Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-29
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MONDAY, JANUARY "a.
IN SENATE

MONDAY, JANUARY "a.
IN SENATE.
Mr.. Wilson laid before the Senate GER
tam resolutions of the Legislature of
New Jersey, on the subject of prohibit.
ing The existence of slavery i'm Missouri,
&c.
MIR. Logan also laid before the Senate
sundry resolutions on The same subject.
adopted by the Legislature of Kentucky.
| lbe Senate then proceeded TO the con
slhrrailOu Of The bill relative TO Missouri.
MT. Pinkney rose fo conclude his re-
marks on the provision annexed 10 the
bill
lu briefly resnming the first branch of
the subject, VIZ. The Constiiutionality of
making tie proposed restriction, Mr.. p. ad.
veried TO some observations which fell
from Mr.. Merrill, iavouring the idea, that
a nation ceased 10 be truly republican i'm
proportion TO the prevalence of slavery
within II, as slaves were debarred from
The right OF suffrage, which is the essence
oil republican government. Mr.. p. ap-
peailng TO history said, that the name of
a republic had never been withheld from
those ancient states i'm which slavery had
existed, and moreover, that if The gentle
mans definition OF republicanism were
correct, their own country would not be
a republic, as in some Of the slave-hold-
ing states, il is NOT all the freemen who
nave The right OF suftrage.--As il had
been insisted by The same gentleman,
that slavery enfeebIed the military power
oil people, lie addmccd the same illus
trlolls examples, as well as The conduct
OF The slave-holding STATES during The re-
volnilon, and, except i'll single instance,
during The late war, IA evidences Of The
correctness of this position.
As II related 10 the second division of
me subject, VIZ. Tile Treaty under which
L0mSidnd TdS 0dcted to tile government of the
United States; Mr.. P. argued briefly, but
decidedly against the resolution in ques-
non. 1t seemed 10 linn TOO evident TO re-
qhlre or admit Of an amplihed argument,
that from the terms Of The treaty, this go
Vernmcnt was laid under obligations 10
grant To Missouri an immediate and un-
conditional admission into The Union.
lie argued HAT slaves, as such, are pro-
Pejfy IN The established use of that term
ana mat therefore, as all admitted, il
"ouId De an infringement Of the treaty
10 interfere with the inhabitants OF tile
territory ~ The possession of their slaves.
ana he labOuTed TO prove that though
The condition annexed TO the amendment
OF the bill had for lis object no such in.
reference, yet as IL virtually Inhibited
possessors Of this species Of property
from migrating tIiller, il was equally
an infringement of the rights OF the ter.
riiory, as il related To this clause Of the
treaty. For, (as we understood Mr.. p. TO
IMPLY any prOIibiloTy act passed in re-
IailoD 10 those who would enter state
was equivalent 10 the same passed with
regard To- those already inhabliing IL.
On The tIIird and last topic, tue erped.
entg or policy of mailing the resirjciioa--
MI 7. urged several considerations.
also dissuasve OF The MEASURE, and first
he sad, 81 The power coniendcd for be
one OF dubious authority, aud much more,
~, as he has epdcavouIed 10 show, u we're |
clearly unconstitutional, The irritation
prndmcpd IN The minds of tic people of |
mlSsnuri by this real or supposed en-. !
on their rights might he i'm
medlaiely productive Of evil; or else n |
some future dag, when size would become |
surrounded by a numerous popuIaiiop, |
she might prove TO have cherished a Sc |
creI sense oi injury, and be induced 10 |
separate herself from an alliance of which /
her portion had been coupled with what