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sddresso influence the action OF the Ohio L.r;sI,s
by creating the belief tina, had been signed By tss y

Gr. pOCGLAS-I rcfsse 10 yield the foo, n
Senator docs in'erpose denial q. the fast wi 80
take TO stamp aId prove thai CANAL a. well As A..
ments In the address it.elf a. fa5s
| Mr.. CHASE-T cal the Senator O. Order
The CHAIR-TLe Senator from Iliiao. is ce.ai,i, -
| Of order.
Mr. DOUGLAS-Wcl, II I an out Of order IN +
fiS myself TO showing that the statements
this shress false deny that the policy Of ts
The Territories. They hsd prohibited Il in tho 49,
Ierritore la bad aowodit in ths South ses 1, 49,
eraiod snd permitted and a. least b. imphcaioa -
toned in tss Territory OF fonnessee. The early ssI
men had dosi-s 10 mark the line OF denarcati,n -
geographical Sue determining tia, line. however by
sideTa,ions Of climate and soil. From the tins Oh -
sion OF Louiars, Slavery was allowed up TO TIE ts,
third parallel while IL was no, prohibited by any sst =
Congfess north OF hat line The people a. lwsl
upon the subj, they thought proper So il rsnsscI
up the time of the Missouri ques,cn IN 1922 Silver
established in Louisiana by positive lis AZ -
introduced, tolerated, sanctioned ami became in tin, -
psit of the common law In the Act Of 1872 estsbsAk
the territory OF Missouri the people not poabt
ircm Slavery they were allowed to do % ty p,s,DS
with the subject Nebraska was then Iniisn rsr,,,
In 1880 the proposition 10 allow the people cf hs<
ri to form State Government. Mr. jesse D. rhomas a.
Ill in the Senate, moved amondmentto that bl mia
is now known as the s.h section This wss in.ead 10 "a
back 10 the old policy Of geographical line bsssssa ~
States and slave Sa;es That ne was intended sKss
fsr west the Territory OF the United Naa
extends ard with that intention il was passed ns
question stood thus until the Texss Resoafioua
before Congress. To those resolutions, when be|
tie House, be had moved an auen insn exen,.az Ia
Missouri line through Texas and tae West inisi nsy
1t could have practical purpose in the Of fexs
but il was brought forward with the view of msinsiaag
the principle Of extending that line through all the Tsrts
ries which ten had should thereafter acquire axI
provision extending the line OF SO deg 3Jmn thr,agtl
Texas required hat any new Sa'o formed moth VI thxI
line cut OF Texas when admitted into the Uaisa|
should by its constitution exclude Slavery. No oas|
would pretend 10 say that that requirement woeAi|
be binding one gay uPon hf S,a.s a.,er os
ma e gib Texas she could, before ccnsen.ln - have s
rev State iomed OF the Limits bnl hefse q. roluiul
that the Constitution OF sUch new Srie should 81 IN p
cuiar form But the geographical nc vas msiatainA|
hv those resolutions Ansr this California aud Neg
Mexico were acquired, a.d the question az IA arots The
Senate on his notion Socd INTO bui p.ossoa estsd
ing the Missouri Compromise line To tue recsic iha
tOlCsitiCn sscincd by the Senate WIN myorty
ten but was rejected in the House by Northern vots
with Free Soil prociy'ios VINO y1'la,ea tue so,eu
whole fury of Slavery agitation which distracted the county
afterward Ii the defeat OF thst oi whch ie'. tae
question of Slavery unsettled destroyed vac geos5spaes
North been faithful 10 the Missouri Com romse 10 ie9
there would have been no slavery asitah,n, no excite
ment alarm Ii was that defeat o. H. u oandonnss
Of Il then that Plunged The country into slavery ags
ton disturbed our domestic peace nod defeated the SEA-
a,or of Michigan for tho Presidency. Who violated
nron,ise sacred compact and who now arraigned him
for a want of faith in that solemn compact &
was with bad grace that men who he'd
.evs proved ss % Ss Sn ws cppa Ss ssa
was accommodated in 1913 by their own ta'hlessae and
trcaoherv The Compromise OF ls5, established the pril
cpe of Congressional non Intervention and set aside the
geographical line longer practicable because had
beSn mrossble TO maintain ii. Was not the esabiaA
ment of this new principle total abandonment ana uPer
sedure Of the geographical lice 10 resist ti; 'nsvaos
amendment proposed by Senator Mason 10 the Ne rhex
leo bin, that nothing therein contained chord be cos
srued imparing the provisions oil tue ie1as rcsr
luton By makine that quotation, By suppressing fsc
corrected with that question and by classifying other per-
ticuars of Tire history of the transaction they bad msfe
out plausible They had suppressed tho TACT thS
by the ect of 1850 fixing the boundaries OF Texas large
norton of that State living north of 80 deg 30nin and
nearly large New York and Pennsylylnla hal been
cut o ard was included in the boundaries % New npsa
expre ssly declared that the same should be ated into
the Union with without Slavery, az its people mi sntae
termne The New Mexico Terrific al act embraces w'nin
its this large poon fwhat was once fexs and
declares that Il shall be admitted into the union WIN or
without Slavery II goes further and provides thN tho
local Legislature Of the Territory 'hall have iu power
ard authority 10 lcgisaie upon all rghtnI snoecs WIN
no restriction whatever except that imposed by ths Con
suiion Of the United States Here the local Legs'1ura
invested with full power to legisiae noon all .ueect%
including Slavery Did no, these Abolition conicderass
know that these provisions in he New .MeHlco ohi
srDulled the Missouri Compromise in all that par OF
Texas which preyon,Iy being north Of 80 deg 30 mn.
free Ii they did know II, aud was not ppssoie
II at they did they had falsely represented to the peo
pie in their address hat tie Missouri Compromise was
not touched by the Acts of 1880 They accused MN N
their address in TO gentle with attempt to re-
peal TIE Missouri Compromise by his BILL whom they knew
ns wen lie did that he bad copied the terms OF his oh
from tie Act of 1850. If Il repealed the Missouri Com
promise now, why did Il not do i In 1850 Those
Abolition confederates had assembled slmewhere on
the Sabbath day and concocted this foul slanier
upon him and his associates of tho Committee AMI sent
forth 10 the people prejudice thom against the bill This
manifesto asserts falseho0d one way or the other IL
false in saying that the Missouri Compromise was not re-
peaed by the act Of $780, Is fslse In saying mat hn
bill repeats H. They must plead guilty to one iasehood
in order to sustain the other Dir. Masons amsndment
cited by the confederates did not bear tho contracou
placed on Il by the address As by the Nev mexeo
was cut or Mr.. MasOn's amendment was offered
with tho view of providing that Texas should
be entitled TO the number OF States win her re-
duced boundaries that she would be with her large ana
original That the whole object Of tho amend
ment Any other would be to sulfy The character aud
motive of its author. Such the legal effect and such
sent tho truth of the transaction could place any other
construction upon IL. He submitted 10 tho Senses
if he Lad not convicted these Abolition conisde
rates of suppressing the truth and hl.ifiny
misleading the public and to malgn his character Ia
his manifesto, IN speaking Of the repeal Of the Missouri
Coplromee by the OF 1850 the conlederates asked
Could presumption gofurther They ask this question In
the teeth of the fact that the words Of those act, say
that the people Of those Territories North or South Of ~
deg 30 min shall be admitted with or without Slavery
He would soy 10 them could presumption go further
Not only the presumption Of making tho assertion but III
pon Of supposng the fa!sshood would not be ex
posed Tbose confederates assert that The Compromise
Of 1880 confined to the territory acquired from MEX
co and this assertion they make in tho face of the fact
hst the creating the Territory Of New Mexico actually
embraces within its boundaries part Of the original STATE
Of Texas and bought from Texas by the United Sles
PORTION Of The old Territory Of Louisiana cedcd to the
United States by France WIS also included in tn present
organized Territory Of Now Mexico Utah ale, as o.
present orgar'zcd and bounded not formed entirely
out Of he territory acquired from Moxico /, included
large ard fertile tract OF country acquired in the ceson
Of Louana Ii tie Senator'S who signed this manfea,