The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-18


ts~ and for the positions Of the parties In this debate
measure 70 b. unlocked for startling asd yet
there Aay ssessstys On the sontrary, 1t = not
esssry row. even It be altogether WIS., 10 establnh
territorial govsrnpsnts in ksrSks. Not less than
ukhtesn ioes OF Indians occupy that vast tract four
teen Of which, sm informed, have removed tasrs
by our ov sot and vested with simple TO sp,
secure and perpetual home safe from the int aud
the oysDcs and from the essence Of tho Wits
mar, ano under the patsrpa Of the MT and
With OF is tsaohsrs and me ,hsnias 10 al
9uire the arts Of civilization and the Of sos.l lite
Will rot that this Was done TO prevent that territory
hseause ceDeo 70 ,i.ysry from bng ossupsd By free
will say that this removal Of the Indians there under
sreh guarantees has had that effect the territory can
and white men with or without slaves together Oar
experience and Indian policy alike remove al dispute
from ms Point Either tn.ss ranges mus; s
ten porary resstaIos against removal thsy may make,
must retire.
Where shall they 60 VIII you bring them back again
the sississpp9 There for Indians here
viii you send them northwArd beyond your Territory OF
ksbrssts, towards the B'it:h bordsr That slrsaiy
turn them loose upon Texas and New Asxcos There Is
room there
win meet tide Of INN isrAton there flowing Into Gall
forDa from Europe and from Asia Whittier, then shall
they the dispossssssd uDpited heirs Of this vast eoa
nsnt, GOT The answer is-nowhsrs. II they remain In
Nebasha Of what uss are your ehartsrs OF what harm
IL the Missouri compromise In NsbraskA In that
Who, indeed demands territorial Organisation In No
bratkA At AL The lndisnsf No. u Ii to thsm the
oonsummaion q long apprehsnded doom Practically
ore demands It, am told that the whols white popu
Ia ION scattered here and there throughout these broad
regions exceeding In extent the whole Of this
than fifteen hundred and that thsss are chiefly
usppsrs missionaries and few mechanics and agents
aoysd by the In connection with ths I'd
nnisrAton Of Indian a,irs and other persons tempo
rarly drawn around the post Of Fort It Is
clear then that this abrogaon OF the Missouri oompro
mise is necessary purpose of ssta cshisg TER
IN mt on hA
tEary, these bills establishing such governments
only vehicle for carrying, or Pretsxt for CARVING thAt
1t alleged that ths non ssa es have for
fsien their rights in Nebraska, under the Missouri
The Argument is that the Missouri comp -omiss os Of
80 deg 80 min in the region acquired from France 81
to ssa region which was our weat
erpmost possession pevertneless understood in
to BE- prospeotivey spoiled also TO the territory
reaching thence westward to the Paeno ocean, which
should Afterwards acqnire from Asxoe and that when
Afterwards having acquired these territories iacuding
'lforria Ns~ Mexico, and Utah, We were engaged 10
4s in extending thsm free States
inseo 70 sxten that line poson to that effect
made by the honorable senator from Illinois.
II need only be stated in rsuaticn OF thi, argument
toai the Missouri compromise law, like any other
statute limited by the extent the aubsct Of shich
1t treated Tois subjscs the TERRITORY OF Louisiana
acquired from France, whether this more or
iess and In lawful and psscsAble ,,sss4,n Tina
length Of the line OF SO deg 80 min sstab shed by the
rels Of longitude which the borders OF that pos
session. Young Amsric.I asgraudizing. conquer
ing Ameri had not Jet bsen born; the states
man then 10 being who dreamed that, within tkuty
afters ards, should have pushed advep tn
rous way, OF only across the Rocky MountAins, but
also across tbs Sn ivy Mountains Nor did any one
then tr agine, that II should have done 90
within the period have named, We were then pro-
fPectv carving up and dividing NO. only the mounata
tween freedom ard slavery. II such proposition had
been made then and persisted in kno enough Of the
temper OF 1870 70 hno. this, Vi. that Missouri and
Arkansas would have stood outside Of the Union until
even this psrtentous day.
The time, fprousht know, may not be thirty years
distant when the ooDvulsons of Celestial Empire and
the decline Of British In India shall have opened
way into the regions beyond tho Pacific cssre
to know Ard be fully certified Of the geographical
extent Of be laws ws are now passing 80 that there NAV
be no such mistake hereafter that planned OF
hers We are now udng to territorial LssisA.arss
Nebraska and Kansas alone hin tho purview Of these
acuP Or do they reach to the Pacific coast embraces
they tale in China Isda and Aghanistan even to
the gigantic base u the HimslayA Aou tansf Do thsy
stop taere or on the eoatr.ry do they enoirae tbs
brace the islands Of Iceland and Greenland and exhaust
themselves on the barren coasts Of Greenland and LIBRA
dop
Sir, the Missouri compromise neither Ia its spirit nor
by letter. exteLdsd the line Of 80 deg 80 min beyond
the qspse: Of Lousans beyond the then confines Of
was no violation Of the Missouri compromise in 1913 to
refuse to extend 70 the subsequently, acquired posses
kions OF Texas, New MEXICO, and California
But suppose did refuse extend IT, aid that 70
fra -ort forfeiture Of our vested rights under isf
Again this forfeiture Of Nebraska occurred In l84s
- nator charges how does happea that he NO,
only failed In $780, when the parties In court here
sdjosting their mutual claims. to demand Judgment
sgant the free Slater but 90, trary even urged
tnat the same old Missouri compronss line yst held
valid snd isced should b extended through to the Pa
leone to the chief ground Of the defence Of this
graph ns divi len pesween the asiSs Of ~.
labor ard slave labor and refers the claim them
to the people Of the Territories Even s at change
n Wnc antu Alv vim and
that It s not necs~ary to make II In regard to the
Territory Of NeorAshs it would be just elsewhere II
for ample sna adequate equivalents fully resolved you
ccDtractsd In Effect not TO abolish that line thsrs.
a ga' ~ ny THIS change Of policy visa Or It.
DO evil or because you have the power to
At all or because tbs maintenance Of line
know that the opinion IL sometimes advanced h.rs
and ekew here that the extension Of slSxery
sid.red, not evil but laws ), ohibtirg the
African slavs trade stil standing the statute
book and express the CONTRARY judgment Of the Americas
Congress and Ct the American people pass on, thsre
Sir, do not IKE than Others gsogra Al line
between freedom A'd slavery Bat 1t Is bscau would
that cannot BE- alEe division is inds pee sabls and
any line lie geogrsp nicsl line
hs honorable and very Senator from North CAo
DnA Badaeh he's wooed most psrsussivcly to waive
our own objections to the principle Is called Of
noD Intervention By assuring that the STAKEHOLDER
6nd these soils and omstss At sources Of
tie Mississippi or In the valley OF the oEy Mountains
Way them does be want to tho inhibton thersf
But again tiat reproduces pleasing fiction OF
the cha scter OF slavery from the Jewish history and
asks Why not allow the modern 60 Into
regions with Their slaves their ancient prot types did,
10 MAKE them comfortable ara happy9 And be tells
ps ct the same time that this indulgence will not in
ereAse the number Of slaves I reply BY askiug
6Ist, whether slavery has gained or lost strength
BY the diffusion OF 1, . larger surface than
formerly covered vii tbs senator ans yer tha2 SO
cor dy, quite admire the simplicity OF the patriarcha
times But they, nevertheless, exhibited psousr
institutions quite nooogruous with modern republican
ism. not TO ray 0hrist.nity-nausly, that OF attu
Of oensrueton OF the marriage conrso which been
carried by the clss Of called pstrarohs into Utah
C- tsbly wonld desire to extend that peculiar IN
sutuiop into Nebraska. rhbdy slavshoders hsvs Al4o
peculiar institution, whioh mikes them political patri
hfthe) rech On Ave Of their slaves equal 20 thrss
eemep, in forming the basis OF federal ,Auon
bese yAtarchs iosist upon carrying their institutions
MO regions north Ct 80 30, respectfully susmit
that they ought 10 tie mo6esy OF their
etecetors and rer qpish this political feature Of the
), stem they thus seek extend Viii they do thA1
ZONE Senators have revived the argumsnt that the
Missouri compromise Jnst .u.isnAl But IL Ia
~ Of tSe p-cuarites OF vrOnnises that oonai