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e bad been subject 70 the Minsoori sos.r....;s.
0 provision 70 thar extent ,hev sh.ol.sel. ....f-
= lsu me missouri eomPrOmiss. Asto lAc uuDr.
E gAu'leo territory not covered by thaus In II
was sopersei.d by Ile pinciplss of lhs COM
promise OF 1880. We Sll knoH lhai de eb-
Ject Of The cOmpFomise measures of lss0wnSty
establish certain greas yriuciyles which uouId
AVOID The slavery agitstion 10 al time 70 come.
Was our oejees simply % provide iss tempo.
That, be says was his precise ides. III ess
mat Tue Missouri compromise vas annuIl.d to
.ne extent 70 which Congress, IN ranning the
boundary lines Of New MsaieJ aad U,ab,
migns take Tor the sake Of cQnvenienss any Nc.
us piece OF territory which was covered by ths
nnsouri eomPFomise. That certainly vas a
uuism' but The idea that the acts 70 oraauiss
OIan and New Mexico Tspealed OF superseded
'se Missouri eomPTOfniss ss 10 tks remainder
o. the territory acquired By the Louisana ee.,
sloo. Is an idea from which am clad 70 see
that the gentleman reeedesI
Mr. D0CGLAS. Not at an,
Mr.. WADE. Well. The Senator ,av, n .
does not reeede from his former position. Whai
does he mean, then, BY saying that the Mis-
soar compromise was superseded by. the pnn-
elPles OF The compromise measures Of 1861
suppose you run line with your heiqhbor.
ana the lines has become uncertain, and IN or
der TO straighten il you run another, aud In
running this other line may possibly take IN a
littie land that belonged to him, or you NAV
leave out lisae belonging 70 yourself; but
you make line, and then after fou straiohteu
H. u you hna you entered wrougfulIy on his
land, the principles Of running that line super
seded his title TO the balance, and therefore
you can lay title 10 the whole Of bis land. il
understand the gentleman; for be says he
docs not recede from the positions taken IN his
oill--not m his report. for il is said there he
never would give such an opinion. He inform
ed US, in the report, that there was matter
loo grave even for Congress to decide, and
much too grave for a committee. and tberefcrs
hey would not do t; and yet in nineteen days
literWards they come ia with what in equiv
'lent to tOtcl repeal of the compromise.
NoWi Mr.. President want 70 know il that
cI was superseded, ,iflhat legislation was neon.
istent with this, or If it furnished any occasion
when all sections of the country are at peace
'hen everything is progressing TO the safis-
action Ct all and state Of entire good feeling
etWeen all sections happens to etist-lor
lroWihg frebrand in here at this time I
now not what the motive can be- care but
tile what it is The deleterious eHectsoftha
tempt 10 repeal that compromise will Be felt
OF only now. but long after the present gener.
ion are in their graves.
/ will not answer for the consequences Of the
0, c,.slatio3 Of this day sir; but anxiously de-.
Re to inquire il nothing can be established in
is Government? Is there nothing too sacred
be overhauit for some miserable party or
her purpose fe< Fd. stt,
Who was it that had the settlement Of the
ssouri compromise at tie time it vas made?
as 1t done BY bysIatesnian inferior to those Of
E present generation ? I think not fof there
re giants in those days as great as those OF
: present. There, sir st cd John g. Cal
un In the Cabinet. advising upon that act.--
ere, too, was Mr. Crawford and there Vas
r. John Quincy Adams. think That they
ght with reasonable prUpfiety be sdiudged
the work they were doing.
Again say to my friends from the South,
o with me have fought many political bat
shoulder to shoulder-tkougb far distant
m each other-who have triumphed in anu
i triumph--even though we failed 10 elect
1r great chief. referring to Mr.. Clay, when
attempted to elevate him, as be deserved,
the highest Office in the world, that he, too,
K part in this compromise, and lam m0rti-
to see that his successors here are endeav-
ng to blot out the work that his patriotism
/ performed. Fe4 Hs
Why, sir, he is scarcely IN bis grave before
other generation comes up that knows not
at he had done, and some even pretend that
what be himself did, in 1850, he seem
to cohcede that the compromise Of 1890
$ not 10 be lived up to. Twas not here in
SO, butT have read the debates ofthat peri
, and have ehdeavored 10 inform myselfOn
1t subject. and tell the gentlemen, notwith-
hding all they may argue and all they may
en- this subject, there Is not aword, nor a
liable that goes to Indicate that any one
posed that anything was dobe then to over,
ow the time-honOfed compromise of 1870.
/ one word, sir; but, on the contrary, il hey
Id recur to the compromise, they indeBed
nd reaifirmed 1t in 1850 beyond all gainsay-
/. No doubt oft. Sir. l was amazed wAen
card the chairman of this committee stand
h here, and pretend that in some manner
legislation of 1850 had superseded the
lpromise Of 1890. ahdnIhat the Missouri
was bottled out, OF repudiated; when,i on
contrary, so careful were they in all their
Station not to touch it at all that they re-
ed to it in terms, and reconfrmed and re-
Iblished it. Twill n, take up the time the
ate by reading that provision, although |
e it here, fur presume every one has read
By the resolutions annexipg Texas, the ,
souri compromise line was alluded TO, and
erms inaintaInej The provision was. that
he territpry above $50 3o'qtheTe should
niether slavery nor inyoluntarvr seryitude,
ept for the commission Of crime, Those
buttons expressly referred to the line Of
80 as the Missouri compromise ine.-
IN to make assurance doubly sure. in thes
lprOmise bill organizing New Mexico. that.
station is referred TO, and tits said theie-
II ba ,odt;us. On oonstruad az IN INN. ir-