New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-23

The Missouri COMPROMISE h4d aifeau! oAruts 4'i'''''
from the Territory east Of tie Rocky Moln@ins' but
there lis application was limited By those Mountains
90 Coprres proceeded expressly and finally 70 exclude
/ slavery from Oregon likewise
mis- Cou,pron1ise. be it remembered, was not pro-
nosed bv the North TIE overture came from tls
soutb and threeourtls Of is support was S5uraa-n
1ohn Randolph Of eourse opposed II from hatred Of
NJ CLAW but nearly every Southern vote was cass N
;s fvor while it's few Northern friends nearly all sac
rifeed them Ives BY sustaining H. Senator John +.
psrro+ n Ne Hamp,l &C.. VINO voted for IT, dropped
/ dead asssto ool ..ly and never recovered Sens
,or William -.ilr- e Vermont was buried by biz
,rrort If If .ar . u3.- great difficulty resusctstei
pcerly twenty JeaIs alterwsrd by dip into the Anti
Mamie cahron We believe John HOl Of Maine aud
Tepr, T. storrs Of this State were temporarily crushed
by tter support oft and we have pretty strong i'm
rres,;op Il at Henry Shaw now of City and late
state Senator but then a Member Of the House from
the berkshire District Mass put out Of Congress
fr his support Of the Missouri bill and his since
found bis WY back again. But it was long while
sco and our present recolectOns Of inlstinct
but Of the general fact that the North considered that
Compromise betrayal Of ts rights aud surrender OF
is principles and discarded almost every public man
who promoted it, there can be no dispute
Well: the time has at length arrived for giving effect
TO its conditions on tie side Of Freedom Slavery took
her part of the consideration in hand, while freedom
has waited tweuty-four years for hers; aad now Mr.
Douglas proposes to repudste altogether rub on. the
whole contract and coolly assume that subsequent
Compromise-tiat of l55O-has nullifed end Of il
Hearhim
"Urdor tfis section fof The Missouri Compromise.
ol.o.T in Tho of no L =
Mexico end Utah il IL a disputed point whether slavery
prohibited in the Nebraska country by raid enactment
The decision of this question involves the constitutional
powerof Congress to pass laws prescribing and regulating
he domestic Institutions If the various Territories Of ths
Union In the opinion Of those eminent statesmen w1o
hold that Congress is invested with no rghtfl authority 10
ltgsate upon the subject Of Slavery in the Territories
he eighth section Of the act preparatory % the SION
Of MissO.T ir mil and void while the prevailing sentl
me1t in large portion Of the MON susains the doctrne
that the Constitution O the nted States secure; b every
citizen an ufaensbe right move into any Territories
with bis properties Of whatever kind and description aud
10 hold ana ENJOY the same under the sanction % ia
our Committee do not feel Themselves called upon 10
into the discussion Of these cOntrOvcrcd questions
1Loy involve the same grave issues which produced the
agitation the sectional strife and the fearful struggle Of
$50 As Congress deemed wise and prudent refrain
from deciding the matter in controversy then ehr by az
frmug repeating the Mex an laws, or by act de-
caIatoTy OF the true intent OF the Constitution and the
Uf the protection afforded by il % slave property in
tie Territory, your Committee not prepared now
TO recommend departure from the course pursued on
that memorable occasion either by Affirming repeating
tie eighth section Of the Missouri Act by any act de
caratOy Of the meaning of the Constitution in respect to
tie legal points in dispute Your Committee deem for
for the peace of the country and the security the
Union that the controversy then resulted in the adoption
OF the Compromise Measures which the two great political
parties with singular unaLimty have affirmed as acarinal
article Of their faith and proclaimed to the world nal
settlement OF The controversy and an end Of the agitation
due respect therefore for the avOwed opinions Of Son
atois well As proper sense of patriotic duty enion
upon your Committee the propney aud necessity Of
strict adherence to the principles and even "a literal atop
ton Of the enactmens of that dusment in al their
Territorial bills far the same not locally nap-
pcabe. Those enacmonts embrace, among other things
less material under consideration the following pro-
visions
"'When admitted rs State the sad Territory or any
portion of the same, shall be received into the Union with
without slavery, their Constitution may prescribe
the time of their admission
"From these provisions it is apparent that the Compro.
mise Measures Of 1850 affirm and rest upon the following
"First that all questions pertaining to Slavery in the
Territories and in the States to be formed herefom,
to be left TO the decision of the people residing there
in through their proper Representatives, TO be chosen by
Second that all involving titles to slaves aud
questions Of personal freedom are referred to the ad
20 The supreme Court OF the United States.
"1hiTd, that the provisions of the Constitution If the
United States in respect to fugives from service to be
carried into faithful execution in all the organized Terri
tories, the same as in the States.
The substitute for the bill which your Committee have
prepared and which commended 20 the favorable action
principles into practical operation in the precise language
Of the Compromise Measures Of 1850"
That is TO say; All that part of tie Missouri Com
promise which favored Slavery is fixed, unquesoned,
established and irrevocable but so much of it as
iayors Freedom is adisputed point aud is perhaps
not " raiid enactment Eminent statesmen" have
declared that Congress has control over the subject
Of Slavery 10 the Territories thOughths Constitution
expressly provides that Congress shall have power
to dispose Of and make all needful rules and regua-
tons respecting all territory other property be-
longing to the United States that is Congress shall
have tie same power over the L S. Territories that &
man has his own house or horse Even fit were
possible to construe this in the narrow technical sense
OF mere power to take care Of valuable property
that would still be sufficient for Slavery VIGOROUSLY
deprecate the value and retard the settlement Of IN
improved lands, and Congress might properly exclude
from lie Territories for that reason if no other
But Nh Douglas does not propose TO let Slavery into
Nebraska merely the legal principle of giving the
cuprt the benefit Of a doubt lie cooly assumes that
the legislation of 1850 instead of being COMPROMISE.
was surrender at discretion the part of the Free
States We had demanded the exclusion Of Slavery
from the territory just acquired from Mexico or its
inhibition therein; tie South had resisted this and
claimed the right TO engrate th;her with their pro
perry, human or other and Congress had somehow
split tie difference and made Compromise This
Compromise, says Mr.. Douglas, was not merely a
waiver Of the PTovisO; il was q solemn affirmation By
Congress that in all Territories thereafter organised
there thOuld be 10 legal impediment offered to the ip
w.HAN