The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-27

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catons Before starting is frequently his trying lot to
bend over the graves OF loved and relations and battle
their ombsones with his tearsj and beneath the roof OF
the family mansion ho has 10 perform the melancholy duty
Of grasping father and mother by the hand and amid
dripping tears OF sorrow and sobs Of bitter grief bid them
adieu forever And il cannot be that these adyentures
who have been brave enough to encounter the mud and
mre Of public highways the perilous waves Of many
waters and the drenchings Of many sorms have become
less capable Of segoyernment than they before they
left the States 10 migrate to the wilderness
na mr. Chairman say p pass this substitute s our hardy
brsk and turn their wales and slopes into waving fields
Of yellow harvest dot the country oe with splendid ed
fees such residences and nes and temples Of religious
worship; and after they have built up proud community
Of American freemen after they have had chance 10 test
the profit or disadvantages Of slave labor let them meet
form their organic law with without slavery, just
they may think best for them and those that may
after them TO take their places in that country Sir can
stand without murmur the rawlings Of the abolitionists
against this measure for regard that there IL quite short
distance between them and the lunatic asyums but
astonished and astounded hear northern whigs and
abolition party their bitter hostility the principles
Of selfgovernment migrated in this measure.
Our government is based upon the great elementary
principle that the people capable Of cfgovernment
The peoples representatives made this government and
the peoples representatives made all the State govern
incnts; and the national government and State govern
ments are independent soveregntes and is in my udg
Dcn usurpation OF power for the general to
encroach the rights Of the States by undertaking to
nestle institution that belongs exclusively to the States
The constitution of the federal aid estab
lish slavery 1t merely recognised it institution then
existing in the colonies II its origin to the States ii
has been fosercd by the States and If it is to be abo
sed its spread and extension checked 1t must be done
by the States for the federal government has no grant Of
power to interfere with it, But concede that the federal
government prevent the southern STAKEHOLDER from
cupyng the public lands Of the with his slaves
and you at once transfer to it the right prohibit sa
very not only in the Territories but States be formed
out of Territories because BY excluding the entire
slavehoding population from settling in the Territories
opuaon form their srs and thus sa
very Is prohibited in their organic laws Here them ac
csrdng TO this Mssourne doctrine we see the general
the southern peoples half Of the public land and gives it
to the North and pays to the South nothing for IT. in
teeres with the settlement Of the Territories by oil our
people, who are their common owners and, by settling
them with antslayery population insrcs to them an
an-savery constitution while the South, who equal
partners with the North in the money and blood with
in their settlement but must stand of and their coun-
ys constitution violated and the public domain settled
entirely indeed completely surrendered up to section
Of our Unionand all this is done in the name Of the
stitution.
listened with much qualification to the speech Of my
honorable colleague Mr. Cox and the soft tones Of his
eloquent voice fell my ear like the gentle murmurings
Of the syery ryulets of my native hills. Sir am
proud of him Kenuckian, for be has not only the soul
Of gentleman, but the sagacty Of a statesman ad-
mircd his eulogiums upon his 1.-THE whig) party Sir the
difference between the whg and democratic parties as to
the means advancing the COuntryG
Prpetuatng our glorious Union, has, in my opinion,
been in the main honest difference and although
have differed with the whig party have failed to
urged their great national doctrines but let me tel my
colleague mr. Cox that he cannot defend the whg party
Of the North upon the question Of slavery
Mr.. COX. do not wish to do %.
Mr. ELLIOTT. know the gentleman does not for they
vote with the abolitonsts every pop upon the slavery
question Sir regretted to see that only three Of the rep
resenayes OF the whole northern whg party voted for
the ugitvesave law in 1864 imperativey de-
manded by the federal consituuon--but was still more
shocked when the of every whg representative
north Of Mason and Dxons line for the following resou-
ton offered by Mr. Putnam in this House the 2sh day
Of February, ls4s
Reoiued That in any Territory which may be acquired
Mexico which shall be established territorial gov
eminent slavery involuntary ervude, except
hmen for crime whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted should be forever prohibited and that in act
resolution establishing such government fundamental
provision ought to be inserted to that effect sn
say sir every northern whg voted against laying this
resolution on the table and consequently In Its favor And
now, sir we see the aboonsts frse-soers, and every
whg from the North standing side by side and with every
energy battling against this bin whilst the wings, well
the democrats from the South with but few exceptions
around the constitution and guarding II against the
saults of this formidable phaanx and using every honoa
BILE effort for the passage OF this tsnI -.
Mr. Chairman the aboltonists, freesoilers and wings
Of the North almost all agree that by the Missouri line It
was agreed that the southern people to have the priv
cge OF establishing slavery south of 36 deg 30 min north
latitude they wished to do but by their Put
MANS resolution they completely evinced that the South
to get nothing by the line Thus the South has per
mitted the North to take from them all the public land
north of 80 deg 30 min north latitude and the North Is
attempting TO that line and seize the whole OF
the public land south well north Of said line and
require be occupied by slavery population and
this is the which has prevented thm from
ognsng the Missouri line And yet they get mp here
aud grsvely tell the South that plighted faith will be vio-
lated nnss they permitted keep all the territory
north of the Missouri ne-a line recognised by
thcn-while at the time they trying to despo
the South Of all the territory south Of said line Why sir
the northern representatives onght be ashamed Of them
selves they ought blush their inconsistent
duct But proud TO say that there nearly forty
northern representatives that rowns cannot and abo-
lition smiles cannot purchascn,en who love the sunny
South IL well the North nj least enough 10 do IL
ustccmen who love The constitution Of the whole coun
try and determined to stand senncs and guard IL
from violation by northern madmen.
But Mr. Chairman regret to say that these forty
representatives all democrats have ad and comfort
from the northern wings for il is this is party
question: and regret to hear IL called so whg senator
from Kentucky Mr. Dixon think, ought TO share large
y in the honor of having assisted in its origin II Is true
the senator from Illinois Mr. DoueLAs has been the most
abused this measure; for by the hccnegro-loving
fanatics Of the North he has been hung in eiigy. And
amid al this abolition persecution against this great and
just statesman, was panied TO sec the gentleman from
Tennessee lMr CuLox] drag him forth from the Senate
house where he OF s brightest and most intellect
ual ornaments and roughly assail his motives and accuse
him OF presidential aspirations in his advocacy OF this
measure Whilst the gentleman from Tennessee Mr.. CCI
loM pouring his vias OF abuse upon the senator
from Illinois who had chance appear hcrc in his
defence wondered why the gentleman did not apply his
many very and devoted friends Of this measure upon
vbnrn he have cd NIT