The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-04-15

under npr llrrgF boundaries. anu WITH Iilt
same right 10 come in with or without slave
nv, as they please.
We have been told over and over again
that there was no such thing lntlmatcd III
debate as that the country cut off from Texas
was to be relieved from the stipulation of
that compromise This has been asserted
boldly and Internationally, MS if there could
be no doubt about il. The senator. from
Georgia Mr.. TooMgsl in his speech, showed
that, in his address 10 his constituents Of
that State, he had proclaimed to the world
that the object was TO establish a principle
rhich would ALLOW the people to decide the
question of slavery for themselves, north as
well as south of so 3d. The line Of So
80 was voted down as the boundary OF
ltah, so that there should not be even an
implication in iavoro Of an imaginary Inc To
divldc freedom ana S'arery' nupscH"eh'iy'
whcn inc Texas boundary Di'I "ns u",t''
Consideration ON inc "eHt ""y as'i 'ni
amendment Vi tne senator IRON" "s'"'a '"'
pecn auoP'e", we '''o'" says
INF. SEpAsIiAH moved to aAd 70 inc sec
ohl arucic the iolio"InS'
oh me condi'oh tha' the territory mere,
ny cedcu may "r, at tne proper 'lihc' io'''cu
INTO state, anu admitted mo 'hc 'hioi''
Nth constitution with or without the pro-
hibition Of slavery therein, as the people ol
the said Territory may at the time deter
mine
Then the senator from Arkansas did pro-
pose that the territory cut of should be re-
heyci from that restriction IN express terms
and allowed to come in according to the prin'
ciplc5 Of this bJl. What was done! lhe
debate contln'Td:
"Mr FoorE. VIII my friend allow me to
appeal 10 nm 10 move th'' amendment "",l
.hc "''to''' D'' W Wv -, ''"',o :'I''' vi
ior 'v.'s,'','atiHh. ~ VII J,' .' g.. !,
par, " '''"' "'''' '''' ''','
! WIN P,t"s1,'' w" II VIZ 0"'! '"''''' 90
our as:"'"
/ Lot II pc remarked, That no one dchieG th'
| proprety OF The provision. Al s'eihea ''
/ acqui,scc III the principlci but II wa
/ thought better to insert 1t IN The trrrtplia
! bills, AS We are now doing, instead oil adding
/ 1t to The lcAas boundary bnL Inc dtyal'
proceeded:
'Mr, SEBASTIAN MY only o'Jctt ~ oher
ing the amendment Is to secure the assertion
I OF tins principle beyond DOUBT Inc Flihci
/ pie was acqhiesccd N without h'IIci'y u
regard to INC territorial government cS'an
lished Tor Utah, part oil tins acquired terri
tory, anu IL Il proper, III my OPINION, u!"t
should he incorporated IA tn. bii.
"MesSfS. SAsa, foofE' anu others. oh
Withdraw II,
"air. SEbAsTiAN ! thlhk th's Is 'ht prop
/ cr pace lur II. III y uncertain NHHlA'F J
WI be incorporated ia Inc other b'i r,leFfe'
To, ana inc bhi lseIl may NOT pass
ii VIII DC seen tNit lht debate goes upon
the supppaIuph tiia' tht tIe't was - f'i'a,'
the country noTlh OF 90 "p from thc "DIl
gallon OF the proh'b'tloh; ana lhr oh'y Pi,s
ton, was whether the declaration that !
should be received INTO tnc Chloh WIN %
B without slavery should be inserted IN TN
Texas b''l or the territorial hhI'
The debate was Continued, ana NH rca'
one nr TWO "ther passages
MT foOTE. i WI To state 10 lhe s'h''
tor ahct oil "hi'h, I INK, nc Is hpt onstr
want at tins moment anu 'hnt t. uh"I Ia
senator from NhSlhh mas introduce" III
amendment, Whicli Is no" part u inc DIV
winch recoShlhch Inc leAo' compact o. an
neNauon III every respect
Mr.. SEBASTIAN. was aware Of the e.lcr
Of the amendment OF the s'h,tor RON 'ir
gina. IT Is III r gdrd to thc humb,r 0
states to be iormcd out OF i,Nl., ana - re
erred to cniy IN general terms
Thu, 1t WI DC seen that the senator IRON
Arkansas tho explained the ainchdihcnt o
4 the senator from Virginia, "hrh h"d beei
adopted in precisely the zane way IN "Lnri
explained il in ny opening S..ccch. In
senator from Arkansas continued:
If this amendment be the same as ia
7 offered ny - '''tL'f irEh'h, 'ier
can certainly be no go" ~ t'a''''"'ns II j
this bill, to which mink II pfoF"t oc
longs"
Thus il will be seen that nobody dispute
that the restriction was to be removed; ant
the only question was, as 10 the Till III whi
that declaration would be put. 1t seems
from the record, that | took part in the dc
bate, and said:
Mr.. DOCI.As This boundary as now
fixed, would leave New Mexico bounded OF
the east by the 1899 Of longitude up TO 36'
30, and then east to the l0o' and it leave
n narrow neck OF land between 80 80 an'