Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-02-24

NJ cd ,he affirmative in the argument upon
ths,r passage
WAIT IL the case they prcseu, to the Senate
and tnC country:
They huge Submitted a report; bat that re-
port htough, IN before they nad Introduced or
even conceived THIS bold and daring measure
Of ubrogattng the Missouri omprouisc, Directs
all lis utuuuenls against il.
he report g,vps ~ the deliberate judgment
OF the Committee on Two l'nputt,nt prits.
First TIM the Cumpromise of 1850 dlI not, by
ITS letter or by lis spirit, rcpeal, or rpnucf no
ccssarv, or even propose the ubrogutlun Ut the
Missouri COMPROMISE; and secondly. that the
Missouri COMPROMISE ought not now to be NJ.
roLa,pd AMI now. SIR, what do We now hear
from this Committee? FIRST two similar and
kindred bulls, actually abrugatiuE he Missouri .
Compromise winch, IN their report. they had .
lold us ought not TO be abrngntcd at all. Sc /
cundy tucse bills declare on their face, in
substance that that COMPROMISE was 1lready /
nbrog tied by the sprlt Of that very Cumpro-
mise of 1880. whlch, in their report they had /
list shown rs, left tie Comp Omisc OF leo I
/ absolutely unaffected and unlmpired. Thirdly, I.
the Committee i'vor IA, by their thurman, with |
an oral explanation, that the amended bills alb /
rogatng the Missouri Compromise are ldenti .
cal with then previous bl,l, which did not nbro
| gate II, and are only made TO differ IN phrase
ulugy, TO the end that tine provisions contained
| III their previous, and now discarded bIll, shall
| be absolutely clear and certain.
| What the spIItt or the letter Of the CoMpro-
mise Of 1880 was vlolp,ion OF the Compromise
| of ls20: Then. nasuuch As the Compromise of
! i-9U was lnvlulibr, the attempted violation Ut
/ T. shows that the 80 called onpromi5r ot 800
/ was TO that CNteu, not COMPROMISE At all bui
a tctiliuus spurious, aud pretended tomprO.
mise. " hat If the letter Or the spiilt OF the
COMPROMISE Of 1850 did suprrscde " lnp'tr or
even conflict wihthc COMPROMISE oi ic2O =
| ihrn that Is reason not for abro9ating the
lrr, pcnluhIc and invlolahlr Conpromi5r % lc20
bul the spurious and pretended Compromise OF
1850.
he law of l-20 secured free institutions III
ihc regions acquired from France III 1903. by
the wise and.prudent foresight OF the Congress
Of the Unucd States. The law of 1850, on
contrary, committed tn choice between free
and slave Institutions IN New Mc>ico and Utah
-rcrrltorlcs acquired from Mexico nearly fifty
years ailcrward--to the Interested cupldity or
the caprice Of their earliest and accidental uc-
cupants Free Institutions and Slave lnsltu-
ions are equal. but the interested cupliny of
the pioneer is a wiser arbter, and his judgment
| a surer safeguard, than the cOllectlv" wisdom
| Of the American People AMI the most solemn
aud tine honored statute of the American Con-
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f'.''u i'"''' an ", ,',,, ,e,,o, h,t,,a
camp followers around Fort Ln,vcnworth. and
the sllil smaller number Of trlpp"r-. Govern
mcnt schoolm Is'crs, and mechanics who attend
the iniIans in their seasons of rest from hunt
my in the passes Of the Rocky Mpunln.,--
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, % De HuppIahtcn was r''lP!lSIcu' h9'' '"'h
remand Missouri ana ArkAnsas hack 10 me uh'
settled condI'iun III regard to Slavery. wmcl
: | ilr.y held before the COMPROMISE of leo wa.
! enacted and then we will hear Won talk of r,
.,in.l,uG tina, Comeroul,c You cannol do this
Nou on ut not to do ii II You coul ana be-
caule Won cannot nnl ournt no, to do It. W.,
cannot, ,vi,,out v,,l,,,u,, law. iu.tirr. curi,,v
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lhtre - 'lIIl IN 'l'r' ana moi e'S H'Ilo"E uH
iculty. You Cal the slavery laws of 100 81
II cp.pDro MS, br'veru the slavrhDdiny and non
:, sllyehoIlnI States. For the purpose OF thu
; ,rgu uent. lei il be granted that they were suct
, conpro nIsc. 1t was nevertheless "A conpro
., mise conc ring Slavery III tn" T"rrtp res &C
qulr,d from Mexico, and by the letter of lh'
4 co.npr mise II extended no further. Cn yo'
-, nov, by an act winch Is not compro mlsc be
tween the same parties, hnl mere "rdlnar!
law, extend the force AMI Obligation OF ih
urinciulrs Of that Compr1rniSe of lS,IO fio re
g nan. ,,, ,,,Iv oyclnI,d from !, hu, uh.;,lu,,.