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ties their respective shares OF free sol aud
s'pyc soil &C ordnr TO She articles ut unnexl-
uun Of The Repuh &c OF reNas.- Again. there
were alleged TO be five open. bleeding wounds
IN the Federal system, and no more, which
needed surgery, and to which the Cympro misc
Of l,5O Wa. TO be a caiapllsm Veal know
what they were: California without a Cunstl-
tstiun; New Mexico IN he grasp vi mlil,niy
powers ltth NEGLECTED; the Disrct OF o.
uinLid dsh5uotcd; aud the rendition OF iuri-
UFt3 deUted. Nebraska was not even thought
Of N lhls catalogue Of national lie. And now,
SIR, dii the y isiyllie Convention of secesslun.
s,s understand trt besides the enumerated .
bOpHS offered 10 ia" si.vr holding ) ltcs, they |
were 30 have nlsJ the uo.iteratiun OF the Miss.
our COMPROMISE lin" oi lcbO? II they did, |
why dil they rrlrct nnd scorn and scout ut the /
Compromise of II J? DAD Tie Legislatures /
and public ussemb les oi.tle non .uvchD,dinL /
States, who made YOUR Table grotn with th.lr
"reminiscences fnI"rstand that Nebraska wus
an additional wound to be healed by the Corn .
ptonse Of 1851? If they did, why did they
ONT 10 demonstrate against the healing Ut TIA Il |
too rs well Of the other five by the catapasm
the application of winch they resisted 50 long
ad nit that these are only negative proofs.
although tIay are prennlnt with conviction.-
But here IS one winch IL not only affirmative
but po.itive, und uot more positive than CON
elusive:
In the fifth section of thr Texas Boundary
lilli, one of the acts constituting the tDmpru-
misc Of 1880 are these words:
"P5,urisi, That othing herein contained shall be
construed to impair orpdliy anything contained in
the third article of the second section of the joint
resolution for anneNing Texas to the United States,
approved March /, ls45, either a. regards the num-
Der Of states that may hereafter be formed cut OF the
state of Texas or otherwise"
" hat was that third article of the second
section Of the joint resolution for annexing
TnXls: Here 1t is:
''Ncw states, of convenient size, not exceeding
four in number, in addition to said State OF Texas.
having sufficient population, may hereafter, by tnc
consent of said State, be formed out of the territory
/ thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under
] the provisions of the Federal Constitution. And
such states may be formed out of that portion of
said territory lying south of 80 deg. 80 min. north
/ latitude, commonly known as the Missouri Compro-
mise line shall he admitted into the Union with
without Slavery, the people of each state asking
admission may desire And in such state or States
shall be formed out of said territory north of said
Missouri Compromise line, slavery or involuntary
servtude Except for crline) shall be prohibited
Fms article saved the Compromise of lelO,
IN express terms. overcoming any implication
| OF It's abrogatIun, which might. by accident or
other" ise, have crcpt into the Compromise of
l-jO aud any differences to that effect, that
might be drawn from any such circumstances
as that OF drawing the boundary line OF Utah
so as to trcspass ON the Territory of Nebraska.
dwclt upon by the Senator from Illinois.
Thus much for the report and the bills of tile
Committee, and for the position of the parties
in this debate. A measure so bold, SO unlock
ed for, so startling, and yet 81 pregnant as this
should have some plea of necessity. Is there
any such necessity: On the contrary 1t is not
necessary now, even If it be altogether wise, to
establish Territorial Governments in Nebraska.
No less than eighteen tribes of Indians occupy
that vast track, fourteen of winch, am inform
| cd. have been removed there by our own act,
and invested with fee supple 10 enjoy Sc
cure aud perpetual home, safe from the lntuI-
sion and annoyance, aud even the presence OF
the white man, and under the palerna care OF
the Government, and with the instruction OF It's
tnachorS and mechanics, to acquire the arts OF
civilization, and the habits of social HE.
will not say tins was done to prevent that terri
tory, because denied to Slavery from being oc-
cuplcd by free white men, and cultivated By
free white labor but will say, that this re-
moya of the Indians there under such guaran.
= tees has had that effect The territory can
;, not 70 occupied now, any mnre than hereto
fore by savages and white men, with or with
L ont slaves. together. Our experience and on
Indian policy alike remove all dispute from th
: point. Either these preserved ranges mus
h s'l renaln to the Indians hereafter or the In
: duns, whatever temporary resistance agnns
= removal they may make, must retire.
1t is allrdged. that the non-sayehollin,
. States have forfeited their rights in Nebraska
II under the Missouri Compromise, by fir
,. breaking that Compromise themselves Tin
n argument is, that the Missouri Cumlromis
line of 80 deg SO min in t he region acquire
: from France, although corresponding to tina
, region which .yaS our " cStrrnmost possession
+ was, nevertheless. understood n intended t.
: be prospcctiycly applied also to the tcrritor
h reaching thence westward to the Pacific Ocean
}, which we should afterwards acquire from
y, Mexico" and that when afterwards, hayin
g acquired thcS, Territories, including Callur
II MIA, New Mexico and tab, we were engage
-. in lS4N in extending Governments over them
y the free States refused to extend that line o
- II proposition to that effect made by the hon
D.. CRADLE senator from Illinois.
y 1t need only be- stated, in rctutution of thi
/ argument, that the Missouri Compromise law
4 like any other statute, was limited, by tn
# extent OF the subject of which it treated. -
This subject was the Territory of Louisiana
- acquired from France, whether the same wcr
= more or less, then in our lawful and pcacc;l
4 hlr possession. The length of the line of b
- deg. 80 min. established by the Missouri
:, Compromise, was the distance between tn
~ parallels OF longitude which were the border
Il OF that possession. Young Amcrica-l meal
= aggrandiAlng, cunqucring Amcrici-had no
/ Yet been born nor was the statesman thel
=, III being, who dreamed that, within thirt
:. years Afterwards, we should have pushed GU
a adventurous way not only across the Rock
n Mountains, but also across the Snowy Noun
r tlinS. Nor did any one then imagine, tina
even if We should have done 50 within the I've
=, Rod have named, we were then prospective
~, " carving up and dividing not only tn
IA lut thu, \l,.N Al,
l. the Pacific coast, between Freedom and Slave
l. ~. II such "A Proposition had been mad,
>, then, and persisted in, We know enough of tn
~ temper OF $50 to know this, viz tnat Mis-
q souri, and Arkansas would have stood outsld
, of the Mon until even this portentous day
,t | come now to the chief ground Of the de-
:, fence of this eXtraorlinnry measure, which is
that it ahuliShes geographical line of di,i-
!, ion between the proper fields of free labor am
- slave Labor, and refers th" claim between then
~ t. the people OF the Territories. Even il thi
: great cnunge Of policy was actually wise an,
ii necessary, have shown that it is not ncccs
D sary II make it now, in regard to the Terri
!. tory of Nebraska. II it would be Just else
where, It would he unjust in regard to y,
ii brlska, simply because, for ample and ude
OF quatc equivalents, fully received, You hay
e" contracted in effect not to abolish that lin
Ia there.
4 Sir, 10 not like, more than others, gee
graphical line hetwecn Freedom and Slavery
iut ills because would have, If it were pc,
If siblr, all our territory free, Since that can
AT not he, II linr of division is Indispensable
OF and any line is u geographical line.
ct Ihe honorable and very acute senator iroI
e- North Carolina, Mr.. Badger, has woord II
y most pcrsua,iycly To- waive our own obie,
'' ti,ns to the new principle, Us it is called, ,
nnn-intcrvcntion, by assuring us that tn
y slave holder can ON ) use slave labor whcr
the soils and climate favor the culture Of II
'- bacco. cotton, rice and sugar None OF then
ind thrar congrniil soils and climates at tn
A. 1 In, Ia.