The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-18


atorai career shows him be the Napoleon Vi this grand
m against the domestic institutions Of the South
the constitution and the Union. He has able mar<hals
this floor and of IT, besides many good drill sergeans,
Who like him, working with zeal worthy better
cause
Mr. President every knows that If wa are TO have
division Of parties by geographical lines, that the free
States now largely IN The ascendant. and always
be. Hence before God and ihis Senate de-
clare my solemn conviction that hs battle for the
of this Union be fought the
States of America The free States and Territories have
according the Of 1850, population Of 10 527
220 the slave States, 56a 656whch leaves ,hs slave
States in minority OF nearly four Millions g. o. 526)
In area free States and Territories Inc udng Nebraska
aud Kansas exceed the slave Sates 1885, 9 square miles,
the former containing 125, the latter Ss2 500 square
mes-thc free States and Territories thus doubling the
slave States territory. As matter now stands, the
excess of free over slave lerdory Is equal in 10
twenty four States of the size of New York.
For one neither give ask quarter Of ths intoleran
proscrplive, and bigoted abotonst Between him and
myself there is "a high wall and deep ditch" My rule
49, difficulties beset my path to inset them fairly and
without evasion. am, therefore, glad that oppor-
tuny presented Congress to give practical applca
ZION Of the principal OF nonnterventon. avow II here TO
the Senate, constituents and the country, that becve
the blessings which have been conferred upon
this nation people the additions which have cen
made It's DRY, although the institution Of slavery may
and does prevail over large portions of those acquisitions
Jeffeson's purchase of louisiana Notwithstanding the
scky sentimenay about slavery, Of the greatest
of those national blessings and strengthens instead OF
weakens the Union Our Pacific possessions teen with
day ana generation. | other and further acqus
tons have deep, heartfelt feeling and friendship for
those gallant and nooe counrymsn OF my own who are
ready risk fc fortune aud honor TO assist nations
struggling for liberty and Independence.
want Cuba; FIRST because would greatly increase our
national W, alh and strength; secondly, because the
hands of any who dare be enemy, would be
point whence the OF the Southwest and most OF
OF Northwest, could be assaled and annhiated
Cuba be fairly honorably Obtained
wish her Poop grooming under species Of tyranny
aud military despotism scarcely equaed in the mos barba
rous ages the world, G,d-speed in their evey effort to
Ia rsxe,,ss eubens and Paa.srs
them IN achieving their liberty and Independence
Thus do feel TOWARDS ay Of the Canadian or Mexican
progress people Inc Yunkees will CO. settle in and
with the people Of the coerminous States,
them fondness for railroads, Canals the writ of
ha5as corpus and The trial by jury Settle the prnci-
pie and let us fight up every where, that people
have the right mould and shape their local governments
and institutions Thcn When in process of tlme Canada,
the north, Sonora Chihuahua, Tamaulipas, the
SOUTH shall us, there will be in these
halls the question of slavery Let gentlemen speak
here eoqueny AZ they tell them that the people
and will govern Territories, and eventually this
continent. Wherever majority of them favor of
excluding slavery they will do 1t; if that majority other
wise, they will admit 1t in the faco of any law which Con-
gross may upon the subject. Why, sir the whole
country has been settled and occupied by pioneers
who did defiance of your marshas district attorneys
and Indian agents Every one knows that there are laws
which prohibit the positive settlements upon
the public domain within the Indian country The
from Wisconsin, my right, Mr.. DoDoE, has been vo
ator of that law throughout the greater portion Of his life
He has had these laws with the pocamaons Of the United
States officers read himself and neghbors when upon
the Indian country in Wisconsin than quarter of
century ago. commanding him and them 10 abandon the
settlements they had made He disegarded the mandate of
those officers, threw up stockade fort provided hise
and neghbors with several hundred guns and announced
that If the officers and soldiers of the regular army
to expel him, they could come and Try il.
Mr. CASS That was " squatter sovereignty"
Mr. DODGE. Yes; the senator from Michigan knows
through that country in his bark Apropos to this
slavery question from Wisconsin, Mr. DopoE
when emigraed from Missouri Wisconsin, than
quarter of century ugo, preferred take with him.
OF the ordinance of 1884, family Of negroes
rather than sell ITEM The senator from North Carolina
Mr. BApoER described in words Of living TRUTH that negro
woman whom was 10 call nanny, Leah was her
name She yet lives as do some three or four others
upon lands decided them by their former master, when he
would longer have their services | was raised with
them, and would gladly do anything in my power inn
prove elevate their condition but they have become the
nucleus of negro settlement in Iowa county Wisconsin,
which ldsposed persons Of their color
gregang and, although honest themselves, sinking
each day the scale Of civilization and intelligence. have
been besough, by persons in Missouri take charge
families Of negroes whom they wished to free and settle in
lows but would not frs because our laws forbid their
being brought Into that State and second because
unwilling To infic so great injury upon any community
as knew II would be
will tell my friend from Missouri MIR ATcHsos1 and his
constituents what, in my opinion, will be. IL will free
hundred Missouri Arkansas Negro Just
certain Kansas and Nebre ka in proxibity those
States. The of property where md upon
the point OF its loss. You find man, the Of
saves, ready TO dash IN among new community like that
which will people Kansas and Nebraska. There will be
aui c emigration Missouri and Arkansas these
Territories but in The will be Of that Of ciizens
who in needy circumstances and slaves There
may be few persons those States owning slaves who
VIII emgrae the proposed Territories, taking family
whom they attached nothing, however, but
spendd town site water privilege induce such 10 do
so. They will probably be taken, under arrangement
with their owners, given number OF years and
ceive their freedom; when, from the chespness Of land
blacks may become Of small racts upon which
they may enough cnrry themselves postery
Africa, where alone they live terms Of social
equality. Ii the etolItonists sincere they would be
the best friends OF this measure, IT'S effect viii prob
and their posery, who otherwise remain perpetual
bondage.
Mr. President, the senators from Massachusetts and
Texas, Mes,rs EvshErr and Housrosl for whom
have the profound respect in their speeches against
his BILL invoked all the sympahies that naturally felt
for the fate of that fast fading whose unbured
bones, In tho older portions Of republic, s people
daily walking yield TO in just and proper
appreciation Of the rights OF the aboriginal inhabitants of
this country But those rights think, amply guarded
II not invoke the ingenuity and experience Of that senator
who beet informed this sui ecl protect them and
pre- invonte the faith Of But further than
ths say Of this race, have esid Of the Ac an, Il
is the decree Of Almighty God that the Indian shall give
way 10 the Aiglossxon, and that hist philanthropy which
blubbers is slckly indeed. In onward
bu, pursuing the example set us by the Pig i'm
fath,rs. These pious and excellent cd gentlemen
resolved IL have cd Alright portion of thtir history