The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-19

territories secured to W. b, that compact, Val
the gvernnent and the ctunt, that they do n,t tru
represent the psopls vhsss snoA cherished rights pri
cpies and interests they betA wing for the PRONE
don OF their personal ambti "a or st the otataton
parry isadera And We warn al sur kaoio ,ervsats WI
may bs TEN pied TO fAlts In their $.shn'e to the light
Of free labor that day of reckon We Is At hand
Rros', That tie ssita'ion and tarm already excfss
Throughout IN. iiee States at the opposed vol.tios
cur snosnt rsnu and the popular no. cnl
Of our native, but sIso of adopted ens. at thi
scheme for cepri 'ins them homssteAds 4anns aat
with slaves iEccates tbs bitter curse that awaits
vhe shall dare to trsmPie eompacts Aod r.move tn
Of the North to forget all disrsuce of party snt
to stand houder to cudsr defence Of our oouoz
ehss and that we csl upon ali the ministers Of eeson
by fse heh duties OF their holy Office to Invoke the Rulel
OF Nations to turn the Of those who are ts.
pa ing this stupendous vropg
Resolved, That va call upon Senators and RsYre>
festAuvss In Congress-, to resAt unniashirsy ssch
manner ~ they shall deen meet all sttsm PTS from whA
ever qusrter TO repeal abrcgats or render noperEvs
oEec ~ Indirectly the eighth section OF the Missouri
Act and that We call upon the President Of tbs Un ed
states In case Of the passage Of sush bill By C,ngrss
70 ,na from violation BY ntsrposns ss
Resolved, That copy OF here resosions he forwar FED
yo,S ~ Ara o. sns st.a ni New
Grnor OF each stats OF the Union to the reside
Of the Unite States
Hor. JoHs p HAIH then upon tho platform, amid
oDsdeIaols cheering and eight hs,isg; fsw cat
alb were also sudible. Mr.. Hale ssh:-
.my isienas ana fellow ctoEsns- chapced yestsi day
afternoon to be In the Senate chamber o, the United
States when G. vernon Seward, Of your repcsssuta
tvs', prsssnssd to that bsdy-(appause and htsss i
tons OF the Legisatue Of this stats remoastrstlng
agalss the passage Of tbs bill to which susiou has
p.ssuy, quietly ,eaa ordered to b. prints. and isid
upon the table, producing I'm preston than
produced moment after when the Clerk o. ue House
came in and announced that the House had passed
tain bill upon very trivial SUBJECT 10 which they
nk.o .he concurrence OF the senate; tas one
the other. l couli bus 60 back With my
mpds eye some three quarters Of century, and
lock at the moment and occasion when some
Other presentsd BY certain other body
prior to the Revolution When tae SAmp Aot passed
BY the Biitish Parliament, and sent to these
colonies to be emf rced there town meeting h.ld
in town in New England, then not comprising over
tren'y Thousand psop-ths town OF Bossoa-and at 1t
The resolved thai the Stamp Act should not b
In the tosp OF Bosten. ard they sent those
utoss to the British Pa lament They we're net read
ard lad upon ths table; but the stamp kot repealed
(Applause Why Ia 1t that the voice Of three millions
OF peoP speaking through their leg In ats organ the
IAeiflAture Of their Stats and presenting resolu
ton 70 ne national Leasl.ure did mot produes one
Boston produced upon tho British Parliament The
answer In plAin The u Boston 10 ss-uest and
meant What they said and the British PAramsnt knsw,
when they received those resolutions that the men who
passed them had the resolution to live them The
Senate did not believe that yours they had they
would not have been laid upon the table (Applauss
mingled With hisses) Now, fiisats, to night
rose to address .udsncs when felt ipsdsquAts to
and somsthiog oi the msso.uas Of ssis
ton II were to and before night to argue the
ton to wtch you might come rested hi, fate for the M
ture OF his life, and BY the determination to ,h ysu
came bis fate hereafter was to be freedom or slavery,
shoud 6pd the responsibility too shelmine for
poor capacity But how does suoh question that sink
Into utter in comparison ~th the question
ycu here Dight to consid~s L,ok It Tor
nsnt look at that map (poippg to the large
pended 10 front II the Important - Is the posi-
lvaU n nfpn
ef the UHited States, with the waters from
IT: mountain peaks runoing nov into the
Atlantic into the Gulf Of Mexiso and then int the
northern lakes That Territory comprises an OF
4so 0to miies than ten times tn, szs Of ths State
Of New York. and Atty tines the szs Of the Sats Of Mas
sschusetts occupies position in relation to the
Of the country which ths Chinese claims for his couoty
relation to the rest of the world Il s tns Central
It Be ue it only needs tee hand Of 70 IKE
1t the Flove'y Land Well the question Is how shall 1. BE-
eeveIr cd p and Oh God, that II should b. question,
when for thirty four We have In tas -
curify thu, 4 ousours beyond peradventure Gap
plause.) Why Daniel Webster, on the 7th OF Msron.
1885, ip his celebrated speech which him uch Of
fame and uch Of oboquy declared that the position
., G sn,. at rerSy Rn to slavery va. aa.a y an is.p.a
that what We supposed for more than the tine
OF generstioa to be settled ID safe and seours
no lorger The question which We supposed
fathers settled than . third Of . century ago
has come up to be settled aRsin What it-wbst shall
that great land be2 Lot tell you 1t il TOR you say
1t s for the mechanics and workin smenths strong
bsIds the honest hearts and clear heas-ths voters Of
this city to ssy (.pplsuss The honorable sent!smsn
ern men Who continually asltstns this subject but
he has for the Northern who
% o.
to slavery unless they did 1t kno sDg that they re
prefented coughscs const,tusnces cloud applause
Let the people OF this city take hold OF this question: and
let 1t be that they are In earnest Let labor
OF New York stand up the ccncious pride Of their
with the vi vote to tivs up this fair
TO slavery, and tell you 1t will not bs done. There
" u be no tresohery At Warrington unless there bs
esehery in New York to prececs IT. but let Ns~ York
spesk ont and that land ssfe That csunsry will
be settled TIRE wars and expressions OF tbs OLD World
turning out hundreds tbouapds annual, to people
it. Soon another tide will come from the East aor5s, the
Pscnc IL the Atlantic, aud the tides
viii meet snd settle there In tho central land and the
Chinese VIII find that he has left cntra kinsd to
hEd snotL another continent. And what shall be
Its iDsitutons Of governmsnt Snail they bs such -
the bum Of busy Industry b heard on s his and 10 IL
vasysths churches and sahoolhousss and aoac smies
Cot It. hillsf Cloud cries Of Yss yes" applause and
hisses Shall spires Of Oh, istisn churches point from
grateful hearts to bennosnt GocS (SsvEaAL voIom-
"Yss." Do''-nSise Misses, and applause.) And when
T.: :soI;r s''; ods home :, night .'rd nth biz
his and on the children OF his love secured to him BY
the laws rot only Ct God but OF man aaof (Appauss)
Of every son6 nom free hearts an happy homes In
sa Of that shall the olsnk Of the cham and the wall Of
the boa asman go up hne the ear Q. Sim who a.s ,s
vealed 1t His peculiar glory that he the God OF tbs
oppressed Npplsuse ThA, what you have to settle;
for hs ysar-rot for this generation for this
century but for all osm time. whether slavery Ia An
inf,tatop of human government. And my friends, lot
the wings Of your Imagination take fight sDd sec IL you
can ,csn ths magnitude, the mporans - the Immunity
and iDnniy o. this question. Let me Ask you my
ffients-my political frends-if this Is ono OF thoss
minor qu.stiops which you are wilio TO trads
on at the polls for . pli % In tho Custom Housef
(No-no" ia ashtsr and apnlsuss) Are thsr,
not tbipgs that little higher holsr THAI
be Put In the political shsmbles for the market, and
10 not this OF those questtons9 Now Il Il proposed
r. do oil th: Ia proposed TO throw down the barrier
which Jon Married thai map not to let freedom
come down below IT, but to let slavery march up
above ard that Ia tbs ssusfreecon slavery Wel
now want 10 deal with this thing fairly Il want u
argue the question that has tesn presented l. faid
tbsttb Ia 70 be for two the ar
became the restrictions Of the Missouri CON
urccnsttuiens and tbs secord becsus. they moon
sstent with the lesisation Of 1850. You may think 1t
strange that should propose to argue constitutional
question In mixed assemby like this 10 very sort OF
% ssssmby In vhioh ! would like TO Aysue ". some
people Affect to think that people cannot aDcer
stand constitutional question They think that mao
must b ~ stupid fed alderman, corrupt
amsmber of Congrsss, before he nt 70 appreciate
ocps'itu, ,cpsl Question (sughtsr and cheers) pro-
q tn INV In fba