The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-12-30


many in which has, including some from my own State
That II has been occasionally evaded in other places is
nue and that in instances it has been resisted by
violence, do not deny But that 10 have been ex
pected i is So and always will be OF all laws in a
country like ours. No believed when this law
passed that il would be executed in every instance
No man ever believed SO OF any law framed by the wis
dom OF man. IL is sufficient that this law has been
cuted as faithfully as other laws Occasional failures by
dead letter There is not law upon our statute books
which Is mol sometimes evaded There IS not year IN
which criminals do escape the penalties prescribed by
the law against murder but that is for the
repeal OF the law II is better that the lie OF the citizen
should be mperecty protected than not protected at all
So in the present case il the law does the
tain return OF every fugitive it does much any hu-
man law can do and can consirue in but one way the
conduct OF that southern man who desires TO continue
agitation about IL.
| Mr President. wish it always remembered that this
resolution proposes no approval OF the Compromise ANY
tiousy vote for it, II is nothing bui public declaration
OF Willingness to submit TO the law and the voice OF The
people eask no man 10 react any iorner opinion he
may have expressed We ask no man 10 JOIN IN praises
OF measures he has condemned We ask only that here
after this disturbing question shall be laid al rest. We
who are the vctors in the struggle tender the olive
branch to our late opponents, and. forgetting the bitter
ness OF the past offer them future OF harmony upon
terms SO easy that but determined agator can re-
lec them. southern man makes no sacrifice by agree
ing to acquiesce n the Compromise; for granting that 1t
be Objectionable alleged, still the Objectionable parts
are irrepealable. and that which is good only remains
under the control Of Congress California is sovereign
Sate and cannot be remanded The boundary of Texas
was settled BY compact and cannot be disturbed Ihe
territorial bills for Utah and New Mexico include an
express guarantee that the people OF those Territories
shall regulate their own concerns in their own manner.
There is nothing open for agitation but the fugitive slave
law and the law TO abolish the slave trade in this District
Then, let ask, what possible objection southern
have TO this resolution unless he desires the repeal Of
the fugitive slave bill and the destruction OF the govern
ment'
did vote for the abolition OF the slave trade in the
District OF Columbia: thought it wrong for Congress
TO medde with it. think it wrong now. But would
ia OnpO
measures upon which rely for settlement of the
difficulties which existed between the North and the
South and however wrong might believe it to be, still
as settlement, intend TO abide by it. Moreover, it is
precisely one Of those cases which may with peculiar
popieiy be lett 10 the decision of the Supreme Court
| II can be determined there without agation-wilhout
stirring the embers OF sectional stre and to that r
buna propose 10 leave it, While upon this subject lei
me remark that this bill to have been strangely
misunderstood. II Is nothing new in the legislation OF
Congress II has been the law of the District for fifty
years. except as to the States OF Virginia and Maryland
After Virginia received back her portion OF the District.
it applied also to her All the last Congress did TO
make il apply also TO Maryland do not mean Of
course 10 say that these the words OF the bill but
that such IS It's only effect The citizens OF North Caro-
lima, South Carolina. and other States have been denied
the right OF bringing slaves into this District for sale,
ever since the year sol and throughout that long Pc
rod we have heard no murmur of complaint II is TOO
late now 10 seize upon II as an excuse for agitation.
The from South Carolina did not content him
sell with complaints upon the subject OF slavery alone
He reviewed The financial policy OF the country and
found oppression and robbery the tariff OF 1916
Now SIR, have always understood the tariff of 1916 To
be democratic iatIf. IL has been standing charge
against the democracy in certain quarters that by that act
reduced The rate OF duties too much The senator
himself was then member OF the House of Represent
ayes. and voted for H. BY reference TO the journal,
find that the whole South Carolina delegation voted with
him IT. therefore, it be unjust and unequal in it's opera
tons. that has much 10 answer for. He is the
last who should a,tempio excite prejudice against
Above all he shoHd have efraned from referring TO his
own act as a case OF northern robbery.
come now, SIR, TO that part OF the senator's discourse
which referred to lie doctrine secession ne CDle
part Of his labor have been directed 10 the end
OF establishing that every State has the separate right
of peaceable secession certainly expected 10
inquire my place here how far possess the misera
Bile right to asunder all the ties OF affection and kin
dredo irampe under foot all the glorious memories oi
the past. and blot out forever the hopes OF The future
What there IN the possession o such right that the
mind should dwell upon with exuIlalion Why should
hoard a treasure Why cling 10 IL as the ark
OF our salvation Sir If il be political ark II IS an ark
OF sorrow and mourning well as OF safety. II when
the rains come aud the tempest is abroad IN IT'S might
il shall indeed bear up the bosom OF the angry
waves. it will surely deposite when the waters have
subsded, upon desolae world in which no dove will
be able 10 lind single green branch to cheer The hearts
me 10 labored efforts TO establish this right OF selide
struction have heard IL derived sometimes IRON one
and sometimes from another and propose TO ex.
anime length the arguments by which IT IS sus-
tanned Ii is said 10 be re1rped right and certain reso,
utons passed by Virginia and New York are ins'anced
evidence OF the fact In the FIRST place. the feserva-
tons made by Virginia and New York amounted TO moth
ing than afterwards Obtained by the adopuon
the tenth amendment 10 the constitution and, second
w. the argument proves too much II proves anything
Ii any reservation made, II was because without that
reservation the rgh, could no, exist Virginia and New
York could make no reservation for o'hef STATES ooun
Carolina made none for herself and not entitled TO The
he ne6 OF that made by others IL follows, then, That by
the act OF reservation New York and Virginia have sc.
cured TO themselves rights which other States possess
and as that IL impossible under constitnoD-a the
States being equalthe absurdly OF any reservation OF
the right of accession any other right becomes al once
apparent The truth is that reservation was made
aud If il had BEEN IT would in the language oil Mt Mad.
ison have been a nuy merely. The constitution was
not submitted the States for adoption by parislhey
were required take ii whole, or not at all They
ments II was submitted for their adoption or REJECTION
precisely from the hands OF The convention,
and in that form they accepted IT, "a
Reference has been made to the OPINIONS OF the carry
statesmen OF the republic shall also have OCCASION 70
refer TO them 10 show that the leading dea--ihc chei
end thsy had in yew-was the establishment OF per
psiua Onion This idea everywhere distinctly enun-
cated | read from the Articles OF Confederation
.Wberes, the deegaie. of the United States OF America
In assembled did the 10Th day OF November,
Ia the year OF Lord 7 and in the second year OF The
OF America agree TO certain aucies OF con
federation and psrpsfuof union, &C
So Il Ia throughout Articles OF perpetual union
mol Union for month year, or Tor one generation,
bn p,rpsfr1i Union Following in this lead, the iraners
Of The constitution, in their preamble TO IT, assert that
We the people OF the United States, in order to form
mor, perfed union, establish JUSTICE insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common defence promote
the general welfare and secure the blessings OF liberty
Ia ourselves and posfsrg, do ordain ana esabsh
,h;s constitution for the United States OF America. IL
was not for them alonet was not Tor the generation