The daily union., 1854-02-18

is which'-hai is the Missouri restriction according
to latitude" being inconsistent with the principle OF
non ventoa by Congress with slavery the States
and TertvIes, recognised BY the legislation OF $780,"
&c " The principle OF non Intervention" We ascer-
tain what was the principle upon which that Legislation
proceedednot from the words OF the acts alone not al
ail--but by looking both al what put 10 the laws
and what Congress refused 10 pat in them. On
Ing hs subject in that light. we nnd that the legislation
OF 1850 founded upon distinct Reputation OF the
principle o making any difference between the condition
OF the people living upon one side OF line OF latitude,
and the condition OF the people living upon the other side
OF that line. And that was accomplished agains, the
speeches and votes of the whole OF the southern dega
ton upon this floor Now, If am right these hiags
made out the principle fundamental truth upon which
The legislation Of 1890 founded was, thai Congress
had the power and ought TO intervene and exercise that
power by excluding slavery from territories lying north
OF certain parallel OF latitude, and only implicitly admit
ting upon The other side OF that parallel That principle
was applied 10 all the territories that the United States
had at that time. Ii recognised a principle by
subsequent application upon the acquisition OF Texas 1t
was continued in lis course towards the Pacific ocean.
Now, Texas did not fall within the description contained
within the Missouri act She was foreign, independ-
ent State, incorporated INTO this Union upon her tree
sent. under the operation OF treaty Then. in 1855 0
what had been recognised distinctly in 1920
distinctly and unequivocally repudlaied.
And il the principle that Congress should not intervene
IN relation these territories is distinctly shown and
evsceTaed out OF the acts OF legislation OF 1850, and
that principle is directly inconsistent with The very pn
cple upon which the legislation oil 1870 had bee found
ed, pray is il not strictly accurate TO so II such
was the as to my understanding most clearly evil
dent that il was, then say the chairman OF The Com-
mee on Territories could not have adopted operative
words strictly accurate and proper than those with
which he has followed this recital. What are those
wordsi "ltls hereby declared imperative and void" IL
would not have been correct just 10 the subject to say
that "we hereby repeal we repealed merely because
chose TO repeal that Missouri law If we had sud-
dehy that determination with regard 10 the Mis-
sour Compromise But II IL The true, and proper, and
irimaie conclusion tha, Congress, having adopted
principle in 1850. and grounded It's legislation upon it,
said principle being inconsistent with The principle IN
ukH in Tho nj III. tnFa
that principle OF the Missouri law declared imperative
aud void. In The court below that would effect ils re-
peal and it just legitimate mode Of efecnx The
repeal of Law 10 declare it void say in many
words II is hereby repealed And ii gen,lemen will turn
to the English statute hooks they will find innumerabe
OF the proprieiy OF this course II is legal
co following out OF the facts rsciled. that
ought 10 be Imperative and void Therefore, il lie 80 de-
cared.
srange-no, will not say srange-out ask you, Mr..
President, is not very remarkable, whether strange
not that The honorable senator IRON Ohio Mr. CHAsE]
should now exhibit such extreme urgency for proper
respect be paid 10 this Missouri Compromise line,
when in every instance which II proposed for The
consideration OF the Senate in The year 1850, he by his
vote constantly refused 10 recognise II! he says 10
| Respect lhe Missouri Compr ,mse "resard rlshled
faith submit 10 the exclusion oil your slaves from Ter.
rl,oes lying north OF 36 deg 80 min and In consideia-
thereof, will also exclude your slaves from all
ritoy south OF SO deg 80 min beg OF you-said he
not 10 disregard the terms OF this Compromises you
men OF honor you have agreed TO give up the right OF
carrying your slaves north OF 80 deg 80 mn and have
mpediy agreed that you might carry them into territory
south o that line; beg you 10 adhere TO your sufren-
der north OF 90 deg. 80 min, and-as he most peisaa.
sivey argued 10 ncuce us-i feel bound by my love OF
freedom and my regard for The constitution refuse TO
let you carry your slaves into territory south oil SO deg
80 min, although that was the equivalent upon whicn
strange mode OF enforcing tue observation OF COM
pact. And 1t shows with what facility we perceive the
pioprely OF binding ohers, and the with which we
convince ourselves that right bind ourselves
TO the observation OF compact when the question 10
whether shall give the consideration Tor which
the other party contracted
remember having some where that celebrated
divine, Bishop Porieus, who Tor time bishop
| OF London, and man of no small celebrity IN
his day, once wrote a poem upon the hofrofs and
miseries OF war, in which be gave vivid a
picture of the dreadful consequences OF and its
utter irreconcilabity with the principles OF Crs,i-
anity ha. everybody who read the poem deeply
struck with the fervid eoquence and deep pety OF Inc
right reverend author II is said that time after
wards. during the prosecution Of foreign he made
strong speech in the House OF Lords 10 favor OF
war. and IN support OF The ministry As he was leaving
the House noble lord up 10 him and SAID |
the horrors OF war; and was very much surprised 10 hear
your lordships speech to-day. How do you reconcile
your speech with what you have said in your poem
All said the bishop, my poem not written Tor this
And that to To be Just exactly like the
answer the honorable senator fIom Ohio gives He
says 10 u.s. Observe your pghled faith; hold yourselves
bound by The bargain adhere to the Missouri Compro-
mise We say hm, reply, Will you adhere to il }
On says he, my positloD my Argument my urgency,
were not intended for ihs case, but for the other
Now, have shown that for all the time 1 have
had seat IN Congress, | have, IN common with
my southern friends generally, felt an exceeding
anxiety to recognise, establish, and Perpetnae the
principle involved IN the Compromise OF 1870 ln
that have most signally failed Whether we
hough, the line laid down was just or unjust, favorab
or uDfavorable, however much lille we thought had
been renched upon what might have been consider ed
liberal and fair ~ the conduct of northern brethren,
asked nothing but the bargain fairly carried out and
with that we were at all times ready 10 be content Now
after that Mesonr Compromise is utterly fepndated,
after totally different system OF legislation has been
adopted IN nance OF votes and our renons,rances,
think II is iiule unreasonable, little absurd, for gen
uemen TO call upon us to respect Compromise that iDey
themselves have destroyed and destroyed lust eyctu
ally, though not as directly, they had applied their
opposition 10 the specific territory which the Missouri
Compromise was originally applied That the principle
that they have destroyed the upon which the egis
ation OF 1870 based is demonstrated by the cfcula
stances OF lhe times and lis subsequent recognition uron
the annexation OF Texas. They have refused TO carry
out that compact in its spr, and far meaning they only
seek TO maintain Whatever OF II IS beneficial to them
selves, and then 10 disregard all the rest OF it,
Now, believing, as do, that the proposition contained
IN the words OF The amendment to this bill Is true. and
that the form oil legislation IL proper what 10 there that
calls upon vote against II, the bill containing
have shown that there ~ no principle oil pghted faith
that 10 the least oblges 10 do this. THIS legislation
49, In my judgment, perfectly right; IT Is what have al
ways desired II II could have been freely Obtained My
positoD, as all are aware, has been
upon thus subject, was always content with the Mis-
souri-Compronise line, always anyious fcf it, voted
Tor u, and believe fer nothing else.
Now, my own individual opinion upon This subject
always was that the principles adopted IN 1850 are The
true principles Woai they Why, we have among
a of rec mill of uia