New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-02

destructive of the fur dam nta principle on which the
Ubion Tess The portion relairg 10 the night of pe-
ton Mr.. Bell vo ed against. These resolutions of Atb-
erfoD w're desIDed 30 extraordinary that few day,
after their int OducoD, Mr.. Caleb Gushing Of Mass,-
ehu eits net them bv offering series Of counter reso-
nDons most carefully pre- pasd in which the PROPOSE
Dess and ability
On the 18Th day Of December, 1898. Mr.. Shade II
vermont moved 10 suspend the rules 70 enable nj 10
nitro dnce resolution tie effect that 40 nneh Of tbs
Anterior resolutions relates 10 toe removal Of
Slaves from Sta TO Stsie and prohibits the s.iOn Of
us toDse on every petition me mortal resolution
p,oPoslnon, o. PsPeT touching the same be and here
q o'ion-.JObn Rel voted sg int il, ~
Underline despotic course of these shern Fire.ers
in Congress, who had nsnpld in the dust the sacred
hight OF petition, the ant Slavery sentiment of III North
States grew with fearfa rspidity and biz fair "a
sweep everything before it, and it found necessary
in the year 1910 IN change the tactics hitherto positive
ly sdbered'o. We accordingly 6td Mr. Bell and soma
others this year taking moderate course, and record
| ing their votes az ,ins, the obnoxious 2lst rule
| SLAVERY EXTENSION INTO THE TERRITORIES
Mr.. j Thomas Stevenson ofacularly prOclai ned
Worcester that the record of John Bell, which is
open without blot il, puts 10 shame the see alton
that be is exponent Of Slavery" that he stood
up with Romsu frmuees for a generation in sse ldy
opposition to the h'rese5 of ultra Of his sec
| tioD." Men of Mss.achu cts / now give You .1a
record without q blot on the gr az question whether
the Territories shall be polluted with Slavery eonse-
craft TO Freedom, TO free labor and 10 free lloorng
men. AS you examioe this dark record" for Slave
] ~, you will iDstinctiyely eXcain Mr.. j. ThOms
Stevenson 10 mon maniac, or he 10 deceive the
! people of Massachusetts "
John Bell entered tue Senate in the year i847. At
this me the nation profoundly sgitsted with tho
Territorial qu ttions growing ont Of the snpexaon Of
Texas and the plated acqu sitions from Mexico.
This Me xican territory would 70 hands frees
and the people Of the North demanded that should be
kept free, and not be Suffered by relapse into
condition which would rot be tolerated by ssm nba-
Me'ct. The save propag sDdis's add perpstual-
lists demanded the right TO take their slaves into thls
free territory ar keep them there under the protection
OF the national flag. JohI &. Calhoun the grsa. cham
pion Of the slave eTests proclaimed in the words Of
Mr. Benton, the supreme dogma Ofthe transnigraoIy
futc ion of the Constitution lie denied taat the
laws of Mexico could keep Slavery out Of the acquired
territory" He declared that the Constitution with its
" Orey riding cOntrOi would carry into and project in
the Territories slaves property These assamp-
tons of Mr.. Calhoun, which entirely contrary 70
all the previous opinions of the euinent Jurlsts and
ststesmeD who framed the Constitution and early at-
Mustered ii, resisted by Mr.. Webster, hr John
Davis, Mr.. Hsmlin Dir. John A. Dix Of New-Hork,
Roger S. Baldwin of Coz nectcut, Mr.. Benton, and
ohers then ACKNOWLEDGED 10 he the leading st4esm IN
of the WbiP and of the Democratic parties Bat these
perDicious theories sustained By Jefferson Davis,
Senators Macon and HuCter, Henry s. Foote and with
hem cooperated JoHS BELL. They have now be-
come the doctrines of the slavecode Democracy, and
Of most OF Mr.. Bells supporters in the sayeholdng
Sta'es.
Early in 1913, John Bell voted with the ultra
of bis g. ciop" to lay on the table resolutions intro
ouced by Mr. Baldwin of Connecticut in favor OF ex-
cluoiDg Sl>very by fundamental law, from the terri
oJy about to be acquired from New-Mexico. Was
this standing up with " Roman hrmness' against the
ultra mel of his section In lS43, Mr.. Clayton re-
ported bill 10 establish Territorial Governments In
Oregon, New Mexico, aud California. Tbl. bill pro-
posed to refer all questions IF Slavery in the Territories
10 the Supreme Court. This was most dangerous
proposition as II dogmas in the ID ed Scott decision
demonstrates; and John Bell steadily supported thls
insGious Measure which intended to obtain Dred
Scott decision
Mr. CLARK of Rhode Island moved to add to the sixth
section that no law regulation act of the Govern
ment Of said Territory, permitting Slavery, shall be
valid unless the shalt be approved by Congress-.
Bell vot. against this amendment with the ProSlay-
ery champions Of the South.
Mr.. Baldwin of Come Hicut moved TO amend Mr..
Clay tons bill by Masking it the dnty of the attorneys
Of the Territories TO out the writ Of habeas corpus
on the complaint Of any person that he is held as
slave and to test his cause 10 the Ierrt rial Courts aud
in case the decision lie against him. take the 70
the Supreme Court Of the United States, aud 10 notify
the AttoTn General TO appear therein and dsfend toe
same. The ultra men CT the Sonth and John Bel
voted against this edsure IN favor OF humanity and
personal freedom.
Mr.. Davis Of Massachusetts, moved to amend Mr..
Clayton's bill by adding that there shal be nsither
Slavery nor involuntary seryude in the Territory.
John Bell yoted-No When he voted with Davis,
Foote Hunter Msson and their ultra associates agans
the proposition of Honest John Davis he not An
exponent Of Pro-Slavery ~ or was John Davis an
exponent OF Slavery
Mr. Walker Of Wisconsin moved 10 amend the Civil
and Diplomatic bill by extending the Constitution and
laws Of the United STATES the Territories. This
proposition, Mr. Benton s'ys, was prom pied by Mr..
Calhoun, and was nothing but scheme for the
extension Of Slavery" Denying the power of Con-
gress to egslste upon Slavery in the Tertores-nd-
ing Slavery actns, excluded from the cedei Terri
tories DESTROYS TO get it there" Mr. Calhoun the
real author of MIR. Walser 9 amendment took the new
conception Of carrying the Constitution into them,
which arriving there; and recognizing Slavery, and
being the supreme law Of the land it woud override
the AntSayery laws of the Territory, and plant the
Institution of Slavery under ite egs and above the
reach Of any Territorial laws or law of Congress to
abolish it," Tbis new scheme for the extension Of
Slavery" which from the fertile brain Of tho
great champion of Slavery in America, was resisted
by Daniel Webster with all his power. Calhoun came
TO the support of his device TO override the Anti
Slavery laws of the Territories aud avowed GAYS Mr.
Benton, his intent to carry Slavery into these Terri
tories under the wipg of the Constitution, and openly
treated enemies of the South all that opposed it.
This scheme, the bodest and most aggressive move
meDt made in Congress for the extension of
Slavery, was supported by the ultra Of the South,
ana opposed with determined resolution by Webs er,
Davis, Hamlin Baldwin, Dayton Bsnton and their
associates On this great device to extend Slavery
hundreds of thousands of square miles of terri
tory, where stood John Bel, the man the liberty low
il men of Massachusetts now summoned to sup
port by the Hilla d. the Steyensons and the Saton-
sta Is DID he It aud up With Roman irmness" by
the side Of Webster Davis aud their associates against
the ultra men of his section r. or did he 20 with
Calhoun, Mason Davis, Foote and their compeers for
this " new scheme for the extension of Slavery i'
John Bell steadily and persistently voted for this
measure Of Slavery pTopagandism with the Of the
Calhoun school. This amendment carried, went
to the House and the House. motion of Richard w.
Thompson of Indiana voted to amend il 50 that the ex-
istng laws there should be retained and observed until
the fourth of July, 1850. The bill with Walkers
amendment, amended by the House, went back TO
the Senate John Bell voted against the House anend-
m wi la nt