Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-02-18

bank. lie appliesto me- 10 endorse anotler to re-.
new IT, which do In blank Now, this gives hin,
power TO make any other use Of my note which hc
niehses Hut IT, instead Of applying IL 10 tho ipieq-
ded pntposc lie goes a broker and sells it, there.
ny doubling my responsibility for him. he commits
eaeh oi trust and violation Of the good faith Inv
pi'rd IN The whole transaction. srsI = ,ish
bn' Mr President. il this reasoning were M ierYo-
neous Ms believe tito bc correct and conclusive, !.
the affair Of the liberation OF six thousapd oeev.
slaves III this District. disconnected will, the three
millions Of slaves in the United States Of sufficient
magnitude to agiiae, distract and cnbitcr this great
Cohiedctaey. Fl. -
The next in which the petition asks the exet.
cse of the power Of Congress, relates to slavery 10
The Territory OF Florida. 80
FLORIDA IN the extreme southern portion OF the L..
nled States II Is bonrde, on all its land side, b,
tho slave States. md IL several hundred mile, (ro,n
The nearest Tree State. 1t almost extends with tia
tropics. and the important island 10 IL on the
water side Is Cuba. sas. island. This simple state
eni oi lis geographical postum should OF itself de-
tidr the question. When, by the treaty Of 1915
with Spain, 1t WIS ccded 10 tho United States slayr
~ existed within II. by The terms Of that treaty
the ELECTS and property o the inhabitants are secur
ed 10 them, and ihey are allowed to aud take
them away, II they think proper to do SO. withou,
limitation TO time II II were expedcid. ihcteiorrt
abolish slavery in IL, IL could not be done consiseutl
ly with The treaty. without granting TO the n,ccn,.
reasonable time 10 remove their slaves. But fur
,hef By The compromise which took place on the
passage vi the aci Lar the admission Of Missouri nto
the Union. IN the year 1920. It agreed and mn.
defstood that the line OF 80 deg 30 ,nn of north lat.
nude shonld marx the boundary betwrea the FIRE
States 10 be created IN the territories tf tho Un~d
STATES ecdcd by the treaty OF Louisiana those sj.
nnted south OF II being slave States. and those north
olit Tree States. But Florida is south o that line
nhd consequently, according the spirit OF tho I'M
dcrsanding which prevailed the period alluded ~.
should be slave State. 1t may he true that tn.
compromise does not IN eimsenbrace FLORIDA, and
that ~ not absolutely binding and obligatory; bri
all eandi andimpaftal men must agree that IL ought
not 10 BIZ disregarded without lilo most wciehty cor
sideralions. aud tina, nothing could be more 10 b.
deprecated ian To open hhcw The bleeding wounds
winch we're happily bound upand healed by than
compromise. Florida Is the only remaining Terri.
tory TO be admitted into the L uiun with the in.,uu.
lion OF domestic slavery, vhlc WISCONSIN and lows
are now neafly ripe for admission without il.
The next instance in which the exercise Of he
power u Congress IS solicited IS ihst Of prohibiting
What is denon,inacd by the petitioners the slave
ade between The Snrs, or, ms II is Described in aba,
hllon pctiiions. the traffic in human beings betwceu
the States. This exercise Of The power Of Congress
Is elnimed under ,hat clause ui the Constitution
which invests II with authority to regulate com.
merer witt, lnrelRn nations, and among the scyerl
tribes. The power 10 regulate cornn,eicc aiming the
several Suites, like other powers in the Copsu,ior,
has hitherto remained dormant IN icsrccl 10 the in-
terror trade by land between the States. 1t WINS a
power granted hike all the other powers of tho Gcr-
ethl Government, 10 secure peace and harmony ~
mone The States. Hitherto II has not been r-crssr-
~ to exercise IT, All The eases ia which. durirg The
progress II time, il may become cxpcdirnt 10 rxc,t
the general AUTHORITY 10 regulate commerce between
Tie States. cannot be conceived. We may easily
'u12inc, however contingencies which, il they werg
10 bnpren, might require The interpretation Of The
common authority. II, for example. the State II
Ohio were, by law, prohibit any vessel entering III
port OF Cinc,nnaii, hon, the pot, Of Louisville H.,
Kentucky, II that case be not already provided for h.
me laws which regulate our eoasiing-Itade 1t would
be competent 10 the General Government to ann,
the prohibition enlanating from State authority. q,
II the Safe OF Kentucky were 10 prof. iDn the into
dncIon, within lis limits. II any articles ofiradr, ilr
production of the indnslr, OF The Inhabitants Of Ohio,
the General Government might, by its authority sn-
peisede The State enactment But ] deny that he
General Government hrs my aothorily, whaisvst,
from the Constitution. To abolish what is called tn,
slave trade, or, in Other words 10 prohibit the rep,.-
val Of slaves from one slave State TO another slave
State. -
The grant in the Constitution is 4 lowsr OF regn.
iaioa, aud not prohbllion. 1t is consc vatiye, a.
destructive. Regulation tr II tcrmini implies the
continued existence or prosecution Of the thing rei
ulned. Prohibition implies total dsconnuancc a.
humiliation. Fhe regulation intended was desigucf
10 facilitate aud accommodate, not TO obstct aud -
cnmmode the commerce 10 be regulated. Gan ttN
preic nded that, under this power 10 regulate COM
meree among the States, Congress has HE power To
prohibit tbs transportation Of live stock which, ia
countless numbers. daily passing from the IVES
tern and interior States 10 The Southern, Souihwcs
tern, and Atlantic States! The moment The ucor-
tesable fact is admitted that negro slaves proper.
~, the law OF movable property nyeslstbly attaches
il. Ell TO them, and the RIG ht o carrying trn
from TO anoihe, State, where they recognised
rs property, without any bindfance whatever irouf
Congress. ..... a. 'srHf
Bur, Mr.. President will not deinin the Senala
longer on the subjects of slavery within the Distrer.
and in Florida aud oithc rgh, of Congress to- pros