The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-15

ton left the influence Of the constitution without any
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he matter !: considered VIII ssnior, vi 3 found
acting ON the defensive It has been resisting assaults
from without.
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against the existence Of slavery In the States and Terrific
RES and all cause for strife win be at an end The people Of
the North and the South the East and the West Will
learn that they brethren with interests and
common destiny; the Union win receive strength
ing win find that their hopes vain Our country will
BE- better loved at home, and more highly respected
abroad.
Such are the views Of one OF your constituents who
has thoughts good deal of this matterwho holds
tical Office never intends to hold one and il not
scous Of anything to warp his judgment. For utterng
such sentiments ne will be called roslavery man BY
the aboltiODiss and yet he much the friend Of the
slave AZ the best of them.
49, Wy : ~ -'N '''''''S R aSaii G. BRONSON.
Honorable F. B. CUTTING, NJ. c., Washington, D. C.
Mr.. JOHN A. KING then introduced to the meeting
He commenced by requesting the indulgence Of the au
dicnce in the which he about TO make upon
the subject matter before them For the third time they
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that broad land to the invading foot Of slavery 1t
to it far they oodo enter their protest
against the provisions Of that BILL and say to their
representatives. what they had right to say-Look well
to the business you have in handsee that you do
give away to slavery that which dedicated to freedom
fore was Why they had come together more to enter
protest against the passage Of thathe was going to
say-infamous bill. II bill fraught with every
thing but that which freeman could desire. 1t in
violation Of ancient compact and Of great and settled
The constitution under which they lived made for
freedom and not for slavery The Missouri compromise
took place it was not that there should be limitation Of
slavery by degrees Of latitude and longitude but that
there should be an actual inhibition Of slavery in the
Territory. That the question then asserted
the part of the North After the great contest Of
years. space, the question settled down in this man
ner-that Missouri should be admitted with slavery
provided that the territory which lay beyond II should
be dedicated to freedom. What was the Missouri
compromise? II was the sixth article of those arti.
Giles of compact known the ordinances of 1887,
whereby all the territory northwest of the Ohio river
should forever be dedicated to reedomthe great birth
right Of every who crossed the Ohio river. That
great question Of compromise entered early in the his
tory Of the country 1t began before the constitution Of
gress of the confederation and it carried through
from that to the Congress- which followed As early
1877 the ordinance was proposed BY which and through
the old States of the Union and the Territories the other
side Of the Ohio river were dedicated to freedom That
then came tbs constitution tuition made by the me- had
fought and bed in the name of liberty They had been
tried together, and had triumphed together in the
of compromises The speaker dwclt at great length
upon the early compromises made by the North, and
system" We were going on he said, prosperously as
nation full Of resources full Of arts and the sciences
belong freedom, energy
which belonged to free men Then in 1920 the question
again concerning the introduction Of acquis
tons Of territory and the gue.tion came up" WIN
one voice. that it better for the honor better for
the safety better for the prosperity better for the
not slavery should be in that Territory. (AppAuse)
The State Of New York and the whole North had declared
hat II men s5ua met b. az s sna
Congress had the constitutional power to limit It, and
that their duty to restrain it in the matter Of Mis-
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they voted and the resolution passed in 1920 was he
believed, almost unanimous one. Such had been the
opinion Of New York upon that great question, and 1t
had acted up truly to the principles Of the resolution
He did understand New York to stand opposed the
compromises Of the constitution but loyal to hem-not
rtories but as having view only the honor Of the re-
public and the safety of everything that belonged to the
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sderatons-powerful motives, brought to bear upon
this question He knew the influence of political feeling
he the power Of the administration in swaying the
minds of men; but when that administration said that
reasonable men should not have opinion upon such
to- 1t was neither becoming him. any who valued
his Independence his position az one OF the great integ
OF the ne trusted that sas great ina
would be ready to act in such matter. He wished to
mpugn the motives Of no map but he meant to speak
the Nebraska bill as unworthy the legislation Of the
country (Applause.) No body of men, North or South
the North was not satisfied The Missouri compromise had
saved great body Of the finest land in the country from
the footsteps Of were content and the South
voice from the North heard he had to learn
why it that that bill had become far as the Senate
He knew and respected many Of the who helped to
carry it into effect and knew the integrity OF their
for he No o,s cS
risen in their places and defended that bill and voted for
it. But they stil had one effort to make 1t was the
appeal which they to make there that night-it
was the protest which they about to enter against
it. He hoped and believed that the expression Of opinion
msm as s nc saw a MN mere tnso
its passage. Who were they that there opposing
that mighty wrongs We're they not portion Of this
cy-were they the representatives of its WORTH its
intelligence its charities, its noblest enterprisef Were
they aG9Gd IN me q sne a. s.
ernmentwere they not worth being heard and If heard
to be obeyed upon question which involved the liberty
portions Of this country 1t might perhaps be
thought at Washington that the agitation would
immersed as s'' they xere in Susnsss in those
mighty operations which New York was engaged
in; but It would prove mistake They were part and
parcel Of this State and this State In all its relations
like themselves was full Of enterprise full of
ces fun Of intelligence. They to be led blndly
they knew what due to themselves Their legisla
tors, must then heed what they said, If, a. he 1.-THE
speaker knew eve taoy mould ney spoke ,%
Here in this year of 1854 Senator from Illinois had in
troduced bill which did not at first abrogae the Mis-
souri, Compromise, but which finally concluded by de-
carng that by portion of the compromise act Of 1850
which left New Mexico and Titan TO decide the matter Of
slavery not they thought it. that Territory being
free, decided that this solemn, ancient compact Of
thirty years standing, entered into under great Difficult
ties, should be abrogated and made imperative That
compact stood upon public faith and public faith rested
upon the obligation Of every to Its
integrity. The Nebraska bill breach Of solemn
faith ancient contract 1t closing that Territory
against the footsteps of freedom Every should be
allowed to plant himself upon free soil entering those
possessions In conclusion the speaker called upon them
stay their hands, but raise their voices steadily
and firmly citizens Of such great city should do and
ask their due They owed this to Themselves and to the
world. They mark to the world In the Western
hemisphere, as Of business and intellect They
should rise up In all their power and speak with all
that power TO the people at Washington He had entered
bis solemn protest against the great wrong which
ought to be perpetrated by this BILL and his hope and
aith that enough Of men still left who thought
freedom worth preserving and who yet thought that
that beautiful land full OF streams and praircs should
al least from that which proposed by the