Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-02-17

Ject.
Mr.. Douglas said that so far as the
Utah act embraced part of the Lou
isiaBa Territory, il repealed as to that
part the Missouri act. So far as the
rest Of the territory was concerned,
the Utah act was inconsistent in prin-
ciple with the Missouri act.
Mr.. Wade said that the Senator,
therefore, regarded the change in the
boundaries as repeating the Missouri
oct-as if A and b had line be-
tween their farms, and ia order to
make it straight part of AS farm was
put into BIS farm. The Senator
would suppose that because B got
part Of AS land by running this
straight line, the principle Of the line
overturned and destroyed the title 10
his whole lands This aet was an
outrage; it would have its conse-
quences. lie would not be respon-
sblc iot that days legislation. Was
there nothing sacred p: Was there
no act in the history of this Govern
ment but was liable to be ovcrhauled
for some miserable party or other
purpose: Who had the handling of
these compromises Their trainers
were statesmen as distinguished, he
hoped, as those who figured at the
present day. lie referred to Clay
aud Calhoun and others, aud sugges-
ted to The Senator from Illinois that
N the day of those statesmen there
were giants as well as now. He re-
GREETED to see the successor Of the
great Senator from Kentucky Joining
IN this attempt TO Overiurn the work
which was the result of his patriot
ism. He had read the debates OH
the compromise Of 1850, and no
where had he found in them any sug-
gesion that they superseded the
Missouri Compromise. lie consider
ed The Texas resolutions as affirming
the Missouri Compromise, and a
mendmenls adopted in the acts Of
lcje as rescryiag particularly that
afIirmance. He would not further
dwell upon the Senator's spce,h.-
His colleague had so completely pull
verlzcd tina; speech that there was
not enough of it left 10 hang an idea
un. This whole doctrine OF super
cedence was an after thought. These
territories were now pure our faith
/ crs had relieved them Is they thought
forever, from the scourge of human
/ Slavery. Would Congress send them
that scourge 1t would be the most
disastrous evil that could be visited
upon them. In the adoption OF the
Missouri Compromise, the Rcpresen-
tatyes OF the North had declared
that the South were men Of honor
and would abide by their pledges /;
that they would keep their plighted
faith and stand 10y the compromise
measures, and ask nothing wrong. -
/ They had told their constituents that
the men of the South were chlval
rous, and would not seek TO set aside
any agreement for the purpose Of
gaining an advantage Would the
f South do soi Would the Wing par
ty, too, abandon this pledge He
mad balIed long with that party, and
had fought Tor the grea, Kentucky
slalesman--would that party Join in
this oycrmin of the compromise
which was almost as binding as the
Constitution itself? The South had
had the whole benefit of this COM
promise now the North desired to
step IN for her share-would the
I South Interfere and break the com
pact, even for seeming advantage Z
No man al the North had offered to
deprive the South of her share /;
would the South be less generous 2
lie did not believe Southern Rep
resentatives need fear 10 go home
and tell their people that they stood
10y plighted faith, and had allowed
the North to receive her share of the
division. Let them therefore do their
duty honOrably, and their people
would honor them more. The Sen
ator from Kentucky said that this
proposition was not made by the
South, but was offered by the North,
and therefore the South was absolv-
ed from its obligations. This was
not so. They were not aware of the
base conspiracy here to destroy them.
The Democratic party lately so tri-
umphanlly victorious, had not made
such an issue before them. Had il
pledged Pierce 10 the repeal OF the
Missouri Compromise, how many
Northern votes would he have recei-
ved' Not one. The p, ople OF the
( North knew no,hing of this measure.
/ They do not know even now of the
nelarious schemes planning in this
Capitol TO belray them to Slavery
hS SouAi hdH hnt oceH icicdetu
from its obligations to abide by this
compact. Major Andre was hung
by the neck all he was dead, for ma
king a proposition, nothing like as
base in lreachery as this. No man,
or sci of men, had been authorized
by the North 10 make such an oulra-
geous offer. 1t was treason to the
North. His colleague was perfectly
correct in saying that The free labor
ers Of the North could not work side
by side with slaves. Every man
knew this to be the fact. Wheney-
er you establish rotations of master
slave aud serf, then labor is degrad-
ed. 1t was an unlucky word which
escaped the Senator from Kentucky,