Washington sentinel., 1854-01-31

sages:
"we arragn this bai us gross violation OF sacred
pledge criminal betrayal OF precious rshr part
and parcel Of atrocios plot exclude from vast nn-
occupied region emigrants from the Old Nor and free
laborers from States and convert 1t into dreary
region Of desrotism, inhabited by masters and slaves
A SENATOR: By whom Is the address signcdf
Mr.. DOUGLAS: Ii is signed S. p. Chase,
senator from Ohio Charles Sumner, senator from
Massachusetts, ]. r. Giddings and Edward Wade,
repre- sentatives from Ohio, Gerrit Smith, repre-
sentative from New York, Alexander De Witt,
representative from Massachusetts !" including,
as understand, all the abolition party in Congress.
Then, speaking OF the Committee ON Territories,
these confederaies use this language:
sThe peaces therefore, that the territory, covered by
the positive prohibition Of 1884, sustans similar relation
slavery with that acquired from Mexro covered by
prohibition except that Of disputed constitutional Mex
law aud that the compromises OF 1850 require the in
corporation Of THE clauses o. the Utah and New I
sgnsd 10 n from pabc apprehension n,aiaisd bad
faith"
Mere inventions 10 up bad faith"
Again:
servile dsmagogues may tell you that the Union can
be maintained only by submitting TO the demands OF
slavery" ..#
Then there is postscript added, equally ohen-
sive 10 myself, in which am mentioned by name.
The address goes on 10 make an appeal 10 the le-
gisatures of the different States, TO public meet
ings and to ministers of the Gospel in their pull
pits to interpose and arrest the vile conduct which
| is about 10 be consummated by the senators who
are thus denounced. That address, sir, bears
date Sunday, January -, 1854 Thus IL appears
that on the holy Sabbath, while other senator's
were engaged in attending divine worship, these
/ abolition conederates We're assembled IN secret
| conclave plotting by what means they should de-
/ csive the people Of the United States, and pros
i trate the character OF brother senators This was
| done on the Sabbath day, and by set OF politi-
clans, TO advance their own political and ambitious
Il ,,,t tb.n uaf.,tt holu r.hoIn
| Bit this is not all. II was understood from the
| newspapers that resolutions were pending before
the legislature of Ohio proposing TO express their
| opinions upon this subject. II was necessary for
| these confederates 10 get up some exposition OF
| the question by which they might facilitate the
passage of the resolution through that legislature.
Hence you find that, on The same morning that this
| document appears over the names oil these con-
tederates in the abolition organ of this city, the
| same document appears IN the New York papers
| certainly in the TibHac, Times, and Erenimg
Poa-in which it is stated by authority, that II Is
| "sgned by the senators and majority OF the rep
| resentaliyes from the State of Ohio statement
| which have every reason 10 believe was utterly
false, and known 10 be SO at the time that these
| coniederaies appended il 10 the address II was
necessary, in order 10 carry out tins work OF de-
cepton, and 10 hasten the action OF the Ohio egis-
| lature, under misapprehenslon, 10 state that IL
was signed, not only by the abolition contederates,
but by the whole wing representation, and por-
ZION fthe democratic representation in the other
| House from the State of Ohio. u"
i Mr. CHASE. Mr. President ~. =.
| Mr. DOUGLAS. Mr.. President, | do not yield
the floor. senator who has violated all the rules
ofcourtesy and propriety, who showed a conscious
ness of the character Of the act he was dong
by conceang from me all knowledge Of the fact
who came TO me with smiling face, and the APP
| pearance OF friendship, even after that document
had been uttered-who could get up III the Sen
ate and appeal to my courtesy in order to get time
| 10 give the document wider circulation before
| its infamy could be exposed; such senator has
no .igh. % my courtesy upon this floor
Mr.. DOUGLAS. Mr.. President | decline to
| yield the floor. *sa#& Il
Mr.. CHASE. And shall make my denial per-
| tinent when the time comes.
The PRESIDENT. Order. s
| Mr.. DOUGLAS. Sir, if the senator does in
terpose, in violation Of the rules of the Senate, a
denial of the fact, may be that shall be able 10
| nail that denial. as shall The statements here
which are over his own signature, as base false
hood and prove it by the solemn Legislation OF this
\ country. <a.. /.
/ Mr.. CHASE call the Senator to order
/ The PRESIDENT. The Senator from Illinois
| is certainly out Of order. . ".-
| Mr.. DOUGLAS. Then | will only say that
shall confne myself TO this document, and prove
its statements TO be false by the legislation Of the
country. Certainly that is in order
| Mr.. CHASE. You cannot do it. ...
| Mr.. DOUGLAS. The argument of this mani
festo is predicated upon the assumption that the
| policy Of the fathers Of the republic 10 pro-
| hibi slavery in all the territory ceded by the old
States 10 the Union and made United States terri
tory, for the purpose OF being organized into new
! States. | take issue upon that statement. Such
was not the practice in the early history of the
government IL is true that in the territory north
| west Of the Ohio river slavery was prohibited by
1 ,l.z hstft aIx hat
the territory south OF the Ohio river TO wit, the
| territory of Tennessee, slavery was permitted and
protected and it is also true that in the organi-
zaton Of the territory Of Mississippi, in l79S, the
provisions OF the ordinance of 1857 were applied
10 it. with the exception of the sixth article, which
prohibited slavery. Then, sir, you find upon the
statute-books under Washington and the early
4 Presidents, provisions of law showing that in the
southwestern territories the right TO hold slaves
was clearly implied or recognised, while in the
northwest territories il was prohibited. The only
conclusion that can be fairly and honestly drawn
from that legislation is that il was the policy oi
the fathers of the republic 10 prescribe a line OF
demarkation between free territories and slave
holding territories by natural geographical
line, being sure 10 make that line correspond, as
near might be, TO the laws Of climate, Of pro-
duction, and probably Of all those other causes
that would control the institution and make il
either desirable or undesirable TO the people inhab
itng the respective territories
1 Sir, wish you 10 bear IN mind, loo, that this
geographical line, established by the founders ol
the republic between free territories and slave
territories extended as far westward as our ter.
rtory then reached the object being 10 avoid all
agitation upon the slavery question by settling that
question forever as far as our territory extended
| which was then TO the Mississippi river
! When, in 1903, we acquired from France the
territory known as Louisiana, il BECAME necessary
to legislate for the protection OF the inhabitants
residing therein. Ii will be seen, by looking into
/ the bill establishing the territorial government in
| 1905 for the territory of New Orleans, embracing
the same country now known the State OF
Louisiana, that the ordinance of 17s7 was ex-
pressly extended to that territory, excepting the
sixth section, which prohibited slavery. Then
that act implied that the territory of New Orleans
was to be saveholdng territory by making that
exception in the law. But, sir, when they came
TO form what was then called the territory of Loui-
siaaa, subsequently known the territory oi
Mss0a.i, north Of the thirty third parallel, they
used diHeren, language. They did not extend the
ordinance OF l7S7 10 il al all. They first provided
that it should be governed by Laws made by the
governor and the Judges, and, when in 1872 Con
gfass gave TO that territory under the name of the
Territory pi Missouri, territorial government, the
people were allpred 10 do as they pleased upon
The subject Of slavery, snbjsct only TO the mita-
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