The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-03-01
Rreakinp Pladees.

Gen. Sam Housion, one of the parsst DemoerAis
10 the uuigd States Opposes he Nebraaka BID be-
eaase Of iis gross injpsdco % shs indians. In
speseh made b y s. Senase bg him the o,hsr day,
be uses the following strong lanEnage, which ~e
rseOmmsndso shose ,nisguided poil,ieisps, who are
advocating the paz age of douglass Nebraska biif
''The great ARA of books on bis desk was not q
b taken as an inlex TO the iength q bis Speech
lie woald be briei. tie had collected them IA the
senate, that il might be seen Row voLUNINors was
the RECORD Of the pledges and promises negotiations
and inducements held out and made by thls Gov
ernmenI towards the Indians, SoT ONE or WHICH has
EVER BEEN OBSERVED" III was
serious charge 10 make, that the G0yeInment had
been guilty Of bad faith towards the Indians, ou ne
would like scHie one 10 tell him when II had done
an honest ae; or kepta promise made with respect
M ths Indiansu III the Indians
were to be removed, be appealed to the Senate not
to mock them with solemn forms oi treaties, pledges
and guarantees. Ii they were TO go, he Youiu pre-,
fer that troops be sent there, bayonet IN hand' ana
bid them GO There would be something manlym
that He could smile upon such an act, as one Of
daring and accomplished yillninyi bat the man who
would steal the land from them, under false preten
ses he would despise."
In another part ofhs speech, he opposes 1t on the
ground of its agitating features. Hear hint
"He was opposed, as he had said, to the provis'
ions ofths bill relating to the Indians, and II mere
could be anything more repugnnnt to HIM than hese'
il wa theIJrovisIun repeating the Missouri ComprOm-
ise He had always stood upon that Compromise
formed a part OF the constitution OF Texas, ana he
had ever supported it. He read long extract from
his speech on the Oregon bill, and his reasons then
Tor standing by the Missouri line. he would also
stand BY the Compromise of 1850, tie was now
the only Senator in this boly who had voted Tor all
the compromise acts oil 1850, Mr. Sturgeon, oil Penn
sylvania who was not now in the Senate, was the
only other Senator who had voted Tor them all.
In voting for them he had never supposed he was VoI'
| ing repeal OF the Missouri Compromise. Those
acts were pas sed as hnality to the slavery agita'
tion and such had been indOrsed by the people OF
the United States, either by appreciation or BY acqul,
escence, Ii one compact was Ia be SET asIie woulu
il not be jusc alton for others, hereafter TO tram
pie the other under tootl Though 1t was sad party
distinctions no longer existed, he Proess,d TO pc q
supporter OF the present Administration. lie mteh1ed
to support the principles upon which that Admins
4 truton came into power. Those principles were
ayowed by the Democratic candidates III their let
ters accepting the nominations. The fifth rtsou
ton ofthe Baltimore platform declared thatthe Dem
ocratic party would resist all attempts IN or out
Congress- TO renew the slavery agitation IN what
ever shape or color that attempt should be made
The President in accepting the nomination, declared
his concurrence in the resolution because il haC
been adopted, but because OF the principle 1t con
tanned Mr.. King, in his letter, adopted the SAINT
resolution. ..
On that platform he had supported them, and OF
that platform they had been elected. He stood nov
to resist the renewal Of the slavery agitation b tn
attempt to repeal the Missouri Compromise, and il
that positionhe fortified by the principles avowet
by the President before his election and in his mes
sage to Congress. No candidate for the Presden
cy who avowed his desire for the repeal of the Mis-
souri, act, would have received the vote OF singh
State. The measure had not been asked by tn
South. 1t twould be disastrous to the South. Ghi
bill would place knife at the throat OF the South
Slavery, it was admitted, could not go TO thes
Territories They would remain free. Why, then
offer this bauble to the Southi Was the South a
q child, to be pleased with a rattlel He came int
public life upon this Missouri Compromise. Whe
he came to Congress- thirty years ago, it was the
considered q compact never to be broken. Sine
them great changes had taken place OF the thre
hundred members of Congress then in attendance
only three remained Mcssrs. Benton, Everett on
himself The others hud all disappeared. The Pres
Eidens had come and gone; the heads of department
had all been changed. 1t was solemn recollection
"When ] remember all
/ The friends so linked together,
I've seen around me fall
Like leaves in winter weather, .....
Il feel like one who treads alone
Some banquet hall deserted
Whose lights are fled,
Whose garIands dead, III. ....
And all but me departed"
The future fate Of this nation deeply ylnvolVet
and dependent on this measure. This act OF legis
lation was destined to produce great effects. Cor
gress now had control over it. II coul transmit
the future peace harmony and prosperity on the on
hand BY rejecting this bill. oranarchy, discord an
civil broil by passing it. Let Congress avert tn
dread alternative. .,..|. e.