The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-02-23

the Committee on Indian Affairs had provided
all the precautions which could reasonably be
made5 and the difficulty had been removed.
The want OF population was also an objection
to his mind but he had come to the conclu-
sion that, under all the circumstances that
question was one of time only.
1t was said that the Missouri COMPROMISE
was solemn compact, and that to repeal it
would be a violation of the plighted faith of the
two sections of the Union He designed to
show that the language already put into the
bill, that it was inconsistent with the legisla-
ton of $780, was true and correct and that
the declaration that the Missouri act is inop-
erative and void was q true and proper declara-
ton, and the only one that ought TO be made.
The Senator from Connecticut had argued
that the Missouri prohibition was intended
only to apply to Territorial organizations, and
not to States. He considered that that prohi-
bition was intended to apply to the Territories
for all time to come, whether under State or
Territorial organization.
1t was intended also to apply not only to all
the territory of the United States at that time
but to all the territory which the United States
might thereafter acquire. This was shown by
the Texan resolutions, where, upon the annexa-
ton of Texas, the Missouri line was taken up
and applied to that Territory, as a matter of
course. 1t was clearly thought, in 1920, that
Congress had the power to apply the prohibi-
ton to all organizations, State or otherwise,
above SO deg. 80 min. The principle on which
the legislation of 1920 was based was abso-
lutely set aside and repudiated by the legisla-
ton of 1850
| The Missouri Compromise was disregarded
within one year after its adoption, by the
North By the Compromise act, Missouri was
to be admitted upon the adoption of her Con-
stitution. When she applied with her Consti-
tuition, for admission, the House of Representa-
tivos rejected the application.
| During the tendency of the Oregon bill and
the acts of 1850, the South asked for nothing
sought for nothing, but the recognition of the
Missouri Compromise, and it was refused He
read from the Journal Of the Senate of the SEES
sion of 1850, to show that the South had uni.
teddy stood upon that line, and that those who
now insisted upon its observance refused to
| give it.
House of Representatives, Feb. 10, 1854.
| Mr. Millson moved to reconsider the vote by
which the House bill from the Committee OF
Invalid Pensions, under the act of February
| 80, 1853 was yesterday committed to the Com
mittee of the Whole; and spoke at some length
upon the merits of the bill, denouncing it a
| partial in its bearings and exorbitant in it
demands. He stated that its passage would
entail upon the Government disbursement o
not less than two millions Of dollars. Ii pro
| vides for pensions to widows of Revolutionary
soldiers, though married since the year 1900
The bill also proposes to give the pay pro
posed from l84S, and thus creates arrearages, Il
the amount of twelve hundred thousand dol
| lars.
The vote was taken on the motion of Mr.
Millson, and it was decided in the affirmative
yeas 68, nays 60.
So the motion to reconsider was laid on the
table.
Reports from various committees were ther
presented.
Mr.. Chandler, from the Joint Committee or
the Library presented the resolution adopted
| by the Senate, voting to each member of Con
gress copies of the books heretofore distributed
among them.
| Mr. Jones' of Tennessee, moved to lay the
resolution on the table; which was rejected.
The resolution was then adopted, the yeas
and nays being refused
Mr.. Chandler, from the joint committee OF
the San Francisco sufferers, again presented
the bill awarding medals to the three com
msnders and sum not more than 100000 t
| the officers and men which was referred to the
Committee of the Whole.
| Mr.. Breckenridge, from the Committee o.
Ways and Means, presented q bill making ap
preparations for the completion Of certain Gus
tom houses, &c.
On motion of Mr.. Stephens, at minutes
before 2 o'clock tho House went into Com
mittee Of the Whole, when
MIR. Boyce, of South Carolina, arose and ad
dressed the House on the subject of the tariff
reviewing the recommendations of the Secreta
ry of the Treasury, and opposing the views Of
that functionary.