Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-03-02

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nus aoars aherlhOught permit me 70 say.
Aaer he report Of The committee bad been
made. and the bill had deen altered u Was
: necsssary 70 ges up some other reason or pre-
,..rs shan vas set forth in the report. in order
"a shoW why 4 was proposed TO repeal the Mis-
souri compromise.
do not lIke 10 be uneharitable--l do not
f.Eks 70 be compelled 70 argue ia tlat way but
tswhvaI see these crooked tracks; what infer
renee can draw? Most assnfsdly. that the
committee had no deteruanaie, settled purpose
..ms "a the necessity Of atsrag tkls compromise
4 whsa they 6rst reported. Ihey had no good
andsufRcient reason 10 propose, arepeal OF ltiior
Il thsv had they would haze SAID so Al once.
<Nuw. how are We 10 view tais amatterl Can
We view Il in any other lighE is.
s- tlere IA A territory large As an empire. as
a.rve A hslieve. as al the free States together.
4, z pure as na.ure;il is beautiful as the garden
tfof Col, 81 ..a
tl There IS nothing now to prevent US dong
~, vh hat will minister 10 the best interest OF
the people now and hereafter,
~ ~, .forafathers expressed their opinion as
-. ,.h.t Was bess TO be done with It.
Fhsv believed u shonld be fenced up from
sa,. ;rtyas;ou oflhis accarsed scourge of
r,snEiud. human slavery. They have done
,6is eaectually insthis Territory. 4
rs Shall we undo their work. The southern
e. States have had the benefit OF the Missouri
compromise, and | now appeal to my southern
Whg friends whether We OF the North dla
moi fSledce our constituents that you were
bonorable men; that you would stand ny al
the guarantees ol the Constitution aha All lne
duties which properly devolve upon you;and
that above all the ehivalry OF the south WoulG
never be attempted, by any tancled or real
interest TO abandon The terms OF any compact
when they had received the oenent on .ne'I
side, and when its terms remain 70 DC iuin'eu
by them. e-u..u,l,
a...L.J Nv amazement was very great
when heard that any OF these genHemeu
were IN council with the enemy.
i Lsred that something had taken place which
.,,rh, rot 70 have taken place. felt strong in
hesrt 70 appeal to them against any tancled IN
,srest which they might conceive themselves 10
have for their duty is plain and papaole:
nil not our forefalhers make compact Did
,hev not make il after fearful struggle which
,.os dangerous to this Unong | say, was
,hara not n compact made? And in the whole
hisiorv Of our legislation, | appeal to you, has
there ever been one more sacred OF more oihu'
;ng unor vous Have you southern Senators,
"a IL. full beue6t IL? Have YOU moi
"s;or4S ~. 4 now for thirty years: Has any
~, r,sr stepued forward to impair your
s,h,s IN that COMPROMISED No, sir, It is mo-
nys,ended: and now the period is drawing nea
sLeu Thai mart of this great bargain which i'
hen, fcial TO us at the North is approaching
and cali upon you as honorable men 70 'ulhI
Il shrink not from It. Dc not tell me that you
commitments will not sanction you IN dong VIVA
tuow 70 be right Ibelieve thatyour constituent
aye ayebonorable men believe they will understt
natives which impel YOU TO do your duty, not
witbstaudnr you might have some iancied lnhu
ence the other way. The Senator from kentuc
ky TMr. Drxoxl told Us that this came from tn
North. and therefore The South were absolvet
from their obligation Unjust say think yo'
understand well that the North know nothing
bout this base conspiracy 10 oe'ray mem, "he'
did It come upf Did you tgo before the peo
pie, that they might pass upon !he quesuon
WIZ w. In the Presidential election, triumph
antss lhe Democracy were, task any gentleman
of,ha North. suppose sou had stakeI The cleo
ton Of Mr.. Pierce upon this question, how ma
nv votes could he have received in the North
Not one You gave US no notice of any sucl
thing. The people OF the North, even now
do not know what netarious projects are afoo
hare in the Capital. You Of the South are no
abaelyed. because one or two men, very hon
ovable men, stand forth here and say al nm
ready 10 90 in and make this monstrous propo
sitionl" Sir. in he days Of the Revolution
Major Andre was hung by the neck until h
was dead, Tor accepting . proposition not NOR
base than this, which is gross betray {
the RIGHTS ofthe whole North, And yet chs
n the only reason which the Senator fror
Kentucky gives Why he should vote for th
hin. lie will not pretend to tell us that h
would abrogate and violate the great pledG
which has been kept on the part OF the Nortt
e unless northern men stood here authorized, .
beahinks,. 70 relieve them from that pledge.
d tel BIN chat they are not authorized TO do an
HI such thing. TELL him that those whose agen
they are, know nothing about thI !, and DOPE
know what trSa,on to the North is hptchn
hore. lN .al
" colleague stated the other day that Il VI
amatter of fact, which everybody knew, thf
the peculiar interest which we had at the Mort
to prevent slavery encroaching upon this TeI
ritorv, Is, that the moment YOU cover i owe
with uersons occupying the relation Of masie
aud slave, the free man OF the North cannot 9
there. He announced thai great truth in vi
body. Gentlemen know il to be q TRUTH an
they do not gain-seyN Nehlleiheh KNOW w
the high-minded free man OF the North, a
though not blessed with property, has /, neye
theless a soul. and that he cannot stoop to i
NJ Dor side by side with your miserable serf +
never has done 1.-THE never will do il, II WI
an unlacky word from The gentleman tro
Ke,atucky when be said. il he Garnet labor
lha' way, let him 90 somewhere else, Is tn
lhe democracy OF the Chairman Of the Comm
tee on Territoresg @ a#l
Let him tell the yeom anry Of lllinois--tl
hard listed laboring man Of that great State
that this is the principle upon which he acts