The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-07-19
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NEE. HUGHANA'S POSITION ON
TIE SLAVERY Qg ESYTON.


objects Of which were to set forth with
precision AMI force the constitutional
rights Of the sllvchoI)jng States; and to
attract to their support an enlightened
public opinion against the attacks of
Northern ianaiicism. The second rcso.
luton was in these worls: Calhoun'S
Works, volume 8, page 40
Resolved, That in dclegaling a por.
ton Of lheirpowcr to be exercised by the
Federal Government, the States retained,
sevcrolly, the exclusive and sole right
over their own domestic institution and
police, ani are alone responsible for
them, and that any intcrmeddling Of any
one or more States, or combination Of
their citizens, with the domestic insttu
tons and police Of the others, on any
ground, or under any pretcxt whatever,
political, moral or religious, with view
to their alteration or subversion, is an as.
sumption Of superiority not warranted by
the Constitution, insulting to the States
incr(ercd with, tending to cndanger their
domestic peace and tranquility, subver'
sve of the OBJ jccts for which the Consli.
tuition was formed, and by necessary con-
sequence, tending to weaken and destroy
the Union ITSELF
Mr. Morris, Of Ohio, who was then
the only avowcd aboitonist in the Sen
ate, moved to strike out the words "moral
or religious" Had the motion prevailed,
the effect world have been to encourage
agitation in the form in which it would be
most likely to be most fatal to the South
1t would have been a direct encourage
ment to the aboliticnized clergy of the
North to take the very course which was
taken by the "thrcc thousand and fifty
divines" who, in 1854, sacrilegously as.
sumcd, Gin the name of Almighty God,
and in his presence" to dcnounce the re.
peal of the Missouri Compromise as ga
violation of plighted faith and breach of
national contract" Subsequent events
have ablmdantly attested the truth of
what Mr.. Calhoun said, when arguing
against the motion, "that the whole spirit
of the resolution hinged upon that word
rcliSious.'
The vote being taken on Mr.. Morris
amendment, it stood as follows: Con.
8ressional Globe, vol, 6, page al
Yeas--Mcssrs. Bayard, BUCHANAN,
Clayton. Davis, McKeon, Morris, Prem.
tiss, Robbins, Rugg es. Smith of Indiana,
Southland, Swift, Upton and Webster Il.
Nays-Mcssrs. Allen, Black, Brown,
Calhoun, Clay of Alabama, Clay ofKcn.
lucky, Cuthbert, Fulton, Hubbard, King,
Knight, Linn, Lumpkin, Lyon, Nicholas,
Niles, Norvcll, Pierce, Preston, Rives,
Roane, Robinson, Sewer, Smith Of Con.
necticut, Strange, Walker, Wall, White,
Williams, Wright and Young-3l.
The fifth resolution to which Mr.. CAL
houn here referred, and which he Justly
regarded as the most important Of all,
and struggled most pcrsevcringly to have
passed. without amendment, was as fol.
lows:
"Resolvcd, Tha, the intermeldling Of
any State or States, or their citizens, to
abolish slavery in this District or in any
of the Territories, on the ground or under
the prctcxt, that it is immoral or sinful,
or the passage of any act or measure Of
Congress, with that view, would be di.
rect and dangerous attack on the institu.
lions Of all the slaveholdng States"
This resolution covered the whole
ground. 1t met the issue boldly and fully.
No southern democrat can hesitate to say
that il cmbodic great truth, to which
events have borne the most emphatic ties.
.imony. Mr.. Clay, of Kontuck Ky, moved
to strike it out and insert the following as
o substitute
"Resolvcd, That when the District of
Columbia was cedcd by the States of Vir.
gnia and Maryland to the United States,
domestic slavery existed in both of those
States, including the cedcd territory; and
that, as it still continues in both of them,
1t could not be abolished within the Dis.
trlct without violation of that good faith
which was implied in the cession, and in
the acceptance Of the territory, nor, un.
less compensation were made for the
slaves, without a manifest infringement of
the Constitution Of the United States: nor
without exciting degree of Just alarm
and apprehension in the States recognize.
ing slavery, far transcendng, in mischiey.
Gus tendency, any possible benefit which
would be accomplished by The abolition"
Congressional Globe, vol. 6, page 50
The utter insuiiiciency of this lemporz.
ing amendment scarcely need be pointed
out. Objectionable as i, was, in conced.
ing 10 Congress the constitutional power
to abolish slavery in the District Of Co.
lumbia, and declaring against the cxer.
else OF that power only on tho ground of
oxpcdiency, it was still more so in this, |
!ha, il ma lie no reference whatever to The !
Territories Of the United States. The !
passage Of Mr.. Calhoun's resolution
would have committed the SENATE, not
only against the abolition Of slavery in |
tho District Of Columbia, but also against
rho application Of the IUlmot proriso
aud kindred measures 10 The Territories. |
Mr.. Clay's amendment was entirely silent
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