The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-16
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH IS. 1854.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

The House met al IL o'clock, m.
Prayer by the chaplain OF the Senate.
The journal OF yesterday was read and approved
THE DEFICIENCY BILL.
On motion of Mr.. BRECKENRIDGE, the House wen (
into Committee OF the Whole, and proceeded (Mr
CHANDLER in the chair TO the consideration OF the bill
for supplying deficiencies in the appropriations for the
service OF the fiscal year ending June 80, 1854.
Mr. BRECKENRIDGE had the right to the fsor, but
said he would not address the House at present until
other members had expressed their views
THE NEBRASKA AND KANSAS
Mr. BRIDGES expressed his regret that the subject OF
slavery again agitang the country. 1t showed that
the abolitionists would avail themselves OF any excuse
for agating that question and scattering hrebrands II
showed that abolltionism not dead but crippled.
They had seized The Nebraska bill preteIt for that
agitation, and TO accomplish their selfish and ambitious
purposes in erder to effect which they would not hes
tate to disorder and dissolve the Union. rF
Ii his object TO address the committee in reply TO
certain objections to that bill After referring TO the var
ous points OF history in relation To the Missouri Compro
mise and the admission of Territories into the Union,
Mr. b. proceeded to show the faIthfulness with which
the South had adhered to that compromise and the va
rious attempts made by the abolItionIss TO violate IT.
The South had always courted friendship and peace,
while the North had encouraged dssenson and dsnnion
Instead there being acquescence on the part OF the North
with that compromise they bad, since is2l, invariably
striven destroy IT, II could not be believed that alter
long and spirited struggle on the subject OF slavery the
South could desire 10 renew agitation.
He contended that the act OF 1850 was an absolute abne
CATION OF the geographical line set up by the act OF 1890
ii completely anuulled the Compromise Of 1890 and
resoft 10 he ktea principle on Wncn tns government
is based,he right OF the people to govern themselves
The principles OF the BILL he coniended. those OF
Intervention OF government the subject OF sla-
very and the right OF the States to make their own laws
on the subject He considered that it would settle the
question for if those principles were adopted by the
passage OF the bill The right OF the people TO agree
upon the question themselves could not be doubted.
II il were true that the compromise measures OF 1850
nullhed those OF 1920, had not Congress right to say
soa Was not the word "hnaty" on every tongue Did
not the people understand and the country generally
| agree VS. s,s4 "a
He proceeded TO argue that according to the constita
ton oil the country, Congress had right and power to lay
down but general rules for the government Of the peo
pe and contended that the territorial governments should
be much at liberty enact their laws in relation
to slaveryto exclude TO protect itas the State
governments were. This was the only basis which
the peace of the country could be secured.
Mr.. BROOKS next obtained the floor II was not for
the South to inquire into the motives OF gentlemen from
the free States for introducing the Nebraska and
Kansas bill II before them, and j, afforded an op,
pornny for them declare the great principle of the
right OF the people govern themselves and to the
constitutional rights OF each State. They (of the South)
reoiced in the harmony Of opinion between the Wsm
and the South this subject The objections which had
been urged against the bill under debAta were 6vst
that was the policy OF the country to prevent the ex-
tension Of slavery secondly that all the benefits Of the
Missouri Compromise line had been enjoyed by the South
and not by the North and lastly, the tyranny, immoral.