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I insulting To the States interfered with. tending
10 endanger ihsir domes ic peace and tranquility.
"a ,vrr-iys OF the object. for which the Cnn-iitu
ton wa. formed. and by necessary consequence
/ tending to weaken and destroy the Union IL
/ SELF
/ Mr. Morris. of Ohio, who was then the only
avowcd 4 holiiani.i in the Senate. moved 10 strike
GU, the words moral aud religious" Had the
motion prevailed. the effect would have been 10
/ encourage agitation in the form in which IL
would be most likely 10 be fatal 10 the South II
would have been direct encouragement 10 the Alb
/ oiionized clergy of the North who undertake by
the three thousand and fifty divines" who in Sol
! sacreligously assumed I'm the name of Almighty
! God. and in Ills presence to denounce the
! peal Of the Missouri Compromise as "a violation
/ Of plghed faith aud breach Of n national
! pact" Subsequent events have abundantly ar
| tested the truth Of what Mr.. Calhoun said, when
arguing against the motion. ''tbat the whole
spirit Of the resolution hinged upon that word
religious"
The vote being taken on Mr.. Norris amend
ment, it stood as follows; Congressional Globe.
vol. q. page ~
Yeas-Messrs Bayard. BUCHANAN. Clayton,
Davis McKeon. Morris, Prentiss. Robbins, Rug
giles, Smith. Of Indiana, Southard, Swift, Upton
and Wcbstor-I1.
Nuys-Messrs Allen. Black. Brown. Calhoun.
Clay Of Alabama, clny of Kentucky. Cuthbert,
Fulton, Hubbard. King. Knight, Linn, Lump
kin, Lyon. Nicholas, Niles. Norvell, Pierce.
Preston, Rivcs. Roane, Robinson, Sewer, Smith
Of Connecticut, Strange, Walker. WALL White,
Williams. Wright and Young-3l.
The fifth resolution 10 which Mr.. Calhoun here
referred, and which he justly regarded ~ the
most important of all, and struggled most perse
veringly Ia hive passed with amendment. was as
follows:
Resolved. That thu intermcddIing of any
State or States, or their citizens. to abolish
slavery IN his District or in any Of the Terrific
ries, On the ground or under the pretext that il
is immoral or sinful or the passage Of any net or
measure oi Congress. with that view, would be
direct aud dangerous attack on the institutions
! of all the slnveholding States
"Gh. resolution covered the whole ground. Ii
nr't the issue boldly and fully. No Southern
Democrat can hesitate to say that it embodied Il
great trnth, 10 which events have borne the most
emphatic testimony. Mr.. Clay, Of Kentucky.
moved to strike il out and insert the following
n sub .titute
" Resolved. That when the District Of Colum.
hia was ceded by the States of Virginia aud
! Mary land To the United States. domestic slavery
existed IN both If those States, including the &c
ded territory; aud that. n it still continue, in
both of them. il could not Toe abolished within the
District without violation of that g"ud faith
which wn> implied in the cespion, aud IN the nc
ceptancc of the territory. nor, unless Compcpsa-
tion were made To the slaves without manifest
infringement Of au amendment Of the Constu
iyu of the United States; nor without exciting
drgree Of just alhrm and apprehension IN the
States recognizing slavery, far tran-cendug. In
its miscellaneous tendency, any possible benefit
which would be aeeompli .hed by the Abolition
(Congrcss Globe, vol. .. page 81.
The utter insuhciency Of this tcnporlzing
amendment scarcely pecd b. pointed out. Oh
jrctl"nabe n II was III eoneedng to Congress
the constitutional power to abolish slavery IN the
8 tlp
exercise of TINT power only ou the ground of in
cNpcdicncy, it still more in this. that 1t
made no reference whatever to tho territories oil
tie United States. Tie passage OF MIR. Cal
houn's resolution would have committed the son
nte, not only against the abolition oi slavery IN
the District Of Colnmhia, but also against the
application of the Wilmot rroylso aud kindred
measures to the territories. MIR, Clay's amend
ment was entirely silent on the subject 1t is
! tue, that in another resolution which he pro-
| posed to huve adopted us an additional amend
meut it was declared that the abolition of slavery
! in the Territory of Florida would be highly iher
| pedieH,, principally for the reason "that il would
! Toe IN violation Of solemn compromise made nj
II memorable and critical period IN the history OF
! THIS country, by which, while slavery wns pro-
! hlLitcd North. it admitted South of the line
| Of b degrees 30 minutes North latitude" The
defect in tho first amendment can hardly be con
, slcrod nv S""t'htfn mon as remedied by anoth
or which recognized the binding force OF the
, Missouri Compromise.
"Oa the question 10 strike oat Mr. Calhoun'-
resolution, and insert Mr., Clay's an amend
mcnt, after it had been modified by striking out
| the part relating Ia the compensation for slaves,
the vote staud-yeas -, nays Is, Congress
sinnal Globe, vol. 6, page ca Mr. Buchdnaas
name stands recorded IN The affirmative.
"On subsequent occasion, Mr.. calhoun. with
view 10 iuiuse vitality into Mr. Clay's amend
Ia ms RI Al "A q
gress to abolish slavery in the Territories would
be n dangerous attack upon the States in which
slavery exists Mr. Buchanan opposed the a
lnendmrnt and it was IN reply to his speech
that MIR. Calhoun made the remarks which may
be- found in the third volume of his works, pages
l9i to l96and which he comm noed by saying
that the remarks of the Senator from pemn>ylvu-
MIA were of such "A character that he could not
permit them to pass in silence"
From these votes aud this language OF MIR. Il.
II Is clear:
LIT. That he was not opposed to the religious
agitation of the slavery queston-a species of
agitation which Mr. Calhoun Justly regarded
more fatal than any other.
ID. That he recognised the constitutional pow
or of Congress to abolish slavery in the Dis
irlct of Columbia, opposing its exercise only ON
the ground of its expedency-a proposition which
the position Of Mr.. Van Barren shows affords no
reliable protection To Southern institutions.
3D. That he refused To commit himself fully
the great question as to the power of Congress
oyer the Territories of the L. States and rs far
rs h dbl 20, evidently left it to he understood
that the abolition OF slavery by Congress, in the
Territories would be mo attack ON the States in
which il exists"
So much for the slavery issue. How does Mr..
Buchanan stand upon the tariff Will the Sen
tnel say he rs sound, or Justify his 'lnw wages
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