New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-27

vestn Territorial sct-8nd, ABOVE an, IN tne AeA?s
o. whining argument In this case and to' little
Sacvn the public, and Deeds the elucdsfioa OF q
n, elinipsry statement to develop it's nature, ana
10 give force TO it's sPpli alton That statement
this: coptemporsneouaiy with the enactment OF the
Mntouri Compromise the retTOcersiOn OF Texssto
Spar ana not the Texas az Spain had held it, sound
20 on the Red River, but we retroceded it. extend
ing north TO the Arkansas River, and to that part OF u
winch wAs north Of 80 degrees 30 minutes north ls-
tude. Here, then, was room fur Slavery question,
when T.xas came to be annexed In leio. She was a
slaveboIdng country: Her constitution ana a"s ao-
utted Slavery The ins'itutiOn covered her teltOry-
extended to all her border-eonsequenty extended to
the Arkansas River: for her boundary came To that
river in north latitude 81 and So and followed the aver
up to its source in the Rocky Mountains Here then,
was case for a future question, which prudence re-
quired TO be immediately provided for and u vas
done IL was clear that one half OF the compromise
hne was abiogated by the laws and constitution
Of Texas and that the slave institution TO the extent
of that abrogatiop was extended north beyond the
parallel Of 36 deg. 80 Din.; and that II would remain
20 until the Texan laws should be al,ered-which
alteration could only be made by herself, If she should
be admitted without previously providing Tor the case
To do nothing, was TO yield to the abrogatiOn; to
,eestabhh the line was to affirm both the cOnstitu-
tonal power, and the political expectancy OF dong
fo aid this dOne not only in the abrogsted part
but in all its length and breadth in its whole length
from the southwest of Missouri to the summit
Of the Rocky Mountains; and in its whole breadth,
north and SOUTH az far the United States territory
extt pded. Here is the act:
"AR1cLE IINow States of conven ent size not exceed
ing four in umber soa hay 'ufcent population ma, here
tory thereof which .b. be eued adm'oa under the pro
the FED. sutor And such States as may he
sI degrees thirty atuude COMMONLY known
the Missouri Conomise Line 'ha be atnitted INTO the VI
with o slavery the people of Zach Safe asking ad
mission may desire; in state or saes as shall be
Imed out Of said territory noh OF me sd Missouri
,S ,:t hss .s ssTsdy Or Involuntary '''
These are the words Of the Annexation Resolution
~ cleQY Enactment IF the Oriyinal Mis-
souri Compromise! and reenactment made at the
instance OF the Free States, which would not otherwise
vote for the admission And now who made that en-
actment 7 l answer-the same party which made the
fret one-tbe Souh-cOmprehendng every member of
Congress who voted for the x4ion of rexis and
also Mr.. Calhoun, who drew the resolutions aud
Expiring moments of Mr. Tyler's Administration, for
the acceptance of Ttxas do not read their names.
The list h too long, but they may be seen in the Thirty
Years View, In the chapter which trests of the id
maDy wfo dtny the Constitution yer Of Congress
TO tgislate upon Slavery in TerfitOry-tbe names
of many who figured at the desru ,don of the Mis-
souri, Compromlse-are in that list and must be for
ever eefoppt6, by their own act, from denying
the power Which they then exercised. l know their
subterfuge They say it was compact with
Texas. Granted, and 30 much the worse for them.
Out Of the frying pan into the fire. II could be only
compact under tie Constitutions; and as compact
With a foreign power, could never be altered without
its consent. 1t was compact with Texas, and also
fUmt thing more. IL was u compromise Oe,Wten the
Free and the Slave States new compromises new
Constitution and for consideration like that of the
Missouri lie, eDuiing to the benefit of the Slave
States The Missouri Compromise gained the adms'
sion of Missouri Slave state into the Union The
Texas Compromise adu it,ed one Slave State, aud
provided for tie mi sion of three Both were
valuable to the South; and the Texas Compromise
most 30. Neither could be violated without breach
Of faith aid, in the case Of the Texas Com
promise, the breach W )uld be doubl.-5Otb against
the compact with Texas and the compromise
with the Free States. But | have auoheI ar
swsr for those who plead this compact. They
consider it as only applying to the part of the line
abIogated by the Texan laws. No euch thing. II
eppts to the whole line, aud is new and Independent
enactment of the whole line and that by its atlonom
zeal character only referring to the Missouri line AS
descriptive; and able to stand without reference to
that HE well with it. 1t is complete prohib-
itOn of Slavery moth of 81 deg 30 miD II required
the same power in Congress to make il which vas
qured to make the original Missouri Cempromse
1t Is full and perfect reenac ment OF that Comprom
ise and was 80 treated by all the speakers ~ that
time, and especially by Mr. Buchapao, then member
of the Senate, and leading advocate tor the annex
ation-wbO saiO:
The Ie,oluops to ree.bli.h the Missouri ComprO
c6ptd That conuover, tine Nssou question: had noary
hslen TOT. Union to s center IN an esreS ana better pen
Soad me % % s for an. or
two years. the County would be involved continued
struggle We should witness ieveh excitement Ia the plo
o. Of sboon and the irritation would reach slch
to the exisiece Of the UNION s. 61t
again the Missouri question brought home IN he pie
goad them fur, Toa great question bet Seen the two
c1ed lin the Missouri CompoIise) from that moment he
hao down his foot the sod ground then established aud
e,e he HoHid Jet h qaeron and J0,erer Who could COM
pl,in Of the terms of tnst Compromised"
So spoke Mr.. Buchanan in the year ls54-the last
year of bs service in Congress; and It IL we'll known
that his sentiments continued the same until that solid
found alton which he meant to staud forever, AID
which be held the harmony and the existence of the
Union rest taken from under his feet snstcbed
from under him by the haDos of Others during his al
from the country, and when he had no power to
raise bis voice gaiRst the parrci1a Destruction Be-
ing de stUyed he takes the part of wisdom and mode
raIiOn. He let's bad enough alone He VIII not make
bad by attempting to restore what has been
d. stroyed To heal existing wounds, and not to open
ones, his policy; 10 reconcile exasperdted breth
ren and not 10 increase their evaporation, Is his alu;
ano in this bens nab aim every good citizens old Jn.
The ieenacimeDt Of the Missouri Compromise at tie
acmissO of Texas was era aud resting point IN
our Slavery legislation, and such was often referred
10 aid relied upon by our pnblc men, and commented
to perpetual observance Ii was called the Texas
Compromise" ind wss considered continuation Of
tie INST one, and within itself. In that light
il war treated on u 50 einn OCCASION by PRESIDENT
Polk. In his message approving the Oregon Territorial
Act in 1s4sthe last year of bis administration, and
which act prohibited Slavery in Oregon-he took oc-
cason 10 refer to the Texas Compromise" and TO
pres Mt il independent MEASURE, growing out OF
tn. circumstances aid the same spirit which had
produced the Missouri Compromise, and like IT, not 10
be violated without endangtri ring the Union. In that
message he said:
"wben admitted into Ulion the spirit
ofe.mpronse which sade predecessors Ia the admission
of Missouri quarter OF before prevailed without
orloon. The Joit Kesoui aoDexins Toxs
such as % %sd sa Of popS OF said Ts
tory lying south of $50 so north latitude commonly
with OF without slavery the people asking
admission Gene Aud In such state or States AZ s,e be