New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-18
unrsE OF REFREsENTATNES.

VOIrSE OF REPRESENIAilNE Is
DEAN stated that he had received letter from
the governor # New lo.k, transmitting the JOINT resoia
lions Of the General Assembly relative 20 tie Territorial
question roy tending bei G ooIg ,n,cI nc
Mr. WALSH objected 70 the reading: . .
Nr CLINGMAN hoped there would be no objection 10
M 'TIEGKIAM said there would be use in reading
Mr. DEAN believed i, was always customary to pursue
the c,urse he had suggested.
ibe resorticrs were then read, and Mr Deans motion
M McMULLEN said he intended to object to the
mining but II was now TOO late 10 DO go
Ihe House lassed the bill ndemnifyng Indiana for tue
failure Of the title the township OF land granted Oh ier
Ihe H1n.e went into the Committee Of Tho Whole
tie state Of the Union in the Homestead bll
Mr. STEPHENS Ga said the gentleman rom e!-
mont Mr. NealhGm If he understood the tram OF ms
argument opposed to the Nebraska OIL on tA9 goln
that II would destToy the Missouri ComPromse anu 'o!ae
solemn contract Secondly thei had Dseh o'hscieI'
ousv adhered from 1870 to this time, and any breach
would be attended with disastrous consequence 70 the
uesee and harmony of the country Vow, he stephens
maintained thee positions uneuable. In the first
place tie clause restricting Slavery north 30 deg 80 MR.
was never deemed in the nature OF compact
Mr. MEACHAM, interruptlDg-l SAID contract ho'
compact -, c,-..,. ,s.o
u.rIsts no question little understood a. the MA
iour Compr6mi.e The Compromise with which Mr. Clay
Wa identified had nothing 10 do with resrctonoi slavery
north OF &C. &c., AR Clay did not even vote Tor H. IL
Wss proposed by gentleman from Illinois. II could not
have been a contract; il a law simply Subsequent
Iy in 1881 when Missouri had framed her Constitution in
uursuauce of law the House Of Representatives refused
fer admission because Of clause in her Constitution pro-
hibng the introduction OF free negroes Ii was on the
disngreing vote the last bin that Clay offered his Com
promise for the admission Of Missouri hat was com
sc because Nj SCUM and Congress were both parties to IT,
lie repeated the line restricting Slavery was nothing but
law Missouri never gave her sanetl9n % X 80 "a.
az Slavery existed outside Of her limits ahe had no right
10 enter Tito compact relative TO such territory Con
gress admitted Missouri into the Union with Slavery
lie gentleman from Vermont asked whether the South
mid houor and
lsteuhensi could state that, although the maonU OF
the South were always against thas soSaneo
contract "a unconstitutional, they acquiesced in
II for the cake Of peace and harmony protesting all the
time But did the North abide by it Did the NORTH
ever give her sanction the line of division The great
nfncple whatever il was like that between Lot and
and Abraham. lie. not the herdsmen disagree. You 70
10 the North and We 70 the South Inc south sad " 9
will abide BY IT," The State which applied for ad
mission wac A kansas, when John Quincy Adams moved
an anti Slavery ndment On this every man from the
North voted for il including the delegation from Yer
mont; and when the gentleman from that State Mr.
Neechsm talked about maintaining that line, and ap
pesed to the honor of the South he stephens would ssk
did the South disturb it II this compact no Longer
e1.s the North that broke it, Recently an article
in The National IHtgencer spoke of the Missouri Com
rrose as not much less sacred than the Constitution itself
Wien in 1886, John Quincy Adams moved 70 disturb II
DID paper then sound the alarm that the Con
stituton in danger When eighty men voted TO dis
turb H. why did not that print speak He repeated tn
North sgain repudisted the Compromise The gentleman
from Vermont, when be addressed the House dispayso
map showing the boundary Of the LOUISIANA purchase
lLe Whole region VGs Wltnn ua1 puICueSo. 'ASH 49,
question Of organizing the Territory Of Oregon came ~
Southern gentlemen proposed the appcsr0noi that Com
urouise where was the chvary Of the North Ano'
every Northern man in s47 considered Il 50 Odoas "a
thew would not affirm IT, and gentlemen SPEAK OF "a
gacredpess Of compacs The South were willing 70 dFl
The Territory but The North would not consent aey sai
thew would have !; all or They went ~oolng an
got seeced AT the end Of another year Senator soa
= aid be would for sake of peace, abide oy u, an
= when the Oregon bill came 20 the House, the Noril
with the exception Of Eve votes. again re)ec;e
II Tbfse things continued 10 1850. Everybody Know
the state Of things then existing when the anti SLAYER
suirt In all It's fury let loose and came into the bal
az Congress RAMPANT When the South offered the Nor.
the Missouri Conpromse again and sain and the Sori
d,r.esrfed H. then the South thrown back On D,
original rights under the Constitution Aad the battle
u ra,ed Law on Macdua, ard dsmned be he who tr
, erie. hold enough The whole get Of the Qaessio
wa. the right Of the people 20 form such Conssiiatsa
thew NAV please The doctrine Of the Free Scers. IA
Congress % ghi uoald the people Of the Terriorie
vas the old Tory doctns Of Lord North in the RUa.
= Parliament; The doctrine II the South thai Of ..
Nhiss OF l,7e namely. restriction IN The nights
the pecflc Just Ia isS removed the irTssiis
. cas,e. AN established tho PRINCIPLES u the Ccmpgis
Al The ScrNc inserted the clAaso that ler-iter
. shall BE- received into the Union with waho
a slavery In their Conssiatioa tho time u aFpoAise
This taking the slavery qaes.ioR sas q C"gsvss a.
y ilscps tho territories the srsana cur ieFSsate
- esinsa Tor tho eoloH Tie Tihi g. govern
y The principle ct ,Slf sovVsumrui vas estAesaSa y
a. rScals;i,n Il Independence. In issN whch sns -
" dfNsn g. The Nall FsHSTls Vas sssae1'sns' W."