The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-04

tee, thsy said thst pc ttou ybt thar savsry
proh'b Cd NIB Ata and tbx. hsr ass-rtsd the
right Il Southern mer, under ssunoa oSrry
their properly into hs territory Whas 10 case DO
Missouri compromissf No. Rspesiit, No Thst has
been pealsd ruperseded No. But tnsy that as
II ..r, i ~ ss sashsr u. M'1s,a laws pro
re aimed from FIJI ming p>sling that Mexican law
50 now the committes proposed that shoui
In heir the ttse said neither wiss
prudent fcrCopgress TO eide or the other and
most advisable oours was to refrain from spd svas
action, and svs the uar Of the right TO r roduos sa
ve there 70 the judicial decision While the mitse
reported BIN on this principle he did not agree the
bill avoided action BY Congress- but st up to that day.
had advanced the doctrine that tho Missouri Com,
th Of January the sot ported on the 4th vas publish
I'd in the WashiDetop Stiwc the 10Th of January the
cot was again published 10 ,ns Sentine, with twsnty
hrst section Even this section did mot expressly allow
Shareholders 70 take their property to the Territory II
would be remembered bill est ia The So
dsrd i there h.d bsss any soadsy work in al thi. On
the 10th Of January the Senator from Kentucky submitted
his smerdnsnt That square up to repeal Of the
Missouri compromtie. and prcdaced / supposed some
agitation One Of the painest Of philosophy VAS
hat there effect without o. ase he reg lrded
this ansndmsnt as the cause OF what folio ssd On
the twenty fourth days after the amendment Of
fersd by Mr.. Dixon entirely bill reports by
the Senator from Illinois from his COMMITTEE aud in It
IVES Incorporated that amendment. This new bill d.
elaied that the constitution and al the laws Of tns
s % Of thu = sc s
been .uper.edec BY the principles of the comproni OF
$780, declared inoperatve On that Path cay OF JAnu
I'll that DAY had this sOctrns been prsssntsI in the
senate. or ~hsre else Was the doctrine eorrsots
n IL hs
there was any supersedare Of ths Missouri oompro-
ife by the Issislature Of 1862 He appealed to the
Senator from Virginia to say whether ne then, at
lime up to the 24th OF January ever heard sueh
doctrine asterted by any ore9 When the Hrst bill
printed distributed In that report the bill was
justified en- very different grounds om what it In
the the speech Of the Senator few days ago tn: sen.so.
oonttned In the address signed by this demo
crats That address he Was prepared to maintain in a
might well attack Gibraltar 1t was impregnabIs in
al Its particulars The nrst point that the oempro
Mexico and that b. suppressing facts and fa
Others there had been plsusioe made BY the
address That these its oond cd to the territory
acquired from Mexico the denied The n,mis
to- OF thirteen who reported the compromise fhsr
written report expressly declare thst they eonnusd to
the territory acquired from Aexi,o. He appealed the
Senator from h,ohissn say whether that committee in
ing thote a'ts they we're to sppy to any
terri Dry but that acquired from Mexico.
Mr.. Cars was not heard to make any reply, but Mr..
Chase continued a. If he had been answered afhrma-
tveIy.l
Ths Senator from Illinois had laid great stress upon
had been included in the bounds Of Usah he read
the boundaries of Utah. and traced them on map and
said that true that in following the boundaries on
tho Rocky Mountains small spot contained ed within
curve Of the mountains hAd been inclu5ed In Utah,
but the place was 80 small that tbs tip OF his nngsr
completely covered 1t on the map; yet who had
heard the Senator speak OF IL would have supposed 1t to
be extensive region torn from the original Loulsana
cssicn ~ put into Utah. for the express purpose
showing that the Missouri compromise ha bses sbro-
gated He examined also the map tho original boun.
CT e her limits nerh o Sc 40 h.d not b..a neuSsa
within New kexico as stated BY NJ. Douglas. He did
mot sccuse the sn.tor in making these erroneous
with faacsoD Of he records and history Of
the facts He knew the Senator. like All other mon.
liable to He did not desire to .ort suoh
tor that hs believed him incapable Of unesrstsudia az
the obligations Of courtesy lie desired to restrict
that 70 saying that when heated By aatasonm
the obligations Of courtesy lie would state what he bs
ne,sd bs the truth and save others to their opnions
tion the ruth or honor or motives OF political
opporents lie would rather submit be oonsidsrsd IN
:nor than ts advance any cause BY eaos In question
Iens fer ths mere purpose Of receiving II plsud Of
any crowd The senator greatly mistahsn Ia sup
any noe to osts pcstpcnsmcnt Of the bin, for the
purpose OF having opportunity Of sending forth ths
vita Texas compact made between Texas
and the Uniso atss By that oomp.ct which the par
self that al ef her territory north Of SO dss 30 min
should be forever free Th compas carried out
the sour one He adysrtsd to MAson's ansndmsns to
the compact With Texas that slavery should not
extend north sf SO 80 in any tsuiOry cut on from her.
W. BuporB0Qo M1e8Ourt
served from their opsraonY BE denied the accuracy
the Gen a,or that the early poov Of the ma
qus from Jefferson to show that one Of the earliest
oess Of the founders Of the nation abohh slavery
frcm the colonies and Of he frat Of Congress
vas to abolish the slave traffic In the 6rst Congress
after the adoption Of the constitution Jefferson prop sed
that Al the territory north Of 81 osdsd to b osded to
policy was to exclude slavery from AL territory OF the
United States The ordinance Of 'S7 covered all the
sage Of that ordinance there not foot Of
territory not covered By Il tha. was not included
territory not in0luded in some State but what
bee and to be free forever. The policy at
that time vas mot indifference between slavery
which Congress- had control was covered with the I'M
penstrsble egs Of freedom. On for ser occasion he
bad expressed the opinion though IL seemed not to have
been adopted BY Others that the clause ths constu
uop alosing fer the three 6tas Of the
slave population had much to DO with the adoption Of
the ordinaoee OF eighty II II conccssion
for the ordinance the greater the force of that great
mpact Ths constitution OF the United States not
pie Of humsn freedom 1t predicatsd proper
bat rested with the security Of psr,ons He regarded
the provision OF hs conttution that person sha be
prtctss OF law ss sufficient prohibition OF slavery
where the constitution and laws Of the United States
cf sms ss law but he provision q the aon
had not been regarded In the early policy OF this
s,vernmsns geographical lin. vas never thought
I,nnessee to the United States, but fearing lest
ITO ordinance Of s7 would prohibit slavery in .ha.
rro ,e1pressy stipulsled condition Of the oesson
tha, sayer, should be permitted Georgia for the
ate the condition ln her sot csision to
the United States When Lo1isisna WAS cedsi to the
United States line thought o. sla.
vny did then exit there In 10 the people OF the free
Stss alarmed Ut the increase and spread of slavery
sgainst the policy lsns established resisted the admin
on Of Missouri State with slavery; and when the
was pending 10 allow the psople Of Missouri to form
ate goverpment they desired that she shoui In
D couf8tufiCn
@ Of geographical line then rae whole resistance
il the prnope that slavery should be confined to
its limits In the StA!es The people the North
unanimous In desiring that this principle should b.
maintained The South resisted Il The proposition to
prohibit slavery north Of Sc 80 did not from the
Scuth, but from Mr. Thomas Of Illinois, who, although
from fee State, acted with and behalf Of the South
He gave the history Of the legislation OF the two houses
on kissouri aots. Ths amendment Of 90 30
adopted In the scrAe By vote Of
thirty four TO ten, fourteen Of those In the Affirmative
being from the south and among them the late Vice
President, Mr. King. The House insisbsd the prsh
bition fronKthe STATE; oonprcmse finally Effected
By Il the State admitted with slavery, and the pro-
h,utt hin