The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-09

dfneH1tncu, lutEe are OthoI dIntnuinfnts merely
verbal not affecting the general principle This was ali
he had to
Mr.. HIBnAEn, (dem.) Of N H., said that while b. pre-
would vote for the Senate bill II SEEM to be manifest
that there an urgent necessity for organization OF
sooe Kind TO be extended over the Territories This fact
WAS not seriously extensively controverted He pro
ceede1 70 show that the effect Of the bill will not be to
legisate slavery into the Territories and advocated IL on
the principle Of the compromise measures of 1850
lis passage may be procrasnated but il cannot be de-
ftated He had every confidence in its ultimate success
sfFT u or CAIEB IYoNsDAIr
Mr.. lyon said-sir Chairman In the words of John
Randolph OF RoanaLe, "cravc the pardon, the pa
t'ence the pity Of this committee" 4" in touching this
weiaigested subject But each servant Of a conadlng
an intelligent sovereign constituency, is expected to
dc his nlty, and choerfully do mine The outside
Of this measure is for the territorial oroanna
ton Of Nebraska and Kansas; but an appe of
dseord which like the fruit Of the Dead Sea- is tempt
rgto the eye bur ashes the lips by its passage YOU
break the solemn faith that the natcn has pledged 10
the lone Indians Of the West by il YOU obterate the
Anne can entene cordiae Of thirty years validity By It's
agitation you weaken and destroy the fraefni brother
hood and Kind relations that now exist between the
States and wanS My excite the prejudc. anl passion
The North and embtter the sectioasl feeling of the
South "1hat government 4 hest which governs the
least" said the Sage O.. the Hermitage snd a
nw implies tie necessity OF its cpactnent. In the
with the exception OF the Indian tribes within thesc
Isritories according to the most authentic adyices
base but three hundred nhabta nts and those are prn-
cIaly hunters and Traders. Then sir, sha may n
sieed the actual purpose OF t,s bi deceive
he IN ukl ectng ard unWarN whose tpurteeuh section
Is an ambiguous mass 81 mischieycus contradictions;
whose nn is 10 establish SLAYER, sal now free
Though TIE principle of self government which needed
ut new afrmaton, md which all frecmsn acknowledge
s al forth tie very store OF the measure vet
the hisery Of the Nebraska bill shows that 1t was an in,
genocs after thought of It's distinguished
like tic sphynx OF Egypt It hears 4 face Of woudrous
beauty, With the loathsome body Of beast. We are
cooly told by astute Senators that the domestic institu
ton will not flourish in Nebraska that climate other
like Ieaxons, will forever exclude the African race
Let these gentlemen It is possible for them to believe
negroes thriving as we hearty healthy and breeding
much faster than here; they will find that climate
'ou, hens them makes them vigorous and strong and
that the trades OF mechanics learned by them with
as little trouble picking cotton hocing sugar cane
draining rice lelds. Nor do battle for rere alb
s,rac,ion Since the pas the Missouri compromise
negroes have risen In market hundred and fifty
per cent They worth from 81 TO 81 500 per
capita. Mechanics generally sell higher. market
sas and the supply win be equal to the demand Thus
It will be perceived that homestead at the North Is
ust aeen. the price o. solitary negro in the savehod
my We've, have understood from good authority that
able gentlemen Of this House is medting the pro-
prefy Of introducing bill for the withdrawal of
squadron from the coast OF Africa and If this territorial
bill passes it will be followed beyond doubt by one to
reopen the slave trade freeing IT from its former lnhu
many and odousness, by the employment Of roomy and
well ventilated steamers to supply the increasing de-
mand for labor at the South upon reasonable
The stuFendous consequences 10 the Christian wor OF
this fact leave for gentlemen to consider who do not
believe that slavery the conservation Of morals cvi
zation or religion! constitutional amendment has
also been m0oted to equale slave Pass
this bill and this may become the issue of the presiden
tial canvass in l85c-whehcr human chatte shall be
equal to free aborcr All that tue much abused Nash
vile Disunion Convention wished, which assembled In
1850 during the pcndcncy Of the later promises that
year. upcn which all sorts Of epthets were exhausted,
the simple extension Of the Missouri line to the Pa
c6cthe line of 86 deg 30 min. None then poor
at the North as 10 DO reverence Calhoun, with char
acteristc integrity decsred In the following words his
adhesion TO- and acquescence in, the compromise of
)S2o In his speech in tho Senate February 10, lS41
4 . : e . =.
Sfssa. ss sss pssss q he cosnsry
ders with shame at the thought-northern men, and
will not de ajnstee 20 the South by saying they have
southern principles will say that they devoid
Of IrinciAc-ciaded among the hills Of New England,
pressing in hot haste this BILL winning politically the
reputation the Vandas won who sacked Rome wilfuly
destroying what they had not the appreciation to
rate nor the genius 10 create. We told that this is
democra tic test; and, let me ask of what complexion
mere it's political supporters in the Senate of the
United ststesS Secessonists, federalists, wings,
end democrats supported this spcckled this Mo.
sac measure never asked for BY the SOUTH
for which the Southern people have never petitioncd
mem,riaii1ed; for which there has been no poi
cal gatherings and against which tens of thousands OF
remoustrances have been showercd upon this House. be-
speaking the pulstons of the deep stirred heart Of the
mighty and awakened North The integrity Of thess
Territories Is not TO be barered away by unbrided amb
tion without struggle, nor sir by law capable Of
double construction. Laws should be like Justinian's
simple and comprehensive but the clause contained in
the fourteenth section seems to have been framed by
follower Of the political school of Machieve. If the
advocates Of this sincere why not the
following amendment offered in the Senate accepted by
its friends
Under which the people Of the Territory through their
tbe e.,stspee Of ssverv therein 'A' go "s p'H'o'
But sir, it failed failed for the given thatit
plain not two sided Janus faced liable 10 be mis-
understood in different ways by the different sections of
the country and would now ask, you, OF the
North ready for the sacrifccY Ready TO open region
of virgin country with unconceived fertility, empire
challenging comparison with the imperial realms of
charlenange or his august successor the Fifth Charles
of Austria larger than nine States the size of New York
gloriousy guaranteed to freedom by Southern votesto
the withering influence Of involuntary servitudea
YOU ready TO tear down the Chnese wall Of protection
whose foundation laid by the Cyclopean patriots Of
lss who had but single to their countrys welfare
completed by their worthy with hands
aud honest hearts in 1920 known the Missouri com
promises You who the Of joiners carpenters,
blacksmiths, cabinet makers, coal beavers, fishermen
printers, tavern keepers, merchants, mechanics and
farmers willing dishonor poor and obscure
Iarentage. TO degrade your descendants by working
them by the side of slaves cheaper honest labor of
destroy its dignity by making IL marketable in the per
a its possessors and you willing, like the
base Judean 10 cast this precious pearl away whose like
the world hath not2 The candid reader Of past hsto
in reviewing the divers cessions of territory TO the
United States whether from France SPAIN or Mexico,
to but concuson-that the South has ever
been the gamer by each successive cesson The rich,
fertile bottom lands with groves and rice pana
tons the priceless cotton fields and gold bearing hills,
orange forests OF the live oak uncouned in value green
savaDpas, glowing with the odorous magnolia, rivers
that glide in dreamy silence, ornaio with wild
woods Of iessamine and myrtle, (ss the rivers seen
in the land Of dresms) climate of perpetual spring.
while barren and stubborn soil, available only
with un'iring labor, rock bound and stormy
coast, an inclement climate, the very Iceland Of
the tnion IL the heritage Of their Northern brethren
and with ii theyEare satisfied Men Of the South, man
tain tfrom the assaults which it, cast away
this toX Of Pandora, and you will the perpetual
gratitude CT the freemen Of the North Permit me
10 inquire Of the dis inguishod gentleman from South
Carolina Mr. KEITH whose learning and logic do honor
10 the Palmetto State whose burning eoquencc has hed
this han fragrance fills flower; whose knowledge of
the political history Of the constitution and that vexeo
question the sovereignty OF the States has rarely been
excclled II lie Is willing. as Southern man, to sully
the honor Of southern triumph, to break faith with
those who preserved the ship Of State amid the darkness
dsmay and despair of dsuniony bid him remember
the glorious, halowed traditions Of revou
tion to ponder the green battle fields where our
patriot martyrs sleep the sleep that knows waking
] bid him remember the precious incidents Of our
common history, OF struggles, OF suffering, OF
death Of victory and still later, how upon the
plains Of Mexico, the Of South Carolins and New
York poured forth their blood in blended tide,
ter, in the service Of country. Justice to
the South compcls to add that there are South.
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