The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-03-08

as were north of that line slavery should be
prohibited When we had cut off all norte
Of 80 deg. 80 and thus circumscribed thh
boundary and diminished the territory of
Texas, the question arose, how many States
will Texas be entitled to under this cireum-
scribed boundary Certainly not four. it
will be argued. Why? Because the orig
jnal resolution Of annexation provided that
one Of the States, if not more, should he
north Of 80 ceg. 30 min. 1t would leave
it, then, doubtful whether Texas was enti-
tied TO two or three additional States under
the circumscrbed boundary.
In order tn put that matter to reAt, in or
der to make inal settlement, in order to
have it explicitly understood what was the
meaning Of Congress, the senator from Vir-
ginia offered the amendment that nothing
therein contained should impair thai provis.
ion, either as to the number 9t States or
otherwise, that is; that Texas should be en-
titled tqs the same number Of States with her
reduced boundaries as she would have been
emitted 70 nndvr her larger boundaries; and
those States shall come in With or Githout
slavery, being all south Of 56 ssg. 80 min.
and nothing to impair that right shall be
inferred from the passageof the act. Such,
sir was the meaning Of that proposition. -
Any other construction of it would stultify
the very character and purpose Of its mover
ths senator from Viginia. Such. then, was
not only the intent OF the mover, but such
is the legal effect Of the law; and | say that
no man, after reading the other sections of
the bill, those to which | have referred, can
doubt that such was both the intent and the
legal effect ofthat law. s....
Then I submit to the Senate if | have not
convicted this manifesto, issued by the abo-
lition confederates, OF being gross falsiica-
ton of the laws Of the land, and by that
falsiication that an erroneous and inju-
rious impression has been, created upon
the public mind. l AM sorry tobc com
PEELED to Indulge in Language that is ad-
equate to express the Indignation with
which see this attempt, not only to mislead
the public; but to malign my character by
deliberate falslfcstion Of the public statutes
and the public records.
Sir, this Misrepresentation and fslsi6ca-
ton does not stop here. In order to give
greater plausibility to their statement, they
20 further, and state that ''lsis so!emnly de,
olared in the very compromise acts that
nothing hereiq contained shall be- construed 10
impair or qualify The prohibition Of slavery
north of So deg 80 min. and yet, in the face
of this declaration, that sacred prohibition is
said to be oyerthrown.. Can presumption
60 furlher?"
In the very teeth of the statute saying
that they should come ia with or without
slavery as they pleased, these men declare
that Ills stated that il should be forever
prohibited. Irepeat to them Gould pre-.
sumption 90 furtler?" Not only presume-
ton IN making these statements, but the pre-
| sGrapuon that they could avoid the exposure
of their conduct. ...........
In order to give greater plausibility to the
: falsiicatiun OF the terms OF the compromise
measures OF 1850, the confederates also de
clare in their manifesto that they (the ter
risorial bills for the organization OF Utah
and New Mexico applied to the territory
aoquired from Mexico, and 70 that only
rheS we're ia,ended Is settlement Of the
CONTROVERSY only. They must stand or fall
by their own merits" ..s.
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