The daily union., 1856-10-31
THE MISSOURI CoMPROMIRk. sENTI-
MENT ON SLAVERY EN&NSION.-HON +. r..
STA NToNR SPEECH

The MlSsOuhl COMGhOMlhA-SOUThEh SENIl-
MENT ON SLAVERY EN~NsIoN.-HON. F. p.
STATIONS SPEECH.
Few Of our prominent democratic statesmen have per-
formed much effective service in the present
the Hon. p Stanton Of Tennessee His eloquent voice
and his orcbe logic have been heard and admired both at
the South and the North In his State he golden
opinions in series Of able and convincing speeches. whilst
in Kentucky Pennsylvania and New York his abors have
been equally unrng and successful Amongst his last
efforts recently in Brooklyn when he addressed
large meeting in company with the Hon. Daniel Dickn-
Mr. Santons speech that occasion elected great
applause and we every who reads the follow
ing short extract will eoncede that it richly mered the
compliments paid to it:
II is said that we of the democratic party have been
guilty ofa breach of faith in repeating the Missouri estrc-
tion. have already shown YOU gentlemen that the party
which makes this charge never from the inception OF
the difficulty down TO the present time, regarded the Mis-
souri, Compromise as a contract binding upon them and
now If any State maintains institution kept by the
thirteen original States IL TO be kept under the ban Of
the conederacy and degraded from the conditions which
all the northern States enjoy and State which admits
slavery hereafter TO be admitted into the Union
have TO say here tonight behalf of myself and the
southern people, that do not propose and do not desire
by the passage of the Kansas Nebraska bill to take slave
ry into Kansas by virtue of congressional legislation
Loud applause
1t is not said merely for this OCCASION or because stand
before eeStatc audience If you will look back to the
time when that subject under discussion in the House
of Representatives you will by its published debates
that said the thing there OF the representa-
ves of the people of Tennessee and said moreover that
the North had 100000 OF people and the South but
5000 900 OF whites in round numbers and only 100000
including the slaves by virtue OF fair and equal compet
ton for the settlement Of this Territory was almost
matter Of certainty that would be free and not slave
State. have said the thing North and South East
and West The effort not to carry slavery into Kansas by
of congressional enactmens but 1t Is to allow the
alapt IN
be sovereign all those interests in which they have not
surrendered their sovereignty 10 the government to do
what Tennessee may do-abolish slavery continue it
until in the providence OF God 1t may work its way out
into some other REGION be entirely oberated from her
soil No will venture to deny that State on coming
into the conederacy being in the conederacy has an
unquestonable right regulate this matter for herself
and if this be what power earth shall say to that
State when she in the inchoate condition OF territory
that the subject which she TO act as State in
few shall not be left to her sovereign jurisdiction
while remaining Territory do not believe in the doc
trne of squater sovereignty it is commonly under
stood for the people decide the question until they
come TO form State government But the question is OF
little practical Importance for the reason that the ques
ton of slavery and other questions, excluded from the
cognzauce of the general government must be permitted
develop themselves according to the feelings of the peo
pie in the Territories What makes Nebraska, Utah, and
New Mexico free Territories The will OF the people.
They have not chosen to have slavery or carry Africans
into the Territory So in Kansas. Whatever may be the
prevailing sentiment of the people, it will prevail, and
ought to prevail and under our constitution must prevail
Loud cheers.
1t is perfect mockery say the people have no right to
settle the question for themselves in the preceding terrific
rial condition They must settle it for themselves because
there is other power given under our constitution whlch
settle il and there is other power which ought TO
settle it. The South is alarmed because the principle OF the
republican party that there shall be more slave States
admitted simply because they 10 be slave States Hide
it they may that is the subsraum of their principles
that the lever by which they expect to overturn the in
stutions of the South Such sentiments have prevailed
here very great extent The people Of this great en-
porium have generally may always been national in
their feelings always ready and willing TO extend to the
sister Sates all their constitutional rights and privileges
Cries of Yes, yes and always will."l But It is
otherwise in some Of the northern States And IT, 10
1920 with the prospect of large increase of slave
States with the acquisition of louisiana the people Of
the New England States then felt serious apprehensions
TO the overwhelming power of the southern section
what should feel to-day when II Is no question OF
tariff the percentage of profit in our industrial pursuits
but the very organization of social structure and the
secury very hearthstones2 What should be our
apprehensions when this vast consolidation OF non
slayehoding States surrounding all sides when you
have territory enough form twenty free States when
they choose to and ask be admttedP when you
have sixteen ree States fifteen slave States with ma
ority Of fifty members in the House Of Representatives
and two in the Senate2 With fair and impartial admin
straon Of this government according to the constitution
we have nothing fear We have lifted We never
will lift our hands voices against the admission OF
nonavehoding State from any apprehension based upon
fair administration of this federal government Cheers