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THE NEW YORK H K K A Tj it.
WHOLE NO. 6388. . SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1854.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
ANOTHER NEBRASKA MEETING.
Mi. Douglaa' Bill Again Considered at
the Tabernacle.
LETTER FROM H. B?WUlTi:? BLU1T.
?f John P< Hale, J?<?ph Blunt,
and Others.
Ac., Ac., <tc.
At tba Tabernicle, Broadway, iMt ennlng, a masting
'W kdd la aeecsdance with the following c*ll
m rXOTLl'8 MMTINO TO PBOTBdf ACUIJMT SLATB
BY IN MIBliA*XA.
The eittzeea of New Yolk *ho ?>e opp aid to the t<o
latlea of the Mleaourl oompromia* and tb? ?xte?*ioa at
*l?T? territory, irt Invited to meet at the TAsernaale on
Batnrdar ?Tuning, the I8th lout, to utter u.rlr m-ra pro.
teat agalnat the threaten* l br?aoU of faith. aad tueir de
terminal hoetlllty to ?ny tnor.Moi, loir i by the flare
rlgbte off.ee labor io the ?.erri'.orj soured
??? HIOTfll) TO TBI ORMil.Yll CALL.
Robert Smith s o .cutter.
Thorn ae Crane Qraa te
Jeha M. Dodd Bonder.
Wm. R Stewart ..... Builder.
Thomaa Char look P, umber.
bate Fryer Dm* dealer.
Janus a Ward B-chmi/t
James Harriot R ?l>der.
Jamee Kobtcoon t> ntr?atsr.
Alexander Maaterten Hi odtcnter.
Nathan H??h L .i*dr*l?r.
John Taylor Granite
Jamcn Wother? poon. Pu?t?r manufacturer.
John A. Bar, lot R aider.
Jaoob W. Geotwla H .e?e mover.
T. M. Janea Granite.
John T. Onnover B?il- ?r.
George W. ford Builler
Martin K. Tnompeos Aroii' eet.
SamcM A. War of r Arihiteet.
John Btlomell. Iron woraer.
1mm Lewie Builder.
Robert Taylor P.? terer.
Freeman Blooi'goo' Bntlder.
John T. Seal Bail Jer.
Jaoob C. Bogert Boiker.
Geerge F Codington BuUCer.
Thomu a Chalmers BnlJer.
ill W. Fry Builder.
A. A. Deanan M-rnbuot.
3 G Hoaglaad Lime daaler.
B. F. Smith St >ne dialer.
Wm. LalmbBr, Jr Buil .er
John Fol!?r Contractor.
at half-paat Be Tea o'clnck fifteen ban' r?d pereem had
Bbled ia the Tabernacle, and i?o afterward* the
[ waa called to otd?r by Mr MoClay, who aomtnated
I F SUosoa to preside over the meeting, which
aomllptlon wm rallSed by the oeetieg. Mr. MoClay then
aoailaated the following aamed Vice Presidents aad
? "Secretaire*, aad the meeting aoeepted the liat ?
PktHDDT :
JOSEPH P SIMPSON.
vit'i pkjssidists:
Robert Ehnlth, fiyru* Curtis,
Horatio A. lea, H M Sclleffella,
J. I. CoMtngtea, R <ter<. Tiyler,
A. A. Desman, T 3 d'illiuaa,
Wm. H Webb, Wm. Menifee,
Beej F Camp, Jama* U- r?er,
Jamee Harriot, Tt.omt? tfc&lrath,
Jaasee Wotberi poon, George 4 uoe
Joba B Cornell, John Anderatm,
Robert M. Hoa, Jaooi Aliu*.
Thomae Charlock, J ho H Cornell,
Edmund Harry, Tbom - Carney,
Joeeph Tanker, Janes Stewart,
Jeha B. Hoeell, Joba DeU'ua'.er.
Samuel A. Warner, Xhonua Addle Emmet.
Thomae Keech,
?bcbrahbb:
Quale to* A. Oonover, T iomn Chmlnori,
Peter Tea Antwerp, Reaiealaei N. Haven*.
Howard Potter,
Tha CaxnufAN oama forward and ml*: ?
Fellow clt1a?ns ? X f?l biiihly t?rn!hl? of tha hoosr
ynn hare orn>rr*d npoo u? la rtlilif gp? mt t" |):?
?Ma om twin miatlng. It e?ll?- m ? m*4ttuf of th?
?Mbialti of Naw York, a body of man witb wh -.m I hire
btra eonBMTad for tha laat half o?n>nry Bat it li ait
M1I7 a BNtiif of mochaulaa, bnt of Aanlnu fr??wn,
(applanaa, ) and to dfecQaa a aabj'at of tba high sat la
portaaoa to u all. It in aim ply *U,tbar tba ooantrr
U to ba flrea op to ?la*?ry, or ?h#b*r fowom >h?ll
trlgmpb. Thirty four yar* ago I attan<lr?l a maatlcg of
tlUliai, kald la tba Aaaamhly R'oma < f tba City Hval,
wb*ia vara mat tba baat man la 'ba oltj; and among
tbam all tbara wai bnt 00a wotoa aod iti? . wax fir fraa
dnm fOhaara ) I trua* that that aeotlj>aut will ba r#
aehcad aara. ( tpplau>? ) Tba qa-atioo hafora a* I* 00a
of gr at moment to maohanlo*. Io mj -pint in tba >Ura
potn baa alwaya ba?a pul.iDg dowa m> chants*. I bar*
a] way a bran jaaloar of tba rlara poaar, though aarar
wbat la aallad aa aV>l'U?ot?t I b*wa alaraja b*?a aa
aati alawary man aod an an* I alarary b >r (Aoplauia )
HjpwraU taught ma I do not intend to da'ali tba
andiaaea, bat I moat call tba atr*n'loa of the an 'tanca
to 00a faat. tba re put* J aatbur of tbn bill iraa
Data a anaabailo. I bare jratoh d h'? o?r?ar with
la to} art aa I do that of all 1 .?eh?in who at a It
to qnaHfy thamaalr?a for tba higheat poattlnaa la
|ba laaf . Bomatlmea I aj prort.l of ma aoaraa,
aaAaometimaa I did oot. I am now 00 a .all# J to
aaythat aiaoa ha haa told hlne??lf to tha alarapoaar
aaa) 1 withdraw that aynipttb? from him It
i?i..alaa to ba eaan whether ca tha a,b*r ?aooad thoafht,
ha wlil radeam tba fal?a atop b? haa token, or whathar
wa ahall monra him aa ona loat for??er.
Mr. WBmBBiD th?n raad tba following lattar from N,
Bovdltoh Blant, E>q., proaecating offlocr of tha city aad
MOBtj of Naw York
N. B. BLUNT 8 LTTTIK.
Niw York, F'b. 18, 18t(
Garrum ? I reoeirrd and at the time lnt?ni>- 1 pnra.ii>
ally to raapoad to your reqaeat, ?? ad jreai mj fellow oltl
mm tklH trmlii|, spcttil throateaed violation of tbe
Miaaonrl oompn mine ; bat ineeeeent eDga^vment la a
?mm yet nafleUbrd, Ihth me no altemaaTe bat to pre
Wt briefly my Ttewi n wntlrg
For a period of ??verel je?<, I have felt ooMtra'oed
trom a itfud to my official po itloo, entirety to abulia
fioo mt direot or pabllt Interference in politioel mntteri,
and, If I deemed the prewnt a per'leaa meeting, I eer
telilf ahould not now be fonnd de*i?tlrg from b?l rule.
Oowmring, however, the qaeattm no* p-odlDf la Con
INN, and whieb ha* led to yoor a* -e<ot> age, U far abire
all party ooamdera iona, regarding It a* cm Of YiUl 1 m ?
porter oe to the Integrity of the lioicn, a.d more especial
ly aa Involving aot only a braaou of plighted faith, bat
tbe welfare of oar common country, I ueve not felt ay
aeif at Uhetty to withhold a public expreaaioa of my opt
ate.
Moat ef the actor* In tie eventfu' drama wbieh led to
Ua nutneot of 'he ao called "IH?* >uri ooauromlee, "
hare paaeed from the eeeae of their labor a aod their
triamphe, " aad the place* w hi h knev .beta oaoa will
kaow them ao atora roe ever." Ha wnoaa name ha* been
Maatilart with that great meaatue, wboea eloqueat voloe
waa M oftaa ralwd t.. south the cxolled pae*lun? of heated
partisan*, whore laat expiring energtee were devoted to
ibahopefnl effort 10 ex injffcUh forever (tie Are of aooUl
aad aatioaal dite. rd wbioh for a time threa-eaed with
deai rnettoa oar political tilfloe, ha* ??n rcarnely e >u
?fgaed to U>? tomb ere the torah of auerchy ha* bmtn
at ala lighted aad the worit paaalone >>f civil dtaOMiloa
again aroaeed Deeply to be regret tdalu the o?uion
of your Maembling. onr duty rrqairee a* to m-?t the
emrrgeacy wlrh c. In., e , bat wuh flrmre-? F>r my
Mlf, I have been taugb; to :evar? tha oouetilution ?f ?_r
?. oatry, to b< Id to ita prtnoplea; aad h'jw??i>r maab I
may regrvt tbe exietercn ef aay c.ni-e oa'cjU'td toaffn-t
the feeilrg* ef aay portion ot our citii'o* I have ale a VI
felt it my doty fairly ao4 honee ly t? mat- tain ita every
pro vial (to. That eouititatim wae ia lt-e.f a compromise
Tha enooeaeful reaait of oar tevoluUoaary e'ruggle had
left tor our fatter* a ati'l more Clfllcul'. un k t* aeaom
pltaK? the oraation of a form if gov mutant binding alike
themaalvee aad tkelr p itterity. I -aa uo eaay taak to
bring together nod?r wi? political ?yi>teiu the atero 4?
acendeat* rf tie Puritan tbe periecuted Huguenot, the
plaaid Quaker, the lealotm diaeiple of RjmUh ?upieinaay,
aad tha Bety Cavalltr of tbe tt'uth
Bat th? taak waa aooomp.'tahed. I'e reaulta arc before
tha world la tha preaaot proud aondlaoo o' tbe Amerl >aa
BapnbNa a* a great aad atapeodciK mouumaat of elvit
aad leMgtou* liber y Oae of tfee p>io? pal aora prec^diug
tha adoption tf the ecmttitatl a ?aa th> atltlaaiaat of tbe
aoa dieting eialm* of the Hiatee to the uaMt'ied Ian la al
leged to be within tha bontera of dtlfereot d.akaa. bt e??
al na oa tha part of a ptTti of the aad the ordi
aaaee of 1H7 fcr tbe prant of the territory rorth of tba
Ohio formed patt of tne ooodltwo of tlnrw eeaat w.
It U the pr.,ud prlv let* of mr own Km, Ire State that
aha aaa the drat ti place her eontribatl a upoatnia altar
Of tha publle weal.
AeBta a after ^tate waa ad milted from 'hli treat North
weateta domain, It beeame obeli aa to tbe ?ute?rneo of
that day that po>eei>ioe o! tbe fr?e n> vlgatl' n of tbe tfla
alaaippt, aad of Ita month. ?ae ln?-|?pen?*!>te tn b* de
velopemeat of tha Irani* mi r> eouree* < f be might t Wa?t
?ad aag^ttatloBi foil .??d re-altiag ta tne pa*Boaee of
the French domain nf f/>ui>laaa U la Weil kneea at thla
day that tbe aoaatituti -caltty of that puroba* waa que?
tioawl by Jefferaoa. and ti e bla Inal ecijolwo nie waa
the remit of the alwat Inevitable o?e<- iij of the par
?klM. Oat of the aoinieltinn of !/)?? lai*. thr*# S:?t??
have already been fnrmr ', the <1 ret be'ng ijonlatana
qneeiion ef tbe adm<?.doa of Wirtoan, * dl*
Bueeioo aroee which ab > h tb. Union to ita centre It
terminated 1a the adoption of tnat enactment which de*
?larad>? ?? That ta all that '-erritory reoed by Krano e to
tbe Ual'ed Htataa. under th? name of L uUiaaa. whUh
aartli of tha M deg. 30 m a north latitude, net ia
?ladad withia the lim t. of the -Hate e atenp ated by thif
Mt, ale very and lnvnl?ntary aervitude, o.b-rela? than ta
tha paaiebmeet of orhr- whereof the partlee ahall have
hJiSu vlatad, (ball be aad te hereby fararar pjo
Mt apariod of thirty foar year* that mwniAai ra
??hl* aaeitatarbed amid all tba gondleta nf party, aad
WN?arlfep(WvM0W two MatM hart heea atolW.il
; scnri ud Art mil with a recognition of the right of
il Winstar} aervltnf e within their ttordera. It has (m
I left for the present day and geneiatlon to prod it a thia
m resale noconititntlonel. and to stultify, or worse. to
cberga with intentional violation of the epirlt of the on.
?tHutiot tha para aad lifted men of thai day *lo<?
namee are identified wtth the proudeit annals of oar hit
tory ai a republic Itn-ynot tha nan who. f root nnf
motive or personal or political aggrenineioent, ho*
i thought proper to dUtnrb the p-aeefaf character of thia
] lrw meeture of pabllc policy. am: there*/ to foraaat the
i ?rgrJ panloni so eaeily ei>g.ud?red upon tha exalting
I topic therein embraced.
1 believe I nay, wllhoat beia( Jnetly ehsrceable with
| egotlair. aaaeit that I have never been aeo<u?l of aay
1 falteifnf In maietaialng tha juit and cdqkUiu
tloaal right* of every portion of the e<afed?ra
cy. The cimpromlae meaaarea of I860 received my
Hceere support; bat If I had supposed that, by any aa
miatry or n Bnemtat of aopblttry tht.ee meeajra* cm 14
be construed into a repeal of or interfere see with the Mla
aonri oompramlte, moat eer'aitly they never would have
received iry unction; and I baaaru notaing in sevisg,
frnm my kco?l? ge of Mr CUy and hie view* at tUa
time, that the Idea never for one moment entered hia
n ltd, ai d that tbatblghmtcded and mt^aLimoiu atatoii
man never for one mement woold have it at hia aanotioe
or ensrurageoient to aay inch aot or ImplloaUna Ni
n.an living, I 'hlak, will venture to assert that the great
utaietman oi Ken ucky ever waa guilty of duplicity or in
tentional COL era mentof hla view* rpou que lions of pub
1 c dmrnt, and if tach veutare ehuulJ be haserds.., it In
aot ton much to pred ct that the fccld ana. rter wuji'd tin)
bit fen belierers I had suppoaed? certainly I ha<
hoped? -that the t aperitter of party spirit, and a< time* or
p-rn'ira) anirnoelty, which be?et hime. perUl'y iq th? lat
ter pert of bil political eaten- hat been bjrlad in hU
grev*; aid I hare yet to learn that an; tnaa will under
take to dispute his clalma to ih? gratltu-teof hU country
a>en, or that tbe tear* ah'd over his e*be* oy all cWsaes
tf bia fellow eilisens ware other than taara of uoelT<oted
grief In tbe name of H-nry Claj I repu 'late aud i'
avow I hie mierrable euht?rfn?e, thia waotou <*e?eer?tiop
ef hi* honor and fata* I truat never to see the day wVn
tbe fraternal bonds of our confederacy ?h?ll be bro*?i
when tbla great republic ebali be robbed of a si?gl* lia<
or member: but ir that lime ahall ever come ( w ;1 th may
God iu h a Prrvlderce avert ) upon the hea '? of those
who. disregarding tbe honorable pledges of their father
ar.d their brethren, have so urineoeasertly opened afresh
the fcarce healed wounJ, let the rea p^nalhlllty aad tbe
diehonor reat. For oue, I aparn tbe aacocitiiuns and re
J act the act.
With great re pfot, your fellow citis?n.
N. BOWDinH BLUM?.
To R' bert Smith, Thomas Crane, & qm , and other*,
Committee.
The Quia? Mlcw elllsana, I will bow Introduce to yon
Joseph Blunt, K-q., who will offer aome resolution! for
jour eonilderatioa.
Mr Blunt iaid
I am happy to aee thli repreeentattoa of tha free labor
of tbe North I am happy to ale res* a meeting of mea
woo some here to diacuaa thl? quratioa calmlr and de
llberately. Slxtj fre yea** ago In thia sity eere aaitm
bled tie repreeentatite* of tbe thirteen Statee, anxloaaly
awaiting the time for tha organisation of the gorera
meat Osly a fee year* had rla,iaed *lac* they had le
vered themwlvra from the mother country, and hal pro
claimed by the D>oiaratioa ot Iadrptndaasa that all men
were born free and equal. Tney a fie rear da aaw lit to refer
tbe quettloa of e'avery ti> be letllid by the Leg lalat urea
of tie varlou* 3tat*i : but we all believe that the time
muet coma wben the (Jaited Btatea will give la their fall
adherence to the principle in lea faileit aenae. (flreat
( bearing.) At tbla time two State*? Maaaaahaietta and
New BMnpahlre aboliaked alavery wl hlo th?ir limit*.
In tha other State* slavery existed to a greater eo
lees txtent Viry soon alavery was abolished la tha
State* of New York, Pennsylvania Khode Inland aad
G nnec lcut; and the patxiote who hatded this free govern
cent downt to na merit oar eternal gratitude (Ap
plaote.) But wa had bound oaraalvea to i aspect tha
rights of tha doath. and to that pledge no Northern State
has ever faltered ia its adhesion After the revolutionary
war It waa foand that there Waa a vast amount ef errl
tor; wettof tha mountains to which th* South had a
claim. Tha States of New York, Virgin a and New
Jer-ejr claimed tha territory West of the Ohio. New
York came forward first and gave np her claim
to the territory, and through the exertion* of snob mea
aa Thomaa Jefferson aad Kufua King, alavery was pro
hibited in tha Btates northwest of tbe Ublo The present
prosperity of tboea Statee ia owing to the exertl ae of
the?e mea Ia the eroceat af time Loaiaiana waa a 'quired,
and that portion of it knoen a* the pr^vinoe of Oneeas,
waa erected into a State. It wae agreed that slaver; there
lb cold aot be touched. Next Miasoori came in.] and
there was a great contest. Tne result was that slavery
war prohibited north of the line of La 30. I recolleot
well tre ee-iatiofc tha news of this mea* ur? created ou
V c S?'b?'h ciorclag when it nam* bar*; hut th- oom
prcmla* one* made, th* Noith r*ma<ned trun to It, at 1
alway* bu been (Applause ) Such ban alwaja best
the un with tba Nottk. Whether It will alw?yn do to
rem*) i ? to be *een. I object to tkia bill bum t
t'ae Southern people have not etked fur it. I:
It the work" of ? few politician*, and 1* a lotlttcal
l??er for the rralilnlloB of thair peraoatl ambi
Hon; aad I moat do the Southern peupl* the Jut
mo? to say that I folly be llara * tber never aaked
for anything of thiaaort. The apeak* r referred t ' hs In
? o-itclloe at Btatbunptoa, Virgin la, and the fse' that
tbe Southern politician* aaked Impossible tiiogt of tile
No- tb Tfcey demanded tbat we ibould n-v?r write or
*|.eak *g>lnai ilaviry. and sever allaw hnj aati *' every
newspaper or pamphlet to go through tha mail*.
Thsy knew tbat thl* iev> r eonld be done. Afterward*,
when tha cry of taring the Union waa got up, Son t hern
gentlemen laid tbat th* Union ahonld be pat an end to
unlet* thMe reeolutt ns pasted. Waa fh?ra a Northern
nan who tctcded to th?a? measumf And once mora,
wbon thue gantls men met, for the purpose ? f Hiring
formal representation to their opinion*, want waa
the treatment wilch they received at Nash rill* T
Why, tbey were diiven by the voice of the people
almoat beyond the border* of the town, to di*
em* and argue their monatroui and ridiculous doo.rloe*.
Therefere, I tall yon. gent'emeo, It la not the 8c nth Who
d>riie the*< mraaures; but tfcey c.roe from the petty
polittoUna who 'awn aronn ' tba executive at Waiting
toa. (Applsuso ) I really, most heartily detest the *a
men of Ike North ebo broach tiete meaanre* ? 'kin* to the
p lnel[l?* wbieh the; Sr?t toe k in th*ir ebtkbood (Ap
plante.) Again: wa art toll tbat thl* compromise of
I (<20 1* unconstitutional. If It i<, li it not atraoge that
over thlny year* have j a*ted without it* r.elng found ant,
arc! that it wa* at laat dlstovsred by 8t*pbsn A. Lioaelas,
of Illinois? It ha* paaaed the eoratlny of the Mot roe Cabi
net. Jobn Qu'ney A'ams waa (attaSad with it ? (load
and long applause)? aid now a man, uoknown axoept a*
a pobtiolan, jump* up aad with a swallow like twittering
prouornee< it unoanstltutiooai 1 Oae thing farther,
gentltme^-Cocgrce* hi* entire ocntrol ov*r th**e terri
toilr*; anii thej muat determine, whoa they are drat to
start into *o?lal ex'stence, wheUer th*y are to take a
free and vlfcrou* form" or whether they are to bo tram
mailed by r la very. (Applaute ) A* to tha effect of
tlartry, let a* look at the proere** respectively of Missouri
anr Michigan Iha latter U fas'. advancing to th* front
rank In the galaxy of -State*, aad tba foriacr 1* lagging
behind nnder the bar: an aad evil* of (Load ap>
plan** ) If we war* to tagliiata monitor thl a genera
tion ; If, Ilka the people before Noeh, let n* ant aad drink
for to-morrow wa die, than we might ditcaid all retard
frr po*t?rlty. aad aay " sufficient to the day U tha evil
thereof." (Applause ) I will dataia yon with no farther
reaaike, bat wt 1 read tha
RI SOLUTIONS.
Kssc'.ved, That wa. the mechanic* and working maa
of New Totk, heartily coneur la the turn protest recently
ottered In teia place br the great meeting called by th*
leadlrg merchants aad banker* of this elty, againat tha
Ibrtaianed repeal of th* Missouri oora promise : that we
cordially agree with the aeotlment at tared by tba praaid
Icg c Blcer on that occasion. that 'a bargain li a bargain,
and tbat we do not asdentand. and will net tolerate, the
too trie* of repudiation,'' aad with tha declaration of
Mr. Gtrard, that "tha eommr.n ano honorable senllatent
of all mankind will oondema It;" and that we teem it
j roptr to expresa oar sarprlsa aad r*gr?t that th* re
sfc ful it solutions ad' ptei by that meeting, whea pre
i ei>ted by Senator Fish to tha Senate, war* refuted a
ttadirg
Keeelved. Tbat tba preteaca that tka repeal of the
Mlwi urt crmpromieels a Itgitlmate c inx^utnox of tha
act* of 1850 bs* baen well *h*wn to be without foaada
tkn is fact, bj seetral Senator*, an1 especially by Senator
Hcut n. whete manly adberaoee to trath and honor we
warmly appreciate; that th* doctrine branched In *ome
quarters, tlat tbat eompromw* wu ui eoo?r.tu'l >nal,
m-d 'bertfore < ngbt to be repsaled, Is alike nor*l and
etarthcg, iueolsing a denial ef oar cinaiitu'.ionei rights,
c> nfliotlng wlit tbe rUea of oar greatest atateimen and
tbe repeated action of on- government; that aatll to*
Trrii'orie* at* orgarli?d into 9'atai, aad admitted to
tne I'sfcir, the people thereof bare no right to meka rule*
and regulation* for th* goveraaace of the earn*, bat that
such light by tha ooastitution belong* absolutely and
axrlnsirely to th* people of the Unltad Stat**, In Ooogiaa*
at' en bled.
Resolved, Tbat a deoeat respect oa the part of oar
Repieteatatirea for tbe r'gh'j, opinion*, atd feeling* of
tbe people, demaa>'* tbat no great change la oar wttled
rational policy ? bo c large permanently adeoting the
mutual Interest* and relatione of tha rarlina Motioa* of
the Union? ahoak be suddenly adopted by Con* re a* until
a fair opp irtnnltj kas bun afforded (or an expreuion of
tt a view* of tlelr cnaetitnanta, from whom a oae all jaat
po'*rl* derived ; tbat ?ny attempt to harrv tht a till
through the Sesate, or to force it* passage inroagO tha
Bonte, ia otCtr to tcrts all the judgoant of tha people,
W'.ukl la an act treacbaroo* aad trees oatble, aad that we
appeaJ to both Sana ors ant KepreeeaU'lr**, by their
oatba of rffiea, aad by tha oobfi-lenca wblob has bann
geaerenaly replied la them, a -t to be pennadad by aay
tadn**m*aaa into so treat wrnag Tha% speakleg In tha
&an><> of th* people", we respec'fally bat frtakly remind
them tbat tbej am oar aeivanu, aad n->t oar masters.
He solved, TLat the repeal of th* Mlaaonrl oomproml'a.
In order to Introduce *lav< ry into ear fro* territory of N*
brtaka and K.n*aa wtald be la every point a erime a
breach of plighted faith, a v ola ion, not only of our ja*t
rtpbt?. but th* righ's of man. lo dattaace alike of rcpabli
rsn prlnclnlee and Christian daty
H?so.ved. That th* intlmatioa by Heaator Badgw that
sll tb* Southern whig Men a tors will vote fjr tha bill, hvs
aronaed sqaallr oar sorrow aad our indignation. That we
cf tha North repeat tha waralag -iraMy given the-n by
the ikiix chant* of oar ?fty? that with tha rapsaiofth*
Mitaoail co?prrii.i*e, harmony and oooSdeaa* are st an
sud forever and every existln* awm sromiee otnar thaa
thrsa an bodied in th* W oral coat tltnt oa bet waea the
stave master* of tbe Bonth aad the free hi bo rev* of the
North aad Waat, wUI ha vl Jatsd by their own want of
faith.
Resolved, Tbat la regard to th* Beaatora aad Heprmata
ttva* la Ooegre** from th* free Bute*, It aaek there be,
who are dUyoaed to abet tkl* **h*? , ami tmrimim tka
territorial aaenred to iu V) th?t ocmpaot, we wan
th? f *nd th? oi^ntr) til?t th?y do ?'* tralJ
rapeaant tit* people, *k?n ?nu#v' oherlah?d right*, prin
ciple, a?<l latemte the r am hetty'l"! tl>? promo
tion ef ih?ir maoDtl ambitl *> or ?* the clitation of
party Ittdfn And we vara all w * * 1,110 i*rraat? who
may be tan. pted to falte/ U their *ll"iH?'n w t?
o t frar labor, that a day rf raakoni ** la a t hand
K-hj)t? Tbattae aftta'i >? and tUm alraady extfhid
thioughcat the fne Sutee, at the pi wpo?ed riuUtio t of
cur anoint right*, and tha pnpalar indication, no', calf
if oor ra'fte, but a)>o of our adopted A'n<. at tblf
MttiM for deprl'Iar tbm af honxitnili wtuui and
Nehraehe, troleea tbey will enaeaot to work "Id* by eld?
with *la*ee, laolcatee tin bitter carta that awaits tboaa
wht uhall dare to trample oa eonpaata aod rwm tha
landmark* of freedom. That wa oUI npoa th.* fraelabor
ara of tha North to forget all dllfereooe of V*rt7 and
to atind ahooldar to ab -alder ta defenoe of aor anmaioa
rithta and that wa oall op o all the mlnla tern of are i?ion, I
by tba klghdntlea of tholr holy ofHo* to I'.roka ti>? Hilar
or Nations to tura tha hearts of taoee who ara c
p!a leg thin a'rpandon* *roag,
hmoiTrt, Tbat wa oall npon our rtenatora and Rya
/eatativei in CiDgreM. to rea'at ualliaehicgly, la aaott
Dancer aa thay nball drew meet, all attempti, from wb.V>
*T?r qoartar, to repeal, abrogate, ar raniar laopart.Ur.x
1 1 i-o ljr o? lntiiractly, the elf bih seetton of the HWaourl
ASt ; and that we call Ifoa Ika President of th? UfllMA
HUlea la rata of tba patasage of amh a Mil by 0 >ngr???,
to sconra that ot mpaot from vtolatioa by laterpoa'ar Hi
ooastltn aoaal ?eto ' "**
Keaolved, Tta. a o >py of hue ia to'a ioo' be forwar'ed
to tha t<et.a oi* and Kvpreaantstisne of vh? Si* a .il New
Yuik In (ongreaa, for presentation to those bo*. I" to tha
G< t> rr<* of ?aoh StaU o( tha Union, and to tba Praaldant
r f tba Ual'ed States
Hi p. John P. I!>u thfn oum upon the platform, amid
ootid et able cbeetlng and anmt slight hlstlng; a few nt
? alia were tlio audible. Mr. Hal* sal<"
My fclerria ami fellow cl'fienp? I chanced yeats'day '
afternoon to be in the Senate chamber of the Halted
States when G. vernor Hewstd. on* of J our ?opre??ata
tires, vresenleo to that bedy? (app ante and htsa-e) ?I
es> when Gv Seward presents! to that bod) tbe res >la
tines or the Legiratuia of thli 3 tat* remonstrating
atfMust the panirje of tba bill to wbiah ailailoe had been
m?d? tblseveiing The reflations were reesired ree
jie.-t'ul y. quietly read, ordered to be printed, and laid
ow d the table, producing do more imoreaaloa than ?ai
pfoctucsd a moment after when the Clerk nf tt e Hom
cane ia aid aonoanoed that the Hrnue bad passed a oer
tain bill upon Km* rsry trivial subjeat. in which tbejr
atkud the ooneurreno* of the Senate; the one
pr??*ECfd as much riclt*m?nt, aa mioh emotton, ns
the otbei. I coull bo I go back with my
mind's eye Koe three quarter i of a century, and
lock at the moment aid occasion ?h?a coma
other r< solution wars presented by a certain other body,
prior to the Revolution When tae S?mp Act was passed
by the British Parliament, and was sent over to these
noloaies to be eaf reed, there was a town meeting held
in a towe in New England, torn not comprising over
taenty thousand p??-pi> ? tbe town of Boston? and at It
the peaple reiolved that the S ran p Act should not bcen
t atoed in the lo*n of Boston, aid tpey sent those reao
Intiras to tha British Pa llament They ware art read
ard latd npoa tha table; bat the Stamp Aot was repealed.
(Applause) Why Is It that the volea of three editions
of pecp'.e, (peeking through their legi In ate organ, the
legislature of ibelr 8tate. and prrsea'iDg thoaa resola
tiou> to tbe national Legislature, did not produea on*
ttouraaith part of tfc? effect thit the 'own meeting In
Braton produced upon the British Parliament? Tha
enaaer i? plain. The men of Boston were lo ear tie it, and
rcaant whattl ey aald: aid the British ^Parliament knew,
when they rtceived these lenolutlOLS. that tbe men who
Ksted Item bad tbe ren?lutlon to lite u p to thea>. The
cnte did aot believe that of yoius I they had they
wonld not have been laid upoD the table (Applause,
mingled with hisses.) Now, iry fiUuls, to ntght, 1 never
rsae to address sn audience whet I felt so loadrquate to
the task, because I thick I appreciate something of the
importance and something of tha magoitnde of tula qaee
tloa If I were to s and before y >n to night to ar^ue the
cacaofene sclltaiy individual, aid upon tha ds.ermlna
tlon to wkioh yon might come rested hit fete f?r the fu
ture of his life, and by the determination to wtiih yen
came bis fate ke.eafter wes to be freedom or flamy, I
should find the responsibility too ovtrehelmlng for my
tour capacity But how doee such a qiesti. o as that sink
It to ntter insignificance in comparlaon eith the ques tlon
yen c?me here to-night to oontlder? L->ok on tt for a mo
neat; look nt that map? (pointing to the large map sus
pended in front i f the organ)? important at is the posi
tion it given tie territorr, Hie not quite geographically
comet ?at tor rite ry, I say, lyug in the Orntre
if the United Slates, with the waters from
ite mountain peaks rnnolng now Into the
Atlantle, tow into tbe ttul' of Maxiio end t*iep lata tha
northern lakea That Territory comprises an area of
480 010 miles more than ten vimoe th* a 1st of tht State
ot New Turk, and fifty tmes the size of tbe S ate of Mas
sschusetts. It ootuple. a p eitlon in relation to the rest
ofthaccuntry wMeh th< Chibete Calais for his oiaatry
In reletkn to the reet ?T the world. It is tbe Central
Kiagdom; and if t. e rr ports of thoee who bars explore J
it be true, it caly need* t&e hand of civilisation to mike
it the Floveiy L?n4. Weil ibeqneetinn li bow sball It be
geverisdf-aod Ob I God, that it ebonld be a qn??tion,
when for thlrtr fonr years we bare slumbered in tie ae
cority that It we* cum? our? beyond peradrenturc. ( Ap
please.) Why, Oasiel Webeter, on the Ttb of March.
1840, in his eeli-fcreted speerh which wot him so much of
fsine and so n uch of obloquy, declared that the pot i tlon
cf that Terrifo<y as to s)aT?ry was fixed by en irrepial
e>le law. But arw we are awttenei to tha fact
that what we supposed for more than ' the time
of a generation to be settled ia safe and secure
no lorger. Tba qneMlon wblcb we supposed our
fathers settled more than a third of a century ago
has come up to be ss ttled again. What is It? what (hall
that grsat land be? I?t me tell you. it U fir you to say;
it is for the mechanics and tbe workin jmsn? ttu strong
bat.de, the honeet fc farts and clear h?a the rotors of
this city to pay. ( tpplsuse ) Tbe honorable gentleman
who preceded me rays he hss a contempt for those djutb
trn men who are eoi>t(aually agitating thi? subject, hut
he baa r ore for the Northern men who are treaeherius to
tktir tiuetl Bat let ma toll you that tbera would be no
Nottkern dcughfaoea to vote for that territory to be given
ap to elavary unlees they did it kneeing that tlwy re
F rerectcd doagh'sce constituencies. (l,oul applause.)
<et the per pie of this city take bold of this question, atd
let it be tnoen that they are in earnest. L?t the labor
ere of New York stand np, In the ornaclcu* pride of their
labor, and determine that thay will reckon at the polls
with tha men wtovoteto | ire np this .'air ishirlianca
to slartry, and I toll you it ?iil not be dose. There
w II be no treachery at Waablogton unless there be
t'escberr ia New York to precede it; but let New York
spt ak out and tbat land ia safe. That ceuntry will sooa
be settled ; Ue wars and oppressions of ths Old World are
turnirg ont hundreds and tbou>ards nsnaally to people
It. ISoon another tide will come from the East acr bp the
Pacific, as row it poors across tbe Atlantic, and tbe tides
will meet and set le there In the central land, and ths
Cbltese win find that he has left one ontral kiogdom to
flsd a no tier on another continent. And what shall be
its institutions of government? Snail they be suou as
Ksde New Yotk and New Ksgland what they are? Shall
the hem of busy iadustry be heard on its hills and in its
valleys? than churches and sahoolhouses and academies
M it< hilitf (I^/nd c ties of ' Yes, yea " applause and
hiptee.) Shall spires of Christian churches point from
grateful hearts to a benlflcettt Got? (SaVBSAi. Voic???
"Yes," 'do"? atise, biases, and applanse.) An1 when
the laborer goes home at night, wearied with his
toil, shall he look in the taoe of a wife that
la his, and on the ctlldrfn ot hi* lore, secured to him by
the laws aot only cfGcd. but of man alio f (Applaues )
Ptsll tbe grateful song it thanksgiving go up t > tt.e Giver
ol every *? nd, finm free hearts an l happy hojies. <-r in
sttat of that, sbail the clank of tbe ot a n and tee wall of
theboidsman go up, filling tbe enr of bin who ae* re
vealed it aa His peculiar glory that He ia the t?od of ths
Of pressed? (ipplsuse) nut is what you have to settle;
not for ibis year? Lot for this generation? aot for this
oentury, but for ail oemlig time, whether slavery is an
institution cf human government. And, my Attends, let
the wings of yt ur imigii*ailon take fl gh(, and ten if j u
can >can the megnl'ude, the impor'.aa sc. th? lmrn-n 1'./
and Infinity of tb!a question. Let me ark you ray
friend e? my political frienda? if this is one of tho-s
minor questions whiob yon an wll leg to trade
off at the pol)s for a rl> ae la the Onstam Bousty
( 'No? no" ? laighter and aptlausa.) Are ther>
not some thlrg* that arc a litt'e higher aad holier tbau to
1 be put In the p> litical shambles for the marks!, and
ia not this on ? of those qucstionr? Now ll U proposed
to do all t his : it Is proposed to throw down the birrlef
which yon see it arked on tbat map not to let fnedon
c me down below it, but to let slavery march up
above It atd that is the Issue ? freedom or slavery. Well,
now 1 want to deal with this thing fairly -I want to
argu- tbe qaep'on that has teen presented l;.?'atd
that tbe n ea< ore Is 'obe tas-edfrr two rsaeons: tho flnt Is
because tbe restrictions of the Mlsmorl compromise are
uiconstl'nllentliand tbcaecocd. he-can ?e they are incon
sistent with tfce leplelatkm of 18M, You may think it
strange that I should propose to argnc a constitutional
question In a mixed assembly like this It Is the very sortof
aa assembly in which 1 wonld like to argoe It. S >me
people affect to tblnfe that nrtnaas people cannot ander
stand a ooealHutloaal question They think thet a ciae
must be as stupid as an over fsd alderman, or oort upt as
a member of Congress, before he ic fit to appreciate a
CCDsMtutional qresrtion. (Ltughter aad sheers.) I pro
pose to put It to yon, my friends, la the eonfU?oee
that yon can uadwstand It I*t us fire* examine Us
question ae to the constitutionality tx prohibiting slavery
In the Territories Let us suppose ia tba first place that*
wae no provision or precedent about it. Tbe United Slates
owa ten itorj : euppoec, then, there Is nVpreoedeat or pro
vision urtbe eotsiltntloH, bat tbe simpls fact that they
own It. Through vhom do the Unite! States speak?
Why, through their governaDcnt ? through Congress.
Iben if tbe United Hntee own t~e Territories, exelu log
all other title, aad the only mode through whim thay
can speak is through Cor grass, wnulr: it not stem to fol
low In the abrencs of aay expreis erovUou. thatCoogress
bao the right and power to legiataler Well. tn*e, the
a-xt qneatkin I put Is, how the varly fathers of ths re
public un'ervteod tbir qoeetlxn. Did they un<) ?r-.'aotl
tbat Congrees had tbe rlsbt to IsgMatn for tae Sxaluai >n
of s'avaty from the Ter'itorlepf We can b-<*t anatper it
I by history. Tbe oocsfctution was adopted ta 1T89.
I In 1787 tfce Ornt mental Omg-eas passed an ordi
, nance excluding slavery from every inch of the
territory that the Ualted Rtatoa thee owned
Two y ears after that the flint Oongrncc under ths federal
constitution aaet, and one of tie very first acts which
that Congress performed wae to pass nnasimoealy an net,
the preamble o which dselamd that, to render the ordi
nance cf 1787 compatible with the aonstltuti n of the
Ualted State* * ? harena," says tba act, which wae
paaaed r a tbe 7th of Angast, 1781, and may b* found la
the flnt volume of the United Stotce laws?" wbersae, la
crder thai the ordinance of tha United Stotce in OeagriM
assembled. for the goTeraaieat of tha territory north
west of the Oalo r.'rer, mtr hate full effeot, it Is requisite
that there i boa id be lome provision ni'ft nuto elept
the iim to tbe present ooastru'Jon.of tbe UUted 3aWs,"
ha , tc I have tba entire rf tbe ut la my band Wall,
theo, CfBjiwi tbcugbt there vara lomt thln<s la that
ordinatee that should be amended u an to mike It
Cifeetly la actordanoe with tbe ooastitntioa; and
a only alteration ur amendment tbe Aral ? v> >
gress made to render that ordioanoe oompatiol*
with tha const Ita'loa, <u la rafereaoa t,> o?r
tsin things that weie require^ to be dace by tha old
eontineatal C.'ngreaa, and wbioh, nnder the n?w eon
aiitntira, wtr i r- quired to be done by the President aid
feflate. tearing ali that part of the ordinance exoludlnir
ilsrver) In ! ?H forae aad exlateaoe. tat p*rbap? they did
rot hat w wlmt they were at>oat ? the* had net the aid of
tbe new llghtl that bare ?'."neon a later day Now, I
will tend yua tone of tbe names of thoee who were mam
ben b.^tb of fka jouUm chlt'o. grose and if the fleet U?n
gre?s Ue!d tte cox'n?tii-ii. 1 (hid, In I ok log orer
the recorrte of View bolte*, that thera were seventeen
geEtlfrta wfo weie member* of both, and m?n wbola
ttelr day weie cupped to know something about the
eonati'ailoa (l.argfcter ) There wai Jo^n Laafdon, of
New H?mp* hire, a nane well haorn; he wai a member
of thi* old Uongreen and aim of the United Stnt?s
Conalitntl na'i CuBTentk-u, and alio of the a?w
Oongrets, am' ?u the llrat preM'unt pro tern, who
ptertded orer the United Htetee timet.-; fr >in Ifa'samm
*t.? there was Klbrldgi Gs.ry. from PennaylvaD.a,
Robert ld< rr!?. luyner Krui"'- o?; ('? in Month Carolina,
Piaicr Bu'ler; fr<-m (iefrf.lt, William Kew: fri<ni Virginia,
a peraor somewnat known, James M-nl on, bo. A ell,
rermteea m mbera who parliolpatel in the ^invention
wb.eb 'ramed the eonstiluiion of the Umted6'atea aa
aeciDJe l In the ttrtt Coo# rose nndtr it la ad'iitou to
that ibere ??i at other grntlemaa, who, if be Old u it
ui>dt rata- 6 this entjict to well a' hi t suocssor at he
pif rent day, may be aapposed to have had ?oine feeliog
epcB it. George Waet.Ugton presided- (mthaaW* >a
eheeMag)? over 'he oontenuon wbleh frame . the ederal
eenetitutU n, and i>f o .ur?e hatried to a 1 the deb?t*?
upon it, wae the hi Kt l'resuienl of the Unitod dialer, and
tigced the ac? <ahUb, in tit opiiian, reol.erel thi ordi
aanoe of 11*7 oonfiUtest wl.1* tbe federal ounautn
tloo. (Applause ) Well, now, 'he moat t,ha\ I ?i 1
claim fr those g><nit?m*n i? eh?t ta ?h-i. *.r
they were rnppiwed to t>e men whi nnderato'td
what tbe federal oone itutloa meant. (Lanahter.) Yon
have their jn^gment? itbelr deliberate jn inment, the
SAgBient of George Washington, of Jamea liadiaun, of
bridge Getry, of Roger >berman, of Kile worth, and
o'tere? o' tbe whole Ojcgreaa, Ux the aot raaaed nnanl
moLilT? thai It wan c naietent with the federal oonatita
tit n. not only that it waft oonstiUtional to lag '"late (or
the territories in regard to alarery, but to exelade eUeery
from every inch of 'errltory we then owned. Then If It
he tma t ant oae aet hae a spirit whloh Is Inennal^tent
with aome other ant, ud therefore it m
"w f ?. t0 'Plrlt of the flr.t Mt. i 't
which btarg the immortal otmox of V
atd others, ought not to bare a at *djM j?
to da, with thS,. new l?ght? who . ''nCtiOB
fluocTHry in oet.ti utionai Jaw 1 , . , , > ?fVh!
faond that one ia tneonaiitent with t walchou.ht
to glr. way , f rbat which we inherit , , j ow fathe,i!i!
th?ir loeka wore hoary with thi froace that fell ?it-i
m%hj be *.fe, my ftlendi-I mi^'at least J2?M
Ware ?. alone. Bat we do no, .top *ha? JiSm'th.t
?ay down to the Una of Jam., r l?
umfoinJy 1'gl.lated upon the nprwH D^ilU^o thVt.h"
irItra? r;^drur^ S3
D^aot^ir U- n?tn M ".** ^Btu*d ">fo the Unl in f
North ^uVT".',^ t,fd"nT,t'
ffitEOT !"!.? lh" Ttun<i'y '? T??, nor?t" of 38*80?
MKM,".?sssas '??? ??
Wa.ti?gton got a gorernm.nt, n*T*\aiJ?
and Janea K Mk .fcned the act? Go 'aek"
of the tot* admitting Ohio, Illinois. loc.iana Wiaeifniiin
aod yen will And tbav taey contain a provision prohibit'
7 W Y.T i rti0,00* ref'V0t' ? theor"imko?ilof
lioTe Y#t ia the fase of this o-intloiud DPiALiMnrtkA
g?T?r?m?ntf it b now fonnl out in the tear f 1^!?. r !5s
L^.tr.nhnDrt,:d r fi,j' fo??.
mlalakeo (leather)? a l mistaken, and a ??w liakt hay
risea ft* m the White Mountain* rf* Stw lUwllbtn and
from the Green Mountain, of T.r^ont tLVrTu ?\ o"at
tto<e litte taper flame. v> wh oh we neee Ls??
*> itemed to look for ii"n< bTr., !,h
a"d l?o*ht?r) Wnat shall we tare n-xiV t
ekonld not be surpricert K ia thla roj*L ?f
dl'.crery lo wbioh they found ont that th*. f .??!
were nocoLatitnth-nal, that tuey fouad tfca: the orn?ti
m lonlttd we* an unoot.titu ional meui.i e-frenewe
nogt ,b mUht tt, t5a, th?
ii batJ I ' power to frame auch a oonatitatloa and th?r*
ure It waa ?sa?thoif?d; ?Ud I a.aoat.urs'that il h?.
age of pri.tt it we mat not reanh that poi it Tix, th?
la t o. a fcU.p forte er >e go It l. fer. i^Lr t !,.*
;:?? aArfis-asriii- jsr.:7 'jkk
ca tfcia 'i Off iotf-la ail b(a>orr *nd upari-aea t!
5?o " tbe i:?ht " P'S XrtJi
L h! f , f j **f ?n?nee of tbr,/? to wh? m
we bare treated ao .rnK to ba thrown aald.f are we to
Jtar. ?,B at ibi. lalf d?jr to fo'lo* thin igr,utf(Uwu wh oh
tell. u. that It ia be otl, tine llsUir u alJeiail taat
joy fritr.da, if jou be n.?t cou-tucxd ?>? tbti, let me d it it
In aaotber point u. riaw. Uayx there not
aitnte men Ii, both tc-aaea or Cjrgreai aluce 1820 wboi
hnwutn Ju* I* t " ,he 'tntjociro-nt or perpetuating
btu&an ilwerj? I woocer that the ke?o ?,?d ..rati
thi? treti .iS ?. k ,4*ver " ""'bled up a
to H.V? r 2 b*8 "" i?t3lf oroa^bt
to light. I woad?r that in hie m?ta-h/al-al at?3
^ier?Vk?.1>0aol,hi,dhm* <U"M0f aotrt^i
o?T?r tat. act to be uneonntt'n' ional. I wander thai
""0 ,n ?" ""er to Too^naa
Uaikaon, ?aid that ilavery waa ? aa in^tliuii.in or J a n?d
duroTary' .f. na\.??W ? nr^h^V^
2MKES.
to*le't^ 'the0!!! C?r?'*" ?ho?? who arr now "JoUg
zx<;?8z\ i
ttat' I*" lln* the trrritorf
tm. ,r..?ssrljRtf'a r
in DDooof tttn tioml?aa|f it haa do f^r a* taI] it? r?r ki*wj
H^ilgalkin? then the prohibition whio'a eioludea hiarerr
WMhiogton K u.7
unnai, me earrier la thrown down, and ?v?:t aafe^uart
fW.?h?.r.Trrt,nP,?Md th' wUdom of oar
laer .hi f?f* *D<1 "*"'J ??* maroh triumphant
??m^i . " " D,lt ^ lo?S "afore It i. din
^trt ^^T.^r ?n^^,,wf0tb,D? *" th?orn.tita-kn aaored
pire rtlhe'i V' wt'I'Tf' lh* e<n"
to tfce ether Draeeh of the ,?bj,?t. but I HndV am Tr^a"
J.f it ?i ^ *tvWrcn" 1 take iwoe upon tkat. What!
we fcnadTl?^" w"tt#f Uw* ot th* T<rrlt0'r jnat a.
Ton WSr.!.1"" ^ " th# ^WK'rd? ?" Ojagrea,
nnTtT' ar-ff
I>nb iahad by the Oi mtni taa on Territories aod It tcuk
U /."tTol1^" ? 8,0' 1? mf.t" bT ^-^"^100'
Vi'pr,^1My_ih>>1u th* ???'?? <>f ?>at
.Lis: zpx
UrnUry, no attfmpta were to be male to it Rn?
tbe rpiilt of )8(4 * to iatrodaoe slavery lito tt and th?t
we 'arVnaDa?" ^ "? rh?l th" "plrlt
.7 he wt " l0'lD?1' to ?'"brace, laalead
la?.. f P rnr fatfien, wM?h eioiudxl
tiSi *\*P territory. 3e, If I bare
Mated the po.lt Ua fairly, toe attempt t0 repaai
thu eo'i.prtblao I. baued a pon a miaUke. a rnlt
rfUmullu""': " U B,it fc'ooraiatent with the
coo.ti ution to aboliab alarery or perp-tnat* it. and It 1.
^tVthl aV lati .",H? th* ''?UUUo" ot 1,1,0 fc>' Interfere
a ft W.Mher ' u7* *'!2 " P*' ,h#m- VoW Ut ? look
7h.a i ' " U WkU ?? ?re to hare no* i n terra n
t!ttathaiST,r*7i! '"terfare, and at the nana
fnal ? VJV?f.^ lnttrr? ?-???? '? f Dneoaatita
lUnal. and yet it prtpo>ed to organise territorial
gr rernmenta and to gire them the right and eoETtTdn
ecM .ot .fa. ? L.t m. ~ H VoV.n!
ifutt ?ssr.s SrrStSS
..ft of territorial legislation H* re^a fismMUrlH
I elar'rr ^*bnt*'it ?' P?W" 10 ^ Uto ?P ? aobj -o*
^nfar " "? ????? ?? '?*?"?? trlbanal, ?.J
"JJ the eonatitntlon dttee not
rr.t f^Bd* ">1, ma ter .to., nut
rtat eaaa (m tfc. grnu^, ^hWi,, I hare a^ted The
fo?','t?tio. ware wiier men ttonto lei^
tber foreaaw ^ ^'"""""'tMdiog ; th.y foreaaw tale ;
to j roreiiaw that fr n 'he immeaee te *ri y>rv th?*
ir, L2r.fl^,eed -?m .7?%op'
7?/ th*t innereet. woo id be Inrolrad.
and Uat there maat be a power reetlag .imewbere?
plenary, f?t|f rspreme ? wit kin the eoaatlatioa to leei.
it HefT' "'.K**? *? 1-1 U to no donbtfnl eon
n'rt flJ'tiT*0' i? th,lr """npry and to Almighty
Grd for that memory, they lettled thla oaeetlna anon the
??7 of the or a.t*tatloe eo plain, ao elear that be
who tea. may read. (Applaaae ) And If
tlttal! ??rtl ttlTaii 't*^ ? tb*t
traon, yw will flad thoee rery words writtM ? hnt
Itaow It U not teahlatabl* to rWd Ut ?Wutattall
ts? Crltwl S'afcr* now i day* (Uoabtar ) Wbat U it
totfce Baltiintre platform f (Kern-wad laughter m up
plaute / _ Yoa will eiouae m<>, my frienla, tberafia fur
quoting 1 llm* wy old faahloned m*o. iqii 'or read
ing from > *?> old faahioned piptr. (Mora laaghtsr )
Tbe Coagr* ?hall have p?wer *o difpoa* of and miki all
B' edful rule.' *?< regulation raipeetirg the t'rritory or
oilier preperty belonging lo tin United Stat >?; an 4 nothing
in thin eonxltut '<b ?Call ba in omatiued aa to pr?Ju4lo? any
ola.ma of the tB.^'d titatta or of any particular statu.
Now, let me i yO) ray fri-uda on language b?
plaiiarF Who 1m to ja3g? whether Uey ar? to h?to
rlaieiy or not f W. V? ol??tljr they tkemaalvee, *abj*ot
to lb* Hupervt?o?y p o a' the eapremi jadlaiary, to nay
whether the prorialm ? ere oooeonaot with tbe roaattta
ticD or aot. If -hit ai> *?m?ot la not nloaed? if it in n
nary to go farther an* > dduce authority to p-u?e that the
I ocrctitatlon todkn up' V Cotgresa thin po??r an4 it
OBfbt to be ah ??ii.c?.; by uur whcla biatorr.
then tbe qanur'D ii eel' led. Wuy, thai will
tall yon tbe toe rtne of cv td-Mtolftntioa t? aattind. Bat
if Uay break r tf tbia old o. wp'< mi<? what whl tu? ne*
one be worth? Ut ?a to?k *' tha fatu'?. Sj ipoae tae
torch af diaoord ahc?M biaat >? oar mint, an 1 angry
pemlora t* HMM*t (BpM ? t.at aaotional JttloMlM
thonW ba br"nabt idio eitat* ?oe; aanpfe tha paa-tinna
?x fae party fboulrt bw arrayed iboaa of another,
where, wMhta thii hi tad land, >a to ba found lis man
with tenerlty or abeurtfit y enon^ iJ ttaod up and boldly
prtjxa* another ooropremUa? No, tha wont will ba a
bi'kiDti and a by-wort, as it ongi U t> ba. (Apple >ie) ]
l#t tbn mcD >if mta Coegrtea r*p>a d that eorni?tuui ?* aud
I tell than ih?y will Co ia "t* to r?p eTrrything whiob
bi> dutble Union teeetherthar all al *? 'hay eoalilrti. (rta
aaacd appl.ua* ; What wmld a an ? auultt ba thit did
But ( brer?<-d pn'tli? faltbf Aonmmu *i'y of thicvta oiald
? ot liya tegatoar witkeat it, Why, Ft her <mn aayathat
1' th'ia ??ra to be to c>Uht a te^an-soti m rum
tha ftot of tha ?all iwa ot all thuia who ha**
r> plated their ertw? with thfir h???, au t ??
'?ji ta of paat agea ahonld be aaae. *H-J Into oat
c h u V>ily, the very firit caeaanty that w.iall on
? u p.-c?d upon auih a j v^i'nunity, woulii be the pr ?????ra
t<n. ot tba pnbllo faith, for ibay on a Id a it ox.** without
it. I>t IblK coBiprotaue of lb'JO ae ropea 4at, ant aner*
if labile faith, ea t what ia it f Thirty-fot rysar.i it. bi?
esla'ed ia rubrrk?t. -r . uiv 1 , J ?????
. i...k.wn f purti *n of tjta ba*? ?? ?>>)?"?" 'h?
proHtai>fit walle we ban hid nothing hit; u brjbni
toreat. It baa been oaly tbe aild* and mo v-l*iui ? tha
wUdt-nies* baa bernonr portion; tba par a turl tha wi 1
betet have rraturd nrob^ohaU i Tor i'., and th * hlrj? bare
built their Drat* in a.f?< j thare, for the foot ll rill tad
E an baa tut trod up( u it Bat now, iu th< ?e 1 e^ter dare,
when the aOTaj rlra tide of amUration ia aboatt Ho people
it? now, wb<n two huodtrtd white families twee viae
thara Uiaattla, tbif ipirlt of alarery, that has (Ot three
Si?traout<f it, are CatermiDad to aaiza upon ilii* laat
foothold of fri-rtUn, an< make it pa-'ociuK grtrtad for
s'a? tn 1. i them do it Hot I de lha South wrong; the*
ft; li " ??! of th?jr>uth,
! ^ , lh# ''oder of Northern wrvll.ty
? n,of 1D P,1,r?u,M,l l??blla ? Ihaiah'ard UDOnt&
?ior of oogtrm, and out of It, remarka like thia -.itekt
nre B'l aT rrjm tb" Soatl> "ho ajoke for the mtea
? ? 1 doB ' koow ? om In toy 3ut? that traotaj u>ia
KKSr r'P"'Wl' bat W'M>D lt <" to an by th*
North tow oan we go hoir * and maintain ou'*?iv.ij Ua.
fornoar c< natituente if we refuae to take what in tm>
(?ed to us. s?id Mr. D-nton to ma, "{ju |f a Soathora
man h*d Introduced thin rueaanre I would bar* da
?l?U^twonld not h,IBOI|?^?r? *in,d baT9 bl??k >>all?d it,
??, it would not hare had time to oil dowa in tba hall ?
?i?*' / 'baNi.ith bar* n a > a bargain a bariretu
four r?r?maPcT^n|>OD ""J"' h"' Hr"d 't thirty
rcur }<*?r.? and now want to bIto up th?ir half ha?? r
v1 thl0*? roj ta'dinoua.'
if if 'b'" re#"nr*. we ?n4ht ti d . jua loe tuba <outb
in! *} P*?P'* o.' tee South, there woul,>
rot be ooe Toioe Id ton trioanAnd fir it* tleir mqi?i a#
h'T?.'r' ,h#,rm*"D*D'm,,y- 'ortbey hare it?
n.J a** r'f*ll,d tb*?> from maklo* the demaoi But
tte, aay, and jay with t.uth. If tbe No.th tondar it
frtonda a^*. ^".'T "L ??????"?? with yo?. my
to n'^ht h,fn? ?m r*'?'r Mftu" lui" qu???ion for .(Not
* b . * h aooiaofe than before eliber hou?? of
-h "i wni UH ?on,f 'he working rn?n tf Saw York
the fnJ! " 7"! r> 0nt *nd P"?P'a that laol and if
i IKpolattou of Saw York and all who utra an
lnbe?!^*. II* *Bd fr*" houeee, will look to that
?' m?M m??nl?oant that a b.0eA08nt God
blr d*terIr U'd ,b?t it 'hall
Vh"r,fr,ber? mor* tbau ? thirl of* oeatury agj
i;U5"'!^idb*. " win rema.u It 1?. wltbyX
K>? you ought to make the.e aentiu?Mia
?k.?'lt H ?r.U it known that you are In earoeat
?I ii?. ,H r* Uajtaat question; lt aoreada o.er ?JJ
I bVSTt- it i0"*" 1? *S??t la d-?r to th- hutuuu
f ? ??? P-uafcrata; it baloagat, all tima-to
!f. . I "V "'"".t.ona ibat are to paopl- thia v.?t eia
? ? ? r r , ' "b% 1 *at?unc? lhat ii.aa anali
?\':1 nn--?kaoptotV
V,, I. il l ?' V U?8 ot yout '"-ou iJii. t-U,
:f iliei a*? ? V ' lo b" ?P P ay'"*, ao-1
<hat Il.v . ?a ol); hn/ wU. Oil ?ou
r-, ? ' ? ' 1 - ??z\\?>zr0i
ttr,':" c:,rra,"T.l t"' ?'-i.don^id'
C-isttin Hnii* tbd Po*t
.. u ? , l"pp?*a*a; Tell tham
r '* Y,,'k tr" ???k? to tun ?u 'j?ot
r^fi ^ L#,p1p* ,VMn- thl* f?lr linari'anoe of fraatom
?ball sot ba orarahad by tha aaaat o th* unp?i toll of
of I ha r',"/'?" "'"/^urDMl nut fJ tha (.? r-dfojt
.. otp*id FUvi i *4)nlAnHP in tha
n.lc-1 of which Mr. Htl* rUr#1 10 th#
Tha R?t. Butbt Wiiid BiiKima thfn came npm tha
?tatd, and waa kraa;?] with loud applanna Ha rald:
Fallcw Citliaoa? I am a nativa of tba wand old Stata of
CoKDMticat whw, atnoD(f oth#r coirotiii l, on of h#'
jloninK h? Hat bath oa sitor^y nlf ht a'nd b^tba Uaa
in prtjiarir y fnr the day to oom?. (L.uJ apulauia) I
am i[l<d that I hira bfan ?prkau of io tbaia ranol iM nx
btm R 'h'nil^UUfd ?f tha gonp.l ara o*1Iiki up'.u to
f ? nti,? ?h? * "m"th r'? n-cfl??ary bwr Jen prayar.
1 1 otica tba' wh?n Chrut ?rir ?p ka ot ptvar it ?>?
T1 Da' b?1 !' W%H ?u*?" ' Wa'toh and
. ( I/,nd ?PP ???? ) I 'hit k m, (( lanUoo, wmob
la now baK1Crl7? f. atlata ?ht North, 1- ? of th, bio.
?Tll.Hthat ' *Bt "?,8h' Wh'D 1 w*? plar.tod) y')u would
ma ^","n U n? hara'of r.'b.a. oom
^r. h. L / oonp.ofufaad, aid b.lll .-1 cff ,a(1
pet back, ard ,-n -ara t?ld it wa* d t pou .a, ml that
* ?M, ?o <Jarr?r In It A art now, ^-ntl-man tWa
?aw aprig la nothlrg upon Ood'a aarth but a nhoot from
thi" m ??? i*"^ 1.,a" ,on 11 POl?en, and takao In
i/.? ? leal ayalam, alarerr la dearti y to bumamty I
I ao VT.o^ i " "'I* Uil" npou A PO''?o*l baai. but
*? 1 ? ?,daay ?la ?ary U a Ol?grac? a d ?n ?u
u?1lMhtfMU a*"2 ,r" tn oppialnoi, and htra got
!?d*bA, or.tbe "^r la da ad. H'a*ery I, a tu! are,
?fid 'Jha'ty, aeco' ("Ing to onr ay mh >1 u an eagle. ( thonab
Ik.i11 t0 tblnk " WM aom^hlrg a)a? but, nar^r
tbaleea. lt 'a to m tha natianal raoonlj and on* of tha
two haaa got to triumph. Heretofore, whan thara wara
ma# logaof jhao'd 1ina aboililoni.t. and fraa aollara, or
" \b*7 wara aometlmaa oallad, thara waa
*'**'? ,b* cr^ of adUtrra, agitator*, and It waa al
T?li w th4t ** ?h'nl'l lat tha poor South
' '.'Jj "'J1*? 0 Uk* of b,r own boaitaaa. anl
we oight not to annoy tha poor S utfc. Well wa
& r^I'D fcuth w* h*T? <wal
'0"O CBF COD "Of#* 06#^. lot n*Acm tnH
ara tola u^* K w*n- wb*",rt<"??hl?ooraa from ' Wa
ara tota It co?e, from tha North, becaa a ha who offered
to not rNorth^ I", r4th*r' ,b* 8"t* of Ill,no,?- w?. >t
w lot a North* n ic??rnr*. And wto*n m j frlcni vho
h*n p>tcfdf(} no AtUuapts to *po]"Ai?? 'or th>* Kmih I
ITJZX*"*' :,lh hl?. ??d ta l1 h?m ? naa'V? i!
hatlk^tt ^ ?S "T' 11 '* lD'?ni"?? ? i? Uf.rnom;
hot wfc*B It I. r(r?r.fl to na from tha Nor'h we ear not
. ' "k how Ir eg to It Before th. time wif eZ,
Iml to'HTT fi""" W,n r*,n" th4t *bl"b doea not ha
lorg to MmT Snppoaa a thief rliga at our ton and
pnabea in e> ma old elotbar; wa a.y.Oh! wa koaw tba,
kfacllm*' iu11"' Wh"n lb*J"w offerad t . a< ai
ktotiljt *? oouM * t rsftflt *60*p?fBf them In* .hi?
tbu'iri ( U""1 ?PP'?"* ) /antl r,en la
?ih it th 'r*P,',P!Q' * UP?? n* 7 ? no* Ir.ten1.i to
J" b " tha two boua^ bafora tb'rewa* Uma t)
Uka to'haa"^ anil ,lh ' ?^ld "b,n ' oon?Her thl. I d a
I# ^ M.th0ni" H?rt ??"?* "?T It la
1. a!"! """ lb,> 8,a',, ' ahooiil bare
thtlin ?iT U '? 0?*w' to na by
thl. .!? V e4,IBOt "? Tb*r* '? nothing la tali
th!... .u0pfn tb*"'toaof tha North, aul I noil
?kf if, 7 """th'rn man aad K? preaan'atira who accept*
tr ie bill or Totoa for It beoomea a /WTtwjn CTiminu, ami
la i woraa than tba man who etukl doc r~foee ifia atolea
e'o baa. I am g ad teat ay frl^ad wh > > aa prece< a t ra?
naa aiguad tbla ija.aai. n np< a eor atltuliinal grounda.
and tared n>a th> trouble, to 1 bare ni<; the ku >wle'ga
todlecuea tbla aonaUtationally. alt',. a<b tlila knowledge
I' not naeeeaary to ar|ue a o aellt'iilonal qnaatioa /Ap
plauae aLd lacgMer > Why atgue t r..a u^. u eooau.a
tonal groaada ard up. n it, ioc Talataaey with tha in
famoua oomrroml.e of 1840f (Ixiud hliaet and applauae
wbieh eontinned for e< n.e mom.nta ) I*t me aaa to
tboae gentlemen aho are apeaklng In -heir oan toogie
(laupbtor ) tb?f ieu ird ma of an at-eoi.,t. a ..u* a ?r'
lain b'aekamllh wro triad to cake a br a. axe He
hammered a?ay upon bia maUi un'.il be apollad I! for a
broe 1 aie .nd looking at It for a m^men . aald "Well
lean make a eh?ppi.( axe 0f it" Ha ha?
. i'l ,M ??4,ln ?Pa"*d, and liking
at it aomawbat dUoooeerUd. aakl. ?? Wa.l I aaa
make a ba'ehet o' it," and work I e a war aaalu
aarJld Z? h*' < '-oalea. mate
V.TLTr, ,( hlr* bU*?fU " C-oal laughtara d bla.ing
-y ? ?yll b r<a4 t #.??) Now. of thS
tu pyt\* "I?! ^:;*r ' tM" r>,,i 1 r*n 1 h#,p r> rk,?c of
Iberaply .ftfce (allow in jail to the que, ti n? ' Witatare
*;'? f7 ? -W b?. ' I a tola tha a. w mil?
and ban I went back foi the .'am I bay nebbed ma!"
Now, i> la ao In lfela oaae Tb.r at >?a tba mill in I860
til fkTw 7 V" 0",U B' b*"k w tba daaa, aad we ought
i?Ub lb*? I' caupot be . eoied tba Houth bare bad
?-?"??ah. Tha acmpro^laea of 1450 wara Terr earere
a e a. urea, aad a hard /emac l upoa the North aad wees
S"1 *,,y P?l*tabla area to tha atroageat frlaada of tba
*otb ?*(?f <" I ?hink theaa ara quaatloaa wbhh mJ
be eat tied upon gronnda other than Kara enthn.i..?
,b" wbiah 1 hara ta my SwMa^Ta
^"^1* h Lcir*r n??* th'', '"hjant. ftannaaa von
?"? hfl a | uardlaa for aa aetata aad familr of atilHrM
woaM you a at aaa. If you wara aa boaaat ? na tbat It
uiM tor U? haat latM oC tta ?? ??
n ade ua tba guaidian Id traat for that pwt npui*
of Urn tor j wot of tbe MUalaaippl We are tbe traateaa
of netlona Mid telllioue not jot born And aow ?o?t U
J oar admlnl. tra'lon of tbe pro fry which God hu
Into jour f Yob ouiwi ehirk yjur duty, tad jom
cntj u 10 deliver :t to a poeterlty or frnniMB. There la ?
tolemx. da y upon yon. Now let the North Mf, thM
tiuate at ill not b? diacerded ; tbeee lenda ahnll sot b*
uf?d for tbe purpo*ea of alerary Now. what I* tbn dif
f? n-ne? In iara?iion or laod In the free Htatee and liar*
tilaUaf tiv Uit<> Muwaobaaetta and Virginia aad aM
tbe ?(T?ta if fUT?ij. in Bnaaeebuaetta land o?n?n<
b? b'-ught for laaa than oca hundred dollar* par acra ; la
Viralnia tte?|h can ba purchased for t?enty Urn seats
to one dollar par acre. Wbjr ifccauae It la poorf Better
the aoo of heaven Minr aboaa upon It? baeauaa aleeery
laa eur?ed It, and mad* it not to valuable ai free terri
tory. Wb?r*?ar alaviy atta ua foot It la * blifhttaf
eurae, homing up awry green thing In It Now,
ahall no. three aceoea i f ? a?t>ry ba okoaed? 8uppOM
tbat I wan to take a niinla'er of tb? goepel (thfci
rue la me of realitf, known to me) aud wM
to bring Llm upon thia rtand tc rail to yon ? Ma
llmba wculd ha felt of hU accira, bta body, hli mo rain
Inquired <n*o an li he ?n? reli<i ju? be wuald ba wjrlfc
Ittoi thiae ^m dreij < oiler < more on aeoonnt of It. Re
ligion la wcrtb aoniethirg whan It ia to ba aold. WxIL
inppt/nn he waa to tin ?old here, n?d than bla wl'e ait
n- ildret', and the auelinncer and the barer war* here:
why, if tba audienoe waa of the atroageet aiarery men of
the ^itb, tbey would not alio* either the buyer or aeilK
to ft out of thl* door alive (Luud applause ) WeU,
no*, geutkmau aball we extend auch aoenea aa tbeaa
mt h- Wad Weat, whlah we moat toon take into thn
I a ut t Now. 1 bel ere In ititwloonry lnfluenoe. I b*>
i|??e In eendlog mia*! mari-a ti> tba heathea; bat
to* can we expect to exert nn Influence there, wbna
th- iifluetse rf tba Ooapel la not at'emg enough to
prtTent rash MM i f b >rror nl homaf I thiok them
?a a re'igioua ?e*lir g rlatng In 'be Nortb whtob ahall aweaa
away tbla ome. I aea mrteif bare band in hud with
?h?ae who I ??a denounce 1 cat aa agitata lor and n
fanatic I '*? Caetle Car d?n la wlflPua now; nnd I ana
lace to face wl'b the atrotgeat pro alarery man ol Um
tinea Mlrery wakea rtraoge i dd fa Iowa (Appianeanai
laufbter) Wei. no long a* they r-peat of the pnat ww
free Nortb'WA wty'tfc'L1?.!.!".!!?.! for *
Mr. B>?eb?r waa loudly applaudad at tba oloaa of Mi
apneeb, wben tba meeting adjourned.
THE FEELING ELSEWHERB.
BI9tLUTI0?8 or TBI UONNSl! riCUT WHIO ST ATM
. CON t KhTIOM ON TBI KBBIIA6KA (JUWriON.
Tie following are tba raaolutt >na adop ed by the Wbig
Htati & nvecuon of CononoUeat, held at New Haras, am
tba 16th lnat.
R*?< >M, That we inhere to the nrdloil prioeiplee at
the wblj prt action o American Ubor, thein
pM,*?o.e->; of oar hart era and livera, houuaty la publla
? r rranta, good faitb Id oar interconrae with other goacro
mruta. an tou- rable paa-M with all aatloaa, and a iaara4
Ov m pilar, oe with all tha oompaot* which here beew raada
beteaeu distant port:ooiof <>nr o?n 0'i?st try.
Katoirad That tJLe Mtmijori campioBiia?aot of IBM, la
which It la provided "That In all that territory ceded by
Franca to tba United S'atas, unar tba nana o' Loaliiaaa,
which lira no/ :h of 80 dag JO n in n >rth latitude aot ia>
?lurat in tba *tata contain jJatad by thia adt, alarary aa*
I inaolua'arr aarri ude otberwtue than aa puoiabmaat at
orime, tha 11 ba ana ia t ar? by prohibited. " at tba time at
ita parage, avd trti alnow aaa been r?g ardad aa a oeat
pTon.l a, and in tba naturaof a compact binding om tM
par ? of tba oriTutry.
Rt-atlaad, Tbat tbU o invention earreetlv raaaoaatrat*
! againit the paaiage of tha blil now pending in Ooni raw
! for tba eitablirV'.ent et tba Territorial o! Kansas an.i Na
1 b; a?ka, by "hick tha foregoing provision la repealed, Mt
oo y aa a maaaara unexpected and nooaliei fo ? by nay
| portii d of tba eoantry, leading to bittar aaetioaal smitra
?sra.au. and to tba eatabliahmeat ia tboae immense Tarrl
toriea of the ancrmuaa evili of ?invary. bat a* a violattoa
af a iolsn>n com.aot, an inexcusable braaoh of faith and
at art aa dsh< l rnbla aa 1 t will oe disastrous to all pai ta
i of tba cenntry.
Reaolved Tbat thoaa members of Oo??r?<i fram tha
Northern Sta'.aa who advoeata or favor -ha proposed aaaa
aura gr aa); Hit?rap:e?ent th? sentiments of tba paopla it
the North, and that the (al hla.aaata ?f aay of tbaaa mean
bare fnmlelm no apoli ?j for tta violation of honor aad
good faith on tba part ot any of tba Ha praam tattvee freak
the a utb u? tlat wa call upon all pa'riitloand honora
ble Dim it all part* of tha couotry, to unit* together ta
thwait Aa plana of dtmagngoee and deal-. mag peraaas^
and to preaerva the Inugrity, paaoa and harmoay at tha
cone try
fU Milaed, Tbat aa tha expraa lion of tba unanimous eea
tinen'-a of Ibe ooavauuon ua tue subject of tha Kasaaa
acd Nebraaka Tertltrrial bill io> pending ia 'oogmns,
cnplas ot the foref 1ng raaolatlori on that subject be far
watded to avd laid bafore tba two Bonsea nf Oiegreaa.
Kaa Wad. That wa apprave tha oonrae adoped, la rela
tion to tba furag-rfcg maa?nra?, by tba Hon. Trumea
tmtth acc ratnrn blm the tbaoka of tbls ooaventtaa
tor tha toble atand taken by him ia oppoeittoa to thaoa.
KtBRASKA MUTING IN COLUMBUS.
At mi to i Ntb.-a*ka meetitg of the (rw Boil oitiaeaa ft
Columbaa, 0 lu which ia represented a* biis| w; thteQp
attenrtrd, the following preamble aad reeolnUoaa MM
pn-ifd, nnanlmonaly of ooaree
Wh?rtM, Tbe act of Marsh 8th, 1820, commonly uM
the Ml?*curl eompromlte, embraoea la 1U limit* a boat
l f ui bundrtd toil e'gMy Ave tbuomd iqmn nil?i of
' f ree territory, whinb U Dot include! la any eiMtlag State
or t-rrl'prlel o-?anii ?tion, being an area of nor* thaa
l?tlw Omee the ?x'?nt of tha Scat* of Ohio, aa great aa
that of all tba fr?e Htatea of tbia Union, excepting
forrla. am' capable, aa we believe or aoataintag a poM
latloa if at l???t dtty milU>ae, which aald act la aa M>
Ilw
aeo R Bo it further enacted, That la all that territory.
tailed by Franca to tba t'nltec Hiatal, oncer tba ima aa
Lonidere, wh ch liaa n >rth of thirty atx ? egreea aal
thiity m'nut?e o" north latitude not InDlaled wltbln tha
l n t' a of the State r.r.n'em .late ' by thia aot, slavery aad
ir??olou*ary rervitode, otbet wiae than aa the panlabmeat
of c Imea, abail be aal la hereby forever prohibited.
Therefore.
Reeolwd, Tbat tha aot of March 0 1820, rmnoalf
called tha Mtenmri oorupiomiae. ta a aolemo corn pa t b#
'?? i n tha Aerib end tbe t-'outh ; that the Nor b baa faltb
fu If lived op to lt? fpi>it aid Utter, aad th?t we deem 18
<*Ui'or eat for any America atetenman, aod above all fm
a Ni l tbern or Weatern etateamaa, to teial hlmaelf direetty
or IwMreetly to ita violation.
Rerrlved, That tbla n. eetlcg la diipowd, 1a good faith,
to auad by tee eoaapromUe of I860, aad that we intend,
? a far aa in tie lie*, to aee to it that ethera, la like goo4
fal'b, etai d by tbe compromtae of 1810
Rem Ived, Tbat it 1a our deliberate judgment that llM
people of the North ani W?at have not oeen treated with
p oper icapret in tbe aballcw and falae preteaoe oM
rlilly trade to tlemln 1HS4, that tie Mi* an art compra*
mi?e of 18J0 wae anpereeded by. or ta laoonaiatent with,
tbe o< nipri nrieee of If JO We deny that each 1* the fa*l>
Not one citiaon of Oh o, or eo far aa are kne w or beileva,
of the Unites Htatei. rear before anapected feat each M
tbe fae . We deem It a groaa laaalt to the lawllifeaee ef
tbe country to ray to It, However, at tbe tine of tha
parr-age if tba iota of I860 rrferiad to. anoh waeaappoeed
by ^euatora and Kepreaeatatvea to be the *et wadai
cf them, aa ata'e'maa taring tha aoaddence of thai
try, and aa upright m?n, not too high for pnblio i
ment to reach then, why it waa tbat ta 1880 they darat
to witbboli tbl> information fro? tt etr oonatitaenU? Tha
people uf tbe W iat demand aa aaawar to thlf <joeatlc a fraai
tb> ir public men.
R-iol?ed, T -at, la the oplaloa of thia meetlag, tha
cberactar O' Northern aa I Weetera men la ngt understood
by tbe franera of tha bill for orgaalatrg tha territory at
N?b>a?ka MV before the ^entte of the United States?
that the forbearance manifaa ad by them nader the aate
of 1860 aprnng eolely from the faat that, nnder tha eaa>
aiitntii n of tha t'ait*d Htatea they bel ered that forbear
acce to be admy; tbat it ia a mlataka to aappeae that
they are B?t jealona of their rtghta aod honor; tbat thaw
regard tbe bill '*f<rr?d to aa aa ootrage npoa both; thai
P' n the lubjpet ef tha Mfaaonri oompronlae, they will
anow no oor pr< mlit, hat tbat lhay will aalatala It, la aB
t? In* at rlty ami fnlrea*. to tba aitent of their aowwr at
all baaarde and to <b* laat exrremlty, whaterer thoee hft
iar<i>*aad ti at estreml y may ha.
KeaoWed. Tbat we . eplore all farthex agitation apea
tke anbject of alaeery, kaoeing It ti be fall of erl^
but tbat It ia foraed upon aa, aad wa do Mot healtate te
Kit et It Tbat If >bl? deep and Intolerable wroag toward
?he Nrrth ard Weat, tow.rd every free laborer la tte
Utile: Stat?? and hia eMldrea'a children, la to be per
Ma'eri In by tboeawbe have It te char re, wa recommead to
enr feitow eiitaaoa thrtnghoat the Mtete ta neat te their
leapt etire conntlea, and expreaa their rtewa aad dataral
natioo upon tbia anbjeet ; aad farther, that a nnnreatteM
of the people of Ohio he beM to attar tha rotee of tha
State for or agaiaat the eiteaaloo, ander the aanetloa at
th> goTernmeat of the Ualud Stotea, at alarary over tent
lory aow free.
Keaoivid, Tbat thla anbject rirea above all party boM
iiee ard pollticiana ; that It lavolvaa qaeetioaa tooehtef
ft* d faith tbe aolemalty of eodtraata, tbe latefrity M
public ni-n ; ihat tbe peoeie, both Nnrth aad Month, ara
?ati>llrd wiih the Mlraoari oomprcmlaa? aot a votoa haa
re>n tailed agaiaat it 4 nrlng tha exlateaaa of more thaa
wa whole genaratioa of mea ; that the attoak aow mada
upon it baa not come fiooa tha people hat haa aeea
cprnng use a tbe people We mace onr tret aolemn ap
pe?l in the atateamen of the oonatry to defeat thia aa
. ju 1 1 bill ; anl If they pr-va falthLna, we Taaommead that
an app*al be at oeca made to tha people, not oal r
upon thla bill, hat to rvoooaider tha wb?le aabjeet tf
rODprOlfii'N.
K#aol red, That ooplee of tbeea reaolatlona be eaat to on
:?Mt<ii and RepreaantaUv-a la Ooarreea trom tbe lltato
of Ohio, and aa a prjof of tbalr aoaS ieaaa ia nia wiadoM
and pa- not lam, and la hla wllltegaeaa and ability to aaeM
thla criala, to tha Hon Thorn aa n Beaiea. of ttaaoan.
aad that th?ae reaolnttona ha pabllahed la the aavaral
nawapapara of thla eltf . , . .
A preamble aad raeohitloaa alDrmlag tha docti laea of
* Bator Dnaglaa on the Nebraaka bJl la balora the lag to
latnre of Oeorgte . _ .
Thafrv a aoil"ahablfaa?aof Cbltlaadaaaaantf, V>ma?V
are to hold a meetlag in tl.riiogteaoa tha Md laat, to
i ipraaa oppoaiUoa to the Nasraak* tul.
TILIO-R APHIO.
naa.a HXBTTBS AflAWW tWM MBBKAIKA BII.L.
Koombrm, Pah. It, 18M.
Tha aatl Nabraaha Mil meetlag la thla city laat Bight,
w Wf anmaroaalr attaadad Mayor WUbaa* prtot
Md uuaeaa of all partKa ware preheat aad imml
in tha proaaedlaga. The raaolatteae tharoaghly teWM
U* ft^tatd WftM tC m Mw?i tattaMaMi