The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-17
wHIRTY-THIisD CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.

eight O'Clock this evening.
wHIRTY-TEiIKD CONGRESS-.
FIRST SESSION.
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Fsb. l6, 1854
TIE sES1IrnI DEBArrs IN SENATE
The CAR presented letter from the publishers of the
re Offering to take the contract for rep r.iDg tn,
Senate proceedings and Debates 10 place of the proprs
tors OF the Union who have given up their contract
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Mr. HAxIN, (dsm) OF Me-, presented = report made BY
n Alexandra vAttsmsre the subjsc. Of international
standard Of weights and measures which referred
the Library Committee
rmIloE AGAINST THE RHPBAI or THE MISSOURI ccMeRoMlsI
Mr. CHASE (fres so OF Ohio presented the petition OF
1900 elissns OF Hamilton comfy, Ohio, against the
peal of the Missouri compromise. Also similar memo
rails from other parts OF Ohio
PASSED.
The bill to lay eff the town OF C3uEcil Bluffs Ia Iowa
The bill making Brunswick, Ga, port of entry
also passS e ~. piv =, s vs,s ,.,o,
from Leis and sta against the repeal OF the
Missouri compromise.
The Senate then took mp
TIN NEBRASKA B1L
Its proper TO remark that the toll eing Is correct
OF the amendment adopted yesterday BY vote Of
IS to 10 Strike out words the OF
tenth section:-"Which w,s superseded by the prnc
pies OF legislation OF 1860 commonly called the
promise me asures ana hereby declared psratve"
and inert he fo.lo~rg in li'u thsreof:-"Which bel
inconsistent with the ptin'ip OF nj Intervention BY
cognEsd by the lsgslacn of 1850 commonly called the
compromise hereby oecar, psrative and
void being the true intent and meaning of this act not
legislse slavery into territory State TO
GLADE thereroni bat to leave the peops thereof per
ecy free TO 70 and regulate their domestic institu
their way suoi.c. only TO the constitution
OF the United Ates"
Mr. BApGxR (,hg) Of C having the hoor to day,
rose said he hAo srsDg ard perase objections to
that part the substu,e as II reported b the ssna
tor from Illinois which rtss,d to the Indians because
did not provide eec:u.y FOR he maintenance Of the
psht.d faith of the matt sish respect to those tribes
wh.h had been Induced TO so west OF the
Mississippi with the solemn guaranty that they
should never be di,turhed in the quiet possession
o. iher homes. Had the bill remsiusd in the
si.pe in which II when reported earthly power
could have induced him TO ves for II But sfrcs then
the amendments made by the Committee on Indian Az
fairs had changed the features OF ,bese provisions and
ne satisfied that ell reasonable precautions had
taken that could be taken TO prevent any deprvA
ton OF Indian rights In the bill Nov give the Indians
the free will to choose whether to remain negotiate
they pleased The scarcity Of population had also
appeared to him obston TO orgspiz these Ter
ritorss but upon reflection and in view et the
binary annual emig ration from Europe that objscion
short period II said by the opponents o. this bill
that IL to repeal the Missouri mpromise tina. the
Missouri compromises vas solemn compact e't~esn the
different parts Of the Union and voae II would be
bre,ch Of faith. he though. he could show that the
Missouri eompromss had b-en formally repudiatsi in
principle and effect sod that the declaration that II was
void ard imperative perfectly correct, and o,gh
be made. The Missouri ceDpromiss was TO be
found in the last section Of tho aat authorizpg
the peo is OF Missouri form their State government
and declaring that upon her presenting her constitution
she ss ~ .S. s,S s II 90 @
permitting II south OF :n.t line Toe SENATOR from Con
nectcut bad ARGUED this prohibition M applicable TO the
territorial organization alone not 20 the states formed
cut Of them. He thought differently. He could no!
help bel ewing thai the trainers q that c,mpromiss
fully Intended that the prohibition should be forever
ghout all the territory OF the United Safes north
OF SO 80 whether Included within territorial or State
organization Is authors did not stop here, They In
tended that the prohibition on one site OF that line
and the implied permission on the other should apply
70 all the territory OF the United Safes thsn aud for
1t intended . settlement, to apply to all
territory then owned. thereafter 10 be ovned by the
United States That this the manifest intention Of
line evident from the Texas resolutions Texas
was no part Of the louisiana session. yet upon her
pexAton the Missouri line taken up ~ matter OF
courfs and through Texas eIclacing slavery north
United States any territory other than that OF the
osssion OF Louisiana the line OF 50 80 wud have bsen
applied te the whole Of H. No enc pretended at
any act OF Congress prohibiting intro ucns slew
ao State, or declaring in advance o: sA.e orsani
zson that slavery should not be allowed in such stats,
would be any thing than vain idle and iaopsr.
alive Bat the men OF 1920 thought different
whether under Territorial or STATE organizations and II
bos equally clear that the les,tion OF 1850 was based
upon the principle OF Congregational iatervensoa and
OF the people o. Territories IL would have 70
be admitted that the Missouri con- promise wholly
nconss With the pr neipes Of the legislation OF 1850
in sitting them 70 - he result 9. ,hs 10
consistency that the prp pIe which the Missouri
act predieAted vas wholly repudated by the
OF 1850, and being 20, ought 70 be declared vol 4
and imperative. The South had neye, asked nor
Missouri line and during lAs and 1850 II was per
emptorily refused II vas absurd therefore Mr.
Smits 10 stand BY oompr omse the recognition OF which
had beer refused and the inope, OF whish had
repudated by solemn legislation within year after
Its adoption the Missouri compromise VAS oisreg,rde3;
by was agreed that upon forming the State oopst
ton hssouri should bs admitted into the L sim Her
Admission part Of the bsrg,n Upon her preventing
her Constitution In torn admitted 70 be republican the
enAe passed bill for her admission That bill
~ the eoufe the ground that che had provided
an ner constitution against the immigration OF free
nesvss 20 ner limits Al that very time similar liv
w. IN loroe IN h0fAehusets Tits excuse however
wn hoient for Northern representatives to refuss
aomshon' finally IN act passed, the ike OF
WHOM, ne V-ntaIed 70 kuert could not be found
IN tne 'es.hson OF Any nation OF the world II
Providsd mat the Lsgisis,ure o. Missouri should
never pas law, undef the authority n, b., son
situation, which would be 10 corhe, ri,h ,hs .,as,i
tuition Of the United Stsies he then re,syrss 20 ~.
proceedings the OsesC bill in s4s and the com
mise acts Of 1880 showing that throughout the ,bois
south had uniedy proposed sustAined voted Tor ,,s
fused. II was somewhat remarkable that the senator
from Ohio Who bad spoken ferventy OF the holiness
Of the Missouri compromise did during lsto vote against
every proposition TO recognise that line. He Vas re.
minded BY this fact OF Bishop OF London, who once
wrote poem tae horrors Of war; In which, WITH great
beauty and power was shown the utter ireconeileaely
OF var with ths doctrines Of Christianity Soms time
otter this SANG bshop made . flaming speech In the
Bouss CT Lords In favor OF some Europsan Upon
being reminded Of the difference between the doctrns
% bs speech and his psem. he answered: my poem
sN not Wilton Tor thh vG.n 50 u must b with ~