Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-06-24

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portation Of slaves into he Mssppi and Louss Terrific
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IL they bound In al respects treat The Territories and
legsae for them for the States The gentleman IRON
Mississippi. mr. BHowx,) In argument this SUBJECT
few days since. referred TO the Florida bat that
shows that jurisdiction extends the entire sulset
the fullest extent The which be referred Tins
Florida passed law laying higher TAX upon the slaves Of
nonresdens than the slaves Of residents Congress said
at you shall have such power and Ffids having
claimed such power by her law Congress declared that Law
null and void, thus asserting absolute and uncontrolled
thority.
Them rs to Louisians. In the year 1904, on the es,h
Marchfour years before this Government had such poser
the Ststeshe importation of slaves prohiisted
der heavy penalties and he again asked why and hos
this done II because the Territories treated
part Of the United States They not amenxbie 10
laws unless such laws given them by Congress.
Mr.. BAYLY said, II the gentleman from Indiana would
turn 10 the constitution, be would that the nhinicn
tended to the States then existing only.
Mr.. PETIT observed thai Tennessee and Kentucky were
not then admitted into the Unon but before isos aud
the gentleman from Virginia would pretend say that
Congress could prohibit the introduction Of slaves into fhc~c
States ate. heir admission into the Uno and prior SOS
He then reiterated his assertion that the Territories
not parts Of the United States and that the why
power could be exercised In them hs could not be exercised
the States Nor could they become parts Of the United
States until, by their free will and action they esab
lshed Government formed constitution, and admit
ted independent soveegntes, the sovereignty thcm
Inv hat
would be found both scious and that bound
to extend to the people Of the Territories the provisions o the
constitution and the laws to the people Of the United
States. He confidently asserted that could extend the
people of the Territories and impose upon them any laws that
pleased. He begged 10 call the attention Of the commit
tee TO the act for the government Of Louisiana passed March
3, 1905 BY this act the system OF representation not
given to them but they governed by Governor and
three Judges only They not allowed trial by jury,
less the in controversy exceeded $780, while the
stuon reserved the right Of trial by jury the people with
in the States where the in controversy exceeded s20
Why this done he knew not unless that Louisi
not sufficiently Amercanized unless her people bad
not got TO understand the representative principle Il was
however, fact that after Louisiana bad had territorial gov
ernment with territorial legislature finding that il did
work we'll this Government undertook govern them by
Governor and three Judges and they might have extended TO
and established in Louisiana any other form Of
Mr.. vENABLE inquired If he understood the gentleman
from Indiana to say that this Government could establish
despotism in Territory
despotsm In any of its Territories beyond all doubt. This
Government could sell them into slavery II II pleased He
did not however, suppose, for would be pposerou TO do
So that this Government would do any such thing there
great difference between the possession and the exercise Of
power This Government however, had exercised the power
IN this instance Of repeating Legislature in Louisiana and
orbidding the introduction Of slaves giving them Governor
and three Judges which sent there by this Governments
and Congress, he repeated might give the people Of the
Territories such terms as It, He sustained this posi-
ton by assuming that the Territories part Of the Unit
ed States until they formed State Governments and adj
med into the Union. The principle settled by
the Missouri compromise and in short by the uniform action
Of this Government In instance had there been divided
sovereignty for In any Of the Territories In oil
cases this Government had the power control and egse
IN every particular for the Territories wherever they own
the soil possess eminent domain. Unless surrendered by
IT. the right Of sovereignty In this Government Having
cited several authorities he would refer another and that
his own, in speech delivered him during the last session Of
Congress In that speech, In question put by the
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr RHErT,) he affirmed
the absolute authority Of the United States all the Terri
tories That speech made without having recently
amined the authorities, but he happy to find that
thorough examination his views fully cooboraed In
referring to that speech authority he fully sustained by
the'genteman from Virginia, mr. BArLr,) who, few
weeks since, to prove that the first in Great B
tain for the abolition Of slavery from philanthropy
but cupdity, read from speech which the gentleman from
Virginia had himself made few years ago, and to his
mind made the proposition clear. He (Mr PETrrr) would
add that however hng might appear 10 Others be had
egosm enough to believe his good any other authority