The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-07

strcton repe the mputation. Bad faith TO repeal
unconstitutional law Bad faith to annul contract if
you choose obtained without consideration and under cir
cumsanees which would stamp the longer enforcement of
i as fraud Bad faith 70 repeal law 70 which tbs
South constrained TO assent under political duress
which placed them in condition to submit TO any terms
the North might dictstol =. ~.
II is not my purpose to indulge in recrimnaton Yet
must say II either party is chargeabe with bad faith
began with the North in the Senate In 1920 when Of the
twenty-five northern senator's all Of whom voted to insert
the restriction north Of SO deg 80 mn seventeen voted
against the bin its final passage after the committees Of
Conference had agreed and made their reports and thus
violating the contract if ono was made while the words Of
peace and brothery love on their lips while the hand
Of friendship still extended M "a ~
Again in 1921 when Missouri came with her consitu-
ton in hand framed in accordance with the requirements
the of 1920 and asked be admitted into the Union
what said the northern in Congress? That the door
should not be opened for her admission and she
the time rejected by northern votes The pre for her
lection as well the Cause will appear from ex
tract or two from the Thirty Years View" Of the dstin
gushed member this foD late United States senator
from Missouri As faithful historian Of the events in
which he was for thirty years. and especially
that be opposed to this BILL his testimony this point
will be conclusive.
On page nine he says when treating Of the admission
of Of Missouri and the rejection Of resolution
in the House Of Representatives for that purpose by north
votes tF#ss A sA
Thers was also clause in IL cher constituton author
ng the legislature prohibit the emigration Of free people
Of color State and this clause laid hold Of in
ed a. breach Of the federal constitution which
T.gSs IN the ss q e The Of
one and free people Of being admitted citizenship
ma sss sa Pp,,sss n & ss s
the real point Of objection tie .lavery clause, and the
ince u slavery the State ~Aich sanctioned and seemed
foperpetuate."
Again, on page TO- he says:
1.-THE resistance made the admission of the State
Of the clause relation to free people Of color only
s a Elk nS a. s.s.
body against the admison Of Missouri that account
exclude the whole class of the free colored egrant
without question
ute, or by constitutional amendment MI 4
The testimony of this Witness well the journals Of
Congress show contract ives made IN 1870 between me
in l82land that under poor pretex which but serves to
exposes her mdafdes
pass over the course Of the North in 1896 in regard to
Arkansas regard Texas in l845, and in regard to
Oregon in ls4s showing her total disregard Of the line
of SO deg 80 min established line OF division be-
free and slave territory These facts have already
been 30 fully and ably commented by other gentlemen
that it would be useless for me TO dwell on them.
% I s e the erory
Oregon was under consideration the South was willing
for the sake of harmony and repose to extend the line OF
was made for that purpose, and voted down How little
favor it received from the North will be from the fact
that out of hundred and thryeght northern votes in
the House. hundred and twentyone cast against
it, and only four for ihirteen absent not voting AS
late them ls4s, the North rejected the Missouri line
SO deg 80 mnas the dividing line between slave and
free territory. se sgdit 1854
But is said the people of the North acquiesced in the
Missouri line Have gentlemen forgotten the history of the
times How the hills and valleys Of New England were
illuminated with the burning eiges of her members who
voted for the bill for the admission Of Missouri containing
the restricon2 How her sanctuares of religion were
proned by denuncatons of her preachers against
those who voted for the b2 The class Of men who
forgetting their holy calling have made themselves
spcuous In denouncing the very bill under discussion
supporters Have they forgotten the resolves and
addresses Of hG primary assemblies against the Missouri
Hon Samuel Eddy representative Of Rhode Island voted
for it. give specimen an extract from the address
ito the republican cemen Of Rhode Isand Of meeting
held in Providence shortly afterwards: s.a n
Thc republicans Of the of Providence have deemed
their duty offer their republican brethren in other
Of the y and concise IT, Hos Of the
tam Burgess As to Congress- in to
First his vote upon the Missouri question, admitting
slavery (which the genius Of our in common
into that State stands an ndebls stigma against him in
minds Of free people II was indeed .epugnan both TO
Mr. Burgess was triumphantly elected over Mr., Eddy;
and the Rhode Island Freeman says
And then the power and slaveholdng from
the South had to meet bold and un6nchng defender Of lib
e and the constitutional rgh Of the free States Never
before bad the met the on the oor OF Con-
gress in whose presence they covered and shrank
The honorable member from Massachusetts,, MR. WAL
in his speech the other day. reminded southern
temen that two members from that State voted for the
Compromise line is called but he forgot to
mention that for that vote they discarded by their
constituents In the Language of northern paper, these
son were dropped from Office, and dsgraced.' aafI
now say, that from 1920 up the commencement Of
the present Congress whenever question has arisen in
voving the line of 36 deg 30 min the division between
slave and free territory, the great body of the northern
members Of Congress have refused TO stand to it.
therefore submit TO the committee il 1t be conceded the
line of &c deg 30 min. established upon contract be-
the North and South II the charge of bad faith does
lie with force against the North than the South
And submit whether the people OF the North have
acquiesced in the line? If legal principles may be applied
which govern between individuals their rights
and liabilities just would hesitate TO decide in view
OF the facts If there contract has been broken by
the North and the South thereby absolved from all obga
tons under it.
Whether the South legally morally bound to
stand TO the line Of s6 deg 30 in she has been willing
TO do for the sake of harmony But In every attempt
she has heretofore made the North has her with bitter
denuncation insults and Defiance until orbearance has
almost ceased to be virtue But when she to
assert her rights and claim equal participation with
the North in the Territories proposed TO be organized to
claim equal right with the North to take her property
there she Is met by portion Of the North with eyes mp
turned in holy horror ut the attempt to violate solemn
compaci and for the hs time they have discovered the
limo of 36 deg 40 min, boundary between slave and
free territory is marvellous proper thing.
Mr. Chairman, II parties enter into contract they have
right by mutual consent TO alter rcscind III The dis
tnguished member from Missouri mr. BFsroxl reminded
the committee that in 1896 the North aided him TO change
the line the parallel Of SO deg 80 min extending the
boundary of Missouri further north for the length Of one
hundred miles TO include with the State the vaua-
bic and fertile region known the Platte country by
which il dedicated to slave labor. That an in
stance Of altering the alleged contract.
" you choose you may say Of this bill It proposes
to rcnd the contracs has already passed the senate