Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-04-26

" From the S. Louis News.
AtehiIOu'I SHY Speech : Ills COurSs on &c Ne
bFaSka QuextioA--NaFFoE VieWS.

Senate on the night Of the Sd Of March last, on !
The bill providing fer the organization of Ne.
brSskR Territory. The bill had passed the |
House Of Representatives, and a majority Of the |
Senate, As asserted by Mr.. AtchisOn, ard Sen !
niOr Douglas, the Chairman Of the Territorial
Committee, were in favor Of its passage in that
body.
The motion was to take up the bin. Once mp,
vote could have been had on the bill without
consumption Of tine. On a motion to take il
up, il is not in order to discuss the merits Of a
bill. Yet il will be seen that Senator Atchi-
son, now Vice President Of the United States,
took the floor, and in direct violation Of the
rules Of tie Senate, over which he presided,
opened discussion on. the merits Of the bill,
which led 10 loug debate, and in the end sealed
the fate OF the bill, We give but small portion
Of the debate that occurred. To get clear Of the
prolix debate at the eleventh hour of the ses-
sion, the Senate finally vOtel to lay the motion
to take up, on the table.
The speech Of Mr.. Atchison, the Missouri
~ Senator, is remarkable. He confesses that
he had opposed taking up the measure earlier in
the session; when he must have known that it
would be utterly impossible 10 mature and pass
so important a bill, late in the session. And
when he did move TO take it up, what time was
il? Al the break OF day on the 4ih OF March,
and within "fve or six hours" according TO
Senator Bell, Of the close Of the session. At
This untimely hour, Mr.. AtehisOn's seeming zeal
For Nebraska broke out.
But the speech Of Mr.. Atchison-who ever
saw greater literary or Logical or political cu-
TiOsity Sec the pompous repetition Of moth
ingness all through it. For instance, Of the
Compromises: "TheV are both irremediable.-
There is no remedy for them" Then, as to the
logic: Mr.. Atchison alleges that he had opposed
the organization Of Nebraska because he feared
that the slavery restriction Of the Missouri
Compromise would not be repealed, and conse-
quently that slaves could not be taken TO Ne
braska. And thereupon Mr.. Atchison indig-
nantly exclaims:
Nov, sir, am free 10 admit, at this moment,
at this hour, and for all time to come, should
oppose the organization or the settlement Of that
Territory, unless my constituents, and the con-
stituentS of the whole South, of the slave States
of the Union, could 60 into it upon the same
footing, with equal rights and equal privileges,
carrying that species Of property with them as
other people Of this Union"
! But in the next breath, Mr.. Atchison admits
that the Missouri Compromise cannot be re-
Ipealed! And yet he urges, or pretends 10 urge,
the organization Of the Nebraska Territory,
without one word for "my constituents and the
constituents Of The whole South" who cannot
take their niggers to Nebraska! What has be-
come OF the magniloquent avowal Of Senator
Atehison's determinaiiOn-"At this moment, al
this hour, and for all time TO GOMEZ"
Mr.. Atchison is against Nebraska, with the
Slavery restriction, "for all time 10 come" But
as the restriction cannot be repealed, he is for
Nebraska Immediately! .. ...r r.
But this nonsense of Mr.. AtehisSn, was all
thrown out as signals TO the "sxtreme South"
what string 10 pull on. The Southern Senators
rallied at the hint. and Bell, Rusk, Houston,
Borland, and Adams OF Mississippi, all went
dead against Nebraska, and made speeches and
motions against it. Atchison's speech, pre-
tending 10 be for Nebraska, only put arguments
into their mouths against the bill; and such all
The circumstances incline US 10 bslive, was
Atchison'S intention. ....s
The craftsmanship of Atchison's speech
cannot fail to elicit observation and remark.
The organization of new Territory-the
initiative for a new State of the American
On'oH-a new star for the galaxy Of the
Republic--he was inclined to oppose. be-
cause 1t would interfere with the business
OF a iew of his constituents who live ON
the frontier, and raise "taOd for mules, and
for OreRi" That is a reason for limiting the
, "area oil freedom" worthy Of Missour's
Vice President OF the United States .....
But enough OF this peurile Senatorial ef-
iort. We think it IS clear that Senator Al.
chison' OF Missouri, has defeated the orcani.
n xatIon OF Nebraska-that goodly territory
. lying west Of MiSsouri-the organization
Of which, on account of tie mild rl;no.,.