New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-15

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The resolutons were received with tie umo. entA alsn
A,r,s reading them. Mr. BLryr sid
80 ct propose 10 nake speech but / would eau
or~ at NJ u 10 snecdoe o toe great Aihenian Ora
Tor Who Wien ed what wss the great ehs-aciers'e OF
Or , "SV o-ssoT ssia Action ncfi0a Action" so you
hold let vour resoluars and expression Of feeling bo
followed with seton. App.>a,e ., o,. =, ~, ..,,.
Hf RowE offered an amendments 70 one oi we reSo'u
lions .s that il should be affirmed thai the Irish also
oprosss 1, the Nebraska bill, which amendment was
adopted
NrW. c. NoYxs then rose amid much applause and
remarked thai he appeared 70 address the audience ach
against his wisA account Of severe cold lie would.
however make few suggestions in cid Of the resolutions
ard tie IN which they wers engaged There was
no mssking the tone and temper OF the meeting vas
meeting cidtdy sad exclusively IL favor OF the great
pgIC pies of freedom upon which our Constitution was
founded lie would cal attention 10 lew matters snow
the indious character OF the measure wsch nad been
made TO devote four times much territory ~ slavery as
il contained In the State OF New lork-o devote to par
ayzrg Slavery The North had been told over and over
sau m had freedom but they had then
met tor the purpose OF showing 10 the men Of ne North
Nbo yere her representatives in Congress thst IL they
were not true the interests OF the North they
were not true the interests OF civh freedom noSthe
waters of political oblivion should cover them forever.
Applause They were aware OF the ephet which was
aried 10 those men In 1870 from tho North who voted
for the admission Of Slavery into Missouri as State Iney
charged being traitors not only TO the wen being
of this county sud their counrymen, but 70 man
Kind at large. Il not little renaarkabe th1
thi. proposition not directly and openly from the
South but that il without any demand 50 far AZ We
know onepy and publicly from the South, and that il
came from The North and was sustained by northern
Senator raised in the State OF Vermont Why gentlemen
said the speaker there is something omnOns IN the
name-he name that Senator is stephen Arnold Doug
las Loud applause propose to change tso Stephen
low citizens il is traitoous TO the State of Vermont which
reared him. trsorous TO al the early instincts which he
ought TO have derived from his mothers breast, aud
TaOrou to tie state OF Illinois which adopted ant pro-
noted him IL is false to all the sentiment OF the North.
fase the feeling which instnetvey in the breast
Of every who hears me- and the difficulty in
exposing a scheme of this description is, that
Language entirely inadequate. Prolonged applauseI
Lei us look at the insidous in which his thing
has been brought forward and eventually placed before
the country thing sanctioned by legislation Let rs
the nefarious principle upon which this netarous
scheme is supposed to be founded. IL is said by the
Of this great change IN our fundamental iw-ior
the Missouri Compromise had become our Fundamental
lsw-ba ii is simply to give to the inhabitants OF ths
Territories the right to self government yet when an
amendment 90 the bill to test that matter was proposed.
to the effect that the people Of the Territory should have
& right to exclude Slavery it was voted down by every
southern Senator This is test of the honesty OF this
The history Of legislation upon this subject
is amazingly instructive 1t shows by what nsdiors ad
yances Slavery makes its approach lt shows that there
is no safety this subject unless every northern man.
every man who loves his country resss at the very
outset. every approach or intrusion OF this sort.
The speaker then entered into lucid explanation Of the
various STEPS through which the Nebraska bihad passed
Ii was objected that Iepeai oi ulo nsouIl ConPlpp9
would revive the law of Louisiana before We purchased
IL the French and Spanshlaw, aud would permit slavery
That was denied Then upon suggestion made by Mr..
Stuart of Michigan the ides was adoqed by someoody
else and proposition made that the law Of Louisiana
should be held applicable 10 the new territory ihM
wss no, sudfceut II was an apparent yielding of the
prnoille showing desire TO exclude Slavery only map
pearance yet false and hypocrhcal because when
Congress leglaed for the Orleans territory enacments
wsro made which permitted citizens OF the United states
TO take slaves into that territory. The Old Spanish and
French laws permitted indirectly, the importation
of slaves into this territory put tns enact
Badger introduced amendment to the Nebraska
bill to the effect that former laws or legislation should
be deemed to authorize or TO prevent slavery In that tor
rory but il did exclude the operation Of those laws in
80 many words it did not exclude the construction OF tho
Constitution for which the South claim and which the
very moment that becomes law and h signed by the
the whole South will unite in claiming namely,
that by the Constitution and that by the former laws
Slavery not only tolerated but authorized and he would
ssk If they were prepared 10 have such law passed
lCres of No no. That was the condition OF that tor
when Missouri Compromise into OpcrhtlOn
He would not enter into discussion OF the troubles
which then agated the country at that time.
but be would ask If it wa. not understood At ihe
time Of the adoption Of the Missouri Compromise that
Il WASTE be final II the belief Of northern men that
it was be permanent and we had always acted upon
with this understanding The speaker here read letter
rom southern man ustifyng his vote upon the Missouri
Compromise which the speaker said was an expression OF
the public sentiment at that time, which spoke OF the
effects of tho adoption OF that measure as rescung that
vast portion north Of 26 deg and 30 mn and dsyotng
only to freementhat the pernieious system OF Slavery
should be forever excluded from that soil and sh1ud never
pass over that fair and fertile region This SOIL sad the
spehker our soil because the soil OF freenen aud
not the o of slaves How has this bold for the
robbery of this soil been entered upon How has II oeen
entered upon California sometime since claimed ad-
mission TO the Union Texas claimed sdmssion ihere
were n0itatons upon this subject The South required
more vigorous Fugitive slave law. She got IL but the
law which gave assent OF our judgments never re-
eoved the assen Of hoars and affections Loud and
prolonged cheering 1t q law my feio" citlzeIs ID
which we never will give cOnsent-a law winch never
be enforced in this law abiding community unless ths
South faithful TO the pledges they have made Prolonged
cbeerDg They may talk Of dissolution of the Union,
they may talk Of setting up for themselves but tel you
the South sustained by the moral sentiment OF the Norn
ard The freedom Of the North tell you that humanity
in al its aspects in all Governments in which freedom B
loved would rise against Government deVotlng it.en
exclusively to fostering and promoting slavery. Jap
rlsuse In this age could not last IL would receive
he execrafion Of all mankind Loud eheehngJ Andn
the South in matters Of this sort will not keep tner
nIedeegif they will undertake violate this law which
E0s become The fund amenta law they must take
the consequences. Well, these States were a1mt-
ed end a more stringent Fugitive Slave Law was
nsssed We gave them what they wanted and they
pot a Slave stare and got Free state In 1850 We
made another Compromise in good fai:h. Dd any,
body However. then hear Of ito implying repeal
of the Missouri Compromise Did anybody suppose thst
n vas COrnproInise 10 compromise out OF compro
uise Laughter and applause Nobody dreamed OF IL.
Nobody thought Of IT, and have reason to think THAI
link of II; but now we told that under color Of the
laws Of 1850 we have lost right TO the benefit Of the