The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-05-09

of that day had never heard Of 1t, though 1t is
now 10 be learned In every horn book, and
believe in nowhere else but In horn books
fRepcwed merrimen,.] Five times IN the be-
ginning of this century and after 80 years OF
peace under tho Missouri Compromise, the OF
spring and confirmation Of that OF 1887; We arc
colled upon not merely to impair for season.
hut to destroy forever q far greater ComProm.
| ise, extending tn far moro territory ana grow.
| ing ont Of necessities far more pressing, land
how called uponl No, by the inhabitants, not
BY any ono human being living or expecting
to live, on the territory 10 be effected, but up
| on motion in Congress, SILENT secret, limp
ing hating creeping, squirting. impish motion.
conceived in tho dark. midwifed in a commit
toe-room. and sprung upon Congress and tho
country in the style in which Guy Fawkes in
tended to blow up the Parliament House with
his Eve hundred barrels of gnnpowder hid IN
the cellar under tho wood. tLaughter.1 MY
answer TO such motion is to be found in the
whole volume of my political life. | have
stood upon tho Missouri Compromise for above
thirty years, and mean to stand uprn II 10 the
end Of my life, and in doing so shall act not on
| ly according to my own cherished convictions
Of daty. but according to tho often declared
convictions Of the General Assembly Of my
State.
It is said that the measures Of 1850 superso-
ded this Compromise of 1920; II 80 why treat it
!. now as still existing, and therefore to bo re-
pealed by an accepton in order 10 get rid of IT,
If it was repealed in 1850 why do 1t over again
in 1854? Why kill the deadf But it was not
superseded, but acknowledged and confirmed
by overg speaker in 1850 that referred to the
subject. and by every act that mentioned it,
This being a matter Of fact, and proven bv, ar
sorts of testimony, written and verh.., - nao
to be given up, though test "a PoI.'ca. Or
thodoxv ne long lonp as 1t STOOD, ana somc-
thing else nut in ies place. Thereupon super
vision was itself superseded by incons'stencv
Out of the frying pan into the nre:
ter. Inconsistent signihes inaSil'y W n"s; -
together, from con and $3.50 ,;sa. Wv NJ
5 the fau with respect TO tho Compromises 0,
, 800 and 1850, Can they not stand togetners
And if not, why knock the one down ina. rs
, already down, Itis now four years since TINS
' INABILITY 10 stand together took effect anu
: how do tho two sets of measures MAKE OUT 70
pether at the end of this timer Periec!!y we'i
Q They are both on their feet s'andlng r "u,'
9 upright ana will stand forever. unless Con
: GROSS knocks ono or the other of them down.
q This is fact known to everybody, and admit
: ted nv tho bill itself-for If the first is incon-
! sistent with the second and unableto stand
t wbv all this trouble to put II downl Why trip
: nm the hoels of tho man already Hat on ms
i back on the ground!
y Then comes another reason, that this oom
n promise of 1920 is imperative ana Voa. -
y so. those who arc against cts oseration shou'u
l. be content. 1t is in the very condiilon tney
wish it-unless poworless. inactive, deao: ana
r no bar to the progross of Slavery to the NORM:
J. Void is vacant empty, nothing IN II. NOW, IL
tho line of SO 80 is inowerative and void IL Is
J. in tho condition of fence pulled down, ana
IS tho rails carried away, and the field lett open
ct for the stock to en,or; but the fence Is NOT
IN pulled down yet. The line is not yet inopero'
rs tive, but operating effectualy TO par ,ne pro
& Siave15y 1 e s6ss 5hS Noptn; 9pa n REASON 1a
it that it was unconstitut utional and void; thai u
is had no exis,ance from the beginning, ana tha'
is !, mnst not be repealed by q direct act, io'
that would be to acknowledge its previous OK
n is,ence. and nullify the constitutional a'eu
ve ment and what is moro terrible, inVoVe 'i
: authors of the doctrine in an Inconsistency
se their own. and thereby make themselves mop
lal eratiye and void-and this is the an analysis =
by tho reason of the Nebraska bill. lhat par
of II which is 10 get rid of the Compromise
1900 ;s untrue. contradictory, suicidal an
a. nranosterous: and why such farrigo OF pun
- r;os ;nconorui,ies and Inconsistencies! rure
:. ,u and simnlv TO throw upon others. upon 'h
, :, Gonoress of is5O and the innocent Constnu
Ibe iop the blame Of what the bill itsoit Is oc'n!
,ce the blame of destroying the compromise oi i' t'
lis 30 ard with its destroying all connaehee -
q thal ~
80 ono half of the Union against the other IN aea
ssnb Jv hostility. 1t is to be able to throw oiamt
- and what Ia all this hotch po,ch for! IL Is
20 establish a principle--they say the pr'nciP'e
:. :. non-in,ervention Of squaiter sovereignty :
for The territories arc tho childron OF the state
ical thew are minors under 81 years OF age, anu
,rv is the business of tho States, through ther W
aw- eeatons in Congress, to take care o' 'noso - T.
am ' ,,ors un,;l thew are Of age until they are ~
,J ,%a for state Government; II en- give them Tn
"nJ Government and admit them to an equai,
anL with their fathers That is the law ana y
o,, conso of the case and has been so acknowreo
V ~. od sinoa tho first ordinance in 1884, oy all
otos ,hori,os. Fedora! and State, Legislative 1u
C a cial and Executive. The States IN oongre
Two are the guardians of Territories, ana are ooS
din. TO exercise the guardianship, ana cann9s ~,
titu. cate it without breach OF trust a.u :. ~,
- ton of duty. Territoriol sovere'gty su nv
anr s,roceiv born of timidity and ambltion' nav
,bo od into existence in the hot incuoaiion o'
-" Presidential canvass, and revolving 10 the
f IL holders when fret presented.
,itiye TIoretoforo they have been held TO 90 wa
matt | of Conoress. and entitled to nothing unuer
tates Constitution but that which Congress eA.e
slavo od 70 thom. But this clause IS not acciue"
hird. lv here. II is to kuep up the dogma OF
the Constitution in Territories, out oni '"s, "a,
figi- in relation to Siavcry. ana that io' ns af
misses sion, not rejection. lhree oog"'as
and the and-ridetc't, slua'ter sove'o'sy
with Intervention. and no power III co"gio'I .h;s
It the slate upon Slavery in lerr'eres-, |;
assorts Tho whole three, and beautifully II
said, trates the whoio ,nroe' ~ .ran,nIing each
, con- dor iooe III y. o;nrtv and II does legisate
sxten- sq"s,'o' ,,,..;,or;o.. and for tho proc
u ane that see the bill, and see it as the lawyers
e.,n - apassim"-that is to say hcic, ana tnere'
States every wno.o. r., !, assumes. and ballaD
Slave eon,rauic.''s . 80 Re n ncoation II is
a tho every ~ sh,' u.'a riont stuck through fe
United saw pl', W. Jo,yn oamo of politicians
ases it ou' ."o up a.a of tho neacc and barm"i
10 set Gu AZ '.o :" J 80 tho sacrafice of all bus
forev- tue = 'io,' IL Ia an amphibological
fugitive IN ~ongh sg.;,h nonsrocties. hobblcd with
clause stu,ea l.''; w" "ns Badoered with u prcyi