The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-10-06
Mr.. DICKINSON ON THE ADMINISTRATIONS AND
THE NEBRASKA QUESTION.

He delivered speech few days ago on the pending con
test in New York. in which he took special to reter
his well-known hostility to the administration oel
Pierce has committed two or three offences for which Mr.
Dickinson can find forgiveness The first was IN re-
ceying the democratic nomination for the presidency
nomination which Mr. Dickinson protested to be anxious 10
secure for General Cass but which very reliable OBJ
servers at Baltimore believed he desired still more Tor nm
self or all the men who had aspirations for that nomina
ton Mr. Dickinson was the most deeply and irrecon-
cilably cbagrined and mortified OF all the in New
York who took part in the presidential contest of 1852
none did less towards the triumph of Gen. Pierce than
Mr. Dickinson. The next mortal offence given by Gen
Pierce to Mr. Dickinson his selection of Gov Marcy
for place in his cabinet He has been able to see
how Gen Pierce could have overlooked his claims to that
honor and especially how he could far underrae his
position as to tender him the subordinate place OF col
ecor of New York These were objectionable offences in
Gen Pierce and Mr. Dickinson is the TO submit TO
such grevous wrongs without seeking revenge This ac
counts fully for the bitterness with which he assails
the administration whenever he suspend his profession
al labors long enough to make political speech.
During all the excitement of the Nebraska question Mr.
Dickinson maintained silent position His professional
engagements that he found no time to
give the country the benefit of his counses In his late
speech however he has defined his position and we are
praed to find that the which prevailed to his
opposition to the Nebraska bill unfounded. We in
fer from his remarks that he deemed the introduction of
the proposition to repeal the Missouri line mpoltc but
that he now cordially acquesces in the This the
position of the "sof" convention which Mr. Dickinson
raicnles the sos for their of rmness and straight
and uyir
tuay endorses ther position by taking the ground
himself Mr. Dickinson canho. make an impression against
the administration for the ha4 The of his
opposition are too well understood His endorsement of
the policy of the administration the Nebraska question
may do good is the endorsement of avowed
enemy and therefore entitled to the weight Under
this vew extract the following from Mr.. Dickinsons
late speech
'.At the session of Congress further question
over the organization the Nebraska and Kansas Terrific
rie which part the Louisiana possessions 1t had
been by many treated of and regarded question:
whereas merely old question in form. 1t
whether, in the organization of these Territories the
Missouri Compromise line should be repealed In 1920 the
State of Missouri bad presented herself for admission into the
Union with constitution authorizing slavery Her adms
sion resisted because of that clause and the country
deeply and dangerously convused by sectional agitation and
controversy finally compromised by provision in
substance that Missouri should be admitted with slavery and
she admitted but that slave States should after
wards be admitted above degrees and thirty min
ues north latitude This disposed Of the question for that
tme and although it for long time afterwards ranked and
seemed element in the politics of the day, it
disturbed until its repeal At the last session of Congress
With all respectful Difference these who may think other
wiseand there manyhe thought ii had in its
been mostly overrated for practically he regarded
of little consequence. As legislative act he had
never he gave it considerations believed it (he Mis-
CompromaeD had binding force for he could not
find any delegated to Congress by the constitution to
authorize such legislation Its whole force in his Judgment
in having been employed by the patriotic of both
sections by mutual consent aay disturbing excitement
and quiet angry controversy, and in the respect with
which it had since been acqueced in by the people by
Congress- until most of the actors the theatre at the
time of its adoption had passed away.
" In view of the purposes for which it originally
poyed and the ends had answered he did not believe that
either section of the Union should have sought its repeal
without the assent and corporation Of the other and
cay of the section protected by it, for the that it
supposed separate great ntereststhat although
it enacted mainly to prevent the slave States from
ing north of the line in the of time events had
changed the current of affairs that it could other
practical purpose than to prevent free States from going
south of it, according to the implied of she provision
authorizing the line of division His views then that
although had legal force act of Congress- because
the lack of constitutional power in Congress pass it, yet
that in comfy and good faith it obligatory in al
sense until had discharged its Office until both parties
and especially the supposed to be protected by IT, should
assist obteraon Beyond this he regarded it of
substantial Importance whasoever and the South having
with great unanmy, desired its repeal the North might
we'll assent to it.
In speaking of the question he spoke only Of that princi
pie the bill which had much engaged the public atten
tonhe repeal of the Missouri line It his business
his purpose pursue the details of legislation, to
weigh the expedeney Of the introduction Of
anothcr he not here discuss matters of expedency
which must always less depend upon surrounding
circumstances and be left to those who had them Charge
but enforce great principles which could change
Nonintervention, principle eminently right and
democratic and he conceived declared to be the set
tied policy Of Congress by its action in 1850 and such policy
sanctioned and approved by the popular voice of 1852
1t then the settled policy of the country it vo
latcn of good faith either part for both to repeal barrier
erected between them and make it conform to the nonne
vcnon policy He had often declared that he supported the
nontervcnon principle because it right and because
it true sefgovernmen and not because it would be
likely give free State here, slave State there but
he express his surprise the of the repeal
violently asssed at the North when, in his opinion, it
clearly apparent that if either slave labor free
labor crossed the line slave labor would it
North but free labor would flow it South
MAINE
The majority against Morrill,, the fusion candidate for
governor, is upwards of eleven hundred
VERMONT
The legislature Of the State of Vermont assemblies the
10th inst, Tuesday next) Two United States senator's
to be chosen during the session One will be for the
remainder of the term ending March 3D. 1856 rendered
vacant first by the death of Mr. Upham by the failure
of the legislature to elect Mr. Phelps whom
the appointed temporarily and lastly by