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aud 5fihs spirit ctier he right ha1d OF politicsl
friendship 10 every member Of this holy thar will
stand together Ia vitdieate lie privileges protect
rs Responsibility and maintain il ia The higA place
Tor which y was in,ended-the master branch Il
! the American Government
The question tetore Us Is 10 ger rid &C he Mis-
souri, compromise line; and to lawyer that Is an
easy qussIi0n Tia, compromise is in The form Of
statute and ore statute is Tepealahle By another
| Thsi shen view is enough Tor LAWYER To 4
statesman il is something difsren, and refers
the eaes,ion ct as repeal not 10 law books bat 10
Ieasens q State Folicy-to the circumstances IN
| Ger which il was enacted, ane the constq nences
which are 10 flow from its ahTegaiien. This Gem
promise a 1870 Is not mere statute, TO las. for
DAYS u wss inteaded for perpeluiiy, aud so de-
cared itself n i an enactment d seIie contro-
| v-rsy-and did sesile is-ana cannot be abfogased
without feraving thai & nToseIsy
II has given the country peace for above Il iriy
YEARS. how many wears of disturbance will It's alb
Z gallon bfing7 That sihe siaiesmsn's question;
and without ASSUMING to be much Of a statesman
claim To be enough consider the cons qnences
Of breaking setgmeEt which pacifet- = eoa tipent
| I remember the Missouri controversy and how il
DESTROYED ali social feeling, and all capacity for
beneficial legislation and merged all political prn-
pie in an angry contest atoul slayery-diriding
| the Union into twp parts. and drawing up the two
halves into opposite and confronting lines ike
emies on the firlc Of battle ! do not wish TO rec
such times ssain and, therefore am againstreviv-
ing them BY breaking up the settlement which qui-
eIed them
Five times in tie beginng of this century-five
difereni times. and without any distinction between
northern and seulaeFn MEMBERSHIP Congress re-
fuse TO impair" the $ aveTYeompremise OF 1881
notwithstanding FIVE lines asked ier BY the people
I OF The Territory oh sguaiter sovereignty where
(. were you then J IL was ease tor you 10 have
shown your headLlo' have arisen in your might
and established your suRrt macy forever. ltwasa
case Of convention of the ~0veTeigns themselves
and Md
dEeam ui their sevsreignty The convention petit
TONED Congress as ward would it, guardian or
ehildIen unoer age would petition their father and
Congress aDswerr4 like good guardian or good
ia her, that il woud not give them evil although
they begged for Is B-nighied times, these, and
intpiteiy hefiBd tie present age. The maresnest
had netli e. been found in which has been laid the
marvellous gg oWi of which has been hached the
nendescfipt fowl, sclePt "squauer sovereignty H.
TIE Industrious principle 81 han-inierveniion had
70 ihenieen invented. The ignoiamuses Of thai
day had be ard u il though now TO be learn
ed in every horn. book and, believe no where
tls- bit in the hon book
Five lines in tie beginning Of this century did
Cong'esS refuse Ioimpsir The slavery compromise
o. 81; and now. LOW in The mhitIe Of The century.
an' after thirty gears of peace under be Missouri
G. m tpmlse-the Gf>priEg ana continuation oilhatk
o. oI--weiare called upvn, not merely TO impaiR
tdi seasln bul 10 destroy ibfeyer, lar greater
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to far more terriloTy--and
how called upon Got BY the inhabil ants-npt by n
ATTY enc human being living or expecting 10 live
On The Tfiory 10 be afiecltd--but upon motion
in Congress silent secret limping. haiIing
creeping, squirting, impish moiion-c6nceived in
the ddIk-lnif wifGd in a committee room, and
sprung open Codeiess and the country in the style
in wbich Guy Fawkes intended 10 blow up the
Parliament house with his five hundred barrels OF
gunp5wdef hid in lhe cellar under The wood.
MY answer 10 such motion isfo he found in
the WHOLE volume 81 my political life ] have stood
upon The Missouri compromise for above thlrty
yeats and mean Io.stand upon Tito The end Of my
life ana 10 DUNG So shall act not oily according
to my own cherished consetions of duty, but ac-
cpfding TO the oilen declared convictions Of the
General Assembly II my State
should oppose any movement to impair that
5 compromise, made in an open, direct, manly man
r; mn h m IRE shall oppose tiff made IN CO.
yeri, irdire !, and humanity way. The biEor bills
beiere US, undertake 60 accomnSsh their object.
wiihout protesting i--BpGn r asoIis which are con
tradcte ~ and untOunde lin tel ms which are am
Big nj and Northumberland by throwing on 9th
ers the responsibility of its own act. | processes
interfere with the sovereign right of the pe
pie 10 egi-lae for themselves; and The very frs
line OF this solemn profession throws upon them
hoise-loEt oi law which they have no righ 10
refuse. or time 10 read OF meney 10 purchase, Oh
ability 10 understand
II throws upon them al he laws OF the Unned
States whico are not locally inappiitable anu that
compr hen a a; ase not specially ma e torotb
er pidcts; aso 81 gives Them The Constitution oil
the United States. but witp9ul e prvilt { ofvo-
ling al presidential OF congressional elections, or
Of making heir own judiciary This is non-inier-
feitnce wuh a vengeance a community 10 be
burr under mountain Of stfar &c law and COW
cred with constitution under winch they are not
10 have one single political right Why Ibis ei-
cumloeulOnl This extension OF a mountain If
irrelevant law, with the TX eption Of the e1iy one
r levani and appiicahel Sir, it is The crooSed,
insidious and pusillanimous ways Of efeeiins the
repeal Ut the Missouri compromise line. II in
cludes all law for the sake o-leaSing our enc law
and effects repeal By an omission, and legislaies
By an exception
Ii is a new way Of repeating law, and burg
ing attempt 10 >muggle avery into the Territory,
and all he country out TO the Canada ne and up
Z tie Rocky Mountains. Fine crool ed line Of this
process Is inls: abolish the compromise line and
extend the Constitution over The country the Con-
stiiuon recognizes slavery therefore. slavery is
established as. soon as The line is abolished, and
the Constitution extended: aud being pat there by
the ConNiiufOn, IL cannot be leeislated CUT.
This isihe English OF this Cling process; and
certainly rothiDg more unworthy OF legislation
more derogaiory 10 legislative body was ever
attempted 10 be made inta law. Sir, The Constitu-
zion was not made for Territories but fer States
It's provisions are all applicable 10 States and can
not be put in operation In Territories. They can
not vote for President or Vice President or men,
bers of Congress nor elect their own officers, or
prescribe the qualifications OF voters, or admins
Ter their own laws by their own judges sherfs and
attorneys and the clause extending The Constiiu-
tion TO them is cheat and an ILLUSION and trick
toxmnggie slavery into Inc Territory. Nor is il
intended thai they shall have any legislative right
under the Constitution even 10 relation ID slavery
They may admit il because Is 10 tie there by ihe
/ Constitution they cannot exclude il betanse The
| Constitution puts its there Tha, isihe arsoment
! and il is iuggte worthy Of the trick Of one egg
under three hats al theasame time-and under neth-
er al any time Besides the Constitution is an or
ganic not an administrative ACT. II Is a code OF
/ principles nj of Iaws MOI clause ia il can be
executed except by yfr;ue OF a.iaw made under IL
mo, even the clause crrecovsIing figiuve slaves
/ Bur am not yet done with the beauties 81 This
mode ~ repea lihg a law b. an exception. There
is further c nseqpence - be detectid in IT, The
Missouri CON promise consists u two distinct parts;
first an abolition u slavery in lube aacient Lou
isiana north and west If Missouri; secondly, a
provision Tor the recovery offogidve slaves 10 the
I Ter iiory made free By the omitted extension OF
This section both these rarfs are repealed large
ta-t Il c unirv. larger than The old thirteen At
! lanfic States and bordering th0usand miles on
ihe British dominions, is made an asylum for fu-
| oitive slaves There will be no law 10 recover a
Slave from all that vast regian The constitution
Al ur,yision Is limited To States the provision in
The act Of 1851 IS limited 10 he Norihwts, 1'eJfio
r. me second part ot the Missouri compromise ex
tended this right 70 all the terrcfy noh and west
&, Nfssouri and that being rrpelled that right Of
recovery IS lost. | object to this on the pas*of the
S,s,p III Misscuri-the State TO be mot Injured b.
converting all the territory north ard wesrol BET
oaf,e ont 10 the British line. inio an asylum fol
55anaWav slaves The blunder cannot Be corrected
issis.<, in The opinion OF Ihose Who deny tie con
,;tn,nal mower Congress 70 legislale On slavery
| n .Tefri,ories) 81 an aet d Congress y-..
Then eoaes The reason mr excepting fhe q =
so1,; .ronnprouiise from the extension which isgir