The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-17

anticipate no such result The measure will wear well
and become and popular AS It's principles are
discussed and better understood do not believe that
those who aid in passing il need fear going before the
pie upon the issue Their being just they viii go
thrice armed and if overthrown, for the time in
some of the northern States by the waves OF fanaieisn
they will not 90 down as those who fall without nope
but il will be- sir with the proud consciousness OF having
done right and of deserving at least glorious political
resurrection and in my opinion the rejected for this
cause and this only stand fair chance Of being
made chief stones in the political corner.
do not anticipate that Congress will be overwhelmed
by any such avalanche Of wings freesoiles and abol
tonss the gentleman from Illinois seems to anticipate
Sir the kind game was attempted in relation TO the
compromises of 1885, (ofwhich this act is but conirma-
ton when is well known, the agitators poured in
ttions by the arnfu praying the repeal Of the fugitive
slave act and yst the great mass q she people passed
Sir, Hrike o tie Clayton prdpiso perfect and pass The
blu Then let the gentleman from Illinois erect his stand
ard of repeal and cry havoc and let slip the dogs OF
war; against the democracy of the North Ii will be about
successful the efforts of schoolboy to storm bral
tar with popgun At all events, safely promise
to meet the gentleman with his repeating forces at Phil
lppi; and then
"Lay on, Macduff;
And damn'd be he that first cries, Hold, enough"
Sir the democracy will meet this crisis they have
every other in which the country has been involved They
will not ter lag behind to catch the popular breeze
They viii prove themselves equal to the occasion few
fra brethren may shrink from the responsibility with
fear and trembling but the great mass Of the party will
stand firm in support of the principles of the bill and sir
let the feeling Of the moment be what it may in certain To-
cates in the end they will be sustained by "the sober
second thought of the people"
Even TINT portion of dissenting brethren entirely
carried away into the whirlpool of whggery and eesoil-
ISM will come back upon the democratic platform sat
more convenient and will probably be the oudest
advocates Of the principles of the BILL and shall not be
much surprised to the day when the whig party
will claim the paternity the measure and place il as
prominent article in their creed.
"There are things heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt OF in your philosophy"
Sir vndicate the sovereignty of the people by the pas
sage of this bill and the of political agitation viii
soon subsidc it will silence faction and ultimately remove
to great extent the exciting question OF slavery forever
from these halls Besides it win terminate at blow the
weakly lingering life Of the whg national organization
and leave the democracy for time at least the only great
national party existing in this country.
"'Tis consummation deyoutly to be wsh'd"
Mr.. Chairman before conclude desire to make
mark two for the of that portion Of constituents
who have etitoned against the passage Of this bill They
few in number but far know gentlemen and
ladies of high respectablity and for whose opinions
ertan entire respect Some of Them believe have been
induced this from imperfect knowledge of the
measure and Others whose opinions based upon the
House bill would have serious objections to the bill
proposed as a substitute which have no doubt wo shall
adopt say to them, that do not like the institution OF
slavery, and ferventy hope it may not be extended.
In voting for this bill, do not vote to extend it do
not vote TO give it legal existence where il is not The
people OF these Territories will adoptth institution
but they should it is their fault and not mineit is their
right with which cannot justly interfere any more than
shareholders could interfere to force slavery into the commit
situenis and every other willing to stand by the
stituton of their country deny that under it slavery
could exist in the Territories without the sanction of posi-
tive law But suppose the TO be true fs not the
question then entirely beyond reach multitude of
Missouri compromises and Wilmot provisoes, piled mp
mountains high, would avail nothing, because all such
laws would be in conraventon to the supreme law of the
constitution, and therefore void If the claim has just
foundation in the constitution then it cannot be taken
away by legislation if it has not then pretends that
under the provisions of the BILL slavery could legally exist
in the Territories without being first established by the
people So that after all if the question arises it must be
determined by that tribunal-wisely provided by the
founders oour republictbe Supreme Court of the United
States from whose decision there is appeal
have said that in my opinion the people of these Ter
rtorcs would adopt the institution of slavery and
have yet hear member of either house Of Congress
express opinion 10 the contrary II will exist in neither
You could not devise system of legislation that would
make Nebraska slave State
The people of the free States essentially emgra-
ting people 1t is not at the South There ia
parison between them in this respect There will go
least three emgran into these Territories from the free
States every who will go from the South and
large proportion of the latter will not favor the estab
shment of slavery Sir, who viii go from the South?
Not the large Stakeholder for the wealthy and welltodo
but seldom cmigratc and when they do, they seek eli
mate adapted 20 the great staples OF cotton, RICE and
sugar. viii the man who owns few slaves take them
into these Territories No. sir be cannot the risk of
losing his property He knows that from the beginning he
will be subject TO litigation to determine whether not
slaves be held without the sanction OF positive law,
and he must feel that the chances that slavery win be
excluded by the people.
Now majority Of the inhabitants Of the South do not
own slaves and of them have love for the nsu
on and that is the class most likely to go into these Ter
rtories from the South If slave-owners GO they win
leave their slaves behind them 1t will be such have
large families and but few slaves which they will SELL and
go invest the proceeds in land where is cheap and Of
good quality else IT will be those who hate the nsu-
ton Of slavery and emigrate to get rid Of IT, and can
gentlemen there many such. AS far rs my
knowledge extends the violent freesoers and abo
ltonsts in the free States emgratcd from the South Ken
lucky and the Caronas have sent such characters in
TO the region from which come than all New England
put together
Now is il evident from whence the Of the pop
nlaon Of these Territories viii be derived and what
nents win be entertained by them in reference TO the in
stituton of slavery What citizen OF free State
doubt in relation TO this subject when he reflects
that the climate is wholly unsued 10 slave abor that the
white population of the North than doubles that Of
the South that majority Of the South own
Of slaves that many who do them not slave
propagsndis and will cmgrate without their slaves and
last that tide of emigration will flow in from
oppose the adoption Of slavery Then sir how stands the
caseP OF every ten emigratng to Kansas and Ne
braska four win be from the free States out and out OPP
posed to the institution Of slavery three will be foreigners
with like opinions, will be from the South with no
particular love for the institution and may be ultra
southerner who deems slavery the best institution in the
world, after repubicanism and religioni
Sir my opinion there is just much prospect of in
Producing slavery into the State Of Indiana az into Nebras
ka and more The North can lose nothing bv the
adoption Of the Senate bin with the amendments indicated
lis principles apply not to Nebraska and Kansas alone but
to every other Territory, and fail in the end IA
cate the spread Of free institutions In the language OF
Colonel BgSross late speech say the question sIa-
very in these Territories II thrown open to territorial ac