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

10 Tx Tie age when people shall marry M
me state. The ordinance So often referred
To declares, that the new states shall he
aumi'fed on an equal footing with
me original siafes.. And 80 all lie
new states have Ii seems
To be authority for every one but M,xsou.
RI. The words were intended 10 take The
place oil an article IN The confederation,
which provided for The unconditional al.
mission OF Canada into the Union. They
nave no aspiration To what was hen call.
ca Tue northwestern territory, because
The states 10 be formed ia THAI. were to
come INTO the Union under The ordinance.
What was intended for Canada has bro't
Louisiana into The Union. This clause
has also been relied on" The migration
or Importation OF such persons AS any of
lie states now existing shall think proper
to admit, shall not he prohibited by the
C"ugress priortO the year 1898 but a
TAX or duty may he imposed on such I'M
porta'ion, moi exceeding len dollars for
rach person. The inporiaiion NAY b-
idheo, ont moi The migration. IT, as has
been supposed, both applied TO slaves,
why not lax both Migration was not in
tended tor slaves broug hi INTO the United
States by land. Al The time the constr
'"'ion was formed, IL is probable that 10
attempt io do This had ever been made
ne gentleman from Rhode Island Mr..
burrlli) has SAID. unless ihe amendment be
adopted, that slaves will be carried from
SANTA Fee TO Missouri. II so, they will
De canned against law and, il the law is
MOI oDeyed, they may he carried INTO
Louisiana. Importation means property.
migration does mol. He would now lurn
To another clause, which ought 10 con,iuc
hta a. a
hat new states, holding slaves, might be
admitted. Ii is ineibe following words
Representatives and direct lakes shall
he apporlIoncd among The several states,
Which may be included within This Union,
according 10 Their respective numbers,
winch shall he determined by adding 10
Tie Whole number OF free persons inciud-
ing those bound 10 service for term OF
years, and excluding Indians MOI taxed,
ihree-fllihs of all other persons" Tins,
like The other clauses of the constitution,
which have been noticed, Is so plain and
clear ihal no argument can render n
more so = Which may he admitted"
cannot he made 10 mean the states then
mihe Union.
The treaty is as plain as the consliin-
non. The people are 10 be protected in
nrir property and slaves were properly,
III the property in slaves he destroy ed
by indirect means, il is as much
violation OF The treaty as il IL was
done directly. Pass The amendment, and
The property In them is Indirectly
destroyed; and YET ii is The onl,
property secured 10 the owner by the
constitution. The power TO touch the
sublecl Is claimed by stretching im-
plication. Ii Is 10 be found IN 10 part of
the constitution or the treaty. Ii is
stretching ihe consultation more than IL
ever was before and II ought 10 be
remembered, that, since ihe election of
Mr.. Jefferson TO the Presidency, il has
mol been stretched wilhou, iminrlng Inc
people. In giving a stretching consirur-
ton 10 The con ~tItutiOu, we ought moi 10
forget that The Holy Scripture, which
contains nothing but peace and good will
TO man, was, by stretching construction,
made To cover the terrible iuqusiiiOn
and lie Wild crusades. And II would
seem, from what we have heard, as dan
gerous 10 hold slave as 10 say to Thy
brother, thou fool or thou liar.
Ii is 10 be regretted, thai, nolwi,hstand
ing tie compromise made in The consii.
tuition about slaves, gentlemen had
thought proper, at almost every session.
10 bring The subject before Congress, in
some shape or other, and that they rreu-
iarly, IN their arguments, claimed new
power over them. What have the people
OF the southern siaies done, thai such a
strong desire should he manifested 10 Deu
them up IL cannot he because their repre-
seuiaiIves have uniformly opposed the
| African slave trade, or because they az
uniformly opposed The lmpressment OF
American sailors 10y British officers or
because their banks are drained of spe.
| Gle 10 supply other places, and the rrve-
nue. collected irom them is not spent a.
mong them; or because they have
been so tolerant in politics that when
| Mr.. ,ffersOn came into Office, their OBJ
| ponents, who had every office, were vol
turned QUA proof that they did not
! oppose them for their places Of honor or
protlt or because they have been willing
| TO admit new States into the Union with
ont regard 10 The number of people -
| OHIO will remember, hat the speeches
| ui southern members were printed TO i'll
| duce her citizens TO become stale
! or because they have never requested
! Congress TO tax others for their benefit
or because they have u0i abused The
late pension law, but have al all times
| been obedicni 10 the laws OF The United
! States and OF The states, never giving
| cause for nnCasiness or alarm 10 ihe Il.
States or Tie nelghboriug states, and AZ
all times which tried mems souls, have
been found good and true or becausc,
III old times they opposed The shutting OF
| The Mississippi Tor % years.
~ The decision he ~ favor Of the a.
| mendmeui, II may ruin us aud our chill
dren alter us /; " against IL, no injury will
result To any part OF Tie United States.
| Let il be what il nay, nv PRAYER 10 God