Excerpt from Nebraska and Kansas: Speech of Hon. A. P. Butler, of S. C. In the United States Senate, February 24 and 25, 1854Now, sir, what took placeo upon that Missouri controversy? I suppose that a love ofthe Union, and a disposition to make any sacrifice to preserve it, and all the considerations which could control the decision of high patriots and wise statesmen were agencies then adduced in its support which I cannot now appreciate. And when I think of it, it does seem to me that our forefathers then did not maintain the true principle which actu ated their fathers in running every hazard - even the hazard of disunion, in order to maintain equal tlghts.' The Union, giving power to a majority, may have become stronger, it may have acquired elements of arbitrary strength, but it may be a Union that will survive the Constitution. I dread nothing so much as an arbitrary change. Under the mere forms of law, and the sanction of de ele gates, at too great a distance from their constitu ents. The proposition was that Missouri should come into the Union upon condition that she should not allow slaveholders to settle within her borders. It was carried in the other House with a. Unanimity and rancor of feeling which was fer the first time exhibited on this subject, but it was carried, and the south was driven to the alter native of allowing this fatal line of 36° this line' of discord, to be adopted. As Mr. Jefferson said, it was the most fatal error that ever had been committed in the legislation ofthe ecountiy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.