The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-03

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Tor three years violent contest has been gong and
shat dylag me whole 81 thai time iaammsiofy sysAs
have been made. not 10 The Judgment bat % the pss
dies of the different sections Of the Uaion si y con
oneed thet the Union itself 10 In no dznxef ana h<i
van be preserved iet,hs controversy terminate ~ may
IN the Congress of the United Staes diner N oy'n.on
from thcse who are impressed with this idss- have
heard too much, here and elsewhere Of hs b.ckin os
Of one or the other section OF this Unioa has eeen
favoFite form OF expression, used BY totn sesns.s
~ re opposing section .S w0d i. Da @y OPINION .
considesabIe number OF the American people who con,
ceve that their rights have been OF are about Y b
them to an unwilling acquiescence; you may even sxss
innate them but think sir that from the b. Lawrence
olhe Rio Grande there y splIlt existing IN ne Amer.
Where. al over This broad land. that would never
: wrong OF degradation imposed On them. cone
from what quarter il may. Il is q dangerous mis-
tske 70 suppose tha. they viii do il; and in my opinion
Of this question, I regretted t6sreiore, 10 hear my
friend from New Jersey Mr. MILLERl talk about his
State standing until the M gun wasred ior the preserve
ton OF this Unon You cannot preserve this Union by the
firing OF guns The first gun fired against any State in her
capacity ~ such-you will pardon my expressing the
opniopwill be the DEATH nell Of this Union Il was
not 90 formed. II was never based en- the fears OF
the people. The constitution, which is the bond al
union is something more than merce piece OF parch-
ment: j s the mbodiment Of living vital principle
twas intended TO exist such, and il must exist
such, protecting the interests OF all Whenever ceases
to DO So from that day forth does this glorious Union
virtually exist therefore beg gentlemen not
act hastily or mprudently in this matter. know that
strong positions have been assumed BY the legislatures OF
different States, on opposite sides Of this question
hope that we shall yet find common ground upon which
we can all meet here. The resolutions Of the senator
from Kentucky Questionable to and cannot
tc them because do not oslieye that they passed
re- the spirit 10 which they were offered aud to hear the
declaration Of the senator that be particularly
jeci. 50 that the rights Of all might be nves,gaisd and
that he cared not what amendments might be- made to
them. The motives he had in view in offering those
ihe bosom Of every senator who shall vote upon this
question His great object seemed to me to be to discard
sc ona issues and strife and to bring about return to
those better days Of the Union, when raterna feeling
listed all over the land J
now proceed TO the consideration OF the resolution to
which have referred:
not likely be introduced into any Of The territory
qued by the United States from the republic Of Mexico
for Congress 70 provide by law either for It's
intoduc.on into exclusion from any part Of the said ter
g 81 ,s c
signed the boundaries of the proposed State Of California
without the adoption Of any restriction or condition on the
The senator was pleased to say that this resolution
contained two great Of law and one q TACT
Well the resolution in its present shape decides the
question OF law that slavery does not exist in the Terri
tories, or, in other words, that no one owning slaves
apS ssn
il direct decision upon the whole subject matter OF the
very point in controversy from the beginning From the
- the question upon which we have split from the
commencement OF this discussion. II has always been
urged BY the people Of the South that, soon as this
territory was acquired, they had the right in common
with their fellow citizens Of the North to go there with
their property, even in slaves, and that they were pro-
issisd u that right Sy me constitution o. the United
!. 81, The 6rsi argument with which we were met was.
Tefrories that such law remained in force when we
Acquired the Territories; and that therefore slavery
excluded from their limits after the acquisition: Now
will not take up the time OF the Senate in reading those
laws. but will refer to them briefly The first Is de-
cree Of dictator in Mexico in the year 1929 That de-
es \ nov asked 70 Se enforced here as aw and we are
now. Notwithstanding the dsayowa Of the authority
BY which 1t was passed by Mexico, the law Of the
rscoees iha, there have been great many decrees
made BY Mexican dictaors. But this decree is in
direct violation Of several articles Of the Mexican con-
stituton then in exstence--te constitution OF 1924
for instance, the article declaring that he Mexican
ton adopts for It's form OF government popular repre-
sentative and federal republic There are other matters
in relation to this point BY reading which will not IA
tgue the Senate, going to adopt the very pnnc
pie with regard TO the right Of the several States to
CURED IN the constitution OF The United States Now, sir
who will say that IL here to-day invest the
President OF the United States with supreme political
power and he should undertake to issue decree abo
fishing slavery throughout the Union, would have the
force and effect OF law Yet such was the operation in
Mexico; Tor her constitution stringent and as clear
and direct this subject s. But say gentlemen
thejaw was rearmsd by the Mexican Congress in 1897
Well sir, II law directly at variance with the
constitution, the fundamental law Of the land il they had
enacted il thousand times over having its origin in
violation OF the constitution, il law utterly null
and soid. But told that constitution which was
read by the senator from Missouri tMr BEHToNl which
was adopted by Mexico in the year lS43, absolutely
abolished slavery This may be the case but take up
the history OF the Mexican republic, and you will find
revolution after revolution occurring, and constitution
after constitution adoped-so that II is with extreme diff
fully. amid all this confusion that this day can
ascertain what the Mexican laws really are One day
plan Of government is established by successful
military leader, only to be oyethrown on the next and
new system substituted The constitution OF 1924 has
meyer been overhrown BY the people themselves but
only by the military leaders, and whenever they have
been pat down. the government has always fallen back
that constitution, and gone under il.
But suppose this law really did exist, and that the
very day these Territories coded TO the United States
il va IN full force and effect does il prove anything in
favor OF the proposition coniended for Garry il out.
and what does IL showi The Argument that this con-
stitution OF 15l3 was in existence, and is now in
existence in California and the rest OF the Terrific
ries II part Of il be in existence there by parity OF
reasoning all Of that constitution is in force in those Terri
tories and how are we 70 get clear OF il there Only by
the pointed In the constitution itsclf-by an
Alienation Of IL. and we Of the slaveholdnQ Sfafes