The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-19


ORDINANCE that should be amended "a as 10 mste /,
perfectly 10 ,ceordsnoe with the constitution; and
Rress made 10 render that ordinance com o.tioI.
with tho constitution, In refsrenos to Ger.
tain things that were rqur.e to bs done BY the old
1 continental Congress- and which, under the new con
sitncn wers required to be done BY ths Prssdsnt ud
ssnas es,ng All that part Of the ordinance excluding
.svs3 In ian orss aad eAstonoe But perhaps they did
TOT snc what they aboutthey had ,ot the aid Of
the Dew lights that have shons on later day Now,
M issd you some OF the psmes Of thoso who were msn
sre's held une ths oons,u,ies od, 10 I,oIiog yer
the records OF ose bo1e that there wers aeysntren
gentlemen vto weSs mem hers Of both and man Who n
eir cay vsie suproasd to know som.thips about the
Sonsnunon % 0.rghter) There was John Lsnydon, OF
o. tns old Congrsss snd sso of the Uaitsd states
Soonaiituts'nal Convention, and also OF the nav
presided the Unsd ststss Senate; from Msss.coa
setss there wss Ebridge Gerry, from Psnn.yIyauA
Pierce Butler; from Gesrsis wilism Few; from virsnis
person somewhat known James A4ai,ou, Gc. Well
wheh hsmsd the constitution OF the United ss
semo In the first Congress- under 1t 10 addition 70
nnd snsrs rs % aotasr gsnten.D .ho IL he did
pmssn dsy may BE- supposed TO have had feslins
spon II. ssorss Washington presided (-nthust.sss
sheenhsl-ov the contention which the ad.al
contitrts n and Of lisere ed 70 she dan atss
upon M was the hrst President OF the United States aud
t'eued the sct shisb in Lila opinion reuoare th or
nance Of 1857 consiAtsnt with the federal cons,itn
% ticn. lAppi.uss) Well, now, he most thai vii
! they were supposed to 90 men Who nnders.o,d
what the federal CONS atution meant (Lsushtsr) You
have their judement-tneir deliberate judgmsnt the
Judgment Of George Warrington, of James Madison Of
Elbridgs Gerry Of Roger sbsrnan, of Ellsworth aud
obes-o' the whole Congress- for the act passed
Dnousy that oensistent with the federal consttu
tion only thkt it constitutional Isglats for
from every inch territory then owned Then il il
b. trus that one aot has spirit which Is inconsistent
ctnform to the spirit Of the arst set yoa X a act
which bears the immortal names Of WA7a un Madisoa
ard Others, ought not to have sp u sanction
IN dny yvth fb0fa nUhf who =
ofcovery In corsh utcnal lswp (Applauss IL 1t be
found that Inconsistent with to othsr which ought
that to which they gave uttsranoe when wounds
tf the Revolution not yet he Alsdvhen their gar
wounds that they had received in great contest and
their locl we're hoary with the fros.s that fell WITH
hs night dsvs Of heaven they stood sentinel. rosnd
might might BE- ..ts my f,i.ne'.I might .t l..st not be
question there and might appeal those gentle
nen who have made this lsts discovery, and ask
them to argue this question with thoas authorities aud
say down to the time Of James K Polk. Congress hes
uDfo Dy lssated the express postion thst they
in lsAb, when Texas admitted into the Union
Ddpot mer-Southern men, In Congress, AL the democrats
exclude slavery the Territory north Of So 30f
d they thinl Of this sonstituor Ality hena How
n as4s .nsn that great territory Of ofssoa and
snc James K Polk the act? Go every one
Of the acts admitting Ohio Illinois, looisna Wisconsin,
slavery and do not rest alone the ordinance Of
1857. Yet u this fsse OF this eontSusd practice the
eighteen hundred and fifty four, that these
miltslsn (laushter)-aI misssksn .nd isst has
from ths Green Mountains Of Vermont put
those h,te taper flashes to VIII Oh nave bssn
sas.r %a. for .a Ign. V. 1sr s.1. n!4s
thould not BE- surpriFed Il Ia this voJsgs Of
. ss a as
IN ion itti was an unoonstitu donAl
laosher)sne thy might say aat the Who fra ned
IL had power frame such constitution Aad there
Iore IL was ho,ixrd; And Am that Ia hs
age OF prosrss We may not reach that poi Thsn there
satien Of epsneence authorised sct tho
provlion in the British consultation ha mA1s il
the Law OF tbs land. Great cheering and mecrir.nt
Il WAS wholly uDauthorizeo; aad After . wh- II We fol
low lescers We win and that the Rsvola ion
ard lpshtef) Does there need to Do any more isht
this quea ior9-is all history snd experiences to
60 for no,bngf. 10 the light o. the p,st to afford
have trusted Tong bs thrown asdsS ars We to
,ar on At hi, late d.y 10 follow this igns ats which
tells us that II is he orb true Sh2 Bsides all tnat
my friends, you be not convinced y thi let 1t
In another point view Have there not been very
Whole lives have bsen the embodiment psrps.uating
hunsn slassr,9 / wonder thar the kesu.ejed sCruti
ny OF John Calhoun never stumbled
this irrth, which has been 8, ht,l, brought
TO Hight vonder that In his meta ply si'al spes-
ul..or, nPoa the divine or ss o. s.vsy T. did not di'
Hammond Of South Carolina who In letter Tcomas
CsiksoD raid tbat slavery Ao Institution orda ned
BY CD, nd aanctinec f Christi old not make the
discovery Bat 1t Vas never until . very short tins
sroe suggested that the Missouri oompfomiss
unconstitutional. And those very ssntlsmsn-as as
the: records of Congress show-who now going
to repeal the hstouIi compromss on the ground OF
1880 s to In. .oS ts. IL ssr',o9a saa
that We acquired from france, west to the PAoa,
This question does not ,top here this Nsbrsska bill
unconstu tiopAif it has forss, vail ty biading
cbiga,on-then the prohibition whoa excludes slavery
from Minnesota, Oregon, aud Washington IL upoonstta
which We supposed the patriotism aud wisdom OF
A,hsr left Us gone and slavery may march triumphant
covered that there nothing In the oe nstituon sacred
but slavsry and nothing tn extending the
rir. Of th. chain (ApDlausel Well nov let me cone
passing pom the time know VIII bs better occupied in
lsenins 10 oihsrs lCriss Of :" No. NO go on.'D Well,
nsve thst 10 the worcs inconstent that the lsssa.
tion cflseo Was wrong take issue upon tsat What
We found them nyou look a. the records Of ooosre.s
you will see that repeated attempts made 10
induce It to repeal the hsxiosn laws, TO abolish
acquired that t.lritory ws acquired II With the exist
bg laws, and that slavery cpuld not go into II unless
them IL said No, wha,svsr The law ia /. NUT remain
o. We fnn NJ . the Mexican law abolshss slavery then
published By the ormmi on Territories and i, took
th. true ground II this to Be ads consistent the
ssi.l.ton Of 1850 II mrst be bsssd intervention
That the principle and that Ia the very Of
esislationt TO Leave the country It was; If IL
was free territory 1t to main 80, and slave
sriieiy no ..smpts we're TO be male TO change IT, Hu.
the fp Of la4 to INTRODUCES slavery into It. and that
attempt shall BE- made repeAl It, That the spirit
We are called upon 20 lovingly to embrace, instead
II The epfrt Of fathers which excluded
saveiy fTou every inoh Of territory Ss, II have
stated tbs posiien fairly, the attempt 10 repeal
this compromise 10 based upon . mistake, . mis-
appIehspsop because 1t IL kcor sistent with the
Constitution TO abolish slavery It. and 1t
not consistent with the leissou Of 1880 10 insrfcre
With the existing laws and r. peal them. Now let
little farther 1t IL said We TO have interven
on that Congress not TO interfere, and At the
tine they not interfers is uncoosttu
cnal: snd yet IL b proposed 10 organize territorial
governments and to give them the right and de-
eImne for themselves whether they will have slavery
rssoect comment msde the story OF the tspta-
on which will relate TO jon particularly applicable
here When the devil toek hs SAvisur TO the top o.
high mountain and showed him the kisedoms o. the
world and said sal this viii give you oil fall
down and worshjp me- the clergyman here said ON,
friends, he promised what his ovn AID What hs
could not give Lct ash, Congress have not got
the power TO leesate, bow can IL give to territorial