The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-03-29

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FER. tharf the amend- I
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he'd to my mind by the
pt-lke speech of The now |
DIN Massachusetts, Mr.. |
Town and Spoken of all over |
his "SEvENTH Of MARCH
That Pai1han gun-fred in the
Massachusetts, where the shot was
"a was heard and felt throughout the |
nd breadth of our ocean, bound Repub
Weakening in the hearts and minds OF
lericans that feeling aud spir. OF compro-
Iise without which no union of Independent;
States would ever have been formed, or can now
be long maintained.
Now, for the violation of good faith of which
we ha e heard so much fran, the Abolltinnists.
| could not but notice that The Senator from
Massachusetts, EMr SuMNER.l ia reading, in
his sonorous voice, The Missouri Prohibition Act,
(so cailed,) always remembered TO forget to
read the later clause OF his darling law will
supply his omission. Il is then in these words:
"Provided always, That any persons escape
ing into The same the country north OF 80
degrees 800 from whom labor or service is law
fully cl lined IN any State or Territory OF the
United States, such fugitive may be lawfully
reclaimed and conveyed 10 the person Ginning
his or her labor or services as aforesaid
Sorely troubled as the Senator ss It the repeal
of portion of this law, he would yet leap with
| Joy to vote for the abrogaion of The prouisa just
read, ifhe could efectst without carrying there
with the prohibi,ary feature of the law. Ay.
sir he would do, aud does do more, he dsre
CARDS, contemns, not only all such laws as
cited, but TIE plainest provisions OF the great
| paramount law which every man who fills an
| office under our Republic must swear, he
did, on entering the Senate, to support, sustain;
and defend. Ay, and while trampling under
foot, literally splitting upon, the painest provi
sions of that sacred neutrality-suspicious.
without which he knows, every other man
does, there never could have been a Consiltu-
ton or Union formed-he yet pathetIcally
sacredness OH mere ordinary act Of legislation,
not having as much Of the character of compact
| as common tariff law has
By the latter you might hold out such indnce-
ments to your citizens TO invest their capital and
labor as would give them some equitable claim
on the Government were the law suddenly re-
pealed. In this instance, however, there i,
nothing in the shape of injury or damage that
can injure TO any one. Were disposed to dea
in recrimination, which not, might al
lege, and with much more truth and Justice. a:
it seems to me- that the Legislators OF 1920, wher
they prohibited slavery north Of SO deg 80 min
violated solemn treaty stipulation made BY
MIR. Jefferson with Bonaparte when Louisan
was. cedtd TO US. The third article of tha
treaty, in the opinion OF many able jarsls, a
is shown by the discussions IN 1919 and 1920
aud those upon the admission Of Texas secured L
. the inhabitants The right of early adnis>in int
the Union. the use and enjoyment OF their lib
erty, property and religion. Slavery was tn
Ter ioUi OF the LAM thus ceded and yet, not
withstandGng treaty with the foreign govern
meat is superb r TO any law of Congress, tia
e body, under tue influence Of the day, prohbe
slavery north OF 80 deg 80 min, w.hou, appa
rently cons dering whom they might deprive G
: the species OF property thus guaranteed by trea
" nor did they hesitate even 10 convey
large number OF the white inhabitants resdin
:. in Texas TO the then King of Spain.
! Will any man with a beard upon his chi
u and particle of truth in his heart, dare to as
" sert that this Union could have ever been form
i ed, if sent ments such have fallen from tn
Aboliionsts and Free Sellers up IN this foo
e had actua,ed the trainers Of the Constitution
e Or if the slavehodng Safes (apd they were a
g SO except two) had been tuld that the mornen
v their slaves crossed artificial or other line
o they could moi be recovered? | tina
Y there. is not man in tie Senats, nor 10 tn
e apaLJk. who dsses mol K. secured iDpEy
n ment-the pride of our cdhe pow
er tne civilized word-wouslves. Dee
e. form d, il The security which,las 11if d in
n for the return OF fugitives from y. ice had bee
es withheld. Phghted faith, forsoo'h lis not hi
It, strange, most extraordinary language to be use
" by the Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Sun
ner,l who was waited into this body upon a
Abolition tornado, which himself, Wende
ne Philips, and others, succeeded in reising a. ain
IT. the compromise measures Immediately upo
he their passage, and by making ther SAFE resoun
as With the cry of aRepeal, Repeal
g, But there IS anotiier Senator who has figure
~ in this discussion quite as conspcuousIy as tt
III Senator from Massachusetts. ailude 10 Il
Is Senator from New York, Mr. Seward | ha
" hoped he would be present on this occasion
ID tor wished to pay my respects 10 hm. lie
W another of the gentlemen who speaks 81 iii
e PANTY of plightrd faith and that what he say
9, upon that subject may be fully appreciated b
{ the Senate and the country, will read SON
), extracts FROM a speech of his, going to sho
g his regard tor written constitutions and 'pllght
g ed faith" Listen to the language OF that Sci
q aor On the Western Reseve in Ohio, in lci'
Is when Wing President General Taylorl wa
n TO be elected
e "Mr Seward said These elements dvd
| and classify the American people into tw
d classes-the party OF free dom, and the party
slavery Each of these parties has It's cour an
o its scepter. "The party {
:. FREE dom seeks complete and gniUersat emanc
!. patton. You Wings OF Reserve, and you espe
Y cially seeding wings, none know SO well a
: you that these two elements exist, and are de
!. veloped in The two great national parties OF tn
land, as | have described them That ex:s,
i. ence and development constitute the only rec
. son you can assign for having been enrolled
f the Whig party, and mustered under It's ban
ner, so zealously and SO long. And now az
y not TO contend that the evil spin, have de
/ scribed has possessed the one party without mil
igation or exception and fully directed the &C
tons of the other, but appeal t. you, to you
candor and Justice, if the benetlcent principle
+; has not worked chiefly the Whig party, AM
its antagonist in the adrerse pdrty?'
"SlaVtTy Is TIC d" VI nv soi"
J of the States only, blu, of taem all--of not GU
nation only, but of iall nations IL prevented
!, and corrupted the moral sense Of mankind
deeply, universally, and this corruption becam
a universal habit. Habits of thought becam
fixed principles No American State has ye
r delivered itself entirely from these habits we
! in New York, guilty OF slavery slll, b.
withholding the right Of suffrage from the rae
we have emancipated. You, in OHIO, are GU ]
ty in the same way, by system OF etack tatcs
still more arstocratic and odious. 1t is wsittei
! IN the Con stu,ion at the United States, tina
five slaves shall count equal to three free men
as basis of representation, and it Is written
also, in riotat,on Of dtrine lao, that we sha
surrender the fugitive stare, who taxes reiue
at our Preside from his relentless pursuer. 70
blush not at these things because they have be
come as familiar as household words, and you
pretended Free Soil allies claim peculiar merl
Tor maintaining these mtscaHed guarantees
slavery which they find in the national com
: pact
sit slavery can be, and It must De aoottshe
and you and / can and must do 1t.
L hat lie