The daily union., 1854-02-10

iasery or involuntary servude excep, for crime. Aud
make assurance doubly sare, IN the bill organizing
the Territory oil New Mexico, the resolution of
lion l. again referred to- and is then said that nothing
shall be therein construed 10 Impair the clause re-eslab-
fishing and reaiirmiDg the Missouri Compromise line.
SO far, then, from oyerurnDg euperseding II In any
possible way hey most deliberately turned ihs aiieh,
be drawn from IL, such as the chairman oil the
Committee on. Territories now seek TO draw from
II, they. made a. positive provision against any
such Thing. But need not refer more particularly
to that matter My associate and colleague Mr. CHAsEl
has entirely puyerzed the speech OF the chairman OF
the Committee on Territories sothat there s mol enough
OF 1t now left upon which can possibly hang AN
idea There is nothing left OF il: indeed, there was
nothing OF il 10 begin with. It was bare after-though,
permit me to say. Alter this report had been made,
and this bill amended rather altered, other rea
son preex for lis passage than any sci forth IN me
report must be got up, order to The necessity o
the bill as i now stands That he whole amount q
il. do not like TO be unchariiable at all but when
you these crooked tracks, what other inference can
yoa draw' Surely that committee had no settled. deo
crate conviction OF the necessity OF oyertarnng this old
had, II would have been given at once
Now, how shall we view this bill Here u a Terri
geher 1t pure Nature itseli-it is now beau
tiul the garden of God. There Is nothing now 10
prevent doing with il precisely what will minister 10
the best Interests OF the people, both now and hereater
Our orefahers have expressed their opinions in relation
10 the matter. They believed this territory should be
fenced in walled around by enaclmens, 10 prevent this
entering in. Oar lorealhers had the benefit OF that COM
ract the southern States have had the benefit OF It,
And appeal 10 our southern wing friends 10 say II we
OF the North have pledged TO our constituents that
you were honorable men, that you would stand ny all
the guarantees OF the constitution and all the duties that
properly belonged 10 you thai above all The chivalfy OF
the South could be tempted BY any fanced interest
otherwise to abandon any principles when they mad
received all the benefit accruDg upon their sde and
wha, remained merely obligations to be fulfilled by
them Iha! is The doctrine have frequently preached ;
and mo N ia al q
these gentlemen in counsel with the enemy. tear mai
something has taken place that ought not 10 have taken
place Sull, feel strong in heart 10 appeal 10 hen
against any lancied Interest they may have conceived
Tor their duty is plain and palpabe Did mol our lore
fathers make compact Did not they make il after a
fearful struggle deeply frasght with danger to this
Union And appeal TO you TO say IT, IN the history OF
all legislation, there any compact more sacred or
one that should be more binding upon you Have you
not had the full benefit of Have you not had the full
enjoymen, OF TOR now more Than thlTty yeats Aud
during all that time have northern stepped
forth and eHdeavored TO impair your rights under that
Compromised No, sir, such thing pretended But
the period has arrived, and not long since either
when OF the North can see approaching probable
chance for the fuhmen OF that part cf that great bar
gain which would be beneficial Us, and call upon
you honorable 10 iulh your obligations 10
Shrink NOT from II do not tell me that your con
stiiuenis will not sanction and uphold you IN dong that
which you know be right and just believe that your
constituents are honorable men believe they will
dersand the motives which may impe you forward to do
your duty, Notwithstanding from iancied interest
The honorable senator IRON Kentucky Mr.. DIXON
told US that this from the North, and therefore you
OF The South absoyed from your obligations.
think you well understand that the North reality
knew nothing of this base conspiracy TO betrsy them
When did it arise Has IT been laid before the people
that they might pass upon the question: know that the
democracy uIunphed ai the last presidential election.
Bot ask any gentleman from The Norlh Suppose you had
ssked the election upon this question: how many votes
in the Moth could the democratic candidate have OBJ
| tanned Believe me, he would not have got one. Your
papers did not refer any such thing The people OF the
North do not know what Betarous projects
| soo, here in the Capitol. They know comparatively
nothing about it, You not absolved from your obi,
cations because two men, however honorable, DO
stand forth aud say they ready 10 make this monsroUs
proposition II the deed would mol be honorable, should
you do il from your conception, the offer from any
man in The North cannot make 1t so.
Why. in the days OF The revolution Major Andre was
hung by the neck until dead or accepting proposition
base than ihisa gross betrayal oil The rights OF
the whole North And that i the only The
tor from Kentucky why he should go for this
ure Why, sir, honorable man, he cannot pretend,
suppose that he would thus violate this great and sol
pledge OF the South TO the North, that bad been
scrupuoosy observed upon the part oil the North 10 this
time unless here stood northern men, as be thinks au.
not authorized so 10 DO tell him the North knows
nothing about this natter they do not know this treason
TO the North which = belns baiched here. And what
my colleague Mr. CHAsEl stated here was a matter OF
fact which everybody knows that the peculiar interest
that we have IN preventing slavery from encroschlng
upon this great territory arises from the fact that the
moment that you with the relation of
ter and slave master and ser from that moment the ifee-
OF the North prevented from going there lie
nouaced that great truth 10 you, and you know II TO be
truth. and you have not attempted TO galnsay IT, You
know that the hgh-mnded freeman of the North, al
though not blessed with property has nevertheless soul
that soop 10 labor side by side with your
BILE serfs your miserable slaves lie never has done H.
and he'never will do IT,
| A SEsAroR Then. let HIM 90 somewhere else.
Mr.. WADE An what unlucky expression Is
ihal-if he canuo, labor in that way let him 90
where else Is ha, the democracy oi the chairman OF
the Committee Territories Leihim, MIR. DuUcLAs,
il he dare, tell the yeomany OF Illinois, The hard listed
laborng oil that State, that that is the principle he
upon II at this territory rs to be covered with
and slaves and his proud constituency to 20
there ID they 90 all, and work side by side, de-
grading Themselves TO level with your miserable slaves
think his declaration will kinde and burn hercey in
the hearts OF the democracy, when the people shall
10 understand that you here legsang for the priv
legged arsocracy OF the South TO the exclusion OF the
whole North.
How is his' We are told that the STAKEHOLDER must
90 INTO this territory. Whyi Becsuse says the gentle
man from Kentucky, il belongs 10 the States, and those
who hold slaves have just good right TO immigrate
into It and take their property with hem any other
person has. Now, have that these interests
aniagonisca IL is certain that they eanno, both
stand together, because, II you take your slaves there
tell you the proud laborer of the North although he
has no capital, except his ability to draw from the earth
his support by honorable labor, will 1eyer consent to
work eide by side with your miserable and slave
There being, heH antagonism between these two
principles, which IL greatest ia numbersl According
the present census, all the shareholders In the United
States do not amount 10 four hundred thousand Wha,
number OF free abores there who ought have the
benefit OF this great lertoryi Probably fully thirteen