Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-03-07
xruuasKA AND KANSAS.
,,orRM.T HUNTER, ESQ OF VIRGINS
SPEtCh W r- E.uRrARy "a 1854

efh =, ruz SEsArE, FEBRUARY 81 ieo4'
s.,sb,vpe under consideration 'ns o'i " o'san'
the Seu; &c a;,o,,ss of Nebraska and kaneas--
,,s The Ts,I,tTTs idMr PRE.lpENT Complaints have
MI. ac.s n,s question OF repeal OF the Missouri
oesn has unnecessarily .us. h ho
hoen Instituted as 10 The motives OF lhose ~to
ca'its nave fMt,fe.. In my opinon. II comes nell
e'ops c,pn nor by the desire OF any man mere OF
!hef VIZ" - .scs out Of the nature OF the casr anu mas
whstfi ou' y , s SO circumstances. II Is but logical
been Of IN. course Of argument and OF action "hlch
qt In 1850 upon what were then called the COM
a.e Of that sea.on Ana ST. .ne,e arc ~ v
eeIs is . well >. mejory Of the people OF 'h!s Union
op!a!' m, -euse tho question we're presented LOT
VIM NJ this poTson 10 vote Tor H. without any neon
pss b ,nr,r evous professions and course OF &C.
,.sncy WIZ 'n'''
ton. ,; ,,hich has been denominated as tho Mis-
luz n.onse OF 1920, ii founded upon any principle,
sou e u,on that vi dvision OF territory between
N ,yrno!iina aud the saVehosdna STATES OF ms
Tfsi,rscy Il seemed TO proceed upon the assumption
STATES were l)la:y entitled 10 that territory aha
ha c,,I pnssc,eiun became either impossible or ncon.
Ma a,, heu Justice required patunon o. IL amongst
,hsm ic purposes OF use anu occup""o".
Sne n,t 10 run the line Of So deg 50 min through H.
non, NO. nronio slavery all that portion oi the territory
iao o 81 h, ljnc To tlst proposition the SCUM cheer
em ay crejsJ And when il became question as 10 lie
,,,Icn Of the Territory OF Oregon ana OF mat ac-
t ,roo Mexico then, TOP the proposition was maoe 10
sI s, ts,, question upon the same principle OF diVi
ss.'' ,hs S1ulb being found 10 favor It almost
r,na,y @ and the North generally voting sgainsti H.
@ no, repea, the very lucid history OF those votes which
.,lcpn
pp who has proved that the proposition was repeated
y ,sr b. ,hs South settle those questions upon the
nncp!. Of division by the Missouri COMPROMISE ine ano
>. fen voted down by the North. On the con-
y the Moth wished TO introduce new principle and
.,.,d noon permitting few people on our western coast
rom. 10 AZ without the previous Invitation or
Of Congress- and oa!y 10 Include the territory
49,, ,rev themselves occupied and which might be OF a
anvenien se for The State, but TO assign 10 them
.lyes wha, limits and houoda1e, they pleased hat pro-
n,ion wa, opposed by almost tho united voice OF the
sS no, bscaus they believed that State had not right
n Az us own institutions bat because they believed that
grace aud Of right for State TO come nto his
-; bnn, the prevcus consent of Congress; and be.
c,n.s thew thought that lev people who organized them
ssIv.s ,o had right 10 extenl tner boundaries
havood what suitable or State SO az TO Include as
80 nnoccupird territory OF the Union as they might
.hooss under terms which would exclude the people OF
,Ias uor.on States OF the Union from ever settling
=, nrcunyoa IT, But the South was voed dowo and the
woG Question: settled that practically there ls not
o m inch of that territory which the South can ever
,e and IN exchange or IT, the South got hrst
n dcation on the part of leading northern friends
NJ declaration which seems TO have beer
lined by legislation OF the was un
,,,mIooaI 10 nass any law that should prohibit The In
Sneun of slavery into the unoccuped territories Of the
United States; and secondly the admission OF me principle
that the tue mode OF I e.,,os Dowsr over s ahI
,pbc,s cf legislation when are WIN TUG Coos'
;u,ion That all the souh received Ia ezcnanee or
.t,ra NJ that vast territory; and although believe
w. as The almost universal sentiment OF the South tha;
sv had been wronssd In this adjustment yet they acqu
ssced and submitted .,,o ., ,,,,,,.o ,ho
o,i government of this country where slavery is pro-.
hn.d nv preceding legislative reslreon the eoutn shonu
@ ,lsmcn YOU said il Unconstitutional TO pass
;i,,va ,Iohb,ou. Here Ia onei ask you TO remove
~ You SAID that The way 10 constitute Territorial
Sv.rnmen, was Give the people OF Inat Iero'y power
.isis. uuon all righul subjects OF legislation conss
I'D irh m. Constitution. We ask you TO give that pow
nsnn in these Territories In the precise words con.
;d il the bill for the territorial osauiIauon OIL olah
soe1 III ' ineyta bio consequence OF tbs course OF
n,s ha va depleted that tho SCUM snoua mass 'hs 'c
$3.50 Ia i, net roat:sr OF Justice u DOL matter o
Nor
from Ohio, Mr CaAsE tho Senator from
Das .Is [Mr. SrMSrR] aod the senator from Now
RID 1have ha, the South was eeoppeo
York anv rucn demand because n truth the Nilsson,
rom ;se was her ac that she originated IL! eno
vas mol only s1 ,eIe sSs issue win the 9cn,e
as MAJ , oue.,lon deny that the South dld orlsna
a. % II were compromise al ALI and think shaL OF
abe TO show thai, was no oo Ur al 10
the South mas ionS s'i'o 0'sD
observe III =, n,,, . ,e,y caycful apslysIs
cote uoon those Missouri bills, mado oy an exeeen
VI & W h ais a, your table, TM Hickey.] and shall reie
to the e.u,s of that examination Tor he putposs Oh
pg how /, that that missouri conp'o"i'' 90 - &c
c,Iisd o,isna,sd and was adopted
IN sIo when the bill for admission OF Mssouri in!o
bs Union was presented 20 Congress the notnstn
In the House of Representatives aHxeo 10 ~ oouui
h,i n shoula be admitted only upon lis aooishng sase1v
s M mt, II came 10 The Senate where that restriction
wae stricken our; and between the Two HOUSES mat o'
failed during that session OF congress- I'm ..
In Ic2O me applcaou again consioeieu. vh y" ~e
no the House of Representatives admitting missouri
condion of her excluding slavery from within ner
Ii wen, 10 the Senate About thst te y, sova
WAS pas,od By House OF Representatives au,'.s W.
Maine n,o the Union which went TO the senate auo Na
there referred The appropriate eommee Hi".nn
Inn onored II bacs with amendment admitting N,S,ou
so ,pSs ttpo u,isIion An effort made TO stIike
an, which failed. Aud then MI Ihomae Oh i.,.II.S Ss
moved 10 add the bill separate ; Nnrh of n
t.u an min and in vote upon ihat amenoment - ~ "
fo1nd that the whole North with the exception o e eu
&C.,, rdia,a voted for that clause Introducing the re
,Icor. and ahough Iargs portion OF the South nomi
naIy nsority for It, large poruon Vo!ea agaus'
Amoug the adversary votes were t~o from VIEWS, W.
tn SnnIb Carolina one from North Carolina, Mr. Macon
,wn from Georgia. and from Missssippi-naKng In all
.aht coles sgans, IT, And alo~ me 10 say mat lness
represented the buk OF me n
tim. beinp The members from virginia. rom oouth Ca'oi
a and from Georgia. and that those VINO Vosa oE u WI
be found 10 from the oo,der or nc" o'ae0 'a'l
not so much interested in the SUBJECT.
Now there ono vo;s, ana ouI o"e, ny With ny
seemed 10 have assened to this compfomise anc
tho IRON Massachusetts Mr. SuhSEn look care
refer T., h, vote. and 10 other, as far as my memory
svss me When the question came ID engross Inc Oil lo
Inc admission oil the State OF Maine with ihs
admitting esoufi without the restricIon ey vo'eu ot I've
snprcssmept with the anendments Ths was oonei pre-
,nme upon The view that II was competing prOposHor
with that then pending Impose restriction upon missouri
asa Sta cund enable the South to orce US ADMISSION
some fa, and asonabie But the BILL mus aueuoen
vent dow to the House. where the amendments were re-
tsd and Gnaily committee OF conference was appon'ea
who reported propositions 10 WI: ina ] s Two aS
be admitted withou, the resciiou, aud that CLAUSE OF
aop,d restricting slavery in the territory North OF 50 Deg
% min What was the upon that question Ont o
on hundred md ono Northern votes cast upon maj ques
oa TO one voted against the propo
,n 10 admit Missouri without the cstrcton' and amos
The sue North voted the cause 10 exclude slavery from
territory North of 35 deg 30 mn Against that rcstrlc
were 81 hitt Southern voies thirty Vo
ting t IN and annvng thrVssven are 10 be found
ssheen from Virginia OF twenty-five, and four out
ok from Georgia 1t will thus be found that the strength o
the vote whc Oily represented The slave population of the
South was against 1t.
Bu; sir how did that compromise originator The Sena
from himself tells US that the very rs
occasion upon which proposition was ever announ
ced In speech was from Northern man, Mr.. Taylor o.
New Yors; that the very hrs proposition lhat was eve
made BY way Of n,oton, from Northern man, iar
Thomas Of New York, and yet he says II was psopoaot
Of compromise which originated with the South.
Dr. SUMNER. The proposition OF MI Taylor was ,na
slavery should be- prohibited In all territories NORM o.
Deg. 80 min. which included Missouri.
Mr. HUNTER. Ths gentleman says in THIS sPeseh'
e tbs di,cussioo on Arkansas BILL at this session una
We and The OF compromise Defeated m ms e
nan proAb slavery in the Territory M eeS tna. ~
eh slavery should ee rsrm..ed lie susseso I's
s hereafter Of the United Stecs North OF % dsy
~ co Nor!a latitude"
MI. SUMNER. That was the motion.
at. HUNTER. the Senator himself refers 10 that oe
ehraoa the 6rst proposition that was made tor com
promise. The f,st moioo that introduced Wat