The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1854-03-15
GEN. M HoUsTON.

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Senate. lie is true 10 himself and to the
Democratic party. Can any living
man doubtthe Democracy oi HoUsToNl
Thank God, the Democratic party have
one Senator in the Senate Of the United
States who has the nerve to express his
honest sentiments. Among all who have
voted for the compromise measures OF
1850 now in Congress, he stands alone.
He was a Member of Congress whea the
Missouri Compromise Ac. was passed ;
and we think we can well claim the at.
lenlion Of our readers to the following sen
sible extract from his speech. ,tg,,l
" He was opposed, as he had said, to
the provisions Of this bill relating To the
Indians, and II there could be anything
more repugnant 10 him than these, it was
the provisions repeating The Missouri
Compromise. He hadalways stood upon
that compromise, and in 30 doing, he had
always been sustained by The South and
by the whole country. The Missouri
Compromise formed a part Of the consti.
luton e Texas, and he had ever sup.
ported it.. He read a long extract from
his speech on the Oregon bill, and his
reasons for standing by the Missouri line.
He would also stand by the compromise
of 1850. He was now the only Senator
in this body who had voted for all the
compromise acts of 1850. MI. Sturgeon,
Of Pennsylvania, who was not now in
the Senate, was the only otherSena,or who
had voted for them all. In voting for them
he had never supposed he was voting a re-
peal Of the Missouri Compromise. Those
acts were passed as a 6nality TO the
slavery agitation, and as such had been
.ndorsed by the people oil the United
States either by appreciation or by acqui-
essence. lf one compact was 10 be set
aside, would it mol be a justification for
others, hereafter, 10 irample the other I'M
der foot! Though it was said party dis
%tinclion no longer existed, he protested
to be q supporter of the present Admin
islralion. He intended 10 support The
I principles upon which that Administra'
lion came into power. Those principles
were avowed by the Democratic candi'
dates in their letters accepting the nomi'
nations. The fifth resolution Of the Bal
y limnre platform declared that the Demo
D cratic party would resist all attempts, in
: or out of Congress, 10 renew The slavery
4 agitation, in whatever shape or color the
= attempt should be made. The President
in. accepting the nomination, declared
! his concurrence 10 the resolution, not be.
cause il had been adopted, but because OIL
g the principles it contained. Mr.. King, ia
! his letter, adopted the same resolution.
On that platform he had supported
them, aud on that platform they had been
: elected. He stood now 10 resist the re-
J newal Of the slavery agitation by The at
; tempt to repeal the Missouri Compromise,
and in that position he was fortified by
the principles avowed by the President
before his election, and in his message 10
Congress. No candidate for The Presi.
dency who avowed his desire Cor the re.
} peal Of the Missouri act, would have re
ceived the vote Of a single State. The
measure had not been asked by the South.
This bill would place a knife at the lhroaI
of the South. Slavery, it was admitted,
could moi go into these territories. They
/ would remain free. Why, then, olfrr
/, this bauble 10 the South ! Was the
South US a child, to be pleased with a
rattle He came into life upon this Mis-
souri, Compromise. When he came IL
Congress, thirty years ago, il was lher
considered a compact never 10 be broken
Since then, great changes have aker
. place. or the three hundred members
of Congress then in attendance, only
; three remained--Messrs. Benton, Everett
Q and himself. The Others had all disap
} reared. The President had come an,
, gone ; the heads Of departments, had al
been changed. 1t was a solumn recol
lection.
When ! remainder all
7 lie friends SO linked togethc or,
I've seen around me fill,
Like leaves in winter weather,
] feel like one who troads alone
Some banquet hall deserted
Whose lights aIe fed,
. Whose garlands dead,
III And all but me departed"
The future fate Of this nation wa
deeply involved, and dependant on ,hi
measure. This act of legislation wa
destined to produce great effects. Con
, gress nov had c%ontrOle over il. Itcoul,
transmit TO the future peace, harmon,
and prosperity on the one hand, by re
+, jecling this bill, or anarchy, discord an
civil broil by passinp il. Let Congress