The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-01-31

o o<V ny qonE Inc Povlso 10 the hTst section OF the
nct To establish the Texan boundary and establish the
Territory OF New Mexico That proviso was added by
way ol amendment on motion OF Mr.. Mason, OF Vm-
GINA
repeat that in order to ebu! the presumption as be-
tore slated, Thar the Missouri Compromise was aban-
doned and superseded ~ the principles Of the Compromise
Of 1900 these coniederaes cite the following amendment
offered TO The bill TO establish the boundary OF Texas and
create the Territory oI New Mexico in 1850
P.ovidsd, That nothing befsin conaned shall be con
suea 70 impair OF quality anything contained in the hifd
acc q tue second section Of the joint resolution for
ncxnk Texas % the United States, approved March 1,
ioAo either regards the number that may
alter be ormed out OF the State OF Texas, otherwise
Alter quoting this proviso, they make the following
statement aud attempt 10 gain credit for lis ruth by sup
pressing material facts which appear upon the face OF the
same statute and, il produced, would conclusvely dis
prove the statement;
.sit is soemniy declared in the very compromise
thst nothing herein eoiaiad shall be construed
q*auy The prohibition OF slavery north OF 80 deg ~ min
and YET In tho lace OF this deciaaon that sacred prohibit
. ss : said g be ''''a'o~n Can Presumption further
will proceed TO show that presumption could
not 80 further than is exhibited in this declaration
They suppress the following material acs, which, il
produced. would have disproved their statement:
They hrs suppress the fact that the same section OF The
act cuts OF from Texas and cedes the United Siaies
81 that part OF Texas which lies north of SO deg 80 min
They then suppress the further fact that the section
OF the law cut OF from Texas large tract of country
the west than three degrees OF Longitude and added
Il TO The territory OF the United States. They then sup
Texas aud TO which the Missouri Compromise line did
apply was incorporated into the Territory OF New Next
co. And then what was done! |, was Incorporated into
that Territory with this clause;
''That, when admitted as State the said Territory, or
any por,iono the same, shall be received the Union
with o. without slavery their constitution may prescribe
ut the time Of It's adoption"
Yes. sir. the very bill and section from which they
quote cuts on all that part OF Texas which 10 be
free by the Missouri Compromise. together with some
on the south side OF the ne Incorporates it into The Ter
riory OF New Mexico; and thea says tina, that Terri
t0Ty and every portion OF the same shall into the
Union, with or without slavery, as il sees proper
What else does II do The sixth section the same
act provides that the Legislative and authority OF
tnis said Ieri'oryo New Mexico shall extend to all
righu subjects OF legislation, consistent, with the
suion Of the United States and the provisions Of the
ri, not excepting slavery Thus, the New Mexican
0h from which they make that quotations, contained
Inc provision that New Mexico including that part OF
Texas which cut oil, should come into the Union,
mn q Pm, " inc, sayey as ! saw proper ana 10 the
the Authority over The subject of slavery that they had
over any other subject restricted only BY the limitations
OF the constitution OF the United States and the pro-
ysions Of the act Now, ask those senators, do not
those provisions repeal the Missouri Compromise, far
= i applied 70 that country cut oil from Texas Do
they not annul 1t! Do they supersede III II they
do, then the address which has been put forth to the
world by these conederates aocous falsehood II
they do not then what do they when they charge
me with having, in The substitute first reported from The
committee, repealed it. with having annuled it, with
having violated il, when | only copied these precise
words! copied the precise words into my bill,
ported from The committee which were contained in the
New Mexico bill. They say my bill annuls the Mis-
sour Compromise. If does, had already been done
before by the act OF 1859 for these words copied
from the act OF 1850.
Nj. WADE. Why do you do il over again
Mr.. DOUGLAS. will come 10 that point presently.
and explain why we did II over again. am deal
ing with the truth and yeaacity OF combination OF men
who have assembled in upon the Sabbath
day to arraign my conduct and belle my character.
say, therefore, that their manifesto is SANDER either
superseded BY The measures Of 1850, and then il says
that the same words in my bill do repeal and annuI it.
They must be adndEed gully OF one Ialsehood in order
TO sustain The other assertion.
Now, sir, propose to go little further, and show
what was the real meaning oil the amendment OF the
senator from Virginia, out OF which these gentlemen
have manufactured SO much capital in the newspaper
press, and have succeeded by that naton in
procuring expression OF opinion from the State OF
Rhode Island IN opposition 10 thus bill will state
what it's meaning is. Dad il that the States north
OF IS deg 80 min. should have clause in their consii-
tutons prohibiting slavery | have shown that il did
not mean that because the same act says that they might
come in with slavery II they proper say IL could
not mean that, for another reason. The section
containing that provso oh all that part OF Texas
norh OF SO deg 80 min; and hence there was nothing
for il 10 oPsats upon J., did not, therefore relate to the
country cut of What did ii relate 10. Why, il mean,
simply this BY the joint resolution OF 1916 Texas
annexed with the right to form four additional States oul
Of her territory and such States south OF SO deg
80 min. were to in, with without slavery they
saw proper, and in such State States north OF
that line slavery should be prohibited. When we had
cut Oh oil north OF SO deg. 80 min, and thus crcum-
scbcd the boundary shd diminished the territory of Tex
A. the question arose how many States will Texas be
entitled 10 under this circumscrIbed boundary Certainly
not four will be argued. Why' Because the original
resolution OF provided tina, one of The States
II not more should be north OF sc deg 80 min II would
leave II then doubtful whether Texas entitled to two
OF three additional States under the crcumscrbed bound
ary In order to pot tina, matter rest, order 10 make
fnal settlement III order to have II explicitly under
stood what was the meaning OF Congress, the senator
from Virginia offered the eDdmen that nothing therein
contained should impair that provision. either TO The
number Of States other wsciha IT, that Texas should
b entitled TO the number Of States with her re-
duced boundaries as she would have been entitled
der Der larger bounaaes and those States shall come
IN with or without, slavery being all south OF 80 deg
30 nin and nothing 10 impair that rgh, shall be inferred
from The passage oil the act Such, sir The meaning
OF that proposition. Any other construction of il would
suy The very character and purpose OF mover the
senator from Virginia Such, then, was not only the in
tent OF the mover but such the legal effect OF the law
and that man. after reading The other sections OF
the bilthose TO which have feerred-can doubt that
such both the intent and the legal eject OF that law
Then, submit TO the Senate ii have not nylcied
this manifesto. issued by The abolition conederales OF
being gross Justification OF the laws OF the land and by
that As6cation that an and injurious impress
SION has been created upon the public mind. ] arm sorry
70 be compelled to indulge IN language OF this seventy
nut there no other language that adequate to express
the indignation with which this attempt not only 10
sslsed the public, but mzign my character, by deb
efee iaishcahon OF the public and the public
ofds.
Sir this misrepresentation and Justification does not
stop bsre In order 10 give greater ty 10 their
statements, they 20 urhei, state that liz solemnly