The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-12-16


sectional question. seek uouular favor from
the minority division of thc Union. 1t il
not my PURPOSE 10 defend Judge Dourlas-
that is work to which ho is quite ADEQUATE;
but NAV b, uermiltpd 10 saw that | know
be sincerely believed the great body Of the
whig and democratic parties, from the
strong aud unequiyocai resolutions passed 10y
their respective National Conventions IL.
1862, in favor Of the "Compromise mca-
sgrcs Of 1850" would approve OF the pro-
visions of his bill, and that both these par
tics had progressed 10 the point at which
they were willing to discard lines Of latitude
as the things by which to determine the
right Of sclEeOvernmcnt
Ills success in shaping the bill 20 as to
make it conform to the will of the two ilOu-
SOS Of Congress is shown Dy the large major
'ty which passed II, notwithstanding sum
ner, u'ddlngs' a Co., desecrated tho Sab
Dath 10 get up ialse ana lnllalninatory puDli-
.",'"',H' u.ci"iihs t,'a' ,lo blll FSs'se@ hnJ
'N'e"'e" ''"Eo'! "hoh L. e"p'I"s'y 'P.''"
"na,o,e VI VI ~ ''e'.n ~ may ia'o oc'n ~ c''".'
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'o' wv 'N'.'e'o' VI '..''''y III '',i' 'l,I"
"'''i o''I' f 'of' 'V'o''''''e' tio'4' '"' 4,oi Vi,
McS'i "'G 'ol ie"so"a aiieauy gwen naA
'eIP'! 'o''''ous ''' VIC ,i'a''o'i Vi i1ii''o,
'ia' Ep'u'""''"'e "o9' VI W, anu i"O.' 'o
Hiter ieaihc" the hhp"''v'Vc an" uhAic'y y"
th"t suDlect, Oh my constituents III este'h
IOWA. IN ,he oIn''o 'Heie ~ no iIc''ou'
question by "hlNii ihhJofhy can s'oP uc'
nato anu lo'So 'he nouy 10 uireet vote
ii'i-ce ''o Sutees" OF u'',u' ia D''' III eaSe1
y, ""e' '",'''N'' "i''h "'t"'hca i'a'''' Vi
P'l S'c"' endurance "a ""iy" t''iS ''''n ue
p'h"' "P"" t''e 10Y ANY anu ''Ii "a'''i''e o'
lho71 WI" l'O'sa' I''o''o" 10 Il gwen Hica'
'"e'
. ne ac' "' i'I' Fco"'y''7 'IA'ciS h'rl"
=" oD' "V anu, ny id' "hP'Vau'I'' a"li''r
lhg So''" "' '''"' ,'"' "a' '''e'' t"',,tt"-
"0h anu lhe faust W NY oIlh,oh VI al tte
eA't'h',"t anu alth.'ioh o. ite'ihS NHl.h
has grown up since that tlihe b't"t'h lHe
people OF the Save ana hoh'Nla' eho'd1hS
stats. It's hhvPlioh was III dit't oPPpsl-
tion 10 the dyin- iDunciona OF the ''ather
ol his c"HutI! VINO, wan proPheic VISION
had warned us ~ his hre"tl' dllfes' against
ibi""ihk the a1Nl'c Oi d'>ichihS ucihh-
goguea VINO should seek ~ hpped.s 10 geo
graphical PrcudItts 10 array tHe hortH
against the sou'h ana u'e cast ae''HAt thc
west. me a"tho' D' ui' p'' 'aiauV,i "i ln,
dependence was sIh INihS "h'h mat h9id
and auda'lol' 'tlSHpt vas ma IG Iy thet
,on2reN' oi io-o 10 impose snAc"IeS anu
conditions upon me i'-hts ol 'he people OF
Missouri, ana TO draw arbitrary geographical
'ut7 A''V7a ''' "a" ia, " "|,On ""''"
WIN the blessings oi AIihish'y H"d, ne, ana
every pht1"t had h"ped "ould ne "he ana
uhHiH'si"',' lhti' ana I'r,''r jefferson
'his ''", oil '', 'o' 10 use ms own n'rV"s
IEure oil speech was - the IRE bcl' at
hi-hl, ai"us'iS al, h'' itarS anu hopes ior
thc Preservation oi III, Vb'on'
My further opposition to that line Was de-
rived from reading Colonel Blnton's Demos
tAanian .llippic--delycrcd on Foote's rcso-
luton in ls9o-aga!nst EsIi,.- King zz.l. a
cosdiut-rs, for the uBcopsillntionai aud ag~
gressiye measures rcsorted TO By them TO de-
prjve the people OF Missouri OF their inaliun-
able right Of scli-goyernnent. besides thcse,
on looking into the history OF the admiN-
sion Of that state, l"und II different from
what was 2cneraiIy supposed. mere were
two acts Tor the admission oil Missouri IL
was not until the dominant majority, com
posed of members from tue iree States, ma
rejected the bill for her although
they had declared by their act OF 1870,
passed eleven months before, dat she mght
come into the LWon with or without .siayt-
,,r hr lac rNFTtpFmtI M. "A tIF
great paciicator aui elected nor admission
bY the law properly cailed the hIssour
Compromise, passed III i9Zl.
The act u $50, ~ "hich slavery was re-
restricted north OF $500 had not, as bas
been incorrectly represented, any o' the az
tributes OF a compact about IL; ana II II
had, It's violation by those who enacted II.
and their subsequent total disregard OF ITS
last clausc-whIch provided IN tne language
oithe Constitution oi thc Initea states Tor
The rendition OF ldS't''es ron service escap-
Ing into the country horth o' 7o''o--shou'n
forever prevent, at l'ast the great oody o'
rs present auNoiat's rom c'a''h'ng .n''
character l0r H. Inc legislatures oi New
York and Vermont inhnenccd ny the same
political Ieehnss by wnich they were ihoVed
to act on TINS subject dunng the past WIN
ter, declared against the admlss'on oil Mis-
souri, in 1927, IN the most emphatic terms
Notwithstanding the compact now alleged TO
have been made the year ne''rc' 10 snow
that ! am rSht' IN this view view ol 'ldt law,
Congress paNsen an AZ '!i lo'" oy wn'cu I"
district OF country more t'an ''rce '''ilcs a.
large as the S'atc OF he'aWare, Iy"g horth
OF a6.5O ana ADJOINING 70 our o'a'o-'hno"h u
as The 'f'aie Iur'naSc vas S"'Ic"ue'eu
to Missouri ana 10 slavery. LFlor 70 ''s rc.
peal, no Legislature, .ohFe''''on' OF "'nel
public assembIage oil inc pcople oi any
No.thern state hau ever expressed 'i'e'r az
proNal oil the missouri ,oh'Pronl'sc !"
whole or IN part Ah parties IN 'ne ry'
States, IN ioiS, were Opp 'seu 10 II, espG''a'-
ly the abol'uonisls me "ho'e nou'll' ~.
cIudins the NaSn''Ile .ohVen,.on' "sro
wiliing-inHtn as my ha'' ever ,, pten "
posed to tue 'ihe oi 'o'',-'.'a' u siou'' ". J.
adopted N tle terms ano sP'r' III Nn'rl u
was orls'naIly chaS'eu' ine'' p'oPoSa' vas
not only rejected, ou. III t'y 'iinS.o p'"llsI
ology oil tAe aay si' upor' uSta -
chanah' ana nl'',',er o' o'nV, t,o,"'s,.,
Union Democrats ,aoo'ou Heaious'y 'y~ui'V.' WI"
inc revival o' 'hc slaye,y "e.'I'.u,' :" ~
Isl, ana S-to pTOCurc thc "uoPtioh W 'u"s