Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-19

'"e ~" Nt>hoiuiip 10 preach.
ai'u 'ila' they are not less ii, for manag.
s>sgreai concerns ct others NAV he
asceriauied by knowing who presides
over the Bank OF The United States.
When his affairs fell into confusion. where
did Directors find man 10 preside over
this rs not mentioned To cast shade
on any on living, but TO show thai, in
privatr concerns of the greatest impor-
lance, no regard has been paid TO mans
he,ng born and brought up in a stale
holding slaves-nor tn convey anv onin
ION as 10 the past transactions of,bai in
stIiution
fermji me now 10 notice few of the
observations made in defence of This mo-
non. The gentleman from PENNSYLVANIA
(Mr. Roberts, told us, that nothing bui
necessity tolerated slavery in the United
States. Tue constitution toleraies il and
lhat WAS not adopted from necessity. bur
through cL"ice. Ii The necessity ever
ceases, no Is TO decide when Congress-
did moi decide for PENNSYLVANIA. or any
oiher slate; she decided for herself. Lei
Missouri do The same.
lie gentleman from New Hampshire.
lMr- Morrili,) has SAID, that the consiitu
hon Was compromise as TO slaves
HIS, no doubt, Is true; hut not com
promise 10 emancipair. The states that
held them could tree them as othe,s had
zone, without asking or consulting tn
Convention or Congress. But II was d
compromise as representation, and no
ihing else. de has also said, slavery was
curse, aud has read part OF Mir.
Jefersons Notes on Virginia, 10 prove it,.
But what ought surely TO he inferred from
MIR. Jetierson's notes and life, is, that he
'hlhks slavery curse, but he thinks il
greater curse TO "mancipate in his native
Virginia. His democracy, like that of
his great country men who have been be-
lore mentioned, appears TO be of the white
family. Both the gentlemen have stated
ihat The slaves are represented. Are not
The blacks every where represented 3
Emancipaie them aud they STAY where
they are F.; and two-fiiIbs of their number
VIII be added 10 the representation,
though they are net permitted 10 enlist
IN our army.
Til gentleman from Rhode Island.
(Mr. BurrIll,) seemed TO think the qucs-
ton abon, slaves ought 10 be touched
very delicately. He did touch il so. But
there Is no power IN the General Gov
eminent 10 touch il in any way. He OBJ.
served that the people who have moved
TO Missouri from the old states, had no
claim OF any kind under The treaty. He
Will not, am sure, on reflection, think
that the people of any acquired lerrisory
can have more rights in the territory,
than The good people of the old states,
when they move TO il. They carry with
them their rights, as our iorriaihers
brought theirs from England, when lhey
hrst came 10 America.
ii has often bern stated, that the law
establishing territory IN Louisiana, pro
lilbiied the carrying OF slaves there, um-
less The owner moved with them. This
provision In the law was made and i'm
tended 10 prevent the carrying Africans
ihere-oue of the states having opened
her ports for the African slave trade
bout The time. But, with all the sins of
holding slaves, We have not that of going
TO Africa for them. They have been
brought 10 us BY the citizens OF the siaies
which hold none. The only lime. in
Congress, that I ever heard the slave
trade defended, was by member from
The same state with The gentleman from
Rhode Island, tMr. BurriII.)
Why not leave the people Of Missouri
exactly as the other territories have been
ieii, tree 10 do as they please A majority
OF them have moved from The states, and
understand self-gOvernnent
One word on the African slave trade
bill was reported III The SenaIe 10 whip
those who might be i'll any way engaged
III IT.. The whipping was struck out, mot
by the votes of those who represented
slave siaies) because rich merchant
might be convicted, and it would not do
To whip gentleman.
II Tie amendment be adopted, Missouri
VIII have fewer rights as state, than a
territory. This is new in the u. STATES.
And had not the wise King OF Israel said.
there Is nothing new under the sun, tins
would he thought So. The vote Of the
Senate last year OH this same question
vas sufficient TO convince The people OF
Missouri that The Senate then thought
they had the same rights with the other
teri ilOries. But all this attention 10 Mis-.
souri,, reminds me of people who, when
young, married To please themselves, but
who, VIXEN old. were DESTROYS TO make
matches for others.
Tired as he was, he would offer few
Observations OIL lie constitution aud the
treaty both Of which, az well as the
laws, which surely cannot affect right
scared by ether ofthe others, have been
searched with uncommon industry, and
every sentence or word which could pos
sibly be supposed 10 have the least bear
ing OH The subject has been read and
scanned, as IT this WAS a question Of syn
tan and as If the rights OF people depend-
ed OF detached sentences or words. Can
II be thought That tie Convention which
framed The constitution would have given
The power TO emanclpaie in so indirect a
way that II was nrVGT discovered II The
last session, when they we're so particular
as even 10 prohibit AL interference with
The slave trade until 1908 The following
words IN The constitution are chiefly re.
lied ON Tor lLn amiLnriLu % Euuur.---