New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-19

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Ne highest tIibaay that slavery exists by virtue oil
the Constitution wherever the JURISDICTION OF pe Co
stitutiOn gVVs and al toe power "a 1850
j. coupled with tie duty to protect u Aho yct
TIE SENATOR from Kentucky says they ave not gong
No. & Jre5 of al ,Le territory. lie Ilalc) ditn.t
rJcretlnd tbat language. lie did not know what y
meant lie wanted the country TO trNe MOVIE W 'he
facl that at the tune You are complaining OF N1itnt
90 s~io0 Inv the action of this G0verImcn-eglsia
~ o~erniive. and iudcial-eyery restriction ie
broken down under the solemn sanction Oh Judiciai
exposition Of the Constitution, Just exactly ss On
tinted and proehiGcd AVID on n9 Eastern
nn1tico when Mr.. Buchanan delivered lls InhsgurHl
Adjress The decree, then IN fact pron"p 90, WIS
gfterward regarded by the supreme Court .pu nave
cot every inch Of territory and s'l conn lon want
more The only way Kansas Tid herself Of slavery
y,,s bv throwing of the vas.aage OF territory aud
con;nc, inf the Union 40 state. In Nebraska, where
the REQ 70 declared against the existence % Slycry II
the Territory and 10th branches Of tho Legislative
Assembly abolished it, what did you d. Your Fed,
s 0oyer ment through its accredited agent, stepred
TO- ard by Tie interposion Of aveto p4raiyzed popaar
sentiment and said 10 The PEOPLE slavery must be
maintained, and now you have the whole ~ the Ter
ri,ory. L. was very lately ibe clan was pnt iorth
that slavery shall he protected, and Judges Of your
highest trbnui declared IL Ourduiy 10 protect slavery
there end VET the Senator complains OF Northern
aggression. When or by whom penetrated ne
(Hel did not ask the question IN capilons spirit, but
with a sincere and earnest IL tire that the time place
dey. aud accusalion when the Northern States were
guilty OF 9 breach Of faith, may be named. NheR did
thew undertake. 10 put your - ii'
prevent the enjoyment Of your rights And sine
The repeal of the Missouri restriction in 1851,
or since the judicial exposition, where ms
been the attempt made that You complain OF
They might rs well opou their eyes 10 the fact as not.
The Democratic party which has just gone ont OF
mower has ruled the country almost without question
and without rebuke, and II there s angle feature OF
their Icy more plain aud prominent than another,
and chalcnlinQ he repToach of the world that feature
has been tie protection aud support OF the institution
of hannah Slavery. You have not been content 20
take it where the Constitution left II, namely, az
local institution, but you have changed your
policy entirely. When gentlemen talked about settling
the question he avored tefOre God he did not know
What they meant. When they bad got all the terrific
~ and the whole power Of the Federal Government
10 protect it, he was ut loss 10 know what they meant
when they ASKED for more. Do you want to carry
slaves into the Free Sates Ii You do, say so.
There is case pending before the en'
preme Court and if Democratic President
shall ever come into power again he Halo ventured 70
say tie President elect will tell what tie decision in
that case will be. He said these things In u kind
spirit He wa not willing TO ~ herc day after day
and month after month % hear IL d he snd his friends
have II in tL,ir power TO give peace % distracted
country Why, we have nothing on earth 10 give.
rIangfterl iou have the territory in lie length
and breadth. He had mo-, heard the phrase
Northern aggression until long AFTER he had
taken a seat the ho5r OF the Senate. IL
feemed 20 him q tanning Of Northern men. II filled
him with astonishment, and years after il bad
been failiarly used be brought his mind TO the belief
that gentlemen were really IN earLett and meant what
they said. Long IL had been used, he was yet 20
learn what il meant. The Senator from Kentucky and
the Senator from Virginia eungzed the COns'iiu ion;
ard Senator ToOmbs said that the administration of the
Federal Government had in tho main been fair aud
never more than il the last year. What IL the din
Guilty IL il this: tho,e who were the ans are now the
outsl Nothing else on earth. He could not see why
men should be stirred up He had been out in the
cold for n leng time llaughteil, and had borne
it with such equsnInity IA astonisned him.
self He received . letter not long ago
from Maine, toh,iling his humble aid toward
obtaining an Office for a friend. He had 20 write
back ana tell bis correspondent that be Lad been Ia
the minority 30 long that lie had not learned how 10
net in the majority. laughter. lie felt very much
like the Senator from the hto STATE Of Florida, who
spoke Of the beal'hy and silubT'us Gir, which
was 40 fine there that the peoIle could lot be-
have themselves at funersls Lhnghter.l so be
did not know how TO behave Ia major
ity. He said, from his honest convictions, the
great difficulty which now exists andibrcateus the
perpetty Of the Union, arises from the reslessnesa
Of gentlemen 20 sit in the seats they unaccusoued
10 occupy. He was no advocate Of The iron rule of the
majority who BY their mere numerical force sbouh
independently control the Wholesome Ieetnints OF the
Constitution. IL is necessary that In every constir-
iona Government there shoulfbe srrit Of loyalty in
the breasts If the people, especially those who occupy
igh places in the band. When tie voice Of the peolIs
ia pronounced in soemn and legal form IL becomes
to,e who love constitutional government and revere
the great doctrine Of their fathers 20 bow not 10 be-
come what ia termed submi-ionsr, but TO bow in obe.
dt 10 the popular voice in the that 10 aud bic
frendp had ~ long submitted. 1h. il the trnl hour Of
tie nation. We are In a crisis lie believed events Of
tremendous import have. the result Of lbis
question. II lswless spirit which scts itself up in
defiance Of the decree in the constitutional rm Is 20
prevail ind the seeds Of dscoAent are o. be scattered
broadcast over this land and the constitutional heads
of the nation are TO be disrezped fro a spirt Of
fIetful inIaeLoe, and minority Is 10 haughty die
Ia to the majority what shall be done else they will
20 out of tho Confederacy, your experiment
ia at an end-your Constitution IL
lie, your existence az nation lis cheat your history
delusion, and your example, Instead Of Illuminating
the tyT6nnies aud despOti,Irs OF The Old World 70
perfect and more Enlightened government instead
Of being that ,gnis atns Of ager leading thoie who
strive Tor liberty 20 the most miserable failure that
history ever recorded. lie would ray 20 all such
States going out Instead Ct liking thom back e would
rather few should 20 out. Ii they were
willing 10 stay IN the Union as our fathers
made it, and submit to Il as our fathers
intended il should be submitted TO, we have Union
only Ia name If Iare not willing 70 abide by this
test and submit TO the duties which are imposed lie
made other remarks Of patriotic character, which
were applauded in the galleries.
The Senare went Into Executive Session, and socu
sfterwsrd adjourned.
Marine Disasters, &c.
NORFOLK Monday March 1851