Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-02-24

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rOpposiiion offered BY TIE North to the South. I
leny the fact The Senator will find out perhaps be-
sre this bill Is done with that the North never had
"a idea OF Offering the repeal Of the Missouri Csmpro-
aise He may nnd il out BY the votes Of the North
rotes in the House. Before this bill IL passed it
will be pretty fully ascertained that the Senator from
Illinois does not carry the whole North in his brooches
pocket. No, not BY a-by a-bya-
Mr.. SIXTH -Yse, that is tho very word. tGrsat
Laughter He then gave bis views on the subject OF
he Slavery agitations He entirely opposed to it.
lie knsw we'll that good GOULD be ,complished by
On The contrary evils and dsns to
sould result from y. He was utterly opposed to Its
Introduction into Congress at any time, but particu
ary In this manner at this time, and in this bill.
In the last Congress the Senator rem Illinois told the
SAnats that he had made his last speech Slavery
What an unfortunate thing it was that his promise
hand not been kept. [Lsughter.l It was a great
pity that the Senator did net stick to that assertion
FOR il be had this bill would have up, and
he ssi.ion have been Kept out e Congress.
Iee acts OF 1850 having the remotest effect upon the
Missouri act. He Challenged the Senator to produce
Jingle word to sustain the assertion that at any time
Any one Thoughts those acts In principle or otherwise
Affected the Missouri Compromise. If tho Senator
'oud produce such word be would abandon tie is
rue. II Mr.. Clay were now alive, his eye would
ash with indignation, his eloquent lips pour forth
their powerful desuDeistion aRsinst this wanton vio
ation Of the COMPROMISES cfls2o against this reck-
This amsdnsnt declares the tine honorsd Missou-
II compact void and imperative. It was Illinois who
proposed that compromiee and hs was sorry to see
Illinois straneaughe owns cfsprins. The smend-
ment preparedih The cotncilof war was a most sim
gular one. It stated that the Missouri act, bang in
consistent witG the principles Of the acts Of 1850,
commonly calIsfthe Comrromise measures was void
and imperative It being the design to recognise the
&c &. He had studied law to
some extent. BE had learned in his reading that
there were many things Contained in the statutes.-
lie had heard OF preambles of enacting clauses, of
provsos, bat never before bad fe heard Of enact
tion to the ensc mont was sitter the style of tail to
kite. With As much propriety might the Senator
have added to tho enactment portion Of his Chicago
speech where by the forge and power of oratory, he
had resisted the force and power Of a mob and put
down riot. The questi' / ut BY the Senator from
Massachusetts, was perfectly right If it was the do
sign to repeal the Missouri act. why not saw go direct
~! Why attach to it this pcroration? Why should
Congress use this language and twist and squirm
void and inopsrative3 why not say directly, il is
hereby repealed, and thus act openly? If the Mis-
souri, act was to DO blown up, Let 1t be done. He
would resist it. He intended TO act like gentle
man. Laughter.] He would get up riots, no mobs.
Where il the necessity for saying tho decd done
because such and such rrincpls was inconsistent
with such and such an act7 Reasons might be nee
ssary for tho Senator from Illinois justify the act
before tho NORTH bat the South did not cars for the
Senstors reasons. All Il wanted was the repeal and
1t did not care straw what the Senator or
other Northern could give for the act. Mr. Smith
said after he had completed bis Law studes he settled
down ia the beautiful yilsgs of LnchfeId. where
there w".c very many pretty young ladies. Old Gov.
ornor WolcDtt, who most ami ebe gentleman, and
who bad been in the administrations Of Washington
and Jsf rsoD, got into lawsuit with a petty bank
in that village Tbs bank, by way of securing the
case, employed all the lawyers in the pse, but him
SELF Smith surprising him not TO be of sutf lent
importance to be afraid Of For this reason be got
the management Of Mr.. Wocott's case. The Old
Governor was Of the most honorable. upright and
sincere men be had ever known-utterly opposed to
oil article, cunning. chcsnery and trickery he was
frank and straightforward spoken man-in short, a
real specimen of New England character. [IIoud
laughter ] mean oldfashiohsl New England char
acter. Renewed laueh'er.1 wish Sir, to to under
stood % meaning real New England Character. not
susA ~ it is SITTER being transpsnted to Illinois.
daughter. During the lawsuit ] used frequently to
sss Governor wolcott and on every occasion be used
to say to me, "Mr. Smith, whenever man get, an
id.arhAt ha lie cunning he is ruined He Mr. Smith,
was utterly opposed to cunning legislation He was
oppoted TO- making enactment adding to it excuses
The South wanted no excuses--they wanted the act.
Why mt, then. speak the matter out plainly? lie
did not Know however, that hc would DISPUTE much
about ths MISTER If it was admitted that this perora-
ton was inserted for the accommodation of the Sena-
Tor from Inois; who had slready brous ht into the
world hYe territories, and loaded to the muscle
with two etsers. (Laughter.1 The Senate should
deliberate we'll whether the Missouri act to be
psaled. lift should be- then II ought to he by scpa
rate cot, and not be made the means of caryine
through MEASURE which, without il, was opposed and
killed by the South at the last session. This repeal i
the Missouri act bad not been expected by the coun
try. Nothing had been said about it la the rewspa.
psrs prior Ia the meeting of Congress.
question more particularly, the Senator has declared
that by the acts Of 80 the people of Utah had beer
given full power ia regulate all their domestic nstruo
tions AVID relations in their wav, uncontrolled
cept by the Constitution Of the United Stats. BE
could not say that polygamy was prohibited bv The
the 6cnator from Iinss venture to tell the Christian
psopls Of the United States that Congress hsd given
by the Compronise Of 80 the full power to establish
po'ygsmy7 or that it had given BRIGHAM Young
power Of attorney to have forty wives for himself AM
. proportionate number for the rest Of his crew
fLaughter.1 re the Senator (Mr. Douglas) Was cor
rect, th: people Of Utah had full power to regulat.
their domestic institutions, then not this sstab
lishment OF poygsmy under the kind euspccs oI
the Chairman Of the Committee on Territories The
Senator was not alone in his ideas It appeared thai
IN council Of held on this bill by its friends, Il
bad been selemnly declared, upon due consideration
that the acts Of 80 gave tho Utah people full power
10 regulate their domestic institutions, that Brigham
Young and al his crew may practice polygamy ana
have - many wives as they pleased. It Was to bs
hoped the President Of the Senate was not in thai
0 uncil. (Laughser.1 He intended to expose THU
h1sinsss of pclyamy ard xplain Is moaus operandi
lord and long continued laughter ]. What BE- meant
was that be intended to explain how it wa thai
Brigham Young and bis crew practiced poygamy
Renewed laughter II any one supposed evil froa
sny sssgsst Of bis, he desired II to be done thai
pssson d responsibility and not On his. Loud and
boistoraus laughter continuing for svsral m nutes.
T1s CHAIR appalled, to all present TO preserve orde1
AMI avoid demonstrati ms unbecomirg the Senate.
Ne. SnIrH-Suppnse the Legislature Of Utah should
among their legislative snactments. send to Congress
. bill formally establishing pclygamy AMI givini
Brgh. m Young forty and all Others fifteen rives
would tho Senator from Illinois suf.r 1t to be up
proved II sience! Would be not rather pick II vi
With pair cf tnnGs and thrust on. Of the window
II hs did this. aud it would be nothing more q NJ
coald be expected BY the Christisn and moral sens
Of toe Union, vcud not the Senator be vio atng th
psincpls Of self government and Congressional non
intsventina In the domestic institutions Of the Ter
ritorissl WE'LL sup2csns thst Palysamy is thu
established, and they 20 inereasng-yee incr, a.
ing nnltiplying and replenshiog tho earth mos
sapidly, ~ they can and will do with p,lygamv
(lasxbtsr.l and they apply for admission into TIL
Onion. sss they to be admitted? lfthey do not pre-
9idefW ptaygsuy inthsir Constitutiop, 1t my form
part Of tAsss common lev. and ars they to be admit
ed With this "domsst, institution," regulated b.
thensslves e ths 6slst0r says they havo the power
30 dol The Senator eacnot deny them without deny
ing his own positios.. and NOW the people Of III,
United States ere 70 b. teld that the
pcayeany and the exclusive right the subject ha
been pat into the hands Of Brigham Ysung ard BIZ
srsW, ard they are to Re admitted Into tn, Union
without objection because At some hidden, uBknowr
principle contained in the Compromise # 1850, ard
never hoard Of until discovered by tho Senator from
illinois, II admitted, and the Senators and r. Re.
sentatvss here. they 70 BE- aswed to lrin:
their forty wives each With them? Laughter Tn
ssns.or would not prevent q man iavine bis wives
With him. csftainly. GLerghter.1 IL they brought