The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-28

Str the gentleman from Geogsa, Mr. SrEFHEAsrj and
others have traced lhs compromises through Our irxsia
tive hsiory-they have shown how often u sss iep0dis
ted and repudsted by the North and do moi propose &c
20 the ground bat il falls within the hnc o
my thoughts TO fx your aiienton ON period when thf
Missouri Compromise ratified and that occasion "a
the more important because II Carried the Compromise
beyond The territory acquired iron France. and us
leaves excuse Tor denying that WAS intended TO be
rule OF general application efsI to 'be oint resoiu.
fon OF s45 or the annexation OF Texas which contains
the following provision;
N4w STATES Of convenient size, sxcesding iour
number ia addition to the aid State OF Texas and having
sints, be o,ned o the terrisor hereof which saa
be entitled admission ueder The provisions q The iedera
that pesrioD Of said eitory lying south q 81 deg ~ min
north a,isude eommealy known lhs Com Pre-
oa sss - s psars & g each s,s asking . sam.s10n Y
ID u o, na, u ssa M
shall be prohibited"
Here the Missouri Compromise was distinctly applied
10 territory clearly outside OF the specific boundaries Of
the act Of 1920 and is say that Texas
was part OF the LOUISIANA puIchasehrs because this
was matter OF dispute and Of conflicting elaine with
Spain and next, because 1919 exchanged Spain
our claim 10 Texas or Florida, by which Texas became
foreign leroy, and relieved from the constitution and
came as free from The operation OF the Missouri Compro-
mise Utah, New Mexico, on The British islands. II
follows that in extending that compromise the portion
Of Texas lying north OF SO deg 30 min, the Congress
that occasion recognised il rule upon the question OF
slavery basis OF settlement, 10 be applied well to
new territory 10 that acquired from France. Ii will
be Remembered that the whole OF Texas was saVehod-
ing territory and the eIsc 0i the resolution max
large part of free But this aEsenied 10 by the
South and ask the fair minded representatives oil
the people if the Missouri Compromise that j:
should be recognised and extended when the South
70 be excluded aud rtpndisied when i might wok 10
her advantage
This practical construction OF the Missouri line obliged
The North. BY every obligation Of honor and good iah
10 carry through all territory afterwards acquired. il
any virtue al all was 10 be conceded 10 that oompro-
mise
But while the line was extended as ong az il work ed
out free soil territory. gnosed and lrampled under
loot The moment the fair application OF might have re-
suited 10 The benefit OF both sections Witness the esa,
IN ls4s, gentlemen who talk OF '.plighied faith
We had acquired from Mexico large lerriiory lying on
bh sides OF The ne OF So deg 80 min. Three years be-
FORE the line had been exendad through Texas by which
large slayehodng territory had been made free sol
and yet when, in lssS, motion o The distinguished
senator IRON Illinois. MIR DoUGlAsl resoiuioa passed
The Senate TO exlsnd the Missouri COMPROMISE line
through The recently acquired Territory, II rejected
N this House by the united northern against the united
soaihtrn vote
SI, how can an honest man get over these facts I
How. in The face OF them. homes. charge the
fresds OF this b with disregard OF pghied isl and
solemn compacis 7" need not detail TO the
occasions, often referred in This debate when the
Missouri line offered BY be South, during the great
struggle which ended 10 The Compromise OF $780, and
rejected by tbs North. II enough say thai the
record Of those transactions VIII preserve for history the
fact that The Missouri Compromise line OF 30 deg 80
steadily rsp0disied BY northern votes basis for
tue settlement Of The slavery controversy. Why was
this. s4rf
The reason IS obvious Toe ants-slsyery feeling a;
ihis ruled the councils OF the Norih, ana according
lett The ground of compromise, and planted herself
ibe ground Of She rejected The principle OF dvis
ion GloryIng N her strength, she fo
oberaie geographical lines, and 10 appropriate her
self The whole OF the territory acquired from Mexico Her
raliying cry was ne longer The Missouri Comprorse
ne,n bot The aiiDoi psoyiso" Old things had passed
away old Bargains rejected, and the question took
a new form
The ISSUE made up as and ii went back o all divis
and paicbed-uP settlements, aud 10 The very bottom
OF the fubec,) shall slavery be prohibited in all the Ter
rioes ol tie United States By Of Congress- or sha
il be left 10 The people who inbat them subject only ID
the federal constitution and fhis fought The great
battle OF 1850 The slsveholdng States SAID; We have
exhausted every scheme al adjustment have osered
The old line; conempiuousy refused you clam all
very well, then, unite with you burying the ast
accegt the broad OF Intervention
vsnlOn dtnant that all ihs citizens OF the Uniied
States be allowed 10 sbier the common territory with
toe constitution alone ~ their hands II lba' instrument
protects the tile OF be 10 his slave this
territory you cannot complain; ard II does not
pTolesi BIS ue, We ask no help iron Congress; and
the relations Of the constitution lbe subject
willing 10 have decided by he courts ~ bt Unned States
We do net AK Congess 10 Interfere Tor as aud will
ressi al iteissiive interference against
The whole county saw that here great struggle
ui opposing principles and the excitement pfCpof.
On the magnitude 81 The question II the result hsd
depended on purely sectional vote, the . WiiuOi pro
North. under he lead 81 bs distinguished senator lIom
Mchigsn Mr. CAss] and olhsrs, repvdIasd the apro.
vlso." Governments formed for New Mexico and
Utah without that odiops restriction, leaving them free
10 iufm their Institutions and enter the Union
with without slavery. Their constitutions shosd pre-
scribe.
Nothing his discussion has surprised me more than
the assertion " respectable quarters that the provisions
tosehirg slavery The New Mexico and Uah bills were
not inisnded 70 establish any principle ior he future
ton OF Congress BpUR thai 81 lec cannot bBi regard
tbs narrow and unss slesmanltke view Such was
no, the sense IN which that great ComVromise &c
ceJ9ed by the American people. They Vel knew sl il
dd abolish slavery they knew, TOO. that past trriio
res within The URion 10 he settled and that
It'll reg ous he acquired the progress OF
Inevitable expansion A. 70 all these, The question
oI slavery they knew, would pFesen isei each
cessiEe siep in The extension u Ameuczn Institutions
aud laws II TIE rciIlemrni ui 1850 boz 80 ordl-
nary act Of egfslSuob ard contained pTinclgle ui
agreement 81 broader apgcsioa than the STRIPS Oh ter.
riory embraced IN those laws Tor what had tbe Union
been shaken 10 IL centre To what end had our mos,
eminent statesmen dBvoied lAeir hignes eaorts' What
has been gaiLed-s lasting peacei No, SIR: but. by
this view. cHy dtceiiiul truce: = suspension Of
hostililiss ihe suppression uf symptom. not The
eradication Oi lie Il makes this compTom
anal msfnehi, principle 0i The dsFaciing sob
ieci of slavery, bni uelasioh expcdieai caich
humbug 1 brings a down 10 The isvel oi a mere emgo
rary legislative couirivsnce leaves great auih0Fs
sGFn OF the fhe world suppose il n confer and
reduces ihem the condition 81 political iobbers
Bot, By The ether construction. Il was, indeed, fEal
seulemenr'-a settlement which makes ils saihofs i'm
mortal which removes from The federal theatre tbe only
quesinn thsl can tsiufs domestic ilanquiiy and
leaves Congress ihe g.gfe nothing y 90 cOnnsKon
with u. except 70 sppl tie established principle a. tie
oecAsious arise NJ. SIR whatever some gentlemen
may nov. tbs people were not gai,y Of be foly