The daily union., 1854-02-18

which ihe omission referred 10 had occurred The copy
had been lett bis Tor correction dung his ab
s~nce and he dii in lime for TO be inserted
hat il would be inserted In the Congressional Globe He
sIso defended himself iom certain mpyaiions in refer
s0ce TO shurkng the responsibility OF allowing what he
had said 10 10 beioTe The country.
The House then resolved seli into Committee OF the
Whole on the stale of the UnIon and proceeded (Mr
OIps in the chsi 10 the consideration Of the homestead
bill
sEBaAsxA AND KANSAS BILL.
Mr STEPHENS. OF Georgia, having the first right 10
the aoor proceeded TO address the House in reply TO me
yenteman irom Vermont [Mr MEAcHAM and TO the
Gentleman from New York, Mr.. FEkTos,l who bad
spoken in opposition TO The Nebraska bill lie was anx
ious 10 have replied those gentlemen al the lime but
the opportunity mol afforded II he understood the
gentleman from Vermont. that gentleman had opposed
The bill The ground that The declaration o Tue eh
section oil the preparatory admitting Missouri lho
the Uaon prohibited the admission OF slavery noun OF
tue line OF 80 deg. 80 min north auiude and mar 70
depart from contfsct would be violation OF geou
faith that il had been adhered from 1920 until now
that deviation from that line would be productive oil os'
cord and dsharmony The first point OF objection 10 Inc
bill was unenable the eighth clause OF that act which
had been referred restricting slavery TO The line OF
SO deg 80 min. north latitude, never was enacted W 'he
nature OF q compact or contract, The gentleman IRON
Vermont, and others. said much about me missouri
Compromise forming a compact Compact between
whom
M. STEPHENS proceeded. W ell contract" Per-
haDs there was no question lille understood as this
matter of The Missouri Compromise That act OF lS2O
had nothing to do with the restriction Of slavery norm oil
"a 90 The compronse made the year alter. Mr.
Clay did not even vote Tor IT, subsequent 10 the year
1891 Missouri formed a constitution, out congress re-
fused her admission the Union because there WAS an
article in her constitution refusing Inc aJlsson OF slave
ry What constituted a contract! Tuere must be Two
parties in order form contract, which was not the
case ia the instance referred 10. Congress having
refused 10 comply with The admission OF Missouri witt
the protbiiory clause in the constitution, Mr.. Clay
brought forward his compromise measure. which pro-
ha atu mad cha that
law oil stiruon which would prevent her violating
the constitution OF the United States That the
tract This restriction OF slavery TO SO 80 never WAS
contract; twas simply law. Missouri had right 10
enter into contract with regard TO the territory outside OF
her boundary She had the right to come into the Union
with slavery, according 10 the law OF 1920 Opponents
10 the present Nebraska bill conceived that 1t sol
contraciha OF restricting slavery to the line so Of
ten described that north OF &c 30 slavery could not exist
and that south OF thallne il might exist Now, far
that line concerned, he might state that the South
never proposed that reatIlcOn, aDd q majority OF The
South always was against IT. always regarded as an
unconstitutional but tho South acquesced III it
when Overwhelming majority Of The North protested
a&anst II. The gentleman from New York INT FENToNl
had said that this compact had received the approval OF
uSm..on aa o1 hs uaor did bs Norm .a ~ for this
''eompactr Arkansas south OF thai line; and who
moved TO disturb The very ''coaract which The gentle
man from New York had said the North had stood by
for thirty years Why, John Quincy Adams. He moved
the psoviso which read provided that nothing in this
shall be TO authorize slavery, SIC and upon the
than eighty gentlemen from The North voted in Ills favor
And yet the gestlemaH from Vermont talked about honor
in adheriHg to that coniracl Did The South ever dis
turb this iine Did The South propose 10 touch II
Yet they appealing 10 the honor CT southern
men TO stand by that compact tie would tell the gentle
man IRON the North, that compact no longer exists II
they themselves who had broken 1t. Tney mad yio-
laed il nine months aer they had passed il by
that House. paper this c.ty had been raising The
cry 81 DANGER and opposing hia prescription oil the Mis-
souri, Compromise, and had spoken OF that compromise
a
John Quincy Adams chose 10 disturb IT, why did Dol Il e
National lnell geLce toupd be alarm that The connry
III danger This ''ume. honored compaci'-this
'sacred ibng-yon cannot touch II. You appeal 10 the
'.chIvalry OF Ike South 10 preserve Their honor Why
did you not show The ehralry OF the North
Mr.. 5. proceeded 10 show, from the records OF the
House in The Ofcal record, that when there had been
any division on the saec, the North had voted aiDst
the very compact ihsy now 80 srenuously called upon
the South To preserve. The gentleman from New York
fMr FENroNl had talked about this Missouri Compro
nise a. being bond Of aalon between the North and
So.'h ioI ,h1y yssIs and Who sousal now 10 upseie
Well did he remember. aud perhaps many gentlemen
here remembered also, that the 18Th day Of June 1885,
the South had on the floor OF that House offered 10
He well recoec,ed that day and bnt with few
ceptions from the North, no man voted 10 recognise IT,
The South was pressed 10 The wall The North vas un-
yielding. They would have "sli noihiBg"--evsry
foot OF territory we had acquitted from Mexico and when
the South that there no faith in The Norh-he
spoke Of the resso sentiment OF the Norhthey said
I" Ii you ohliterate all landmai ks. throw
selves hack our constitutional r,ghs--the rghs we
possess under the constitution o the United Sts,es"
In 1850 II solennly agreed upon that the sub
OF slavery shoHld be taken OF Congress They might
call him whg, or democrat, or republican, or what hey
pleased, but he would adhere principle regardless
Of names, and that principle the rsht OF people TO
govern themselves. He alluded to the speech OF Mr..
Webster in the Senate, in 1850, when he declared this
great dOctrine. and when IL thought by all that this
demon OF dscord was elected 10th from the Senate and
the House. In that year il was soemn'y decided by The
compromise measures, that The people of the Territories
should be allowed 10 form iheIr governments they
pleased, without regard TO any restriction II
that principle those passed and be claim.
ed. as American, tha, the North should stand upon
that principle. and upon that alone.
He recommended The gentlemen OF The North to follow
the example Of that great when Fanesil Hall Was
closed 4. ainst hr,, aud he open space in
front oi the Revere House, and there boldly told
assemblage OF than three thousand persons
that they shoud conquer their peIudices and iuh
agreement with the South He granted That the compro-
mise acts of 1850 did concede the right TO into the
Union with or without slavery, and II WAS only the free
sO,Der- OF the North Who desired TO II
To have r~pose the country, it would only he
when the freessoiers OF the North earned that Cong
should not interfere with this question: but should leave
people oI the Territories tie right TO do they
pleased. HE hoped ii might be the honor and glory OF
h Congress 10 give sanction 10 those pncples SO re-.
Gently established and SO noby sustained
Mr. 5. concluded bis eloquent and able address by ad
voca,ns wnh power The great American, republican
principle OF allowing every Stale and Territory 10 enact
i,s own laws in relation to its institutions II was
only BY recognition OF this principle the part Of the
North we'll ile South that ona bioils and con-
tentions would be abolished and the country progress
that honor and distinction which awaited her.
Mr. CAMPBELL. of Ohio, next addressed The COM
mittes. He would yield TO gentleman that aoor in
hta A~~pot 49, t,t,o. a.. IL