The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-31
PRESIDENT.
SHEPHERD KNAPP.
VICE PgRaDRsrs.


James l. E7srist Ei~.rd Prime Prime
Tie list ratified At least nobody objected to IT,
Mr.. sHErnEaD KNAPP took the Mr. and WAS crested
with considera applause. He satd:
Fellow Cts-ns-I am sensible of the honor you have
done me IN selecting mo to prasido over this highly
Fpectabe meeting OF chants mechanics, and cit.
Of New York, without dstin ,tion of party, who
would preserve nviolats the Missouri You
assembled this evesipg In consequences Of the threat
sned action by Congress In regard 10 the Missouri
prombe Of ls20 Whether thai compromise was origi.
n,y wise AND good one !. mot now the question but
alton demanded should be allowed oAte les part Of
the compact Differ ~ we may and Co, in other points,
In New York do not understand aud will not
tolerate ths doctrine CT reputation Az there gentle
can win d.tain you with any further remarks but
will declare this meeting duly opened for busias SIS
TIE CHAsnAs resumed his sea-.
Mr. VAN wuKIy said
Letters have been received from many emineas states
AZ they are very ing read ,hsu they win al
BE- published Ia tho morning papers. (Applauss.)
A vou Who do they esms from,
Mr.. VAN WNKIL.-SenAtors Seward and Fish. (H.ses
ard applause.)
voIon-Read them (Msrs Misses and stamping Of feet
v0CE.-Ordsr order
Mr.. VAN WNKIz continued -S,nator SumnsY Of Mas
sschusst.s (hiss and apYlause) Garri Smith (hsse,
names, which were received In silence.
The following are tbs letters referred o.
LErTss OF SENATOR 9. p. CHASE.
WASHINGTON January 20, 1854,
GsSTrEMN-I have to acknowledge the honor your
protest against the peal CT the slavery prohibition en-
bodied in the Missouri act ef 1920
Out OF al the territories acquired by treaty or annex
ed by since the Of our e sraI gov
eminent buttwo free States-IowA sud Calforna-have
been created; while out Of the territory
tham Aala. Ataf
,eur and TsxAs-have been organised The Missouri act
ccncedng 70 the slave interest The admss Of Missouri
Of 70 ~ t.. II iSs
q thirty six degress thirty minutss 1t ia said,
times, that this prohibition ths work Of Northern
and that the slave teeht not bound by It, This
sretext Ia without foundation The prohibition, - It
now stands In the statute was moved by Mr.. T0omas,
Of Illinois, on the ID Of February, 1870. . IN amsnd
ment to the Missouri bill which had then bten tackled
BY the Senate to the bin for the ad,ts o. Name II
sss agreed to on the i7th cy a. noes 10 By the follow
AYES Morril and Psrrot, Of New Hampshire.
Nelien and o Ia, Of MAssach usstts.
J. IAna and Lar man, OF Connecticut.
Burri1 and Huater, Of Rhode Island
Palmer and Tichenor Of Vermont.
Kiog and Sanford Of New York.
Lowris and Roberts OF Penn ,ylvanis.
Rusgles and Trim be- OF Ohi,.
honey and vsa Dyke, Of Delaware.
Stakes, Of North Caroline.
johnson and Logan, Of Kentucky.
brown and Johnson Of Louisiana.
LsAks, Of kssiss ppi.
King and Wall or, OF Alabama
Edwards and Thomas, ~ Illinois
Nos-Noble and Taylor, OF Indiana.
Barbour and Peasants, of Virginia.
Macon, OF North Carolina
GailiArd and smith, OF South CAsoi1a.
Elliott and Walker, Of Georgia.
Williams, OF Missssipyi.
will be that fourteen Ser ators from slave States
voted for Mr. Thomass amendment and t,cev Senators
from free States while eight from the former voted
sgainst II, with two from the latter
When . separate bill for tho admission Of Missouri
came up from tbs House. vas amsndsd 10 the Senate
BY striking out the elsuss requiring provision In her
Tsonsss snsndmsnt Without dsS.s tie sense Of SEM.
tors having been fully asoertsinsd 81 former woes.
Il eorcsne whre the slave states are and al ssys hAvs
zen strongest that TIE south Joined with the NortA ia
In The House. the Ansl vote on coacurrlax In the
ndmsnt for ,trDg out the restriction slavery In
the state was syes 90 ST. Atsr this vote had been
tab It cerisn thai Missouri to admitted IS
tvs state, and the only remaining question vas shall
slavery be Jro5bed In the residue OF ssrrtory norta
Of bity six degrees thirty minutes The vote con-
curing 10 this prohibition was 1884, Al or
me yess tyegM ~eTs from slave ADD niaty. sr from
ire States Of The nays, A1ty sspen from slave
II is clear from the above statement that In the Senate
lAfse majority OF Soutbsrn vvted the prohibit
,ior.amcng them Mr. King, of Alabara. recently Vice
President 81 the Unisi States With these voted the
few Northern con enters to the admission o, Mis- our
With slavery ~ well - those Who insisted clause In
net hAvery, ~ conoition OF Al
mission.
In the house. number Of slAvsholdsrs for an obvious
reason propoftionAly less sustained the prohibition
Among them vas Lowndes, o. S,uth CAroaa, whose
vote etimated BY the worth and honor the man out
WEIGHS many opposites.
1t 10 absolutely ssitain that without the prohibition
clause, Msouri with slavery could have been i'd
mittsd The admission was ths con, idsrAtoa Of the
clause, and the clause the nidsr Of the adma
sion. Taken together they constituted compact mot
absolutely nvio able fndeed-for any compact may b,
violAted-but not to be broken without dshoaor IT IA
tine" sid Mr. Niles, 10 his Regsst, ct tina time tns
com promise " suppnrtsd ONLY BY the letter Of il re-
sJeeable BY the authority which snaste3 IT. bu ne CIR.
cuntoncS Of hd cos 1ts % A lao MORAL roRcs equal 10
hdf " a POSITIVE PROVISION CONSTITUTION: and zoe
do NOT hazard anythtng IN sayins aat Tie CONSTITUTION
But am making this reply too long desired only
to show that the Missouri has every atrbuts
Of solemn compsst; and that the proposition 10 rspssl
row after eide has had all the advss tsxes
expected from H. In discedtabls its piopossrs and
supporters ~ scquescsace IN H. submssion 10 IL
would be dishonorAbls 70 the men Of the free Ssass
think havs pshed this Having dons %, Leave
the other masifod and vastly Important eeosomeA and
political considerations uhieh bsioog 70 the subject 10
For myself have long beea satbasa that the safety
Of the country The honor IL the States demand not
merely prohibos OF slavery In the Territories bat lie
donations sasop, by which term usdsrptasd the sepa
ration II the general from ali oonnsotio
sd IN rsspcaaby fsx II asd ~ absolats rsssrIs1oa