New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-21
xxxIID CONGRESS. 49,. FIRST SESSION.

Mr.. JOHNSON introduced bill TO establish three II
dian Territories west of Arkansas lie said the bill had
been prepared with great care and with view Of answer
inc the pepexing question to what to become OF
The Indians 1t proposed to give them kind Of govern
courage them TO become citizens Of the United States md
10 ultimately be admitted TO the right Of so government
The tribes and parts of II bes mentioned IN the bill were
the only this continent with whom the experiment
could be tried If it failed with them, would be total
| failure.
| M BENJAMIN reported bill making appropriations
hfor improving the mouths of the Mississippi aud asked
that il DO considered
| Mr. STUART objected lie wooM object to all sepa
rate bills for particular works III wanted general bin
for all proper River snd Harbor To net on sepa
rate would be to defeat them o and thus alb
den the whole system Of River aud Har1or improve
mens. II the House did not soon act general BILL lie
would insist upon the Senate taking up the mater.
| Mr.. BELL agreed with the Senator.
Motion not agreed to.
4 committee of conference was ordered on the biz for
le relief of the suffering troops Of the San Francisco
The Nebraska bill was then taken up.
Mr PETIT read dispatch announcing the arrival Of
the Baltic with the intelligence that n general war in
Europe was inevitable and thanked Providence that this
nation did share in the horrid catastrophe The day
without was gloomy and lowering and il might be sup
posed that the observations would partake something of
the character Of the elements but ho wGs not man OF
passion prejudice lie yielded to nothing but the stern
dictates Of duty and consequently hewoaher would have
duty toward the States collectively and individually, and
10 their people, and became him in dchargng that duty
TO consult the peace and harmony OF the whole nation and
do what was in bis power TO preserve perfect equality
not only of the States but of their people There but
one pTOyiso in the bill which seemed to meet with any Op
position and that the repeal OF the Missouri Com
promise. The other provision which gave to the people
OF the territories ul power 10 eesa'e on al suDects IN
Guiding Slavery, did nothing but what appeared to
him right and proper The provision ressryiug TO Congress-
power to revise and dsapprove the acts Of Territorial
legislation lie could not support and would at the proper
time to strike it out The Territories were the com
property, the common domain OF all the States and all
THEN people by equality of right and title Shall they he
given up the possession of the North the South 70 the
exclusion of one other Shall Congress say to the
North On flQrg and In lp AQIf g.
He hoped not Such act of injustice ho trusted would
not be perpotraed There would be gross injustice in ex
Gliding any of them There objection on the part
of any to giving the people of the Territories fan power
over the social and personal rights of the while men, and
yet there was an objection in some minds to giving them
any power over the more sacred rights OF the negroes
Who well able to judge of the wants and require
nents Of these people themselyes Certainly not Con
gers. To that this opposition the ground that
all ne eroes going to Territories might be free repo5
ferrous They could be free anywhere TIE history
Of the world had shown that no two races coud exist IN
one lard upon the terms Of equality and tnat one
must be subordinate. Ii declared nom on hig 10
Moses on Sinai when he ordered TO pat the canaan
ties 10 deSth. Nowhere in this country a" 'ne n9soys
live equality with the white race 1t was Inpossiole
that should be the The bill introduced This morn
ing to civilize the Indians that they might become
pat of people, would prove equally 1aIa
eous higher law than any act Of Congress hal
declared that the Indian race should give way to men
physically and mentally their superOrs For the Indians
there future Their fate OF extinction was sealed
and act Of man could prevent It, No t"o races could
exit hou being subscryient to the other When
Moses within sight OF the promised land ne TOOK
leave of bis people and yielded unto Joshua all his po8er
and all the inunctiOns upon HIM Joshua led the people
over the and there met by Of the petty
ches who asked that he and his people might be ncopo
rated into and become part of the chosen people Joshua,
who was not hard hearted man, forgetting the storm de
cree Of the Almighty that the ancient race was to De ex
terminated Yielded to their solicitations In less than one
year domestic broils and ieuds and hatred sprang up
and the wisdom of God manifested, and then Joshua
ras forced put them all to death by the sword notwth
standing lie had made a treaty with them The Indians
could not be civilized. The partridge could not oe maze
dung hill fowl the deer tanned or the buulo an OK 81
burden This act would not carry slavery mo INC 'e.tt
toes though the amendment at one time offered Dy tue
Senator from Kentucky, would have done so. S"voiT
could not exist by common law but o9uid uuo. o 80
law When territories conquered or parcheSeu INC
new soyereigns acquired all the power ana DOMINION osg
II that was possessed by the oginal sovereign lG Ou
laws continued until oh'aod oy new IN f
Louisiana was ecqurcd, the civil law was III force
there Congress in le.O repeated that cNu law
north of &C 80 by the prohibition OF slavery lIS
net would repeal that prohibHion' Dut would
not revye the civil law repealed by it in 1870 lt was
said that the Constitution carried slavery thefe Ou Ha
he aid moi believe The amendment OF the senator from
Kenucky not only repealed the Missouri prohibition bu'
renstated the civil law which recognized slavery Slaves
iqbt be taken there and held as long as the owners e0u
hen them but in his opinion there no existing law
(which authorized slaves to be held there II was iaVo
6e theme gentlemen to talk about the Decad on az
Independence and that by il all men were declared 10 DC
orn free and equal He did not believe that Jefferson
kyer used il in the broad sense now placed upon N NC
hold these truths to be self evident that I'll men are born
free and equal nothing more to him than seu'
Evident lie Nature cOntradcted 1t. The lGme bind de
Horned idioc, unac insane not his equals Inc
slaves at the South whose volume of brain was one hd
that of other men were not his equals. me nssroes IN
~ oo STATES or upon the burning sands Of Airca were
NO, his equals The sers Of Russia, who bowed ana
erinecd before the AutOcrat, and would WiGngy mex
ther masters spttle were not ms e4NSl'' II ooI"'
believed these be born free AID equal ne sPurned e
eousy There might sometimes be political egathy, ou.
bs, % created by law but there was no sucn thhg as
moral social or mental equality. No law could os'ao!S9
khis The higher law Of the Senator from New o5 coa
h., onman3 an equality in these things. Would senators
nlsce Themselves moral equality with the man WAC
NIGHTLY waowed in the gutter II they woNd ne "ouu
not Were al men upon 'na, Sooiai olu.il'f '. a..
orld ask them to their parlors and admit them 10 He
connsnx of their wives and daughters Il not then where
was the social equality some man s" no Woul. Il.
wes not on an equality with those VINO were l'tcN,r
hing of catechsms and creeds of which he knew
"a; lie admitted he not the equal OF th0se mon
,IJe mako what all knew ana lelt II tnty hAu ulo
yoprage 10 say So When he SAID tha al men were ho
born iree and equal and that there Is no sum mug a
Fsorbade IL La His theOcracy lie crtaen MS
Iqipces priests and subordinates ana ho sPoso nl.-
Ing hut the recorded VIII OF God "lth ne N-'i~lci
k men were not created equal Inc IAN 'o' tL
u,l 40 eIoouently by the Senator from texas over o
hard fate OF the poor Indians, fell upon ms car Is o
WORDS, because the tribes o. Mh'eh No - -,
been removed from their Oh homes anA Nv ~ b.,
Minated in this TerritorY NJ all and therefore no' 20
lie saw no violation of phgh1ed I.i' ID 90
bill The Indians had homes given - tn.l u =. .-,
change for other lands This bill proposed 'I'1 .
desired il, the Government should gI'e ueu a, ,e
for their lands. Ii nc sold farm 10 ono man,
years after went 10 that man and told MN INA. no 49,
resell it he would give him fair price fo 10 ne "2nu
consider himself disturbing the possession or Ia "
impeaching bis own wa anty 1eSi' u! =
pressing willingness to repurchase If the ot1oE P.y
would sell He denied the accuracy Of the interpret non
placed by Mr. Everett on Oh, words Of M webster ".sn
be said there not foot Of territory belonging 70 no
niled States, whose character rgarded freedom %
SLAYER was not liked by rrepo6lab'o law AZ mean
nc Ly irrepeaabe law the Missouri proh0ion nor hll
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