New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-31

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Sted toit At any rate he nursed and fostsred IT, and
was by biz Influence thst II carried through. Jap.
plsuseJ have traced the whole rcord with care ana
n Iinos the very State from which Senator Douglas
now halls. II matter cf history that MissouiI "9ua
never have been admitted without this Compromise BIT
no. offered re- iEseeea p tos @ evening
contains the list. The power of Congress TO mPo'9 VIC
condition was demonstrated at that time by INC non
Rupees King Of this State, cheer IN speech wa .
model Of close logical reasoning which received 'ns oo
plimenss Of oil capable Of Judging also by oree nney
Of Philadelphia Of the greatest lawyer the al
ether country af meeting held there 70 oppose ,ne ~
unis,iop of Missouri without the prohiohon; ~" -
Nv John Sers cant most eminent lawyer 10 M "a
Congress by Cesar Rodney o, ass snnl,uae who was
an committee appoint. by the citizens OF boon, am
none but some weak Southern members o meots
" a., rs rnsmswerable may mention other names
vb;fh we of New York hear with piess ue, w Ia
ored in their graves James Iam III. in wa,
hJ IN reason carried it. snd with IT, convic,ion 70
~ ~ of The people Of this country You are a., -.
lii, he admiration of Mrs uri, it was campact Let
ma view il In that light The Slaveholdng Sta'es were
desirous Of having Missouri admitted as slave sac
a. non Slsyeholdng the contrary was then ana mas
heen ever siDce considered o compromise and com
S~omse is a treaty not less solemn inn character
han treaty between naf'ons ana a' rhssr We
Voice in the AudifHce-" Sir do you say az la"yer ~
"New.Y that Congress has the power to make CON
"psct Slight tumulf JIage y" nv, S~
between States but it virtually compact wnere TWO
partes assented it is necessarily compac,,
and have vel TO learn that compact made un1er such
is less binding than treaty made by virtue
of specihed power TO make treaty lUreM ana TO
reved applause In the meantime Florida was ce1ea 20
fh;s country by Spain II considerably south Oh 30
DEG 30 min il was admitted q Slave STATE without any
oproson or at ieost without any which showed dlspo
ton the part of the country TO question .e y, o
existing compact The last acquisition OF territory Dy inc
United States was in 1885, then the joint resonl9hs lor
King Texa. were passed neea and no. e, sass
xhich took place enough to say, Texas was
sJmtted under the resolutions that shall advert
TO- ! mention this because as they we're oroug dI
in the Compromse of $780, they necessarily connected
nth the present question. New States OF convenient
sise not exceeding four, when sufficiently Popuous were
10 be admitted from Texas territory and such states s
scu, Of sc 30 with without Slavery as their people
miobt desre for any State States north OF the Com
promise line Slavery excluded The third clause Goa
tsrs this express prohibition In isoo inc So
will only briefly detail what they were They were SIX
In number the first the admission OF Cahiorna wan
her free constitution prohibiting Slavery True she TOOK
the matter in her hands; there was little irregular
ity perhaps rot than in many other things done
there but there was discussion in Congress; every
thing bent to the will Of California The second referred
10 Jah leaving her people the to establish or ex
clude Slavery The third 10 New Mexico with the same
privilege The fourth settled the disputed boundary OF
feyas The ffth referred to the abolition Of the
Slave trade in the District of Columbia aud the sixth
MSS The Fugitive Slave Law Those referring TO Utah
and New are ng iah and
were acquired from MeqicO, they are no part OF
the Territory Of Louisiana; they were acquired at
q long subsequent period under other circumstances
from another power The bill offered by Senator
Douglas excerpts the eth section Of the property act 1920
which he says is superseded by the py,nepe. OF the
What principles there which he means as be-
ing superseded They can be nothing but these
Nat, inasmuch as two Of those Compromise measures
hore concerning Utah and Mexico left the question OF
slavery to the people Of the territories. This estab
lhed principle that the question must be Arrays lett TO
the people Of the territory matter where derived That
principle liz be one intended to b. confined to
those two territories acquired from Mexico: and in
plain English, the object and language OF this bill
BY force of this new psincpe go back and undo what
we have done With regard TO the boundaries of Texas
the defining them was passed 9th Sept 1850; aud in
It's frat section II provides that it shall not impair or quail
~ the sd article clause Of tee I'd section of the Joint
Resolutions admitting Texas In 1875 either as to the
number Of States or other~ie what does "0fserT'se
the Compromise of 1850 s at war with that Of 1880 Was
II so' BY whom was this proposed very provision
Mr. Mason of VrSinia-a Southern man! We see, there
fore that the attempt was made to effect tho passage OF
this BILL with this clause In it repudisng the application
of the Missouri Compromise line is nothing but shallow
prelext; it wants solid reason as foundation;
II Is impossible to point out good, satisiac'
tory and conclusive ground which il would be right to
disregard the solemn Compromise of 1920 Mr. Douglas
took active part in aiding the passage OF Compromise
measures of 1850 The Common Council of Chicago
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taken That citing held and resolutions denouncng
the condnc Of Senator Douglas were passed. When no
returned to Chicago, he asked public hearing from the
citizens that he might define his pasition and Justify his
course Of action They heard him. shall endeavor to
show what views were by him the Compro
mise Of 1850 expressed in that speech to the
citizens of Chicago He said in substance that Con
~gress had after long earnest ana mature deiberation
succeeded passing sseres Of Compromise measures by
which North had pledged itself to hold sacred the Just
and lawful rights Of che South guaranteed them by
the Federal Construction The North had not sacrificed
one @ Of it, n'g Gs; bs SgS or 5 c%pC
eordanoe with the dictates of justice and humanity
When he made Of these words did he that the
Compromise of 1850 uugaed the Missouri Compromise Of
lsgOi Asuredly not for il how could he assert that
the rights Of the North had been preserved nvioate IL
he had meant that the Missouri Compromise had been
nuned or rendered imperative how could he speak
thus in treaty Of the duty of the citizen to the Consu
ton ave must stand by the Constitution with all its
~compromises, handed down to by orefathers
TIE speaker utterly rePudatsd the idea that the Com
promise Of 1850 rendered "inoperative'' the Com
promise of 1891 The bearing Of the one upon
the other the speaker said he should say nothing as hsv
ing laid the facts of the case before his audience would
be an insult to their Judgment to attempt to draw any in
ference heefrom II said the speaker in yourjudgment
Of $780, you viii quietly allow this pass But
the other hand IL you deem nothing less than gross
attempt TO violate most solemn compact you will raise
your voices loud to be heard from end Of the
Union TO the other in emphatic denuncation of this
temp, TO introduce Slavery into the territory Of Nebraska
Here shout loud and long that the Tabernacle
rang again.
Mr. fxSEr having concluded his speech read the follow
inc resolutions;
RESOLUTIONS.
Roted That the City Of NewYok
aTS Il, ss him %' has *. been ~
Ceredeaey that he hs been aud sill FIRMLY devoted
wefsre hsnor and Of ths Union and
- not SIMPLY q her past and present fidelity to all cons'
eesh but Of her weknown regard for the inter
ess well being Of the sooth she whenever
ccssen arrive Hr her threatened
asLt ehts Icing by solemn
70 the tope OF the North will be listened 10 1ih