Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-01-30

r 0s AAe&Aaeu &E4 M8a& &pELfeMbE@ 70
countxy. 90 far as our asw bounsaaFi
may reach. The hissery Of that aegail
fsson will show shas not pnfy suppors
| thai snnaxaaion of Texas bus fhat furg
! the necessity Of applying tie Missos
eouapramise 10 il, Tor tho purpsse OF .
tanding ID shx0ush Eew Azaxieo and Ca
foxuia 10 the paEafe 0eexn, whenssax !
shouad acquire these territories, ~
means of pasaing an end 10 the siasssy .,
isakisn forever
i Ths annaxaaion Of Texas drsw after
the war with Mexico, and the treaty
peaes left "a in possession Of Galifofn
ana New Mexico, this large aeguisitioa
new territory was MAIDS the occasion II
renewing tae Missouri controversy. Tt
agitation Of 1880 Was sscossd saitio
of thas af 1880. Ii was stizsalatsd
tha same Taoaives, aifnkng ss the same end
and eaafareed BY the same argnmentss
The norahsxn majority invoked lha Inter
sHntioa os Congress np prohibit shaver
everywhere In the tsgTitosies of the Uai
ted Stase&-~hssh sides of the Missoas
ilae--soutA a& well a& north af So 3d..
IEhe South, together with q eonssvvaEiv
uiaarity in the North, stood arzniy upol
the groand OF nnn-intagyensisn, denyinI
the right OF Congress to interfere with thl
saelect, but avowing willingness, In th
spirit Of roncessioa fog she sake of peac,
and shs Union, to adhere 10 and carry on
The policy OF an eqaitshle partition on thu
line of 36s 90 10 the PaaiSc Ocean, in th;
Same sense il which il was adopted in
lsO, and according 10 shs understanding
when Texas vas annexed In l845. Every
arguasns and reason, every consideration
OF patriotism and duty. " hich induced the
adoption Of ihs policy Ia 1890, and ia
application 70 Texas In le4s, demanded
its application to California and New
Maxico in l84s~ The peace of tAe coan-
Try, the fsatsrnal feelings Of all iss parts,
the safety uf the Union, all were involved.
Under the circumstances, as Chairman
Of the Committee on Territories, intro
daced into the Senate the following pnep.
oSasion, which was Adopted by vote os
So to q in The Senate, bat rsieesed in sha
House of Representatives. read from
the Journal, August 10, I848, page 5ds /:
son notioa BY Mr.. Deaglas 10 anaand
The bill, section fourteen, line oas, by In
seFtidg after shs wsrd enacted =
"Thas the Line Of 36a 30 Of nortk lasi-
.ads, known ~ tbs Missouri com promise
isaes as dsaasa by shssishsh ssotasa of an
set snklsd sAa act to aasheEixe she pao-
bio of the Missouri Tsxritogy to form a
and State government, and
OF the admissi0n Of such States, and to
Irehibis slayey in certain Territories, 40
'roved March s, l830,, be, and chs saaae
} hereby dsalaged to extend Co The Paeiac
)cean; snd the said eighth seaaien, to-
ether with ths compromise therein effect |
d. ia hereby revived, and declared to bein |
all force and binding, for the future or. !
Of the Territories OF khe United |
tases, in the same sense, and with the
alAe understanding, with which ii was
riginaIly aaopted. II |
SIT was determined in the atsrma4ive.-~
sas a3, nays Il. |
Et0n moti0n by Nj. Baldwin. the veas
i'd nays being desired By one afth Of the
erlators present, those who voted Ia the
hEmatiye are at..a sr /
'fMessrs. 4tchison, Badger, Bell, Ben
n, Berrien, Boriand, Bright, RuGlR,
alaaun, Cameron, Dayis Of Miasissipui,
iekinson, Doasls&, Downs, Fitzgerald, i
oote, Hannegsa, Houston, Hunter, Johns
n Of Maryland, JohGson OF louisiana,
'hnson Of Georgia, King, Lewis, Man
IN, Mason, Mstcalf, Psaxce. Sebastian,
praances Sturgeon, Taraey, Underwood.
"Those who voted la the negative ara
F'Messrs. Allen, AthsEton, Baldwia,
radburE, Breese, Clark, Corwia, Davis, |
Massachusetts, Dsysoa, Dir, Dodge, 1
slahs Greag, Hale, H4mlin, Miller, Mica. /
aeaps, Upham, Walker, WEBSTER, II
80 the proposed amendment was |
The bill, as amended, was then order
to be engrossed for third reading. by |
Fote Of SO 10 %, and was read the fhira I
aes and passed On the same day. By t
; paasaiaeasson OF the votes for nav prop Q
Ision 10 carp out the Missouri eonpro- e
%, ii will BE- seen that all the Southern | 4
natoEs, twenty-six In 7namheF, inelud- 4
! Mr, Calhoun, voted in the alsrmative; C
] of the northeTn Senators, seven voted n
the Affirmative and twenty-one in the {,
sssiVe. The proposition was rejected Ii
the House OF Representatives By almost II
eetional FoEa, the whole South voting O
i, and . Large majority of the North n
ainst Il. T.-.s-.. $50 .-.s. / to
& was the rejection OF thai proposition Il
repadiation of the policy Of M squik- v
e partition of the territory berween Il
two sections, on the line OF go 3d. p
iah reopened the food gates Of slavery q
sation and deluged the whole country d
b sectional strife and bitterness, antil q
Union was again brought 70 tire verge W
disruption, before the swelling tide Of ri
ser waters could be suEaed back, ana III
sion and pFsjadice eoald be made to ri
z place 70 reason and pasriotism. u
lad the Senate,s proposition been COM te
red in BY the House Of Representative; oi
the policy OF the equitable partisioa III
n adhered to; had she Missouri sosa~ b.
Htise been carried out In good faith. Ia
otgh our newly acquired taxsiiory, ID til
Pacific Ocean, there would have been M
end to tia slavery agitation foreyer.---I sh
the line Of partition between She free as
SlaEe territory besng oasa Ermly ~ Of
lashed and distinctly de6ned from sisa "a
aEstia 70 the Pacssc, al Rew anqaiai- nd
d, xhethsg on the Eogsh or Soash. !.
nd have eonformed 10 that adjussmssst ha
hlEt exaiting tho. ipossssssons. or Wi
aiding the ssnsibiliskas or dissurhingi Cd
harlnouy Of our people. | do nos III
a il would hare made any maaerial to
esenee In respecs to sha conslilioa OF th
new States 10 be formed sas Of sucAI v,
.isoEy, for bare always believed, azd b
d said, thai The existence on non-sxis4 1 II
v Of African slavery depevds more IN
q the necessities OF climate, health and "a
dactions, than upon coagressioaal aad fu
'Isorial eRaeEmaass. h was i'm sagsT- TO
4 10 this great truth that Mr.. Webster ia
that the condition of all the tefrito-i ID,
lcquirad fross Mexico, 70 far - shs q
ssion of slsveEy wss concerned, was lii
vocabty fixed and ssetfled By sa irre-.| %
liable law -~shsr Law Of climate, and ef Oh
s5ezI ysawraxshv srxs RI xhas sffsra sifxxa sui