New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-19

stapd BY the evils We nave lsn 70 ny W others We
tnav not Of either North or South, 70 result from the
ye;scton or the admission Of this Coassitotioat I
tirk every prudential consideration " 10 favor Of or
foybeanpg TO enforce this Constitution on the p>ops
OF Karsss and leave them an opPIt.uany o' rnskioy
teir views fully and perfectly understood. Ias wi
ha in accordarce with the generons fnnciPes aod
policy that the South hiss pursued nere.
What recommended the Kansss-Neo'aks OH otbs
Son,hf For one think 10 was gress otsnder 70
ns.. Il but hat was the recommendation u oontsnsi
I, adopts I think, right prncipis IN rcsPees 70
T.rcry belonging 10 the people OF the onited stses
and in regard TO which Congress has mace % 90 svd
Admission or exclusion that any citizen OF .he United
stst. with any property Of his, has iu night 70 20
,ber,. When people go upon that Territory 70 MATE
a. lav 20 become community, wnsn fhey nsve he
power of Legislation they may aann !. VI p.. yet %h
!. a territory of the United states there no Av
tbere think TO divest the ute whlch msn "a. -
bis property, whether il be slave or horse' IL b
hattie by the laws Of his own State 70 that proeer.
-. he has in a territory, much night 70 b there,
.pd a. n uch night to be there with hs Pr'perty, ~
~ cher citizen until there is some aw which sna1
prevent ii and shall dye-t u, leaving 20 me Pc pc
sfervard the right TO form their own hnai Coueio.
a., "a ,hey nlssse for or against slavery. That the
prpcpe upon which that bill rested; that is the pra
epe upon which the South have always cOn.snded for
the right. They contended ior u IN tnst ohii sod 80
far. think they were in the night.
Now | .ay, L want the full practice Of that prnci-
pie here. Let the majority make sucn sConst'uroa
as they please. That is the great American prnepe,
that Teee ABOVE dll OtneIs lct bAo" s-cu-
selves and as the majority declare so lie, the Cons,
tuition and so let the laws be. think we are ntrsct
inc that great principle-the principle OF the South
;,self on this very identical subject by forcing tbs
Cnn.titut;op at least Of doubtful suthentcty upoa
he neope Ifthsre is . majority in favor Of it, il 10
ro, II uch trouble for them to ratliy H. IL there -
majority opposed ts IT, they are ented to have their
viii ard their way. They are entitled 30 tha. upm
rc;nle thew are entitled 10 it the express pledges
If the Kansas Nebraska law
Sir 7 seel tnst have already occupied great deal
Il. l.
of your tme-moIe thah eapscosd v,. % op' and yet
saw something though not so Immediately connected
Win the direct question before US.
Mr. President, am according 10 the denomlnations
now usually employed by parties IN this country,
southern man have lived all my life in Southern
STATE I have been accustomed from my childhood
70 that frame of society of which Savery forws ps
am. 20 far a. regards the necessary defense Of tue
,igLts of the Soutr as prompt aud as really 10 de-
and them as any man the wide South can bold; but
in The same resolute and determined spirrt In which
/ would defend any invasion OF Its rignts ana hf
which would put my loot as II ss NO s, VINO ssns
win maintain and defend them. With the same feel
irg with which know l would defend my own
riebts | will respect theirs never expected Kan
to be Slave state & Gehsea h ds sdst ''Te T.,s -
was some vague hope that when the Missouri
Compromise line was taken away ana aoOnsnea,
slavery might be extended in that direction, bit dd
not Leeye il. believed thst the Missouri Comprr
mise line fixed in 1890 about that Territorial hne,
north of which Slavery il il could exist, would not %
proftsbly employed; and our e1parience since mas
shown that the wise men VINO msde that conpremi-e
indeed rightly. We have found no instance 10 whicn
Il has been found profitable anywhere there. De-
leye that the idea of making Kansas slave state
was delusion 10 the South that ter nopee Wouiu
never be realized, If she entertained sucn M a.
that tho ught therefore, it would have been better,
without examining scrupulously into It's consNuuon-
atty TO let the Missouri Compromise stand regret.
| ted it's repeal. old rot believe tne SCUM wou!d
l L. fkaf a Al
That compromise was bond and assurances cf
| peace would not have disturbed it, IL was hal.
lowed in my estimation by the men who had msde il.
II was hallcwed in my apprehension by the beneficial
consequences that resulted from il. 1t was hailed, st
the time it was made, by the South. ltproduced
good, and nothing but good from that tme. Oasn
of the OLD Whig party tiumphed in that act ~ one
Of the great achievements of our leader, Henry Chy
1t was IRON that among other things, that be derived
the proudest of all his titlesthat Of the pschcstor
and peace maker Of his country We sscribed TO him
great instrumentalty in the passage OF thst sw and
over and over again have claimed credit and honor
for him for this act This, for thirty years had been
my stesdfsst opinion. have been growing, perhaps
during that time, little Older and am Little Ices sus.
| ceptlbe Of new impressions and novel opIniosa
cannot lay aside the idea that the law which made that
line OF division was a constitutional one. believed
so then. All the people believed It. I must be per.
mitted to retain that opinion still; 10 20 on, M any
rate, to my end with the hope ths' have not been
raising and have not been claiming credit for Others
or violating the Constitution Of their country.
Sir, the men who passed that measure were great
men; they we're far-seeng men. Without argument
now, am content to rest my faith upon the authority
Of Of those great men-Pinckney Clay, Lowndes, ola
Revolution, with his learned and able Cabinet, sne
then, what s more than all, IS years of scques
IN it. and peace under it in these States. Whstever
quaHes you may have had about in Congress, there
were always enough TO uphold and sustain that law
dnd never. until lsS4 reDealed.
tionslity questioned that know Of regret its 70
peal because feared that it would Iced to new sxta.
tions and new dangers. Has it mott What has been
our experience
The authors Of the measure which repesjsd thst
Compromse-honorable and patriotic know them TO
be, maLy Of them my personal iriepds-promised
Themselves from greater peace and greater reposs
by localzng the Slavery question, as it was said.
Then this act was to localize the Slavery questyn,
and all agitation 10 be at an end II was TO give
peace to the country. So the President said The
President in his Message at the commencement Of
this session or in bis Special Messsge-I do not know
which--imsgines the country to have been in great
agitation on the subject of Slavery when the Kansas
Nebraska act came aud put sstop It, until sometime
afterward It was revived. Why, sir, exactly the
contrary seems TO ne 10 be the true history Of the
the Compromises Of 1850 in addition to the Missouri
Compromise; all subeiding into submlsson and
acquiescence, when, TO obtain greater degree OF
peace and secure US for the future against all agts-
ton, this bill Of 1854 repeating the Missouri Compro-
mise was passed. What has it produced Hae it
localized the question Of Slavery Has il given US
peace All can answer that question. II has given
Us everything but peace. II has given Us everything
trouble-nothipg but trouble That has been the
consequence Of Il so far
am as anxious now as any man here TO close up
th, scene. would vote for the admission Of Kansas
upon almost any terms that would give pesce and
quiet. II thought this bill would do 80, should
vote tor It, would suppress all scruples fr the SAKE