Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1854-02-23

to feel the pulse Of the Senate. 1t was ad-
} opted. Mr.. Webster, who had voted
} against the Wilmot proviso, spoke in favor
, Of, and voted for, the Soule amendments and
, in so doing said be it remembered that |
! speak of Utah and New Mexico, and Of
them alone. In the great speech of Mr..
: Webster, on the 9TH March, he said that at
: that moment there was not one foot of ter
Z. ritory belonging TO the United States, whose
character, as relates to free soil or slavery.
) is not clearly defined BY some irrepealable
law. Afterwards Mr.. Webster told him
that his second speech on Mr.. Foote'S re-
: solution was the one in which he thought he
r had best succeeded; but that his speech of
) Nh March was the only one which would be
most regarded by the country after his death.
: To that speech he had given bis whole mind.
He styled ita speech in defence of the Con-
stitution, and dedicated it 10 the people of
} Massachusetts, affixing to it that most beau
tiful expression from Livy-Truc things in
stead Of pleasant things. Iera pro Gratis.
:. In that speech Of 9TH of March, Mr.. Web
ster had gone to the very verge Of northern
sentiment, beyond which not even he would
have ventured When, therefore, Mr..
Webster said that there was not one foot Of
territory belonging to the United States
!. whose character as related 10 trecsoil and
slavery, was not defined by an irrepealab'e
, law, he certainly understood that the His.
souri, act extended 10 this Territory, and was
irrepea|ablc. He chen referred TO Mr..
Douglas point-that part of Texas, north Of
36 30, ard made free by the annexation Ye-
F solutions, was cut Of and put into New
Mexico, and relieved from tie operation
Of that part of the Louisiana Territory in
, cIuded in Itah-and argued that those facts
did not obyiate the objection that the Mis-
!. souri, line was affirmed by the Texas re-
solutions, which resolutions were affirmed
by the acts of 1850.
The Nebraska bill had been before Con-
gress for years, both before and since the
acts Of 1850. During the debate on the
C'iiP oih'Se III l0oo, It occupied l"e mind
% TIE senator from li''n''s' as II h"d done
T''"'I "'''i S'i.ev' II II was 'o"c."eu 'heA'
that the principle adopted in these acts was
} to be perpetual law for Territorial organ
ization, why was not Nebraska jhen press
I" '''" PaSSe" "l'Ll 'Le same PFo'Isioi.' No
attempt was maze 'heh' nor al any time
"'n.'' '-'' now 10 pass I!'4 ior Nebraska
WYNN any Sucn provision us tAis IN 1t. In
= .'c I2St Congress a 'i1I passed the House
0y . large mal9oFI'y FOR Nebraska There
was no oppo>l'lon 10 1t OF moment, except
Wilh regard 10 lis provisions relating TO the
Indians. Not one word was said in op-
position 10 On the ground OF slavery, and
!'' ''ie'e was 10 provision III II OF tMs
r'"'"c'e'' 1t was reported IN '"e Senate
I! ."e 7''''F 'fo" limos VINO @0yocaie"
IT. III me shape II came rom the House.
He'' '"c', '''o"'o 'll"' not u"l!l now was
~ 'no"7''' 'le -Ac'S oI lou EXTENDED beyond
III" 'fr"or'oS oI O'ah ana New Mexico.
d lie ounl'Feo' respected an" would stand by
+ '"e compromise o. looo' lie ca so out
t o. respect I" 'he memory OF the great minds
: VINO frame" '"em -ihlhHS W"!'h' IN their
= a"y' were ",' l!Sh'S o' me country lie
n w'u'" 10, undo '"r'r WoFA' eve" !! he could
5 ne ""u'" S'""" oy 'hsH' aIso' because he
Ue'e''u ''V'A' al" noW' l""' mere was
c """EeF 10 Inc union "I Tie States aAd That
"olsef was "IeFle" Oy these "cIs' Out oi
S respect 10 '"e'F authors ana the e'oa effect
Y "e! p' o"ucga' ''c "ou'D ""'''Fe 10 '.'e "ct'
IS o' i'oo' l"ouSh u'y were not perfect
d al" were o'sp'c"s'"S 10 ""'" sections sui
n al '"e l'n'c "''y were enacted 'ney were
II 'he "'SesI ana most eHcc'l'o 'A1t cou''
atOIlGu.