The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-11-24
Such, Mr Speaker, IS s brief account Of the
systan afshssfsfres "A 50 lsEs ofbs

buCut 0iT- DpeUhHT, Is q DfieI account o. Tue
system efahsbshres Fssconhehaed W the cont
ni:ttee Of thirteen 9lhSs committee thought it
exPedieht 10 HnilesiR oBe1bili, all those Kindred
measures which Teaied TO our recent territorial
iqict thought thai, considering Tho Saeclsasai
statesof opinion :Oon5ress, IL tAfas'-beSt 80 TO
unite tLea.. s.iM " hen thus C 'mbihed. each
party would bG sure that, ip the Posssge Of the
common measure, It would find its losses com.
penssted by its eainse Moreover there was
unhappilyaa dlstrust engendeied between ihe
parties as to What might be the result, if the
seseral measures were separately propose.d,v7
One said TO TIA other, if we pass v hat YOU want
having got il, you Wit afterwards refuse TO eives
us whatiwe wautlE Bydhe combinations Of the
measures each party would seeRud know the ex
act extent Of what it was conceding, and Hha,
conceded TO L; and being once passed. there
would be no risk Of bad@ faith. The friends O
the compromise were in Aror Of all tile riieas-
uses, either. in theaggregate orin the detail.-4
Welded to, no matter OF, mere fern, actpated by
no pride ofopinion, they were animated by nc
other desire thar the peace and hal monY Of tie
whole county. .DqDhe opponent ofthe eoDpro-
mise, with some exceptions, iwercynsainst atbC
measures, in the Aggregate lapd in detail, and
their objection, therefore, to the union, was no,
the rcaland true objection. But for their indjS.
greet and bitter opposition the oinnbas' Iwould
have passed smonths, before the lscparateiibills
passed. Happily the, whole system oil measures
as originally proposed and finally prevailed il
both houses Of Congress. The propriety oftke
Union of some Of them was demonstrated inthc
house OF repsehsdtions, by The fact tlfat, WHEN
the Texas boundary question was presented as
aseparate measure, re,-itlwasgrejecte by a 1naiori-
ty gilmore than forty, ,aId-Ehen afterwards il
was united with tie bill for establishing terri
toriaf government for New McKee, without The
IWilmot proyiso, twas carried BY decided ma
jority. d gasssisHtR III viQ1E lgHgse Eargd
q" And now. Mr.. Speaker let US for a moment
pause and consider what are the actual losses
and gains BY the two sections or the Union il
the adoption 11of this system Of ineasuues .
think that. as to California, neither party sofhI
as the action of Congress IS concerned, can be
truely said to have gained or lost. What has
been done there, has heehidone bya Competent
and admitted authority, without the interposf
ton of Congress- AS to the teFritoriesof New
Mexico and Utah, the wishes of the South have
prevailed, the Wimot provso has been repudia.
ted and although I do not believe that slavery
willbe tolerated in either of them, Both are al.
lowed to almt ,orexelude it, according to- iheii
own pleasure. In regard to the Texas boupda,
ry, the South has been rendered se3ure in al
the territory lying west ofshe Nueces, ana ex
tending to the Rio delN orte, and up that river
from its mouth TO the seutheruqalie; of Ntw
Mexico, as. an area for reslayery,-whch had beer
disputed and controverted. The South gets ar
effective provision for the restoration of fugitive
i1hs South, think, will be euietea on
the subject the agitation tofi slavery in Tho
DISTRICT, Of Columbia, BY the abolition Of the odi
ous slave trade in that District--a measure G,
|qually demanded, in my humble opinion, by tht
honor, the dignity ami TIE true interests OF botl
the South and the North. '3t353f- '"
u Willthat 81 stem of ineasurcsalla excitemen
and agitation and pacity, tranqlilize and harmo
n:ze the country? hope, trust, and believe /
will. AT all events, the field Of excitement ant
agitation has been greatly circumscribed NJ
longer can California beta theme To create divis.
|ion amongst us. She is now an admitted mem.
Der ofihis Union, and can no more be put out
of il than Kentucky or Virginia, or any other
State can be put out Of i. No longer can the
Wilmot proviso be insisted Upon to be engralt
ed upon the territorial goYernmenis; Of New
Mexico and Utah? for L venture to predict that
il any attempt be made to fasten that pTovist
upon those governments II IN lie resisted by .
decisive not indignant majority inonc or'botf
Houses Of, Congress. Ne longer can the subject
OF the Texas boundary be one Of agitation and
contrcvelsf; for from all that | have heard the
people Of Texas themselves, who had the iin.
doubted wight to decide for themselves whether
they would accept ,orsEejset1 thepropesals OF
Congress, have, as 7 never doubted they would
consented to those proposals. As 10 the slave
trade bill in the strict of Columbia, the north
4 presume willhardly lyattcmpt that, and 4 conf.
dentlally Anticipate that no such attempt will
be seriously made on the part OF the south, = In
respect to Slavery with the District Of Co!nm-
bia, which is dying natural death rapidly ]
think We mayconfdeatly hope for freedom from
all disturbance ON thal aecpnpt,w A4aAns
=" Thus, Mi STeaker, 'ru AMI believe that
Of all the numerous aud threatening topics con.
nected with slavery, at the COMMENCEMENT Of
the last sessionaof Congress, one only remains
to create, interest end eitude, and lha, is the
fugitive slave bills, VA rowe9 down to that sin.
ele ground, the slave holding State viii occupy
the vantage position. The constitution is. is
with them ,land ifits execution shall be3opposed
or attempted to be thwapted By force, that state
which makes snch an oppos ition will. place its
clfcearly tiianifestiy and indeSputably in the
wrong. Occupying such ground tho slave
holding States may fcarlGssly and cenfdently a.
wait the ssne.g sa. iiiH ls 5sia I8il sas
\ 1t was not to be expected, .nor, did I expect
that tho measures addoptcl at the last session
ofConsress wond lead 10 immediate and gen
eral acquieseenee on thesipart of thesoaltras, al
the north and 1.-THE snuth. They had bcensinl,
PEELED by such, violent, and extreme, passions,
that it was too much 70 expect that they would
silently and promptly a1init their error, End
.yieldito what Had been done FOR lte best ainterl
ests ofom country. Aceordipglyswe perceive
that at the south, that, second edition Of the
Hartford Convention has again assembled, and
Is iaboring to stir up STRIFE and cohtenlich; and
ofthe slavciruiairgstir discord
and dispnios iSsatsilgs egrgag;ci ias Isuntati6t:
iic work. But confidentlyfaHtcipa that all
these mad efforts will be ,pnt down,bp the intel,
ligcnce, the patriotism, and the 1--we Of union o
the peop,e oftlic vlr.ots siavehollihg States.
j,.,And here, Mr.. Speaker, let ug ffAkc7s d mo
mentalg inquiry, as to what would hasc been
the conditonosgho conlederi cg on the Subject
Of slavery, if unhappily it had bequ, discovered.
Assuming that the lite Should have been drawn
.behweenR the dslSvchdldiHs md the" hbh-
slayeholding States, all nortissof fgtIea States
of Maryland yand-,N iEainia, and dig ltt,Derth
Of the Ohio river would, have BECOME. a
foreign, indepcndcnt and scycTeign power
Contrast, fiyouplease, our prceeitt Condition
with whats il wdulaihave beenluudcsthat Eordet
Of things. rAtpTefeRb We hsseoa rightlif .auy
slaye escapes from his Service. pdempnd his sur
render. We have a fight IA take lie eonstitii.
tion and thu aIw fin'our kahd attti reofiirU tfe
rrepicntaiI Do otheiitseahattke tkefs swijllsle
any openand loteibleiresstaecatM,ehs ,ehs exaeutiea,
of flp lqyr the pnnrta nf fba has.