The daily union., 1854-02-25

who ordinarily performs that grateful oce for be ut
terly opposed to this bill but al the instance OF some
senator who is in favor o the principle avowed IN ths
amendment the doors thrown open, and IN Iusn
ss tsd has sy Ths h,a Ba
sworn in Immediately takes The floor on = the negro
question" And oh how the eyes OF Z the daiilngs'
would FASH and their eounlenances beam with Joy. g
their ege lord lowered away on The superlauve advani
,es of negro servtude over good oldashioned saxon
liberty, aud the inalienabe rights OF man !! byme
time Mr. President all this is over we should begin
understand the modus oprandi OF this monsIous ~
teno this unheardof proposon-to to leave the peope
Of The Territories TO regulate ner aomesus A.
associates uulted IN the bonds OF unboy wedocK ana
producing mlscreated progeny, called IN the nst ln-
stance principles, ou which has nnally dwna'sa aoMn
to The principle OF non-nievenlon win the douiesuc
institutions of the Territories, the people wnereo are
be le perfectly free to form and regulate them IN nef
Let the honorable senator stand up here and say that
he is for system which will convert the interior Of tns
continent into Sodom. and which will confiaSras y
h brimsone, unless righleo God, VINO rules nO
! destinies OF men, shall order II Otherwise. ,
But, sir, contend that the bill itself will be nosnHEI
but iargon-nolhing but blRdle o contradictions ana
this amendment prevails There will
be all sorts OF dscodan voices and notes therein One
clause out the people, represented oy Inc co1acI
and another that the council house OF repre-
seniaves governor and all. may be overruled by Con
gress and then the amendment which asserts al
impudeny, that leave The people OF these Ter
ritoes 'to regulate their domestic institutions as tney
NAV think best How inconsistency 20 further and
how can legislative hypocrisy exhibit more orazen
| front?
And what is MORE not half Of the work Of up
turning ancient foundations will have been DONE You
must Immediately attack the restriction OF slavery intro
duced BY an immense majority, and by many southefn
votes into the Oregon BILL and you must aemosh the
ordinance OF 1857 in it's application 70 80 much oi MIA
nesota situated east OF the Mississippi In shofl,
the whole OF legslaon winch has oeen erect.
ed with 80 OF toll and which has engaged 80 much
OF the abilities of the greatest and best men OF the na-
the gTOunu and all mat ~ maIR-
nan in fanatcism, both North and South, and all tnat
wild unreasonable, and pestferous in sectional strife.
10 be let loose upon national councls and upon the
country. -, :, 1e
that the basis Of the adjustment OF 1850 was not 70
the people OF the Territories Tree to regulate their DO
mesiic institutions they pleased but il was the stsu
quo ante Jeuum" We 10 leave the country exactly
ia the condition found isome part OF IT oleatng
slavery and some part OF excluding it, The object was
to effect some arrangement that would restore harmony
TO national councils and peace TO me country. ana
therefore concluded that should not insert the
Wimo proviso in the territorial bills OF that year, but
pass them silent tle subject OF slavery, with the dis
tlnc understanding that we were 10 drop lne subject en-
the adjustment, can prove IRON the record s Wen
known that all the countries acquired from. Mexico
were subject to ansavery restriction. as the laws
of that republic remained la force, notwhsar ing the
conquest, until set aside by competent author! Ihe
supreme government OF that country had long lore the
war abrogated the called institution OF sav fy, and
erled all the territories within its jurisdiction into
Stree soil" This important fact is distinctly referred
to and recognised by Mr. Clay in his speech Of Feb
ruary s;
by law slavery does exist within The territories
! ceded 10 u s by the republic ol Mexico" II
II can only feer to passage OF law by the
.upieas gsyenmeni Mexico abol,hnx III thips II the
a. Ibey existed AT the momen nj teo
country, remained their laws STILL unless they
altered by the new sovereign power which this Peo
pie and their territories under IN consequence OF the
treaty OF cession to the United States" .a "A
Certain southern not satisfied with the
mere exclusion OF the Wmo provso" from the. terri
~ a .kx,.a naf bs. ~..~~
law; bat The Senate refused TO coneede such aorogahon
/ On the 23d of July, MIR. Davis, of Mississippi, (hs
present Secretary of Wa) submitted an amendment 70
that effect but il Tejectedyeas %, nays 80. My
honorable friend from Illinois Mr.. DoUGLAs seems not
to have been present, and did not vote. This proves
concusively that the basis OF the adjustment or il you
will have 1t so, :" he principle" "hs stsfu que
There existing obstacle TO tie introduction oil ola
very into the territories, and Congress was asked 10 re-
it out OF the way; but the response was no no
we leave matters to stand as find them wish toI
drop the subject IL Congress refused TO remove an I'm.
p~dment which existed TO the introduction OF slavery
into the territories with which they at the moment
dealing how IL be said that they intended 10 strike
down a similar mpedmen, apperainng TO other and dit.
ieren territories which were no, before US Al all nor IN
lions such these do satisfy honorable senators
that the basis of the adjustment OF 1850 in truth and
in part such as contend for IT is idle to pursue The
argument further
have thus Mr. President. called to the notice OF The
Senate the essential elements of the case which desire
present. and only remains Tor me to advert briefly TO
certain topics which honorable members who favor this
attribute considerable Importance but which, Ia
nv Iudgmeat are entitled to consideration whatever
Having performed this TASK shall hasten TO conclu
sion may be.
In the fret place, wish 10 notice what said BY
the honorable chairman, Mr. DoueLAsl on his atlemp4
in isls carry the parallel of 80 deg 80 min throogA
I, the Pacific ocean. in which, il seems, hr failed Here
in be suppose he can hnd an ample nsuhcst'on
for the attempt which he making 70 break the
Compromse Of 1870 Now, MIR. President, what are the
factsl There pending before Congress bill to or
ganze the Territory Of Oregon, the whole OF which wss
situated north OF 80 deg 80 mn the southern line being
in the parallel OF AZ dey north latitude or, IN other
words, deg. 30 min. north Of the Missouri line.
The BILL mistake not originated IN the House, and,
when under consideration IN the Senate, u - true the
honorable submitted proposition fo an extension
OF that parallel through to the Pacihc ocean, az DIVISION
bet ween free territory and slave territory, which amend
il was reg arded nconguous TO the main object OF the
BILL and was rejected accordingly. cannot see how the
senator cam from this occurrence derive any apoiogy-
much less justification OF his course Ii division the
line OF 80 deg. 30 min. proper basis OF adjustment
in 1s4s, IT equally 10 1850; and why dad not the
senator support that basis then, he had ample op
pofuniy to do II appears from the record that Mr.
Davis, OF Mississippi, submitted in this body, July 49,
propagation divide the parallel OF 80 deg, which
rejected by vote OF yeas 49, nays 32-the honom-
bic voted in the negatives that on the same day
MIR King (ae Vice President of the United Sates) sub
mted another proposition TO divide on the parallel o1
80 deg which rejected by vote of yeas 40. nays
37the honorable voted IN the negative ALSO
appears that on the 9th OF August, Mr. Turney submits
ted a proposition divide the parallel OF 35 deg ~
min, which was also rejected by vote OF yeas -,
nays 80 and the honorable senator again voted in the
negative The senator. in his opening speech says that