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calendar was taken up, and the following bills
were passed all others on the calendar being
objected to, were postponed.
For the relief Of Albert Hart.
For the relief of Layinia Taylor.
For the relief Of Allan G. Johnson.
For the relief Of Adam d. Stewart, paymas-
ter IN the United States army
For the relief Of s Factor
For the relief Of Richard Fitzpatrick.
For the relief of Don Juan Domercq, a Span
ish subject.
For compensation of James W. Law and
others, Tor the capture of the British private
armed schooner ANN during the war Of
1912.
For the relief Of Parser T. B. McBlair.
For the relief of John G. Camp.
For the relief Of Samuel H. Hampstead.
For the legal representatives of Thos Chap
man, late collector Of the port Of Georgetown,
in South Carolina.
For the relief of Isaac Warn.
For the relief Of Richard King.
AT one O'clock, on motion of Mr.. Douglas,
the private calendar was postponed, and the
Senate proceeded to the consideration Of the
bill to establish Territorial Government for
Nebraska.
Mr.. Chase submitted an amendment, TO strike
out of the bill the words declaring the Mis-
souri, Compromise TO have been repealed by
the acts Of 1850.
Mr.. Chase said that a few days ago, he had
taken occasion to repel the personal attacks of
the Senator from Illinois He now had pro-
posed to strike out Of this bill these words,
which contained an assertion which he intend
ed to demonstrate, to-day, to be historically and
in fact unfounded He entered into this dis
cussion with no unkind feelings. He looked
Mt the subject only, and not at men.
The crowded galleries and lobbics, the I'M
usual full attendance of the Senate, were not
attracted because one Of his humble abilities
was to speak, but because of the transcendent
Importance Of the subject AT the meeting of
Congress, there was no agitation in or out of
Congress- The message of the President in
formed the country that the agitation on this
subject had been qnieted, and, SO far as in him
lay, he would endeavor to preserve it.
A few doubted the accuracy of this state
ment, that the acts of 1850 would be q perma-
nent adjustment of the questions of Slavery.
These few did not believe that adjustment
would be permanent because they thought the
only way to settle the question would be to re-
turn to the old policy Of restraining Slavery to
the limits Of the States, and securing the rights
of freedom to all men where the power and
They were small minority, and were re-
garded by some rs factionists, and by all az
mistaken AT the beginning Of this session, all
seemed quiet. As the eye turned to heaven no
cloud appeared, no mist obscured the serenity
Of the sky All at once things changed. Rat
Ting thunder broke on the ear, the winds were
filed with storm--the South wind was filed
with storm. Who was responsible for this agi.
ton Who renewed this vcxed Territorial
question? Not they who were styled faction
lists but it was the work Of the quietists, the
fnalitists!
It was they who, by their party resolutions,
had declared the subject forever settled, who
had renewed this agitation, and disturbed the
quiet of the people. They now propose that q
sacred compact, which had endured during a
whole generation Of men, was to be rescindcd
what had long been held sacred guaranty
was to be set aside. An excuse for such IN act
was necessary, and it was for the Senator from
Illinois to disclose it. And what was iti Why,
that the Compromise acts of 1850 had super
seeded the Missouri Compromise of 1920! No
man before that time had ever dreamed of
such o result, as having been accomplished by
the acts of 1850. The Senator had quoted the
authority of Mr.. Clay
Did that statesman, in any speech or report
in any conversation or dobate, ever suggest that
the acts Of 1850 were intended to repeal that
Compromise Never. No man, South or
North, no defender or objector to those acts
had ever even lisped the idea that they repeal
ed the Missouri line.
He quoted from the speech Of Mr. Atchison,
delivered on the last day Of the last Congress
ON the Nebraska bill then pending, in which
he said the Missouri Compromise had never
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would be- The Senator himself at the last
session, had reported bill, which did not hint
at any repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
On the 4th Of January, 1854, the Senator
from Illinois reported a bill which did not re-
peal il In their report, the Committee on Ter
rtories do not suggest that the Missouri Com
promise had not been repealed, or superseded,
but they say that as n difference Of opinion
existed as to the right to carry slaves to these
territories, and as the acts Of 1850 refrained
from affirming or denying the right to do 30,
30 the Committee now proposed to leave the
matter open to judicial decision.
He then traced the mutations in the Bill
now in the course OF the Committee and held
that not until the 22d Of January, 1884, was
this bright idea ever entertained by any one,
when il was, for the first time, expressed by the
Senator from Illinois This tree Of Upas was
then just planted He appealed to all those who
were in Congress in 1850, particularly to the
Senators from Virginia and Michigan, to say
whether there had ever been any superstition
on the part Of any person, then or since, or
until the 22d Of January, 1854, that the acts
Of 1850 ever affected, changed, superseded, or
repealed the Compromise OF 1880
He then took up the address, signed by the
Independent Democrats, and proceeded to main
tain its assertions, against the attacks upon its
positions by the Senator from Illinois
Mr.. Chase Is still speaking
House Of Representatives., Feb. 3, 1854.
The Speaker laid before the House several
communications from the Executive Depart.
ments, which were scveraly read, referred,
and ordered TO be printed.
MIR. Dean, who yesterday latter our report
had closed, by consent, presented certain reso
lutions Of the Legislature Of New York, in re-
1rard 70 tho hakfnr nrntecfinn Of emornnfs mr..