The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-08-04


Ter Is ended. But 10 attempt Legislation under such cir
cumslances Is exceedingly foolish Let receive the
DEGREES, and submit them 10 COMMITTEES Of Thirteen 10
see il they cannot be haTmoDzed Let us register them,
and 20 home and tell the people that we have nothing
further 10 do that there the DEGREES which y ~ prop
for them obey and that we have executed our duty
in pfomnlgating them 10 the world. ask. IN all earn
estness, ii moi in danger OF converting ourselves
into great legislative joke, il this is 70 be the course Of
Ii we are 10 submit 10 whatever these soyereigns may
decree, is il worth while " keep up any longer the idle
form OF deberative assembly Il seems 70 me not
Gentlemen seem to forget entirely that there y country
lying north OF the Potomac aud Of Mason and Dxon's
line They entirely forget IT, The controversy 70 be-
tween southern States. A discussion Is 70 come oG
somewhere down South between mississippi and South
Carolina upon whaI Is the true doctrine 10 relation 10
this subject 81 State resistance would like % know
al the start II il will be safe for any citizens OF States
sovereign 10 be there merely ~ spectators laughler
moi 10 put in word, sirbul will be safe Tor 81 ana.
cal" men 10 90 there 70 be listeners looking down from
The galleries, with president rapi'ng them down with
his hammer whenever they smile little out Of order.
lLaagher1 II il he, according 70 the course which this
discussion has taken = y The only thing ma y ie TO US
Now 10 ask gentlemen to look caDddly al ihs mai.
ter called % order Tor speaking VI Inc threaten
ing in which the discussion - conducted But,
must sli alInde 10 il ask gentlemen 70 look this
matter over and whether u il altogether becoming
that we should III here to egsate under impending dis
asters which continually ioretold, Il they are not
threatened.
hope that when my friend from Mississippi lMr
FoorEl goes forward % meet his gallant antagonist
be whether that Compromise bill passed or not 90
think HAT that is an important question ask gentlemen
which thsy AK for has been obtaned and what i he
use OF talking further about resistance 10 Inc government
the dissolution OF the Union, and all that What s
Wilmot Proyso is dead and buried; the senator from
Mississippi is right about that They have territorial
government established without the " iLnot pfoyiso-
that is what they have been contendng Tor The great
bone Of contention is removed That great question:, 80
far as any action oours is concerned y
As 1 sbo NJ y
order, OF because is the very question now BE-
fore the Senate whether that line shall be through
nsoea il BID Tie South GIVE up North
all that lay north Of the line Of 80 deg 80 min. Not
all sir They laid out the whole Of the State Of Mis-
what was the application of this line when Texas
annexed TO the Unonl by the constitution Of Texas,
slavery established throughout her limits Slavery exists
by force of law in Texas up TO the 42d deg OF north lat
itude Was there any violation OF the spirit Of the Mis-
sour Compromise therei Do gentlemen see any such
State excluding slavery and extending one particle below
the line an rreparabe breach Of the arrangement
Yet the whole limits OF Missouri are north Of II, and
boundary the only provision restriction in regard TO it
being that when States formed with the consent
Of Texas, those which lie north OF that line shall not
have slavery in them If the Missouri Compromise is to
be adhered to in its letter and spirit there s not under
these pecedents any violation OF il IN the admission Of
California with her present limits and her constitution
| prescribing that institution.
have said more than intended, and should have
ended before if had not been called TO order. But
wanted suggest to gentlemen, that il we carry
1 ing out the idea of deliberave assembly, The
habit of telling continually that if we do this or II we
do that shall meet with collision amounts to what
should den0minate threats and intimidation, ii were
not fearful that the use OF snch Language would be Of
fensve; and is, II any will look me out softer
wo,dsa Wsosies aeony meaning the same .nns Mn
which the North has been met since the founda
ton oil This government up TO the present time ihe
patient under aggravaiion. They ready to submit
and to bear much, they have borne bat gentlemen
should remember that the inhabitants oil the northern
States men-that they have somewhat OF the feel
ings OF men, They have of the pride that belongs
TO their birth and couny and deepsested as is their
attachment 70 the Union, suffering az Is The for
bearance with which they submit to exactons and IN
suit ask gentlemen ii II u not possible that this thing
may go a le too far and that even northern patience
may be exhausted and northern indifference be aroused
into resentment at last.
One word more in regard to dissolution Permit me
say that this bill, in my humble judgment. has moi
doae much good has done something 10 insure the per-
pelniy OF the Union By bringing together very ncon
gruous materials aud causing those 70 act together who
have usually been separated by which means they have
discovered in each other anabe traits OF character
than they had supposed while they were in continual
antagonsm There may have been At least that good
result from the discussions which have occupied us here
for the last six or eight months.
| Mr. CLEMENS move an adjournment
Mr.. DOUGLAS. Let us have vote first
/ MIR, CLEMENS withdrew his motion.
| Mr.. DICKINSON. think the senator from New
Hampshire mr. HALEl has suggested an important con-
sideration and IL The fact be he supposeshat those
who have opposed and defeated the Compromise bill fo
reasons directly opposite have, in being thus brought
into proximity learned TO look upon each other with more
ndugence-t will not be denied that the bill has in tins
respect Alone whatever may have been rs FAULTS real o.
imaginary, accomplished one considerable good The
great danger federatye organization has been sup
posed 10 rest in the indulgence Of extreme antagonist,
southern sections OF the Union; and IT, the senator
supposes these conflicting elements, by having been
brought into proximity IN common opposition the bill,
have in any degree e vast distance by which
they formerly separated the senator has not over
estimated the benefits 10 be derived from their being tbm
Temporarily drawn to act together. Anxious as was
see the bill carried heard the remark Of the senator
with much satisfaction, and concur with him in the hoR
that the future may realize his expectations.
described by the poet between two representatives Of
mote sections when .there was mutual glance of great
politeness an3 the senator seems 10 claim much BE-
tween himself and those whom he has usually warmly
But, again il the senator is correct in his vews-and
rely entirely upon his assunpon-it be produe
tive OF benefit, and especially IL there should be unie
Innate conflict OF arms. Napoleon, while devastating
Europe by tire and sword, would not permit shots to be
directed To the castle where his future lady love was
lodged and the senator evidently sees much safety
the belief that no could be induced 10 draw his sword
against his riend who had aided him in the defeat
OF the odous Compromise IT, therefore. the good feeling
has been established which he insists has, IL may moi
only tend to individual harmony but avert dire calamI
ties, and perpeuae the Union for at least two genera
lions In this view Of the case therefore, congratulate
Compromise bill Il has frequently been said that sH
M ~ eession had haen xyased he