- ' ~"".:,:-".. ~~': .."~':~:~'~~~:~r~;:~~~~f? ~':" ..:' .... :" ". Are we t~ á_¿.qui~e tll~l isl,3.n~_ by e~llquest.?: by.t¡:~3:.tyi.or.. olhe~ pe~eeful :1:­rangcme!lts? :The eonsid.er;Ltion of these qu~stlOps)'equiresUS lb loo'k ,at tl1C poll­(:y Lile Gó"ernment mu!\t aclopl to aeeomplish the proposeu obJect by either means. Th~ firs1 is; is it the idcresl or the duty of this nation to pursue the conrs(;

of policy rceommcnded by :lnu earried out in the administration oC Washington, and the·fatllers orthiseountry, aúd eontinúed from the organization of tbis Gov ernment dowll to the present time;' 01' are.,we to .ehange' that .¿ourse of poliey 'Il.'bich has rendered us so prosperoliS as a natiOll, and launch .oul' boat-upon the wide aiíd' boi.J.Adlcss 'óceano'f imnexation' aiJdconq~e'st?":.We"rriU-st a'dopl one Ol'

the oth~r; Wll.y; ~jr; \vhat/in fórm~'r tjrnes'.'waseón:sjdcf~u'tIIC,r€rúblican, the dctrlQcratic, the nationa! doctrines :lncli'nterests of this 'cquntry? .'..'Y lIS a peaeefd :lc1miJ~ ¡stra~ ion oUhe Goycrnment repudiatcd? Were colonial p~sscssions~oughl? VIere cntangli!lg alEanccó with un)' n:dións'reconlfiJcndcd as lIie j'lPJic}' bcncficia! to ~hc republic? . No, sir. Tlle oppo:,ite poliey was incu1::.ated, and practica}Iy <:3rrlctl out, by the framcl's o[ the Govcrnmcnt; and in the pursuit of that rolie)'

-thisn.díoti. has-gl'o\'.'n--(i:iboe ~il'!üíJ it j~, \l'h~rc :evcricitizenisjiroúa-too uekñówn as an Arheij¿an ei,lizeiJ, 'ÍvIJet:cver he may bdoun~:,nrr;)vhatever.quárteroC th~ warld llcrnai be, lhose'st~rs anddripcs, wílh',IIí~¡t.:;¡.mp!~ft.>lds~il~'olect hi!)); aúd s'Ccure tq hir~ his' I'ights,: J sa):the advocates of ·ih.is:-ne.\v' doc~l'ine ll1l!;;(

adop! onc of'these two coursesofpolicy.<· Ir l~ley' a:¡~ iri}:i.'vo~; of ab'andollinf: lhe policy ofWashingtbü; 'and of ~hal1glng the c?tire p-olicy of tMcountry,anrl seek by eonquest the .e.xl,ensiori of ()u r terrjtorjalli.dJÍtg;,a:~d' as'·á.b;i¡is~que.llée '\'.ithhold­ing lhe lJp.c~8sarY prote~tion:andpromotioxí'otfhe i.Ílt.er'~~t~·of.:<?úr;iieople át borne, who h~ ve lhe f1rst c1ain)~,upolJ ourpo,véri~m~pt;D.?illtS,siinp~~hi:e,¡;, ~nd \vho úe alrcacly underour control; lf lhey ~re \lrepnred 'f() say,.theyial'.e. '1Il f3\'Or of

"eb-angitjg .t~Ú91Ici.;.~n~.·~~a:tr9qnlí!g t,h'e dOC~.l:i~f~K~(;l'ash!~~)~~,~ 'a~'d ~~{]~rson, . and.'Mªdls~n an~ )1.?~~Oe,-·4(!l!ms_and J.a.c~~qJ:!lJ'i![~~,t l~et~lll be,~¡).llllg to .ab'an~on als? a1l e!RlIn .~o ilie na~letber li.(l.~qp;.'prou~IYd~~r~\of~l;~(J~gbt to be' ktl.owll bj; whctherll be,Whlg or aL the'.old lm'e: :O~n}'óéra,t..:': '., .'. '~ , ­. :Agaii~" 1 wool(h.cql1csl of (hose persons .w~?,.a.dt~f~~;tc:.'this"líe\<})Qliéy; te.' ]ook'a lItUe al1he resuJ(s llnd e{fecls of tbat polte)':, ·"'Vlll. Cuba be :lcqtJI!'ed and anne"cd; anclform ayart of thi~ Gov.~rnm4ilt,.'wit}í~ut~,'\~a!'?"No, ~¡l'; thc concsl~olldellc~ bclwcell the Mil\i~len; oq~rél;nce;'"E~gl~I~-d;;aml,tIJe .Go\'­crnment 01 the Um(ed Slales, has a]¡eady selO~d. U)at.·', Súppo~c, IhcJ), th;tt thcre were al~ attempt lo acquirc jI by a waf; .that\yli¡:·y.ro'uld nol be terminatc(j in a 1110nlh nor a yea!', wben lhis Go\'ernment' shalr.-h'c 'in\'?h'ed wi1h Spair. and two of the mas! powcrful nations opon the' EúropeaJi co~!inent íli sllch ¡~ conte~t. .An(] those go\'ernmenls h;we already jnforrned us, through lhei. autljol'i¡¡;etl agenl¡;, that the}' ",iJI nc\'er cansen! to t.he relinqui;;hment 01' cen·­trol and ~o\'crnillcnt o[ 1!J;!'; ishnll to cr by an} othet nation thau Spain .. SlIp­pose, howevE'r, [}¡;).t al! coull! ue accoll1plishcc] wiJich tho~c \'i~ionaI'Y g:enilc;­men imagine, \\'ollld jt he lhe trlle policy of this Go\-ernment to acqui"c lb,,­js];¡nd cilher by conquest 01' by peaceflll negotiation?

To all~v;cr tJ¡j, r¡llestion r nced o11ly refer }'OU, sir, to those who JiyO J~.<¡¡­

es~, to tho;:e who appear to be tl.e best informed, and residing in (]Je ~ol:!h('rr..

Si:ite",; to randid men, who sól.)' that lhey cou;:ider that the aequi"ition of Cuba, whdher pc;tccably 01' by cOIJ(ltH.',t, wonld be an injmj" aud a curse to thi-; l;:1\·cmlTI<,nl. nave they no! rca~~n to ~\jppose so? Vvoulcl Cuba come ;¡.ío this Union :¡s a slaye St:l.fe; 01' a;; a non-"!::lvcholding Sbte? Anrl t!r.\I, ~¡l':. brin:~s 1I)i flle ¡!Tt:at Cj\lc:;(iOIJ, OH: a~~it:"iIJfl of whiel! has hcrctoforc r¡¡')¡~iJf.:('j'('(? ~h(· pc.r¡lC'llli:y "f Ihis U¡¡ion, as \se k~\'e been [old, and Wlliell \\'c 1¡~!\'(' :1'

:r'.ó<lsúll ((1 ¡jl.td,l; u)l],,;dering- ¡he authority from \\·j¡ie.h it COl1jC~" ~.lJd c():¡,:id,~¡'­

jn!l the ('vi(knc(: \':Júc!l \\'e haY(~ all nround u~. '\Ve c.alllJot ~lJut onr eyu, ;1':';­ca';; >':r.' cJ(¡".~ O'JI' ea1'::', to the ('\,idcnc0 on all h:mds ",hich cOll\'inces' m" t!¡¡,f :b-:- ~'f:G:!ih~ion ()[ simik:' (j:¡.::sliolls n~t.::,l ~ha\;e the na!ion to jt" celltl'C.

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~t the latitude and 10caliori of that ísland, 'v]¡o kno"\\'s .the characler of ils io- . lJabibinlsandtheir CalJt!'cily, that would. <Jouht for amament, if it comes·ioto this Union, that it .\vciuld be a slaveholding territory, allhougb it isurgcdhere hy many tli·at we should acquireCuba, .and seek to hring·it under tb,e control -of thí~ ~ov<:rl~inen,~, b~~au,s,e,by thatl~c~.ils~v~ would llavcthe.po~~cr,and,the mcans·of aliollsbinO" the slave trade.""·· o" '.-. ,. . . .,..' :;' ., •..

Thaf may,:answe~'as ~'D.·éx¿u'se for 'sciñJ~~ '\·¡ih which '.tó'sáti~fy-a"pó~i¡ono[ the¡rconstit~cnls. B,ut when 1 hear it ul'gedLy my llOnorable' [¡-iend from Norlh Carolin<J, (MI'.. YENAllLr.,) as :m arguJl)!.'nt to the.Solllh, th"t they should ;;0 against the acquisitioll of Cuba, LJecau~eJ ii that island should be .:lcquired by ~he Ui\iledStalcs, the shve trade woUid he enlirclyabolishcd, and, a~ a comc<Juence, lhc me:!t1s wlJich tlH'Y now have of keeping uJl Ihe);: proportron of sl:tve laborwollld cease~ aúd sla\;er,Y eventnally. Le extingllisiJed; ~nd when l· heal:, a directly opposite reasOl·i· urged ·l'rom honorable. g(;lltler.1en from.olher porlions of the counlry, ] may well hoJd a ilonbt ·af the sounrlncss of those:süpposiliollS or argurnents, tllat if Cuba ~hould beadmillcc1, it \vould citbel'· be a fi-ee'Stale, or secui'e theab61ilión 01' tbe f'laye traoe. . 1\1r<' Chairman, I would not prelend· to, Éay but \\' hat t!le time l;'laycom~ when lt may be nec·ess3ry for thi;; countr)' to holu Cuha; and ~10t on1)' Cuba,

rahnt· other islands of the occan, :Jl1d other lcrritory, <1o not kuow why we -¡;hou1d i ha\;e ·ó'ür:'aÚenlion'so excln~iveJy" ttll:n~d lo tlie)sl~nd of Cuba. 'Why, -sir,"'';·lla.t is therc in tbal islalld Ihat sh6uld absorb'··oúr \i>hole attention? lE we eo~ld I~~\;e hel:'peaé~a1?lr; aúd, ·at ~otir, own ~ptiOJ1, ·,ancf t~ké' ~er to~?ay, .WOuJ~l,lt ?':. a bl~ssl~g ;to,u~? ..1 t,hlnk n~tr ... 1 am bold t.o declare that Ibc~lCve that lf.,we e,ould· have 'Cuba wltliollt'war, wllh 'aH .lhe .-advantages and '. dJsad­vaIibi.ge~-:to 'this Govel'limcht, i t h'onld 'bd"a curse, ' :in .'inJlirj·; allll 'j>rcj ÍJdiCiaI

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. ;But; sil';hvish toi'ead thú~piniol;·s~t~soti{h'~I'Il·máü,.iiJc'e'diloroffIjcCh¡;rles­ton Mercury, a~ describc¡] in his owiJ language, of his oppoó;ilion to the ¡¡cquisiLions 'oí' Cuba, c"cn if jt could be acquirt'J l)taceabJy, Bis language is as folJows:

. "Be~itle~¡, in whál COlllJilíOll \\'oultl Cub:l. be 10 ju~tif;' hc" tllllllist.ioll illlo lhe Unioll? Thcrn í~ :l.while populalioll, Ilalive to tho i~lanJ, 01' perlDllnclllly ~cllletl, 111nOllnling' lo nosr ~ix hun­clrc<l Ihou~,wcl, (llauLle Illnl orlhe w},jte popuJillion c;f Soull, Curoiinn, in tl I<,,.rilory. tiulc ler­

. f.0r thnn onr St.ale,) no! one ol'whom crcr cxcrci,ct!n polilir.lll.ffan,:hisc,·or ~\'tr toole a sharo In p.llulir. fiO:,;r •• olhe)' thnn 1.0 s·ubmil lO lhc power and sholllnrounJ ¡hc· ch •. rio! whcels of cs­1.1bJ¡~he<l D.uthorily. \Vc propose to ·tlri<c out.nllth·osc who havo eyor }leJd rule j and ol' lho~e ';¡'o hn"~ horctofMe only had experil:nr;e 01' ün']llcstion;1l1: suuolission, we propase to, n!nhe II

,uemocrnl'c rcpulolic, nnd Iloi~ in the faec of two hUllllrcu thooRun.¡ free blnckE, 1ll1d lour hllrllJrcd IbOU~l\lld sl'l\Y~·, frcshly imponed fro,l\ Africa ¡\moll6' ,,11 lhe rCCPIll aboni"e ¡111cmpl~ al free ¡?'oVernmCllL" In Euro1'(:, W:lS therc a ~Ji,,"k Ol1e CIl.i1mcllc.,d 1I11,kr ~nclo (h:sjJcr"lc 1I1IRIH';CR as "~hi~?·· I~ it Il~l obsolutcly Ct,rtnill t]¡r.t, l~ prcserVé 01'11(,,' in ~Ilch 11 ¿.omml.Jliil)'. ni! arm~ ,\VouitL oc nccc$t.uryr Alld wh.'l'(' lh,,"é WM l\11 :'rmy for lhe Illlr¡.'''l:.~fdomn8L1r.I'car.c!lnd en'JI rule. con1t1 there·: be n ::lUltel \Vonlcl wc ,,>lm;1 illlo lhe Un;,)ll Il S¡.,tC ",hic" h,,,1 !lll powcr of ~cll' g:o\'crOlllcnl, I!UI ·was j'l ¡hc hund" of tll<: Un;I",1 Slnl":; ;mll)' lInd 1I11\')'?

Herc, .)1'11'. Chairman, i~ the opinion of a' ;;ol,l!lc·rn lJiall, \\,¡JO i~ :wdl ac­'luaintetl with the charader, the condilioll, tlJe habit~, olld tite feeling~ oftll.Jt people. He .says that thej' are unfit lo bc ilttached to IlJis Go\'crnrnent, aou ,hat Ihos(, ",lio lay an.r.c1:;;Ú1S ta illlcllígCllce ;tild illformatioll, :l,e of that cJas~ \1'/10 I'.'ould bc balli,lJcri frolll (be:: island, whencI'cr il ch:wgcd ilo !;o\crnmcnt.

Tt is 1I0\\" proJlused, hy the ~d\'ocatc~ of tilat measun~, lhai wc shall tak~ that c1~s, of popnJation, anu makc thcm ;1 Jl'!l't anu pareel uf lhi~ counlry-a. ~Ia~, of peo;)le wor~c 111;)11 slay!.'s, 1l1nrc yjc.i(1u~ ;Jnd ¡¡',S illi'or!)J<:d-an(] Ihat 1:' cbil1lcd ¡'y ~OJnC lo be demo;:ralic ,¡,'c.lrinl'. \Vhal. aUac~J a cJ:l:'s of )leo­1)le th:l.l, 50 bl';¡S tbcy h:iyc allY knowll'dgll: are antagollisl(C in t]¡eil' prrnci­plr,', Ihcir prejl1uicc,;, anll their fr.cling" ro eYf:ry p;'jncipal ()f i!lis republic<Ju 'GoYefJllTlcnt? 'fhe)' CO!IIC in as C(II~"I:lllcrs! TIJa1, "ir, mal hc the dernocra­·{:.Y.~f lile pI('senl day, hut ii "';l;; nol lb dcctrine uf our for.l'f".(b(:I'~.

.hlli; "i;', jJ¡cr<' is a (:olln:rj' :J:H] liJen' S;l ¡WÚp!<'; COllll)(~tl't:l fOf ó;clf'c;o·;ern· ~!J'~n1., th¡:.í are }ll'Üp~l~· •.::l1 {a t::"~'(l ~;¡)()l: ~ Jt',i1~~::1\'I~':: ~J:e n·~:t>l)J!",:jbilitit):-· (,1' ~~r"e-

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men; a¿d w]¡ich~ve may find,for o·ur intcIest :to re~ei~c among:us-I mean· pca¿ealily~anclallo\;/the¡Jl''tóbecome ap'a'¡'cárici.p~r'éer'of tbis;coú'ntry, :ánc1 1

::'cire'ii&t how·sOQ~: ·;'..rrefer~\Mr~' Chairma'n; ItO'. die· ~ljóle ··Br,ítislt,possessioll s ;'upon thc north~ :conbinin·g an' ¡ÚC¡1 of two mlllió'ns):\vo'.~liuñ~r~(and:fifty~twc . t~~usal1d t~li'ee bU!l~red and ninety-fivc' :squar·~',mile~;..·,~T~eréj~ són:lething wortb 100klOg al. ,fhere are two mil1ions six hugdred: and f¡(ty,-,two, ~housand

._ofpp;ople~bon,e, a~ it.were, orour,bone, flesh9.foúFf1,e~h. ~(le'r~ving ti¡'eir.o.rigi!l ·[r0111 the. samé Anglo~Saxon:solll'ée.;a,laige.dass' aL them' 'discip.l.incd' in ; that seho01 ,,:hich i:-; ca¡¿Ul~ted t6 train' théin.~ up·'as·: indepéndeo( f!e~lne,n·i;'and aH anxiou'sand rcadj ·to ¿ome.into,tti~ posscssion··of thecnjoymen;tof, thosc. great }Jrinciples which we are no\V énjo)'ipg'... I say:it .Jj1ay beJorour' advantagc ,~o acquirc thatcountry and that people, if ,vc cilll'peaceably. They are, near

. thrce,miJ!iollS, scattered ovú a .lurge te:l'l'itori, sUffi.cient in. e~tent ,to makc· :oeyera¡'Stalc:,; aridj)Qssessing?-~ healthy a Clima~e;·:aiida,!a~ge 11>art ,of il ;:s :richá soiJ,. as any in the world... ..:...,., : .:" .. ' . Ana tben, sir, by the accomplislíl11E<ntof ihat. mattel~ ,and the attaching j:

as a'part of this Union,you banish:all tbe y'as(dpensc of Ú)ai?,t,aiping forlifi· cations upon your·, nor'!hern borders,:ünd.save thc' úJillionsof.dollars now throwll aVláy in kcejJlri~ up your cnstonl~ho.usés. upon ·'tlie" h6rders':of.,tli<.i.no~ih;,you gi\'c ~~,)'ol1fsClf the fr~e na~iga,tion .of; tI:at Inigl'ty,··s.lJ:~~'!1·i?f.}I~.~;\l.ii)rth,the St. .. Lawrencc. You g¡vc to you.rself thc sole cóntrol and cornmand ofthat· chan­

, nel,~:l.Dd 'of tba! bayat ils ¡n9uil,i~ ;wiLh tlle grea(: cliiJ.iii·.ónake~: ór~jílill:rid seas \\·hich'nature.;has f?rmerl for.a'rc~~Yan'~ direct'~oinmuni¿l!-t!~ñ~Íl~A~,:;gatjon for th.c~9mr:n,erce ofO)I!> llor,thcl'!l.~crr!tor.r ,lo.~hc ?ce.an;a~d :x~~ WC1l.~?IJ?;~,r\~~r tbree. ,!~Jlll~on~..ofpeppl.9,..W.110 ,arc l~I,{c,b~ethl:eIh lP.t~¡tl~~s {a.~!11Y;:~?lo!p.t~p~~ ~J?~ par­<Jc1.0f; lhls Rcpu blJ(;:, ,thereby addlllg ·st¡;englll apd "'lgOI¡ .t9, the :b·o~y,:;p·ollbc.: .. ·-!I~l'e;'Sir,·ig somelhj~lg w?rth·.tú~l;ing the ;J.lte'ntion·onhi.~,~~ii9.q¡t~~:,Q:9at 13Iltalll can .have·Jlo. obJcct l!lJlOldmg, the,rule .oycr, thcse '¡nod.uel'n colo)lles,. }~~C;'ep~ ]l~~!oJ.)All i't!~]~~ '. ," <: '/.;~'.l ~.t~I.:,.;f~:;" ',: :~I.~~. ~~'~~': ~ ';:..~ :~~.~~~:.;~~;#.~.~~.:~~:~ .....~ ~:J.':. _, ~ ,> ~ "'~;

. 'Mect tlll!> quc.stlOn fal)'l)', frank)y., .a.qd.say 10,.them,:we,are.pot-goIl10":to W:l'·· ¡¡'it}l' YOll.·for thi~ terrilor}'- arí(OJ¡és'():~'eopl.e; 'y,oú lia\~~;~J·ights.tq.. áu· t)Jcse .

, 'Wouldnot the intercsts of thesc; great1natíons .be;.pronioteq. and .bencfitlcd hy yonr withJi'awing .;).I! c1aim to ·the,m,:.'or·::ovcr··.thc 'lerrifbry; ¡uí~ ·iJermit'thc~c 'coloriic~, if the)',c)lOose, to bccome :a.'pal'CaJid 1)arc'Cl~~~qhi5.Cló"ci-Ú1pcul, und:.," 1 1 . 1 ,.. . J J" ... ¡. • . . \. P. ,'o • , , ' _l~l':) lClr l CSlJl1lCS \'nt 1 t llS :n:!ttón. ',1:. ·'.".h ,:1'; .':'; .... , .. '

Ily tho uilMxalion oí' this tenilory·on the .JlorLh, you.'would .,increasc YOUl'

})aYig'ation 2nll commC'rcial illt~rest,·':and th~ value oC c\'cry fúofof soil in til:ll conntry tour,fold. Jt i~ a fad kno·wn to· those 'who reside on'·om llurthe!l1 fr(,nliei', t1Jai, hlld willlill Canada; :.0( thc ~ame· .quality 'as .land willlin U~C Dnile<1 S!:l!c"; ~;ep:lra{f'd OllJy by a ¡ine of the nature 01' thc one which di"idc~: o~n' town~bip', i~ onl,:' \'.orlJ¡ ¡¡bout oac'<Juartel' as ll1uch a~ the l~J:ld withill the ülliteú Stalc,¡; ;)'ll<! \Vh:;t porfion of l!lis Un;on· has a greater iolcrost in thc ac­con:pJi;;l)W';,f (lf lh::t objccl, thall the Stales of Ohia, Indiana, Illjnois, I\1ichi· g:m, \'O"l1lt'l1 l • -"'hine, .New Hampshire, Pennsyl"ania, ,and Ncw York? Con­sidcr [or :l ¡¡¡()mc)!l lho,·e ¡7real htkcs lo. the tiorlh, ioland lSeaS; 6111'fOlllldcd bv 1crritor\' 1l!1i1cr (he CO!llrL1Í' uf om OW)1 GO\'e'mmenl, instead of the Jimil'of .~ mid\\':lY eh:l:,j, el. Tllc accomplishll1clll of Ihat ohjcet peacefull)' wilJ s~ nglhen 1his '(lníe:ll, :,::d ~1l1¡J lú it5 power alle! iJl!luence. The annexation of ~ tlerri ­¡ur)" te) l!J¡~; \,",:OJl (lo u,:e (erms of gcntk!:1CI\) r!estiny has·~¡'dained, a i \Vi ¡: ce jC?l!::· {;:L,· p1;:nl.

j")r. ;-;,:\i~·J),;lI;, 1 ]h)P' fhe time w;:¡ llol n;Tj\'e ",!len il may becollle Jl(·cr::;­~:\ry fOl· :his [,·'lio)) t'1 ('J:~:"::(; i!l a \',',11' for t!)r <1CQUi5i:iolJ or posse~sion of Cd::l, <Ir :U1)' (;(¡,.'J' i,,!,,¡lC] 01 1('rriior'y~ for ,he pllrjJo.e of pl'p.serviilg and protcctllg ül.lr J::ari(j¡y,c ;nt(:re~l, 01' JJaliona! l'i:;b!s. J311{,' should that' timc ever co:J)(!·, ',: ;¡cl]¡c:· be¡;,.:,! :-1.'<)\;; 1)1' El:ropcan dip10111acv 01' ;1l7gression upon our rjaL~~

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] shoulu wish this Govcrnment to, ad unuerthe 'circumstances asour national interests', a~ld hO~9~ shouid req'ui~é; and ,jfn~ces~aryto'p,l:eserve'the~e to ac­<jüire more t~rplory"Cúba :or othcr' territory'. soulh or norlh" without regara ~oany local inlerests, 1 w~uld:say', as an American ci!izen, let,it be' done. Hut now we,areat profouncl l:icace ',vith alllhemitions of the WOl'ld, andhave no canse toquartel about' the,possession of Cuba",or any olher terri!or{. l' am opposed to lhe agitalion oC this qucslíon' at the t)re~ent tiin,e, because 1 beJieve it wili'be a renewal of those ex<;:iting sceÍ1cs witnes.~ed"í'ithin the pasl [(;w years. 1 :1.I11 well satisfied thauw Union 'n1an, and eSI:ieciallj no man \\'ho has felt that he W:lS the ,advóca!e o(thoscCompl'omise measul'cs whieh jt was said were cakulaled to preserve tbe UnÍon: can be in favor p[ the agitatíon oí ques­tions I.ha! will rcsult in bringiu~aboül lhe section¡¡1 fee1ing lhat existcd al liJe ~1~,5sage of thcó'e mc¡),sure,s, Tbe anne;{ation, or the, atlempl 10 annex,Cuba, nlu:;tü1evilabl)' bring up those qúesliorls,,,hich \VerÉ: pending durin~ the Con·, gl'ess preceding this one, and wl}ich, wei'e then ihtendcd to be ~ctlled by the series oí" mC:lsures ,caJleo the, C¿mprómi~e. Il' will ii6f 00 fo' say or im~gine ÚlO.t tbose. questions \':ilJ'no( úi~e,agaill undel' ;imilar"circulllstancel.', , -l hold 't!lat-it is th~ duty ,of'ev.ery cilizen-ofóur Government;',\'llCnhe' sees

daJigc,r in lhe, a:<lvocf,~j or b~iJiging forwaru af a particular mcasurc, t6 point it out af tbe ,¡;iJtlie~t, pbssiblé ~ time;, :ind 1 \voúld, tIJe¡:efare) '~arn l.hesl:' 'people, aod cspecially'thc ad 'foca.tes of,t)le

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aniJexation, of Cuba)'tbat tbcl'e i"chnger in nI(, biinging forw:lnl'Of sucha nicasul'c befqr~Jhe public m.ind of this cbyl1lry; for so soon as iti~, ~he,ex~iting::,quc5Iion of ¡'lávery \vili' be iDtroduc~'d.· 'file slavc'popu'lalioi(6f.'tlíe, UiJi~~d Sta'te's, aftlJÍs:tin)c, liave a ¡:épre,s,entalionuj)on 'tbiidlóór :e(}\lal: to~ ihaC of'tll.e'-~$i~te's .0f~Né~v:;Ha¡npsqire,.v~i:l'lJont,' Hh04e E:ElIld;"Colllie¿licút~'.rciwá)! "':~s'~on~iri11añ~:C:i.]ifornj~; "'or' cqúal ,totlJat of In di­:llla aílQ IlJíllois;or cqual lo' the' :ejitii'e"rcp¡'~sej1tatioú óf tIH~' pl:lic of Ohio. ,AlHI'the',:J.hhrx;-¡lion,o[ Cilba'would add,lo t1li'~ ,sJ¡ivél:epresculatioJl in C()[i'g¡:ús, egunl,to fo'ur'add,i.lioilal.',lllembcr6,~ .".;' ...' . " ,,' : , ' , '"

Now, ho\\'c\'er inllch we nnj dC:sire;'an~J ebiin:'to pc <me of lhosc' who dc­~ir~', l!)a~ lb!' hws' 0[, Congr'ess :;hall bc failhfulJy a(!nlil'li~te)'r,r. 'olid (·'.:('culed, a(]unling r:(¡\I~d prolcclion \o.lhe ,J'ighls of cilizenr, :ur (me S! ale, ';i:; "'el! asl o ¡;10~:(> of iluo!hr; that tbe southern Staté~, lheireilizclls and their propr,rty, ll11del' lhe:r luol ínslitlllio,ns,.8,S ,guál'allticd tu thcin 1,y l.he Conslilulion and bws oi this c':unlr)',~!Jalrenjoy eq~<l1 prolCc\ion wilh lhrlSf' of the NOI'\h; ~ljll, T ~,ay Úl tllC udwlc:Jlcs 01 lhis mcasurr., wh(;lher fróm the ,!'Jorlh' Ol' SUllth, East 01' \Ve!'t: lha\ jl)C ].icople of the free Sl:dc:s úcvCr \Vil! cOJ]sent lo lile ;H1Jjiion al sl:\\'ehoJJ¡I:~ !cuilol'J': simply fonccuring lhe, b~.Ja1)(e ofpov.'\'!' al' thC' e,:IC'!l­iion (Ir tcl.'rik,ry. \\'hilc I!J~Y desire iu protcd Iheír S(!llthc:J'l) lnclhr<cn jll ;)11 01' i!lej;' rjghl~, lhe)' will Oj1p:~,'e the iIlCl'<':loe of :;laH'r.\'. And why) ,Bccansc tllC'} belic\'c 1ha!. by bC(:'llIJing. re$polI"ih1e) as the gu'1rdian:; (r]' aJdilio'l:ll ~!a \.\.~ (urilery, \!H'Y ,,'i!) ad in oppo"i:ioll to tite I'pirit uf Ibe Cúr:siill.lllf¡P, to thl: ill­tere:sl of tile llatio¡;, lo lilC pro~;¡'c~~~ of (he. agc, ali,1 cOIl!r~,¡'y (o l.iJcir O\\'j) CC'I1­

yiclion~ el' oul.'-, al1d lhe injll11ction5 'l[ Cud Almighty. i\1y fril"IllJ from CcO[­

~:i~" [i'.h, ~'Tf.Pj!L?\S,J :l~ksw)¡o::(hcr lhe} <lid not agrec \0 Id Texai in? Snn:ly ~hcy Jid; allo ''''by? r (rllst :hey were govcrncd by :;uch 1I10livl:~ :J.~ I \\'ou!d ;¡]ways 2:'nibe to my friend fron¡ Geor~ia_ Thc)' were llot goveme:d by [!leí!' ,)WI1 desjre~: ¡'u( w('I'e wilJing to yield somethilJg- fo~' (he !1I1:-1'I)SC oC Cc!::;,ro­:n~,il)~! (!ii;!('l,lt¡~,:,. ;\:H! prC'5('[\'ill~ Ihe ,i,'ltls oC all parlic~,

~~rr~' ST!:l':lr::\'~'~ oC (;cllrgla. '- JI" :-;.irr:'i13r c!!Jc:::t:'Jl1~ \,,-ere herl";:~·~(·r i') :'dj: 1'.

1",'úu?d ihcy n:ll (li:~pla)' lhe ~:.ln;c con1prt:tnis;ng 3:1(1 n(lli()1~:Jl :-.pirit? ,i\'ír, J3El.L. J ""iJl t'lIrlr<l\'or lo ¡\¡¡,;I':('r Ule ~cniJé'l\l~n:~:' (¡U(',:j~":I, }le ;''';;'

l~H)~ l;Ct..:ii.l::l' \\':; )~~1Ye br.en libcr:"¡1~ ::nd ;;.()lle alJr:()~t bl~YO!ill th,.~ h(nll:d~ ('\ P?· :rju~iS}JI--L(~,':.d:'l~ \'.:e h:"'~\'(' }Jerctolt>}"(: cOlnp:'orni~cll 0\11' pr('.iudirc~, :'illd fl:·L:iilg:.., .;>:j" ~i~c rll:r).(h(' dJ' :lJ:lj!i~(JjniJL"" t}l\~ i!it·.~~Tj~\" (1}id ~~I{).1 ft.('¡;;.~r n{ nJis C{ .. ;!':·'.', ~:.,J •. ,:'~:1,il~; "(\:'.' :;l.~: :·:"~ti';·...; a:!"':' ¡~~;". ;"¡i('F~:JTt' :'1:-:' ',\Jl:'~ 1 \.. ,.,·1 .. ,·.·.

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.Jo lo }1iescrve t!lis Unian; but 1 wóuld avoid lestilltr lhe 10'calptejudices' of the different seclions of Ihis coun!r)', .. When you se~ brcakel:s ahead, 'kCep the craftnear Ihe sbore. Th:Jt is lhepoliey we adópt as, indi\'iuuals) and which vie o;hould carry out a.s a nalion. \Vhellever the r:¡ue~lionof the annexation, of

,CLiba arises, il,~iJl not come.alone: it wiP b,e ,ac90!'llpalli~d by tbe 'questi,?n of -tlle annc;xation l?fthe' ,vast terrítorj tO tM horth;;anCI it m~y be that the equi­p.oise of addilio~s:pf~e~ritory':vill 9q,~a\~ay' ",it~ :,ap.p~ehenged,da~,ger' :'. ~ut, 811',1 wOllld avol1 i11e altc~nal1ve of rpalnng Ihe expcrlme,nt" ,,' I "

I\'Ir.Chairmán~'lny h'oilo¡:iJ.ble fi'icnd from .Qeorgia, o'n:'¡i former occasion, if I:unueJ'stooG him'eon:'ectly) to quietthe' fears"'that 'solTi'e:honorab]c members

'might have us~o thedangcl' to be cl)p,tchended froll1,the"annexalion of CUb2, 'said t1J<J1 the principle sellled in tbe CoiJ,promise :;,et woul9 apply anrI extend to the acquisilion 01' alber territor)' than that Congress wa¡ then aclingupon. l,~lltcrn)y_p~oteÚp.gainst1m)' snch constrlletioll. - 'NolhinO',was sct\lcu b)' tJ:at :Jet but what llad refcre-~~e-,io -the' tcri:ilorythen acquired:'~' . -,- - ,,' ,. ' -'

'JHr. STEPHENS., Whíle;I'stated that the scttlemcnLcovered onlv the teiLi­toi'y,yet tbe)'irirítipleout ,o( which tbis cOlilroveJ'syg~e'V. was. settled,' al'ld it w~s thatibis Governm'eilt shoulrl neverintel'fere :Ú aH \\'itIl the dOll1estidnsti­:tlltíons 'oÍ' a fo¡:eign ',' Staté;\\:ílbin a Territorjd)J', a:S,i~tc;'Jleavil)g ,it, fo'1' (be p.e.ol;!~ .int!lC, 'fer~ítór.Y':to" ll)~~age themas lh,ey. pl~a~e,~t~T~at, v.:ás ,thé P'!in­'clP!,e's_c~lled In, the qOIllP~oml~?; and by .¡idl¡,~r:el.l~r ~;C? ~~~lr~n,~c,lpl~, ~t "/lit be ~~terIY:l~p~s~¡,bld?r.~ !=o.ntrover~y to am,e,', ,,:;,'~; ,:;~";r;'.¡ ':, ~'_." '" ,',' \- ~1:~13¡;~L':' '.I,~Il~erstand ,l~~ gellllem~n n,o!\v.~ us)' dlhbi1fp~e:,·.::,I.dlll,I}(~t !Iln

t~}l,ll?r.epr~seryt111111." , B~t.whe.tc. doe,~ l~e ,get ~1,~ rulrOl:¡f~ f~r that ~ssumptlOn, ihat the Congress 'prececil ng 'tllls was',more '\nse,; pa!l'Iohl<,' ¡¡.nd, had.more en· larg~d':Viéws~ or. \verc'inorcdev'oted'aÍld ',a:Úachedto':thisic{;'vernment and ils in's~it.u,tior~,: than? tJ¡:it.,Congre~s.·::\\i.iiicJ( fr~me'U;', a.'dopl~dF:~nd 'esH\b,lished t,he 'OrdlOanee of 1787, COI' governmg,:the tcrntory ,norlhwe'st of.the ,nver OhlOl ~?tt~eJru}l~ of:,tJ~at "ordina.nee,~p.e~k. Let that 'l~ighty'~0r'tbY7est;'wit~: lis teemmg 1l11~IIODSof'popúlallOn ancl"lts \\'onder[ul lmpr,ovements) speak as to 'ihe result and tbe'benefi!sof·tb:ü ordinancc. Thcre' \vehave an'evjdence of tbe fruits and bcneiíts' 01' ¡he ',visdom oftha.i,"ordinance, \vhich saicl tiJat no ~'tave should I¡ve lIorth\Ves\ (lf lhe Ohio'j'iver. " ..:.,'.,', , _, ',' ',. .

1\11', Si¡:;PHF.NS. That ordin;¡nce' was nol j):ls'scJ,by Congtess, since t!lis "Cónstilutioll was framed. Kol at ~dl. Since the 1.)('lI~il1nillg of thi~ Govern­ment the grc;¡t principle in con\I'OVCI'5'y betweell tbe Norlh ancl Saulh W:lS

never seltled untiJ 1850. The gcut1emnn :l.sks wherc 1 got t]¡e ~i.lthority that íl was setlled. 1 got il in lhe aet making n Territorial GOl'el'lll1lenl i:l T':tah :lTHl New lUcxico, in wbich il i~ cApre~s]}' d(\ehred tha! tho:: pE'oph: of these 'l'errjlurics) \l'bcn tbey de"il'e to come inlo ll,e Union,' C:J1l come in ",ilh 01'

wilhout ,sla\'f'J'Y) as (hey ple<lse, As 1 ~taled before, it was thc first time': ~¡nce lIJr. formalion of IIJj~ Gc)\:ern!J1c,nt wlwll thal principIe )las ken ¡;laced ,11'0)) thio record:; of lhe Consrcs:; of lIJe Unilec1 Sla!es,

;\11', BELI.. I repeal, :lgair., lh:,t ltll; scltlemenl of tba! <]lle~~ioll W;¡S a. ~el­'Hc:ne~tl of lhe tbcn peill]in; íjllc"tion,: llllly, ;¡nrl wIJich will go lo (he credil úf :iJO<',l~ 1/II:a \\'ltJ ~ncrjfirelll)¡rir pe,'::on.c] JlrcuikcLion~ fUl'.l.]¡e PUI'POo,C of rom­pl'orni~,~, 1 ~'J.y tlnt the scUleni~lIt, '\S to the ül'g:~ni~,a(ioll oi t!:r~e Tel'rilcric~, hy jl~ Iall:;ll:~ge, and by ils tn!llS ~I"l ~J"¡l'it, was ollly i1l1cnc!,:ll i':J,' tile: IJrr~clll ~il!ll~~ anll 11xia:y t1J~ ri,rhts nI' Lll\~ pv;,)nle pf th,'):-:t: 'r~ITitoJ'Íc .., ~r=' pr ..:si:ril.h.:d ~~~Ht l' .' ;:'l '?"r" I • t· " I •

• 11l1ll<.::t1 l'y lhe acts adopi,'(:, JI": \ ""\' 11I~';lfJllIg Ü¡ compro:;¡¡,'(. l~' ,J:at .., CO:1­

ÜU\érs'y is not selllcd \1»Oi! ;.;e!ll:r;llJ:. lTt:0;~lIi:;,;J. prillcip!e~, h;:t lhat ,i1;¡'ll' i~

:' 11H:elinf, !,alr way of r(l:l:1ictin<~ "ié\\':' ;lllll nJ1ii1¡<)n~ for lb.: pl1rj)()"¡~ of ~l:mli­l.l~JtiJl.r SOlJ1C 1):1.l'ticula¡·cu0.:-:tion. nllt the ~.. (')}~leI11~n. ~r:j\l th:~t i:1C o~·dina~h.'.e

".,:;..,' " 1" ., .-, ',' l' '1 ,',:)l 11~li W:"i llo1 p,u:oel] :~¡:.'_'r (ltc.aU)¡>!II)!Il'[ Ull: ""O¡¡~tlt11110Il, :nl'~ < ¡,,[ oCe':­",,;('!".l!!" f';'l\:n ~h{' ).~:j:-:(ln;i~) f('rt·:,i~~bl~ :1~h3 :~I'in~:ipl<:s oí' {ha! C~.)l":~r('.:.~ ~l:-: !t'fJ~;­

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gress Hall, thc haJ) of indepelldence, breathing as it v,'ere lhc spirit ()f líberly ;. :lnd milJions of human beings., will hcrpaftcr, ;l.~ lhcy havc·. bcfore~ ,ble~s· lb: Congress for Iaying clown lhe lahdmarks lhal'lorbi~ slavcr/\\,jlhin this Tcr~j~ torY. . ,IJ_·~:·'·i,.I.~:~:,: ..,).t ... :.::: .. ":~'I!' "~;;' .~ .~'. ~'" ,'.

: But, t;ir; what eays the thiid'alid fOGí·lh see1ions of .thc fourlh úticlc.of thet, Constitlltion that mi ¡Janorablc' Ífiend l)a~ ftferr.9d ·lo?",~·· .,'. . , :';', 'le \~ .. ':'.'.

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·SEe,:·S. NC\l,~.Statesmay ben·drililled by th~· C¿ngr~~s 'jnt~~ thise:U.niót;·; ·búl;lío¡liii\v~Stat';:.' shall be formed 9r c(cclcd wilhin tb~ jlirísdiclion or· llUY olhcr ,SlálC ¡.l1or :lny Slale .bé.fi)rme<lbY' th" jnnction·of tVl0 or'j-norc States, ilr parlÍ; ·of Slntes, ",ithout;lhe. C\llJsent ofthc legislalUre~: of thc SlalC~ conccrned, U~ well na of thc c.:óngre~~. ,.. :' • ,':.<.' "';.,- ... ,'....,: ....

The Con¡; ...~"s "hull ha ve !)Q\\'er to dispose of, und mnlw nll'neeUful rules uncl regulntlOns re· ~pe,cling, the lcrrilory or ollero properly b~longilJg- lo ·thc Uniled Slales; .1nd nOlhjng in ¡hiff Conslillltion shal1 be so CO])$!J'Llcd as [O prcjndiccullY c!aims o[lhe U,l'ilcu SWle~, úro[any par­ticular SitÚe.' A

Seco 4. Thc Un:(cd S::tlcs ~1¡¡\lI.·guaranly lO el'cry Slalc in Ihis Union n rcpubliC3n [onn o: go\'ernrncnl, llnd ~hll!l proleclcach of (hem rigainsl.inv;'isio·n; árid oñ ·upplic;¡lj,)n of lhe legjsla::-~

turc, or Q(¡llc Exccuti\'c, (when.the lcgislnturc cnllllol conl'ened) ngaillsldomt~licviolencc. ~ . ~. :. . '. :, . '. ". ~., J.... \".

':Tlién, sir,iccol'ding to ¡ji], 'co¡j~ln;cii\liJ ~f thal instnimentj. Congl'css-lJas [ul! power (lver I;el' tcrrilory l~'lrohibi! ~l~ y,éry ~or ~ot,.a.s the wisdom o~ th~t ~ody may dctermlUe, und tha~ rJgllt .has ne\'e~ been cha'nged .01' t~l~en a\\:ay. by the aetlOIJ of Congress al' the people, by any'chánge 7n o"ur orgáOJc·law., .. , ' .. '

. 1:havc·already.':lddressed. the :con'Ímiltce 'longe( thim.I ¡iMendc'd. '¡"When 1: 'heard· the remarks(o{iriY"fr¡en.~ fron{Oeórgia; (Mi:' STÚl-Íiiz-s;) bt,: ihe,gentJe~. man' [mm Orcgon;(MI'. L.Ü~E,). ancr :the'gcntleimin from' GalJforni.a, (Mr:'

~J>f"RSHÁLL~) 1 onlv "had it in.-view'"to·rise aild .enteriny prot~sl,.ilS une of lhe ,. '~~cm ~·~.i·s~~9f, ..t!) !S~~~r? ~$é" .~g~~~:sn~\~.i/Ro.~~ir.~ffi?!1;RnI.llit"Có~ pr9!Íii~~:. ':; ,:,. .... '. ..' ·:.:M:r:""" Sn':l'UANs. ¡ Pel'naps' lhe gentleman, was·never.a partY,to IL. ''', .. .>":+~m; ~J,~LL~;;;.~~f)t ,~J,ÓnbE~9,I,f1lri~~·d~.r~pi~:~.q4~¡.g¡~~f~.ó,\~inh~t·.~:.ha~,\nál. tli.S';

lJODor .0[, a' .sellt mtlllsHouse· at tbnt"'ülM.'·'H-iad,! been a member bere at lhe". '1 ii~é'" for~·I)~av.~ ¡ \nothilJg-t~l!c,ó'iic~~Jf~~'ii'~l: ~h:OS1i~\vl~o.:. ~!1,6\\: :rne hel';; :·.,vilI givf: mc:'.tllat'cl'edlt,:at leasl~rshould:,)'l<?tl~ay:e)';ot~pJor ,.~Il O! those. mea~ure.~,; lil'lówn as lhe Com})I'omise' ncts.. , ;" .. '~'~".' .. l ..... ,': '~--' ••.. , .... ; ._e· ... . .

.. J\h. STEPiiEN:~.' Thal i5'\vhatI:"éfPcétC(L;':;~U ..... ':. .,"~,: •. , ., Mr. 13ELL. ' Therc is ·nathing .rie\\¡tabOl!ttlfal. Buf;¡;ir; i[thl", quc~tion \Vas

now pcndinn- whelhcr that law, wh;C1I'\''-as considcred lhe mosl 'objcclioilablc, should 1l0W'"!JC rcpca:ed, Ishould 8it{no:"'"~As 1 have said to my c'onstitllcllts, give us peacc, gi\'c \lS quíet, althoi¡gli there a.re 60m~ things in IJJ:)t n·et \\'hieh T bclieve wrong, and eontl'ary to principIes ofjusticc:~ BulI \\'ould forego lhosp. objcctions, antl 1 would not agitate lhe subjcct. . r w!Jultl no! no\\' H:pcaI the :Jet, hul gil'c il a raíl' 1ría!. .

MI'. Sl'El'JJ¡;~:s. "lVhat are tilose gl'eat principies? ilIr. n¡;LL, 1 ha\'c not lime to answer In}' friendo TIJey will ::,]¡Oll' for.llJ(~m­

~ch-es. Whcn 1 saíd 1 had nolhíng to conccal, is il bccallsc tile Compromise act~ ¡¡PJ10ur lo ha,\'c bccomc popular, and 1 eO\lld easiJ} f<lll in with tbe pO]'llla, cry; 1(0; 1 \\'ill do whalI beJic\'e to bc rigbt if 1 stand alúr,c ; and whcJ: 1 ~:ay I wouJd nol ngilate il, bul Jet il rcmaill for lhe prc~ent, l/¡j" (lpinioll IllrlY rlln CÜ\ll!lcl' to UF' \'icws of Jl1<lllY 01' my comtitllenl,;. J1u( 1 tcJI you lhe ¡-icw,,; Ol t])" ¡:rc~d 01;1:'$ 01" my cOllstiluellls~ <llld o[ tbc peoplc gc·ncl'aHy in lll}' St:11P, ::r~, Jcljt ellOlJ(, tl11!i/ i' h:tS:l fairtrjaJ. '\']¡<:.lI desire no\\' j", l)¡:¡( (hosc ,rilO cbin; to h(~ ~I:ci. \-:arITI fricllus of the COll1FOmi!"e, liS \Ve!] as lbo,e v:ho oppo:,cd il} )¡;;11. h· thc inilll(,¡:ce of tbtir votes and voices, prcvent thc :¡;)talioll 01 ~¡;nj b:· ql)c:,·.(iOl·IS, \\'hich r;~·:·e l"i~e io >"0 !I111ch excikmcnt :ll1': r(~("{'in;i;¡tdioJl o: fe(,)jlJ~_

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