The Washington union., 1858-03-23

the of artisan and ~ t.strse frit Il 10 l his
duty TO reply No tht tarks of the senator from south
."""ha In regard to hireing labor He prcceeced 10
remark ON the frauds in Kansss and concluded by going
over The same ground with OF thoe Who have spoken
IN opposition 10 the Bill The senate then took recess
until spseh O'Clock.
The Senate Was called to otdct al stvea o'eiotk.
The galleries were aessely crowded many Of the ne
porteIr ,~hg unable to make their way through the
eowd surrounding the entrance to their gallery and
those who did get there found their seats occupied by the
sovereign people.
MIR. GWlN moved that the ladies, large numbers OF
whom were in the snte tcsis le admitted to the seats
"'reu' the bar of the senate which unanimously
agreed to.
Mr.. DOUGLAS sad that he did not know whether bis
strength would permit his prescribing hs views 10 night
in fuil but Ne sbuld cndevor TO make some remarks oh
'tu subject His sickness Tor the last week had not ONLY
prevented him from being present. but even iloh read.
Ing the remarks oi those WHO had during that time dis
cussed this bill and ne could therefore be expected
10 reply to the criticisms which might have been made
on the report which he submitted or the yieyys brroie
expressed by Him. He should content himself with pre-
ntng his views upon the questions that were naturally
suggested by the bill under consideration And in the
hrst place, he made brief reference to his
course upon the slavery question during the ne
| Rod when he had been a member of Congress
| When he entered Congress in Ist3 he found upon
the -a.riu ion evidences of policy to adjust the
slavery question and avoid sectional agitation by geo
graphical line drawn across the continent separating
free territory from slave territory This line had been
agreed upon not because it founded upon correct
principles but because IL afforded of avoiding
the agitaons that had convused the country upon the
subject of slavery for that he acquesced in that
line when II was applied to Texas and in ls4e when
| we had seeured New MekirD, Utah, and California from
the republic OF Mexico, the question in the Senate
| IN regard to the kind OF organization OF government
which should be established therein On that occasion
Mr. d proposed TO extend the MssouiiG promise line
to The Pacilic ocean with the understanding with
which il originally adopted and the proposition was
4 To ly mnio of
In the House of Representatives that provision stricken
out by thirty nine majority and thus by that vote the
policy OF separating slave territory from free territory by
a geographical line abandoned by Congress Mr.. d.
said he would not discuss this ausstioh whether that
Abandonment was right wrong that question had long
since been consigned to history He had only referred
this matter for the purpose Of showing the view which
he then took Of the subject At that Tins southern men,
almost in body voted for the extension of the Missouri
compromise line to the Pacific ocean, and northern men,
! by very large majority voted against it,
He then sketohed the proceedings in 1850 when the
compromise measures adopted, and said that tn.
! line of 30 80 abandoned 10y its friends only be-
casc they found themselves without the power to
adhere 10 ahd carry it into effect in good faith Had
TINT policy been continued and had that line been ex
tended to the Pacific ocean, there wold have been an
end to this slavery agitation forever 1t his opinion
then and it was his opinion now, that far any sec
tiona advantage could have been otsned by the extern
sion of that line that advantage would have been ON the
part OF the south The compromise measures of 1850
predcated upon the abandonment that line and
the introduction of the great principle Of self government
in the Territories and sovereignty in the States the
question of slavery well all other matters of does
tic concern They returned TO the great principle upon
which free institutions rest to leave the people of the
Territories and States free TO decide the slavery question
well as all other questions for themselves This new
line Of policy met his cheerful and hearty concurrence
and he regarded it the chief merit of the compromise
measures OF 1850, that they furnished principle as
rule OF action which should apply everywhere north
south OF 36o 30 not only to the territory which we then
had but to all that might hereafter acquire thus To-
zbg this slavery agitation, and leaving each State to
decide the matter for themselves without any inter-
cnce, either direct Indirect rom any quarter what
ever.
He went on to ask whether the evidence was s4tjsac-
tory that the people of Kansas had been left perfectly
free to make constitution which they satisfied
with whether the constitution presented did imbod,
their will He thought ii clear that these questions
must be answered in the negative and argued this mat
| ter mt considerable length
In the couIsc Of his remarks Mr.. ID. alluded to the
Washington Union paper which had read him
out of the party aud again and had termed him
'',escrcr, renegade p TRAITOR" &C. He had no vim
dcation to make OF his democracy against that paper he
was willing to leave his history and actions for the last
twenty TO speak for themselves But the difficulty
was That the Washington Union had personal grey
ance When its editor nominated for public printer
AIR d. declined to vote for him and from that time TO
this its scurrous abuse and vindicve and constant at
tacks upon him had been repeated He proceeded 10 read
from editorial article in the Onion of the 18th No
vember last, maintaining the propositions that the right
VI bIlVts WIS beOfe ana hIgher than
stitution, and that the of slaves had right to
carry his property into any free State and retain his
ownership it there 1t for these extaortn,ry
doctrines said Mr. D. that he declined to vote for the
editor of the ..Union for public printer He believe
in State rights Illinois had right prohibit slavery.
and the doctrine laid down i'm the 'Unon he regarded
directly opposite to that of the democratic party
and the democratic platform He also objected TO the
Iecompton constitution because il contained the game
/ doctrine as the article in the .fIInon'' and he
submitted the question who had deserted the democratic;
paItythe Union or himself! He also urged that aI
though this administration measure Il was not
party measure and announced his purpose to maintain
| his present position come what may
Mr. IOOMBS said that the senator from Illinois bov
ing arraiGned his section of the country he deemed IL
his duty TO say few words in their defence No man
knew better than that senator that such prcples as
those which he had attacked had been asserted by
single sayelolling State in the Union or single renre
sentative Of State, and that had no right
to arisgn the people of the South for an article in
\ the Washington Union The South never claim
/ ed the right to carry slavery into free State
against its constitution That senator had Also spent
about an hour in defending his democracy Mr. II
! did not pretend to sit in judgment upon demo
Gratis but he had doubt the senator from Illinois
lusion made to the fact that when Mr. d voted 10
extend the Missouri compromise line the Pacific ocean
those with whom he acting all voted
against him, with two exceptions
Mr.. T. replied 20 several other points alluded 10 in tho
speech of Mr.. DOUGLAS
Mr. STUART took exception some Of the expressions
used by Mr. ToosRs in his remarks being personal in
their character.
Mr. GREEN obtained floor boino ofto, aIar.,,