Show I MAY 10 11 1851 I i Fifty Fitly arn ago hay Piero 1101 0 President of at the tho United J hi his hiM to the K ann annN n n N hilt bill It II was liS Inc of oC th thu most l es of oC r eve enacted ella by hy the tho American Ton 1011 io Irr rf nor any uny 1111 act ever evem II e I fraught lIh more serious rii Many and ond mighty change le liArs hilI taken plan III In pill out count stare that day lilt nUll eara ago Ho to o honE loni ngo ngu It II In III I yet et no u little while It m mii time This Thin fiftieth mi au nf ot if the enactment of oC tills Into law la ha w may nimy well Iw Iii pm om m fil by b reciting Its origin ortin fRIll and 41 I Jn the tho lint of th lh this Thirty 11 II u bill hili for far the ni rn of the territory of Nehru ha ka had hod b hel en paH l by llY ly the IMP Ih I an lini 1 I to 10 lie helmIn iR 11 the rm Slavery wits WIH the tho grout great lust hut thin bill mado no HO reference tn In t tide tha In III the Ih It II failed l In III 1 9 UM Hila the tho bill hili nH In imi thin Iho Kenute unit was va all to 10 the thu cOrn com committee r r on Oil territories of o winch which Stephen StephenA A wan IR elm On Juan nty nt at 1854 mantle de n on onIt onIt It It wan Willi In tills this report that he pro promulgated bin hili lI doctrine It WM ws i own and 1111 1 not 1101 that of I and an IM f had charged I I On January 16 Senator Dixon of I Kentucky n u 1 Whig 1 an 1111 amend amendment ment providing In for the i It r pai tAl u ut the Iho restriction nf of the Tho mint meat w wali n a 0 I tn to thin the entire Hen Seir etc tt to non noire more mort 10 so o then than to He It went over to III E Eld t and I the lie urging that th Ih bill wa in It th Ihl language HH nil IhM em m ploy l In the und N New w Mexico acts The had hI no effect tte l and t to 10 hl hi hils Af At Attel f ft tr tel t r a day luy tIll ar or c m to 10 Dixons view and anil toll told him hini ho hw take charge of the amendment nul mk milk It II part of or bl Iris bill hili Pram Hi thu If time tune moved d rapidly rApId The Th Lull bill abandoned 1 for foron on op January 23 1 Douglas offered u II sub k r v sill tc It Ite hl r ne It II proposed eel to hili il tory It 1 of or into two t 0 tho the north ITU rn in part parI to 10 be called the bound tre the Mine ns ne now flow that on oil tho the West vc t th IIII limit 1111 it the Hooky mountain The new ne bill 1111 distinctly ro re reo the tire do tie dorial rial Ing that the slavery llaver ci utie of oC that 1011 l ld 81 d I by hy the principle of or the Initiation nf ot ISM 10 SIlO called the thle compro milt end and U is 1 hereby hrab declared de Inoperative The debate dal on nn th the bill hilt Will es op orn n il by on the morning of January to 10 0 He lIe WUK wrought up almost almott to t 1 the pitch of or l I r ly to the of Clinic Ch and Summer To 0 thorn them th m and their your cour e h he devoted the l hart rl of or MH his speech ech Then he i up un hit lull bill Ho rave gave u It history of or the Mix MIN M MINsoon IH soon and nio o an nh exposi exposition eX O l thin tion of UK 1111 Th The ThI glut glet of hW hid III argument no so tar far MS us the tho legal effect of his 1111 hill bill uH ron rn tl 1 Will warn summed Hummed up In tilde theae word words Th Tire heist c al effect erre I of tutu Ihl bill hili li is to Uv ry Into tho territories nor 1101 out of 0 them but hUl 10 to 0 le hie th them m to rio ICK au B they It If they shivery they tide a n right to 10 It II If IC they IhY do not want It thy lh Y will not hot 1111 It and you should not 1101 force It II upon Ion them thell themAn An Au Koon HH hf he ho hail ehll and arid mude a II reply hut but Chades wa tf Willi mode 1 mill II U a ahen i is s hen he h nt nl and against the 1 hilt bill Ho m sPoke Boka oko for tim tho i s of or the of ot the tho 0 10 und 11 ul HI denounced thi Ih pel PHillY lily of ot tile the on 1110 K dumner A the Mil Mu unit along the Ille sumo aUlne linen an ne I The Tha debate wan wa 11 by h Douglas who tURtle n II 1 master masterly ly Iy poh pech from rum hl hi his oln of vl view w V U 1 finished Just juet a as 1111 the day II was 1111 breaking After Atler nn tin explanation by hY ton told why h ho hll could not 1101 on ont tn to r e Iu o of lit the tim llio timote oe ote nM taken In favor of 01 the I di lo anti and tn fourteen against t listen it II tell being absent i hI I the hobill hilt lili then nt to t n the tho laws on March Marchi h 21 II It lime cHine up un In order The llie action on oil It there wits was iv II A motion to t refer fefer Jt Jl 11 to ta thiv li of tho tIo tl n hole hola on th the of ot the n ny by h a R vote vot ot of ot 10 Co fo 08 03 bestirred h 1111 tell the of or the tr antI and It II had Its 1111 effert effet On May MayS Mil MilS S on who Iii Douglas right 1 man lana In the tho house Haute got ol the Ihl n a AI toon us tie the tho journal had bud 1114 1 been bee 11 toad 1 und antI tied moved that I hit t tho house nOU go fO Into tub committee of or thIn tho whole on oil the tato stata of or the tho Union Ho Ito was 1111 frank fm Ilk In th 1111 thit ao avowal al of ot his hi He lie I Ic curried carried his hiM hi point Again Allain on tIde the nth ho lIe lIeg got g ot t th the floor door after the Journal had hAil been hn hem lead and 1 moved mood that debate be lie on or the thi following lily this rained n it 1 of ot protest l The rue session sas nn 11 con nil all that thAI Iny and and nil oil the next day III Iii There w rn times In the House until May 11 23 2 hen the bill situ n n 1111 II painted by U a a vote ole of or thi yeas yea to 10 nay It then went vent back to the tho Senate because n amend amendment ment bent had hrad been beon left out There It was debated for or two duyn It wn RII ordered to a 11 third reading hy hV a it Ii vote of ot 35 US 5 tb 13 und anti the Senate genato g May Iny 25 2 t I lay days Inter It II tho Presidents signature Froni the time of the tile Introduction of or tho Ilie bill 1111 till the enactment In ln Into to 10 law 11 of or tn the bill the tha hulo country was trie In III a II ferment of ot ox At various times furies meetings for the tue purpose of or protesting were sere held In Ill different of the th country hart but they had hatt no effect In the of this revolutionary Ilon ry legislation legislation leI that ro 1 pealed the tho of ot lW 1800 and un diRl settled conditions that hal had prevailed Ifor for moro more than n ii third if fit t n it century Tho TIm of or the Missouri 11 and Knocked clinched the north ni nM noth nothIng Ing In evem CI hind startled ami shocked It II rind and was WIH pot not to 10 until Tort Fort Bum Iuni tar tor woe was tIred llred upon It I t hUH hail been hem a thIn t thieve there would 1111 been no civil III Will war bad huel there been no 00 hot act It 11 IA IB a II moot mooted mooted ed III question tint can nil never be decided There was InH such uchi an Oil net act and there thore was 1111 U a tar As ii 11 that war nr ar and anui ft causes III looked back bnell upon It to 10 have bon been inevitable And It If over Ier them sue Ii a righteous war var that was waR one file Associated with It as ne one of oC lift ha mansea will lii R he hie tills this net art that tIle ho he compromise for Cor It II made ninde plain Phalli that Ihu t the Irrepressible conflict WOl wac In InOn On this thin Memorial Iny It Is 18 I well el to look hark back Into our history anti III In review mime of oC the tho entree that created It II Among them theta stands and bold th tile with Ith Its It tIm tho compromise n a macnear that was WM once thought to he be n a 1 awall wall willi ot or adamant the of C slavery hut hilt which to 10 be lie htmL but n nn as 1111 asa n a 1 rope of at sand ennui |