The New York herald., 1849-11-30
Extraordinary Disclosures en- the Slavery
QuestiOn-The mi,sOuri Compromise and
COnauiluSIOu.

found there req sting call at O'clock
distely went over pectsd that the bills for
the admission of Maine aud to enable Missouri TO
make constitution would have been brought to him
for his signature and he mad summoned all the men,
bers of administration 10 ask their opinions In writ
ing to be deposited in thr Department OF State upon
tao QIestiobs LIST Whether Congress hat o oonsti-
tutiopal right to prohibit slavery in territory! aud
I'd whether the 9th section of the Missouri bill (Which
interdcs slavery In the territory north Of 36
latitudel applicable only to the territorial state
would sxtehd co IL after 1t should become State
AS to the frat question 1t uas unanimously agreed
chat Congress have the TO prohibit slavery
territories and yet ue,rher Ora Word Calhoun Writ
could find any express power &. that effect given In
the constitution; aud Writ declared himself very de-
cidedv against the admission cf any implied poscrs
The PIegrvss Of this discussion has totally merged
In passion ell the OF these slsv
that there sentiea,. sim plicty Of their
hearts had come to conclusion In direct opp ositon
to their without brng aware or conscious OF
Inconsistency They in-isted upon it, thai the clause
in the Constitution ~hicn gives Congress power "to
dispose Of AMI make all n.-6ful rules and regulations
respecting the territory ud other property Of the Un
TED States" had refsten to It only land aad con-
ftrred no authority to iDsRs rules binding upon ss
Inhabitants; and Writ added the notable Virgnisn
objection that CoDgrsss could only needfIl rules
ard regulations snd that prohibition Of slavery
not Deedfol Their srgument, ss Randolph said Of
IL In the House covered the whle ground, sad their
compromise essuieo by their principles Is
asscihce OF what they hoid to Do the constitution
had doubt OF the right Of Congress to nerdict sa
very In the t,rrit orie urged that the
tained iva the term dispose of included the authority
TO do every Thing that could be done with
properly and That the additional words authorizing
eeoul rules aud ulations ting il.
reference to pereons WI tn IT, could
meaning . Gu
AS tho force OF he term needTul,' observed 1t
vas relative ana must aways bs suppo sed to have re-
ference TO some end Neeoful TO what end,-Needfol
in the constitution OF the United States any Of the
ends for which that compaci formed Those ends
declared in its prtsable to establish justice"
for example What be more neesful to the
tabhm of justice. than the in,erdicton Of slavery
where IL does MT saitf As to The second question:
my opinion was that the Introduction Of slavery in
the 6th section OF the bill forever would apply,
and be binding upon the State, Well upon the
territory because its intsTdcton In the territory,
the people, when tney coGe 20 form coustitution,
would have no right 10 sanction slavery Crawford
raid that in the which have bsen admitted
into the Union upon tie express condition that their
constitutions should consist with the perpetual intsr
dctien OF slavery it might be sanct oned by urti-
nary act Of their legislatures
said, that whae,.r State legislature nigh. do in
point Of fact they could not by any ghtfa exercise
power establish slavery Tho Declaration OF lnde-
psndepce not only as.rts the natural equality Of all
men, and their inaspsoie right to hbelty. but that
the only Just powers Of derived from
the Of the governed" power for part OF
the people to make slaves Of the other can never be
derived from consent, and therefore is not just
rover. Cra~ford said, tris ths opinion that had
been attributed to Ar King said II Was un doubleday
want 10 make public d.splsy of it, where I might
cite irritation; but II called upon oficiay for it,
should not withhold it 3ut the opinion was not Pc
culiAr to Mr King ssd me 1t vas opinion univer-
sal In the States where there are slaves IL the
opinion Of sl those members OF Congress who voted
Cor the restriction upon Missouri and of many Of those
who voted against As the right Of posing the
restriction upon state the President had sisaed
bill with precisely restriction upon the State OF
Illinois. Why should the question be made nov,
which not made then! Crawford said that
done in conformity TO the OF the ordinance OF
116T and besides the restric Ion . nullity,
binding upon the Legislature VI those states.
did not reply TO ths as srtion that solemn CON-
act announced before heaven and earth In the ordi
nance Of l7s7--s compact laying the fouudssios Of
security to tue most sscred righs Of humso ns,urs
sS.%niy s ~ ND Ss S' sSs acts q Congress- sOsSss
tAs sssses Of chin indans aud Illinois 60 form State
and again By the acts for admitting those
lures u either Of those States may at any time dis
regard and trsmple under foot IL was sickening TO
my soul to hear the assrisu but to have discussed IL
there would have besn useless and only have kindled
In the bosom Of the Executive the same name which
has been raging in Congress- and In the ccuairy Is
tton proposed by the rre.ident
therefore only said that the ordinance Of 1857 had
been passed by the lid Congress VI the Confederation
without authority froai the states bat had bsen tsc
~ confirmed By the adoption u the present cens,u
make pesdu rules and regulations for the territory.
added, that In of the numbers of the Fdsvaist,
there admission that the Old Congress. had
passed the ordnance without authority under the in
pulse Of necessity aud that t used argument
IN aver a the snassed rossr granted TO Cossros In
the constitution IrAsfrd rata IL could, N sr.fore,
have little weight authority. replied that
it was noe wanted ss authority tast whea the Old
Confederation adopted the United States had no
territory, th.t- in the act OF Confederation,
in which the ro~ers OF Congress under IL ruume
rated word about territory bat there was clause
intsrdic,ipg Congress the exercise OF any posers
not expressly given th.m alluded to the origin Of the
Confederation with orr Revolution, 70 the rcvolution-
ary powtrs exercised by Congress before the conederi
zion adopted TO the question whether the North
western tsrritory belongsd the Untei states the
separate States to the delays occssioned by that
question In ace, p'ancs II the Confederation aud
to ths subsequent ccssins OF territory by several
nance of l7s7 To all whien era ford said nothiog
Writ sad that he fscty agreed with that there
coua be no risAal po~-s 90 establish slavery where
st Was But ne thought II would be the force
of the act % Congress that would lead 20 this result
the pripsiple itself being correct though Congress
might have no power to prescribe IL TO a sovereign
state. To this my reply va ths, the pos Of -.-
tabls shing slavery not being sovereign poser, bate
wronefyl and despotc poser Congress had right to
Say that state undertaking q establish it De oo,
should be admitted nto the MON, and that state
which should undertake to establish IT, would pat her.
self out Of the pale Of tbs Union. aud forfeit ali the
rights and privileges Of the conncstion
The PRESIDENT said that IL impossible to exel,is
fhe principle Of Implied powers beng granted TO Cen
we're distributed between the general and the State GO
yerpments. Extensive powers vers given In general
terms. All detailed and iucidsntl powers we're i'm.
ped in the general grant some years ago. Congress
y ,ad Iropratd sun ~ money To the relief OF the
sphabitnrts Of Caracas ~ho had suffered By earth
quake. There Vas express grsut Of authority 70
appiy the psbc money To- such purpose; was BY an
implied power; the material question wss only when
<hs power supposed to BE- red came In csnict with
rights reserved the state governments lie Inclined
also think with me. that the rules and regulations
which Ccngre authorized 20 make for the terri
tories must be underwood . extending TO their inns.
btsns and he reeurrsd TO the history OF the North
Western territory the cessns by the severa States 20
the uniop and the concerning this sub
ject during our revolutionary war.
He said he wiehsd the written opinion of the mem.
bers Of the cabinet, without discussion in terms ss
short could b. expressed aud merely that might
be Deposited in the Deyartmept Of state told MIN
that should prefer dspsn. alton from nsrcrnz the
second question especially as should be alone here
fu the opinion which eptertaiued; for Mr. Thomp.
son, the Secretary Of the navy, cautiously avoided
giving any op son upyn the question Of natural right,
bus aSsspted TO the fidsd doctrine, that the
eighth section Of ths bill word forever snd all a2
ped only TO the time enJ condition of the territorial
xovernmeBt - d. therefore, that required to give
any opinion upon the cund question standing slone,
IL would be necessary fJr TO assign the reasons upon
which ebteitapsa ~ CrAsford sa- necessity fOr
any reasoning about ~, bot had objections IT, my
assigning Cath thought ~ exceedingly
debe that no euch arg uncut should be ORA mp aud
deposited Ne therefore, Suggested TO the PRESIDENT
the dee q chspgiug the terms o the second question:
that A. shonld b. whc' her the eighth sectiJu % the
bill consistent with the consttution - witch the
other members of ths naturalization might snsser
rrmatveiy sssgning their reai Lscaus- they
tidered 10 applicable only to ths territorial state
while could answer h stsp stlrmstivtly, without