Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-19
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Thirty-sixth Congressional Session
WAsmNGroN, Dec. Is.
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establish the Missouri compromise, and de-
clare that congress shall not interfere with
slavery i'll the states provide for the faithful
enforcement OF the fugitive slave law, &C. He
said the people were satisfied with the Missou-
ri compromise for thirty years, and would be
satisfied with it again. 1t was his settled con.
viction that unless something was done, we
should be a separated and divided people in
less than six months. Is not this the
cheapest price to pay for the Union Z?
Some people were not afraid but so
sure as he stood here, disunion would
follow unless something was done, and he
feared it would Swallow,even old Kentucky, as
true state as yet exists in the union
The present trouble was the result of a long
controversy and we were now come TO a
place where the preservation OF the country
demands sacrifice of party. The highest
duty of the senate is to preserve the conslItu
ton and government, and hand it down to
posterlty. We are in position where history
wi IL record our action, and say thar when we
saw discord and danger, we showed bitter
party spirit, and the great country was
rdned, and to the amazement OF all
the world, the great republic was fallen,
and our names would go down with stigma
upon them. He would give up every private
opinion to preserve the Union. Old kentucky
would be satisfied with this remedy, and stand
by the Union and die by it. He closed with
a strong appeal 10 save the honor of our flag.
He exnressed the hone thar snch womb he t6e
case and offered the following resoiutions
That the foilowino article he nronos4d as an
Amendment to the constitution ia he valid
when ratified by a conypntinn ot three tu,rths
OF the people OF the states -:
LIST. In all the territories now or hereafter
acquired north Of 81 80, slavery is prohibited,
winnie south Of that latitude slavery Is hereby
rpcnoniz4,l ms exisliup and shall not ha MGR
f4r.d with nv couor,ss but ma nrotnc,rd as
property and said territories when contain
mo suifi ,ient populatiou for a m.mbrr of ran
press shall he admitted ia th,, Union with mr.
wiihnut slavery. as tbe constitution of the
stale sl.aIl nresCr,be
ii Cnu. nss shall have no mower TO abolish
slavery in Inc slave states; 3d, Congress shall
have AZ, mower 10 abolish slavery in tile District
of CoInrnDia. while il exists in either Virginia
ar J,r.lnuI nor urohibit government officers
or conyr,s>i,en from hrin~inp slaves into The
district and holding them there Adj. Congress-
shall have no power 10 hinder the transp0rta-
lion of slaves from one state TO another: 9th.
Congress shall have power TO nav the owner the
fun yalue of rescued slave. and the owner
shall nave uower To she the county where the
rescue is made. the county having power 10
recover from individuals committing such
wrnuu 9Th No future amendments shall at
feet the nrrcediup and CONGRESS shall never
have power to interfere with slavery in the
states where it is now permitted. The last
resolution declares that the southern states
have a rioht to the faithful execution of the
law for the recovery OF slaves and that such
laws ought not to be repealed, or modified, so
as to impair their efficiency it shall not be
deemed Improper for congress to ask the re.
peal OF all laws conflicting with the fugitive
slave law: the fee. of the commissioner snould
be cuual, whether deciding in favor or against
the claimant and posse conlitatus: the clause
should be modified so as t, restrict it to cases
where violence or rescue is ATTEMPTED the
laws for the suppression of the slave trade
o..ght to be etflctually executed
The hill tor the admission of Kansas was
taken mn and made the special order for Mon.
dav.
MIR. POwELI's resolution was taken IN.
Mr.. JOHNSON Welded the floor to Mr.. Hale
who said lie had no doubt of the purity OF
motive. the integrity and disinterested patriot
ism of Mr.. Crittpnien. But the senator from
Louisiana. Mr.. BENJAMIN. had asked the other
dav what was meant by the amendment OF
the senator from New York. Mr.. King, and
he fHalel now rose to ask information. he
had listened to the long. able. and Giraffe
speech of Mr.. WigfaIl. who seemed explicit in
his demands but tbe senator from Kentucky.
fMr. Criltenthenl seemed of an entirely differ,
nnt sect nj nolitics The demands nnt forth
to.dav were entirely different from Wigfalls
His 3Iarn,sl desirn was to know which rpnra.
seuted the demands to he made ON our people
H,. wanted Ia know if the senator from Ken.
tuckv renresents the people. or his resolutions
VIZ simnIv tln ettnsinn Of a sound and ma
triotic heart. and the neopIe were really rep
resented bv the senator from Texas. He
would really like TO know which represented
the state ot ieelino nj the south.
Mn SAu1snrRY said thev were Union me-,
in his sIata tnr the sake uf the Union. lie
,yas ,,re,,.rad IN accent the nroDosition nf Mr.
Cr;tt.n,t.,, onJ osl,rd Mr. H.la II no ,Y.s
WILING IN do 60 and nrge the peope to accent
il
Mr. Urp said he had l;stoned to the denim
ciatinns Of georranhical lines SO long that Inc
could moi Suddenly become converted. He
wuuiL wait tor some assurance that the line
,ynn,d bp kept He did not believe the remedy
Law in A new provision but in the prompt and
faithtul execution of things aIteady in the
bnnI He was Willing TO look things all over,
He had no doubt his State would render any.
thin0 iust and fair hut he would not pledge
for his ueoDlc He tilouplt they had given a
pleJpe OF their fidelity. and would give il
still.
The resolution was ordered to be printed
Mr. PoweiPs resolution was adoptcd
Mr. Critlenden's resolution was referred to
n co,nn,ittee
Mr.. Jouxsox of Tennessee said he was op
posed to secession; lie would fight battles in
the Union and ON the battemeut of the con
summon He was not a COMPROMISING man
or a conservative man. He would not demaud
anything but what was right. He should ac
Oh the basis OF the resolutions adopted by
nr.,e body of tie people OF Tennessee Ii
the doctrine of secession is true ther
we have no government. The government