The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-09-03

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time that when reason shall have resumed her throne and
excitement and fanadcsm shall have passed away, that
judgment will be pronounced upon them as the responsible
parties for all these difficulties.
Ny colleague makes long harangue about Lawrence
being seed Talk about sacking town because house
was burned by mobi That Is sackng town. In nine
of where difficulties have occurred they have
grown of aggressive acts upon the part Of the peo
Pile OF Missouri but out Of the acts committed by those who
under the auspices Of the leaders Of the party TO which
my colleague belongs Language has been strained TO
find excite the public mind and to mislead public
opinion and the which my colleague uses are part
and parcel OF that vocabulary which has been brought into
requison by those acting with him. to operate upon the
public credulty. t "f
He refers to the report the committee which sent to
would notgyea snap ofmy hngercr that testmo
NY solar il ought operate upon unbiased mind
had confidence in the committee when II raised no
confidence when they started and less when they made their
report The gentleman says that emigrants had right to
90 into Kansas make IL free State Well sir, If they
had right go there for that purpose and that purpose
alone then he must not deny that e@grants had the right
go there for the purpose of making it slave State
Bnt sir emgrants ought to have gone to that Territory
they have gone Nebraska to any other Territory
and The purpose of eecng legislation, way or
another But they not only went there for The purpose Of
controlling the legislation of the Territory but they have
organized forces and marched into the Territory for the
exclusive purpose of shaping the institutions This proof
sufficient that all these difficulties have arisen from the
of those with my colleague in the settlement
Of that Territory.
position in reference TO this question of slavery Did
my colleague refer to me
Mr. NORION. Does the gentleman desire an answer 10
that question: and does he yield the floor for that pur
pose a.as..
Mr. HARRIS only wish to know if the gentleman al
luded to me-
Mr. NORTON / will state that did allude to the gen.
| ueman.
Mr. HARRIS. heard only the closing part of the re-
mark which gentleman sitting side Of me said my col
league intended I'd apply | will reply to it He
stated if heard Alright that said in this House six years
that the passage Of the ordinance of 1887 and the Mis-
souri, Compromise were southern measures.
/ Mr.. NORTON. The gentleman has asked q question
but he allows me to answer only a part OF it. will say
to him, that whatever have said have treated him with
/ all due courtesy, as do every one. ""
1 Mr. HARRIS ask the gentleman If he alluded TO me-
Mr. NORTON. shall not allow my colleague to put to
questions requiring categorical answers unless he al
Mr. HARRIS Then shall not allow him to state
i Mr.. NORTON. The gentleman had commenced to
Mr.. HARRIS My question was a simple one. simply
| asked him if he alluded to
Mr.. NORTON merely made quotation from my COL
leagues speech, in which he said that the Missouri Com
promise received majority Of southern votes.
/ Mr.. HARRIS. Yes, sir, my colleague made simple
quotation and have asked him simple question: and
he has simply answered 1T and now will respond He
undertook sayand suppose the report of his speech
will contain what he sad-that in the remarks which
in the House six years ago. stated that the Missouri
Compromise a southern measure, and that the ordi-
nance Of 1857 received majority Of southern votes
Mr. NORTON. No; did not speak Of the ordinance of
CUMBAcK to read and which will have inserted in my
printed speech and the force of your remarks was
majority of the southern voted for the Compromise
of 1920
j Mr. HARRIS. That is simply a matter of historical
truth stated that such was the did not in that
argument either assai justify the act stated that
floor from all quarters because ii is matter that every
body knows believed then that the passage of the Missouri
restriction wrong believe that it the cause of
all the trouble which the country has witnessed from the
slavery agitation since that day and defy any gentle
man to show that any difficulty did exist the
question of slavery, until this waS sprung upon
the country in 1885, and since that time with short
interval it has been constant want end of it.
want to 60 back the early days of the government
to the days when the fathers of the republic pow
erwhen they refused to incorporate any such principle
into the legislation of the country. We have go back
to that have gone back to 1t by the
BILL and there hope shall remain and am sure that
there will remain And when the excitement shall
passed away when the whole country becomes settled
frming, and vindcang the principles of that BILL will
then have of this agitation about slavery in the
Territories @ y" .-F
My colleague made alluson here a speech made by
Judge DouaIAs in ls49 in Springfield Illinois 1t has been
quoted by every abolition stump orator from Maine to
floor who has opposed the Nebraska bill 1t has been
published in italics in Roman, and in capitals and in
every other type In that speech il is alleged that he de-
clared "hat the Missouri Compromise had origin akin
to that Of the constitution of the United States and
ii had become canonized in the hearts of the American
people a sacred thing which no ruthless hand would
ever be reckless enough disturb" Now, sir what are
the facts That distinguished senator entered Congress
in ls43 He found the line Of SO deg 30 min agreed upon
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holding territory and viewing H. every candid and
just mind then did, means of settlement whose whole
value would depend upon its continued application to
new territory fast acquired until IL should reach
the Pacific ocean, he had favored its application the
rtory Of Texas He had acquiesced its application
Oregon and yet In the winter of Is4s49 the egsa-
ture Of Illinois passed instructions requiring him
don that line and vote prohibit slavery in all the Terri
tories acquired from Mexico he had looked upon the
adoption Of that parallel Of latitude imagn-
AIRY line running waste OF wild prairie and mere
expedient for the OF moment Of peril he had sup
posed that II bad been agreed upon for f
ure application. IL true had been dsregarded by
the people of the North already several occasions
II seemed impossible that IL should he spurned and spit
upon when IL offered Of settlement acceptable
the South and entirely just TO the North think II was
great have agreed upon geographical line
to divide upon principle but If acquiesced in IL might
In lS4s have been extended the Pacific ocean and set
tied and forever the whole territorial difficulty
about slavery But the North refused They rejected their
again. and determined 10 prohibit slavery by
congressional intervention In all the regions of Cali
forna and New Mexico lying south well north Of SO
| deg. 30 min. "'
The legislature Of Illinois followed the example Of most
of the other northern States and instructed for that
II In the fall Of lS49 that Judge DOUGLAS adj
dressed the people Of Illinois, in Springfield In opposition
TO these resolutions He INDICATED his then former sup
port Of the Missouri line and criticised the policy Of those
the legislature who proposed to abandon for the pol
Icy Of universal prohibition He then calling In ques
ton such men my colleague who had abandoned,
eced and stricken down the Missouri line Yours were the
not his You freesoers you aboIitioniss Of the North
ard pho1lo