The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-23
un- noRn ANn MR. !. ). oAMPBELL.

Mr. COBB AND Mr.. L. d. CAMPBELL
y. interesting debate Of Friday Ia tha House Of Rep
.,.,ivo. ,hs Hon L D. Campbell Of Ohio, renewed his
o..braea charge made against Mr. Stephens u Georgia
!. farmer Congress that in voting for the Texas hi Dr.
cobb ana Mr. Stephens together with the entire southern
aslegation who voted with them that question-Air
Campbell carefully omitting TO state this latter iAetyed
"A the question Of the constitutional power q Congress 70
nrohib slavery because there Incorporated IN the
Texas bill the Missouri Compromise. The same charge
va, repeatedly made against The entire southern deega-
op Of former Congresses who voted for the Oregon bill
b the restriction clause, which regarded by the
.onberp men who voted for the bill extension Of the
Compromise line As ths charge affects not only
Mr. Cobb but the entire delegation from the South in Con-
gre that passed the Texas Bill and the entire democratic
ALLEGATIONS who in former Congresses voted for the Oregon
hill i proper that il should be placed in is true light
before the country We copy from the speech Of Ar Ste
rbns Of Georgia at the second session of the last Con-
gr, in his celebrated controversy with Mr. Campbell
this very subject:
snir sryPHEss The gentleman sage that my ineonsist-
sp Il marked by my declarations here to-day that have
.s been in OF leaving the people OF the Territories
here TO settle the question OF slavery FOR themselves,
,bout congressional restriction, and yet voted for the
Tas annexation resolutions whereby slavery TO be
cuded over part OF that country And he submits 70 me
betber do not think this looks very Ike inconsistency
te him frankly and respectfully have upon all oeea-
ons ad that in the principles this lay advocated
on this subject original question Ia ls4o could not get
the North agree adopt them over the whole OF Texas
but enough did part To secure the
upon the basis Of division of the Territory ON the
line Of So deg 80 min voted for that not because
did not believe right that the people everywhere north Of
80 deg 80 in well south OF IT, should be at liberty to
frame constitutions this subject they pleased but
because desired the acquisition and considered the security
Of this right guaranteed south of the line in the nature of
an for exclusion north of it, This
cesson to the Norha compromise for the sake of har
ony and uno And the North bad adhered to this prn
cpe basis settling this territorial controversy between
the sections should have disturbed III but when they
refuse to recognise IT, of the South thrown back
upon original principles This, at LEAST, my position
and il there be inconsistency in it the gentleman may make
the it,"
But this does not apply, in all respects, to the
Oregon bill, there ia another fact which will apply to
both the Texas resolution and the Oregon bill. These
representatives from the South many of Them avowed
at the time they gave their respective votes these
measures, that they would not as an original ques-
on have voted for the Missouri Compromise yet as
it had been adopted and acquiesced in for a very
great length OF me for the purpose Of keeping that ques
ton out of Congress- and thereby aording no ustfca-
connected with the Territories they willing to abide
by the Missouri Compromise and urged its extension TO the
Pacific This is shown by their repeated votes and public
speeches during the long and angry contests which pre-
ceied the passage of the compromise of 1850
AT the time these votes given, these gentlemen from
the South expressly denied the constitutional power of
Congress pass such restrc tive provisions but declared
their Willingness to ware the constitutional right prov
ded that by so doing the Compromise line should
be extended the Pacific and peace and quiet thereby
stored to the country The effort ia made by Mr. Camp
bell justify his attempts at aggressive legislation by
reference this conduct and these acts Of southern repre-
senatves The injustice of this preex must be obvious
every intelligent thinker No fail to see that
there exists wids difference between araiuiag the de-
nsnd Of constitutional right the hand as was the
with those southern who voted for the Texas and
Oregon BILLS and the enforcement Of unconstitutional ard
asgessirs liquidation BY their eneie, Tie other Whilst
southern had right waive the constitutional OBJ
con which they had the legislation of Congress on
THE subject IN this case it form possible Justification
for Mr. Campbell and his friends to urge further aggres-
when resisted and opposed by them There are other
views which might be presented which induced gentlemen
the South both in the of Texas and Of Oregon
IaVlucscc al NDCn from applying
to the present state Of things In the of Texas
negotiating with foreign power, and in the Of
Oregon seeking by the adoption of territorial
government protect citizens in Oregon from what
was regarded improper and unjustdabe usurpaton
of the British government in the Territory Seeing that
there practical result connected with the slavery
question, and in conformity with the Missouri Compromise
the whole OF said territory lying above sc 80 it par
oc act the part of southern representatives waive
their constitutional right having, by their against
putting the provision in the bi thereby expressed their
Opposition to the principle 1t tells badly both for the head
land the heart of these republican leaders, that they
ekng to the patriotic concessions of southern
men for the purpose of doing them wrong and injustice
and Of persisng in the most unwarantable expressions
BAEKsDALE'S MisSIsSIPPIAy.
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