The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-27
CITY OF WAsHINGTgN, TUESDAY MORNING JUNE a. 1854.

contract and secondly consideration which makes II
nudh pdcfu0 and therefore void II otherwise would be
valid But say the North il necessary make this
contract and but for Missouri would have been refused
admission into this Union Sir when the North refused
the admission Of Missouri without restriction they know
they violated the constitution Of this government The
national constitution says "the United States shall guar
any to every State in the Union republican form of gov
ernment When then any territorial district belonging
to this government presents to Congress State eosa-
ton contaninga republican form of government with
proof of sufficient population we can do but thing
and that s admit her OF the sstcrhood of the States
Of this glorious contederacy
Ans q sy u place up p0n ns floor that the BE- re-
srctions and unshaced by conditions was in my judg
mcnt not only unconstitutional but the fellest outrage
sovereign State Sir nobody now contends that State
has to buy her way into this Union. She may admit or
exclude slavery i part Of her sovereign right form
her domestic institutions she peases II her form gov
ernnent Is republican Sir there storm in Congress
in 1920 and 1921 when federal constituted vo-
lated and Missouri refused admission But let tell you
would not do for such outrage to be repeated fear
IL would dissolve this Union Sir poinng the ladies'
galloy) do you that gallery which daily bushes with
the roses OF beauty spakcs with the eye of intellect and
rradated with the smiles Of snless innocence let such
another outrage be perperated and "owis may nestle
there and the lapwns may yet light upon the beak Of
and forth the requiem Of Union dissolved and
liberties gone forever yea Kissing scrpcnts may twinc
themselves around the strong pillars q this Capitol for
Mr. Chairman this Union the boon Of our revolutionary
fathers the price Of much blood and toll and treasure Is
constitution and II it be violated by invading the soyer
eighty Of the States, the Union will be endangered
II Is admitted by all parties few crazy abolition
lists, that State has right To form whatever domestic
government she peases and II her constitution be repub
lcan she entitled to admission into the Union Let this
be denied and government will fear, 90 down. amid
the hses curses and execraons Of outraged and nf-
rated populace But suppose the North and the South
could make valid contract Did the North agree to
what is called the Missouri resction3 II Is true when the
North violated the constitution by refusing the State Of Mis-
admission into the Union when the
OF the Capitol with republican constitution in her hands
the South or large portion thereof forced they
thought to consent to the restriction get Missouri into
the Union at ALI and they did consent to It, But after
the insertion Of the restriction upon vote to admit Mis-
mission. suppose the North subscribe to the doctrine
that in republic majority rules if when the rcstfic
to agree to what they call consecated and nvioate
contract sat rs s.sss es.s 0..
now wish show you that il the North considered the
Missouri restriction contract they have rcpudiaed
each chance they have had to do since its passage BY
the treaty which put end to the Mexican war we nc
quircd very large tract of country from Mexico About
one million six hundred thousand square miles Of said ter
ritory, by adding Oregon lies north of 80 deg 80 min
north latitude and only about two hundred and seventy or
eighty Thousand square miles south of SO deg 80 min.
north latitude.
In ls4s very angry discussion arose the Senate as
well as in this House. to the disposition Of said territory
and in the midst of avery discussion Senator Clay
ton proposed that committee be appointed TO investigate
the subject of forming territorial governments for Oregon
New Mexico and Caiiforna. The senator's motion was
ate OF which four from the North aud four from the
South and four wings and four dcmocrats so
that no section and no party had any advantage This
committee met in its committee room, and proposition
Immediately made by southern senator to run the
Missouri nehat is the line OF 30 deg 30 min. north lat
itudeo the Pacific For this proposition the four
southern senators voted while the four northern senator's
voted against it. We informed by the chairman of
that committee Senaor CLAYTON that the southern
tors Mr. Calhoun being of them mpored and con-
ured the northern senator's to the Missouri line tho
Pacific, of calming the agitation and excitement
which seemed to rage in Congress upon the subject but
the northern senator's resolved and bent upon fastening
the Wimot provso upon all lyacgurcd territory
were deaf TO southern opportunities. Thus, you the
South up the Missouri line and begged the North
il to the beach of the Pacific and the North fatty
refused TO do This line, consecraed in north
ern estimation, then odioss that il hssed at by
the North.
This committee of eight the Senate failing to establish
the Missouri line, the proposition made to organize
territorial governments for New Mexico California &c and
TO establish in said Territories legislative councils but
with power to egisate the subject of slavery and
II was provided that in all involving personal free
dom an appeal might be taken from the decision OF tho ter
rtoria judges to the Supreme Court On this proposition
the committee agreed reported bin to the Senate and il
passed that body the South nearly all voting for IL II
came TO this House and the North voted IL down. The
South said 20 the North viii the Missouri line to the
Pacific The North said, will let you do IT,
The South aid then believe that the public domain Is
the common property OF US ALL and willing 60 to
II with our slaves let them out their wrifs of hdbeas
corpus and have the question tested by the erudte
the purest and most intellectual judicial tribunal in this
any ohef country And the North as good as said,
afraid OF the question by voting down the proposition
Thus you see, the North backed from the Missouri re-
strcton also from the proposition let sworn and
honest tribunal OF lawyers settle the slavery question
But this is not all After the Clayton compromise las IL
caed) voted down, this House passed bin or
ganzinp territorial government for Oregon with the
Wilmot proviso Whilst the under discussion
in the Senate the senator from Illinois Mr. DoUoLAs pro-
posed the following amendment
That line OF 30 OF north latitude known as the
Missouri Compromise line defined by the eighth section of
act entitled An act TO authorize the people Of the Mis-
souri, Territory to form constitution and State
equal footing with the original States and 10 prohibit sa
certain Territories approved March g. le be- and
the is hereby, declared 10 extend the Pacific
aud the said eighth secon together with the compromse
force and binding for the future organization OF the Terrific
rcs OF the United States In the and with the
understanding with which II originally adopted"
This amendment passed the Senate by majority Of two
although every southern senator present at the time
voted for H. II back this House and like the
Clayton compromise defeated by northern votes Ore
all north of the Missouri line but the North voted
against IL because Of their hostility any recognition OF
the Missouri line We have offered the North the Missouri
Compromise limo and they have declined it. We have Of
cred submit the decision OF the Supreme Court OF the
government and they have declined the offer. Aud now
offer To submit the question to the inhabitants OF tho
Territories themselves and let them decide for thesel
this vexed question Of slavery Here where the compo
mise of 1860 placed IL In the Territories orgnn
zed by those measures and propose TO carry the
same principle enactng substitute now under consd
eraon And who has better right settle this question
than the hardy pioneer who subducs the wilderness and
changes the forest into cultivated fields who substitutes the
neigh Of the horse and the bleatnR and lowing Of the
herds for the howl Of the wolf the Of the panther