The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-04-25

This he thought proper 10 do because the adj
mission OF Maine was hooked with the Ms
sour question, and which he undertakes 10
prove :" both from declarations made by a
majority OF senators, as well as documents OF
the highest authority in his possession-which
he shall publish il occasion requires would
positively not have taken place this session, II
II did Tor tour years TO come and then he
proceeds to count % the hundreds OF thousands
If dollars" which IT would have cost Mai141
= IN tame ADD money!" and all for nothing
merely because be should be 50 obstinate az 20.
vote against the admission OF Missouri wiihou;
estrictios.~s " Because ii restriction on Mis-
soun bad been persisted in by the house,
neither Maine nor Missouri would have been
admitted tb, session. all which he can PROVE"
S,c. Ii Missouri eouid mol have been admitted
sCfh restriction it would have been SOME con
Isolation that she should not be aptttom. But
we should be glad 10 SEE the Documents how
ever--they beng of The highest authority and
IN Mr.. Hills possession. As we are safe in
pert now we should IKE 10 see the shoals
The people of Name will he very much at
leisure for this purpose until the last of May.
Bm Maine out of The question" says our
honorable representative, 4" my Vote on The
NJ iyouri b.H. as at present odyised, ,could hare
been The same" On, Very wel-lben ieaue
Maine out OF the question. II IS never worth
while TO multiply reasons that are scknowI-
edged 10 have no necessary conneSion, and
perplex business with matters that have 10
direct relation 10 it. His vote on The Missouri
question then stands, as every tub ought ,o,
upon IFS own bottom. But las al present ad
Uised," ne says. Who then was The adviser |?
There l. great deal IN this world owing TO
jurta position. Those who are equally lovely
IN their poliica lives are not apt TO be divi-
ded on great occasions. II is a happy cir
cumstsnce for the good people Of York that
while The law allows them only one member,
they are able by bis Influence to count al least
two votes and while they have the full ben.
ell and glory OF those talents, which formerly
shone so oonsl icuou-ly al the bar Of the Su
preme Court, they are enabled through the
same channel 10 avail themselves ol those
which presided so respltndentIy upon The
bench OF The Court OF Sessions.
What then were the mighty reasons opera
ting on The mind OF our honourabe repre-
sentative thus resulting IN favour of the admis
sion o. Missouri without restriction? They are
nothing more nor less than the empiyings of
all The phiais that have been poured upon The
patience OF Congress through the protracied
pe,i,d oil six weeks discussion, the spirits
and alcohol all exhausted, and nothing but the
Stops aud iecuience remainiDg-grern, cur
ding, and excremeutItIous al the bottom
This may be deemed rather an unnecessary
allusIon but ii must have bees somewh, Il IN
this state OF mind, that the bonoura Die gentle.
man was raking after certain I" iaclious men,
seeking 10 emerge from the di-grsce brought
upon them by their former misconduct so as
10 acquire IN the general confusion that public
confidence which they had justly forieted."
Our honouTabe friend IS here understood 10
aliude to certain obnoxious measures of an un
popular party, now pretty much deiunci, in
which he formerly participated, bu from
which he has happily emerged 50 bright and
blooming, together with several other ambi-
'ious spirits who wanted TO g control every
body aud every thing insianler."
There Is a kind of mechanical order in these
reasons, bui a. there is no natural method or
conneAion IN regard To sense, ii may be suii
cient 10 notice some of them as they happen
10 occur.
Fist, IL says that " the only precedent in
p lat Tor restricting slavery knowa in The his
tory OF the general government was " the
celebrated ordinance of 1897. passed by the
old Congress IN relation to the northwest lerTl-
toby OF the OHIO, IN winch there were no white
'nhabilants, and winch now constitutes the
States IT Ohio. Indians. Illinois, and the Nj.
ch,gan territory" The answer to this Is that
aae ordinance ext ired with the territory Thai
Is the uniform logic OF all the Missouri party
upon ibis subject. But in the very act Of
admitting these several States, Congress re-
CURED each OF them, by DIS ioct and or,gi
Ddi slpuiaiion, 10 recognize The principles OF
lnai ordinance and incorporate IT'S PROVISIONS,
The principle OF which was in respect 10 slave
", into lher several constitutions. This |
condition they respectively complied with
and now slavery Is probi tied IN each of those
States, no by the nearly extDgui.hed ordi.
nance OF 1871, which only applies al present
to the Territory of Michigan, bul because the
iniefdici was made part of their con,tiu
tons by ibe terms of their admission, imposed
by the ptremp,ory authority OF Congress Is
there then no Other ~ vi in point for re
stf,ciIon than the on
With many mipdl tain construction,