The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25

"A. t,,ure action Of the various departments OF
siD.I - orsrnment each in its own sphere Those
our ~, he mentioned, therefore, which have
ON! 'I,s,dv foreshadowed, belonging to one de-
Do1,nosnt-ihe Legislative; and relating 10 one
ouestion-Siayer!' -. - h..o snr.ad he
- ,bs country on this subject, and which WI
IN he affiliated in Congress, are three-the WI
-, Proyiso, the Extension OF the missouri
Compromise, and Mr.. Calhoans Weii-Aho"h
Resolutions. .. a,
.,,s,ipg more than that II prohibits, In ex-
- farms. the extension Of slavery 10 amy ter
-, hereafter TO be acquired by the United
49,. II might DO unconstitutional and not
-, Int should il pass into an act its end will
-..,sinlv be achieved, since no STAKEHOLDER, with
O'-' .-,i1or like this before him, would venture
-, Is slaves into a country like Mexico,
-. slavery is already prohibited by law
Nh therefore. the country filled up, il would
A. ,r;tb non-slaveholding population; and when
ss,,itted into the Union could only come IN as .
The Missouri Compromise comes next. sup
,,oss This passed into law, and now VIII the
TO- standl IL will then be written on the
i...',. Rock. that North of IS deg. 80 min. N.
lIt.,'I;ne States NAV establish il if they think
Would this ever establish slavery in
Piof-s tbose territories, or add another 10 the
an! - Of slave States IL so there must be
L--inning. and that beginning must be before
Ian. some STAKEHOLDER must set the exam
-. md 90 with his slave and settle land whilst
h-.onnfrv is vet territory. For the sake of
.i'..,rstion. we will say that the first man who
- the attempt is Gen. Hamilton, Of South
1eIi,, When he reaches his destination,
Os-L.ns in the beautiful neighborhood Of Men
-, he finds, Just arrived from the city Of
STs.bipgton, Territorial Governor and other
.a,csrs. among whom is a Territorial Judge
Tbis Judge we will suppose also South Caro-
linisn-abe and Jealous for the rights OF the
lt..L 3, al things touching slavery. Well,
-. Court !. organized, and the first cause which
-. nm shall be habeas corpus, or some 9TH
- e1uivalent proceeding, calling upon Gen.
G.u,iltop 10 give satisfactory reason why he
.l...,r,ss 10 hold in bondage certain persons
-, he calls his slaves. The General reads
-, the Statute Book the Act extending the
Missouri Compromise; the counsel for the
$3.50 calls upon him, and the Court rules him,
.--,s5rce proof that the Congress Of the United
- ~ any other competent authority, had
- made use Of the privilege there granted,
sgs passed law repeating the Mexican laws
,D5 introducing slavery into the territory over
which the Court had jurisdiction. The Gener-
i would be constrained 10 be silent, and the
Iu6ge. notwithstanding his education and con-
,,ictieus as 10 the benihcence of slavery, would
h compelled TO declare the negroes free or be
apenured man
.;,;,D 70 the Wimot P-oviso; they too are but
,-ers-,l proposition, and would require specialize
si.IstioR before they could be made available for
any practical purpose. Precisely the same case
,rbcb has idst been put would occur, and with the
me result The slaves would plead the laws
n the country; the master would answer by
Fading the act Of Congress, and the judge would
he Obliged 10 require him 10 show that any COM
nst-at authority had passed law carrying into
l-F,-t the equality declared BY the Resolutions
1, exist between the slave holding and non
s.svs-holding States, and removing the obsta-
sIss 70 that equality, found in the laws of the
District over which he presided. No such law
could be found, and the Judgment would, neces-
slrily, be as before.
We are thus at the same point that the Will
not Proviso brought us to. The country being
settled whilst territory with none but few
population. the States, when admitted, can only
be free States. To avoid this result, the friends
ofthe South invented the latter two Of these pro-
positions, and vet it seems that they must both
fail Of their object, from one and the same cause,
the mistake Of supposing Mexico wilderness,
into which the emigrant must carry his own
laws, or be without law. The friends Of these
measures seem 10 have forgotten what all the
world knows, that Mexico is q confederation Of
states having. united. federal constitution, and
Slusratslv each State constitution, formed on
our own models, and having municipal laws
nearly allied 10 those Of our own State of Louis
lana. and Of the nations Of the Continent Of
Europe, and with them Of common descent
from the jurisprudence Of the Roman Empire F;
and Lhat with the original principles derived from
these sources, the laws excluding slavery from
the soil have been duly incorporated by the
legislative authorities Of the country just in the
same manner as the States Of our Union have
from time TO time amended their fundamental
Avs. Yet such Is the fact, and from il clear
Iy follows that before slavery can be introduced
.ut0 Mexican territory, these laws must be re-
psaled. But who is to repeal them Does any
man dream that d Congress with a majority
from the free States will do il Z Is any man
prepared to say that the South, in asking Con-
gress 10 DO il would not admit what they have
always so strenuously denied-the right Of Con-
gress TO legisiats on slavery in the territOriesl
Some, however, may say that all this is true,
snC that the new States contemplated must come
in az Tree states, but that under these substitutes
for the MiImot ProvisO they will have the privi-
lege, and, perhaps, Of it, Of afterwards adopt
ing slavery. To this, it may be answered that
the Wimot Proyiso can in no manner affect this
privilege 10 diminish IL, nor the other schemes
10 enlarge it. All States now in the Union
have il, and all States hereafter 10 enter must
have It, as our government is compact between
equals. But will il avail-will il make slave
States Is there a State, which was a free terri
tory, that has since admitted slavery, or which
has shown disposition TO do so, or that has rea-
son, from any lack Of prosperity, TO regret its
absence, or that has not seemed to rejoice that
they had il not, and 10 think IN Of their neigh
0ors who had Not one-and IL such be the
case on tie Mississippi, how can we expect any
thing different on the mountains and table-lands
Of Mexco7
o2ch, then, are the three great leading propo-
sihons before the country. Taken in connexion
win the case Of the United States retaining al
logether from legislating on the question of ex-
uncing slavery into Mexico, they comprise all
tae probable methods of treating this subject, on
winch the country seems so determined 10 be-
come excited, and all lead, simply and unavoida-
O.!' 10 one conclusion, viz:-That there will be
no more slave States admitted into the Union,
formed out Of territory acquired from Mexico.
A SOUTHERN Man.