The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-06-14


|csrned there s good anthonty want TO cali the atten-
lion OF any gentleman upon the floor, who feels any dan
ger q being hurt BY this u the country 70 shs
admire their frankness and boldness; aud hope the
poefs will attend 10 them, and that on Monday morning
they will have gone out and that they VIII be read every
man in the country and lei him what the friend and adj
vocaethe mover Promugatos, and su?Porter--he AJAX
and Achilles Of this h-ihinks OF H. Why, sir he tells
il covers The Wno Proyiso with iniamy-kills il
buries i,uerly annhlaies il Now, sir, that may be
good the reporters win only put that IN hefepors
will 60 to the South and lei il go down IN the southern
country-- will be exceedingly palaabe, Butdoes that
honorable forget that he has friends upon this
floor rom the North, from whom a vote IS expected IA
support OF this bills AMI that The bill must die unless
he gets these northern votes Does he reflect
what OF position he places them in when he tells
them that this bill that buries the Wilnot Proviso
with inamy a., and leaves nothing but ex-
ecrauon unonns IL seems to me- Il had any friends
that would support me, would not so speak oil them.
LLaugher.l would not, when asked them to march
up and vote Tor measure Of This Sort give out beore-
hand wha, the act was--what they were 70 do. am
glai that the senator does H. glad that there Is
advocate for this bill that fears not speak the whole
truth upon this subject, who has no concealmrnt, who
speaks from the generous impulses Of his heart aud
tells us what about 10 do. He Tells us the true
character OF The bill, aud tells If he thought there
danger to the South BY the which he takes the
support oil this BILL and II there any free soil 10 be
covered by these provisions he would be the last one
for III for he conli notgo home to Mississippi and
stand up before his constituents. il he did As regards
the immediate matter OF the amendment before the Sem
ate, do not know how to vote upon it II knew what
would have the best tendency 10 kill the bill, should
know how to vote. am ready at least to vote upon that
question simply ia my place--and do il with
all candorto thank the honorable senator from Mssis-
spp, 10 behalf OF the dead and buried few that still hold to
the doctrine which is thus denounced, for the manness
openness, and the undsguised manner in which he has
shown the nature and character of the which
we are called upon 10 support he does not undertake
to deceive Us with any preiences and do not say that
any body upon this floor d0es-iar be il from 10
cuse any one of hypocrisy deception have had my
own motives impugned loo much to mpeach those OF
others. or 10 allow me Tor amoment TO be guilty OF such
thing towards another Sir In these days okexpedens
compromises, concessions and equivalents. is refresh
ing to man like the honorable senator from Mis-
sisspp, upon whose head more than upon any other
rests the responsibility OF this measure come out and tell
us what their bill is
In connection with the subject. think there is
another matter II is said the honorable senator from
Tennessee, sitting upon the other side OF the cham
Der, Mr. TURNEy,l took occasion 10 arraign the
duct of some OF the editors of newspaper in this city
But zee, sir, that the proclamation has gone forth
that matter though their Sins he scarlet though
they may have been obnoxious in any degree and sub
jeced to all the bulls and accommodations then hun-
dered from the Vatican. they shall be washed and regen
Grated, and made to stand absoved from all past sins
and offences, ii they will only walk up and vote for this
| bill.
Now sir, when see these things--when see the
character OF this bill il is thus plainly revealed by the
senator from Missssippl-when ! zee these exIaordi-
nary inducements held out to backsliders, only to
up and vote for it, do ask whether there anybody
here that soterans any lingering attachment to this dead
and buried Wmo Provso; ard, II mol, whether men are
blind as 10 suppose that because here have forgot
it, the people have therefore forgotten t ask them
to take note Of what is Transporting. and compare
with what will follow at the homes of those here who
forget the feelings and sentiments OF those who have sent
them here because il does 10 me that, whatever
may have been said about the topography, the physoo
Ky, aud the physical geography OF the country in ques
lion, there will be hereafter question OF political
geography to settle. that will override all OF them, mas
much Il is exhibited TO here this morning in clear
and unmisakable form, so that can msapprehend
IT, that all who vote Tor this bill regarded denounc
ing and bringing eternal disgrace and odum upon that
principle upon which our constituents look in mode
to say the least, very different from that The matter
has been put this moralng IN It's true light II Is
which, in The opinion OF lis friends, buries beyond
the possibility of resurrection, ever. thing like the prn-
cipe OF free soil IN all the Territories; and IL IS believed
by them that this bill, il it passes will be passed by men
who totally Iecreant 10 all the fidelity which they
may ever have seemed TO possess TO the doctrines OF
northern fIeemen on the subject OF slavery extension
MIR. FOOIE Qnterposingo did not Undertake To say,
no. did mean 10 be understood al all saying that the
adoption OF this and the passage OF this bill
would be the destruction oil the freeso principle, the
establishment OF the opposite did not say that this bill
II adopted, would be adopted IN connexon with signal
triumph over the Wimot Proviso. Ii is the very prin
cpe OF the COMPROMISE, that II leaves the question OF
slavery in the Territories where IL is. under the constu
ton, 10 be decided BY the inhabitants OF the Territories
al the lime OF their admission into the Union States
MIR. HALE | will only occupy the attention OF the
Senate single moment longer. Iha may have been m
the secret fecesses OF The honorable senator's heart but
at the time he speasng really thought that ne
speaking with generous native impetuosy, and bold
uncalculang iranknes, which both eddy ing and
delightful TO behold [Laughter.l But. sir, even with
the qualification which he has Put upon this statement
Mr. F00TE. Really the senator must allow me to
interrupt him. [Laughierl am making no qualihca.
ton oil anything had previously stated have asserted
no such doctrine as he has put IN my mouth. spoke OF
the action OF this government in putting down the VIII
mot Proviso. | spoke oil the downfall OF tie Wlmot
Posiso, here and elsewhere, by The votes OF the rep
esenatves OF the people, a. u has already iriumphantly
succeeded several occasions, and not any nannaf
OF the operation of ihIs bill . had reference to il
whatever, because conceive that the b has nothing to
10 with that particular question OF slavery That has
To be settled hereafter BY ine and soil, and other coh
sderatlons oftha sod.
MIR HALE Yes, sir, by other considerations and by
those other considerations chiefly. have doubt oi
that Sir am glad that the honorable senator has
Dictated this government from the imputation oi aboi
ion-oi beng abolition government The tendency
of this government has been heretofore so decdedy To-
wards abolihon, laughler trust hereafter, when II Is
remembered that the Wilmot Provso slaugh ieted
the Senate floor, the government will be considered as
vindicaled.
But let 90 back little further, and what is the
evidence III progress in this matter, and in which direc
ton Thus very session is the hrst lime thai this Sen
or was going TO that presented BY anybody who
was even suspected having sympahes that way That
Is progress Certainly, IN direction the other Still
il should be told, prevent all alarm, how got IT, II
was got as The poor widow in the parable gained her
case before the unjust judge He said that although he
neither regarded feared God, yet account OF
her continual Importantly, he would grant her petition
heejnst exactly the unjust judge prevailed upon
was not because you regarded rgbior epented OF your
former injustice, and intended 10 restore 10 right.
ful privileges, bat because you were tired OF our impor