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New Jersey (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.53
ransfer to other places, or other times, or other persons, that responsibility which devolves upon us; and I hope the earnestness which the occasion justifies will not be mistaken for the ebullition of passion, nor the language of warning be construed as a threat. We can not, without the most humiliating confession of the supremacy of faction, evade our constitutional obligations, and our obligations under the treaty with Mexico to organize governments in the Territories of California and New Mexico. I trust that we will not seek to escape from the responsibility, and leave the country unprovided for, unless by an irregular admission of new States; that we will act upon the good example of Washington in the case of Tennessee, and of Jefferson in the case of Louisiana; that we will not, if we abandon those high standards, do more than come down to modern examples; that we will not go further than to permit those who have the forms of government, under the Constitution, to assume sover
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.53
as stated. I take it for granted, from the date to which the honorable Senator has alluded, he means the resolutions introduced by the honorable Senator from South Carolina [Mr. Calhoun], not now in his seat, and to which the Senator from Kentucky proposed certain amendments. Of the resolutions introduced by the Senator from SouSouth Carolina, I will read the fifth in the series, that to which the honorable Senator from Kentucky must have alluded. It is in these words: Resolved, That the intermeddling of any State or States, or their citizens, to abolish slavery in the District, or any of the Territories, on the ground, or under the pretext, that it is , and who have left us the rich legacy of the free institutions under which we live. If it be attempted to assign the movement to the nullification tenets of South Carolina, as my friend near me seemed to understand, then I say you must go further back, and impute it to the State rights and strict-construction doctrines of Madiso
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.53
t, is endangering the rights and security of the people of the District; and that any act or measure of Congress designed to abolish slavery in this District would be a violation of the faith implied in the cessions by the States of Virginia and Maryland; a just cause of alarm to the people of the slaveholding States, and have a direct and inevitable tendency to disturb and endanger the Union. And, resolved, That it would be highly inexpedient to abolish slavery within any district of country, is endangering the rights and security of the people of the District; and that any act or measure of Congress designed to abolish slavery in this district, would be a violation of the faith implied in the cessions by the States of Virginia and Maryland; a just cause of alarm to the people of the slaveholding States, and have a direct and inevitable tendency to disturb and endanger the Union. This was the form in which the resolution was finally adopted, passing by a vote of thirty-six to ei
Kentucky (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.53
and to show that they went further than the honorable Senator from Kentucky has stated. I take it for granted, from the date to which the hon [Mr. Calhoun], not now in his seat, and to which the Senator from Kentucky proposed certain amendments. Of the resolutions introduced by the the fifth in the series, that to which the honorable Senator from Kentucky must have alluded. It is in these words: Resolved, That the inthe fifth resolution being again under consideration, Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, moved to amend the amendment by striking out all after the word rhave no more right to interfere than with the boundary of the State of Kentucky, is encroached upon. The United States, sir, as the agent fogreat objections to the propositions of the honorable Senator from Kentucky; but, without stating all the objections that I have, and they arein the same columns that convey the sentiments of the Senator from Kentucky, I here assert that never will I take less than the Missouri compr
Jamaica (Jamaica) (search for this): chapter 5.53
of scorn, excluded in some places from the schools, and deprived of many other privileges and benefits which attach to the white men among whom they live. And yet, they insist that elsewhere an institution which has proved beneficial to this race shall be abolished, that it may be substituted by a state of things which is fraught with so many evils to the race which they claim to be the object of their solicitude! Do they find in the history of St. Domingo, and in the present condition of Jamaica, under the recent experiments which have been made upon the institution of slavery in the liberation of the blacks, before God, in his wisdom, designed it should be done—do they there find anything to stimulate them to future exertion in the cause of abolition? Or should they not find there satisfactory evidence that their past course was founded in error? And is it not the part of integrity and wisdom, as soon as they can, to retrace their steps? Should they not immediately cease from a
Texas (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.53
encroached upon. The United States, sir, as the agent for Texas, had a right to settle the question of boundary between TexTexas and Mexico. Texas was not annexted as a Territory, but was admitted as a State, and, at the period of her admission, her bTexas was not annexted as a Territory, but was admitted as a State, and, at the period of her admission, her boundaries were established by her Congress. She, by the terms of annexation, gave to the United States the right to define ho not merely a cession of the territory that was claimed by Texas, but much that lay beyond the asserted limits. Shall we, then, acting simply as the agent of Texas in the settlement of this question of boundary, take from the principal for whom we te to himself rights acquired for his client. The right of Texas, therefore, to that boundary was made complete by the treatve only to refer to those acts to show that the boundary of Texas was the Rio Bravo del Norte, from its mouth to its source. or even decent regard for fairness, can there be, now that Texas has acceded to annexation upon certain terms, to propose a
Mississippi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.53
uced to a condition when the powers of this Government are held subservient to faction; if we can not and dare not legislate for the organization of territorial governments—I ask, sir, who is responsible for it? And I can with proud reliance say, it is not the South—it is not the South! Sir, every charge of disunion which is made on that part of the South which I in part represent, and whose sentiments I well understand, I here pronounce to be grossly calumnious. The conduct of the State of Mississippi in calling a convention has already been introduced before the Senate; and on that occasion I stated, and now repeat, that it was the result of patriotism, and a high resolve to preserve, if possible, our constitutional Union; that all its proceedings were conducted with deliberation, and it was composed of the first men of the State. The Chief-Justice—a man well known for his high integrity, for his powerful intellect, for his great legal attainments, and his ability in questions <
Pacific Ocean (search for this): chapter 5.53
this as a measure of compromise! Is a measure in which we of the minority are to receive nothing a compromise? I look upon it as but a modest mode of taking that, the claim to which has been more boldly asserted by others; and, that I may be understood upon this question, and that my position may go forth to the country in the same columns that convey the sentiments of the Senator from Kentucky, I here assert that never will I take less than the Missouri compromise line extended to the Pacific Ocean, with the specific recognition of the right to hold slaves in the territory below that line; and that, before such Territories are admitted into the Union as States, slaves may be taken there from any of the United States at the option of their owners. I can never consent to give additional power to a majority to commit further aggressions upon the minority in this Union; and will never consent to any proposition which will have such a tendency, without a full guarantee or counteracting
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.53
t, without the most humiliating confession of the supremacy of faction, evade our constitutional obligations, and our obligations under the treaty with Mexico to organize governments in the Territories of California and New Mexico. I trust that we will not seek to escape from the responsibility, and leave the country unprovided for, unless by an irregular admission of new States; that we will act upon the good example of Washington in the case of Tennessee, and of Jefferson in the case of Louisiana; that we will not, if we abandon those high standards, do more than come down to modern examples; that we will not go further than to permit those who have the forms of government, under the Constitution, to assume sovereignty over territory of the United States; that we may at least, I say, assert the right to know who they are, how many they are—where they voted, how they voted—and whose certificate is presented to us of the fact, before it is conceded to them to determine the fundamenta
California (California, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.53
hat slavery would never under any circumstances be established in California. This, though stated as a fact, is but a mere opinion—an opinion country. The European races now engaged in working the mines of California sink under the burning heat and sudden changes of the climate to We, sir, have not asked that slavery should be established in California. We have only asked that there should be no restriction; that cle only property under the laws of Mexico prohibited from entering California. It is to be remembered that the late Secretary of the Treasury,hibited. It never has been prohibited by the Mexican Congress in California; and the only prohibition ever issued was that contained in the e treaty with Mexico to organize governments in the Territories of California and New Mexico. I trust that we will not seek to escape from therregular proceeding as that which is now presented in the case of California. Mr. President, thanking the Senate for the patience they have
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