The daily union., 1854-02-10
CONGRESSIONAL. l..
DEFERRED DEBATE.
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1854,
SEN ATE.
NEBRASKA AND KANtAs,

The Senate resumed the consideration OF lbe OIL 70 OF
eanzs the Territory of Nebraska, the pending question
being on The amendment OF Mr. CHASE 10 strike out from
section IA the words
perseded by the principles OF the legislation Of
1880. commonly called the compromise measures, and
So that the clause will read
That the consn,ion and all laws of the United States
which locally pplcable shall have the same
ioce aud encc, within said Territory of Nebraska as
elsewhere whin the United States, except tbs eghh see
into the Union approved March 9, ls2o which is hereby
declared imperative"
Mr. WADE Mr. President, i, is not wilhou, embar-
sassent thai arise 10 debate any question IN the Senate
of lhe United States, for doubt not il Is well known
ha cannot lay any claim being debaer ia general
of measures which arise here generally content n.y.
self with The less but not perhans less use
u duty OF endeavorng inform myself upon every ques-
,on arises. attending TO the affairs OF the committee
10 which belong and having as general thing, Others
TO debate such questions may from time 10 Time De pre-
scented here for consideration But upon he present oc-
casion should be dong great violence 10 my own feel
inus and should be recTeant To the duty when owe
10 he grea. State which in part represent il did not
arise aud endeavor, with what feeble powers are IN
me- to stay the progress o this now under con-
siderstion In my Judgment, there never has been
OF serious import TO tue people o e Unl-
ted States than the now before us. hope that II
will be debated by far ADLER than myself hope The
enormes Of this proposition will be set forth IN colors
that cannot be misunderstood here elsewhere II IN
wolves question of good faith that n my judgment is
material the Union OF these States; il involves no less
question than that Tor 40 not believe aal ai'er 1ueh @
sections 0i the country, that this Union can long sur
vive it.
Mir President, / can pyseli remember when this Mis-
souri, Compromise entered into have some recol
lection bi that matter although at that time was very
young man. | can remember how anxious the people
looked upon the progress OF that question through Con,
gress in that part oil the county to which belong.
remember the fearful struggle that took place then be-
tween The different sections OF the country aud how anx
toreiatbers were lest should prove utterly dis
asTous The Union OF The States which they go dearly
cherished. That thirty-f years ago That
Missouri Compromise has been regarded, so FAR as
know. from that time 10 This, 81 possessing character
not less important sacred Than that oil the con
siulion itself do know that man who, during all
period OF me has had The holiness 10 come forward
aud question its pfopfe'y or move Tor rs repeal, aniii
now. Why, then, rs that movement made now Little
did expect, when came TO this Congress, that any
such question ms would BIZ precpiiaed upon The peo
pie. knew that we had passed througha sectional ex
element. that believed 10 endanger ihe Union
OF these States. | not one however, who had bad
any serious appreh OF that al The time but many
good men, many eminent statesmen Thought So ihat
time had passed, and there seemed to bs me oil good
feeling between the sections tue time of peace, we had
beea told, had come. For four years last past had
heard iitte else but that these dangerous and dihcul
questions ad been all settled to The mutual satisfaction
OF every Dody and TO be concurfed ia and abded by
all hazards; aye sr, 10 be hnal,yhey were not TO
be questioned. here elsewhere that's wha, we were
told And II look into the oil tae government
appeared iron day TO day. do not believe that that
paper issued half fdozen times but what there Is
there set forth the glores OF that COMPROMISE, and lis
It's psopriey in any particular That was the Compro-
mise OF 1850
And pow. why is il a, this time that ha, Compromise
is not only called 10 question, but more sacred compro
mise than lcs far back OF that is called up and questioned
here AND threatened with repea' What has ,ranspred
what new light has burst iorlh upon The people OF The
United States, 10 lead them To forward now and
demand this hazadous measure should like to hear
that from The chairman OF the Committee Territories
lslf DoUGLAsl did expect that be would be able to
tell OF light that bad been shed upon these
subjects, which required This new measure, contain
ed IN the clause last reported IN the bill before US
We all know very well that " is scarcely year
since a bill for the organizing OF the Territory OF
Nebraska passed very quietly through the House
of Representatives and was sent 10 this body. And
when the time OF that session, as limited by The con-
sitution, nearly passed, the chairman oil the Com.
mltee on Territories [Mr DoUcLAsl got up here, and
urged the top OF his voice the Senate The passage
Of that bill Dad TO him then thai the legislation
OF 1880 had superseded and annulsd this great Compro-
mise OF ls20l heard him say such hing. ! did
hear, however, opinions very different iron that heard
our Presiding Ohcer, The senator from Missouri, nf.
ArCHIsos,1 who lives upon the very ground afeeled by
that Compromise OF 1s20 who in his person has en-
Ioyed the benefit Of that Compromises remember well
that heard him speak upon hs subject, and no man
could be competent than he 10 ind some crevice
through which 10 escape fiom that COMPROMISE II II
coald be done bonoaby aud justly Yet be told US here
that he had considered the subject well be bas looked
all around him. but TO no purpose SAID he rs all wrong,
no doubt; committed two great errors-ibe hrs when
we permitted the ordinance OF 1857 to be passed the
second, when the Missouri Compromise was passed.
they facts that remedabe where they there
must they stand aud will submit 10 Them, tor there Is
no getting rid OF them, and, therefore, am willing to
pass this bll--the Nebraska bill ot last session. That
honorable senator said nothing then about the Compro
mise OF 1870 being superseded or amended by thai oil
IsJ0-not word.
ask again, what new light has sprung upi heard
all that the chairman OF The Committee on Territories
bad say on that subject Why it tha, he has come
IN here with this new clause calculated as is to
excite this nation madness upon ihis subeci s there
any occasion for ii that did exist upon The 4lh of
March lasti He was then urging to pass bill which
did not contain this Objectionable feature in IT, There is
no such reason now existIngDone at all. II there II
anylng he has failed 10 tell what 1t is Ii will be
we'll enough now 10 find out. II cam as he has failed
10 tell about and the committee has failed TO give
any reasons what has induced this course. We
-omeIlees from the conduct ot tell what Their
tives are and when they will frankly tell what
lheit motives are. think we may sometimes track them
lain Conclusions Had there any thai would
bear The light should naturally expect TO hnd II in the
deliberate report which the committee gave But il
not there No, sir; this whole conspiracy overturn
his old time honoed Compromise, this old guarantee OF
hbeyI say, this conspiracy 10 oveurn that is not yet
siK weeks old II has been haiched somewhere within
that me--at least, think Now. am going TO
ook back into the history of The opinions OF the chairman
p the Committee on Territories. for know they have
been exceedingly musbe, know that at Chicago, some
Years ago. he preached doctrine which perhaps wIl be
found not exactly in accordance with what be has lately
Preached in this body But that is entirely unimpoiant
DO not pretend that can show what those opin-
ions were. nor would il be very important il could.
10 this report of The committee however we have no
authentic record OF any opinions that it's members might
nave entertained at The lime this report WAS made. Did