The daily union., 1854-02-26

touched but for the sake OF peace and quiet there were
believe, but SIX from the whole North they wer
Douglas and Robert smith, IRON Illinois; Cunningham
and Parish. from Ohio; Charles j. Ingerso Of Pennsyl
vanla; and Hastings, OF Iowa. Every FROM Yer
mont and New York voted against il.
la the face OF this record the gentleman from Vernon
Mr. MEAcaAMl and the gentleman from New York
ago. declared that this "Missour Compromise" had me
The approval OF the North for thirty years. The South
s this instance. stat proposed i unanimously as "peae'
the North. "Hoaor," think the gentleman said. Tbey
rejected i over territory to which derived title by III,
very cesslon alluded TO in the act OF 1890 And thor
oughly opposed were they TO giving their approval
so bent upon its total abogaon that they refused to at
hrm the principle when they got all by the affirmation
"Honor," indeed But, sir, to proceed This bill wa,
defeated in the Senate, believe. II did not become
law. The question came up again in l64S. Another bill
was brought forward to establish territorial government
| for Oregon. The Senate put in the following amend
ment
That the line OF 80 deg 80 min OF north latitude known
as The -Conpromse line, defined by the eighth
the Missouri Territory 70 form constitution and STAT gov
ernen and for the admission Of such State into the Union
slavery in rerrones approved March 8, 1890 be
and the is hereby, declared extend the Pacific
promise therein effected hereby revived and declared
70 be n fall force and binding for the future organization
and with the same understanding with which It was orig
nally adopted"
II came up for action in this House the 1lth of Au.
in this amendment the yeas were 81, and the nays I2l
have the vote before This was proposition 10
rsvius and declare in force provision which is now
claimed to have been held all the time sacred COM
pact almost sacred the constitution itself; and IT
was rejected by an overwhelming majority in this
Hoase-rejected, sir. BY, the North The South was
again unanimous for il. From the North. al this time,
think, there were but four votes for it-BirdsalI, from
New York; Charles Brown, Charles ingersoll, and
This proposition in the Senate moved by Mr.: Doug
las II received every southern vote in that body, and
opposed by every northern vote, except Douglas.
Dickinson, Bright Cameron Hannegan. Sturgeon, and
Fitzgerald The vote on the adoption OF il in that body
was 80 TO a. Mr. Calhoun, who was well known to be
opposed to the principle which it was founded. yet
gave it his support.
But upon the rejection Of this amendment by the House,
and disagreement between the two houses upon it, The
amendment was lost and the OregoA bill passed. and
ceved the sanction of the President without this recog
nion Of the Missouri Compromise, but in the face Of
it's open reputation and abrogaton by the North. This.
sir the truth Of history and so let it be written And
with what sort OF face gentlemen, with these facts
before them, rise here and that this compromise
has been undstubed and acquesced in for thirty years
But sir, there is still another chapter in this history
At the close Of the war with Mexico, extensive terri
tories, as was expected were acqured-ierritores
tending soah well north oil the line OF 36 deg 80
min.. constituting apnbc domain of hundreds of thou
sands OF square miles, purchased by the blood
and treasure OF the people OF the South well
as the North. The policy ofthe advocates OF the " Will
mot provso from the beginning had been to appropriate
the whole OF thus immense excluslvely to the North
Hence their uniform hostility TO the Missouri Compromise,
because that founded upon the principle of division
Their determination was 10 have all. The South was
still willing 10 divide. notwithstanding The policy which
she advocated 10 leave all the TeTntores open
for the occupancy and colonization OF the people OF The
whole country, from whatever section they might
gates with the liberty OF forming such institutions upon
republican basis, they might deem mosicenducve 10
their happiness, interest," and prosperity, without any
congressional restriction dication whatever. This
always the doctrine maintained al The South She was
willing 10 divide. only alternative between that and
greater evil To AIN entire exclusion, BY act OF Con-
cha h.Ip aIa hDr tx.tpdn
consequences be what they might This was the state
OF things upon the assembling OF the Tbirty-6rst Con-
gess The events Of that Congress are too recent and
vivid upon the recollection OF all 10 need rehearsal The
majority OF the North still proclaimed their determination
to appropriate the whole OF the public domain TO Them
selves. Both sections stood in hostile array against each
other The strife became so imbitered and fierce that
legislation pafalyzed. and everything seemed 10
threaten confusion and anarchy. The South again
pealedly proposed settlement upon the Missouri line
The proposition made in this House, the part
OF the Souih for the last tme the 18th day oil JuDe
1850 Ii was in these words
Provided ho,ctpr That it shall be objection the
admission the Union of any State which may hereaf
formed Of the territory lying south of the para
lei oil latitude OF 36 deg 30 min that The constitution OF
said State may authorize or establish African slavery
therein"
This proposition was rejected in Committee OF the
Whole upon a count by tellers-ayes rs, noes So II
was the last time, sir, il ever offered When the
North had again. and again. and again. for three years,
refused abide by the South, driven to the wall upon
it, thrown back upon her original rights under the
constitution. her next Wahs lndt
sction by Congress should be totally abandonsi. not
only souib of SO deg 80 min, but north OF that line,
too Upon this ground she planted herself on the 18th
day oil June-the debates 10 this House that day
exciting, perhaps than upon any day the
beg inning OF the government. Ii upon that day
put the question directly TO distinguished gentleman
then here from Ohio, Mr. Vnton,l whether he would
vote for the admssioa of any slave State into the Union.
and he refused TO say that he would The determination,
manifested BY the votes OF the majority OF the North
supply legislative restriction over the whole OF
the ieriery in and shameless disregard OF
The principle OF the called Missouri Compromise not
wihsandng the gentleman from Vermont says that il
has been adhered and held invioaie for thirty years
was on that day, sir, that distinguished colleague of
mne Mr. Toombs,l then on this fooI now in the other
wing of the Capitol, made that speech which has be-
come somewhat famous 10 our State in which he said.
with eloquence seldom heard si.bn these walls:
"We do not oppose California account OF the anti sa-
very clause in her constitution was her right and am
prepared that she acted unwseiy in Its
ercisethat is her business But stand the
prime Pile the South has right equal parc pa
ZION in the Territories Of The Uo'.sd States
Deprive us OF the right and appropriate this
properly yourselves, II is then your government not
mine Then am its enemy and VIII then, II can,
bring my children and my constituents 70 the altar OF lib.
erty and like Hsmicsr, would swear thsm TO eternal
hostility 10 your foul domination Give lust
rights and ready, ever heretofore, 10 stand by
the Union every part OF u, and It's interest; refuse
H. and Tor one, viii strike for Independence
Ii was then, when the North had refused all COM
promise, and went alo the contest Tor "ihe whole or
none that the South took up the gauge planted herse
upon her original ground, armed as she concevedin the
laaopy of truth and her representatives boldly meeting
iboae aayed not only against her rights but great prin-
cipe of free government face to lace, SAID