those rules and would IN effect. work Their repeal
Now, sir, after conendDg for thai, afier being voted
down by a sectional majority, as al former sessions Of
Congress told that We are Inc dlsunionlsis for
soolh because we demand DIVISION oil Tue country, o.
that in some form our rights 10 emlgale there Should
reoog Missed by the Congress Of the United staes We
are called - dsunionsls" ultra men,, = uilfa southern
men," and odium is sought 10 be attached TO that appe
ZION, when we have only demanded portion OF those
rights which the constitution itsell guarantees And ye
in the face OF all these facts, IN the discussion OF this
question: met b. The assertion that the people
OF California had formed constitution ioeralng slavery
they would have been admitted INTO Inc Union. The
declaration of The senator from New York Mr. SEWARD
has been brought 10 TO prove nus know not how is
with Others but never believed mat declaration. And
even those who urge that argument and say tney would
have voted for her admission IN that case, have The
charity 10 believe what we say. The senator iron lodi,
ana has said that he believes we are sincefe IN saying
that would not vote Tor the admission OF State
der such circumstances, II her consliut on tolerated
slavery He thinks we do not understand ourselves 1
fear the judging rs by the rule which governs
which he appes1o us, when he poclans that he would
have voted for the admission OF California il she had
presented herself as slave State
would not say anything this question, were
mol that the legislature of Indiana ha instructed her sen
aiors TO fix the Wilmol Proviso upon all territorial gov
ernments Is Indiana, then, prepared to give equal JUS
ce to the people oil the South, and 10 allow them to emf
CRATE 10 the with their property, when she has
not left her Tree to act during the present question:
but has required them to vote as to exclude the south
ern people, with their property, from the territories!
,ho ~ Ind a
to exclude slavery from the territories 10 Impose OBJ
legation upon their senators here, and mol leave then
free to give halfway justice 70 the South how ~out
they be reconciled to admitting slavery in the only e
tories OF any value whatever!
We know what would be the feelings Of the northern
people upon an application OF a slave State. Mssouu
was an applicant for admission when there no
irregularlty her preliminary proceedings-wheIe
territorial government had been previously organized
where the boundaries had been laid oil and liked by Con
gress. What the objection then 10 the admission
OF Missouri Nothing the federation OF slavery
her constitution Finally she was admitted. But how
Was she admitted without an equivalent Was she ad
United by The northern people conceding that the people
themselves had right TO form constitution and ADOPT
their own kind Of government, and that therefore, upon
the great democratic principle they were entitled to ad
mission with constitution adopted by the people them
selvess No, sir But for equivalent four times The
value OF the State itself Ii upon this that Mssouh
was finally admitted And yet, in the face OF all hes
facts are told in order 10 mi Ike it appear that thoR
southern men who opposed the admission of Calorna
had been acting cautiously and iactously that had Cali
ioIRia presented herself with constitution toerals
slavery she would have been admitted | think, there
FORE that authorized to say, and authorized TO be
lieve, that had California presented constitution lo
Grating slavery, instead OF the instructions OF Indiana
being 10 insert the Wilmo Proviso in territorial gov
enaents they would have been 70 admit slave State
As wele the instructions from States believe
Sir, during the present session OF Congress- IN The
other House, they passed resolution that no more
slave States should be admitted Bat afterwards,
sidering abstraction, they reconsldered il, as
there was no application tor the admission OF slave
State. They found It was producing q state oil exch
inent and feeling. Hence they reconsitersd It, The
solve, nevertheless remains equally firm and hxD
in the minds of those who control the majority thsp
Ny honest belief is that that another slave Sai
will never be admitted into the Union. The decree 4
gone forth There is majority for IT in the flee Stats
and that majority Is accommodating and increasing; an
that " hch few years ago belonged toa mere acla
the ruling, controlling influence OF the free States
There was the senator iron Indiana says, once par
~ who had principle this subject OF slavery ThnI
party IN at would meet, North and South, upmI
platform, wh ich they believed did equal justice
all sections. But that platform has been torn down
Ii has been taken from under There is noplaomI
on which the North and South can now rally. We are
left none.
Gentlemen are talking sir, about sectional meeting
aud sectional conventions Some years ago. Their
the Buffalo Convention Who then raised his voa
and cried out "treason p Who then was found emba
eng much patriotism in his bosom to proclaim
the whole country that mere treason, and that
ought TO be put DOWN. That objection did not then et
because that convention was IN the northern Stats
supposed TO be right. whether II be constuiora
not, oppressive upon the minority not. II the aca
OF the ma)ony rs unconstitutional, and cannot therefor
be justified IL is at least not TO be complained of and
treason in the minority TO resist It, Ii Is also mplan6
OF that we have established sectional paper this CITY
Why, abolition paper has been established in this ven
clty Tor several years, to my knowledge. Have we M
that brought to the attention OF the Senate and complain
ed of Dcendary movement, for the purpose OF d.
solving this Unon' And yet, who denies that that aPs
makes war the constitutional rights of large poraa
OF the opie of the United States Who does mol adm
that il is acting in violation of the fundamental prncas
OF our government, and that II its policy shall be cans
out, though a formal union might remain, the bond
nnIon would be broken and trodden under FOOT WIZ
denies that Yet this protest alarms these Union o4
geDuemen--these excluslse Unionsts They do not coz
plain of these ncendiary movements But the momeh
portion OF the southern people choose place hems
upon the constitution of their country--tbai bond
Unon-and clam TO be the equals OF others, and clam
rights guaranteed by this instrument, they denouuu
as ultraiss and disunionists.
There are, then, ii seems two ways of preserving IN
Union on the part OF the southern people. The one
unqualified submission to whatever degradation ruh
and violation OF constitutional rights the northern e
may choose to nfilct upon them And believe tbeRp
some in the South who, being wholly indferea
to what may be the degree OF oppression inflicted
them in violation OF their constitutional rights vaS
think it act of patriotism tamely, but, as tbat
cowardly and degradngly, to submit To that class,
President, do not belong | claim my constu1oa
rights and as long as occupy seat this fool ~
resenting people who, believe, know their rights ~
knowing them will maintain them, will give utleran
to these sentiments And whenever these sentiments
not meet the appreciation OF that people, cam add
their nhma,ion will, retire from their service rsPf
sentative and senator But, sir the people OF 1enpc
see have given too many evidences OF their inelgsna
patriotism, and love OF equality liberty, and freedom
leave doubt of their ability 10 ascertain their rights
al nd ttpa oh NJ all