Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, March 14, 1854 · page 1

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BUSINESS DlR.Il0’l‘0Rl‘. ,

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Attorney and Counselor at Law,

«J l".F'1T‘E 0 FER ,’.ii(.{i L1: 012 I" s s TOR E.
Norycjalli, Conn. _

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C.‘ 81'. E. LOCKWOOD,
NORWALK, coNN., ’ »
NIANUFACT-UR,ERyS'OF, ' 

TIN, SHEET -IRON & ‘COPPER
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.«I\'l"l nn.1iI‘.F.ns IN .

Stores‘, R.'awge.¢. ]"z('maces, ‘C'u!lc/‘_7/.
E‘/'1'/a.‘/,7.7_‘2l'(t‘, Pmj_cela2'<2z a.izd_ '_lVobtz’é*77' 
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in, .gr.n_m'u.l, Pzmzps, Sheet
~ Lmri ‘Leads Prove,-
‘ (‘..'-’;'¢‘7‘r.'/‘§‘M~_.=/. Glass I’ A ‘ ‘
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R. A. IVILLIAMS, I’. M.

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- ’ W. B. BISSELL V
V, 0I’:l.D invite‘ the attention 'of‘tliis _€!.ll(I
‘ t.lie ncigliboi-iiig comiiiiinity to his vast
.st.ock ofgoods, (to which additioiis are ,\\',(§f‘.kl_y
in-lllg lll:tili'!,) coiiipi'i.-;iiig it full and geiieml as-
.s.urIinr:nl.' of
li‘0l‘tElGN AND DOMESTIC DRUGS,
in-lected with the greatest care, and from the
lie.-it which the New York uiarket will‘a_f’l'ord.
llc has also a choice selection of
Perfumery,
lacliidiiig Lubiii’s extracts of all kinds, cologne
\\'.tl+'l‘ in a variety ofstyles, etc. llis stock of
P.-\'l‘-EZ\’T i\lED,LClNl3S,_ _
("-iiiiprises an immense variety, prin_cipally of
Ztl‘I.lt’tlCS which have gained a l‘(3])lll~.:l.l.l0ll‘:llll0Il,‘g'
llll‘. people, :iiida“rc’valiial)le medicinal prepara-
tions.‘ - " -
-llc woiild--‘iiivite the attention of the ladies to
his FANCY GOODS,
whiiili are tooiiiimcroiis to particiilarize, ‘and
which for taste and elegance are beyond all ri-
V".‘tll'V' in this vicinity. _ _ _
Very particiilar attention is paid to preparing
' l’l¥.YSlCIAN’S l.’R_ESCRlP'flONS:
and supplying faiiiilies with pure and, unadulte-
rated inediciiics. 1'-Iisjprices will com_pnre la-
vorabl y with those of any other cstablisiiieiit.
. Pure Wines, -I.iquors,~ Scotch Ale and l’m'll-‘T;
clecletl exiiiressly for inctllclnal "$9:

 

Choice. and Selected Tea.
CHESTS of Green and Black Teas.
 Coiiige and ,'l’eas,_ warranted to _plcase ;

Cloths; Cassimeres, &c.'

H AVE just opened ‘a splendid assortmciil.‘

of Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestiifis, &c.,‘select-
ml with special reference to-this. market, all of
which willbe cut, or made up, in the iieatest,
l.ii.-st, and niost_f_:tsliioi1al)l_c styles, at the short-
est noticm- Doii-‘l. forgu:-t to call at the Cheap
Cash Tailcriiig I-Irtablisliiiir-iil.. No. 3 Sl;id(l__v's
Buildiiig. ‘- (J. H. LOCRWOOII.
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c?:ai*ri'.r.ge ‘Repository
AT P.RlDGEl‘()l'{T.

f ill] siilisci-ilirei-s ll:1\'t‘».Ct)llSlfllll.l_V nirliaiitl
_ _ and l'ii1'.~'alP. \Yll_0lt?.‘{.‘_ll1‘ and llelail. '

'l‘op lliiggi--*=. ' C

.30 Top, do.

,'l'i‘Cil.lltig§'tl4i. 

l.ig'lil. l-?o«:'lc-.i'.i'ii._v==. and all other styles-of
Light Cai'i'iugr=s. t.7:ill'aiitfl l‘ixainiiic.'~ .

llO7..f.?iZl_\ll,'. .‘;' LY! l.‘-T, fell and 05 Wat_ei'-st.

Bridgeport.

 i;ches.;§’cevelry. *3;i1i7.¢l“ and

l"l..~\fl‘i:Il). \'i.'Alil".i. ,_ .

“_ A ‘.l li1‘zi_tj))' l.u>".i_V luv ll.“-‘ IN”-ln_"": 21%.?!" 

_ ii--w .l~~ii'--li-y S.ii.ii-e at No. 2, Sl;iddy‘s Bl k.,

i- slaill in siicve l'nl 0]1Pl':\llt)ll. and the very lib-

f'l'E‘i.I p;iii-riii:'i.g;'-2: li(":il-0\\‘l“¢{l is proof positive that
..-i.~m,‘l.-« at--i .-old vi-i-_v i-lir-sip. '

h I §llIll.l1,ll,|l_-n mi ;\im.tlii_v in a_-'l£lil.ioii to my‘

- a.-.-iii~tiin_-iil.. aiinllier iiiucli larger

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}H'' n l ' itlltl .*3il‘\~i'~i- “rfl-ll‘-IIOS, Watch

. fuel: line “"1151

(:,_.-,,_mg, Seals, of ln-.ys.la«lies‘ our l‘llIQfS‘aIl(lpll‘t§l,_=
' ‘ l.ci_§etlier with a lai',<r,c_ lot of -

i;.~.§"1'. 1'3!-gfi~ ‘iii’-
\’:i.iil:w" -\70”_""'>"- _ , , _ ,
, Wm ,.-,-.11 g-:._.ld Lt-pin ll :_ll( ii. 53 IS l‘llI'I‘0I. ca-

,~’-.i'~_i,_l'lll' 52.0

r.;.,,;.i ;\llt‘.ll|3l‘.~"-. I3 .lt“\\"‘l-"- 25
Qiliwxr f’:i‘tniil. Levi-i's, ‘_ - 20
' -- Piifgciit. l"5\""I‘>‘- 1''1“J‘*“T‘‘l‘‘‘l,a .35
.i ‘.\_11t’:ll0l'.~'i‘l:i_)1‘\\'i:l$, l2

- -H _jwv.'els, liiititiiig cases. I5
Lnpiiies, -Ljiiwcals, wart-:iii ted, S

-I l jewels. hiiiitiiig cases. l2

_:_.ul‘ii'll other Wzifclres in pi-oporti_on,chains,
N,,,,,,, key,-,3 ,.j,,g_g, t\_e.., will also be sold lu.<_;s
mi,“ i.*,£l)ll be boiiglil. iii Noi'wall~:., _ ,.
_gnV,.,- spoon:-: made under the dii'ect~:on of
Ur l.. Clark~wari'antcd_pure a_iid_ fasliioiiabl_e.
' ,-1,,“-,(1 Spoons a'iid fo_rk_s in any qiiantity
li:iiitlsoiiiely-eiig-raved. lxhives, scissors, port
nioiii-.-s, i'a'/,oi's‘ tea bells, 5c. plated and Milan-
,,i,,,- “.-,,,.e, ‘cake baskets, casters, «kc. -
-,v_r,m;i1, i-epairiiig, engraving on spoons, colliu
,,i_.,'m«, rii'i &e..will be done by Mr. L. Clark,
who ‘gives’
.-.i.;i,.it irw-I'<'=*S" , . .
,,,,,,;,.; _§-_,-,,, is sure proof that the public appre-
.,;;,i.». his skill and piiiictiialilzy. ‘
O. CLARK.

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Be. sure to call at Clark’s New Jewelry‘

Sj_;,]'fl,-NI). 2
w:i.l.cli.
_\'oi‘ival
“A and Cement, at -
C G. HoL.iii«is in co.
OWDEB and Shot in any quantity, at
P , , (_a‘r.,HOLME::d,z

Skiddy‘s l)l0Cl(,Slg‘l‘l of the red
l,-, '.Iiiiic 24, 1853- I

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 ibrivc-cons.

‘ 2.00.

(Lie .QI‘[l|:ll'l’. lii ii-ii-.-l..i~ less, of Brevier. I inset-‘éion 5- 35-
J - i do ,

timin-

AI ‘in 56101, at“ I-I-\,HEsiibscrihe1' has taken_tliegStore recently

 can -make purchases and secure a much

’ suited-to‘ tlieseasoii and the wants 'ofth‘e‘ oom-

- and 1-xaiii_ine§for yoiii'selves,_at No.2 Skiddy’s
'» Blo_cl:.i\lainst__i'eet. ,RANDLE&‘PL_ATT.

his undivided atteiition, and the con-‘
of watch work, c,iigi'aviii.g, Job-

1 Building Moving.
, AVING"t:iken the building moving busi-
‘ « ness of 0 Terms, the subscriber is prepar,
;e_d- to move,’ and raise Buildings, with safety
' and dispatch. They can have the assistance and
advice, of C Tuniis, at any time.

All orders atldressed to the siibsériber, will
meet with prompt attention. 
ly:‘-4 C H TUBBS, Not-walk, Conn.

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-Seasonable‘. .

TH E Siibscriber would return his thanks for
, _ the. very liberal patronage with which his
sin-‘e has been favored the year past, and hopes
; by it. constant. a-I:tent.fon- -to the ‘wants of the
triul‘uig~piiblic a.tid by a system 7o,£,fuir n_ndhou,-
oi-able dealiiig, to rctain.his share of: trade for
the year ensuing. His Stock _co,in‘prises,at all
times a choice and varied selectilin offashiona-‘
.ble and seasoiiable Dry Goods; o‘fev'ery quality
and price. He is confident: tllattapurchaseny
will find, every article~purcliase_d at his store,
equal iiiquality, and as cheap in rice,‘ its can
be’ obtained elsewhere.‘ Parl;iculo'r attention
devoted to‘ the,selectlon of ' ‘Cloths’, Vestings,
&.c., &c., for Gentlem'ens wear, .which will be

sold at the lowest market prices. -. , .
J an. 16. , L. . NDLE.

 .a_zid Paper-Ha1i.,g>*i7ag. ‘ Ea(qbl§cbgn¢n.t,

occupied by,Messrs, B.§\.I_1d_le‘&‘Pla_“.- and
has opeiied an e’xtcnsiv,e afid,general_'Oll,PIlnt,
Painting? and “ Glhsiery‘-i-,Dt§p‘otJ - House, Sign,
Plain. and Ornamental ..Painting',“. Gildin‘g,: -liar-‘
bliug, (_-‘5raiiiizig_',§&c., done —1,\';lt_ll,- neatness,-cheap-
uess anal »desp_af.ch.. A1so,..1Bannera, window
shades,‘ designs, &c., _skilfu1ly‘ painted to order.
He will also keep o‘i‘i‘vhaii'd it geneiil lissortlnent
of Paints, Oi1s,.&c.,* which wlllabe sold «whole-
sale or by the pot, with the loan_:of .brusl_ie_s..-
S ecial atteiition paid to Paper Hanging, __&c.
B‘; a punctual t'iil_lillme_iit of‘,_p'll ‘engagements,
and reasonable ‘c-barges, he hopes to“ receive a
share of public patroiiage. ‘T ‘ . -
. ' - ~ . ~ GEORGE MARVIN. .
Norwalk, Aug. 9th, 1853. ,._.,,,,..--=, _. I15
_ ,NOR.\VA‘[.K, IIA_'l:. ‘ _‘ n
 ’ Gap and Fur. Emporpiiii; ,
' ‘THE siib:sci'ibei-s llflvlllg, _reri,iove’d_ to N0,
2 Skiil<ly’é’Blocl;,, would say,’ that they; 
just=in:ide‘v?.i"y large ad(litions~ to the ‘former-
-stock, ofiicw and fashionalile -goodsuint their
line, would-.uoiv.call«‘tlie attention of-the
g'eiic‘i'al_l'y,,to t.he‘gi'eat advantages which they
are ‘enabled to ofibr over their’ compefitorl In
Norw'it'~lk.' -‘Coiifiiiing their whole‘ attentlbll to
this one brnncli ofbiisinc'.-.ss,they.f‘eel that Ohéy

quality of goods, than those. companflveli
i1nacqii_aitit_ed witli the ‘business. We 
now on hand it fine assortment of Hu'l,'jn_It

‘niuiiit‘_v.—-For further pm-ticiilars, just drop ~iII

nrorivvanrr I BMPORIUMI

P R.OVISlfONS, ._FR.U.lTS,
l'cgctalilcs...0f' Fish all kinds. .
clams, oysters, doc.‘ ‘, “
As good as the market affords, coiistaiitly to be
_foiiud at the well known establishment of
~ ALLEN, MEEKER & CO.
ygr Goods of the above description received

daily, and for sale at wholesale and retail on
the most favorable terms. ,, ,

A HOUSE AND LOT,
‘ of about One‘ Acre, ’
"' FOR SALE.
THE subscriber offers for sale, upon reasons-
blc terms, 0. House and Lot, sitiiated in
Silver Mine, so-called,.in the town of New Ca-‘
naan. and 2:‘; miles from N orwalk Bridge. The
House is newly built, contains 5 large rooms,
and 3 bed-rooms. attached to which is an oiit-
house, containing 4 rooms, cellar, &c., «kc.
The above,-property will be sold very low up-
on application to A. GLEN DENIN G,
or . ‘ STEPHEN HYATT.
N ew-Canaan, Silver Mine, sept. 21, 1853.—tf 39

, Lime.
100 Bbls. of Lime for sale by T. L. PECK.

Timber and Laths
AT SOUTH NORWALK.
350,000 Plastering Laths.
50,000 Feet Pine and Spruce Timber. ,'
10,000 Pine Pickets just rec’d and for sale
by _‘ . _ THOS. L. PECK.
South Norwalk, Aug. 2. 1853.

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F OR THE COMPLETE CUB?-‘,0F.
coughs, 0olds,»Influenza, Bronobltll,
Spitting Blood, Asthma,

‘AND ‘ALL OTHER LUNG COMPLAINTS
TENDING TO

.ll0IlSlIIllPTIOIll,

fill abiive Expecforant, prepared by an cxperlenc
.l'liy.~iicinn and Chemist, has now becoine a standard
l’i‘eparal.ioi'i,_nnil-is,0ll‘ei-ed for the coniplele cure of those
Ills‘!-:t.<O;s‘ of the Tliroal, and Lungs, which, if neglected,
iisii.-ill_v terinitinte fatally in Cmi.sumph'Ini. It contains no
'r.'phim. mlniiiel. or any iuineral wliutever, but is compos-
t-.d c-ntirc-l_v nfth se Rools, Herbs, and l"egrlablr.' sidasfance:
wliiclihave a specific influence upon the Lungs and their
t.-onner.-ted orgaiis. lt.-‘ inimediate effect is to allay all ir-
ritatiuii, niid gmifly reinore the plile_t:in and other mor-
I-inl secretions from the tliroat‘ and .-\ir-pas.-ages, thus
i-elieving the Cougli. by _s,u_bdiiin;-;' the iiiflaiiizition and
other caiises ivhicli y_:irP"rise to it.‘ It is approved of and
i~er-miiiiieiidctl by Physicians of the higliest stain 'n , and‘
ll‘Ill_\' be given with perfcctsiifefy to the yoiiiiges child
or the most delicafe‘feniale.'
Preptired by A. L. l~'.C0\'ILL & CQ., Gothic Hall. No. -'.‘-16
Bro:i-liv:i_v, .\'ew \'p_rl:. " . . _
Nniv ]‘.'71_(]l(lll(l- l)a=pol.—Bi:im & ,I'l<1RRI',,N0. ,1 (‘oi-nhill,
Boston, i\l:is.~‘.. 4 ' ‘ ~ '
sold in .\‘nrw.-ilk, by J. A‘. Wood, and Wm. I-7. Bissell ;-‘-
Dai'iI~n, W. I’-ayiiiond ;—-Westpoet, Jim. W. 'l‘iiylor;—
New Ciinaiiii. S. t‘. Silliman ;——Ridgefieli,l, N. D. llaight ;
Refilling. ’I‘. ll. Fanton ;—and by Druggists in Bridgeport,
Stamfnrtl. and cl.-‘t-wliere. .’)l6m

Wet Goods,
From, Steamer “ Ifumbold/,.”

BIIACK Satius, black Gros dc Rhine, Plaid

, Silks, In grain Carpets, Table Cloths, Bon-
.n_ct R_ihbons, Fancy trimmings, &c., rec’d thlz
day from Auction, and for sale at bargains at

.\_Vestport, Jan. 14. 3t._". . MOUI.TON’S.

Sand.

‘ HITE Rockaway Sand f'orP_lasterin g and
- ‘i -House-cleaning purposes, for sale by the
subscribers at his Marble Works. , .

M. SMITH.

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Unparalleled Bargains!
EXTRAORDINARY A’l"l‘RAC'I‘IONS!! _

-. AT THE l’.‘l-‘.L‘l~‘.BRA'l‘ED,

nanansvr AND cm:Arns'r_.-

CIlRPE'l‘ ES’l‘.-lBl.ISllMEN'l‘ '

I\' 11112 U.\'l'l‘l'-ID si'.iTi:s. 
Hiram Anderson-s.

No. 99 BOWERY, NEW YORK,
Importer of English and French Carpets.
BUYERS will find the largest Stock of Low

Price and Medium to the most elaborate
Aubussion, Mosaic, Medallion, and Velvet Car-
pets ever offered in the world.

. ‘DIN SPACIOUS SALES ROOMS.‘ 
Above ground, nodamp Basements or ‘V’-Illlts
under the sidewalk to endanger the_. liea.ll»h_ »_of
Lady purchasers, each Sales Room is devote
exclusively to one description ol'C:_irpets. ,. 
Wholesale and. P.et‘ail_Depai-tmeiits this‘ es-
tablishment havc been eiilarged and‘ an-‘ i_ndill'-
tion of two extensive Sales ltooms,~g'making a
wonderful and gorgeous display.

, Sales Room. No. 1, . , 4
Floor Oil Cloths. Au Enormous St_ock___0l'
John Hare dc S0ii’s celebrated English oil
cloths; also, Aiiierican ‘floor oil cloths bf mag-
nificent satin finish, Fresco, marble, Italian, and
Scroll Paintiiigs, from 2s. 0d., 31s., 43., fis.,:6_s.,
to 95. per yard, from 3 feet to 24 feet wideaud
90long. ' ,
Sa-les‘Ronm, N0. 2, ' » -
Ingram Clarpels. Two hundred and zfifly
pieces of English and American Ingram, Q9!‘
petlng, all new style. inn.niif‘actiircd expressly
for this establishtin-nl.. _

’ Sales Room No. 3, A H '

Three Ply C(I7‘}M”‘fS. English, Scot‘c,h‘,_-nnd
Amerlcan Imperial Three Ply Carpeting of our
own Importation ; gorgeous, splendid new style
of pottern. . , 1 . »
— Sales Room No. 4,, . , . _.

Low Price Ingram C'a1'pels. ,Thr,e,e I_{und-
red pieces of Medium qiiality Injgrain,’ Carpets,
beautlful large and small patterns‘, manufactur-
ed for the City trade, incredible low prices of
23 6d, 35, 4s, 5s, per yard. .. - ‘ V

Sales Room No. -5,

Ru‘: and Druggpts. English Druggets 4
yards wide,‘ 3000 yards of low priced Druggets,
1 to 3 yards wide at 3s (id to (is per yard, also

.In ilnmeuse assortnicnt. of Ifosaic Landscape,

Aiininstcr, and Tufted Hearth Rug; also 2000
Tufted Rugs at 16s to 245 each. -
Sales Room No. 6, .

S'tai'.r and Hall Carpels.—50,000 yards of
striped and figured Hall and Stair Carpets at
2s, 23 (id, 3s, 3': 6d, 4s, 5s, (is and 7s. ’

Sales Room No. 7,

Jlfedallion Carpets, w'Lth'borders; Mosaic
and Axminster of one entire piece,,cnn be fitted
to any sized room, froin $350 to l000._

Royal I’:-liver, Tapestry and 4
the celebrated Factories of John Ci-ossly it Sons,
and Melers. Henderson _& Co., and otliers, Eng-.
land, all of our own iinpoi-tation,souie of which
tire exclusively our own styles, and cannot be
found at any other r.-stablisliinent. I '

’ Sales R0o17z'No. 8,’ ,

- Jiubusson C’t'l7’pPlS-——'l'llf‘y elicit the warmest
commendutions of every beholder, -excel. in
beauty and diirability, are sold at moderate
prices, and inlrodiiceil iii the market at this es-
tablishnient. ‘ ‘

Sr//ex Room. No, 9,

Velvet, 'l‘api=sti-y. Brussels three -ply and
twilled Vfllllldllll Stair t)iii-peting, .re‘ninr_kably
cheap. « ,

~Salex Room No_. _l0,_ ; 4. , .

‘Patent 'I'(I]u?.§fI"_I/ In,-5-rm'n C'arpe}a;-Gel-sh
Plain, White, Bull‘ and Scroll Window Shades,
at (is, 12s, 20s, 40s, to $10 per pair ; Table and
Piano Covers, Silver and Brass Stair Rods, Par-
lor Door Mats, Coir Matting; also,,4s 3d, 55 lid
White and Check Canton Matting, &c. ' ‘
IIIRAM ANDERSON,
tin-.5 99 Bowery. 3

DBVINIIS’

compound Pitch Lozengo !

HIS ‘Pitch Lozciige is like no other prepa-
ration in tho: market, and is brought, into
competition with no other medicine. It stands
upon its own merits. Hundreds have used it
for Cows, Coiiuns, pain in the side, back,
shoulders, soreness of the breast and lungs, and
for CONSUMPTION, and found immediate relief‘.
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SPBECII

or . .
ll0N. TRUMAN SMITH,
OF CONNECTICUT, "

On the Nebraska Qi|estion",
Deliiiercd in the Senate of the United” ‘States
i ‘ February 10th and 11th, 1854.

_ M7‘. ,I,’¢esz’den-t .'_—-I rise to address the
Seiiaie‘ on the subject, now" under cou-
sidera‘t_ioti with unusual hesitation and re-
luctance. ‘ I have not lieenin the , habit

Seua'te,; .and if I depart on the present
occasion frotn the ,r_e,s_erv,é_‘\vlf,i_ch I have
presc‘ribeil to ,,rnysel_f, and ordinarily‘ ob}
stfvsd.-. it wi|l_’_b.€= °“".Iil§ 1.6. .!‘i.‘iirf.‘ J’éé:Ies— ‘ .<'.>l
the mag nitude of t_hé‘-gylléy ,}wl_'ii,cl_i '_tnu§_t
relsiilti from tliis‘,mea’gu're‘, if itiisto receive
tbe sanction of the t,\vo_,I-Iou_s,es‘ of ’ Con-

'g,i'-,e,ss,‘and become the law o_f:th_e land. .

‘ Q It i‘s"‘uo\v almostfifteeii years since, I
becahie amgmber _ofCongre,§s, and I_ have
lieen,,aImost ,inces§sahtl.itiIi5i-eseut, in the
one body or the, other, with the ex_cep’t-ion
of 'the‘,28th, -Congress, di_ii'ing_ which I
was,‘ _ at home engaged in ,the_ discharge
of, _the_d_uties_pf_ my prof,es§i_oii). , I_.i.'en-
[life to as’ser‘t,hé_r'e, tl_iat'fhere is,i'io;,met,‘n,-
her of this or _tlie»otlié}_IIoil,se, wlio_lias
taken less (part than I_ Il_llV‘e the agita-

tion of the deplorable :se'Ncti_oii,al ‘questions
ivliicli have frolii_'t.lri_'u5..'fo.tim'e, and-.oftg,n
ilnnécessarily, be_,en“t_h__ro.wn' into the, two
Houses, to disturb,,i1;t__a ‘degree, the
hiii‘m‘ony of our public:,cp§inci,l§',;i!pd to
put in hazard the peac_e‘,;of§ 2 lie cqnntry.~
I l’n'.aVe.¢9nW!t‘%<1 .'!.1$'-3‘-¢,.'5 With -9-pg ding
in [hie simple aé‘ce‘i'i_ts,,ol: “yea”_,o1‘ ‘.‘-Iigy 3
to“ the various iir°i?sis.‘!1.i.. .503 . agitation
and. _ dis_turb‘anc,e“ \vliicli' ve ,bé,en, ‘_suli-_
mittéd in ,e‘itli‘e’r ‘Hoii'se{ Ordiliaiil'y
liave cast my vote iiiconformity '.'\v_i‘,t,_li,_,_t‘lu§
predon_iiriatiiig_ set_1til'n_ent_ ofmy_.o\vn, sec;
tion, for I dofnot pre'te‘nd. to held‘ f“Nor.-‘
tliern man, with $_outhe'r_n principles]:
and I lia_v.e__ no coiifideiice Ill any manivlii)”
does set _iip that pretension- On one cc,"-__
casion, Mr. President, I did,,a,;l"dress ‘._tli,e
Senate at very coiisiderable‘, l_ength,_oii
these , topics, and it isthé only time _I- liave
ever spoken to them in ei_ther,Hoiise,_.;_ it
was on the‘Stli of July, l850,,‘ivheii the
Cpmproinisé’ tneasiires of that year were
pending ' lierc, Iicirig tllé day ' before, the
death ‘of the !'amei_ited_'Taylor, ' ,I under.-
tookto denioustrate, on, ll,l_l__3,l. occasion,
that there was nofhiiig of practical ini-
portance in any oral! of the ,que’,st_ion,s
then in dispute, which, _occas,fio_ued so
much 'di‘sturbaiice ,lie'i'e, and‘ so_,._m”ucli _ir-
ritation elsewhere, ' Mr.“ We_bster, in a
speech ‘delivered .tl_iis Chamber, .$_lioi'tl_y
:‘i_f'_ter,,_paid me the high couipl,itpe,n_t,,‘of

 

object. ‘I appreciate as highly as any
nienibcr of this body can, the great prin-
cipleslof free government which heat the
foiindation of this controversyfpbut I do
not desire to have them introdu_ced'here,
to become a subject of , dispute, except
when‘ they can be made to have some
useful practical application. As, then,
I have not been airagitator, ,e_i_tlie_r here
or els.e\vhe1'e, I_ trust honorable ,S_enator's
will accord to me inpatient.liearing,_tliof
they may possibly-differ _from the views
which I shallhave the honor to present.

I have risen, Mr. President, to discuss
the merits of this bill in extenso, and to
dwell on the topics, in the first instance,
which have nothing to do with the slave-
ry questioii. Unfortunately, that ques-
tion has been thrust into the bill. Ishall
however,_staie other obje_ctions,,which
should, in my judgement, exclude this
measure by the iinatiimoiis vote of the
Senate; and then we can, if we please,
leave the question alluded to undecided.

I say here, in broad terms, that there
are objections to the bill ought to, and I
believe would, crush is to atoms, were
there not mixed u_p with that all-per-,
vetting and blinding elem'ent——-the negro
controversy. I do not know -that I. can
get the ear of those honorable Senators
who seem anxious to abrogate the 8th
section of the act. for the admission of
Missouri into the Union, but my position
is such as to authorize me to make a
strong appeal to their candor and _their

ern Senators" in piitting down the, Neb-
raska bill of the last session,‘on_the very
objections which I now state, notwith-
standing it’ left the Illissouri restriction
-untouched. ‘ A '

In the first place, Mr. President, I (IS:
sire to‘ 'iiiqu_ire of the Senate whetherit is
necessary or expedient for its now to o,i;-.
'ganize two additional territories, whe ,
we have alreadyiioless than five, viz :.
Minnesota, Oregon, New .Mexico, Utah
and _Washington’!. I desire hon_ora_bl_e

tory of this country when, we had so large
a, number on hand at»-present; -and yet

we came at the last-‘sqssionto suffer the
bill to organizealie 'I‘erri_,tory of \Vaeli--
ington to pass without objection, is iii-
compreliensible to me; for, in my judg-
ment, it was totally unnecessary.

My honorable friend, the chairinaiiof
the Committee on Territories (Mr. Doug-
las) started at this session with it «propo-
sit.ion.._to establish one territory, which
would give usiix. I do not know how
long that idea ,last_ed : " I believe, howev-
er, on|y,_ab_out one week--when the tho’t
suddenly occurred to thechairman that
it would be expedient to divide this one
territory ‘into two territories. And_now it
seems we are to have seven territories. in
fact a complete litter of territories to be

Treasury of the United States. -Sir, I
beg leave to enter my earnest protest
against this policy. I verily believe that
nothing could induce even Southern Sen-
ators tovote _for.tbis extravagant propo-
sition, were notthe negro melody mixed
up with it. Where, sir, is all this to end’!
Encouraged by what. has already trans-
pired. a conveiitiou has been called, as I
am informed, in Oregon to form (mother
territory there. _ , .

I admit that the vast expanse within
our limits ought to be opened for
settlement from time to time an it
is iieeded, but the policy has been
already pushed as , far as existing
exigciiciesreqiiire. I say, in the first.
place, to create new territories—to car-
ry thein’,_up,t_o the unprecedented number-
of seven. is coz_itrar,yi_to.the interest of the
pre_sen_t‘oi-ganized States, particularly the

 

land States. What, Mr. I President, is

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NORW.-U-Ii» CONN’-r MARGH14» .1854-O 

‘lands in them exhausted! Are . there
not. in Michigan, Wisconsin. Iowa, Mis-
souri and Arkansas, vast bodies of public
lands untouched? Are there. not large
quantities in Illinois, a considerable quan-
my in Indiana, and some in Ohio, to say
nothing of the States on the Lower Mis-
sissippi and the Gulf of Mexico’! I ven-
ture to assert that at lppst one-half, of the
lands in these States remain unoccupied.
‘There is a vast. quantity of public land
gvvithin their limits, besides a quantity lit;-
,tle less in the hands of gpeculatora.
,,__ I (say, in.the second place, that it is
,contijary to the interest of the orguuized
‘flferi-i_tories to sanction the policy of this
bill. , There is, sir, the Territoryof Min-
hcsota open for settlement,-comprising
Wlthln. its limits an expanse‘ large enough
_i,o,,make,.tliree states like Pennsylvania.
Then there are .the Territories _of,Orcgon
‘rid Washington, each sufficient ,-fortwo
if not more States- ., The Territory-_of
Utah is good for ono.St:te. It. will har-
Elly do to count New Mexico,-for I do not
believe thatia sensible wolf would go to
reside. tll€l'¢.j Why should we disperse
our population?! _,Why not fill up, to

ritories now orgau_ized.. The objection
ofinjury to the; on_e,uu_d the other would
scent, to me insurmonnt.able..- If -therebe
astern n_ecessity—- political or otherwise,
for this measure; if it . be<desi,rabl,é.t'o
slllasll the Missouri Compromise, to -I89
have the present ,Adnii,n'i_st,n_tion.. from
the embarrassment: in,whi_cli it has gin-
volved itself by iaking,the abblltionislr
and frcesoilists of the. north to its pbocoin,‘
avow your policy, and then we - shall
know w_herew,e are! , , ~ H '_ .,

, [D/Ville are compelled by the,great,lengt,l'i
of’, 1'. Smith’: speech, to -_.omit the re-
mainder of his remarks on.,the.. first day,
li_},wliich, he gives his objections; _to.th,e
‘bill on the ground that there arena, "in-
li,-.,i_bitants” in tlieterritory proposed. tobe
organized, because of -.the._large,sum -it
jvolild take from the trcu,u_i_-y, and on ac-
count of its violation of Indian treaties.
On Friday, the 11th, he resumed the con-
sideration of the ,subjict, and-.proceeded
irsifolliowsz] ' - ,. , fl . -
“ Mr, President: Ireuume the.re,rnark,s
_which I, was addressing‘. to. the" Senate
yesterday, _by recurring , to, lcomeof, the
last iv,ordic'utte_red by_Dnniel;Webster in
liiichamber. “They were no, follows :—
' 3" My object is peace ; Inyobjoiit ll reconciliation. My
purpose is not to make upa matter the North’ or Iouth.
My object is not to co_titfnu¢.Iulan'controvorIJea. lam
against agitators, North and South.‘ I III! aialnst‘ local
ideas. North and South» ' and all narrow and lo-
cal contests. I inn an Kmart and know ne,loc_a1ity
In America--that iii my counh-'y‘—¢lut is my ‘country.-
My, eart, my sentimcntn, inyj . ' of .m

ll . . II . , 9
that lshall pursue the good cult 0 h|‘r‘mo|y oftho Un-
lonfof‘ the whole country." -

‘ Precisely in this spiritl. rise, Mr. ‘Pres-
idént,=' to oppose the'clIuIo'_ of l.lI'l8:,?blll
which proposes to ab_ro§até' the Missouri
Compromise. ‘ I-u tlwlnnie generousflib}
eral. and truly nationll Iplrit,'with‘a9vie1v
to-the peace of the country, and to s‘iis-
taiu the reconciliation no happily accom-
plished in 1850, I shall resist to the last
this unnecessary » measure. The course
which .I pursued ‘at the last session; in
voting, as already stated, against thebill
for organizing Nebraska, when it left the
exclusion of slavery north of 56 deg. 30
min. untouched, is proof conclusive that
my opposition nowiilnot based on see-
tional-motives. I feel-at liberty," under
such‘ circumstances, to speak and shall
speak with entire freedom. I’ do not
hesitate. Mr. President, to pronounce
this proposition a fire brand thrown in
the two houses of Congress. It itin my
judgment, calculated to inflame the coun-
try in a high degree, and to bring
back upon us all the dangers and evils’
from which we have but just escaped by
the efforts of our wisest and best men‘.-‘-
We are now to undo the great measures
of peace which were adopted in 1850,
and which have been cordially acquies-
ced in by all parties and all sections of
the country. In short, we are to have
strifes, bickerings, alienations, and distur-
bance, without the slightest ’pros‘pect"of
benefits to either‘ section. _I hope there
is enough of goodness and moderation in
this body to put down this project of mis-
chief at once, so that we may ‘connect-a’te'
our time and our faculties to the prohibi-
tion of such measures as are demanded
by the welfare of a. great and united peo-
le. »
And here, Mr. 1 President, I cannot
help noticing the extraordinary mannér
in whichthis measure has been sprung’
upon Congress. War it suggested '_or
dreamed of before we met at this ‘Capi-
tol on the first Monday of December '!-3‘
«Had it been adverted’ loin the newspa-
pers, or at public meetings of‘ our citi-‘
eus, either -North or South-? Have the
legislatures of the Southern‘ States deman-
ded it, or has there been any expression
of public sentiment, either there or else-,
where, to sustain it? “ On the contrary,
is not the universal “acquiescence of the
country in the bidet‘ the last‘. session,
which left the Missouri restriction in fiill"
force, proof conclusive that the Ameri-
can people have been. taken ‘completely’
by surprise? - ‘ » ~ “""
VVhy, sir, that bill was carried through

. the House by‘ a large mnjorityl-the vote

being yeas 98, nays ,43._ There was in
tphgaflii-intitive no less than twenty vote’:
from the élaveholding States, viz :’ from
M31’}'1and. Evans; from Virginia, ‘Holli-
day.’ McMullen and Powell; froin Ala-
bama. Cobb and Smith ; fromilaollisilma
Landry and St. Mairtin; fr_om,Kentucky
Gray Stone, and Ward; ‘from Tennesee,
(Andrew,) Watkins and wiiiiiimir; and
from Missouri, Darby, Hull, Miller and
Porter. Thus we find gentlemen from
every part of the country supporting the
organization‘ of Nebraska with slavery
totally excluded"from,it,‘I limits, by ..the

there is not a man in the n‘ation“who has
een more‘ strenuous in upholding‘ the
rights‘, the intei-ests,,a'_nd the honor of his
own section, than the, present‘ able Ex-
ecutive of »Teim‘esee,; and yet he de_enied-_
it but just that the restriction should be
maintained, ‘and Nebraska organized sub-
ject to that restriction unimpaired and in
force. I would ‘inquire, moreover, why
the President did not avert to this subject
in his annual message" at the‘ .op_ening of
the present session. If the restriction be
a grievance, and its repéhl be called for
by the public sentiment of the Soutli,
surely he must have known it. If it be re-
pugnant to the adjusltmentof 1850, and
. subversive of our true interests, surely the
fact could not have escaped his ‘vigi-
lance. And yet,‘ air, in a momentcf pro-
-. found ‘repose, and wlth9ut,tl‘i‘é‘ kfio',v,‘vlet_l‘g,e',

tlicit lnfesent condition? Areithe public

or ’suspicioti,',I‘ve”ltt‘ll‘0, to 

-some extent,at lent, the Stateaand Ter- m.i.g...¢..g

act of 1820. ‘I "am diapolied to think that‘, ‘

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meuibersgthis magazineof explooiv.esmu-
teriall has been introduced into Congress
and wears ‘required «to. deal ‘withfiit-an
best we-.. may. am: confident; the im-
pression will exist universally, or ;‘.nearly
so, that -there are other objectcthan the
public good, which have prompted _-this
extraordinary - procedure.» ».I -fear’ that
this is nothing .-but a, movement {on the
political checker-bo,ard.«and hasvmore ref-
arence to party: objects,.an(t—futii,re<Pr.BS.-
identill elections, than ~-.-to-;the real wel-
fare of the-,A’m¢rican.pco_ple'. ~ : ».~ 7::
I cannot avoid, Mr: kP.r.esidcnt, taking
some notice hero of the singular ..muta;-
tions which this measure has undergone.
It has been presantedto us inall manner
of shapes and forms. In .tlie_.first place,
we have submitted -‘to us‘ a. report from
the » Committee .on- .'I-‘er_ritaries,"in’ which,
after looking at the. subject in: alliits bear-
ings,‘ they‘ verywisely and. properly1con-

repe‘al~of-the Btlilaection-of .the Missouri
act, and they report it billwhich certain‘-
ly does not repeal. it. in; express fterms-,
but concludes with -the followjngaection:
Sm. 2l,..4_rul .62, .il.ffl?1-lerutqdql, mun . :order.to
avoid all uiueoiiatrieti ‘ll; it f§'hor‘Iby as.-_ei.r,a folio the
tin of nlnvery is concerned, -to can
ra‘tlon' use rout-‘win; ' propositions
lishod by the Compromise menu
“ First, that all qneqtionn port:
‘Ni-rltorieo,‘ ‘sud-"in the new Siafufs‘ 1'5
gate to ho. lotft'to,tb_0 ‘eeigion o.l't_hI.i . . _.,I.oiffi.tltorc‘-
in, through their: prop;-lute fiver. , ', ,
“-Second,’-that ul ‘*dausln*?6lvl£g’tltleh't6’s‘Invéi,’ arid’
‘queltiou of .pox-son-L, . '. no rotor:-at in in ad-
judication of the local Iflbufifi, with the right of ap-
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c.lVlll,z§,1,.w,o!,d. . ,1, op9;§;.,wi;h ingima.
ups th?ti_*h° fin is. susc-psiiaté, of. _s°m.e
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thre‘”e‘ iiahhes ‘_tli'e, pen .
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not touch zingjmissdqri’ reslrit:'tion.. ,B'ut,.

ject in“ to carry‘ into pi;actictil.‘o“pe‘r_u‘t_ion§’
certain “ propositions and ’, pr_in'ciple‘s’,”_-’—
Well, then, sir, i,v.liy"‘iid_t write them down
at once? , But this, it" seems, would not
answer’s‘ome i'n§crufable purpose of ' the
chairman, ‘and therefore he adds as one of
his propositions or principles, ‘f t'li,a‘t‘ all
questions A }ier_taining'_to slavery ,i_:t‘i,,the
Tqeri-itories"a,nd_ in the ‘,‘ne'\‘v States who
formed therefrom, are " to[be;left, to .tll‘e'
people _reaiding tl‘i’_ere:i_‘ii, through‘ their .ap‘_-
‘pro -inc, *repr‘esen‘t‘ativé.",’ ,_Now,, sir
Whig! doeirffiii mean? 
the restriction of 'l_‘820'! _Was‘ it ‘,inten_-
ded to repeal ,it‘?,__ Ifso, why not use the
ordinary‘ vvordsjof r'ep_e,‘al'," I venture to
assert. that never has 'Congresi5,‘nor the
American people, been puzzled so much
asthey were by this Delphic oracle. In
one quarter of-the Union it was tinder-
stoodto mean one thing and in the op-
posite quarter a different thing.’ ‘,1. my-
self, concluded that it woiild,"ta‘ke a jury
of nineteen Philadelphia: lawyers toqfix
its meaning. lam ‘ pretty: well satisfied
that the real object was to discredit the
8th section ‘_and‘ ‘to throw it into doubt.—
I think I can’ find a clue _to._ the real pur-
pose of that pai‘t‘of the bill now before us
in the laugu‘a‘ge“_n,ddre'ssed by the honor-
able chairman (Mr. Douglas) to the sen-
ate, on opening, this debate. as, follovvs;
“ I know_tfi_ere are some men, Whigs and Democrats‘,
who, not willing to~repudinte~the Bnlnmom . Inform’ of
their own part , would be willing to vote for _ imprinciv
ple, provided t ey could do so in such-equivoml terms
that they could den that.i_t means what it was intended
to mean in certain ocalifies. I do not wish to deal in
nnyfiulvoqal language." ~ ‘ -‘ ' - . -V '_
e ad know. thehonorable ‘chairman

is distinguished, for his;franknes‘s; “he uses
no equivocalélnnguage-‘-riot;-.be ! iHis ob-
ject was truly. philanthropic, it. was -.-t’o
accommodate ,. certain-'1 tender .footed
" Whigs, and Democra‘ts=’=?~3who might’ ‘be’
" willing. to vote A for; this» .»prino'iple”—*-
thatis to nay, the overflow of ‘th’e'Mls-
souri compromise-"provided’.’ they could
do so in such 'equivocal= terms that they
could deny that itmeans what it is in-
tended. to mean:-in certain localities'.*"—‘3-I
Ah-l.~‘ha.l “ equivocal. terms!” Great‘
:statesmanship,.this“. : « 1- . .- -_ r .
3 think the bill '.w‘as»before us in this
form-. for about three da.ys’,:‘w-he‘n’ my-hoir
-orable friend from 'Ke‘ntucky,-I (Mr.“=Dix-
-on.) and I -feel under greuvobligation to
-him for the service-he has rendered'us—‘-
introduced a proposition to abrogat"e1h9
.8th--section ofvthe actrof 18203dt‘-once.'—‘
This seems‘ to have involved my. friend,
the chairman rat the -Territories‘, in-'pret-‘.
ty serious? difficulty, and-the all’ at once”

the. one’ .. ‘Territory’ which he‘? -propdied
zoriginallyc :into‘two, and inaerting‘ins‘t_ead
.of- the ~21»: section of the bill first repor-
fted the following provision-: 1‘ i v ‘ A

, t;',ra._n the con-tiiugipn, and nuaguinn of ui’o.Untua~
 irhfch are not lot’-Ill! ll-Mgpllcable, slipll have the
'IllIlO force and ofl‘ect,withfn‘the said Territory bf Nebras-
kg u elsewhere within the United ; _»_Ex¢gp¢ jth. .
olgbth section of thewact, props;-nto . to the admiuion_of
Missouri into the Dmon, approved‘ arch iixtli; eighteen
hundred and twenty, which wu_u_ipoi-ned,od _by,the, pl-in.-'
ciples of the legislation of eighteen Hundred and fifty,

commonly called the Compromise Ileaanrei,’ ind inhere-

bydeclarodinopu-ntlve.,, _ __ , . ,
IWl'€'.°!3P9n the h°!!°'al>le‘ chairman
delivers‘ himself in‘ his opening speech.»
fonowsz. 3' . _ ‘
, “Upon the o_1hOr'point, tbit poi-{dining to the ques-
tion of playeq III the ihrrltories, rlti win tho‘ intention of
the committee who nlly oxp_lic_lt.__ .,Wo tookthq prin-
ciples established to 1: e Compromise acts M1860 airour
slide, and intend each and‘ ovary -provinlon
of the bill accord with those riuciplos, ’rhoro;mcn_auroI
‘ufablinhod ..-ti»-in -upon ii’.-g‘-m jpitnciisieii or mi
3°19!"-'°I!. “M the papilla alfqnldbo uuo,-vodgtd-iocicia:
the questions of their‘ omesticinatltuflon for themselves
Iubjoet only to’ such? lliiiI£n‘,tlo‘Is’a'nd_r‘ntrlctloia'*“xn in‘
fin Ind b the Constltutfon of tbellnited Staten, iggtoadg
ien|line.;’,’.,s_i_i.;,.;~ . . -9 . . ,
, _.T,hc,t.i,s to_._say.. the committee; by the‘
_2lst,;section,_o_f : the, hill is-. first -reported,
$88.11)’ l"‘.9.3.Nl¢d 1.0. set ._aside. :tli'e Missouri
restriction ;..-for; it has been. -all. ;the .w'hiie-:
insisted “let the 8th sect-‘toil ofithe act .of
1329 .15 "l_ Pmlclhle andteiubstaucq incom-
Pallble With-the measure; 0.f.;lSfi0;>. The
honorable chlirmainm-._e;rns .;t'o'have . for-_
gotten that he bad.-declaredi in‘ his report
in express terms, that: the‘ .com‘m'ute‘e
could no,t_.-_recomniend'the~ refpeulof that
Je¢,tiou. . . The. speech: and -._the‘.. report. do
notjumgtgggther verywell; or, in oth-
er Words, ;lie,,i_i-i,-.lil,-e«»one..of' —Shakspeai_'a’s
‘chat-acterjs, ‘Tthe jIgi_ue;«_- end." of.-whose:

it seems that the 8th ~s,e,ct,ion"fwu‘s.supei'-
_seded_by the,l_9gislatipuof lS50i’T: l§wh0-
ever _liefgre_.lieard-.of:a solemn tctofiCou-
"ctr.-..lis=.iiii;..-iairsvrticilvd-:by rrincirl-as-f

4 ___.....E::_,;‘».¢.l...----- .- _

clude.t,hat:the_y couldm‘ot.recommend the —

utgssu utio gun- .-

'is' not indicated;‘ ‘,‘_ ,Tli,e‘que‘$tio‘n,here, a_i_-_i‘_- .
at-3,,’ that if ‘therebe . dpubuigifieiai "es, in’:-
the bill, ‘virliy iiorfaliiena iiiem‘ fail, ,nt~:¢‘ —.
Whmessrt 1o,stiic!i.a f<.>‘i.rii<1'a‘1>‘<.>.i‘i.t’ ivdvi
to do"wlial:’miFht be, done witl,i_two_,o_r‘

' {.3113 ‘hi-hbfif.

bill is overywliei-_e__vgiry‘,pl,ain, iziud '_doe_s-

fi°Verthe|¢9s.“h¢ '.i,x,I‘fofirr‘is .09 t..!i.at‘;l-is lib.-.

-concluded to cor‘ne"up to theiscratch ,
therefore he reportia new bill, dividing ‘

of» ulng hem detérthinedby an drbifrary or geograplp ll
 -L "«i‘i:,. -i~..."i

discourse “forgot the beginni-ng.’v’ ‘ But‘ ,

 

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: This curious performance seems to
have perplexed honorable Senators as
much -as the original demonstrations.-
The honorable chairman at length found
out that it would hardly do; and, there-
fore, aslie says, be consulted the friends
of the measure, or. in other words, he
held a counciliof war ; and ths result of
their. united meditations is a substitute,
which I will now examine.
.-“ -In course of a practice, Mr. President,
which extended over some "fifteen or
twenty years, I became somewhat fami-
liar with the construing of statutes, and
knew how their different parts were des-
ignated. .We, who are lawyers, have all
heard of ~ the preamble of a statute ; the
enacting clause; the exception or quali-
fications, and the proviso; but I never
before heard of the-exordium and the pe.
rotation of .a statute? or bill.
-'I1'eze we ilzatie the ewdiemz of the pro-
posed ameird,me’¢‘zt.,
:’ ‘iiihlchf’ (that is to say, the 8th section of the act
of IRII). ‘.9beIng‘ineonslstont with the principle of‘ non-
lnterventien by Congress, with slnver {ill the States. and
Territories; ‘zit: recognized b the legls tion o_f‘1850, com
nonly called the compromise i’n'eaisures.”
»Here.tke madzhigi clause. ‘
«s. In declared inopomtive lma void.”
' Here the peromtian.

" “It being the true intent. and meaning of this act not
to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor'to
exclude it therefrom ; but to leave’ the , people thereof
perfectly the to form and regulate their domestic insti-
tutionszln their own way, subject only to the Constitu-
troiror the United States.’._’

‘ honorable friend from Massachu-
s‘etts‘(Mr.' .I:‘.veifett)_ seemsto be ‘greatly
‘per'plexed_‘with __tliis singular affair, and.
‘asked with_ great, propriety why you do
n‘otj‘simply,:s,ay that the’ 8th_ section “be
‘and the _sau"i_e is hereby repealed E’? No
‘doubt it‘ would ‘have been done so, were
it not for the political elements to which‘
I have adyerted. , Probably the honora-
ble cliairman (Mr. ,Donglass) had in his
e‘y_e_ tender-fpoted,,Whigs and Democrats,
for, ‘whom he seems to have a profound
"solicitude._ _ '..This looks, to me very much
like admit or cunning legislation. 1 sus-
 it was apprehended that it would
not ,quite do to break down the Missouri
‘Compromise at once, or by the ordinary
pimple, plain enactment. The idea must
be held out that if the 8th section. was
‘__‘no_t ‘absolutely overthrown by the legis-
laltion,‘of 1850, it was in some mysterious
'ivay'undermined, or so weakened, that
it is proper now to blow it intothe air.
It '{t_fa‘s about, half demolished then, and
there is a call on us now to give it

the coup de grace. ,
' :What is meant by the expression, "in-
consistent with thej principle of non-in-
tervention?’.,’ Do you mean to assert
that the‘ legislation of 1850 is so incom-
pntible w_itli or repugnant to that of 1820,
§'§_t0 annnl the latter? We. all know
that iiicompatibility,between. acts may
be_siicli__ a_s, thatfboth, cannot possibly
§tand,'and_ that iu,such. case the latter
will so opcrat:e‘__as to repeal the; former.
_Will any one assumcthe responsibility
of affirming that incompatibility has an-

the necessity of your interposition; and,
if not, why cannot the measures stand
together? Can more be said than‘ that
the legislation of 1850 is unlike that of
1820-33. it undoubtedly is? Is it. im-
common to put into acts of legislation,
touching kindred subjects, different, or
unlike _provisions'.’ Must all Territorial
legislation be cast in the same mould '!
May you not have one set. of provisions
for one Territory and a different set for
another’! Nay: is it not often indis-
pensable? You therefore arrive at the
conclusion (which you were determined
to reach any how) that the 8th section
shall bef‘.inoperat'ive and void”——-ivi'th-
out any reason. It is your sovereign
willand pleasure- - Further, are not the
words "inoperative and void” perfectly
elxplicitl What occasion is there to de-
clare their '-‘true. intent and meaning?"
Or, in other words, why have you intro-
duced the peroration, and why a proce-
dure so extraordinary ?_ .
’ Sir, this is legislation with excuses, or
"apologies, . -
-- You knew that a direct appeal, and in
:the_,oi"dinary, form would give a great
fshgck to public sentiment in this coun.
itry. and therefore the subject must be
gbefogged, and made to assume a plausi-
iblo aspect. _
- _ Can it be possible. that honestand up-
_!right gentlemen, from the South, are
:about to approve -such indirection and
§a_x_tifice We_know that legislation like
ith,e actof. 1,820 ha_s.e.ver'~.been to them a
stumbling block,and~an offence, and they
'niay,be now willing-_to get rid of the 8th
‘section ;.but. i_t_.seems to me that it would
gbetter befit theircharacter for frankness
§‘.°.._hIY¢ the abrogation accomplished in
;the,or(_li_nary way, and in simple, plain
termfis ~ ‘ = ‘
Mr. President, in my judgment, the
extraordinary proceedings here depicted
are proof conclusive» that the incompati-
bility whichhas been set up, is all ‘a pro‘-:
_tenso_—_is_ an afterthought- ' The inces-
,san,t.muta_tions which the proposed leg-
's__lat;ion..has_ undergone, within" a brief
giggled, show that you have no fixed
id;-,a,s,on,the.subject, and the adroitneso
pf the verbiage which you throw around
tl_ie,._only operative clause: prove an ap-
prehension-.,that the measure‘ may after
fill W1’)! out .~quite--hazardous- Indeed,
the Wh019~P.l'oceedings have a‘ very bad
aspect; and, unlesaawe are willing that
the people of this country should believe
that _the,,Senate of the United States has
¢e.a,8éj,d._to»-.,be the exalted, dignified body
lt..W.88 formerly, we should reject, with
ind’ nation, a measure imbued-with such
liipg ar, not to say unworthy elements.
3 ;And here,.sir,-I must be permitted to
, otic_e.tl_ie many incongruous notes which
lfitlie organ” published in -this city, has
éqiinded forth on this subject. When-
th‘e,:honorable chairman asserted in his
feport, insubstance, that he and his as-
éociates could. not. recommend -an abro-
gation. of the 8th section, 1 and when,
shortly ‘after the honorable Senator from

_lVIass_achusetts,. (Mr. Sumner',) proposed

an express«re-enactment»of' that section,

and the .;honorable Senator: from Ken-

tucky, (Mr. Dixon,) a repeal, these gen-
tlemen we_re.lield . upto the country as
representing .-extreme opinions, and as
being actuated by factions or at least»

.par_tisan-.motives.~~ The former was pio-

trounced ~ai mischievous anti-slavery agi-
tator, -and the -latter-an equally mischiev-
ou_sZpro-_slnver.y:agitator, while the hon-

=0,l’85|6.ch,airman ‘Was all that could be
.moderate, just, and.

tesmanlike; He

,a‘in<l_.;..it_ !!lP¢I5Qdlld.~.:WIl€|‘.0 ,thO2:inooeeIity= :
i 5‘ .9!l;Y°!i'|.0£'il0 thksubjectmi all~‘t - .- - -‘- ‘s -4‘

v i
4’

(it: W.I_l insisted) : was: p ing '» « 8n‘illt¢f-
rtieditlte.-:.cotIrue,—.~‘atid .w_e‘- were all“ asked »

>AV 1:.

it l

nulled the act of 1820. . If so, where is‘

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141%
M‘

to rally around him and save the country
from another convulsion. But soon
thereafter he took a leapsouth and a3.
lllmed the position of annulment, and
then “the organ” leapt after him, and in-
deed sticks to him as closely as his own
shadow. It seems to me that the paper
alluded to must be “the organ” of.‘ the
honorable chairman rather than of the
Administration. t is clearly contrary
to the interests of the latter to involve
Congress and the country in anomer
controversy on the subject of slavery.‘

But, Mr. President, I do not intend to
rest the case on considerations such as
these. I propose to examine the subject
in all its bearings, and by a. full and pre.
cise inductton of facts and considerations
to show beyond doubt or cavil there is
nothing in the legislation of 1850 incom-
patible with that of 1820, and that it was
the intention of Congress and the expec-
tation of the countrybbth should stand
together, as well they may. And here
I would observe that the honorable
llhaifmafli in his opening speech, com-
mitted to himself to an issue of -a very

‘ grave character, to which~I mean to hold

him on the present occasion. ‘ He says :

' “That a close examination of those acts clearly estab-
lishes the fact that it was_the intent, as well as the le-
gal effect of‘ the Compromise Measures of 1850, to super-
sede the Missouri Compromise, and all geographical and
Territorial lines.”

I Here is, first, a direct and positive al-
legation of a fact that it was “the intent”
of the measureaof 1850 to supei-cede the
Missouri Compromise,‘ and secondly, an
opinion declared that such is their "legal
.effect.’’ , _ .
_ I deny, utterly, the fact, and I contro-
vert,_with equal positiveness, the sound-
ness of the opinion. I will not stop to
inquire why the honorablechairman is
dabling with the subject at all, if his al-
legations are true, but I choose to meet
the issue at once, and flat,-footed. .
What, Mr. President, were the,tuell-
ures of 1850 T They were (I) to aduiit
California; (2) to .-adjust the disputed
boundary with Texas; (3). to abrogatc
the slave trade in the District of Colum-
bia ; (4) to-amend our laws for the re-
turn of fugitives from labor, so as to make
‘them more effective ;_ and finally, tapro-
vide Territorial. governments for Utah
and New Mexico. It is not pretended
that any of these measures, other than
those last indicated, have the slightest
bearing on this subject. We will; in-
quire, then, whether there is any incom-
patibility between the acts organizing
Utah and New.Mexi_co, and legislation
for Nebraska and ‘Kansas, leaving the
,8th section of the act of 1820 in force.

I would observe,‘ in the firs: place,
that there is nothing; in either of the acts
first mentioned, on the subject of slave-
ry, except the following. clause, “And
provided further, that when admitted as
.a State, 3,119 said ten_itory,, or any portion
of the same, shall be _ received into the
Union with or without slavery, as their
constitution may prescribe at the timesof
their admission.” We do * not propose
that ybu should re-enact, in express
terms, the restrictions of 1820, but are
willing to vote, for a bill, 3.) far as this
objection is concerned, in precise confor-
mity with the provisions of that which
passed tho House at the last session. or
mother words, for a bill. which says no-
thing of slavery one way or the other.
The only difference between such hill
and the Utah and New Mexico acts
would consist in the fact that the clause
above recited appears in the former and
would not appear in the latter. Be it
remembered that the 8th section of the
act of 1820 provides no rule for t,he.ad-
mission of States into the Union which
might be formed out of the territory, 1 .
ing north of 36 deg. and 30 min., but
‘simply provides that, from such territory
"slavery and involuntary servitude, oth-
erwise than in the punishment of crimes,
whereof the parties shall have been duly
convicted, shall be and is hereby forever
prohibited.” Notwithstanding the word
"forever” is used, I apprehend that the
8th section applies only to the country
during its Territorial existence, and
should a State present itself for admiss-
ion, with a constitution tolerating slave-
vry, we could receive it into the great na-
tional family without violating, that sea-
tion. Howthen, can the clause which
I have recited from the, Utah and . New
Mexico acts, be considered. incompatible
with legislation for Nebraska and Kan-
sas, which is silent on‘ the subject ‘of
slavery, or which, inhother. words, leave:
those Te1'ril0l'ie§ subject to the restric-
tion of 1820. It is difficult to see how a
State, which applies for admission can
be excluded though her constitution tol-
erates ‘slaveiiy, and though she be formed
out of territory made free by the act of
1820. Any State now free, can so amend
itsconstitntion as to introduce slavery if
it pleases, and it is obvious that the poo-
pl_e_ of the States, whether already. in or
about to come in, must , decide this
troublesome ‘question for themselves.
What, then, does the clause in the a'_c_ts
organizing governments for Utah and
New Mexico amount to after. all? For-
tunately we are not without some light
upon this subject. Mr. Webster voted
in favor of that clause which proposed as
an amendment b_y.a late Senator from
Louisiana, (Mr. So_ule,), but he observed,
"I do not see much. practical utility in
this amendment.” ‘ And further, the
honorable chairman himself, in his
speeclrat Chicago, (October 23, 1850,) ,
took even stronger‘ ground. "The bills,"
said he, "‘ést_;abllsli‘ing Territorial govern-
ments for Utah and New Mexico are si-
lent upon the ‘subject of slavery, except
the provision that, when they should be
admitted into tlie_ Union as States, each
should decide the‘ question of slavery for
itself. This latter provision,ivas.not,,i_Ii-
corporated among my original bills. (91.
the renson that I conceivedit to inqolve
a principle so clearly, deducible fror_n,__t_he
Constitution that it was iinl1,€.°e,S5,81'Y. 30
embody it in the form, of legal ei_i_ac__t-
meiit. But when it was offered as an

fed for it, lest _it's rejection should be
deemed a denial of the {principle asserted
in it,” So _tl‘i§t Mr, ‘_Webster , could ,:s_ee
"very little of 'practi'éal_ _iitility7’ in A-tjlie _
clause, "and the honorable _‘_chairn_i,ar,i’— no
utility whatever. ' The _legisla’t_i9n____3'9'f__ _
1850 was'theu,_ in effect, silent -‘on“tlie.
subject of slavery. ,Why can \Y9.11:.,R°'-
be silent‘ _now,ft‘_\nd how can any one 8lf_._
sert that it ‘w‘_a‘c‘the intent as well as the _
~i-g-is ¢ffé‘c;t‘{b‘f.'§fhe ‘C:-asrx°rnise8 °*‘.1.85°
to ‘p‘up'ers‘e‘d‘e_i, the,'1\lIi'so'_6uri Compromise P

You organize‘*'Téi‘ritorial ‘governments

amendment to the.biIl§,_I clleerfullyi_ivo- ' ,