The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1854-04-26
NO.49.

ssrv ~ IN ~ ea,n;re 4 liz ebanse of making
free ,erri,orv, of a s,rin thirtv miles wide,
,aken from he Indian Terriiorv south ef
a6deo 3omin and added bv tbs biilto The
.nrono.ed Tesf;,or0 a Kansas. y. II will
haye No noN .in,ervsn,,on 4, spch terms,---
'GIn The one side e mi perlormance : on
The other wan, Of consideration and bro.
.ken fai,b llasINf9d lHR sJIAsAaeNs
mi, sir.Tlam ,oIi ,bat slavery can neyefdi
oo into these T,rri,ories.., Then why, all 4
his exci,emeu,l Areyou having ali his
difficulty about practical absufaiyiz4H
Did1os mean a bambug with this BILL
reneaI in ils month. and stump (" So, ech :,
IN H. bellv ~ II 40. leits ne saw i, IS Dre-
su,ninJ a1itls ,oi, mpcb.tipon ,hs pa,iencs
Of rbighl minded representatives, 10 arrays
them before the country as The principal
characters in broad forte. think lhe
sill 'Bas ameabing - that slavery msy
well 90 TO Kauz Isl indeed. that III likely
10 q, there. But. although the Almighty
had reared a6aiost il impene,rable obs,ic.
lies, though l,eIad stamped ..,prohibidon''1o
On every bluff, on every. rock; and blsJa
Of grass throughout ,he whole country, 1
vel 9wuonuld not yoie II tendye ihis obsiael6a
Of ne Missouri; exclusion. II ought tdi1
sand. Sir, yIor compie,e performance.
Once you said slavery should not 90 north
Of 36leg 3Omin. his,loo la,e now 10 say
that il may 90 there. voaa
| Am orpSssd to this bill b,cause h. agi
iates." / AM bIedGed against agitation.
! When | gave in nv adhesion to the Bat-p
dmnre platform, lrmade no promise 10 tho
ear to break 10 the .hoI e.. | was sim
cere. I.was elected on thai platform, di,.
cusssd il, aud yindica,ed il against the as
saults of Free Suffers, and Of Wings, too,
who attacked ours, while splitting upon
their own I thought. sir, that saw irni
h,t platform practical good, II took the
platforms Of The Two parties, sir, and az.
gued that upon this slavery question thry
we're both right That this grea! and ali.
sorbing question Of slavery had received
its u0plas. lliat il was banished from IhA N
fllalls of G lngress foreveri Yes, sir,yI,a
sid, flfever. and | bel!ev frever!-.p
Vain worl, Mr.. Chairman, now dwindltd
IN signiicalion 10 he brief span Of bulsA
fterAy's existence said, sir, that eyeft nl
foot Of territory to be affected by the qIies-
,ion was already under compromises, that
shut ou, further action thar heneefoflh We
had an open ses, and pain sailing
| We'll, sir, eV.ryb5dy, except lhe Free
Sellers, held Ibis language. We were %
believed, trusted, andsusiamed. Aud why
were we sis aimed Because, sir Tho peo;
pie were, worried, sick, aud disgasie,i with
agitation. They wanted fepose. Gentle.
men make sad mistake if they supp6ss
that the lriu nph Of 1859 was The triumph
OF men simply. l,was more than that, -
it WAS the triumph Of principle vt non.
f ia, on. Established by he people be.
anse they wanted reppse, lhe faith. The
honor. tie character Of The party deptth
upon The filth bat execLtio, let us al
/, tough sII, memory is the wors fi0I l.
find with many who. have made their
mlrks upon this question, the faith i
, pledged | will redeem. said | would
give no tounlenahce 10 agitation, and | d.
not intend in tie first important to.e | give
here to enact d deIlberalelhsehood Wen
sir, we came on here, aud heard no word
Of this repeal. Every body deprecs ei
agitation. The author of the Senate bill
, rapored sg inst agitation and repe Il. Tue
: Pre- ident was against agitation. The
Unmn was against agitation and REPEAL.
And so we went on swimm;b ;bgly. Bot,
5 preslu The change that came " Ter the
spirits Of our dream " was far from pleas
ant; and this question, sprung upon US Ike
: ljte.belI in the night, disturbed and dis.
Il PEELED all our visions of peace. 5 4 ial .
Sir, though repeal nom is expedien', when
ii was wrong lhles months ago--thoagR
e party tests bave been spoken OIL will be
n true TO my Ipledge MOTTO ogiiate. ! recog.
n nize no mans right to make tests for me.
/. will not submit 10 this as a party test!
s nOr shall one Of nv constituents ovef whom
have tile of influence. | reIudate il,
sir and as will neither submit 10 II as a
:, TEST, nor suffer m ysell To be driven from the
= party upon il, shall leave others 10 rec.
!, onclle their cource with their marty, and
% treat this question as one outside Of party
"a Requirements, aud of interest TO the whole
20 country. But say, sir that this Nebra.
y, ska bill violates the faith we pledged, as
:. Democrats, to he country. Ti'5olT BIZ
n Sir, 1 beg TO ask honorable se6,lemeu,
y What is proposed to be gained by ibis re.
a ! peal Z Wha, do you effect, if YOU do mol
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