The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-10-03

Incorporated resolHtion in our IpI airorm AZ
filming the same principle. How is il tha
smanwho was Wing in 1862. or a, mai
who was Democrat in thst year can nov
turn Republican and vote for Gong
| Interyeniion.s What has happened tha
would justify violation Of their ,pledgsi /
sPersou in the crowd-The repeal Of tn,
Missouri Compromise. esal.asssh : ~ s
Mr.. Douglas.-I am much obliged to yoI
for that ugRcstion.r j have nov . word o
two to ssy about the repeal, Of the Missour
Compromise. [Great applause. That gen
tleman announces that the excnse for 81
Old.line Wing or DemoH9t violating hi
pledge to maintain the doctrine OF non inter
vention in the Territories is the repeal O
/ the Missouri Compromise;t Let Us se
whether that gives him "A jdstifiHbie, caus
4 tcr changing his, principles, Ls0ghter.,
had more to do with the repeal OF lh
| Missouri Compromise thsnfany live man.
["That solp,l sfboldly avow 1t, ["Good!''
and shoulder all the responsibilities OF The
act. (Cheers.] ] There Is no act Of my whole
public life, OF which have more con-
| scious pride, thahthe repeal OF the Missouri
Compromise. io aaHs tat1 NGa so
| Now for facts. When came into pub
RcSiite | found the slavery question sett let
by "a geographical line running across
the continent, prohibiting slavery north O
SO deg. 36 min. and tolerstng it south o
that line. All the old Wings and all Ia,
old Democrats we're willin, to scquiesce II
thai Legislation simply because they foufis
it-ohi the statute book, and the country wal
at peace under IL, but the Abolitionists
headed BY father Giddings, [hughter, I J6hf
p. HsieSnWm H. Seward and few other
OF fthatastamp denounced the Missouri com
promise because they said it was com
promise between treedom and slavery.--
Fhat IL freedom was right North of ths
linei itwns right South, II slavery wat
right south OIL it, it was right north, ,gant
if'it was right to let the people do az thsJ
pleased on zone side they ought to bevtai.
lowed to doD'ds they pleased on the
other. daughter and applause 'Taai
wns their argument against the Mis-
souri, Compromise, and never yet saw I
man who could answer it. I tried 10 do il
for my devotion to this UNION and 10 the
pc zee Of the country wns so great, that
was willing to acquiescc in that settleme nl
rather than disturb the country by molest-
ing it. Hence when we acquired, CalituF-
ala and New Mexico, from aMexico, r
as chairman of the committee on Terriiorie.
offered an amendment to the bill extending
the. Missouri compromise line West to ihe
Paelfic ocean in. the sama sense and with
the same understanding with which it wal
originally ad opted That measure passed
the Senate on my motion by twelve mai5ri.
ty, but when it went 10 the Hou 'e OF Repre-.
sentatlves, it was defeated BY Norlhern vU-
les with Tree soil proclivities (AppIansea
The .dejelt ef -the Missouri comprun,ias hi
ls4S, in the manner Ishase stated sSsas wtfa
produced oil the stri and drBger to tn,
Uoien ip 1850. A m jority Of the North.
ern people said they would not submit tt
that geogr aphi;al line. All the South ask
cd at that time was that we would carry
out in good faith the Missouri compromise
to the Pacific ocean according to its intenl
when originally adopted. tried in gooc
faith to carry it out aud abide by it, but
was defeated. | had 10 abandon the Mis-
souri compromise, rot from choice, but be-
cause was voted down and could not help
myself. Then the question arose what
should be done to cave the country from
the periIs OF this sectional strife kindIed in
the North by the ireesolers and abolition
lists, and in the South by ths secess ion 'sts
and .dsunionists. have told you what
was done. Clay came back to the Senate
and took command OF the allied army Of un-
ion men and we Democrats rallied around
Clay as our leader when the Union was in
danger, the same as the old Wings rallied
around Jackson 10, 1892, when qualification
threatened dissolution Of the Uuion. A
voice, "We will rally together this tall
too."I Ycu all remember that when South
Carolina attempted to break up the conied-
eracy, General Jackson came forward witt
his proclaim ,tion, aud Webster, Clay ant
the lenders ofihe Wing party huShed the
voice OF .discord and rallied under the leac
OF the old hero TO preserve the Union
(Cheers.) When, the Union was safe, Clay
md Webster led the Wing forces agans
us The same % before. @s.t ,... s,.t.4
The Missouri line was abandonedin 1856
because the freesoilerss would not allow III
10 carry it. out, aug hter and applause,l ant
in I852'the Democralic party when it as
sembled in convention pledged its honor Il
stand BY the new principle OF non interven'
tion as did the Wing party in its Nationa
Convention ofthe same year ("Thots so. :"
Every Wing therefore who voted Tor Scot
| in 1863 pledged himself to non intervention
| instead OF the Missouri Compromise, ant
every Democrat who voted for Pierce Pledg
ed himself to the same principle. WheI
| the election was over and Congress assem-
bled it became my duty, as ehaisHsss Of the
committee Oh Territories TO report bills Il
organize the Territories Of Kansas and Ne
J braska, ond the question then arose whethe
these bills should be reported according to
the Missouri Compromise whicn had beer
4bandOned or ccording to the doctrine 0
non Intervention to which we had all be-
come pledged. Ireported the bills in ac-
cordance with the principle by which every
Whig and every Democrat 'in America nj
pledged hrs honor to stand. and that was
reyea ling the prohibition in order that tn,
people ot the Territories might DO as thel
pleased north as we'll as south VI 30 deg
80 min! Then what huppened! The very
men Who a few months 6efore had denounc
| I'D the Missouri Compromise as compac
with sin end an outrage upon popular gov
e6nineat tu. ned around. every oae, and SUM
hosant ntlbs 10 the Missouri Compromises
(Laughter.)o The very men who deteate
nv effort 10 extend the Missouri line 10th
Pacific ocean were the who burned an
hung me in sfigy Tor repeating it. ("That'
~ ID Instne fret place they refused to al
low it to be carried out in gopd iaith an
then they would not. permit Us il they coul
help il 10 repeal it aud carry out the prime
pis 81 tIo6 intervention ID goUd faith. q
voice "Treachery.") Yes,is web tteachery
It was an acl ot ,treachery edsrsPuta6le :
0orlheTn, men and, porthern honor. W
were bound ss honest men 70 de- one Of w
I,hin0s' aither ~ carry ont the MiAsOuri Com