The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-16

TO THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI,
Delivered in the Capitol.
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1t is absurd to deny to Congress the power 10
legislate II pleases upon the subject Of slavery
In territories; IL has exercised the power, and
with the sanction Of all authorities, State and
fecsssl, from the foundation to the present time,
and never had it questioned until Mr. Calhoun
put forth those unfortunate resolutions, from
which he had to back out under his own NOR
lufyi0g contradictions IL Is absurd to claim il
for the territories. They have no form Of gov
eminent but that which Congress gives them,
and nc legislative powers but thai which Con-
gress allows them Congress governs the terri
tories rs it Pleases, and in a way incompatible
with the constitution, and Of this any State
that has been territory is a complete example,
and our own as much as any.
Congress has the power to prohibit or admit
slavery, and no one else IL Is not in the terri
tories; fer their governments are the creatures
of Congress, and It's deputies, 50 far any leg
islatiVe power is concerned. II Is not in the
States separatively; and this leads to one of the
grossest delusions which has grown out Of the
political metaphysics Of Mr.. Calhoun. He
claims right for the citizens Of the slave
States to remove TO New Mexico and Californis
with their slave property. This is a profound
error. The property is in the law which ere
ates IL, and the law cannot be carried an inch
beyond the limits Of the State which enacts it,
No citizen Of any State can carry any property
derived from a law Of that State an inch beyond
the boundary line Of the State which creates it,
The instant he passes that boundary, to settle
with his property, II becomes subject To another
law, u there Is one, and Is without law IL there
Is not. This is the case with all-with the
Northern man, with his corporations and fran
chises-with the Southern man and his slaves
This Is the law Of the land. and let any one try
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situated to make the experiment conveniently,
and In all its forms. Let any one Of Mr.. Cal
houn's followers try il, and he will soon see
what becomes Of his PrOPerty-his slave pro-
perry. Let him remove to Iowa; he will meet
there the 9Th section Of the act OF Congress Of
March 9th, le2O-the Calhoun proviso; and
will in vain invoke State rights and Missouri
statutes, &c: him remove TO Illinois; he will
Ind there the Jefferson Proviso, in the form OF
the ordinance Of l1cI. Let him remove 10
Kentucky; the law of Kentucky takes hold OF
his slaves. and converts the ehattel interest OF
the Missouri slave into real estate: for, In Ken
lucky, slaves are now made real estate, and
placed on the same footing as land, as they are
IN Louisiana. Let him move into Arkansas
his chatte slave will remain chatteI, but fby
virtue Of Arkansas law, and subject to its reeu-
lation. Finally, let him remove West, and set
tie in the territory Of Nebraska, when il shall
De Created and the Calhoun proyiso will be on
MN again, and his property will eyapOrate.-
mus, Citizen Of Missouri cannot get out Of
his own State, on any one Of its four sides, with
MS slave property, without having its character
altered, or holding il by another law; aud
twice he will lose it-on two sides of his State.
on contiguous territory-he will lose IL under
an act Of Congress, which became laS under
the advice and opinion of Mr.. Calhoun, in his
hiSn character OF cabinet minister, and assisting
at a council armed with the veto power. This
IS the case Of the Missouri citizen, and has been
ever since Missouri was a State; aud no one
ever thought the State sovereignty insuIted, or
felt himself bound to dissolve the u non on ac- |
count Of it.
No! the citizens OF the States cannot carry
the laws OF their States with them 10 Oregon |
and California; and if they could what a b abel /
OF slave law would be there. Fourteen States.
each carrying code different, in many res
Pects, from each other; and all TO be exercised |
oy the same Judges, IN territories where there is
no slave law. What absurdity. No such
ming can be done. The only effect Of carry
ing slaves there would be to set them free. In
would be in vain to invoke the constitution, and
say IL acknowledges property in slaves IL
does so; but that is confined toStates
Ana now we arrive at substance-at a prac-
Teal point Congress has the constitutional
power TO abolish slavery in territories, but she
nas no slave territory in which 70 exercise the
power we have no territory but the remain
der Of Louisiana North and West Of Mi.sonr;
that in California, New Mexico and Oregon
and that North Of Wisconsin, now Minnesota.
m louisiana, North and West of Us, IL was
sooilsned oy congress in 1870. In the terrific
y North OF Wisconsin, now Minnesota. IL was
looaisEed oy the Jefferson proviso of 1871. In 1
oregon II was abolished by Congress in Is4s, l
Y what you may call the Benton proviso IL you
lease In New Mexico and California q was e
ooIsneo oy ule Mexican Congress in 1929
oniirmed in 1897, and again in Is44. Her. |
re the DEGREES, the originals of which hsv. I
cad In the authentic bound volumes of the | 3
iexican laws, and which were produced in IN. | q
enate OF the United States, by Mr.. Dix, OF q
Few York; ,
Decree sf ls20.
AsoncIoS DE LA kscLAvrrup.
FL Presidents de los Estados Undo. Ms;;c.. /,
os los hsbitantes de la Republics, ssbed. ii
Que deseando senelar en- eli ano de- 500 Al !,
niversario de Ia independence con m acto a, II
s.cio De eenehciencer nscional que refiuvia d,
oenehco y susten de oien tan aprsciabIe: qus d
rance mas y mas la tranquillead publica: aue al
'opereai engrandecmian,o de Ia Republica. In
re re'ntegre una parte despraciado de aus ha- Ar
.antes en- ios derechos sagrados qua les dIo ma
Iaieza protege Ia nacion por teyes sablas v to
'o1. con Iorme 10 disPuesto por FL art 30, de hs
acta constitutiva; usando de las facultades ri
que me esta n comedians. hs II
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l. Vaeda 40 Ida Ia esclavitud en- Ia Repub- u
=. SON por consiguents libres los que hast. on
3 Sc nabisn eonside RADIO como esclavos. IN
,. Ouando las oircunstanclas del erario 10 II
lnitan' &c indemnizaro los proprssarios de los
'lavos en- los terminus que dispus.srsu las IN
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