Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-06-24

said-ssWe deprecate all further agitation Of
the questions thus settled, as dangerous to
our peace, and will discountenance all efforts
to continue or renew such agitation, whenever,
or however made" The present ADMINISTERS
ton was elected on the principle of adher-
ence to this compromise, and the President
referring to it in his inaugural speech, de-
clared that the harmony which had been
secured by it should not be disturbed during
HIS term of Office. The President recurring
to the same subject removed his pledge in his
message to Congress at the beginning of
the present Session, in the following Ian
guage =
'But Notwithstanding differences of opinion
and sentiments which there existed in rela-
ton to details and specific provisions, the ac-
quiescence of distinguished citizens whose
devotion to the Union can never be doubted,
has given renewed vigor to our institutions,
and restored sense of repose and security to
the public mind throughout the Oonfederacy.
That this repose is to suffer no shock dur
ing my official term, if l have the power to
avert it, those who placed nue. here may be as
sured.'
Under these circumstances the proposition to
repeal the Missouri Compromise was suddenly
and unexpectedly made by the same Com
mittee on Territories, which only ten days be-
COMPROMISE, and declared the end of agita-
ton in the following explicit and unmistaka-
BILE language.
"Your Committee do not feel themselves
called upon to enter into discussion Of those
coutroyerted questions. They involve the
same grave issues which produced the agita-
ton, the sectional strife, and the fearful strug
gle of 1850. As Congress deemed it wise and
prudent to refrain from deciding the matters
i'll controversy then, either by affirming or re-
pealing the Mexican laws, Oh by an act declar-
atory OF the true intent of the Constitution,
and the extent of the protect on afforded by it
to slave property in the Territories, so your
Committee are not prepared aoo to recommend
departure from the course pursued upon
| hGt memorable occasion, either BY affirming or
repeating the eighth section Of the Missouri
| act, or by any act declaratory of the meaning
| OF the Const.rution in respect to the legal
| points in dispute
The abrogation has been effected in pursu
| ance of the demands of the administration
itself and by means Of its influence on Con-
! gress. In the House of Representatives, that
body which is more Immediately responsible
| to the people, the contest was more equal than
| in the Senate, though it is due to justice and
candor that it should be stated that it could
| not have been carried in either house without
the votes of the representatives from the free
States. The minority resisted the attempts to
| arrest discussion upon this grave question,
through struggle of longer duration than
any other known to Congressional history
| Some attempt was made to stignlatize that mi
nority as " factionists," yet we fearlessly de-
| clare that throughout the contest they resort
| ed solely to the powers secured to them by the
law and the rules of the House, and the pas
| eAerted tbrongb a snbvars;on Of its rnias Nv
tho naior;ty end tho overc;sa If ,,on,er M
nracadentai in tbe annals If CONGRESSIONAL
| LEGISLATION. The deed is done If is done
VIII q c1oar ,,roc1o,,otion by tbe Administered
+;on and bv Tono,ess +bot tho Trinc;nlo which
II contoins extends not onlv to Kansas aud
| Nehraslxa bnt to ali the other Territories now
belonUing n tba limited states and 70 oil
Tsbiol5 W., oraofto, he aoo,,;roJ T. bas boan
done nnnecossariIv and wantonlv becanse
tbere ,vas M rass;,ro far tho ovgan;vot;on 81
| CIoverpments in Kansas and NebrasLa ne;tb-
or IF 1vhich Terr;tor;es con+a;ned ono Ia 1yf,l
| inbobitont 1vbo Voc a titan If 4bo ITnitaJ
states and beconse tboro ,,os not onI,, No don
yer of d;snn;on a,,,,raI ended bnt NV fbis recr-
feas n, eas,,re te froe States have iost oil tbo
onaranfee fo, fyeadom in the Territor;es CON
fa;raJ i, fo,,o,. oor,,,ro,n;sos ,yhTIa 81, tho
I Sfafas both claya and frpa have lost thaf
ontee ~ barToony and n,,;o,, 1yb;cb Poo
cnnnro,nises a4orded n seems Main ' to nc
sbat fatal aa tb M is in tbose re.,,ects
# i o,,lv cover for broader nrona EN- 81
Slayor,, i, +a f,t,ro m o1ioet Of t,a "A
stTo+1or, and Of Tho Tsbo ro11.oso,'+
slara Stata oI;cyo 40 ~
wov for onnavino CHS at 1vbateyc. ~ I'd
Ike annexat;on Of half dozen If the S+a foe
f Me- - he aJittad olso oe oIoyo
Tbese aca1,isitons are fo he made neaceablv Z
tbav can he ,nrchaged of N cost orbn9,dra dc
~ miIIions
IF tbev canno+ he made reaoefnllv tho, Of
+be COST u var WIFI NaS;co M . ,rar
with Sna;n and a war WITH Enalo,,d al =
war With France and AZ the cost If an a1li
ance With Rnssis scarcelv less renI,o,a,,t =.
ITnm;staL HE indications sIso annepr Of mr.
,,osa to anev te easten ,,art e San ~,
s &C. ~na to h sp0ogatG the Whole island
this to to he followed bv an aIEapce With BraN
Iii. and The extension Of slavery in tbe valley
Of tbo Anagon II 10 for 10, 10 49,