Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-12-06
MISCELLANEOUS,
From tie .Ntr lo,k CoWicr and Enquirer.
EXTRACTS
From the Diary of John Quincy Adaua

1870. March I'd. " hen | came tbs day 10 my a.
flee 'uud Here note requesting Ia call at .
clock, The Presidents house. Ii was then one and
imm,d a'ey went over He 81 eced tlat the Two bill.
for the admission o Mime and tn cnable Missouri Ia make
constitutions would have been huuahf IL linn for Iii.
s5n1iute and be hnd summoned all the mcmhcs II lhf
administration. 10 0sh then opl'lous in "nl, t, be de
posted la the Drpaitmerl o The Stae, upou two aues
Tons. l,i-NhWhrr Conprrss had constiit fionn)
ri1h to prohibit slavery n territory ani I'd, whether
he h section Of the Miss lf bIl. (Which ntefdrts
slavery torerer IN The terrlory north ol 3Gl lt tnr
applicable only II the territorial state or would X
tend to alter il should bacamco state A4 to the FIRST
question IL unanimously agreed hal c, ngrcss have
the power prohibit slavery in The territories and yri
mi her Crawford, Calhoun. or Win could find any *
press power 10 that effect given in The constitution aud
WIT declared hmet II very decidedly against the admis
on Of any implied p "ets.
The pupr SIS If tins discussion has 50 totally mprgrd
in ASSIGN all the srlfp faculties Il these slave hold
els, hat hese geurn"n.lh the mJlioiiy u their hearts
had come 10 conclusion IN direct opposition To their PIE
miss vilhonl binl aware.or oil Inconsistency
They insisted upon it, that The clause IN The Constitution
which aives Congress power 'o dispose Of and make
all needjM rules aud regulations respecting tha territory
and other property Of he United Staosn bad reference
10 il only as land and oaufeucd no authority to male
rules hlrdng upon lis inhabitants aud Wit added Tie
notable Niraniau objection. that Congress could make
only necdiul rules and cguatos and that prohibition
Of slavery was not neediul. Their argument as Ran.
dol said Of in the House, covered the whole gro1ad
and their rumpruulsr, measured by then oWn ufnrpes
a flee OF y hat they hold to be The Constitutions
had no doubt Of the rph II Congress To nterdet slave
~ in the territories. and oraed that the power contained
IN the tenn. ',ispose Of . included the authority to do
every thing that could be done with il as mere property.
aud that the additional words authorizing nc dulrue, and
regulations respecting A. must have rereRce To pefspGs
C injected with il. or could have nomeaning at ali
As TO he force Of the term "neelfn.o | observed il
was relative and must always be supposed To have refer
ence to some end Need6f 10 What end : nccdfnl in
f which that compact WAS folmed Those ends are
declared in its pe3nlblc. "locsablish mslic for exam
pie What can he more nerdful 10 The establishment
of Justice than The introduction Of slavery where il does
mol exist Aso the second question. my opinion was.
that the int ciion m slavery IN the Slh secn Of the
bill, "6rceero would apply. and be binding upon the
State as well as up,n e Territory because by II, inter
dicon in the Ienory. The people When they come To
form Corslitnli H. would have no rpAt to sanction
slavery. Crawford said that in the new States which