Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-21

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RICHMOND NOVEMBER ~. 1870.
THE MISSOURI QUESTION.
| Disguise II as you will, still we fear
this question is about 10 be asita,ed again
-agsin 10 disturb the publicIcouncils and
The nation al large. We could disregard
the attempts Ola few bigoited Editors,
IN Philadelphia and New York bat when
we see II made sort OF teal in the elec
lion o. the FIRST officer of Congress when
we see the House of Assembly of one of
the FIRST states in the sniop, solemnly in
| STRUGGLING their Senators by vote of II TO
4. not TO accept the Missouri Cons,,u-
non. until not merely the clause about
The tree people of color he expunged,
but a restriction Is introduced Oh the adj.
mission OF slaves, and thus opening the
whole subject, and putting us al sea
again, AMI undoing what had been done
Nv Tic idsi session oi Congress, il Is iui-
possible not To \ ield 10 SOME serious in,
presslons upon The subject. We fear the
attempt will again be made in Congress.
Id drive the state of Missouri from their
door, and 10 dictate terms even 10 state
constitution. We fear the same discus.
sion and excitement are to take place i'm
that body. We know not IL what lengths
The prejudices and clamours OF an excited
seciion may hurry IT'S rePrcscnia,ives.-
Sufncien for that day, however, be
the evil thereof"
III IL plain, that Missouri stands now
on different grounds from what she did,
durlns the last winter. Congress pledg
Ell themselves TO admit her without any
restriction. BY this act Maine was ad
united in,o The Union and now This is
done, shall the door be slammed III the
face OF Missouri. She acting upon Ibis
pledge, has gone on TO make her consii
tuition. She has iormcd that instrument
She has thrown aside her cnrysalis shell
she Is IN fact in mos, important respects
acting as stale. She HAS her own lcgis
ia,ure, her own Govrrnrr-ihc one is
making laws. the other is IN ihe'iull exercise
of his executive functions Her repre-
sentaiiyes aud her senator's are actually
elected, anu are presenting themselves AZ
The doors Of Congress. ResciDd your
pieugc, reject her constitution, say she
shall not be admitted uptll she assent 10
a condition IL which ii is known she will
tot subscribe, asd What follows! VIII
Missouri shrink quietly again into her
ehell! or mus, coercion be employed a.
gansi her!
We shall mol trace lis Gtfecis upon the
other parts OF the Union. But We lnirea,
ihose, who are not led away by motives
OF personal or sectional ambition, but who
are carried away by their adherence OF
slavery, 10 remember The principles Of
;he constitution ;-as well as lie difficult
Ties which itey have IN accurately de.
Gliding this question
% The eNtremGtB OF the Union never he mad-, b,
law ~ dunk alike upon the subject OF slavery
enece respectively contemplated entirely different in
different states, aud therefore idea consolidating the
umo by yUerc'on' ct o.nau 10 tis air is prrpUs
ferrous as the eAFoed ric.i Of consolidating lion ny tgul
cotrclous upon Conscience COmpuso IS So
evidently Vranhth, that II lever fails be met BY
tance yhenever II IS practicable. Missouri has right
compel Maine To admit of slavery Maine any ,lsh to
compel missouri u prohibit ii, BECAUSE each las right
To tk oriisef SOuterR majority Congress has nu
right compel the northern 10 cint savery nor
northern majority TO compel the sou'irrn abolish
because 1t subject oi iHterna regulations prtr
10 Congress, and C the states One and the san,
Fihclpt applies 20 the night of slsr rig aboi,g
'0y anu 70 ASs,rt and deny efficacy, will never operate
any conviction upon the ar, whose rights under il are ilr
,ad.u by party who claims AMI protection. 1t a
been handled religious question, and zeal even i'm these
nern times has forgotten the freedom of Conscience and
nuspeu me anqulted plan of etrctg conversion bJ yio
ieee The French nations acuaic first By al honest b
incorporate enthusiasts attempted To compel ether liza
mons oi Europe To befrre and happy events pro
ductd by the ianatical undertaking such as may b. tx
ptetet should combination Of senp; TO administer
by foree the same medicine 10 another Combination Of state,
Nothing can be offensive than attempts b cause
ehey asSail natural rights nor pesul becausd
the dicators infinitely informed upon the subject
Than those who have the rehtol determination pre,tn
this dicatnsi and absurd exercise of power 10y majority
OF states being iHfAbe civil war and dish
mon, Congress was not made representation any
nal powers those itw excepted Necessary for common
W and all internal powers, eAeepta specified proii
hons, the states The reasons for ih
poicy which then cxsed sill exist and will exist forever
lie nrmiers of Congress could never be we'll inirm,,i All
local cOctrnS-and therefore, decide
reeuy vanity cannot supply The place Of know!edgc Ibr,
would not feel the effects of their local laws therefore
Congress, local subjects, wvd not possess the bs
quahty OF representative body. above all, they would
the members Of Congress opposed slavery 10 M,.r,
shOu eIngrae TO that state, there SOui TINT
OF them would .--n change their opinpn I,rd h !; TI
reason OF the diHerence Of opinion rtween the eastern at
southern states upon the question and If either placed
the circumstances Of the others would adopted opin
ions the Of those heidi it Iorciby dis,lny
the Injustice OF dieIaoria power be exercised b. c
pary-lTaylors Construction Construed, and Constit
! tons Vinaieattd, p. 300
To those who believe The Federal con
situation does enJoin upon them to TeIec
The Missouri instrument, because they atC
TO guarantee republican form of con
slitutIoH," we beg leave TO submit ano
iIIer brief extract from this new work o
MIR. Taylore;
1t has been eontent that this duty to guarantee RI
publican form Of government each sate by this sec,
imposed upon Congress th,t to discharge IT, that body
determine what is republican form, and that this ubiig,
! uOh Comptl&s power OF imposing conditions u
siste, necessary fulfil tile guarantee. Admitting this con
struction the argument either fats proves much
iais,h negro slavery does not destroy republican, form
| government And proves much supposimg that
does by investing Congress under the power guarai
tee, with power e1nancipHte all the III the Unor
All the the first conf Iteration were slAycolhil
states when they formed their eOns II slave hodi.
states possessed the contemplated republican farms 40,
ernment, ueifhat cIrcHnsfa"ce not neonSstent wit
such forms and it not, it Justify IMPOSITION
conditions upon Missouri under the authority Of the stcto
quoted though il shall be construed invest Congre.
With the guarantee e1presseti.'-tP. SOL
THE MESSAGE.
This is perhaps Tie shoItest one tina
has been Tor many years submitted l.