The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-06-25
NEW YORK. SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 25 1s4s

principles of the Revolution delnsated In the De-
clart ion of lnd.pe ndeuce; and they too nge
GUS in their dispositions to attempt to conceal the
Impressions by which they were embarrassed But
they knew also that its speedy abolition In several of
the States impossible, and its existence all with
out fault the part of the present generation They
also too upright and the frater nal feelings which
had carried them through the struggle for indepen
dence were too strong to permit them to deal with such
matter upon other principles than those OF ber
atty and justice. The policy they adopted, was, to
guarantee to the States in which slavery existed an
elusive control over the subject within the respective
jurisdictions but to prevent by united efforts its
tension to Of the United States in which 1t
did not in fact exist On all sides the expedite
to carry out this policy adopted with aacr
ty and good feeling Their r-t step to interdct
the introduction Of slavery into the Northwestern
Territory covered by the States of Ohio, Indiana
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. This may justly be
regarded as being in the main, Southern measure.
gress by MIR Jefferson Virginia made the cession Of
the territory upon which the ordinance Intended
to operate and the from all the slave
holding States gave II q unanimous support. Doubts
having arisen in the minds Of some whether the ord
nance of 17s7 was authorized by the articles of
Confederation, bill introduced In the new Con-
at its first sessi under the constitution recog
nizing and adapting it to the Organization and it
has ever since been treated Ind regarded as a valid
act This bill received the constitutional appreciation
OF President Washington, whose highest and sworn
duty 1T was to support the constitution under which
1t was enacted Nor was the north backward in doing
its part to sustain the policy which had bee wisely
adopted They asscnted to the insertion of provisions
~ .ne coust'tuton ana sumcien. 10 project
The trouble apprehended at the CONNIE ncement of
~ 80 a. io 1- Sn'e souroos ues"r w sfow 'ese
sented to Congress- upon tho subject of slavery and
the slave trade, by the Quakers, of Philadelphia and
citv f th nroot;n "a hni;,;n Thasa n o So
we're, in the House of Reprsso ntatives referred to
uo h vi seven, III ou' one Oh waom were nortnern
If the whols an ,maJ that cnnras. bavo nn nowo
to interfere In thu emancinaton of slaves or in tho
| fhoN fota ip,t
with tho several States aiona 70 nrovide anw reania
ton thera;n which huma ntu vi trno noI;.v ,n,, go
oniro y " ""'' "A" '-"' P0'''' '''e"' i'
This norsover.pcs and ,ood faith with vh;oh both
hrancb 90 tha Mo,. % onta WIN uo.n
v.rv RECENTLY heen recoyn;sod and carr;ed ont aro
highly honorable 70 the wSols comntrv Tho nacui;ar
ab itv Of tho sub;ect In be convetei into an aIsmom
of polifical AGITATION no wall in the no In
the ala STATES NAV In Va led to
ATTEMPTS 40 to emolov n hut these efforts ha
good feeling OF the peonle in every Quarter Of tbe
| Union detailed account Of tho numerous acts Of
the federa governmcnt snstainno nd c.rrv;nS I'M n
fu the no;cv of ts fon nders nnon tina subct ~
slavery in the Stntca and ts .xtans;on To tho tart
tories and the steps taken i'm the non slav ehodino
Stotes 70 sunnrass or nautra,;,a mn5na n~,t.t,n r.;
regard To t. would ba alike instructve nj
to the actors in than Rut n vii; hs div narco;vad
49, ~; 49, t S ~ VII. uu ie"uiy peroeiveu,
limits of cnmmun;cotion ,;ta tha nr.sa,t ~ r''st
th.rcfore suce to sav that from I7sT Tho date ~
ordinance for the nreventon of saver in the north
western territorv down to and incudIn 1S3S at
eleven acts Of Congross have heer mn seJ
territories which Hve since become States In nil ~
To-
the Introduction of slavery into the Territories of the
United States Is either directly exerc;cd or clearly
bv which as matters of
are tantamount to s exercise and that at the only
period when the peace of the sayeboIdnV States
supposed to be seriously by abolition aata
ton there was uorisin ~ tho neono Of
| the North, of both parties by which agitation was
paralysed and the South assured VI fidelity to
the compromises OF tho constitution.
In tho laws for the orga of the territories
which constitute the States of Ohio India ma.
Michigan, Illinois Wisconsin. and Iowa, slavery was
expressly prohibited The laws for the organization OF
the territories of Mississippi Orleans Arkansas Ala
bama and Florida, contained nts fully eauiya-
regard the of power in Congress over
the subject of slavery the territories to the express
exercise of it in the other These acts were ap
proved by Presidents Washington, the elder Adams
| Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, jackson and myself all
bound by oaths Of Office to withhold
approvals from laws which believed 'unconstitu
tonai If the passage of these laws during the pc
ina ny Presidents, there was anything like sectional
divisions, greater or less participation in their
enactment on the part of the representatives of the
-laveboldng. of the -slaveholding States. am
not apprised If it, believe the plan devised by the
founders the government including the fathers of
our political church. for the treatme mt of this great
taned ana whcn mas proven 30 successful in preserv
ng the union OF these States to be not only the wises
whch the VII OF man could nave devised but the only
one consistent WITH the SAFETY and prosperity Of the
wnoe country 40 therefore, desire TO see IL contnu
ed 80 long as slavery exists the United States The
extent 10 when nave sustai ned IL In the various pub
TIC stations nave 0ccupiedis known TO the country
was at the time wen aware tnat went further In this
respect~tnan many Oh my pest trends could approve
but deeply penetrated py the conviction That slavery
wa. the only SUBJECT hat could endanger our blessed
un,on was determined That no EFFORT on my part
wlthn the pale OF the CONSTITUTION should be wanting
,ood 90 =. " % ,,.S 80 10y ~ ' . "uu.i
| nursu.d ,ba courso I thar adont.d w w ~
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Inc doctrine which the late Baltimore Convention
mas presented FOR the sanction of the nation is, in
substances That the laws nave referred to We're but
many VIOLATIONS OF the constituton-that this instru
ment coniers no power on Congress to exclude slavery
from Inc as mas so o1ten been done with the
assent OF all Ihis doctrine Is set forth in the pub
shed opinion OF the highly respectable nominee Of
tha convention, VINO II Is well known received that
uistlncton because ne avowea that opinion, and who
~ Is equally certain would not have received it, II he
hau not done so III Il proposed TO give this doctrine
the most solemn sanction known to our political sys-
te oy the election OF its declared advocate and sup
porter TO the Presidency If receives the proposed
sanction OF the people OF the nited States the result