The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-30

the sections could be changed so that the northern whites
could be brought in contact with the southern blacks
they now are slavery would be necessity them il is
to us and they would willingly accept and acknowledge
IT, You can argue nothing from the condition OF ndyid-
uas of either All sound and safe conclusions
be drawn from the character and condition of the masses
Y s the general sentiment the general capacity and
ghenment the general win and moral power which
the destnes Of men and nations Until these changed
the relations OF races cannot be changed But these
be changed by congressional enactment They only be
altered by the slow operation OF natural caseswhich may
be assisted and promoted legislation but
driven or thwarted without the most dangerous convul
sons know what destiny the Omnipoient has mark
cd out for the slaves OF the South but whatever il may
IL VIII be wrought out gradually and surely by the opera
ton OF laws which irresistible and indsstruebe
those which rule the physical universe Have gentle
of the opposition faith in the wisdom and efficacy of
these supreme laws? We can do nothing to arrest their
operatoni they do little to promote IT. Puny, indeed
their efforts well as ours to interfere with the
Of Nature and the inevitable march of human progress
We May quarrel and fight we may rend the Union
der may blacken each others with angry re-
proaches and charge respective hearts with hatred and
malignty; may crimson every smiling field in the
land with aternal blood but after shall have expend-
ed our rage and exhausted capacity for mutual injury
the great work of Providence will in its own
way hardly interrupted in its great designs by all the tenn
pests OF human passion which our utmost efforts arouse
Leave slavery TO its natural Let it occupy such
part OF territories 1t may II will be only
what is at last You may annoy and disturb and excite
but you cannot weaken us. We cannot strengthen our
selves by dusion but with fair play and liberal oppor-
unity to pursue destiny undsturbed, shall
and better peacefully and willingly but the
less certainly work out the problem which the two
the South must inevitably solve
inmated Mr.. Chairman, that before the expiration Of
my hour would, if time permitted state the only objec
ton have entertained against the bill II arises
from what is generally known the BADGER amendment
must confess that my ardor in favor Of the bill has been
somewhat dampencd by this provison but it will not pre-
vent me from voting as have all along intended. In
1885, when it was proposed to repeal the Mexican laws
which were claimed as prohibiting slavery in Utah and
New Mexico the proposition rejected and told
that snch repeal would contravene the principle Of
intervention We submitted to this view. Now it is pro-
posed to the congressional legislation of 1920
That being done the Territory would stand it did prior
to that time with the laws of Louisiana still in force.
This believe the force and effect of the bill before
the BADGER amendment adopted. But that provision
evidently repeals the laws originally prevailing in the Ter
ritory The result of all this is that while in 1850 you
fused repeal the Mexican laws against slavery you do
repeal the French law in its favor 1t is true the bill
goes further and establishes condition which gentlemen
call tabuka do not know that this would be par
tcuary objectionable in itself But profess to be APP
plying the principle Of the of 1850 That principle
plainly requires that should leave the French laws OF
Louisiana stand as we did the Mexican laws Of the
other territory To this extent protest that do not
pursue the precedent which profess follow and which
is quoted in the very clause of the bill itself where this in
consistency appears But repeat that will still go with
the friends OF the bill because although Objectionable in
the point stated entirely doing what it processes
do it is still vast Improvement upon the policy of 1920,
and an approach at least TO that of 1850