The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-04-08

"IA,sc measures are pTrdicatCd on the greet
fundamental principle that every people
ought 20 poss ss the right Of forming and
'Etgu.aling their own internal concerns and
domestic institutions IN their own WY"
Again
These things are al oonlldcd by the Com
st,tuiion TO each State 10 decide for Itself and
Know OF 10 reason why the some principle
shop.d rot lie coniided 10 the tlrior os,'
la this speech it viii be seen that | 'ay
down q GenlralprindIle ofuniyorsal aIplica-
ton, and make no dist notion between to-
i!toiies north or south of3Go so.
am aware that some Of the abolition coz.
!ed'rstls have pCrpCtratcda q monEtrous for
gerry on that speech, and are now circulating
through the abolition newspapers the siatc.
mont that | said that / would cling with tho
nadty Of lift to the compromise Of ls20.'
Ih.s statement, false as it is-a 60 iberate act
OF forgery, rs it is know TO be by all who
have ever seen or read the speech referred to
---consttutls the staple article out Of which
most OF the abolition orators at the small en-
t-Ncbiaska met tngs manufacture the great.
Cr part Of ta.ir speeches. now declare
t.4at there is not S. nt,ncc, a line, nor even
word in tGat speech, which imposes tho
graf priulip!g riuI..scd II Il.ia b.li in al
new t,IIitorial organizations, without tic
least rti,rCEce to the liEc o. SUe 30.
AZ the 6 sslon Of l95l -'5I, o flv weeks
afr this speech was made at Chicsgo, snd
when It had b3ln puL!is he'd in pamphlet form
aa1 dreulat ext nsiv.ly over the States,
tle lcgis at4rc Of Illinois proceeded TO reyisa
us actea upon tue slavery question, and d.
ila2 Is position on tae compromise Ct 1900.
At-rr.s indny IL :, sou ems adopted It 4
previous sim iostluCtng NY colleague
an myse 10 vt for q proposition prol.ib-
ting avery il tae T,nitori s, r,scl llions
VIE adolt-d approving tae compromise
mcasur Cf 1850. l VI, rad one of tho
solutions, which WIS adopted intAc Ujuso
OF Ecpr.s u.-t7.s, by vote Of u v.gs to 4
nays:
Resolved, That orr liberty ard indcpent.
ence fr3 based VI On the T gut Of the p,oFla
T. form, FOR tAcnIs-.v such gov Ynm,nt az
they may cheese that tAis great privilege
--.nc bit re (. u ir cm,r, the Gift ofllcay-
Cn, s-cUr,d to Us by the col Of our ancos-
tols-Juglt so be ext ndld TO future gcner-
Itons; and 10 limitation ought to be AZ
p'i.d 10 tIis power, in the organization of
any Icr.tJry Of tie United STAT g, Of ether
a Iurter;a. gov rnmo Ut or state Coustitu.
Ton: Provide, The goy,rnm,Lt so .stab.
l'sAcd sAal be republican, and IN conturmi.
ty VITA the Constitution
Apot-or S yiCs Of + solutions having pass.
Cd the ; nat, almost unanimously, tLnbra-
eng the same principle in dil.r,pt language
III y were ccn,urr,d in Ly the House,
Thus was the position Of Illinois, UPON tas
savoy qu st.on, defined It the inst session
Of tlc l,g aatoru after the CGoIt!on CT tho
Comprol's. Ct 1850.
Now, s,r, what becomes Of the declaration
which has been made by nearly every OPP
IOnCut Of this bit, that nobody in this whole
Union Cv,r dreamed that the principle Of tho
Utah and New M,X'can bill was 10 be incor-
rorste into alltAe future rri,orial organiza-
tons? have shown that my own State 50
und rstood and declared i at the time in tho
most implicit and solemn msnnlr. Illinois
d d-clar. d that our '.ibcrty and iudepcnd,nce'
rest upon this principle; ) that tic principl,
ought TO be extended 10 future gencrationS;'
and that no limitation ought 10 be applied
to tbs power in the organization Of any ter
I.tQry c. the United S,at.s.' No oxcep,ion
is made in regard 10 Nebraska. No MissoU-
ii comp'omis5 lines; no reservations oftlie
country north Of So 80. The principle 10
declared 10 md re- L'biithright Of iretmcp;'
the 'st q ~ - ~, $v, us lss1 gied without
II may not be ou. Of place here to remark
that the legislature Of Illinois, At its rlcen.
5 ss'on, has rass- resolutions approving t's'
y E-Lr.s bill; end among the resolutions :
one ia the lr.Gs. language Of the r,solutinl
O. 1851, which | Lave just rad in the $50.
at.
Thus l haycshown, Mr, President, that ".
g;s.atu~c and lcopi, Of LIMOS have alwayu
understood tAc comprom;s. measures Of 1850
as establishing certain principles rs rules cf
acton in the organization OF ell new IerIi-
tori $, and tia, no limitation was TO be made
on either SD, Of the geographical line Of dUS
80.
Nc'thcr my time nor your patience VIII
allow me 70 take MP the resolutions Of the
diir r.ut Stat in detail, and show what ha4
been thccommon understanding Of the whole
country upon this point am now vinti-
eating myself f and my own action against tho
Gssut c: my ca'Uwrigto's; and, for TIA,
purpose, il is sufficient 20 show that, in the
report aud bill which | have pres rtCd u
the S,uau, have only carried oat the
known principles and s9'cmn'y declared viii
OF tac State whose r,lr,s utative | am. |
will now invite the attention Of the Senate
to the report Of the committee, in order thrc
/. nav be known how much, or rather how
little, truth there is for the allegation whi:h
been 50 oft made and repeated on tu,i
|at tna idea Of allowing the people IL
- = dcci, tie slavery question: ~.
a 's.oor gitl thought c,,.!'
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