Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-02-08
Thlrty-Thlrd Consress-Flrst Session.
SENATE.
WAsmsGroN. Feb. Al

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TuI MISSOURI COMPROMISE
Mr. Fish, lwhg) of Y, presented the proceedincs NJ
meeting OF citizens Of New York city, with resolutions
that they he read. ~
Mr. Douglas (dem) of Illinois, said he had no par,ieu.
lar objection to the reading Of the resolutions but all had
,Saa .ne before every memorial was read length
the whole time OF the Senate would be consumed
10 read them would be departure from the usual
course. " -'
Mr.. Douglas-I do.
Mr. Eish-l move that the papers be read
| and nays. 'A' yeas
The yeas and nays refused; the motion To road
was lost and the proceedings were laid on the table
Mr. Sumner, (ireeso of Mass, presented petitions i,om
New Hampshire, and Mr.. BRoDnEAD from Pennsyvania
against the repeal Of the Missouri compromise Laid IN
| the table, f "
NORMAL SETTLEMENT IN IOWA
Mr. Jones (dem.) Of Iowa, presented the memorial Of
| Element. ''
| Mr. Cas- (dem) of Mich-what kind Of settlement
Mr. Jones' Normal
| Mr. Cass-What?
Mr Jones (elevatng his voice to high pitch. and
spelling out)-S or.m.a; don't you understand now
Ar Cas5-What does no rm.a-l means know shat
normal school is but not what normal settlement is
Mr. Jones-Oh pshaw move that the petition bs
referred. And II was referred.
OPPOSITION REMOVAL or THE MINT IN NV vouv
Mr. Brodhead, (dem OF Pa, presented fourteen peti
tons from Pennsylvania, against the Of the Mint
| to New York.
Mr. Douglos-I hject to their being read.
The Senate then took up
| TIE NEBRASKA BILL
Mr. Dixon, (whig) of KY said that the first bill report
ed by the committee, while allowed the people of the
territory to adopt slavery when they framed their
State constitutions did put people of the States
on equal footing TO their going those territories
and carrying their property there IL allowed Tho Me
souri, prohibition TO continue, and under il Shareholders
would be excluded from the territories untthe tim. when
the people were assembled to form State government
1t therefore put the decision whether slavery should
should not exist in the territories exclusively in tho hands
OF those who then In the territory and who of
| were not shareholders Possibly they might be people
whose minds were greatly preudiced against the nstu
ton. This being the effect Of the BILL he had offered nm
amendment which proposed directly, the repeal of the
Missouri prohibition, allow the people of the
Southern States an equal chance Of going those terri
tories with their property Subsequently, the committee
reported BILL in which Incorporated substap nil
ally his amendment With that amendment i6corpora.
ted in it, the bill would receive bis hearty support I'm
der it, the Missouri prohibition would be removed and
the people Of the South could go there with their pro
perry an equal footing with cizensof other States
and would have an equal voice in deciding whether
the State constitution should or should not ncr
slavery This provision had not been put into ,be
bill for any sinister purpose had been supposed by the
Senator from Ohio. Ii tho duty Of the committed
when they reported BILL aud found 1t Incomplete or de-
fscve, to take measures 10 make it perfect The com
nittee, acting upon the high principle Of doing equal Jus
tce TO the people Of all sections of the country had
posed to amend their bill so as to accomplish that end
The Missouri Compromise made unjust discrimination
against the stakeholder TO his right carry his prom
ery into the territory. This prohibition the Commits,
had proposed to repeal They who proposed 1t were no
slsyehoders they men, Who acting on the prea
principle ofequal justice to ALL had proposed TO remove
unjust and injurious prohibition because IL was unius
and because was in direct conflict with the principles
the compromise ret Of 1880 Tie committee as we'll
the vast majority Of the people Of the United States in Al
sections, believed that this prohibition Of the Missouri ac
wrong, and inconsistent with the principles Of th
compromise Of 1850, and ought be repealed flo or
amined Mr. Masons amendment and took the same view
Of II as Mr. Douglas lie referred 70 the Texas reaou
ton, aud 70 the provision therein, that States formed
out OF her territory, north Of 90 30 should be free
" contenjed that that condition was absolutely void
. Congress had power 10 impose n condition upo,
any State that II should not allow slavery II Il had sue
power II could be exercised In Now York as well as II
Texas Did any ono believe that Congress bad the
to require New York to allow slavery Aud II not boy
could they say that congress had the power 10 reou
, Texas TO be free satef The States alone had ,hi
q power by them only could II be exercised. New
d York and other States had exercised the power With
their limits Of abolshug slavery. Congress could no
= have done 30. How could Congress then place cond
ton on States To be formed out Of Texas that they sbou
be either free or saveH lie regarded the constitution
a. clearly protecting property, AZ well person. Tho So
peme Courthad decided thata STAKEHOLDER had az much
Tie TO his slaves as to any other property II tho cons,u
ton protected property where could Congress derive III
power OF prohibiting any particular kind Of property from
being carried 70 tho territories belonging common TO III
whole peoper II said that slavery was An insttu
ton which ruinous 10 tho land aid IN
people. II this sufficient TO prohibit L. VIII
not prohibit the cultivation Of tobacco which was GRO
10 that exhausted the land and wore or tho soil
10 The Senator from Ohio had given ns a reason 70
d keeping slavery out Of the Territories that Il woul
prevent their settlement by Northern people and fol
eigoers from Europe. lie thereby undcrstood IN
Senator az In effect saying that 10 allow STAKEHOLDER
q to settle In tic Territories alongside Of Norther
Of men or foreigners would DO moral polluton-a soc
% cies OF moral treason. The Senator TO sustain iii
view, must go further and admit that In order 10 allo
these Territories TO be settled by foreigners the people
south must be wholly banished from the soil purchase
and acquired by the efforts Of the whole people
TO allow our people 20 into these Territories n,
q cessay excluded foregncrs no would say let them
v excluded The South asked bu, eqas rights and prly