Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-01-06
had no existence, and consequently could


hol have assebled 10 II
The answer to tins question VIII lead
US 10 take a view oil the measures y hleh
Resulted IN our admission as member
o. the American Union.
Congress BY Jaw passed 8ih April,
1878, au,harzed lbe Inhabitants 81 de
territory oil iGnois,lo loru iorlbemsoives
a cons tuition ana $ ate government, and
then offered 10 admit this state "iG.0 he
Onion, upon the oaae ioans Win the
original states, III all Respects "bale.ef,
upon condition, however, that The con-
s'aQlDn. whenever formed, s. ould mol
be rebugnam 10 the ordinance passed III
1857
In pursuance ofthe authority given by
the Law o. 1918, The people oi taIs stat,
by their cons Min, expressly acknow-
ledge in the preamble 10 MT cons lu-
ton, that TIER rIshl 10 orm eoes'uu-
ton is derived from, and IS CONSISTENT
with, "the Constitution OF the Cnfed
States, the ordinance o. Congress OF
1887, an he llw u CDngre $, approved
Apfil s, 1918"
Tue constitution o. tins STA Is framed
in pursuance oi Tie ordinance ans law
lusl reclfed, AID all the roud IONS and
rostrie''s.'ss rs4funed Of US, are Jolly
agreed 10 by our constltut ~. We npt
only fully acceded 10 all the conditions
fequlned, bat in order more inliy 10 prove
our cordia, PIP ha,ion Of some ol the
principles Gov sHpcd IN tae ordinance, We
the substance OF enc OF lhen ID
the contliuton. | refer 10 the first sec
ton oil The fourth article, where We de-
clare +" That neither stapefy or involun-
tsry ser,it,de shall hereafter be intro
duccd iri,u tins state, otherwise than Ion
the punishment, oil crimes" &C.
In these proceedings, we then per-
ceive, that the people of dis state have
made themselves a parry u the ordnance
pr compact o. 1857. Haslrg arrived at
this Conclusion, The lNporeul question
Az ain forces itself upon U.s. ali The ps0-
pie OF this state, 1ne OF The parties 10 Z c
ordinance Ui l787) 50 alter their corsti-
luton as 10 adn, s{avery lno tins STATE +!
In the further dIscusspn oi lliis ques-
lun, si'di HsIte Canva3slpp the gross
breach oE pubic ldith, that such al at i
etnpi would imply, and Tie great mus
ice we should commr towards that pur- |
ion Of our fellow cill.ens w einiGrard !
o this state III the FIJI confidence and be- j
lei, thai the ordinance OF l767, and aurI
foreper excluded slavery
rom our limits.
Are We prepared t. decide, that we
1ave right TO snnui that sftcle Of The
ordinance, which secures to The CuIled
States the u'ld and uaeu'llpaJp3 lands
Jnut W. ia he up our minds tOdecldc,
sc cannot detetplDe thst we nave arlstt ,
declares that Congress, shall co0lNie 70
lod the ppblir lands, alter we become
" Tree and Independent state" also do
lares, that slavery shah f0rrper be eX-
lnded from the state. II we have pow
+ over ore part of the ordinance, we have
- or the whole
| now again call u9on the honest, the
cnectlng friend, OF new convention, To
PAUSE, 10 examine well the gtound, be-
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