Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-02-17

BIS Dhorn, uIsJ, herpIsr lir believed then,
lrd now, that there We danger ~ the Enopot
N'ntes, and that danger was aycrt"d by lose
acts. Cat Of respect to their authors ,nl the
good effect they produced. he would adhere to
the acts Of 1850. Though they were not pnr-
feet ami were displenslng 10 both sections,
s'ill, nt the time they were enacted they were
the wisnst nud most effective TINT could then
be Adopted. lie took up the vote on the bill in
1919, when Mr.. Douglas said his amendment
to extend the Missouri Compromise 10 the IA.
ciic was defeated By Northermyo,cs with Froo
Soll procliyitios, and denied that thusc who
voted against II could thus be fairly slyied.-
"Ghe Northern sentiment was against IT.
Webster and Anterior, who had no Free Soil
proc,lyities, voted ageinst if. rho North. az a
body, voted against IT in the House. He de-
MED that nnn-intervcntiun With Slavery in the
Territories was any principle established by
Congress, In every Territorial bill. Congress
reserved the right to disapproye of any act Of
Territorial Legislatures, and the records would
show that IN numerous instances Cpngrcts had
dlsapproyed OF Territorial L.eglsl ,tion. lie
regretted that any proposition tor the repeal Of
the Missouri COMPROMISE had been made, more
particularly when there was no expectation that
any benefit would result from il. It was ad.
United that the climate would not suit 81 very.
That Shareholders would not desert their co..
ton fields and sugar plantations to carry their
slaves into the rigorous climate of Nebraska
The longer continuance Of the prohibition
could not be degrading. 1t mus, be slave or
free terrtory-lt cannot be both. He read a
letter from Mr.. Pinckuey, of South Cirolina,
written late on the night of the pass tge of the
Missouri Act, IN which It was said the South
had secured by the bargain, Missouri, Florida
and Arkansas, aud perhaps another State
The territory north Of 3i9 30 was occupied
by lndi MS, would not be settled for We ara, and
was unsuited to slave labor. That it was con.
sidered u Southern triumph on the subject Of
Slavery. He Mr.. Everett had not a word to
say. His career was fast drawing r 10 a close
it would end as /, had begun, without the use [
reprouch TO any, but always words Of %concllia
ton and harmony. He gave to others what ne
claimed for himself. credit, purity and honesty
Of motive. He had never, and would not Us,
unto others, words calculated to kindle IN
kind feeling. lie apostrophlzed the Union mos
eloqucntly. lie said that so far os his opinion
as to slavery was concerned, he shared in tn
sentiment Of the people Of the State where h
was burn-where he desired that his ashe
should rest-and where his children would sue
coed him. He believed 1t an evil, but he re
spected the opinions OF others who though
+, otherwise. He would not war on them The
are as good men, as good Christians and pat
riots as we are-and we are ms good Christian
and patrio s as they are. lie rejoiced to hea
the Senator from Kentucky say that the Prov
! dcnce Of God would find out IN its own tint
:, the proper channels TO remove this evil. b.
l the work of three centuries could not be NJ
Z done in a day. Time will perform it. lie b.
l lleved the tate of Africa was ultimately con
= bincd, wrapped up, in the fate of her childreI
n scattered IN all quarters of the g.obe. The
= would return to her bosom as so II any missiol
5 aries of Christianity and clvilization-and
V fIs own good tune an everything ProvidenC
$ will work ont his own wise purposes-fro
I seeming evil still evenluated good.