The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-02-24


graphical line as the boundary between free
States and slave Statesj abandoned il be-
cause compelled to do il Rom an inability to
maintain III and In lieu fthat, substitute a
great principle of self-government, which |
would allow the people to do as they thought |
proper. Now, the question is, when that new |
compromise, resting upon that great funda- |
mental principle of freedom, was established, |
was it not an abandonment orthe old one
the geographical line! Was it not super.
sedure Of the old one within the very langua-
ge ofthe substitute for the bill which is now
under consideration say il did supercede
il, because 1t applied it's provisions as we'll to
The north as to the south Of SO 80. Il es-
tabshed a principle which was equally ap.
} plicable to the country north as we'll as south
os the parallel OF SO 30--a principle of
universal application. The authors Of this
, Abolition manifesto attempt to refute this
; presumption, and maintain the compromise of
: 1850 did not supersede that of 1920, by quo
: ting the proyiso to the first section of the act
S to establish the Texan boundary, and estab-
lish the Territory of New Mexico. That
. proviso was added by way Of amendment, on
{ motion Of Mr.. Mason of Va.
t repeat, that in order to rcbut the pre-
e sumption, as before stated, that the Missou-
= ri compromise was abandoned and superse-
i ded by the principles Of the compromise Of
d 1850, these confederates cite the following
amendment, offered the bill to establish
ID the boundary of Texas and create the Terri
t! TORY af New Mexico in 1850:
al "Prouided, That nothing herein contained
y shall be construed to impair or qualify any
d, thing contained in Me third article of the
~ second section Of the joint resolution for an
it Dexing Texas to the United States, approved
Of March. |, lS45, either as regards the number
it of States that may hereafter be formed out Of
1, the State Of Texas or otherwise"
Id After quoting this provso, they make the
i'd following statement, and attempt to gain
n credit for its truth by suppressing material
fd facts which appear upon the face of the same
$. statute, and, if produced, would conclusivey y
x dsprove the statements
i'd alt is solemnly declared in the very com.
m, promise acts that nothing herein contained
le, shall be construed to impair or qualify the
ch prohibition Of slavery north of SO @ 80; ant
o. yet, in the face ofthe declaration, that sacret
nd prohibition is said to be oyerlhrown. Car
'r- presumption farther go!"
80 will now proceed to show that presump
is tion could not go further than is exhibited III
Ito this declaration.
he They suppress the following material facts
ay which, if produced, would have disprove,
all their statement: They fest suppress the fac
lid that the same section ofthe act cuts off from
NJ Texas, and cedes to the U. States, all tina
o. part Of Texas which lies north of36 80
They then suppress the further fact that th
ry same sec. of the law cuts off from Texas
en- large tract of country on the west, more thai
or three degrees of longitude, and added it to th
Fir territory of the U. States. They then sup
ds press the further fact that this territory thu
,t- cut off from Texas, and to which the Mis-
lis souri, compromise line did not apply, was IN
he corporated into the Territory of New Mexico
in And then what was done! 1t was incorpor
ID, ated into that Territory with this clause
ad "That when admitted as State, the SAT-
ct Territory, or any portion Of the same, shall bt
* received into the Union with or without sla.
nt, very, as their constitution may prescribe a
b- the time ofits adoption"
p- Yes, sir, the very bill and section from
lr- which they quote cuts off all that part O.
DO Texas which wac to be free by The Missouri
as compromise together with some off the south
is side OF the line, incorporates it into the Ter
th ritory of New Mexico, and then says that t.,
IN, Territory, and every portion Of the same
O. shall Gene into The Union with or withou
Ict slavery as it sees proper.
'e- What else does it do9 The sixth section
* of the same act provides that the Legislative
ur power and authority of this said Territory ol
10 New Mexico shall extend to oil rightful sub.
ed Jects OF Legislation consistent with the Con.
en- stitutons.of the United States and the provis.
be IONS OF the act not excepting slavery. Thus
IL the New Mexican bill, from which they make
that quotation. contained the prov sion that
x New Mexico, including that part Of Texas
te which was cut off, should come into the Un.
er ion with or without slavery, as it saw proper;
D. and in the meantime that the Terrt ori al
I'd Legislature should have all the authority over
T. the subject OF slavery that they had over any
G, other subject, restricted only by the limita-
h tions oil the Constitution of the United Sta
n tes and the provisions OF the act Now. ask
/ those Senators, do not those provisions repeal
e the Missouri compromise SO Tar as il applied
y to that country cut of from Texusi Do thew
not annulit! Do they supercede it! If they
a do' then the address which has been put forth
S to the world by these confederatrs is an
: alrocious falsehood. If they do not. then
d what do they mean when they charge me
= with having. in the substitute first reported
D from the committee, repealed it, with having
annulled it, with having violated it, when
only copied those precise words! ! copied
the precise words into my bill as reported
, from the committee which were contained in
t the New Mexico bill. They say my bill an
nnls the Missouri compromise. Ifit does, sit
t had already been done before by the act Of
} 1850, for these words were copied from the
act of 1850.
Mr.. WADE Why did you do it over again:
y MIR. DOUGLAS. ! will come to that point
presently, and explain why we did it over
again. am now dealing with the truth and
veracity Of a combination of men who have
assembled in secret upon the Sabbath dav, to |