Southern patriot. (Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-08-08

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country into which in passes, it cease
10 be so, unless il has been forced in, |
under circumstances which placed it i
under the protection Of international
laws. Thus, one and the same prin-
.ciple apply in this respect TO oil pro-
perty; m things animate or inanimate |
and rational or irrational There can
be no exception; as property every |
where and Of every kind is subject |
to the control Of the authority of the
country. Thus far, hold tha. there
can be no reasonable doubt
Nor can there be any that the same
principle applies between the several
States in our system Of Government.
Slaves or any other property carried
Into a State where it is also property.
continues still TO be SO; but ifmto one
where it is prohibited, it ceases to be
property This is admitted too, BY
Iall. 1t is also admitted by all, that
The General Government cannot
override rho laws Of a State, as To-
what shall or shall not be property.
within the limits Of its authority.
THE only question then is, what is the
power Of the General Government
where its authority extends beyond
the limits of the authority Of the
States, regarded in their separate and
individual character? Or to make il
more specific. can it determine what
shall or shall not be property in the
territories or wherever else its author
lily extends, beyond that Of the States
separately! Or TO make it still more
so, can il establish slavery in tho ter.
ritories! Can it enact q law provi-
ding that any negro or mulatto found
t in the territories Of the United States
p shall be slave, and be liable to be
5 seized and treated as such by who
{ ever may choose to do so? Accor-
. ding to Col. Bcnton's doctrine, that
j. Congress may legislato as it plcascs
upon the subject Of slavery in The ter
s ritories, it would have the power, but
] | doubt whether theRC is another mdi-
f, vidual who would agree with him.
S But lift has not the power TO eStaE
A fish slavery in the territories how
can it have the power to abolish it,
$ The one is the counterpart Of the 9th
e er, where is the provision Of the Con
d 'stitution to be found which authorises
c the ono ndlorbids the other!
l. The same question may be pro
t, pounded as to public and private YES
= sells belonging to the United States
n and their citizens on the high seas
II for the principle which applies to lht
territories, equally applies to them
1t and 10 all places, TO which the author
d lity Of the General Government OK
It tends, the States regarded sepa
y rately.
y 1t is indeed a great misconeepliol
IS Of the character and object Of tn
y General Government, TO suppose tina
pr it has the power either TO establish
ID or abolish slavery, or any other PROF
o. crty, where its authority extends be
1t yond the limits of the States regarde
is individually. Its authority is but tn
io united and joint AUTHORITY Of the sex
I'd eral States, conferred upon it by
Ct Constitution, adopted on mutual agrC
a ment, but by the separate act Of eac
of State, in like manner, in every r,
or spect, as each adopted its own sep1
,E rate Constitution, with the single c,
IS. ception that one was adopted withou
,h and the other on mutual agreement {
IS all the states. 1t is then in fact, Ii
th Constitution Of each state, as niue
IT, so as its own seperato Constitution
Int and is only the Constitution Of all Il
Id States, because it is that Of each.-
ne As the constitution made the Gene
m al government that too is in lii
is manner, as much the government
.er each Stale as its own separate 90
ire eminent, and only the government
nd all, because it is the government
lp- each. So likewise are its laws, al
tie for the same reason. Its authoril
res then, is but the united and commu
Isl authority of the several States, doIeg
ted BY each, to be exercised for {
lis mutual benefit Of each and all, a
he for the greater security Of the rigl
to and interests of each and all.
Of was for that purpose the States III
90 ted in a Federal Union, aud adopt
the a common Constitution and COVE
In ment. With the same view, III
on, conferred upon the gvernment VIII
the ever power it has Of regulating a
her protecting what appertained TO III
ngs relations among themselves, and W
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