New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-25

-. sb;a sct Nebraska and Kansas woad neither ever
~ Slave ssaes-tbe North gh Therefore wen consea.
Re t bsu /, yielded practically nothing lie thought
synaios Of Slavery over greater extent OF territory
e,S v,crk NO harm the North greater number Of
NVioidjng States without Increase VI Saves, would re
% die ratio Of that population compared with whites
you'd Lessen the strong pro slavery feeling Whien
s1s ceryaded the States where Slavery existed. Tho
nov Of white population would then prevent al
ressent and alarm Slavery would exercise no power
s1as.of conservatism the Slavery question There
tsl 70 fear there was in 1900 or in 1872
\ " rsionty. The north had political sway now
"a .rays would have, and had nothing to fear from
ST. few slaves wet of the Mississippi and reducing
snbor east Off He supported this as a measure Of
III =. This nation the eve Of great events. In
III ~crera European was 70 transact tho commerce
II ~ world II would have great duties to perform in the
- sfcyilizstion Of the world Was not time toclo'e
nar own column ard march forward 70 meet the duties
u z.Sing upon How could this nation be prepared
aese events IL il were torn aud distracted a. home
49, might be carried west Of the Mississippi
IA few less remain east of it. The great qles
Z r. OF extension Of empire was before tho ~.
p 1t was not troubled where 10 fad extern
~ but where 10 select. Union and harmony
rs necessary to meet oil such important questions
kere nothing to be gained by continued distraction
- vexstious annoyance upon this question This bill
seDted tho broad Constitutional ground Of popular
Ut which met the approval Of ninety nine hundeth5 Of
a. people OF the United States The Senator from grave
,gious Massachusetts, the home OF the Purtans had
setred that slaves had neither fathers mothers AID
rare almost without Goa Whose Government did this
ts,ement impusn-that - nsa Of God Was it aot
tcusiDg God Of abandoning md fOrsaking thu human
Kings created after his likeness All other human
sutions had their faults but they to be abonsl
On that reason He defended Slavery it exists,
Il br some time He then said he rOiced tia this ques
Son was now about TO be settled upon principle forever
The democratic party at the North saw the necessity for
4sp0sing of this question at once and forever upon Con
4 titutiops grounds, and CALAMITY coming 10 the
.scue The Senator from Michigan, four years ago,
,stroyed tho Wilmot ProvisO forever. The Senator from
po hod now stepped forward and assumed the resp1n.
Iblty for this great Indiana too, respond
II h TO the Constitutions Pennsylvania, the Old Keystone
4tsie was doing well in the cause New Hampshire was
Mailing aloud to her sons, fOm the highest place in
land to come to the support Of the Constitution Iowa
70 game Geek Of the Northwest, now she had
Trays beeD the side Of justice and right and Cali
mia had already spoken he sentiments With such a
olumn led on by such leaders, who could doubt the
Result
ectione agitaton yet there was much which had iaen
trOm tho Senator from Ohio, New York and Mas
'Rohufes calculated to provoke IT, The senator IRON
u N ass aohusetts had said hard things. Wme ne ad'
United the Senator to be classical gentleman
and had displayed all tho qualities OF an orator
40 forced to declare the oenstor mao 10. os
tpayed In his specch any of the wisdom, justice or re-
of statesman The Senator might be ranked
{sith Wborforco, whom no historian had ever regard
"a as worthy of being entrusted with affairs requiring the
tsisdom and prudence of a statesman. lie would ex-
smine this question under four heads: First that tao
Missouri Compromise ought to be repeated secondly,
Nat the Missouri Compromise if not violated would be
10 the South this bill Thirdly that the
Missouri Compromise passed by C0n3tituonll
f,rthori.y and was only submitted to because the
Mouth was willing make any sacrifice for peace and har
.nony and, Fouhly, that while there was much in the
bin 10 which bo objected, stu it approximG-
2don 10 something like Justice. lie then examined
The statements by Messrs Seward, Chose, Wade aud
sumner upon Slavery, AID replied TO hem with pleas
lrtry and sarcastic comments He quoted Jeersons and
Jaefsons opinions of the injustice OF tho Missouri Com
rromise and Calhouns declarations that It was the
source of all the Slavery agitation since its adoption.
The North did not admit Missouri because Of the COmprO
mise He was told by Calhoun Of another operating
on the Northern mind In 1921 Missouri sovereign
Safe and would be in out Of the Union il not al
pt;ed she would be nucleus of COME ieracy from the
|ead waters to the mouth Of the Mississippi with high
way through it unequaled in the world Tho South AID
West would have joined Missouri 1t was said there wa9
Nothing so causc a. tho ashes Of disappointed ambition
Missouri was not admitted, the Eastern States would
Have been the ashes of this c0niederacy He read from
The laws Of Massachusetts, and other States TO show &c
how cruelty they hated negroes until after the Missouri
|Compromise when It became popular to take part in
Slavery agitation He had not concluded when the sub
|ject postponed.
After on Executive session. the Senate adjourned.