The daily union., 1854-12-29

Gle SANS dragons to hunt down and remove settlers.
You well remember the excitement and deep feeling
which existed among the people OF the missouri Slope
when visited that portion OF the State last fall just upon
the of departure for ashngton and the promises
which made in conversation and in public addresses TO
the people of your county and surrounding ones that
would leave nothing undone which faithful representa-
tive could do accomplish their wishes Public meetings
and conventions held throughout western Iowa ana
Mssour newspapers established bearing the name
Of the contemplated Territory and purportng TO be pub
shed within its borders and large delegations were sent
to Washington all urging the immense Importance OF such
organization introduced bill for that purpose the hrs
day of the session. and il referred 10 the COMMITTEE on
Territories That bin did not touch the socaed Missouri
Compromise and provided for but Territory Hadley
d. Johnson esq., late State senator from your county, and
of the special delegates sent by yourselves and others
arrived after and to him do believe is due the
credit of getting the committee to report favor of two
Territories He first suggested and urged it, and my col
leagues and self readily united in the an because OF the
papable benefits which would nure from two Territories
to State and the West Great credit IS think due 10
Mr. johnson for the ZEAL and ability displayed by him
in aiding to effect the passage of the bill
sincere conviction the part OF Judge Douglas that
the compromise of 1850 had established princi
pie which intended to supersede and ought to super
sede all other measures and especially the geographical
line of SO deg 80 mn for the regulation OF the slavery
question: together with laudable desire to make tue p
conform the win of the great majority of the Senate he
being extremely anxious for its passage were the reasons
which, my Judgment caused him to report the bill and
10 amend ii as he did
The mputation which you alude that he was actua-
ted by desire to acquire popularity IN the SOUTH
fully conadc,ed by the welknown fact that his standing
with the men was quite good before the passage
of the bill to il has been since or likely ever
10 be If gantke efforts for Texas annexation for the
admission of Florida Iowa, Wisconsin, and California into
the Union, and for all the compromise measures OF
1850 had not stamped him man in whose patriotism
and transecndant ability the SOuth--aye, the North,
the East and the Westcoud confde, twas not likely that
territorial BILL to whose provisions all OF the Sc
cessonists and ultra of the South vehemeny
opposed the description of persons at the North
would prove to be passport to southern favor Nor
apt be the case when Legislators abandon duty and
To i'm eeCtiOuecrlnQ.
they would upon sectional question: seek popular favor
from the minority division of the Union 1t is not pur
pose 70 defend Judge Douglasthat is work to which
he quite adequate but may be permitted to say that
know he sincerely believed the great body of the whg
and democratic parties from the strong and nnequvoca
resolutions passed by their respective National Conventions
in 1852 in favor of the compromise measures OF $780,
would approve of the provisions Of his BILL and that both
these parties had progressed the point at which they
willing discard lines of latitude the things by
which to determine the right of selfgovernment
His in shaping the bill make it conform
the will OF the houses of Congress shown by the
large majority which passed it. notwithstanding Sumner
Giddngs Co., desecrated the Sabbath to get up false
and infammatory publications. declaring that the bill
erred and erend slavery when expressly repealed what
it there may have been in either Territory and left
the people perfectly free to admit to reject this nsu
ton they might decide How utterly base and baseess
then is the charge to which you refer made by dema
gogues dishonest Ofccseekers and fanatics that this
great question of the sovereignty of the people is trick for
the extension of slavery In common with other repre-
sentayes from the Northwest and for already
given deeply soctous for the creation of territorial
west of usthe after learned the i'm
patience and anxiety that subject of my constituents in
western Iowa In the Senate there is previous ques
ton" by which majority stop debate and force the
body direct vote spce the success defeat of bills
in of angry contest often becomes matter Of physi
cal endurance in which everything depends upon the 10y
sy and sefsacri6ce of those who profess devotion to
"a given To show you what was the fate of
of these Nebraska bills, and how very uncertain
the action of Congress is call your attention to the list
yeas and nays by which the bill passed by the House OF
Representatives on the 10th day of February 1859 de-
In the March I'D 1853. Mr. BOrand moved
lay upon the table ,e bill Tor the organization of
territorial for the Territory of Nebraska and
Yeas-Adams, Bayard, Bell Borland, Brodhead Butler
Davis Dawson, De Saussure Downs, Fish, Fitzpatrick,
Houston Hunter Mallory, Norton Phelps Rusk, Sebas
tan Smith, Sould, Spruance, and Underwood-23.
Nays--Atchison Bright, Cooper Dodge of Wisconsin,
Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Fech, Foote, Geyer Hamln,
Jones of Iowa, Norris Shields Toucey Wade Walker and
Weller--l7. sa'
Had this bill passed-and it half way through-Ne
brasa Territory, would have been organized without
touching the Missouri restriction do not refer to this
proceeding to ncnpae senator present absent but
to show you that for the ITSELF welded to
no particular form and that il great wrong has been
and Kansas bill in the form in which it finally passed. the
fault is not wholly that Of those who have supported the
from first to last From this expose OF yOn
Judge how very precarious reliance sectional
support would have rendered the fate of this
Those from the free States who voted against
Territory Messrs Daris of Massachusetts, Phelps of
Vermont Fish of New York, Smith of Connecticut and
Brodhead of PennsyIyania-our wings and democrat
Messrs Hale Chase Sumner and Seward were absent and
is doubtful whether if present they would have voted
with us or not Their indifference the of great
western measure when in shape supposed to be most
acceptable them such prevent from placing
any reliance upon them whatever. To it is painful
witness the passage defeat of by purely sec
iona geographical vote; snch divisions calculated
think, to endanger the perpetuity of the Union much
prefer to. members divided upon principle as
they did upon the Nebraskakansas bill From all the
evidence around and about did then believe
do believe that could have effected the passage
of this bill except in the form and shape in which ii be-
the law of the land regard il of far benefit
to Iowa and the West generally than any other congress
sional which has passed that body since
ganizaton Territory. 1t viii do for what the re-
mova Of the Indians and the occupancy of Iowa by the
whites did for Illinois 1t will greatly diminish the time
within which railroads must reach the Missouri river
1t viii cause the building up of large towns both sides
of that and the heavy disbursements of money by
the federal for territorial buildings roads, and
other expenses, Indian annutes, &c. amounting more
than hundred thousand dollars annually will impar
immense value TO real estate and life and vgor to every
branch of business along western border.
Very respectfully aud truly, yours,
Messrs James d. Test II. ID. Harl A. " Larimer, L. w.
Babbitt and Wash. Hepner, Committee
FAILING THROUGH THE IcE--THE ACCIDENT AT Albany
We have already noticed the breaking through of the
ice OF the Hudson River railroad mail sleigh at Albany
but the following additional particulars Mr.. Fred
eric Staabe n who of