Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-03-01

~ 6upted down III OF IT, representatives Who voted for H.
With the fate Of those northern who voted for the
Missouri Compromise. The Compromise Of 1880 was
adopted on different principle, and had endorsed
by the whole nation The Democratic party had after
wards In convention unanimously declared Il be a
nnay and In the election carried every In the I'm.
Ion but four. The Wing party had resolved the same
thing but there were sixty six In Its convention who
fused IT, They rejected by the whole people North
and South. who would not trust them The people had
no confidence In such resolving Many Wings like hun
sell, had therefore turned their backs on them and
sought peace elsewhere; that permanent peace had
been found and it rendered here to-day by this bill
sis did nos bscvt the Senator from New York had spo
ken the sentiments Of the people Of his State, and he
thought the Senator would find him when he tried
an election BY the people The Senator from Con-
ncctcut had spoken half day about Brigham Young and
his forty wives lilo venturcd to that In instance
from the time of the ordnance Of 1877 canonzes by
pretended friends had Government nterfsred with
the people 10 tho regulation OF their domestic
The people Of Euah when about to DO admitted into the
Union will have regulate their institutions Ia
their own way. II Il suit them, they come as near
the Of patriarchal blessedness they think fit
s there power in Congress to prohibit them
there va, q provision In the Constitution that Con-
gress should establish any religion hy law
He was not prepared to say whether such power was
prohibited to the States-but Congress had no power
prevent Roman Catholics entering the tcrritores-it
had power whatever any domestic of the
people This principle Unpopular sovereignty power.
fi was rich In the vitality Of TRUTH and would live
The Senator from Massachusetts, asked il Bingham
Young could carry his forty wives Pennsylvania
Certainly not The South did not ask carry its slaves
to Pennsylvania or to New York All il asked was the
right TO carry their slaves where slavery
not prohibited by law. Slavery prohibited in Penn
eylvania and New York-not by Congress hut BY the
principles Of those States The Senator CONNECT
cut told the Senate twice that in 1850 Mr. Webster had
compiimented MIN for the Wmot Pro
yso was humbug The compliment seemed to have been
thrown away for the Senator evey occasion had voted
for his humbug and Rugged to the last of it,
existence. All the opponents of this bill had invoked the
spirits OF the iustrios dead TO sustain their opposition
The Senator from New York had called the spirit OF
Mr. Clay, but the Senator the last man in the
world who would evoke the spirit Of Mr. Clay had he
known il would not at his bidding. II charac-
eiistc for those TO evoke the spirit of the dead who
had traduccd his name when lving-who Syracuse IL
defending tho Jerry had sought dshonor his
memory. These frcesoers had fased history by calling
the Missouri Compromise compact it necessary
Tor them to do to make up agitation. BY those
and by the aid OF fanatca men, strong minded women
boomers, Sc they sought to in the public mind
mind false impression as to that legislation. IL
was no compact. compsct is something agreed upon
by parties competent to do so. Congress had power
TO make compact between the North and the South
ithad, the North was never party to it, In the House.
the whole NORTH except sixteen members voted against
it. The North had never approved IT, II condemned all
who voted for IL except three Since then had more
than repudiacd it. History had TO be alsiied 10
make out compact and then the position Of the North
has TO be alsicd to sustain the fabrication of history
Hit was compact, and the admission OF Missouri the
price 10 the South for the prob bon north Of So
deg 30 min then the North repudiated by refusing 10
admit Wisconsin in 1921, and therefore released the
South The preense in which the North refused admit
the south, triing be considered IL was said
that Arkansas was part OF the price given to the South
Tor prohibition Upon the question OF admitting Akau-
sas In 1885, John Adams sa ID that il other moved
u, he would move to apply the prohibition of Slavery To
that State Where was the solemn compact then? DID
Tue North then proclaim IL compact be broken:
hlgntyiour northern men voted for that prohibition TO
the Arkansas BILL moro than Il msority Of the whole
northern delegation IL was voted down, but upon the
passage OF the bill admitting Arkansas ffty- four votes
were given against it, all but two of which were from the
North The North nearly in n solid body voted scaas,
the Missouri Compromise in 1880. The North rsruiatei
1t altogether IN 1921 by refusing admit Missouri IL vo
Ted by minority to repudae in 1896 rejected il in ISIS
and 90, and its peculiar advocates and special friends
now openly declare they would vote it down to- |
morrow. Yet they call upon the South TO stand nv
n barg ain 10 which the North never was n n,,,y |
10, TO stand by the compact which the No,,h
rever approved Of and always regulated to stand
by the Compromise, which the North uniformly CON
demnej. Tney talk loudly Of honor plirhted faith and
inviolae compact to be obsesved by the South, and vet
admit they never were bound by it and are not
Who ever heard such language outside of land of as.s
SIMS 10 hear them talk of honor and faith was Ike lis
tsning TO the devil quoting scripture Ii could not be
toand that 1t the policy Of founders OF
tne Republic and ifameis of the Constitution prohibit,
Slavery to States or restrain i, in any shape lie
quoted letter from Jefferson Madison in which th
settlement OF the Slavery question by geo.rauh linz
was styled most portentious movement, of which
De Witt Clinton and Rufus King expected TO TO pe. ,l
party into power; also from Madison to j. r,rso,
and also letter from Jackson in which he STYLED
Tue hsionr' compromise rash, despotic policy.
act, &C. The Senator from Massacl usetts on former
OCCASION. aud twice Tuesday last declared that NJ the
time OF WasIngons Inaugural ton there was no spnt ,d
the Jurisdiction OF the United States where the ig p,,ei
over one loot OF slave territory. Virginia coded he Nnr
West Territory TO the United States with the cond;,io,
that Slavery should be prohibited North Caroino coded
the Territory of Tennessee, with witt, the condition ho,
Cong css should prohibit Slavery thcrc The noe,
Congre under the Constitution accepted bo,h sessions
was this Tie policy OF prohibiting Slavery in all Tertiary
-o ane onteu state! tennessee was not admitted unit
I.so ana therefore during the whole ofWnshng;ou's Adj
mipstraon remained slave territory and was nro,ec,si
by Washington well the free territory of tL por
west In framing the Constitution the hers of the coun
uy restricted Congress disturbing or suppressur th.
save trade oil twenty years, and gave them permssor
10 It's continuance forever. Was this the ancict n, cy n,
snppresSing Slavery Knowing that in all proboiitv n
Save States wouli be in minority Of white popnI,tor
tney provided III the Constitution for n, n,
three fhs OF the slave population WIS ,bis ,l o ="
poicy OF discouu.cnancng Saver? They m, oaIv d;
tns put ey gave the Slave States power {, follow thc
sa'es o rec states AMI recover thcm-Thc ancient pol
icy OIL our fathers did not leave spot the land where
poor slave could find shelter lIe then refereed n t,
&C. as 10 the southern part o. Georgia and Flor
Inu Al mat the only part of the original territory Of
Tue United States at that time owned was slivr Tor
"orS. ms was the ancient policy OF the Cnvcrnren,
70 let slavery alone, and TO give no power TO Co,
s1ess over It, Things thus remained until the old
party who we're iB favor Of prerogtycs AGAINST r;yI,
and who had been often defeated ro, no an r.;,
on he negro question. It said sla, If Slavcrv e,
aueu 70 These territories foreign emirrants wouII po
"'b"t wen say lntt " thcy wDull To- On
ue' might Rtay away; but facts proved the f,cs
VI Tue statement Within the last ten years Eutopean i
giants were coming TO the Southern States and spt,,n,
mere Dy thousands, side by side with the ratye pIn,e
eetner they obtaned from the Land productions in va
uquseu oy the production of any other land un.r ,
sun OF equal population. Foreigners were coming ,L
iaey gave TO them good land good laws economical %
eminent ana nearly welcomes. They came there az free
'en, anu were welcomed and treated "a f,cc,no, III
meethen NJ the South treated "A f,,,m,,
70 ooly OF people under the sun conld snrpass in com
Ior'' intelligence and wealth the freempn of sorri, p
Que hundred thousand in the days Of the R,yoIi, %
PoPuIal'n OF that State had gone up to over tnil "
foreg9ers then did go where Savery wa. The Ssn,,,,
rom nas'lchu'ets In saying that It was a degrai,tion
,Or Heensn 10 20 where Slavery wa, no, nnIs
inNgne1 pie ireemen OF the North but those ,Isn ~
Jul Inc Senator from Connecticut objected 10 the
pIAseoogy oi this section becluse gave the rcas,n f
,he repeal OF Missouri Act. IL is said The princi, d
ieoo was Inconsistent with the Misronr ConnroiI
ue un'n OF ths coul be denied Bat In o,Js, ,b,
men might not read the law and give falss re,
itasir a.. va Ju,t and wise to put the reason in the law
h mat hey should both 90 together lie road s,,,,c,
from speech delivered by him in 1851 in Georyi, hsG
sne s'ate Convention, in which he had defended tI M
i s'1n OF California the ground that the penns tb"
i n Ivy soVr"gnty aud bad undonbtcd rich, ~ c,c;
'i"u tuht ner admission The rnrnyr;,;,,