The daily union., 1854-02-19

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admit that these only negative proofs, although
they are pregnant with conviction. But here is one
which not only Affirmative bal positive and not more
positive than conclusive;
the acts constituting the Compromise OF 1850 are these
words,
Presided That nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued TO impair OF qualify anything contained 10 the third
nsxinK Texas the United States approved March lsiS
either ~ regards the nunbes OF States that may hereafter
b formed out OF the State Of Texas, or Otherwise
What was that third article of the second section OF
the Soint resolution Tor annexng Texas Here It is:
''New States of convenient size exceeding four in
number in addition said State Of Texas, having sui.
Client popuation may hereafter by the consent Of said
State, be formed 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 30 MIN
north latitude, commonly known the MssourC Compro-
mise line, shall be admitted no the Unon with without
slavery the people of each State asking admission may
desire And in such State Sstes shall be ormed out
Of said territory north OF said Mssouri-Comprome ine
slavery involuntary servudc Except TOR crme) shall be
prohibited"
This article saved the Compromise OF $780, express
terms, overcoming any implication OF It's abrogaon
which might by accident or otherwise, have crept into
the Compromise of 1850 and any inferences that ef-
feet thai might be drawn from any such circumstances
that Of drawing the boundary line OF Utah to tres
pass on the Territory OF Nebraska dwelt upon by the
senator from Illinois
The proposition to abrogate the Missouri Compromise
being thus stripped OF the petence that il is only ret
GRAFTON or reafirmation OF similar abrogation IN the
Compromise OF 1850, necessary conseq of that
measure. stands before us now upon its own merits,
whatever they may be.
But here the senator from Illinois challenges the assai
ants OF these bills the ground that they all oppo
nsnts Of the Compromise Of 1850 and OF that Of 1890
Sir is not my purpose 10 answer in person to this
challenge. The necessity, reasonableness, justice and
MI q are
fully made known. abide the judgment OF my country
and mankind upon them. For the present, meet the
committee who have brought this measure forward
the field themselves have chosen and the controversy is
reduced TO two questions: lst Whether, by letter or
spirit, the Compromise OF 1850 abrogaed involved
future abrogaton, of the Compromise OF 1920 = 3D.
neither this abrogation now be made consistently
with honor justice, and good faith As 10 my right, or
that OF other SENATOR to enter these lists the creden-
tials filed in the Secetarys office settles that question.
Mine bear SEAL as broad and firmly fixed there as
any other by people as wse as Tree, and as great as
any OF all the hrlyone republics represented here
But will take leave TO say, that Argument merely
ID psysonum seldom amounts to anything more than
argument ad eaptandanl life OF approval OF compro
mses, and of devotion TO them, only enhances the ob,
CATION faithfully fulfil them. life OF dsapprobaon
Of the policy OF compromises only renders earn
est 10 sxactng ful6ment of them. when good and cher
ished interests are secured by them.
Thus much for the report and the bills of the commit
tea, and for the positions OF the parties IN this debate
30 bold unlocked for, startling, and yet so
pregnant this should have plea of necessity Is
there any such necessity On the contrary, it is not
oessary now, even if il be altogether wise, 10 establish
territorial governments in Nebraska. Not less than
eighteen tribes OF Indians occupy that tract fourteen
of which, informed, have been removed there by
our own act, and invested with lee simple to enjoy
and perpetual home, sale from the intrusion and
the annoyance and from the presence o. the white
man, and under the paerna care OF the government and
with the instruction OF It's teachers and mechanics, TO
Qure the arts OF civilization and The habits oil social
life will not say that this done TO prevent that
territory because denied TO slavery from being occupied
by free white and cultivated with Tree hile labor
but will say that this removal oil the Indians there,
under such has had that effect The territory
cannot be occupied now, any more than heretofore by
oavages and white with without slaves, together
Our experience and Indian policy alike remove all
dispute from this point. Either these preserved ranges
still remain 10 the Indians hereafter, or the Indians,
whatever temporary resistance against removal they may
make, must retire.
Where shall they go' Will you bring them back
again the Mississippi There rs no room Tor Ia,
diana here Will you send them Doflhward, beyond
your Territory of Nebraska, towards the British border
That already occupied by Indians there Is no room
there Will you turn them loose upon Texas and New
Mexicoi There is room there. VIII yoa drive then
over the Rocky mountains They will meet tide oI
immigration there flowing into California from Europe
and from Asia Whittier, then, shall they, the dspos
sessed, implied heirs OF this vast continent goi The
answer is, nowhere. II they remain in Nebraska, OF
what use your chsrers' OF what harm is the Mis-
sour Compromise in Nebraska, in that case Whom
doth il oppTess9 No one.
Who, indeed demands territorial organization in Ne.
braska at all The Indians! No II is 10 them the
contamination OF long apprebended doom, Practically
NO one demands it. am told that The whole white pop
uaion scattered here and there throughout these broad
regions exceeding IN extent the whole OF the inhabited
part OF the United States al the time OF the revolution,
less than fifteen hundred and that these chiefly trap
perp, missionaries and lew mechanics and agents EN-
poy I'd by the government, in connexon with the adj
mnisai,on of Indian affairs, and other persons tempo
rarly drawn around the post OF Fort Leayenworth II is
clear then, that this abrogaion OF the Missouri Com
promise not necessary for the purpose OF establishing
territorial governments in Nebraska, but that, tbs
contrary, these bls establishing such governments, are
only vehicle for carrying, OF preext Tor carrying lba
act OF abrogation.
II il alleged that the .slaveholdng States have for
feiied Their rights in Nebraska, under the Missouri
Compromise, by fret breaking that compromise them
selves. The argument Is, that The Missouu.Compro
misc line oil 80 deg 30 min IN The region acquired IRON
France although corresponding 10 that region which
wesiefnmost possession, was, nevertheless, un
dersood intended to be prospectively applied also tc
the territory reaching thence westward TO the Pachc
ocean, which should acquire from Mexico
and that when afterwards, having acquired these terri
tories. including California, New Mexico, and Utah. we
were engaged in lsis IN extending governments oyei
them the free States refused TO extend that line,
proposition to that elect made by the honorable senator
from Illinois.
Il need only be stated. In refuation OF this argument
that the Missouri Compromise law, like any other stat
ME. limited by the extent OF the subject OF which 4
treated. This subject the Territory of Louisiana
acquired from France, whether the same were more o
less, then lawful aud peaceabe possession The
length OF The line OF 20 deg 30 min. established by the
Missouri Compromise, was the distance between the
parallels OF Longitude which the borders OF that
possession. Young America mean aggrandzing, con-
Quering Amerca--bad not yet been born was the
statesman then in being who dreamed that, within thirty
years afterwards, we should have pushed our adyen.
turous way not only across The Rocky mountains, but
also acrosa the Snowy mountains Nor did any one then
imagine. that il should have done so within the