Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-07-08

freedom and uphodng the blessed Union Of the States
attempted to be forced upon the country BY many of the
leading Of the North Of both political parties; and
unhappy for the country the charge is too susceptible
of being fully proven The prayer of the memorialiss
which the subject Of debate s supported and
proved of By the honorable Wing Senator from Massachu-
sets who presented it, and is am informed the joint
work of both Wings and Democrats of Boston The adj
dress recently put forth the American people to restore
the Missouri restriction signed by Hon. SOLOMON Foor
Wing Senator this floor from the State OF Vermont
chairman Of the meeting that adopted it. and by two
members of the House secretaries, and who, believe
both Democrats whilst the address ITSELF containing
the unjust and proscrptve requirements upon the
citizens of the South is known to have been written by
able and talented Wing member of the House from
the State of Ohio Add to this, Mr. President, meeting
held at Concord in the State Of New Hampshire the
goth of this month, and which is published as Wing
State Convention went to the fullest extreme in their at
tempt to force upon the country these pencious mea
and among other resolutions adopted by them are
the following:
"Resolped That the people Of the free States ought at
to take and all proper measures in their power to
produce repeal of much of the Nebrukakansas bill
abrogates the prohibition slavery the Of
1890 and to labor at all times until that prohibition shall be
restored.
Resoloed, That portion Of the people Of the free
States viii consent to the admission Of any State
from the Territory in which it was prohibited by the act Of
1920 unless slavery shall be forever excluded thcreom
And, sir might 60 still further and say that nearly
all the journals Wing and Democratic published in the
Northern States rapidly tending in their doctrines to
Northern Abolitionism and in proof OF this will read
paragraph from late number Of the Louisville jour
nal edited by that talented and distinguished patriot,
George D. Prentice; and who, though opposed to the
repeal Of the Missouri restriction is still opposed
to Northern fanatcism to Northern agitation and to
Northern abotonism In speaking this subject, he
says:
The passage Of the Nebraska bill seems utterly to have
overwhelmed all distinctions in the of the North, to
have swept away every established line of dearcaton be-
tween political extremes, and to have mingled all into
fierce undsnguished mob of open Aboonists and Dis
unons Presses that have hitherto consistently
the mscheyous falacics and uniformly and effectively
bukcd the helsh spirit of Aboionism presses that have
stood firmly by the rights Of the South in every emergency
of the past that warmly supported the compromise of 1885,
the fugitive slave law included and that proscrip
tive in their advocacy Of that before the people,
now found side by side with the New FORK Tribune and its
fercest and nfurate Abotionist allies launching
unmeasured abuse snd denuncaon against the South and
in poclamng scheme of warfare upon Southern nstitu
tons which, if executed will certainly dissolve the Union
as the night follows the day."
From the facts here presented and which show the
fortunate tendency Of the Northern mind Abotionism
it is not my purpose to include all the Wings from the
free States, charge all of the Northern Wings with
the sin and folly of Abeltionism Far for from it. Ma
ny Of them know stand firmly by their ancient prnci
pes love and venerate the Constitution of their country
and hold in mortal adherence and detesaon the whole
scheme Of Aboonsm. 1t is not from such these that
woud separate butwould stand with them and by them
and battle with them asheretofore in defence Of
cause and of just and correct principles But to the
Aboonsts let say, Cicero did to the arbitrator
Catne and his wicked associates and po.ters against
the liberties of their country, e them get from within
the walls of the city Let every patriotic party cut it
self loose from them let them stand alone in the so
tude OF their own isolated infamy, the of ALL as
they now the reproach Of every honorable Here
tofore they have been subseryient the other
Of the two great parties Of the country to suit their
selfish and reasonable purposes and under the shadow
of the wing which for the time protected them concealed
from the world their real objects. They fully un
derstood and every party that to be true to the
country will cast the coiled serpent from them that it
NAV nnln hp in tho hnunp IF has
betrayed strengthened by its association with patriots
and honest men to strike its deadly fangs into the vas
OF the country.
But, sir, to the New Hampshire resolutions which
have Just read to the Senate They take the bold ground
that Congress shall forever prohibit slavery in every
State which may be hereafter formed out of the Kansas
Nebraska territory Sir, Congress cannot, it
will do this. The day that nshers in so foul
nation viii usher 10 at the time the ruin OF the
public Sir the power to do this act does not exist in
Congress it ought not to exist Congress can,
constitutionay, exercise power the new States
that she cannot the old ones and every attempt
do sois at war with the very spirit and genius Of in
situations. My own State, far back 1920 denounced
such attempt in the most emphatic Manner in pre-
ambe and resolutions adopted by her Legislature and
supposed to have been drawn by Mr.. Clay. They
intended to express the feelings Of Kentucky in opposition
to the Missouri restriction, and for the information of
the Senate will read them:
Wheroas the Constitution of the United States provides
for the admission of States into the Union just
proper that all such States should be established upon
the footing of original States with preservation
Of State sovereignty the prosperity Of such State and
the good Of their czens and whereas successful attempts
have been heretofore made and making prevent
the people Of the Territory of Missouri from being admitted
into the Union State unless rammeed by rules and
regulations which do exist in the original States parcu
larly in relation to the liberation of slavery:
Whereas, also, if Congress thus tramIne control
the powers of Territory in the formation State govern
men that body may on the principles reduce its pow
to little than those by the people Of the
District OF Columbia and, while protesting make 10
reign State may bind it in perpetual vassaage and reduce
to the condition OF province such State must necessarily
the independent State demanding rights and whereas
necessary in preserving the State sovereignte their pre-
sent rights that State should be subjected this
scton any than old one and that there can be
reason or justice why should be entitled to the
privileges when is bound bear all the burdens taxes
laid upon it by Congress;
In passing the following resolution the General Assembly
rerains from expressing opinion either in favor against
the principles OF slavery but to support and maintain state
rights which it conceiyes necessary be supported and main
tanned preserve the liberties Of the free people these
United States it its solemn conviction that the States
already conedernted under Constitution have
not right to deprive the States equal privileges with
themselves" ast
Sir the principles they illustrate the principles
Of the Constitution and ought not to be departed from
1t was to enforce these principles that the great and
rabe Senator from Michigan Mr. CAssl declared, in his
Nicholson letter. the great doctrine Of Congressional
intervention with slave property in the Territories Of the
United States il enforce these great principles
that the noble and patriotic Congress of 1885, headed by
the immortal Clay passed the compromise and
was still further to carry out these principles that
when the distinguished Senator from Illinois reported his
bill from the Committee Territories to organize the
Territory of Nebraska offered amendment to repeal
the Missouri restriction and which amendment with
some slight alteration not affecting the substance
corporated into the bill and has become the law Of the