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did, impair and OSerrcacll Tho compromise
of 1920. And further he SAYS.

Ibid, impair and overrcach Tho compromise
Iof 1920. Aud fudher he says:
Sir, il il was no, irrevereni, would dare
10 call up the author Of both Of The compro.
misses in question, from his honored though
scarcely grass-covered grave, md challenge
any advocate of this measure 10 confront
that imperious shade and say tina, in max.
ing The compromise OF 1850, he intended
or dreamed that he was suhveriing, or pro.
pairing The way for subversion, of his
greater work of 1920. Sir, il that eagle
spirit is yei lingering here over The scenes
oil his mortal labors, and watching over the
welfare of the republic he loved go well,
his heart is now moved with more than hu.
man Indignation agains, those who are per.
veriing his last great public nc, from lis le-
climate use, not merely 10 subveri the col.
umn, but TO wrench from lis very bed the
base of the column that perpeluaics mis-
fame.
And that other proud and dominating
Senator, who, sacrificing himself, gave the
aid without which The compromise OF 1850
could not have been esiablished-lhe States.
man Of New England, aud The orator OF
Amerca-who dare assert here where his
memory is ye, fresh, though his uniellered
spirit may he wandering in spheres far
hence, that he intended 10 abrogaie, or
dreamed tina, by virtue Of or in consequence
OF ,ha, transaction, The Missouri compromise
would or ever could be abrogaed! The
portion OF The Missouri compromise you
propose 10 abroga.e, is the ordinance OF 1887
exlendng 10 Nebraska. Hear what Daniel
Webster said Of that ordinance itself, in
1880, in this very place, in reply TO one
who had undervalucd il and its author:
81 spoke, Sir, of The ordinance Of 1897,
which prohibits slavery in all future time
nor;h.wes, OF The Ohio, rs measure OF
great wisdom and forelhoughl and one
which has been attended with highly benc.
fetal and permanen: consequences"
And now hear what he said here, when
advocating The compromise Of 1850:
81 now say, Sir, as the proposition upon
which I stand this day, and upon the truth
and frmness of which intend 10 act until
il is overlhrown, that there is mol nj this mo-
ment in the United States, or any territory
OF the United States, one single foot OF
land the character Of which, in regard 10
lis being free territory or slave territory. is
not fixed by some law, and some irrepeala.
BILE law beyond The power OF The action oil
this government"
What irrepealabe law, or what law oil
any kind, fixed the character Of Nebralka
as free or slave territory, except the Mis-
souri, compromise act!
And now hear wha, Daniel Webster said
when vndicalinc The compromise oil 1850
at Buffalo, in 1851:
AMY opinion remains unchanged, that il
was no, within the original scope or dssi.n
of the constitution TO admit new States out
OF foreign territory and for one, whatever
may be said a, the Syracuse convention, or
any other assemblage of insane persons,
never would consent, and never had con.
scented, ,ha, there shonld be one foot OF the
slave territory beyond what the old thirteen
States had at the time OF the formation OF
the Union. Never never
The man canno, show his face TO me
and say he can prove that | ever departed
from that doctrine. He would sneak away,
and stink away, or hire mercenary press
10 cry ont. What an aposla,c from liberty
Daniel Webster has become. But he
knows himself 10 be hypocIile and n ial.
sifer.'
After further proceedings 10 show that
The proposition 10 abrogatc the Missouri
Compromise stands upon its own meri,sand
in no sense reiteration or affirmation Of a
similar abroga,ion in the compromise Of
. 1850, or a necessary consequence OF thai
measure, Mr.. Seward goes Oh 10 show thai
there is no necessity for the establishment
at present OF territorial government in
Nebraska, and that The bill for that purpose
, is only pre,ex, for carrying The repeal Of
The Missouri Compromise:
Thus much for the report and the bills oil
the committee, and for The positions OF thc
parties in this debate. a measure so bold,
so unlocked for, so startling, and yet so
pregnant as this, should have some plea Of
necessity Is there any such necessity! On
the contrary, !, is not necessary now, even
Iif il be altogether wise, 10 establish terrific.
rial government in Nebraska. Not less
than eighteen tribes Of Indians occupy that
vast tract, fourteen of which, am informed,
have been removed there by our own net,
and invested with fee simple 10 enjoy a
secure aud perpetual home, safe from in
trusion, and the annoyance, and even from
the presence OF the white man, and under
! the patcrnal care of the government, aud
with the instruction OF its teachers and Me.
chanics, to acquire the arts Of civilization,
aud tho habits of social life.
Twill no, say that this was done TO pre-.
vent That territory, because denied TO slav.
cry from being occupied by free white men,
and cultivated with free white labor; bu,
. will say that this removal Of the Indians
here under such guarantees has had that
effect. The territory cannot be occupied
now, any more than heretofore, by savages
and white men, with or without slaves, TO-
gc,her. Our experience and our Indian
policy alike remove all dispute from this
point. Either these preserved ranges rus,
. still remain to the Indians hereafter, or the
Indians, whatever temporary resistance
against removal they may make must retire.
Where shall they 90! Will you bring
them back again across the Mississippi!
There is no room for Indians here. Will
You send them norlhward beyond your Ter.
riiory oil Nebraska, towards the British Dor.
der? Tina, is already occupied by the In.
: dlans; there is no room there. Will you
Turn them loose upon Texas and New Msxi'
co? There is no room there.
Will you drive them over the Rocky
Mountains? They will meet tide of i'm.
: migration there flowing into California from
Europe and from Asia. Whittier, then,
shalt they, the dispossessed, unpitied heirs
Of this vast continent, 60? The answer is
nowhere. II they remain in Nebraska
Of what use are your charters? OF what
harm IL the Missnnri cnm n1nmise In Nnh.