The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-22

and in the matter Of California, The very bond itself.
know wiD be replied thai The people ol Caioinls ex.
clnded slavery by their own constitution bu the journal
Of this House will show, by the voting which 10 therein
recorded thai the pce oi her admission was The eaclu-
sion Of slavery Were to grant that the " Missouri
bond' (as il is somewhere called constitutional and
fair the opponents OF this ball esiopped from pleading
il n the present issue, BY the fact thai they themselves
have uniformly dlseg srded ls provisions II s believe,
universally admued principle Of justice and OF law.
that 10 every dependent covenant failure OF performance
BY one OF the parties 10 releases the other from all OBJ
For upwards OF thirty years has South acquiesced
in this Missouri ne which was al hrsf forced upon her
BY northern majority and not N single instance have
we attempted 10 oyeIieap H. Believing thai we would
be excluded by natural laws, which north oil 80 deg 80
min adverse The prohtableness OF slave labor,
constitutional Continually Larassed almost beyond en-
dursnce, we were willing Tor the sake OF quiet TO
adopt this line final settlement Of the question Ac
uaied By these considerations have made repeated
offers 10 extend the line 10 the Pacific ocean-ofers
which vindcaie Our fidelity 10 The contract, and which,
had they been accepted in The good faith which they
were rendered. might have gwen stability 10 ihe ADJUST
4 meni.
/ Ga the 10Th August, ls4s an amendment to the Ore-
gon hl, then before the Senate, offered. providing
for the extension Of the compromise line 10 The Pacific,
and passed that body by vote OF 80 and a nays
The nays We're:
Messrs Allen, Aherton, Baldwin. Bradbury Breese,
Clarke, Corwin, Davis Of Massachusetts,, Dayton, DIX,
Dodge Fech Greene Hale, Hamin Miller. Miles, Phelps,
Upham, Walker, and Webster-2l"
II ne Dill tbus AMENDED was sent 10 thls House, and
rejected by the tree-soil vote, which unanimous
against IT,
originating In this House, which provided territorial
government Tor Oregon, and in which the Wllmot pro-
vlso was incorporated, by declaring IN effect that mas
much a. slavery Was excluded from Oregon by operation
Of the law known as the Missouri Compromise,
content TO abide by lis ,erms and il promptly reject
cd as insufficient ior the purposes and designs OF free
soilers.
In 1850 when The bi ior the admission Of California
was before the Senate, MIR Davis OF Mississippi, moved
10 amend By making 80 deg 80 min The southern bound
ary OF The State. and il was los-a3 yeas. 80 nays
II Amendments 10 the effect subseq uently
twice oieredrs by MIR Foole OF mississippi, and again
By Mr.. TurDey. Of Tennessee and both rejected But
why multiply instances | have referred 10 bur
which occurred this House. because all know that
for eays the only hope oil the South has been in the con-
serva,sm OF lhe Senate For upwards ei thirty years
has the South. in observance OF acquIescence
wisely yielded submitted to The insults OF an exclusion,
and by geographical line, from a common territory,
Cured by common treasure while the free soers OF the
North, IN obedience to The dying injunction OF their great
captain 10 peTsevee have erseveIed IN their encroach.
nsnis 10 the souih oi the llne.
Oar section OF The country has been. throughout this
entire period, Hooded with abolition prints and pn5lca-
tons OF The most lnanmalory character; the peace OF
our society and the security OF lives and properly,
endangered By anatical emssaIies deuded slaves
entced away under the OF night and their owners
murdered in the broad lshi OF day ID sDdeayorng TO
cure them our people nsuied through heir representa-
uFes TINS floor, BY peliOns cammed with fssebood
and sandsr ana The bond llse cancelled by an attempt
10 tx the Wno proviso upon Arkansas and Texas.
But, sir, worse than all, as 10 mofnfy senslbIties
made acute BY guei TO gnhd insults lnto hearts made
lender BY and TO rob the widowed southern mother
OF her only consoaiion-lhe consolation that her hus-
band or child had died IN the OF bis whole coan-
tyWhils the gore OF the heroes oi Tennessee. Of Mis-
sisspp and Carolina wet upon the plains oi Mex
Ico, b was introduced, an the hot haste oi aFarcious
cupdiry and passed ihls House, which excluded theI
kindred o the South from the very territory which had
been purchased with Their blood.
Nor, sir is this all for, violation oi the spirit and
letter OF lie compromise which authorized the admission
Of Missouri Stale, within year from lie date this
House refused her sdmssop because her people had by
then Stale constitution, excluded free negroes from her
borders TIE iree-soilers have presumed TO egslaie
upon slavery within lhs Dsirc-hsTe eBdeayored 10 r
Their doctrines upon ioTs and public grounds every
quarter Of h country and have dared 70 LEI The pou
Ion OF thef thoughts rest upon the grave OF ashlng
ton shielded though il De by the sovereignty of Virginia
submit, sir, that have shown entire failure OF
considerson-all this, and much besides, which
w be made appear from the records OF The country BY
others who val follow ne, and The bons Hnimpeaehed BY
the South.
But sir we are old that this is no violation o the con
TAc for although the act Of 1870 prohibits slavery north
OF the lne, SET II leaves the question open south Of the
bne Sir, wtli not argue proposition 50 perfdiously
monsirous II enough, II any thing be waning
isiy any honest oi the otter Jolly OF compromise
and sdmobisbes us 10 blot out ihsi when Is falsehood
upon our stziuies.
The authority Of MIR Monroe and ibe southern mem.
bers OF has cabinet, Mr. Calhoun, br Wir, and Mr..
Crawtofd gwen for the constIiuonali,y OF the Mrs
sou COMPROMISE Mr. Calhoun always denied N al The
Compromise had the authority oil his sanction Ia his
speech in The Senate OF 9Th June, Isss be said express
ly that earned BY northern votes, and opposed
almost unanimously ~ the South, bul yet scquiescea
by iron the love Tor the Unionr Il may be that the
President, well as MIR Wiu and Mir Crawford, ac-
quesced from the same motive
Bot sZan we are told that the South has bad the full
enjoyment o The benefits OF the COMPROMISE for that IN.
der four slave States have been admitted into the Union
while the free States have but Iowa To this Il Is su-
eent reply that out Of the Norhwest territory (once
The property Of slave Ssel four free States had been
carved out, and belr admission into The Union secured
prepondefsnCe Of political power 10 the nonslsveholdng
States 10 his House Wisconsin has since been added
and, In violation oil the ordnance OF 7s7 which restrict
ed the nsmber OF States be created og, OF the Norih-
has been inrown with Minnesota which will result IN
securing the free States the political power of six
Stsesoae more than stipulated The ordnance
Mr Chairman, The end Of the whole matter is, tie
question admits Of no compromise Tie men oil ihe
Norlh regard Il moral social, and a political evil
We regard moral. socls and political good II both
are sincere lsn3 believe that thuusands arr Who Tg-
n0ani OF The character Of The negro and The wsfs ngs oi
the system Judge Of the institution BY false standards
and preIudiced sympaihies) then compromise should
be tolerated
There Il middle ground between night and wrong
and ihose 0 as ho dessfe TO perPe.uae this govenen
whether For The North SOuh, have no alter natl
bot 70 lake question Of slavery back 70 where Il was
lsit by the constitution.
Here viii Ind authority % sustain us against as
saus from every quarter. here hnd authority Tor
the equal rgh Of the States, and here authority for the
zen Of any state removing with bis property OF any
description into the Territory OF The United States
We are not asked 70 iegslaie slavery into Nebraska
and Kansas but 70 carry good old republican irip
clyde, lhs the people shall decide fDr Themselves the