The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-04-15

de &c that the aho itonists and frccsoilcis,
who have recently bee me 50 cnainored with
the Missouri compromise, hare always been
faithful Ia its stipulations and implications.
will ow that the reference is unfortunate
for them. When Arkansas applied for ad-
mission in 1886, objection was made in con
sequence of the roysiOns of her constitlI-
ton in respect to slavery. When the aboli
tonsts "a d irccsoilcrs of that day were ar.
raigncd for making that ohjecto upon the
ground that Arkansas was south Of SO 80,
they rcpli' Il that the act of 1870 was N yer
Il compromise, much less n compact impo-
sing any litigation upon the Successors of
those who passed the act to pay any more re.
spcct tits prov sions than to any other en-
actIncut of ordinary legislation | have the
debates before me, but win occupy the at
tcntion of the Senate only to read one or two
paragraphs. Mr.. lla ID, Of New York, in
opposition to ,he admission Of Arkansas as a
slavcholding Stat, said:
II am aware il will be, as it has already
been contcnded, that by tn, Missouri com
promise, as it has been PREPosrEROI sly
tcrEcd, Congress, has ua.tcd with it, right
To prohibit the Introduction of slavery into
VA ,t'It'oiy so''h VI % o. hpiNh '"H-
tulc."
lie acknowledged that by the Missouri
compromise, as he said il was prcpostcrously
termed, the north was cstoppcd from deny
ing the right to hold slaves south Of that
line (; but, he added
"ihcrc are, TO my mind, insupcrabc oh.
tcctions to the soundncss oi that PROPOSE
jon"
Here they are:
"ln the first place, there was no compro-
mise or compact whereby Congress snrrcn-
dcred any power, or yielded any jurisdic-
ton and, in the second place, if 1t had
done so, it was Il mere legislative act, that
could not bind their succoroors; it would be
subject to a repeal at the viii Of any sue.
cceding Congress
give these passages rs specimens Of tho
various speeches made IL opposition to tho
admission Of Arkansas bv the sam" c,i,s o.
. politicians 0 now oppose the Nebraska bill
, upon the ground that it yolat : solemn
compa I. 80 much for the speeches. Now
for the vote. The journal, which hold in
, my hand, shows that .orty-ninc northern
, votes were recorded against the admission Of
Arkansas
e Yet, sir, in utt,r disregard charity
, leads me to hope, in profound ignorance--oi
all these facts gentlemen are Boosting mat
the north always observed the contract, never
denied lis Validity never wished to violate
it and they have even referred to the cases
I the admission Of Missouri and Arkansas
n iu-tM cr- Of their good faith.
, Now, is it possible that gentlemen could
suppose these things could be said and di-trl-
butyd in their speeches without exposure
I DID they presume that, ina,much rs their
/ lives were devoted 10 slavery agitation,
whatever obey did not krow about the hsto-
D yof tl,t question did not exist? | an will
e ling 10 beA"yc, hope IT may be the fact,
p that they were profoundly ignorant of all
these records, all these debates, all these
[ facts, which overthrow cy,r, position they
r have assumed, wish the senator from
4 Maine MIR FEssENDENl VINO delivered his
maiden speech here tonight, and who made
! q great many IS ltabs AT me, had Informed
him.cf upon the subject before he repeated
= al these groundlcs~ assertions can excuse
him Tor the reason that lac had been here but
c frw days, and, having enlisted under the
u banner Of the abolition coniedcratcs, was
/, uuRi,r and simple enough to believe what
p they had published could be relied upon as
stubborn facts. lie may be an innocent vic
! ilil' mp NV ~" nav ,'' 'N.UAt Oh h"t
having INV ts'SAt'n the sH'9ert. Am Wiling
j 70 excuse nm On The ground That he did not
kh"" "HHl ne Wa, talAin2 "boni' ami II Is
tie HHy cN,u-" WHICH can make lor nm.
D VIII say, however, That DO not tlink he
j was r,iH 'IH ny ms ioya'ty 10 t"e Abolition
u ISIS 10 repeat every uisIeputaD'e ihs'Huation
. Whi'h thry made. why d'h he thro" into
hi- speech t""t ioul 'huthus ABOUT IA
northern man "ith southern principles, and
I then GIoie inc senator rom massachusetts,
{ MIR ''ASLl a. tt'-- +''thorily; ny, SIR,
b say that loui lnoihuatloh. bid not the Sena-
tor IRON MASSACHUSETTS,, VINO mrs! dragged 1t
M" tins debate, WISH to ha~ The public I'M
dcrstand that was n;..""n rs northern man
with southern -. .ueiu.cs: Was "attha the
1 allusony If ii was. he ayaiea ilnt. ."lf Of a
, cant phrase in the public mind in violation
d. of IN, truth of history. know of but one
man in this counsry who ever made il a boast
r that ne wa, "a northern man with u,lIurn
, nrinciples" and he fur iug To Mr.. SruSErl
. was ynur candidate for the Presidency in
: Is4S T\rn,ou., in tbc galleries
1 he pKESIDGN OFFICER, Mr.. Ma
I sox1 Or ar order
D A.. DDIr,,Lks Jrhis sarcasm WAS in
, tended f,, Martin Van H,,rrn. il inyolyes =
/ family quarrel with which | have no di,p,-
r sition ia terf,rc | will only aid thar
! have been able to discover nothing in the
/ urcscn, position or recent history of that
, di.tlnouis h.d statesman. which wopld lead
, me 10 covct the sobriouet Ly which he is
lrovn-ua northern man with southern
prnciple.."
, Mr. presid, nj the senators from Ohio and
= Massachusetts,. Tur. CuAsr and Mr.. Sryxrr.
= have taken the liberty to inpeach nv mo-
4 tiy,s IN bringing forward this me,silrc. |
= desire TO know by what right they arraign
= me, or by what authority they impute to
e other and different motives than those which
! have assigned. have shown from the
t record that advocated and voted for the
, same principals and provisions IN the COM
, promise measures OF 1900, which are embra-