Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-03-07
RICHMOND. AiAICU : IS30
MISSOURI QUksrioN-Seitied!


MISSOURI QUESTio NJ Settled
The National lntell:gencer informs ns
thar hi Questions settled. Weprrsume i,
IS so. He congra'ulates the cnuu,re apon
The set 'enrn'-we gre, o,,r inability 10
echo back the grainiatiou. "'ihasp who
Win. says The proverb, may laugh" The
ihirlhg".crr approves, we presume, oi
me Compromise. We cannot In,n hin ir.
HE sentiment. instrad Of ioI, we scarce
" ever r,cnis"ct Ia have tasted at a Bit
terer cup. We cannot rjnrklp over ili,
prospe;i which Mjs compromise presents
10 o"r rompr' PENSION 4 constitute
warped from lis legitimate besrinss, and
an lmmens. region ol territory lnscd Tor
ever agains, The southern aud Western
peope--such is The Z" sorry Si-hi" hici,
rises 10 our view
strip this compromise Of all lis CLOSES
and prefcAis, and hal IS IL We do not
address ourselves Ia The race OF guibbiers
and soph'sts /; hut ,o men of plain com.
mon sense. What IL iis compromise p
Missouri was called upon, WHEN she
Knocked AT The doors Of Congress. To pay
the price al her admission: and this price
WAS 10 strip herself of a portion of her
sorereign rights: The right OF choosing The
fundamental rules by which she would
be governed, and exchanging those rules
whenever the interest of her people should
require The changr. Utbis iuiquiious
demand Is mol 10 be obtained, whai is re.
CURED ot Congress nextl That they
should make "A similar surrender for all
those VINO may hereafter inhabit much
larger extent at country ia plain Ian
guagt, thai Congress should forever take
from ihem the privilege of seii~govcrn.
men', under the preience thai il is a
"neesitul reputation for country in
which moi single human being exists
that is subject 10 The laws OF Tie United
States
~ lG thus that a compromise is patched
up" Give Us for ever The territory that
Is TO the aof,l, al So, with The exception
OF such part OF Missouri az lies bcy nnd
II; let that door be for ever shut 10 ,nul-
selves and 10 your slaves and We con-
Sent thai YOU migrate with them 10 Tie
slate at Missouri. We will adri; Mis-
s"u'i unrestricted into the Union, If YOU
Tor ever cede 10 us the immense region al
soil that lies beyond 36I. aud sweeps
from, The Mississippi tn the Pacific"
The bill says nothing Of any other part
OF the territory south. than Missouri.
Yet. Ia avoid all cavIiIng, le, us admit The
understanding To he, that this whole
southern country is 20 be ior ever open 10
slavery then how stands The case q
North %! 365, with The exception aiore-
SAID. is 10 be for erer prohibited 10 slaves :;
sOuii OF II 10 be Tor ever open 10 them.
IL has indeed been con,endrd, that The
word " for ever" imports only few
years so long only AS any part oil this
territory remains under The territorial
grade Of government : aud that il is no,
meant 10 restrict The territory, when il
throws of The chrysalis shape 10 assume
that of a state. Those Who are The au-
ihors of this compromise, viii best know
its intention. We confess We do mol adj
nnre The language in which il is couched
Why that expressive word " Tor ever ?"
Why copy il from the ordinance OF 81,
II l, be not intended 10 pursue The prcce
dent set IN The north western territory !;
aud TO subject the future STATES across the
Mississippi, to the same terms which have
been dictated 10 Ohio, Indiaua and lIli-
nols Have We moi even heard some Of
the eastern friends OF the compromise
speak OF il as a compact :" and iiiis
section Of IT az the article of the com
pact = Do moi ,heY consider IL in The
light of compact. as binding for eyer
upon that region, whether IN The shape OF
territory, or oil d stale Every southern
representative who voted for this bill
VAS bound under This view Of il, 10 dis
CLAIM such an Interpretation, lest IL be
hereafter said, that il binds himself; how
ever, he has moi tie power To biud ND The
bands OF his successors, or 10 barter a.
way the sovereign rights at future states
u, III fact, II were only mean, To restrict
them az territory, why employ this
word "ior ever? Why, il it did incau.
ii1nsly creep into The bill, was il mol de-
libe,alely siris ken Oul Why Sas il not
! Indeed carefully and expressly stipulated
that The restriction was confined TO tie
territories! Vet no motion 10 this effect
Is rccnIlc, ted, except only one Of Mr..
! Gaion's in The Seuatr, which was not act
ed nn, because II Was pronounced to be
Oui OF Ordpr.
But If This ill carries this feature will,
IL; Il II be n part OF the system tO call
upon future Congress 10 extend the re
,lrcIion 10 States, n. OF 369. il is open
TO The constitutional objections, which
have been applied 10 Missouri.
Bot admit These impressions 10 be es-
reneous say that the bill only extends
TO tue territories how then stands The
| case Is MGL bill cOHormai,le la the
| COnsiIiuliUuI- Is this restriction !" need.
lul regulation Z Is II ecdfR, when six
| territories havr existed without il Is IL
neesjfni, when north OF 36B, there Is moi Il
human beHg subieci 10 Tie laws 81 The
| y. States Isli ~ fact "necdul :" that
Is " necessaTy?' II IL be, and il the Con.
gress of tie T.. States say so, how can
we object 10 ilir lali,udnOus sense Which
the Supreme Court have given to the sy-
nonlinDus Wofd nepdfnI" Hos eau The
| friends oi limited constitution, or of
stale rights, object to a naiioual bank, or
| 10 whole system OF roads and canals :