The daily union., 1854-02-26

WoS9 ~ H. Oh tn18 general xOvet0me0t--At-
tempting to compel The people OF oar Territories to
|aAopt such insulions may please majority OF Con-
!ss. without eoasallins the rights. interests, wishes
oe those immedatey cOncornedwas for the krs time,
absndoned by the American Senate ettAsul Mss Ii
ostunaie for u.s. and touaae for millions that shall
e91s after ". that i Was abandoned without blow.
NoShs ministry did in their pocy might have ended
~ consequences most disnsif0us common wel-hc
aG and the hopes 81 mankind But they did not. The
power Of truth psssaiel Patriotism ,rsmpled fac
hon And - soon this great American principle so
se becanse lies at the foundation OF all our repnb-
Yen tusntutions-wss vndicslsd IN the Senate, The
pnuI he bills came from ihe Senate The came povls-
aen - that have read was put in the New Mexico bill
ns swept away the restriction that had been put In the
resolutions over all thai part oi Iexas
lying north Of SO deg 80 min included in tho present
Territory Of Now Mexico The House took up these
bs, after they passed BY the Senate With these
amendments. with this new principle incorporated in
them, and gave them their sanction
This, sir 10 what is called the Compromise Of 1850. SO
adopted after the policy oi dividing territory between the
two sections, North and South, wholly absndonsd
discarded and spunsd by the North Il was based upon
disturbing element out OF Congress, and leaving the
whole question OF slavery in the Territories 10 the PEG
II .hsl: e settle j ioI hemseyss Ard i i in viadi
tine n !he history OF our Koyernment IN the year 1857
he middle OF the nneeenth century that we the friends
s s onOa hs s sy
II good faith and give effect 10 the sp and intent OF
shose Important measures Of territorial legislation The
principle Of those territorial acts was utterly nconslst
ent With everything like congressional restriction This
Il what we wish TO declare And this principles carried
out in good aith necessarily renders all an.ecedcnt egs
l9sion inconsistent with It imperative and vold ms
also we propose TO declare.
The restriction imposed by the eighth section Of the
act Of 1885, thrown into that act out OF place and without
any legitimate connexion with il, like fifth wheel 10
wagon 10 just such antecedent legislation. The pnc-
pie which based has been abandoned. totally
ebandoned rs have shown. by those who now contend
nd aunnva uhnu hu hpifp n
much more national and republican one. Wedo not pro-
posc to repeal any compact or 10 violate faith 10 any
psincics established by what Is known as the Compro
mise OF 1885, That has already received the sanction OF
o overwhelming majority Of the American people. as
doubt not always will receive when fairly presented
have suggested that If proposition should be
made 10 extend the provisions OF this bill 10 the guarantee
10 the Souh in the resolutions for the
admisson OF slave States from Texas south OF SO deg
80 mn. such proposition would certainly defeat IT. By
no means, sir those who reason thus show nothing 80
clearly how ttle they understand The real merits OF
That guarantee secured in the Texas resolutions. 80
fsr the character OF the institutions OF such States
hereafter to be formed is concerned-tha 10, whether
they be slave or free-is itself perfect accordance with
the present provisions - this bill That guarantee
not that those States should be slave States. but
that the people there might do they please upon the
subject The that the guarantee important al
the time was because the policy OF congressional re-
srion had not then been abandoned The South never
asked any discrimination in her favor from your hands
All that the South secured by those resolutions Tar
the character of the States is concerned, was simply that
they should be admitted at a proper time. either with
or without slavery, the people may determine. As
70 the number OF Sa,es that is different question. So
that you should repeal that so-called guarantee Tor slave
States, by extending this bill 10 that country you would
only erase to nil again with the same words. We ask
no discrimination in favor and all We ask OF you
msn OF the North is that you make none in your own
Why % Ss
move This question forever IRON Congress, and leave
10 the people OF the Territories according to the Compro
population The white population Of The United States
= now twenty millions. OF this number, the free
States have than two to compared to the South
There are only lil,le three millions OF slaves
II immigration into the Territores then, should be
sumed to 60 the ratio OF population. we must sup.
pose that there would be white persons TO one
States TO one from the South This is without taking
into the estimation the immense foreign immigration.
Wih such an advantage, are you afraid TO tros. this
question with your own people-men reared under the
influence OF your boasted superior institutions Z
With all the pIejudices OF birth and education against
are you AFRAID 10 LEI them Judge Tor themselves Are
your free born" sons who "breathed the tainted
ait Of slavery, such nntomposps that they cannot be
.'uusted out without their mothers leave = must be
60 OF else another inference legitimate and clear and
dat s. that Notwithstanding all your dsnuncialons Of
~ "hated and aecursed institution, you have an in
ward consciousness that is not bad after all and that
the only way you keep vice, Intelligent and Chris
ian men, even from New England itself. from adopting
t, ID to set yourselves up as secons,o,ed guardians
and law makers tor them. consider your policy. and
U09 tcneCIty WIN WHICH you " Iuuebt anu
sDples viadcaton Of the institutions OF the South against
ell your misrepresentation abuse. and bngxate about
them.
think, sir have shown concusvey that the line
Of 36 deg 80 min. known the Missouri-Compromise
line, compact" in any proper OF that
tern; and even II that II has been dlstegarded,
broken and ramped under foot by the parties who have
lately signazed themselves as its champions and de-
Lenders. have shown thai, while the South OPP
posed to the policy BY which was adopted and took il
dsagreeabl alternative yet she never offered 10 dis
tafb IT, but willing TO abide by il Tor The sake OF
peace and harmony have shown, also, that the pres
10 "breaeh ofa' bu, that lis Objects 10
carry out and give effect to The great territorial principle
established ia $50
II remains for me now 10 say something upon the
lest part of the speech OF the gentleman from Vermont,
and that il, the great excitement that this measure is
likely to produce. The country was in peace and
quis,, the gentleman until this bill intro
dsced. Well, sir, who raises any excitement now
ass the for IN The North, IL is said is TO be
s1cited. And excited about what Why. because Con-
esoao when this bill passes will have recognised the
osyiluria principle established 1850, and declared all
aatscsdent legsaton the Territories OF Kansas and
Nsbsaska inconsistent with that principle null and void
And what 10 the harm mischief TO be eonei Why,
nothing bui extending 10 the eemen OF Kansas and Ne
bsaska that privilege which ought 10 be the brhught OF
every American cItzen 10 have voice IN forming the
institutions and passing the laws under which he
hve 1ba, 10 all Who, then, is to be ag,aied at this
monstrous osirase1 Why. nobody bu, those who wish
10 impoee unjust restriction Upon freeman'e iran
ehise nobody bu, those who deny portion OF their
lellow-cixens fitness capacity for republican gov
6snment Nobody but those who would MAINTAIN the
came policy the part OF the general government to-
wusds the people OF the Territories which Lord North
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