Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-05
will forever forbid us from carrying our slaves

WILL forever forbid US from Col ih6 oui 90
with US, unless We can gel il repeaiea.
Ill. Another conclusive argument may oe oe'
rived from that clause in the Constitution las
quoted, which makes il the duty OF Congress 10
dispose Of and make all Deediul rules and regu
laions concerning the territory belonging 10 'he
u Slales." What sort of disposition Wha
rules and regulalions7 The Wings have a"ayls
told Us tina, The General Government is mere
trustee for tie STATS in relation TO the public LANDS
which are The trust subject, and 1t IS bound 10 al
minister that trust subject for The beneht oil all 'h'
States and the people of all The States. II as VII
Stephens, have Southern Wings wholly iorsouel
all their arguments in favor of distribution
would seem 50! And thus they everlasnDsly oio"
hot and cold They told US that so entirely are Inc
public lands The properly Of The separate STATES
that The General Government was oounh 10 ser
them TO The bes, advantage, and to distribute Inc
proceeds equilably among Inc SIa'es-and cou'o
not conslitu'ionally place the money IN Inc feue'
raj Treasury And now torsoolh, they leIl US lha'
MEXICAN Lav, unless repealed, shall give the peo'
Pile OF the free States monopoly OF The pubic
lands in New Mexico and Calfornia,-shall de-
prive the people of one halfIhis Union OH PRIV
ilege Of buying lhem-and shall destroy allcom-
petition Of Southern bidders; thus causing them
to be sold a, less than what would be their true
value il lairly exposed 10 market.
The General Governments mere trustee 10
administer the public lands for The benefit OF Inc
people Of all the States; yet Mexican law II not
repealed, is to deprive just one. halt The people Of
this Union Of full enjoyment OF The trust sub
lect, Of a iai; participation in lis benefits. Whal
would be 'h,ughl Of trustee in Virginia who
would tell hs beneficiary that he should not cul-
tivale his own land with his own slaves2
w. An lnarswerable argument may be de-
rived from those clauses in the Constitution, which
prove the Defect equality Of The States and of all
the people II all The States. The people OF
the slave States have exactly The same rights
and privileges in The public domain as those
Of the free S'aes. On this point we quote from
Senator Hun:t's very able speech on The Oregon
bill
at is p'ovi.ed that all taxes shall be uniform,
ard That The liws OF bank ruptcy and naturalizi.
,ion shall be uniform. Ii is provided that no
preference shi be given 10 ports ia one State
over those OF ;noher; lha, The citizens of all The
Sales shall have the privileges of the citizens OF
each; and, IN order 10 insure this equality, The
Stale governments themselves are hedged about
by prohibitions. They are not allowed 10 MAKE
treaties becaue in that way some might gain the
advantage ovrr others They are no, allo wed 10
lay duties, because The benefits of commerce
might Ihus b. distributed unequaly among The
States"
In Inc election Of a President by The House Of
Representatives, New York and Delaware are
equal. In The Senate, the representation OF the
States is equa.
"Who douts that an equal distribution of the
money arising from the sales Of the public lands,
il distributed all, ought 10 be made2"
III his eqnlity among the States is Jfinda-
mental prineik, essential to the well being and
existence OF american society, as it was organ.
lied under the Constitution, | ask if we are not
bound, in theexercise of every power, whet'er
granted or implied, to administer il with refer
ence to thos imitatoRs2 The highest of all
obligations Uon Government, is that of avoid
Ing all acts which would change the organic
structure ard impair the vital functions OF the
society, wh;h cnrusts it with power, for
purposes Motif destruction but Of preservation. !"
Ye. this profoundly learned Georgian, SO
much wiserih than Calhoun, Hunter Dixon II.
Lewis, and bhn NJ. Clayton; SO much ADLER
lawyer than Judge Berrien, Judge Butler. Sena.
tor Mason, Rserdy johnson of Maryland, who
has, for yeas, been making 10000 dollars a
year BY the ,gal profession, and is not c1celed
by any lawye in the great Atlantic cites, quotes
Grotius and Jo'ephus, TO show that .Nertean
unrepeasd !,sr can do, what the Wing says he
holds that Congress itself, with all its immense
powers in to territories, under the Constitution
cannot do; IN oveTtu'n and destroy this equali-
change The ganic structure Of our Government
itsei can So upon what basis The institutions of
the future Pciic States shall be framed "IHc
lap Of tn eoquercd" shall say 10 halt of the con-
qucrers "yolsha'l mol come among US and settle
upon the cnquered lanes, because you own
slaves" "1x lav of the conquered" shall pre-
scribe The futre organization and structure of so.
ciely in NeWMexico and California, for all time
to come. Fc if slavery shall be excluded until
New Mexic,and California shall apply for I'D.
mission as Safes, il amounts 10 perpetual eI-
cluson.
Trnly hiss an age Of wonders The citizen
OF Michganin sigh of the lakes, BY education,
BY association in sympathy and in feeling strong.
ly opposed 10 lavery, can do justice 10 the Soulh
and her institutions; while one who was born
and grew u in the turrid cline and amid
the cotton plnlalions OF Georgia, himself and
his seven Souhern coadiuors, leagued and band
ed with the iiscreanls and incendiaries of The
North TO vote Town the Compromise Bill, exul.
tinely shout With them over its defeat, and boaa
OF having foreer excluded those institutions from
all territory hwen Sc deg. 80 min, and The AID
parallel OF Meth latitude