Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-02-25
Nebraska Meeting.


number Of the citizens of Mansfield sns
vicinity assembled ct the Court House
on the evening Of Friday, Feb. IL, 1854
On motion, Gen. Robert Benlly wal
called 10 the chair.
, On motion, Isaac Fair and Isaac He'd
rick were appointed Vice Presidents ant
Andrew Poe and Roeliff Brinkerhoff
Secretaries.
On motion a committee Of nine wert
appointed TO adopt resolutions consisting
Hon. s. J. Kirkwood, Joel Myers, JohT
Y. Glessner, r. e. Smith, F. F. M,chell
John WIler. II. r. Smith, q. F. Mitch
ell. Geo. w. Geddes.
During the absence of the Committee
the meeting was addressed BY the Hon.
JACOB BIinkerhof.
Mr.. Kmkwood. as chairman Of the
Committee, reported the following pream.
bic and resolutions:
| Whereas,.a bill for he organization oI
a territorial Government in the new Ter
rilory of Nebraska is now pending in
Congress which provides, among other
things, for the repeal of that part of the
Missouri Compromise actso called, which
prohibits slavery north of 80 deg. 80 min.
north latitude in the territory purchased
from France; and whereas, the proposed
new Territory Of Nebraska is part of the
Territory so purchased from France, and
is wholly north of 80 deg. 30 min. north
la altitude; and consequently by 'lIe provis.
ions of the Missouri Compromise act, de-
clared by law to be free territory: and,
whereas; this is measure which has not
yet received the attention and considera-
ton of the people, and touching which
the Congress now assembled have not The
means Of knowing the public will. There
fore,
Resolved, That the history of the Mis-
souri, Compromise is this: We acquired by
purchase from France, during the Presi-
dency of Thomas Jefferson, an extension
territory west OF the Missouri River,
known as Louisiana purchase. In 1918,
the inhabitants Of so much Of that terri
tory as compose the State of Missouri,
had framed for themselves a State Con-
stitution, and applied for the admission of
the State Of Missouri into the Union.-
The Constitution of the proposed new
State recognised and adopted slavery with.
in its limits. The member Of Congress
from the free states and the people from
the north, opposed the admission of the
new State, unless slavery was prohibi ed
therein; and the men. bers of Congress
from the slave state and the people of the
south insisted upon the admission with
her Constitution as it then stood. An an
gry and violent sectional controversy
,hereupon arose, which certainly tended
10 impair those cordial and kindly feelings
which ever should exist among our people
and which in the opinion of many wise
and good men. even threatened the perma-
nency OF he Union.
TO allay the excitement, 10 restore
harmony, peace, and good will among
our people, and settle forever This excit.
ing and dangerous controversy, the Mis-
souri, Compromise act was passed, admit
ting as the south demanded, Missouri, with
her Constitution allowing slavery, and
providing as to the remaining territory Of
- I-~:-:-.-~ PURCHASE as IulIuWS:
"SEc. 8. Be 1t further enacted, that
in all the territory ceded by France to The
United States, under the name Of Louis.
lana, which lies north of SO deg. 80 min.
of north latitude. not within the limits of
the state contemplated by this act, slav.
cry and involuntary serritude, otherwise
than as punishment of crimes, of which
the party shall have been duly convicted,
shall be foreve, prohibited"
The act containing this clause passed
both houses. and was submitted to Presi-
dent Monroe for approval. President
Monroe submitted it to his Cabinet, COM
posed of John Quincy Adams, John c.
Calhoun, VIM: II. Crawford, and VIM.
Writ, and by the advice of his cabinet
approved the act, and it became a law !;
since its enactment this law has received
the sanction and approval of different
Presidents and Congresses. The ac, Or.
ganizing erritorial government for Ore.
gon (which is part Of the Louisiana pur.
chase contains the section Of the Mis-.
souri, Compromise prohibiting slavery, and
was approved by President Polk, and the
join. resolutions for the annexation of
Texaa also contained the same prohibi-
.ion as to nil that part Of Texas lying
north Of 36 deg, 80 min. north latitude.
! The passage of the Missouri Compromise
&C. quoted the excitement and allayed
the strife then existing, and has been ev-
er since acquiesced in by oil sections Of
the country as compac! for peace, qui-
etness and good will.
Resolved, That the slavery agitation
again arose upon the organization Of ter
ritoral governments for the territories ac-
quired from Mexico, and was again al
layed by the Compromise act of 1850.
Resolved, That we regard the Missou-
ri Compromise act. and the Compromise
acts of 1850, as entirely distinct and in
dependent measures, arising upon distinct
and separate questions, and based upon
different and distinct considerations, that
we SO regarded them, and that they were
so generally regarded at the time of the
adoption of the Compromise acts of
1850, and that therefore we cannot admit,
but deny that the provisions Of the Mis-.
souri, Compromise act, were in any way
changed or modified by the Compr omise
act of 1850.