The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-09

ganl2e The iegrtlorles of NtbtAsAa
Mi. BROWN said
Nr PaEsIpKsT: Ii has been nay determination, from
the bes,nniag OF discussiou mol 10 participate an u TO
any eonsde able exen and am mol now about 10 de-
part IRON ,hs. determination | viii occupy the Eoor
hut n few minutes; aud senators who desire speak
ma, be assured thai they wall have an opportunity oi
doing sc his evening, II they choose.
There are one or two points in the bill on which
viii present my views breny and there two three
topics Owed incidentally 10 the debate TO which will
address remark Two, and then shall have done
The till proposes annuI or. in stronger phrase. 10
repeal, the Missouri Con PROMISE and 10 this extent II
meets my cordial appreciation
confident expectation that slavery ever TO md resting
place in ihese Territories. Slavery may OF may not go
there Tie inclination Of my mad is that II never Will
But this Is topic 10 be discussed here, and therefore
lpsss il by without further remark.
The Missouri Compromse ought 10 be annnlled or re-
peaed because has been, from ibe beginning without
authority the constitution. For tnan thirty
years this legislation has stood upon The statute book
which il violates
All the arguments az ainsi The consu,ionaiiiy oil the
Wnot proviso stand with equal force agains, The
s,u,onali,y OF the Missouri Compromise II is need
less Tor argue that ii Congress bad power
der the constitution 10 exclude slavery from The terrific
res acquired from Mexico, Il had none 10 exclude Il
iro those acquired from France; 10 s,ae the prop
osilion little different, Congress has power to es-
iabiEh arbitrary line and assert us constitutional
over slavery on one side o. II Il has none 10 estab
lish ii ami assert its power on the other sits
II Congress had the power in 1920 10 exclude slavery
from ali lhe .err,ory north OF 35 deg 80 min had
the same power in 1850 exclude IRON ali
tory south OF that line And. per contra. il i did moi
have the power 10 exclude II souih Of The line 10 1850,
then ii did not have the power IN ls20 10 exclude II
north OF the line.
& The venerable senator from Michigan [Mr CAssl de-
serves great cied Tor his mastery Efforts 10 correct a
ad, and, the Nort., almost universal
on tins point Thousands know there are who Gate
heir ic,ioas on ibis subject from the delivery OF
the great speech OF that senator, which ne reviewed
with 80 much power The arguments TO sustain the pro-
say his arguments have never teen answeredike nne
gold they have brighter they have been rubbed
Az friend OF The constitution, | thank the senator
for his sos 10 ihs behalf He proved the lnconsiin
onaliiy Of The poviso and ID doing that establish
ed beyond dispute The nncolsuiionaliy OF The Mis-
Compromise For repeat, Congress had no more
power 10 exclude slavery north OF 80 deg 30 mn IN
is20 han il mad to excade il fouh Of that line in 1850
But il has been said that the Missouri Compromise is
a conract-ihe eloquent senator from Massachusetts
used the stronger ermhe called II compact; and on
this ground be and have undertaken defend it.
4, was neither the one thing nor The Other II WAS not
contract, act II Il was coairsei, who
were The parties to III To make contract valid there
must be parties able 10 coairac, willing 10 contact and
they actually have contracted must 20 further,
and say there Hus he something given side, and
something received the other. ln all every one OF
these essentials the transaction before deficient,
should undertake 10 maintain by irreiragabe proof. II
had engaged 10 discuss thus question thoroughly. hrsf
that there contracting parties second, thai al
least one o those bonn you claim party tad will
to contract, and did not contract; and third that no
sdeaon passed from party to the other Whereby the
contract, II made, rendered bincIng
Shall II be cosiendec, further, that Missouri a
party this pretended contract IL has already been
SAID Missouri was admitted INTO The URio5 as slave
Stale condition that slavery should he forever pfnhb
tied north OF &c deg. 80 min. ami the from
Massachusetts, mir. SrssERI declared with grea, bitter
lha; the soaih vita the consideration IN her pocket
cones forward TO repudiaie the contract Sir had
not Missouri The right, The constitutional right, 10 come
into the Union with without slavery, She 10 her
vrilIen constitution, should preseribef have
bought that rampant ianaticism did not deny this
Then how could you. derogaton OF her nights under
the constitution demand Of Missouri price for her adj
mission into the Union
But. sir allowing that Missouri undertook 10 buy her
way into the Unionan al mission that only be made
or he sake OF the argumentand that for thus purpose
she bargsined for The exes-lon o slavery m perpeuy
from all territory norsh of 36 deg 30 min what does IL
amounl To- Nothing absolutely nothing Mlssoan
had jurisdiction within ber limits, and not one inch be-
you'd She bad right 10 bay an advantage Or PRIV
ege for herself by saTren5ering thai which did not be-
ong to her A. vel might The tenant ughuul owner
Of house bafgzin with robber, that II he would LEI him
aone, he might punder has neghbors with mpanity II
b. bought hls peace, we'll but certainly he could
impose obligation on his ne'ghbors TO submit TO the
Piuadering
The North and the Soub, u rot susceptible
OF defence Here yon have parties, ideal par
ties before you the hafgain To say this
between tie North and tie South - to SET up 10
the mag nation things tba DO exist in fact There
no separate NoTih no separate SoGh-has not been,
and hope never will be We but Que, aHd Il takes
Two 10 make contract. III We bad northern Union and
soubern Union. the two nigh contract Bni, as We
but one 6rss great essential 10 binding contract
is vsnuns-,o wit, parties csrable oi contracting
DO not know that can better conclude what have
say this point thsn BY introducing extract IRON
speech delivered by ms sell this subject IN tie House.
Jane O. Is4s u will be found page s45, Appendix -
he Congressional Globe Of that year ! SAID
shall be told that ny the of March 1S2N ard
succeeding sduiuug Missouri INTO tie
Unon, commonly oAled he Missouri Compronise. the
power Con9ress iissiffd txcn exclude slavery
ror Teuitosy, ccncedsd The argument ta ueitier
jus, soond bai its Introduction here gives op-
porsnify which lrsgefiy enbracr o expressing Cpt-
eloquent tsfangucs aud 81 ~ the thousand who
have rhrosn aafands ne hross - s auhor o.
srevn his pathway wh Fches h5Nefs, have apos-
uoph zed ecueny than those hose theme has been
this fsr-fsmed MlssOurl Compr0mife."
You will observe that in The speech fell into very
error. or al least. What j. claimed
sfor Of sirbaling the authorship oi the Missouri Com
Ffousise 10 Alr. Clay proceeded.
Bat u<stsusins mis- il f,ta1ds ust . fuuRuS an
excfssctnce, poical fuonsgTo.ity' IL he hrsi,
grsatrsl, .nd fatal in eEsston the ub
lect 81 slavery Il xo'ssed br "a hts Of .uehsif
i undertook b abrosse roe privileges Of
bail of The Sates and slhosf sny sdeousfe sufficient
Consideration FufreBder the rights Il every slave holder
" uuicu- The promise has been called contract
bul oonirsef be bindieg. be mutual ~ ifs cb
gntousi there be hing eivsa ene SIDE and
ssunsthnx received the other BY tbs eomptomee-
is "a I'd con1scfke slave States thef s h
= rncnt noftn o. he parallel ~ deg 30 min bnt the
he AvehodnE did surrender thrif righi g set
l south 0f ,hstiine The Tree al the rish
.o'y ever hsd TIE South gave MP eVeIihipg and re-
ceiEsd nohinE Norb q a6 deg 10 min siHve cider
astr ~ wih his saves soa1. even porhern man nsY
@e il whaiuvrr chNusls he rosressrs. The compfo-
miss i wshEinx aH uautusliiY Which
tlsef compact bIrdinE. Hnd ~ therefore VOID. This