Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-06-09
SPEECH OF HON, S. MAYALL,
ON the Nebraska Dill.
Dslrerrd IN hs House Of Representatives.,
May 10, 1851.
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unWatian'eu lhlcIIl'''""" """'" w '"H'h''"
upon, the compromise or 1850 would never
have passed Congress, Tor have been ratified
by the conycr,i. ns. Whll was the ncccssiiy
of,his new Interpretation sought TO be pui
upon the compromise or 1850 !, had hrcu
ac1uicgccd in by the county generally North
and South. |, had been signally successful
in allayiug the agitation It was Designed 10
compose. For a quarter Of century The
country had never krovu a period ofso much
rerosc. Of such total exception from every
thing like sectional STRIFE growing out Of ,lc
slavery controversy, a. a. the very moment
Of the assembling Of Ire oscn, Congress TO
December last. The triumphant election II
our prcscn, worthy Chief Magistrate was
hailed as lhc compromise scuiImcni, and
pledge that those measures would he PrcscN.
Cd. 1t vas greeted as aiIordlng "sscurt'y Tor
the future, ifnot indemnity ior The past
+ The Compromise Of 1850 from rs adoption
up To ,la, time, was aHm al. To be re.
rarded as a fast friend io tie compromise
was passport to public favor. 10 be un.
dcr''ood as opposed to IT, or loSc"am 'n IFS
supror,, was equivalent Co q s'nicnce of Pop.
ular arcuuJcmrallon Everybody who vas mel,
an ardent compromise man vas an Abolition
is', an aria'or of the deepest type, an enc.
mv tn ,hc country, lucio ihc Union OF lscso
States.
SIR, never WIS an Abo0lton's'' never n
Wllmo, DroNsoiN' a' nv speeches made zoo
lsi7 aud ISIS in 'he S.anic oi Name "'II
prove. ] looked upon that settlement rs de-
manecd alike 'y The harmony " We country
and prosperity o''hc Union. Twas r'."''sd
when lh' D'mgc"''e convention OF I''s 'n'
cn'poraicd The compromise plans in'o the ma
lional Dcmncrn''r r'aiio'm. 'ca'e a''o'-
ancc, stability end I'-i''r.'y 90 '"-' ssV'''
mcn'. II recognized pas solemn ra''le''
zion hy 'ho people o' 'h' co.ns' '' 'N' '"o'
gross which enacted IT,
81 iH The simplicity 'lmy N'ar'' "''l"''
AMI The people thought ''a' 'I' congress ',
l''o meant something 10y '"' '"''.'"''' ''
'h' 'om'T'm ''-'n'' '"' '''''''''.' ''' one
al convention meant something when ''''
popular body sanctioned and a,l"''''.d u"
the comP'om's' 10 that p'm'cTa''e ''n'-
the public pr''' meant something ""'n Va'
pledged W'".'.''' before "' country "
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ZION" ana "s9u1,,.r sovereignty !" and NOW
every ma, who refuse. rn ignore a'l r,mrro.
m.,r.. and give ia OILS adhesion TO rhi, new.
hnslrd doctrine. is denounced Us either an
AboI,iion.., ora,,mrlib.zcr with ,ha, school
nj .,lrc ro',uc.rrs.
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ty T.c,, pbrs.,,. 81, r.p9ln,ly cmPloy,J
by ,be r,,,pJ. or,l., bHl. f,r..b'y remind one
or ,bo catch rlr,,., or ,bs Ahol.uor.s,s :.
l-l.r,whirh are li,b.,orrl.r, and plrasar,
4, ,lc ear. bu, tested in m, alrmb., Of com.
mon sense. i,sv Jv.nJl, ,p the mc..,t ab.