The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-28


amendment having been r. p)rIed from the Com
mi.tee on the Public Land,--namelys
"That the lands granted the said State shall be
disposed of by said State only in the manner fol-
| lowing; that lie TO say, that quantity OF land not
| exceeding hundred and twenty sections
each road, and including within continuous
length OF twenty mules OF said road may be sold;
and when the governor OF said State shall certify
10 the Secretary OF The Interior that said twenty
miles of said road is completed, then another like
quantity, hereby granted may be cold; and 50
from time to time, until said road 10 completed
And if said road be completed within ten years,
| no further salts shall be made and the lands
sold sh III revert to the United States "
The amendment was agreed to-yeas l02, nays
10.
The bill was then ordered to third reading
yeas 50, nays 10.
| The morning hoer here expired, and thus further
proceedings on the bill were stayed.
| THE COMPROMISE MEASURES.
I The House resolved itself into Committee of
| the Whole the state Of the Union-Mr. SEY-
| Mous, Of Connecticut, in the chair-and took up
| the Dill making appropriations Tor the support OF
| the Indian Department and the Iulhlment of
tain Indian treaties, for the year ending June 80,
| 1853
Mr. GROW, of Pennsylvania. said thai some
| weeks since Nesoluuons passed the House declar
Ing the Compromise measures a hnaliy. He
voted against Their introduction in any form, and
as linst their passage for stated in the
| ouons themselves that any further agitation OF
| thos questions was useless and unnecessary. And
y
eide OF the question is not agitation while dscus
| sion on the other side is, he that no bene-
| " was hkely IN accrue to the country from
| their passage. On the contrary, the only result
| was 10 renew the whole agiiation-break open the
crater, and tan into flame the Goals which would
soon have gathered cinders enough to cover them
selves.
The House had been told that the slaveholding
States were constantly complaining, and appealed
| 10 the North TO cease agitation, and thus give
peace and rePose 10 the country; but strange as 1t
| may seem, no sooner had the representatives OF
the people convened here, than they were again
| on the eve OF sectional controversy, notwlth
| standing they had been occupied with it during
| nine long months But who the ince ndiares who
| would hre this temple OF liberty! resolution,
| endorsing the Compromise fnahty, wac in
| troduced by the gentleman from Tennessee Mr.
| POLK in the Democratic caucus before the House
was organized, and on the I'll 81 day Of the session,
III the Senate, by Senator Mr.. FooTE) from
Mississippi, AMI similar resolutions were introduced
into this House by the gentlemen from Georgia,
\ (Messrs. jackson aud diLLYER) Az nearly all
the measures OF The COMPROMISE are not to be dis
turbed, all that remains again To be ratified ID the
Fugitive Slave law; and the object s TO allay all
opposition 10 that There has been agitation by
northern men who opposed the Compromise. but 1t
mas come from southern men, who seek To place
this law above the Constitution. Now, for himself
I've would not follow the banner Of an exploded age,
| but the one bearing on its surface "Excclsior."
he would let all laws remain the statute. book,
and ABIDE time, and what the condition OF the PEG
PIE may require, without endesvoring to invest
them with sacredness and dignity by repeated
enactments.
He said, looking around at our general proaperi-
! ~, there was no occ asion 10 reatfirm those
surcs to 'save the Union" The Democratic party
IL the party Of the Union. Under lis administra-
tive policy the country has grown, during three.
| score years and ten, from infant, aud become
the giant OF the world.
Mr.. GOODRICH, Of Massac husetts, rernarke
! that the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. CARTTER) had
| told them that he had been member of the House
mr. lN thFa. ft.t
OF that time had been occupied here with the dis
cussion Of the slavery question. The members OF
| the present Congress came together under
surance that the qu stion had been settled; but the
gentleman from Virginia MIR. BAYLY) several
days ago said that the question s yet settled,
| although the proceedings Of the last Congress
step In the right direction. But the question is
not settled aud from the utterance Of views
! by gentlemen, and what transpires here every
day, this TACT seems to be apparent There is
nothing before the House touching the iusti
tuition Of slavery which calls for the action OF
Congress. There may be few petitions asking
Tor the repeal or modification of the Fugitive Slave
law, but no committee has made a report upon
! them Yet the subject is bere-the Compromise
measures are here. They are the law oi the land,
and good citizen will attempt resist their
4 ecunon. No President who has sworn ~ exc.
cute the law will refuse to execute the law But
this 10 not enough. They told what these
measures mean Some southern men undertake
10 define what they mean, and hence the difficulty.
The sense an which the gentleman from Virginia
(hr, BAYLY) interprets them Is. that slavery 10
MOI hereafter 10 be prohibited in the Territories,
Wit: slavery in states is no objection to their
admission into the Union, and that the Fugitive
Slave law ID never TO be repealed or mOdited and
thsy go another step further, and assume that all
/ who refuse 10 n iOrse the Compromise measures
| IN this sense orc disloyal 10 The principles
| With the Constitution Is established He had
heard enough of this charge, and repealed il s
! having no foundation IN ruth. Devotion 20 the
Constitution nowhere burns brighter and purer
than IN Msssachusetts; and st the people Ut that
| Commonwealth think the Fugitive Slave law may
be modified, 10 II treason 10 cay SO? Is this le.
climate feature VI the Americ Congress-of the
| representatives OF the freest people the face OF
he globe-and consistent with the exalted chsrac-
ter OF the model Republic And yet we 10
! have law 10 override the Consttu tion and stand
unaltered forever He then proceeded to argue
the power OF Congress TO exclude slavery from the
| Territories, and p piled to several gentlemen who
had preceded him ia debate.
Mr. CAMPBELL, OF Illinois, obtained the floor,
when there vas an evident disposition Tor the com.
| mites 70 rice.
At this point elderly and gcnteelly dressed
person IN the gallery commenced addressing the
| members below; making proclamation in the name
! OF Jehovah, aud thus ccItng the attention Of all
| persons present IA the Hail There imme.
diaie cries, IN all directions, Take him out"
| cake hlm OUT" The Chairman called upon the
officers OF the House TO enforce order the stranger,
meantme, continuing his address. The only
| words VIC could hear IRON bin, distinctly, were,
| Let him DC tetotally cursed" Officers of the
! House, and several oil the Capitol police, fastened
10 tie gallery To remove the caUse Of the disturb.
ance. he man, who il was niterW srds discovered
wac insane stouily resisted de- laring that he
| a man sud would not yield The CREE from below.
were renewed, Take him out, "tske him out"
Finally, a member VI the House, acquaini ance
| oi THE individual, ha.tened up, aud succeeded,
without d ihcuity, in leading him thence; and the
temporary excitement son suhsided.
TIE commune then roe; when
| Mr.. McMULLEN asked leave to introduce bill
10 hE tue compensation of members # Congress at
| 81 800 per annutn, and the mileage at ten cents
| per niilc.
Objection made
Mr.. MCMILLAN said he should like to know
| the objeCt0f's name
Mr. STEPHENS, Of Georgia object, end move
that the HOuse adjourn.
The motion prevailed; and 90 the House adj.
JUurnyd.
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