Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-03-03


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me- hx - sna,s-< S'u1. meaning meetee ee,es'
trns s,,s. Al vh,-L ~. ~-,eso.o,
| ,l..s. ,f ~. cn~-rsas o1ss .u'sen inc
10 s,.us... M ~ ,s".s !" snas' a,.cusssoh, sea non
me.,iny No., a.. seus'on sAyss sotne
Constitution. and Of tho ,sacls WIN, $500 !" -. y ~
ins,ead of ref,r1ng 20 C,.hh.,. -. ~. ~
tionsry. or va,,.i' ,arn 10 an. 80 49, 80 80
inv thai. read an, xbrJ. c,.n.. ,.I.ra. =. ~. ~
not a part, torn and isolated FINN The res, No. n, p
sident. let us read tho whole CLAUSE rels,i,, ,, The sah,sc,
as IL stands in the Constitution:
SNcw States may n. ,du;r.d hx a.. c- A.
Union; but no new Stair, mali n. t,,,n.S o,ss..,. s,I.1-
the ,urisdiction of any otbe, S,,,s q n s,,,s NJ. c~.a.J
by the junction OF two or mora s,a,rs. - n.,,s ~ So
without the consent cf the Legislature. of m, Sal. =
cerned ~ wrA Us Of The Congress"
In giving to Congress the power 70 admit, ..new States
into the Un,on." tho Constitution proceeds. .no new S,.,.s
shall be formed or erected" SC. The new States 10 BIO
admitted, then, were States to be formed OF erected. Nav
sir, IA IL no: an absurdity 10 suppose. would n moi he ~.
grossest soiecism In language even, that the Consres. OF ,bc
United states was TO iegisiate respecting the formation
or "erecuon" OF new States, except wishin The lmi,s of
the U. states, under our own Jurisdiction. and out of our
own iernieyf Mark Inc, Mr.. President, I do no, mean
~ resutet tis power 20 territory within tho original limits
y, W ""e otntcs, out territory within the limits Of the
ohteu states AT the time when the new State, asking for
eumission, IL 10 be formed or erected. Tho text OF the
Constitution itself, then, comes most deeisiycly in can6n.
nation oil the overwhelming evidence of contcmpornry
history, to show what Mr. Jefferson calls the true and
nohes' sense OF the instrument the sense in which il
0AfNudOu III DN ~
people,
but IL the gentleman still insists on his ultra literal mean
ms WI; N; woeid take the liberty OF carrying him a little
80 . !" ms Va" learning. Ihoash he was no law
yer u o repeated, yetm his younger days, with 4 desire OF
acquiring sueaa knowledge OF the gcaeral pnncipl, OF civil
Sms |.u. JuiH,p'ocenee as proper to every citizen ofa
- - ~! "e ~ reau p,aeAs'ones Commentaries, and
az "'a m.r iound taat oil all the various sorts OF interprsta.
$3.50, ""'e" nus condemned was the strictly literal
"Tpee'auy". Gu' ssref u hferd, h@ref "a esrffee.
and ,s.sss.s "n saS iesas wssa State, was new State.
-. 49, VIC n.'su aunt er INTO inc Union. Did he
h.ayics, ncnsl,y ,o ~. .. =. oss..shaan Jaw "h,eni imposed inc
NJ. :, -. ua"ihs oiood IN the sueetsi"
saw n man d., -, =, $50 a''"g 'e street.
"A the s,o, "a a. ~. ne. "P"p''Hy' aha oea NM
| bunornb,. Senator's ~. 80, sn, aeeo'uIng 10 inc
r,1s, b,ya ~ c,ntonn. '. me,p's'aTon' tue surgeon
II. lad drawn blnaS in ~ 49," :. (. ~ ns numaniH, Tor
OF line law. hn, snrS ~ sa .re ,useS, eacn were te ro'a'
ing was no, 4, b, oh,,in.J e., ,s.a ~ u msa"'
,,. e,ni.,t iron, ,b. -, va "o'u' yn''' u rom
room nj ~. -. . sI'Ye.I"n''e'," from me cause and
attend a riv,n cons,,,,.non n. .ms.al.n' "nIeh NouIu
ciple, Cicero had Ionr ,ro cited =. - ,ho ms Sa"1 pnu'
which ordained thu, n. rn,,,nsss 49,, ~ ~ ~ Ho"e'
a storm should f,tG.;, al -. -. wy emP
60 to the man who should remaio IN the = ..rI A sS,n =,
sea bc,ng thrc,,.n.5 - So I
den aud fearful ,emp,esr. ,be m,,in.s an IsS H. 49, J"
their lives. In hspp.n.d ,b.,. -. I, LaJ,I"Is ~ - we
board, who could moi stir . nnd he ,ho :, =, p,nr;I"n.
the ship va waited into por,. ard his lie vas ssy.d Uc
knew the provision of the law ami cI,;ucl H., o.,ouL;u
nj the vessel aud carro as forl.iiaJ Il, bis hene6, $780,.
he had remained in the shin Acco,j;,. n d.. 49,. -
OF blind, memorable in,erprc citation. hiscase was a good one
Ter it is quite as unaues,ionntI, ,h,t he h,d ..,.,n.in.J ~
the SNIP" according TO the words of the law 4 : ,ha, 'T.xa.
is aSa,c. and perhaps II little more so.
But the Senator had quoted a name always remembered
with respect by those who knew him. Tim, of N,,baniSi
Maeon, "f North Caroina. lie had conjurrd up the yene.
rated spirit OF that departed patriot to his aid; but what did
his authority Provel Absolutely nothing but what was al.
ready admitted On all hands. The case of which Nj. Macon
was speaking was the case Of the admission Of Louisiana
as a State into tue Union. not rs a foreign State. bu,
lo"g alter that territory had been acquired by treaty,
and WHOM it was proposed 10 form a new State on, q,
II. What Mr.. Macon said was. tina, The clause re.
speeding the admission OF new States applied to States
formed CUT O: new territories belonging 10 IN, IJni,cd
States as wei! as out OF old; and who now denied ,hi-,-
al Il eontenoed Tor -. that the new State must be