Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-06-28

first commencement of Notification and disun.
Ion in 1890.
Rem. The army of political martyrs prepar-
ing to march to the Southern Convention,
preceded by the "forlorn hope" from Missouri,
and having for its banner the Accomac resolu-
tons.
Drive him to the schedule, and the coun-
try will then have peace.
1t is absurd to deny to Congress the pow
er to legislate as it peases upon the subject
Of slavery in territories; it has the power,
and with the sanction of all authorities,
State and federal, from the foundation to
the present time, and never had it question.
ed until Mr.. Calhoun put forth those unfor-
tunate resolutions, from which he had to
back out under his own Notifying contra
dictlons. 1t is absurd to claim it for the
territories. They have no form of govern.
ment but that which Congress gives Them,
and no legislative power but that which
Congress allows them Congress governs
the territories as it pIeases, and in a way in
compatible with the constitution, and of
this any State that has been a territory is a
complete example, and our own as much so
as any.
Congress has the power to prohibit or ad.
nit slavery, and no one else. 1t is not in
the territories; for their governments are
the creatures of Congress, and its deputies,
so far as any legislative power is concerned
1t is not in the States seperatively; and this
leads to one of the grossest decisions which
has grown out of the political metaphysics
of Mr.. Calhoun. lie claims right for the
citizens Of the slave states to remove to
New Mexico and California with their slave
property. This is profound error. The
property is in the law which creates it, 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 Of the State which
creates it. The instant he passes that boun.
Diary, to settle with his property. it becomes
subject to another law, if there is one, and
is without law, if there is not. This is the
case with all-with the Northern man, with
his corporations and franchises-with the
Southern man and his slaves. This is the
: law of the land and let any one try it that
' disputes it. We, in Missouri, ARE we'll stu.
ated to make the experiment conveniently,
and in all its forms. Let any one of Mr..
Calhouns followers try ii, and he will soon
see what becomes of his property-his slave
property. Let him remove TO Iowa; he
will meet there the 9Th section of the act Of
Congress of March 10th IS20-the Cal
houn proviso; and will in vain invoke State
rights and Missouri Statutes Let him re-
= move to Illinois; he will find there the JEFF
ferson provso, in the form of the ordinance
of 1887. Let him remove to Kentucky !;
the law Of Kentucky takes hold of his
u slaves, and converts the chattel interst of
the Missouri slave into real estate; for, in
Il Kentucky, slaves are now made real estate,
and placed on the same footing as land, as
they are in Louisiana. Let him move into
8 Arkansas; his chattol slave will remain as
> such, but by virtue of Arkansas law, and
: subject to its regulation. Finally, let him
{ remove West and settle in the territory Of
d Nebraska, when it shall be created and
> the Calhoun proviso will be on him again
II and his property will evaporate Thus, a
y citizen of Missouri cannot get out of his
d own State on any one Of its four sides, with
- his slave property without having its charac.
- ter altered, or holding it by another law
= and twice he will lose ton two sides o.
~ his State and contiguous territory-he will
J, lose it uuder an act of Congress, which be-
- came law under the advice and opinion O
* Mr.. Calhoun, in his high character of cab
-, met minister, and assisting al a council ar
y med with the veto power. This is the case
> of the Missouri citizen, and has been eyel
~ since Missouri was state and no one ev
- er thought the State sovereignty insuIted
:, :. or felt himself bound TO dissolve the Unior
~ on account of it.
20 No! the citizens Of the States canno
= carry the laws of their States with them t.
w Oregon and California; and If they could
:: what Babel Of slave law would not bt
nc there Fourteen States each carrying ;
y u a code different in many respects, from eacl
-. other; and all to be exercised by the SAINT
% judges, in territories where there is no slave
" Jaw. What absurdity No such thing car
=, :. be done. The only effect of carrying Slave
=, there would be ts set them free. 1t woult
- - be in vain TO invoke the constitution ant
~ say it acknowledges property in slaves.
~ does so; but that is confined to States.
= An now we arrive at substance-at
=. nc practical point. Congress has the consttu
" tonal power to abolish slavery In territorie
" " but she has no slave territory in which t.
rs rs exrcise the power We have no territor,
= but the remainder of Louisiana North anc
=" West of MissOuti-thal in California, New
:, Mexico and Oregon-and that North O
~ Wisconsin, now Minnesota. In Louisiana
North and West of US, it was abolished b
IN Congress in 1920 In the territory Mort
u u" of Wisconsin, now Minnesota, it was abol
~ ished by the Jefferson proviso of 1857. Ii
I'm Oregon it was abolished by Congress il
he l64S, by what you may call the Benton pro
viso if you please.
he In New Mexico and California it was 4
Die polished by the Mexican Congress in 1872
confirmed 1887, and agal n IN 1874
es Here are the DEGREES, the originals Of whic
to | have read IN the authentic bound volume
of of the Mexican laws, ind which were pre-
of duced in the Senate of the United States
n; by Mr.. Dix, of New York.