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


this point would exclude al slxvehoders from the Teri
tories whilst It. would admit abchtionists free soisrs
t. decide the question would alone op
ponents Of slavery and to those opposed to its coming
into the Territories.
That this would render the provisns OF the bill as re-
ported By the committee wholly imperative 50 far Is
they intended to benz At the people living within the
limits Of the saveLoldns States there be shadow
doubt and amount to the leaving Of the whole quss
toD far any practical result 70 b atstnsd pre-
oissy Is It now exists under the provisions tbs Mis-
souri, mpromse act. II promises the substance, bat
only the ahsdow, to the people Of hs uth "I
keeps he Of promise to the and breks to tho
hpc whilst al that Ia ZEAL and valuable Ia left to
prated BY the p'ope living within tbs limits OF the
States In which slavery EXITS The obi .otons taken
nan 10 far a can learn, 10 both toases OF ,ogre
whether whig democrat; and TO these offered
the amendment, which seems to have given much Of
fencs ron, ard hich, have before said sub
seluenty Ia substance adopted By the committee, and
incorporated into the bill
That Amendment ~ peas much Of this Missouri
promise forever ohibts slavery north Of thirty
six oeare.s thirty minutes north lAtruoe BY declaring
18th Iit shalt not be SO construed pply to the Terri
tory contemplated By this act t. any other Terri
tory OF the Uiied sate but thai the citizens OF
sev.Isl States rent lies shall be as liberty to take
and hold their slaves within auy OF tbs Territories Of the
u tied States o, the states be formed thsrsfron a.
IL the said act enti lei Aforesaid AMI approved
Aforesaid had never been parsed - Th does
nothing less than repeal the Missouri npro.
mse act far sAyery concerned, and leaves the
whole euest as to the right OF the cissns OF the
savebodr States TO their slaves into said Terri
tory, inst II woui have II the restriction
tans In the Missouri compromise act had been
created by Cor CESS or In other words declares Con-
gressonsl with the sutsct Of sa rery
both In the eittes and Teni Of the United States
and secu the citizens Of the slave holding States
equal tight with the citizens Of the sAvehodiDg
States into said Territory and VIZ there be
in their persons ard property whether their
property consists In slaves or In anything else.
Nov, tbs ameBdme mt agreed upon by the mlttes,
and about which consulted before 1t offered,
not only received my entire appreciation but before
remarked in subsisnoe that previously on red by
me II declares that the constitution all the laws
OF the Unitsd Atss which Ideally ina ppcabls,
shall have force and effect within the said Tor
ritory Of Nebraka elsewhere within the United States
except the eighth section OF the act 10 the AL
fton OF Missouri into the Uniou approved March 9th,
1890 which by the principles Of the legis
ation Of 1850 commonly called the Cmprom measures
and ~ here BY declared ipoperauve.V
You will not deny that the amendment offered BY me
this Amerdmen, afterwards agreed upon BY the COM
mites In substance the tsme. They both alike re-
peel the Missouri compromise act and the oae cal
cula to .gitats the question Of slavery the otnsr cAH.
not BE- less likely to be So
Ap yet because opposed the bill ~ originally report
ed by the committee and proposed 10 remedy s defects
by Offering amendment which Ia approved OF BY the
whole souhern delegation In both houses Of Congress-
you have not y denounced asitaor, and eau
ed pom II the editors OF the State TO lash me into
proper respect for the sentiments OF the party that elect
ed ms" but sharsed me With "sssocistns myself With