Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-24

''e '..-. o. s'.' - sec, axe iu't, p~Nts
- the boone ASH slnew pf The cuun,ry. n
large portion az these he slaves, thai
i"'m'r Is not only impaired, bat ply SIC al
dehinty orvup.es lis place.
ihe prCul;.r SIiuaItun ~ ,iiS trrriiory
rcIUWc- % Ia htc"Tr "A shoug itoi,tI. r.
IN'og ~ The ,lrh,iv OF nuaIrInus and
p."tt''i tribes 81 inLianS. approaching
the rti4hbt r!,und 0i a conniiy Which
s""u "dS i."'u'nF d rich AMI jrolouS rval,
We ""ghi no, 10 wraarn IL with slave
popnlaii"n,
The ,p,ssen,a,ionin Congress allowed
for siaNc~, a. haze before sditi, VAS
matter 81 compronisr. The extent of lbis
concession WAS >nppu.ei 10 be seen aud
cleaiiN undtr>iOod. 10 Mas believed that
1t Gould n"i hr earned hey0ud the then
existing states, aHd, possibly Ia iae ter.
riiotv IN dispute hriween tie Y. States
an Gtorg'sL Ii did not apply 20 foreign
itsr,iorN. |, vru can claim u as Incident
io ih' power 4 a'inuiIng urw sIat,s :, YOU
may stretch The pr!ncIpir 10 know not
y ita; lcn.ih. The Moris oi the constitu-
ii"n may not he violated, bui lis spiiit
VIII De di>'"garlcd. SO express pnwer is
granted 10 Congress 10 acquire territory.
y II rNisis At oil IL Is 10y ng phcaiion....
ihns, an TIA" in:piieu power 10 acquire
ierrItuly bV treaty. You raise an implied
Is5in Ia erect Ii into states, aud imply a
cOn'pr0u, 80 by which slavery is 10 be es-
,ah':Shed, aud lis slaves represented in
Congress. Is this just Is II fan! Where
viii 1t end Must we ALLOW representa-
ilpn mol only 10 F.ruch aud Spanish
slaves bought WITH Ihe territory III Ques-
''on, but to African siaveS Smuyyith into
u ~ viol3iiou of ta@! Bui your last Of
acquiring IL not yet sItiateu. You must
have HE Fiorr,ts. Your ambition rises.
You cu"tt Cuba and obtain il. You
stretch your aruS 10 the other islands in
The Gull of MeXi,", aud they become
yours. Are ii,e millions of slaves inhabit-
iUg These countries, too To he incorpnrai-
cd inio the UuIom, aud represented in
C"ngrtSS Are The ireemen ct The old
states Ia became the SLAVES OF the repre-
svniai'ves at foreign slaves The MAORI
- may be ~ yosr hands. You may have
the power Ia pass such laps, bur beware
hove yon ilse ~. Remember bv whom.
a"l tor whom This government was
established. ...." We, lie people of
tie United States" made il To Sc
cure Ger liberty, AID promote our
""'dre. True, sir. II is not every viola
t'in at The constitution HAT will Justify
extreme mra, Wps. Our Union NAV be
compared io Il Commercial lariuer shin.
Some OMISSIONS nf duty and acts of un-
kindness may be forgiven mauy errors
az Judgment may he overlooked and tor
gotten; bur, # there be Il ,ransgIcssion
uhich IN Ms very nature Is beyond for
giv"ncss, anal requires resistance, il con-
sisis In admitting into The concern new
ana uncAnccird partners, i'm such manner
as {" change the principles of the part.
nrrsIIip ii"rit, and destroy The rights of
Tie "iiSinai owners.
We aIe E0hnd 10y oath 10 support the
constitution al iiie United States. The
dniy imposed is TO uphold, not 10 impair
aud weaken II. Our obligation is a. so.
ieiun To maintain the powers cunlided
10 t'ls government as 10 iOrbear The eXer-
else al those which belong TO others. The
a'nehdmeni on your table opposes no
s'aie night. Gentlemen require us to adj
mil ludi Nissnuri * slate, and then
demonstrate quite clearly that We ought
not In interfere with her municipal repu-
lailons. That Missouri, al some period
viii become stale ia This Union, lave
10 donb! bnt that she will ever b, adj
united by an American Congress without
recognizing " The fundamental principles
OF cnii an'i religious liberty" cannot
5riieve. Possessing az we 10, butli IA
Innra' aud Il COisiIIuiioHai ripti 10 re.
GnirS oi Ahssotf provision against
slavery. az dcpudiiiOn Of her admission
~ We fan iu exert II, we shall Justly incur
me Tcpl"dcii Oi our contemporaries, asd
I'm uInied'cltUn 0i pOsteriiy.
Dcbaie 10 be continued