Washington sentinel., 1854-02-07
ask the Senate to take up the French spoiaton BILL
and TO take vote on il.


and TO take vote on H.
i NEBRAsKA-sLAvERY.
On motion by Mr. DOUGLAS, the Senate pro
ceeded TO the consideration of the bill TO establish
territorial government for Nebraska
Mr. WADE, after stating the diflidence with
which he departed from his usual silent discharge OF
ms duties TO participate in debate referred to the
missouri compromise, the adoption of which and
Inc nerce sectional strife attendant upon il he per-
\ iectly remembered, although at that time he was
! quite young man, Since its adoption when il
was considered a solemn binding compact forever
10 be Kept sacred he had heard of no man bold
enough TO move its repeal The compromise ol
1850 had also been adopted, and had been declared
everywhere as fnality not to be questioned OF
disturbed by any one. The proposition now mend
j ing was to set them both aside.
/ he thought the friends of the proposition ought
10 nave given good reasons for it. One year ago
| the Senator from Illinois advocated Nebraska
bill without it, and the Senator from Missouri had
declared there was no hope for repeal of the
Missouri compromise
He considered this nothing more than conspi.
| racy 10 overturn the guaranty of freedom given
by the Missouri act and that the conspiracy had
been hatched within six weeks
/ The committee themselves had changed ground
on the subject, since they made their report less
than four weeks ago. He denied the position as
sumed by the bill that the acts Of 1850 had super
/ seded the Missouri Compromise, and declared the
| bill an outrage upon the country. He asked il
4 nothing was to be held sacred; was the legislation
/ of the country 10 be forever overhaued whenever
required for party or any other purposes
i He referred to the men who had framed the
compromises of 1920 and 1880 and regretted that
j their successors were anxious to overturn these
measures adopted in the spirit of patriotism.
He contended that the acts Of 1850, expressly
! maintained inviolate the prohibition of the act OF
| 1920, and earnestly invoked Congress to Ike the
territories pure as they now were, and would be,
! if not punished with the scourge Of human sla-
very.
The Senator had had the whole benefit ofthe Mis-
souri, compromise, and should not now refuse the
| north its share. He denied the authority of any
| person TO offer this measure in the name of the
! north. The north knew nothing of it. II was a
| base conspiracy TO betray the north. They knew
nothing Of the nefarous scheme. Major Andre
was hung tor making proposal nothing like as
/ base as this.
| He repeated and reafiirmed the statement, that
| to admit slavery to these territories would amount
TO total exclusion Of the free white laborers of
| tea north. Itwoud bastth territory as much as If
/ il was fred with brimstone as had been Sodom
| and Gomorrah.
/ He denied that he was in any manner bound to
| recognise the title of any man in slave. The
| Constitution placed no such obligation on him. If
| il did, he would expatrate himself before he would
do So He referred TO the political position of Vir-
| gnia at the foundation Of this government and at
the present day, and asserted that her decline
to be attributed TO her slavery Virginia alone
enterprising in raising negroes for the Market and
! he did not desire to see that business carried to
| the territories.
| If this compromise was set aside, no one could
complain if there was bill introduced for the re-
| peal of the fugitive slave act.
| He considered this dangerous legislation, and
| described, graphically, storm fast approaching
/ and shortly TO break upon the Union upon the
| passage of this bill. The fearful fight between
slavery and freedom was about 10 take place, and
] in that fight he gave notice freedom was not to
| be vanquished. 1t would be fight and the result
would be victory or death to one or the other.
Mr.. JONES, of Tennessee, replied at length,
vindicating the institution Of slavery bequeathed
| to them by their foreathers. This measure, he
said was rendered them by the north. The south
could not refuse the act ofjustice, tardy as was
He had always regarded the Missouri compromise
| as wrong He dsclaimed all political association
with the gentleman, so far as the doctrines he had
asserted to-day were concerned. They may have
battled together wings for the principles of the
whig party, but he had never put his shoulder TO
the wheel of doctrine proclaimed by the senator
to-day He saw no portentous storm in the fn-
ture. This was but an act Of Justice, and the
people ofthe north could not condemn il.
4 Mr.. ], argued at length to show that the Mis-
souri, compromise had bsen originally wrong and
in violation of the treaty BY which Louisiana had
| been acquired.
He referred 10 the labored appeals made by
both senators from Ohio in behalf Of pghted
faith, the sanctity Of compromises, &c. and then
read from the journal of the last session the vote
on Mr.. SUMMERS motion TO repeal the fugitive
slave act That act was one Of the compromise
| acts of 1850. The motion to repeal il received
1 four votes in the Senate, and two Of them were
the votes Of the two Ohio senators now in the
Senate.
The question pending was on Mr.. CHAsE's mo-
ton to amend the bill by striking out the words
which declare the eighth section Of the Missouri
| compromise was superseded by the principle of
the acts of 1850 known as the compromise acts.
| Mr. CASS asked what would be the effect Of
| the amendment.
| Mr.. BADGER. The Missouri act will be re-
pealed, but no reason will be given for it,
| The question was then taken, and the amend
ment was rejected-ayes 13, noes 81, as follows
| YEAs-Allen, Cass, Chase Everett, Fish, Foot
| Hamlin, Seward, Smith, Stuart, Sumner Wade
Walker-13
NAYs-Adams, Atchison, Badger, Bayard, Bell,
Benjamin, Bright Brodhead, Butler, Clay, Daw-
son, Dixon Dodge Of Iowa, Douglas, Evans,
Tennessee, Mallory, Mason, Norris, Petit, Sc
bastian, Shields Slidell, Thompson Of Kentucky,
Toucey, Weller, Wiams-3l.
Mr.. WADE moved to strike out the BILL and in
sert the one passed by the House on the last ses-
sion.
The CHAIR ruled the motion out of order at
this time.
Mr.. DOUGLAS moved to strike out the words
"was superseded by," and insert g is inconsistent
with.n
NIr. Sfaco Sdlu that ne WOuld vote Tor this
amendment He could not have voted for the
word superseded. He preferred, however, stating
in the bill that the Missouri compromise was un-
constitutional and therefore repealed. He be-
leved it, and thought it ought TO be so stated.
Mr.. STUART agreed with his colleague in be-
leving that inconsistent with was better than
superseded by"
Messrs. BADGER, CASS, and STUART, con-
tinued the debate on the effect of these terms
The bill was then postponed, and the Senate
adjourned.
House of Representatives.
The SPEAKER laid before the House COM
munication from the Treasury Department, sub
hitting certain papers from the HON.. w. Davis,
governor of Oregon, the object of which is a fur
ther appropriation to defray the expenses incurred
in the Kayuse war, in 1S47-4S, prior to the orga-
nzation of the territorial government Referred
to the Committee of Ways and Means, and or
dered to be printed.
CHINA.
On motion Of Mr.. STEPHENS, of Georgia. il
Resolved That the President the United States be re
Quested m his