New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-18

that Of any other S,. Office settles that question
Nj; hsr zeal a. broad and firmly fixed there as any
a,her nv neople -ise, az free ana q NY
49,, n az thirty one Republics represented here
on " Ill ,sLs leave 70 that an argument merely
ad personor seldom amount, 70 40 nofe sna. a.
grpmsnt al coctandsr. life OF app,oya OF eonP,on
- SsTo,ion 70 them only enhances the oblga
&C.; ssitlfpy TO fulfI them life OF dapProoaflon OF
the policy Of comprome' o .bsr goS and eber.bei
in exsctng fulhlment oil theih' NHen s''u N"d s-0N
interests secured by tbenl' IL. 1;r, A. C-,;.
Tbn. much for the report and the oils OF the commit
g., .nd Tor the positions Of the parties IN this debate
" 40 hold so unlocked for so startling. AID yet 30
cnspt A. th. should have some plea OF necessity IL
here any such necessity Va me contrary Is noI ns
re..srv now even if il be altogether wise TO establish
T-,i,:orial Governments in Nebraske. Not less than
b,een tribes of Indians occupy that vast tract fourteen
sI;ch am informed. have been removed there by our
VI ~. 90 invested with a fee simple enjoy secure
80 rST,etua home safe from the intrusion and the an
rovance and from the PrS'enee OF the whte man,
o. ZION of lis teaf hers and mechanics. 10 acquire
r. sr,s Of civilization and the habits Of social life.
viii not say that this was done to prevent mar teI4ry
hersu.e denied Slavery from being occupied by FREQ
lit rep and cultivated with free white labor but
% that this removal Of the Indians there under such
ousratees had that effect The territory cannot De
crieS now any more than heretofore by sava-es AM
xt,a men with without slaves together Our eIPe
rieuce and Indian policy alike remove all dispute from
his rort Either tLese preserved ranges must still re
main TO the Indians hereafter, or the Indians whsever
temporary resistance against removal they may make
where sbslthey co' VIII you bring them back again
across the Mississippi There Is room for Indians
here VIII YOU send them nor:hward, beyond your Terri
ory Il Nebraska, toward the Bfitish border That Is
ALREADY occupied by Indians there is no room there
VIII you torn them loose upon Texas and New Mexico
There i roe m there.
VIII you drive them over the Rocky Mountains Iaey
will meet tide Of immigration there flowing into Calfor
MIA fTcm Europe ard from Asia. Whittier then, shall
ilev the dir ossed implied heirs ot this vast Continent
60 The answer l.. n0SLCre Al they remain IN NoOras
tp of what use ere Your charters OF what harm the
Missouri ComIGom-e in Nebraska in that easel Whom
Who ilje.d demands territorial organization in Ne
hr1ska az ell The Indians No. II l. - them the
col summation If long apPrehended doom Practi;
10 ore demands IT, an Tod that the whole white P3pu
aon scattered here and there throughout these bToaare
eiou exceeding in extent the whole OF the inhabited part
Of the United States Il the time Of the Revolution Is less
than fifteen hundred and that these chiefly raqper
1ui.son sres and few Lancs and agents employed
bv the Cover meD in connection with the a1us alton
ci Indian AFFAIR." Gn4 other persons Temporarily drawn
around the poet Of For Leavenwouh IL II clear then
n this ahTopaton Of the Missouri Compromise l. not ne
Cessary fer the purpose If establishing lerri ai oF
ermtits in Nebraska but that N tie contrary these
bls establishing such governments are Only EeI-Ie
for carr,ng or preex for carrying, that act OF aoro
ALLEGED that the non aveheliing States have for
fei,ed tlcir hight. in Nebraska, under the Missouri Som
,,orie Nv fr.t -.akine tnat om2romis Themselves
HE argument IT, that he Missouri Compromise line OF so
deg 50 mln il the region acquired from France al5us.
cofresTo1drg tc that region "hi,h was our
recession understood az mt 70 oe
csIectively Ell lied also 70 Tie tergI! tea 1S 9
westward 70 the lacinc Ocean, whihWe should ar
acquire from Mexico; and that when eier"ar nay lu-
ACQUIRED tlese Territories, includng tahiorna Nt"
Mexico and tab were engaged IN IL, IN eAteAuiHy
c,e,,rort over tl4n the free states refused 10 extend
thatne On proposition tha; eject made D. the honor
able Senator from Illinois o.,
lined only be stated, in refdtaiion of This ar2imsn'
hat the Mi sour COMPROMISE law like any other statute
was limited by the extent OF the sulgect o. when II
treated This subject was the Territory o. LOUISIANA &C
ouired from France vi ether tie same were more o., -
ben III Cur Lawful and ICacCQbe possession Inc ith-
Of tie line If &C deg 80 min established Oy the missouri
Compromise the distance between the paTaAels Oh
g. he ftfrUT al
/ Young America mean aggrcndizing, eonluerihS
Aueca-had not yet been born nor was the s'a'e nsu
then il being who dreamed that win thly !eals amer
WARD, should have pushed our ciVeIt9.ous way h1
ory across tie Rocky Mountains but also across tue
snowy Mountains Nor did any one then lmagine mat
even ii we ,houd have done 20 within the perod maze
n6uCd. We were then prOspocuyey carving up aud al
ydipC not only the mountain passes but the mexican
U,i~e on the aeifc cons ween freedom and slavery.
fsrch proposition had been made then, and perssie
in W, know enough Il the temper OF leo TO knO" ms
viz that Missouri and kansaswoui have stood outside
III tine for aneht know may be thirty years eis-
convulsou Of The Celestial Empire and me
6ecre If British sway ia India shall have opene,sur
va 70 lie regions beyond the Pacific ocean ldesre 10
know Tow tud be fully ceIthed o. the geogE APh Il n
text ct tie laws We ere now osn- 80 ''a' 'Aeig ~ "
no such mistake hereafter IS thst low "i nsI'
We are now coItdng 10 Territorial Legislature the
rcwerto lecislae on Slayey Are the Territories 81 Ne
trc.te ord ksuas alone within the puryle~ Of these
ects OR DO they reach the Pacific coast an euora
also OREGON and Washington Do they stop there or 81
thew take in hiua ard India and AhgAaEsan even %
ii aIC base Of tn Hlmhlhkh vi uuluiu- III Nurg
sopthere the contrary DO they enciT lie INC earl
and meeting u again the Atlantic coast, embrace th'
Islands of Iceland and Greenland, and exhaust hese'e
on he barren coasts II Greenland and Labrador
Sir if tie Missouri Compromlse neither IN ~ sIr' no
by rs letter extended the line Of 80 degs 50 MN oeyoh
tie co1fnes OF Louisiana or beyond Tue hen Cohnhes .
the red Staies for the terms ere equivalent theAI w
no violation of the Missouri Compromise in l,fo 10 reus
70 extend il the subsequently acquired possessions
Texas New Mexico, and California
Rut suuuose We did refuse 10 extend how di1 ina
refusal work forfeiture of vested rights Under II!
desire to know that. .. 49,,
Arein II This forfeiture OF Nebraska occurred in 1873
A. tie Senator charge-, bow does it happen that be no
only failed in $50 when the parties were ~ court mere
adjusting their mutual claims 20 demand judgment aA'
the free Setes but the contrary even urged hat "a
same old Missouri Compromise line, yet held Yala III
sacred should BE- extended through TO the Pschc Ocean
come COW 10 the chief ground of The defense % III
extraordinary measure which t. that it aboshes gee
crarhica line of division beweenthe proper neds OF ire
labor ard lsve labor and refers the claim between ihe.
10 the PEOPLE # the territories Eyen thls giea' cIaz
Of pocy we're actually wise and necessary nave snow
that il il not necessary Ia make II now IN regard 10 IN
, territory OF Nebraska. II II would be Just elsewhere
would be unjust 10 regard 10 Nebraska simply u
d ample and adequate equivalents fully received 70
bsve contracted in effect not to abolish that line there
. But why is this change of policy wise or necessary
must be because either that the extension OF slavery y
9 evil because you have not the power to prevent "
. ali OF because the maintenance OF geographical Inc
: DO longer practicable -,
!. know that the opinion Is sometimes advanced hsl
ard esevh that the extension Of slavery abstract
IL considered is not al evil but our laws prohibiting the
ricsn Slave Trade still standing en- the statute boo
and express the coDtrsry Judgment Of the American 70
y gress and Of the American people pass on therefor
frem that point
SRI do not like more than others, geographical III
= tetweep Freedom and Slavery But it is because wou
I. have If possible, ell or Territory free Since "a
cannot line of division Is Indispensable and any III
e ne bsp6TsbIe and very acute Senator from North
70 rolina Nj Badger has wooet us most lersuAsivey