The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-30

it, Tina sir was the consideration received and Il ~ all
The oonMderston Ga the side, lhsss utss were ao
nitte4thin the couSSe Of few yes!s u ~ tae RowsE
they could bring into this body % ne o'nsr VS. ~ ny
when large portion of the country not yet seteo couu
be populated free States should be carved out Of IT, Am
right as Of factl believe myself 10 DC his'oreay
correct. 49,,
What has happened SINGER Florida was admitted as
slave State into the Union without word OF obecuon
ON the part of the free States thus making another slave
State coming in by purchase, above or beyond what was
originally contemplated III the constitution hue iur.ei
on and Texas became annexed this country and The
line by another compact agreement wasto be run
through that Territory but what the effect OF NJ Inc
immediate admission of large, and rich, and powerful
State, with two other senators, giving additional pohuca
strength TO the slave power vel We because ms Is
put question of North and Souh,he Northern or free
States Of this confederacy having the possibility at some
future day that might ocqurc additional free States
Of the territory thus gained. should like very much,
as the senator from Connecticut Mr. TouoEy and other
have done speak for the whole country ana mol
for part OF it; but the difficulty is that those gentlemen
from the free States from the Northern States especially
who here with these words their mouths to speak
for all the country and not for part of are apt 10 forget
the part they from and therefore, II would not aso
forget the portion of the country which represent must
speak Of that first, and before all.
Here have been three, four, hve believe those are
alfvc powerful States admitted into this unon WIN Ten
Senators upon this foo without objection ana ah ICON
newly acquired territory lis there to be seen IN this dis
position Cypress the South, take advantage OF num-
bers in reference TO this question: Has any narrow Snort
sighted policy been exhibited have not been able 10 ma
the slightest evidence of it.
Well sir the compromise measures of 1850 became the
law of the land We had acquired new territory from Mex
ico and new questions arose And although the whole
of that newly territory free territory in every
acnse of the word, yet California could only come INTO
this Union free State the condition that two Terri
s saSa a'e WISH saes %ssr S
do
mise in any manner binding upon me. Though mem.
Der of the wing convention at Baltimore, which made those
compromise measures part OF Its platform my honorable
for both members Of the committee which reported
those resolutons-that refused my to the resou-
ton endorsing those But they became the law
of the land and recognised throughout the country
COMPROMISED and by those the South obtained all
IL could reasonably anticipate or desire.
Mr.. President, has been claimed for these compromise
Of 1850 that they satisfied all parties and restored
dstrActed country Secessioniss dsunionss at
the South men who stand, suppose, in this particular,
upon the level with the fanatic and sentmenias were
hardly disposed remain quiet but the mass OF the
people, North and South seemed willing to avoid all further
agitation and wait the event Why were they SO disposed'
Sir, the whole country had been threatened with dsou-
lion Of the Union. We heard much of concord and bro
therly love- We Of the free States especially were omn-
ousy informed that certain reeatng gentlemen OF the South
were about to dissolve the Union within week; and, If
rightly recolect it dissolved two three times
in this very chamber AT any rate the day apponted
but from defect in the arrangements it slipped by,
the thing not dOncthe bolt All
well understood that upon that threat that preence the free
States induced to yield the Wilmot proviso know
argued that slavery could into those Terri
tories--Utah and New Mexico; that il excluded by
law of Providence irrepeaabe nature, stronger than
all human laws, which rendered the ordinance of 1887
applied to those Territories only useless but absurd
Ii such believed to BIO the fact what the occasion
of much angry exciement' Was the Union to be dis
solved for nbstractonan idea that if carried out,
could lead to no practical RESULT
Well sir, the people of the free States have, pretty gencr
shpSAn artftz heen
willing myself with the right to abhor the in
stituton of slavery as much as pleased not wishing TO
either that of the from Georgia. mr. DAwsos
any other having desire disturb his rights under the
constitution, rights of any other person. directly
indirectly; but feeling through my whole system great
citizen Of this Unon residing in free State, under strong
pressure arising from the constitutional inequality have
already spoken Of With these sentiments have felt and
shall feel bound in duty resist here elsewhere
far consutonay may the extension of slavery in this
country to the utmost of my power-wth little effect may
be, but the obligation less imperative that account
But peace was obtained. We were happy people We
down under vine and fg-trees. We
deavod bequet Brothery love all abroad We met
friends from the South perfect concord All differ
had been settled. There trouble anywhere.
We ALL familiar expression, happy the
days long" Suddenly the midst of this concord Of
ours, proposition to take from the free States Just
that which had been given for all these civil social and po
uca advantages which had accrued TO the Southo take
what little that allowed to the free States by the
proposition presents itself in this chamber without word
the country, without syllable having been said my
Knowledge least any State Of the Union upon the sub
ject Southern gentlemen this floor repudate the author
ship Of the proposition protesting that did not from
them and would not have come from them--adming in
point Of fact understand them that they considered the
whole thing dshonorabe In itsef and the sin oft should
not be laid at their door.
Why, them is this remarkable proposition before us
For what purpose has II Gomez To aay agntioni There
was To make peace There nothing but har-
mony says the Compromise OF 1850. Why wac III lam
at a loss to divine Was il establish principle merely
men from the South tell that nothing be gained by slavery
from il They tell us, upon their honor that they think
slavery cannot go into these Territories Nothing prac-
cay good practically evil is to from IT, And yet
we find every OF tbem almost, this floor and this
question contendng that this thing shall be done that il is
right and that although they had received oil the advantages
which have mentioned from the previous legislation of this
government, that they demand more, and require that the
com promise which aside the whole Of this territory for
freedom shall for political considerations be abrogaed and
dissolved.
Sir have my possession address to the people Of
Maine, bearing date Msrch u 1890, and signed by
iorty OF their representatives in Congress, among whom
were Enoch Lincoln afterwards governor Of the State and
Ezekiel Whitman, afterwards chief justice Of its highest
court That address states the ground Of objection to
the admission OF that State into tho Union At that time
equaod in and population any OF half tho States
of the Union No disputed her right to be admitted
sovereign and independent State, Alabama and Misss
sppi had been admitted withouta question Her territory
was part and portion Of the Old Thirteen She had fur
nshed soldiers the revolution, and recruits your army
and navy the second Of independence as il was
called She had every clam be received with open
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