The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-02-21

fire state. ID almost extends within sI.s
tropics. and The nearest impnfa.nl slsad
10 ID an the WAFER side is cubs, slave
leland. This simple statement of iss geo.
graPhieal pasiIinn should of iIstlf decide
The question. When. by Ihe hezly &c
1919 Nth Spain. it Was ceded 70 the Uni-
isd States. slavery existed within il. By
the terms af that treaty. the effects and
property ef the inhabitants are secured 10
them. and they are allowed 20 remove aud
take lhrm away. II they think proper 70
do 80, without limiIstinn az 10 time. III
IL were +xpeJieni. ilerefnre. 10 abolish
slavery in IL. Il could not be done COM
sIsIrnlly with The treaty. without grahl-
ing 10 their anrirhI inhabitants . reason
able time 10 remove their slares. BuI
further. By the compromise which look
place on the passage of The act for The
admission nf Missouri into The Union, in
the year 1920. il was agreed and rnder-
stood that the line Of 90 deg. 80 min. 81
norIh latitude should mark The boundary
between the free sisles and the Stare
states 10 be created in the territories Of
the Unite. States es,I-d by the treaty Of
Louisiana; thnse sii::ai,d sou.iI II il be-
ing slase states. aud those norih Of IL
free states. Bal Fl"rida is snulh CT that
line, and consequently. according 10 ihs
spirit Of the understanding which pre-
vailed a, the period alluded 10. should be
a slave state. II may be true that The
compromise does not in terms embrace
FlnrIda. and that IL is not absolutely bin
ding and obligatory; but all candid and
impartial men must agree, that il ought
NJ; ~ i'e Gisressrded without lie most
weighIy Considerations. and that nn;....sE=
could be mora in be drErrraied than 10
open anew the breeding Wounds which
were happily bound up and healed By
that Compromise. F,nrl,la 10 the only
remaining tertiary o. he admiiied iaso
the UHinn with the ins,ituiion Of domes-
TIC slavery. while Wisconsin, and lows
are now nearly ripe for admission with
! out IL. '"'''
The next instance in which the erer.
else Of the power IT Congress is solicited.
is that oi prohibiting what is denominss-
ed by The petitioners the slave-lrade be-
tweea the states. ar. as ii Is described In
abolition pe,rions. The traffic in human
beings hrlarrn the states. This exer.
Else nf rhr pawer &c Congress is claimed
under thai clause of the Constitution
which invests u with authority 70 regu-
late commerce with foreign nations. and
aiming the several slales. and with the In
,lian tribes. The power to regulate COM
mrrce among the several states, like 9TH
er powers ~ the constitution. has hither-
! IL remained dormant in respect 20 the in-
tsrinr trade by land between The states.
Ii was a power granted, like al the other
powers 81 the general government. 10 se-
cure peare and harmony among the states.
Hitherto il has not been necessary 10 ex-
ercise IL. All the cases in which, during
the progress of time, il may become ex-
pedieni To exert the general authority %
regulde commerce between the states,
cannM be conserved. We may easily
imagine, however. contingencies which,
II they were To happen, might require the
! inlerpositinn of the common authority. III,
f"r example. the state uf Ohio were. BY
law. To prohibit any vessels entering The
port Of Cincinnati, from the port Of Lon-
isville. IN Kentucky, if that case be- nos
already provided for by the laws which
regulate our cossting trade. it ~ould be
competent TO the general government 10
snnul the prohibition emsnsting from
state authority. Or il the state Of Ken
lucky were Ia prohibit the introduction,
within its limits. of any articles Of trade.
The production of the industry of the in-
habi,an,s Of the slate Of Ohio, the gene.
raj government might, by its authority,
snpercede the stale enactment. But de-
ny that the general government has any
authority. whstever, from the Constltu-
tian. 10 abolish what 10 called the slave-
trade, or, ia either words. to proh.bis lhs
removal OF slaves from one slase-ssage 10.
another slave-stale.
The grant in The Constitution is of 4
power Of regulation, and not prohibition.
I, is conservative. not destructive. Re-.
gula,;on sr Ui iermini implies the consi-
naed existence or prosecutor of The thing
regulated. Prohibition implies total dis
continuance OF humiliation. The reeu.
lalion inteadel vas designed To fac.liss,s
and accommodate, not 10 obs,suc, and in
commode the commerce 10 he regulated.
Can il he pretended that. under ,his paw.
er Ia regulate commerce among The states,
Congress has The power To prahibi. The
transportation Of live stock ~hich. IN
countless numbers. are daily passing from
the western and interior states 10 tho
southern, sou,hwesiern. and Atlantic
sla,ess The moment The incon,es,abls
fact is sdmiued. thai negro slaves are pro-
perry. the law Of movable property irre-
slstlbly attaches itself TO them. and se-
cures the right Of carrying lhem IRON ons
TO another state. where they are recog-
I ,x.saI al a