New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-22

t,I an t,rd coi1nared with the bot examples Of
Creece ard Rome he fret alho1' iyey prcPo,ei ani
deyeloped the Missouri Com2fomse iis m1''esIi eo,
80 MANLY directed against TIC restriction upon Issoln,
Lrt Il began end ended with tie idea Of compromise.
Notv ,audng, he says "occaoAGi appe 1Talces 81
IL, an uufav0rable description. have long since pr
Ead nlyself that the ss0ur qrostioa. il called
"gL be laid 30 rest with innocence arI safety ~ some
eoHe.cost ooMFroEfse al oat by which a. % our dl
nd fcelnpg without any sacrifice q Constitutional psll-
eules" And he closed with TIE hope that the res.rs
ION on Missouri would not be passed bat thu the VI 10
ouoffOn might be disposed OF n manner sastict9ry %
h. Do6specf.re prohibition # SI1DTry IL lie Terri
" toyg'so tse nortA and irest Of Nss'curt.'
1lis authoritative proposition Of Compro1i rom tls
Ncuri was made in the Senate on he 2lst OF January
From various Indications, i seems to have found prompt
NJ ION az s,siue and Missouri ia bin p-5yled ia tho
Senate hy g yeas - Il nays. On the neXdey FIR mon
aa cf Illinois who bad always voted with the south slinst
al yrelicOn upon Missouri introduced me famous clAu75
trciilipe Slavery North Of sc deg 80 min, viii "A npg
1ofsiues hs eialih section OF tic Missouri ac Aaea9.:
vaf made to include the Arkansas Territory Wlthn this
roIion but the South united sgains. this extension Of
he area # Freedom end ii was deaed BY - nays 10 -
yeas. Tie Prohibition, Gs moved By Nj lHodA mon
povoied ~ "a yeas to only ~ niy among ne ~
/! Affirmative were both the Senator'S from olch o. the
oye States Louisiana, Tennessee, hentucsy DeiaY4e'
arylsud and Alabama and eo ono Of the senator from
each Of the lave Siatea Mlssi up ara norm OlO.,AI
including IN the honorable list TIC familiar names of WI
rtm PiIknoy. James Brown and VI iia:l Ruigs hing.
This Lii, thu amended, Is tie first legislative en'od
imtIt Of tie Mssoui Compact cr Compromise tie essen
tai conditions Of which were, he nlils1l ~ .lis5'1as
state without any restriction al Sl-tefy am no p.)l
Ltiou of Slavery il al the rem Jung ie-itoy Oh L2ni
i,ue moth # 81 de- 90 min This BILL thus c)npp-ed,
containing thee two Ir1po aas-i,a torbie me-41f3-
fu8iy passed The senate BY iet vote oi - yeas 90 ~
rsys lie CGG embraced evciy Southern MAJOR ckc, y.
Niboricl Macon Of North Carolina ana william smith o.
foul Carolina. The nays embraced every n 9Itiern son
etCr except the two Senators from Illinois ana one senator
from Elode leland, and one from Nc" HamIsaue. Ana
fhif Sir il Tie record Of the It stage m tie aI'pon OF
(ofurr0Ui-e ii - openly announced AMI
yindicated the ioor Of the senate By dismgushcl
Southern stafenun, was loTceo on me norm Dy en-
almost Unanimous SoU!hCIn vote.
While film had us eliminated in he Senate, discus
sion was s proceeding in the other House on the ogni
Missouri bin This wls Tor moment arrested 10y INC ro'
celton from the Senate OF the Name H. ehpo4!ng inc
Mleoyi ComplOnEe. Upon th acton WIS at once hGl,
tle comurD mise ri oCtd and tlc bill ie An a orsl
nal condition 1iis was done by large vo.e5 Even thc
pobbion Of Slavery thrown OUT by l59 yeas 70 i
NAYS both tie North aid tae south uniting against IL
The senate receiving Tie hi back from the House m
sisted en- ileir Cmendm Tie Houe, in turn Insisted
Oh heir disagreement. According parliamentary usage
q Committee 81 Conference between me Two Houses NAs
appointed. sir Thomas OF Illinois, Nh PNRNEY OF Mary
land and Mr JAAEs BAitsouN OF Virginia composed tni'
iInI ortant Committee the pert Of the S-uai aud Mr.
HoIMrs Of Maine, MT AYloEo:New Iors' Nr Lo"$n-s
a. South Carolina Mr. PAM Of NHEachgset7 and Mr..
KELSEY Of --, on the pant Of ,hc House
Meanwhile tie House had voted on the original Mis-.
souv bin An amendment pertmptOrly lnteTdictng al
Slavery in the new STATES was nd"t,eu oy - yeas 70 60
Isys GId hus the bin passed the House AID was sent to
the Scnoto March Let. Thus, after TN c1cspcrGted Gld
rotfact, discussion tho wO Houses were at dead iock
HE double headed Missouri COmWOmlso vas tho ultima
finn of tie Senate The restriction Of Slavery in Mis-
eci Involving of course, it's prohibition in the un0rgGn
lied Territories was Tie uitimelum OF the l. use
AT this stage, the "a OF March, the Committee OF
Conference made their report which was urged at once
mon the House by Mr. LowNDKs the distilg u'hed Re
ufesenGve from South Carolina and one OF her most pro
cious sons who objected to motion TO print, on the
ground that it would imply determination IN the House
TO delay decision Of the subject to day, which he had
hoped the House was fully prepared ior Inc question
then striking out the restriction in the Mesoli
bin The report in The National AateHgeacr says:
M LowsbE spoke briefly IN support the C'npr9s' recon-
By P ns Of hoI would ors aa1iy
cJ,ticn a. ~ derttiru Of isdorl ana Of sirtae.
M" MEEUER, Nisina follow ed the side with great
pei ca ty iudsp csit.n resume his seat"
In conformity with his report this disturbing question
was at once put at rest Maine and Missouri each al
utted into the Union independent States The renc
ton Of Slavery IN Missouri vas abandoned by vote IN The
House of 90 yeas TO "a nays ard the prohibition of Slave
~ In ell territories north Of sc deg 80 min exclusive Of
Missouri substituted by vote Of l34 yeas TO AZ maya
Among the distinguished Southern names ia The Affirmative
orc Louis Mel OF delaware, Samuel Smith of Maryland
william LoWndes Of South Carolina and Charles FentJn
Mdcer of Virginia. The title OF the Missouri Bill was
amended in conformity with this prohibition by adding the
words "and to prohibit Slavery in certain territories
The bills then passed both Houses without divisions and
on The morning Of the Sd March 1920 the National iate
Pencer contained exung article entitled The Cues
Another paper published in Baltimore Immediately
after its passage vndicaed ii as perpetual compact
which could not be disturbed The language is so clear
and strong that will read it, although il has been already
quoted by my friend from Ohio Mr. CHAsEl:
"Ha ie ne Compomhe ia sprP0yi only ty re letter Of he lI
ne oase gire MORAL FORCE elvai hIf p'Te pro
t.n & con.an: Gsa tf % 40. Aa f ssH{ 'a
feed much to Cancellation We rh 70 zee G COMPACT Ei go.i
sve OF an cyl which eyeIS good e1en = me 'a
lie INSTRUMENTATION leaders in this settlement were all
from the South. As early as February, 1872 Louis
McLANE of Delaware, had urged 1t upon Congress by
I'll ,,oler lsn.r a~,f lart
twas in 1870 brought rSard and upheld in the Senate
by WILLIAM PISKNEY of Maryland and passed in that
body by the vote Of every southern Senator except two
against the vote Of every Northern Senator except four
The Committee Of Conference, through which finally
prt vailed was filed thepsr of the Senate with nhexi
BE partsans of the South such might ly represent
the sentiments OF its President pro tem-John Gailari,
Senator from South Carolina. On the part of the House
i, was nominated by HENRY CLAY, the Speaker, and
Representative from Kentucky. This committee thus
constituted drawing its double life from the SoGh,
unanimous in of the Compromise private letter
from Mr. PIXKSKY written at the time and preserved by
his distinguished biographer shows that the report made
by tie committee came from him
The bill for the admission Of Missouri into the Union
Mi sssin this noins from the House W tie re-
Sprery The Senate voted 70 amend by striking or
TIate GIrg adTooatc oa sg9a
te,ent.,ivs hsy. gresd 10 ots amendments orpooa
10 lei, orme yotes and this affair IS ssped TO morrow shan
10; reeeee seudsns Maine tour object be-
ng efeciod and both STATES wb admitted T happy yAs'
pa q ne Ssns rlh g9oes IL. EaiA 81. Sses
sGds" 80
thus again the compromise takes its Life from the South
Proposed in the Committee by Mr. PISKsEY it urged
on the House of Representatives with great earnestness
bv Nj Lowndes of South Caroline, and Mr.. Mercer Of
Virginia; and here again the persuasive voice OF the
South When passed by Congress Il next came before
Le President James Monroe OF Virynia for his approval
WHO did sign il til after the unanimous opinion of his
Cabinet, in writing, composed Of John Qaincy Adams,
William II Crawford, Smith Thompson, john Z. Calhoun
and William Wits majority Of whom are Southern men
that The prohibition OF Slavery in the Territories was
constitutions, Thus yet again the comprcmise taxes its
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