The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-10
SPEECH
HOY, WILLIAM UPnAN,
Upon the Compromise BIN"
- N''t ~ ANiilA3N lltii
p"L!NIl'EblN IliEal,NATE OTTuE
UNITED STATES,
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, p1-, Mr rrsil.r, io tlrNE aaa rDni.
pruui.o' thc tl'ud tat i1 no srf'D. roiuuI,.y.
r.l ~ hy tro South Fur rrt m.1.ur. m.
Nur'h Irc uui IDuillr ituH. oprrft4lI lIe
''i i,.r,i tu,'. EU,l it lI!i I.l.. ..4. l ,.i..
iun' uphau rnUs' %. discomfort us fhr ultt
~ tl- tuu,h, Tito drGutri.hrH ~.ul,or
iom N""urIy Aif llpvJ in h's ,re aba
ul eloquent tpc, %, di,cuI uu nr zen of
February lt.tfuys:
81 1ko 'hi- o.rssipn 20 ,ae, that an-u,
IH-' "Iu "tirII iu fIW' Inc i'hr N. ...nuIi
Ie~piprnnti '.+Er) were mriur,',. nf s.yr %
crn mrn.hcr. VI, friend ilull Alal.,,sl iu
U" S,nNs, Nlr kngD Mr. piuknov, rum
Mary Nihud aul q mniniilv nf tho Spn'hrrp
,N'r'm'or m tlt4 body, voted IN favor ~ tar
ln' " "G '3"' and majority of thc south
cin members iu the other HOUSE. M tho Lc,l
ot whom was Mt' Lawrence hinl.olC ,n,rd M.
80 for hat line. I have no doubt ,b,t di,l
also; but, as was Speaker of the lIou-,,. and
a. ihr journal does not show what Nas tho
NicaNrfN votes except in eases ola tir, pm
iiut rii'r ~ fcft WIN CCrtdlnfv how arrU1fiv
vote; hut have un earthly doubt thnt /
Foicl m rommul with many other Southern,
fiynd' ior t.c adoption of the limo at u5 e d.
This, J suppose. .ir, g. evidence enough ~
show thlt thc Missouri cnmprani-r lin.. was "a
N"u'I"rn 1ud NOT I'd Northern measure. There
were "a th" li"u-r oi Representatives bur
'rlru'con votes from the free Stat,s iurit.
! lr iuurih and la.t act IN the series. reI.-
my discomfort oH the part ui tho South. /. the,
o.. hlsinn of slavery nom the Oregon Terri
tory. h'- measure admit, v1- cnrricd u.s.
Nu"hrn '"'r.; hut it ooull uoi have horour
q law 'riihvut the approval uf southern
Ir,-'I'n.-- u was in the power uf Mr. Polk
i2irI4ahhf bilyAis4t MI. rA,.'f prl i&gr p ,s rl,Nc-
freedom over slavery in the hal,- oI Conarc-s.
Nul, I'm my huub,r opinion, 1t tlnt bill hu6
been d,'vltd, We shpull hNarl of mo- wide
1i-tpl discomfort m tlc South. Of mo- "hr'iyt
ui t'c people la tlir southern Ntltv- thatthcy
cannot rymlin Ls lllL-- GllA-.-.--.-.---.--------
n With hUuur and trtrll i'm the. uiuG." The
South opposed tho hllWitlr great zeal aud
v,hcmuuac, and for great length ,ot Times
but il commanded a MAJORITY uf,utcs ia both
branches ut Congress, and, according tu the
forms Of the Constitution, bcrauIc the law of
the land. "
Ihayc, believe, Nl' President hi,lly uo-
urcl all the cmsus OF dis.uut,ut mrn.iulcd
iu the speech ot the honorable senator hou
South Carolina; aul, in my hunh.r iu,l ll..pul.
thg('da not furnish the slightest grounds for
disun'pu. The pyup'r ot TIE North have
rul-r, ol complaint oi a much more sul'-ian-
ua character against the Snu,h, hui thoy
hlsc ucNcy Thought az di-uion as r,mr n
for tlcir grievances. 80, sirthCv rr gard th,
tJ,ioH-a- tie. greatest hlc.>iug thcl puie,,ald
ir og-rc SION upon their right, however tla-
grant, viii weaken their Tlt1 hWcut to it,
Hat tie discomfort ia tAa SnutA, il aid, has
brought the Union into imminent dtugvr,ord
the question has boon asked. how-ca il hy
Sa(rdE Tho Senator who pronounced the
l.t.,tl.sl tF
Nhe North, and the North alonciu one way,
and only in enc WAY, can save H. and that is,
ITO do iusiirc by courcjiug to the South an
equal right in the acquired territory, aud To-
do her duiy los causing the ,fipultuns rrlat-
L.. ID lu.iliA. .llA-s Il l.. L.iLllilll LlGlllI.
to ccaee the :,s-iitinn ul li, slave ,iu,.-lui,.
and 10 provide i0r the n.crtion ofapro,ision
IN the Cuu.titut'ou,Oy = IN aulculmcu' that VIII
RESTORE to the *"Ftl, in ,uh-ancc, the power
She possessed of piOil'rliug hcrrclfhclnrc the
equilibrium between thc sections was DESTROY o.
ed los the actiou of thi, Government.
Is it true, Mr. President. that the prcscrya-
ton of the Union dopcnd.'upou the pctt5rni-
aucc of aH these conditions ON the North p
lit does, despair of il; IL. day arr. huntl,,.r
ed, aud the hour of darkness viii soon bc up-
Observation-Disclosures
territories belonging to the Union. They
are open alike To- the North aud the South.
'Iut the local institutions Of neither section
OF the country can bc carried intGsiss,s. t1l,a
I banker of the North, who issues his bills by
/ virtue of law OF the State in which lac re-
sides, cannot carry his bank charter to- Cali
( iornia or New hrNico, antl1issur his bills
there. Nor can thG>Slantg/Nof the South. who
holds his ncgfocs in D-4kige 10y virtue of the
local law OF his State, caS>S ohcm into the ter
ritory al the United StatH and hold them
! in bondage there, The pSople in both see
I tions of the country are ON perfect equality
rs to their rights in the territory belonging to
the Union. That slavery is a status unknown
To the common law, aud contrary 10 the law
.ot nature, and exists only by positive lcgisla-
itivc enactment, is a question no longer opcu
] TO discussion. Ii has been settlcl- -nHrI-lnL
over again 10y the highest judicial tribunals in
. both the slave and the free States.
The people of the North, as far as | know,
stand ready faithfully to fulfil all thc-stipufi-
, tons OF the Constitution relative to fugitive
slaves. But, sir, u diGrrcucc of opinion cx-
lists between the two sections of the country
as to the moasurd of duty ON the part of the
free states, We stand upon the decision of
vthC Supreme Court at tho tpitcd States. in
: tho Casc Of frigg against Pennsylvania, and
maintain that our true measure OF duty is
: there laid downNapd we" conform Ia il.
[ Congress having rr4ulatr,l tho moar of re-
nlamalion 10y the act of 1g3, The States have
80 constitutional Puwcr-tr- -frr-fslat4- tttt ~.
subject. The whole matter is under the rN-
elusive jurisdiction of the Federal Govern
meut The State therefore havD. uutbing
90 bur 10 remain pd. size. Intv may, now
....f al