New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-06

IN. nj co-gre.s growing orr ~ j. applies me Tcrrifo-
al Cy.rrr,en,s and ssys s admit teir c0lstmtouslty
a. 800, +. rI rt.e az fte American Insurance Company
Il Gator Peters 5lil I'D -pcaklns oi me cesslou 10 for
NJ 3e- IT, fr-s-v will SPAIN be- says thar oria. urtl
49, sIa sror1a STATE. corlnle- OBJ te Territory q f1e
lr,e! Sts.-. governed bJ urle " aat clause il tle
C0r.r-lfon which empowers congress 20 abe az neecil
| 80 -,I.rrrs re-recfng The territory OF Other Prop
rrv Of hr Cnsd states -Ihs tsed States ~ Gr1fiof
e. a. - Peters. .,
o +s Irue5 Sraes " hicl has not bY becoming state.
se1ri n, means u sell government, may result neces
sar from e acs bat IT'S no. within he lur.tietn of
~ IL S,fe and wl.L-I the pow er and iIrisl'c-
r az the United states. ne ftll To govern may De ie
inevitable Consequence Of ne rgm 20 acquire t@rnory-
Whichever may be he source Nleler ne power ae. su
~ posses.i0n j. UNIQUE STONED me- Juiicc AIrf1lH
He american GlrvaAoe ComPiHg vs. tdnier Fe'er So
might refer other decisions on the Court ih Wiltl
80 serc ,enle u recognized, though less directly.
perbap but sustaining the same Interpretation OF the
Con.tituton and giving validity 70 the leg slave pre-
cedents have cited WI.leIs on cln-liluoha4 .A"
IRavle Sergeant Si0ry) concur N this construction
In short believed that no power exercised under the
Constitution Of such magnitude a that Of governing the
erfors belonging 20 the United states has been more
uniformly ac1uecod IN from the formation Of the Gov
eminent 10 the present day. and in al IL departments.
legislative executive and judicial No System Of rules
would be- sse IT IL authority could be disputed and
overturned IN the face Of such comprehensive ana long
continued .sncrous Government law. social and 20
i,ical order would become unstable, uncertain and
worthless A. safeguards either 10 property or lie u
their foundations could be thus sapped and undermined
hv LOGICAL subtetv and rcnemeu-hy new versions OF
he Conttution AZ war with its ancent interpretations
and running counter the whole course OF the public
Intimidation from the earle II period OF time.
and here Mr. President dismiss the question OF
power H. think, the ahrnla;iveis sustained some
thing nevertheless remains 20 be considered power
may be possessed ard yet may not be rent 70 exert
II Is exercise must be justified by considerations o.
public or private advantage Il must not Wofk either
public or private wrong. ] propose to consider II I'M
der this aspect .t.t
gard % private interests excepting ihs tAal tHete is
H. Hf nHH u = ID
4 cxst--no restriction the exercise OF prlFac OF
personal rights within the sphere Of the local laws uH
der which they arise. The question before US j.
whether slaves shall De permitted TO De- introduced mo
Oregon or whether their Introduction shall De promo
it'd 10 is a remote Territory generally cphcentu
Though in this do not concur, as shall nerealtr eN
plain more fully not likely 10 be occupied oy SaNes
# they were allowed 20 be carried there Inc ldCl ua
IL generally admitted be unit for Slave Labor must
dyesi the question Of al practical Infringement oil Pr
vaie rights even in the estimation of those who take
extreme views Of the subject shall therefore consld
er il only in IT, bearing upon great public interests
Mr. President consider this question: in tue FORM u
has assumed a. involving the c&tensOn Of slavery }
consider under the motion 10 stnke out the l<ln
section which substantially prohibits the introduction
Of slaves into Oregon. But it j. made 60 more paruSu
iarly by the amendment offered by my friend from MIS-
sssippi Mr.. Davis which provides
That nothing contained In This shall be So construed
a. In gtbOr re The prohibition Of Domestic Slavery iu -ad
Territory while remains in the condition OF Territory Of
the United States.
under -tllu THIS rs an dt-ttlie ~ lt li-AA IT. NAt
slaves into Oregon, both against the Interference Gi
Congress and the desire Of the inhabitants 70 eAcIudt
them understand it az main dining Tie rgnt 20 miro
duce Domestic Slavery into Oregon. This D. extension
and against the wishes Of the Inhabitants VINO nave
prohibited this Introduction let me, tnen' present
some considerations concerning THIS whole SUBJECT Oh
/ extension.
Those who oppose the cNens ION OF slavery TO wider
limit. beeve that such extension promotes the multi.
pljcsfon of slaves On The other hand 10 s conendcd
that it makes addition 10 they numiers Dui mere!
spreads them over broader stfiacc Ihis porliloh j.
believed % De wholly incOnsist 81 with al the received
! laws of population The tend'icy of the human race
s 10 increase IN compound gatiO OF the extent ana
productvencss of the surface u which u Is sustained
The highest possible impulse given to this increase
In An unoccupied country, distinguished Tor ts cIuty
and Offering certain gcwtrds TOR the products OF itDu
! This il the character Of our own soil Wherever sa't
labor can be- carried 10 viii tor time bc productive
Missouri affords strong Illustration Of the truth OF this
/ protosition That state lies wholly north OF J0- $50
north latitude excepting strip about thirty miles woo
on the Mississippi running down 70 the thfly 'iA,n
partiel and yet though so Tar NORM slavery uia'
r,i prDrc-s there after her admission into the Union
Bg the census of l-2l there were - slaves IN i.
"a 30 an increase OF li0 per cent in ten years ana
i'm 1910 - 2O increased Of lJ per cent ia ten years
For several years the slave population increased more
rspidly than the free In I'll new and iertle soils
where the demands for labor are urgent tins VIII be-
| the inevitable result The multiplication oil the human
ueces il governed be- laws indexibe and certain az
those which govern the reproduction OF vegetable NE
/ Ia both the stimulus whatever Z may be- CONSTITUTES
the law Of the increase. ! aware That the rauO oil
increase in Missouri both in respect 10 the "he anu
| black race was materially modified by immigration
aud that extent the result Is independent OF e up
pcaton Of the principle ! have stated But y can
hardly be denied that surface productive surface Is IN
great element in extension 1t IL TINS alone wmch
has carried the ratio of increase lar beyond ina
Of any other people II we had been restricted 70 l'
area Of the thirteen original States how different would
have been the result OF our decennal enumeratons =
The same principle governs the white and the black
| races. The laws OF labor, subsistence, ana popuia
ton act both though not everywhere win lhe same
intensity.
surface over which slavery spread carries with H. BY
force OF invincble laws. multiplication OF the race
held in bondage in other words substantial increase
of the number of slaves. Extension in respect 20 sur
face j. multiplication in point OF number. Inc Two
prupo-tious cannot be legtimately separated cltAtt w
reasoning OF in practice In this view Of the suOlec
the extension OF slavery is reproduction oil the ORIG
nal responsibility of introducing Il and IN this respect
Il has oral bearing, TO which the great mass oil tn'
community cannot be Indifferent
Mr. President, in providing for the Government Of
our Territories while they continue subject 10 the eA
elusive regulation OF Congress no view OF the suoJec
would be complete which oyerlOOks me part we are
performing in the great movement Of civilized society
on both sides of the Atlantic Let Us turn our attention
10 some of the considerations which suggest thesFe'
in connection with this point II requires no power
prophecy 70 iorete that destined to spread our
selves over the greater portion OF the American conn
nent on this side the great lakes-south 20 the dene
peopled portions Of Mexico, and west % the racine
Nor j. il an idle dream of the Imagination % ioresee 10
our pof,al organization the foundations Of an enpr'
/ increasing more rapidly and destined 10 expand U
broader limits than the Roman Republic not an empire
ike the latter founded in war and propagaths ilse.
by brute force but empire founded In peace ana eA
tending Itself by industry enterprise and the arts
civilization Rome, in receiving into her BOSOM ui'
| surrounding population as she conquered luein .n
structed them in the art OF war, and made tneh the III
-truments OF new aggressOns. We receive mo our
the surplus pOpustion Of the Old World, 10 lhsIu 1
them in the arts OF peace and to accelerate the mar
of civilization across the Western continent lnefS
nothing in the history OF human society so calculated
exalt II as the spectacle presen-receslns iso u
bonds Of friendship and admitting 10 the nights OF Ci
lenship the surplus of the oyerpeopcd ana over gov
| rrned countries OF Europe. These annual addllloh
constitute an element OF ncOnsdcrao!e force IN t
ratio OF our progression In the last quarter oil cen
tury-about the period take Tor duplication Oh gu
numbers-we have received, from the United hlngdoi
of Great Britain and ireland alone, nearly million
immigrants and from continental Europe, we have MAJ
large additions These drains on me one halu anu ay
ce-ions on the other are not only likely 70 continue
out 10 increase in force surplus population, provide
for by emigration i. certain 20 be regularly reproduce
Europe therefore will not be numerically weakened n
these annual drans even though they should be inde
ritelv augmented and every addition % our NUMBER
| from abroad renders the force Of immi grafton NOR
intense by relaxing the ties when oind 70 theI h'l'
soil the kindred multitudes leit benind-
For An indefinite period them we may calculate o.
additions 10 our pOpulf