Democratic banner., 1849-06-04

lid determine ana Cecidte-' AHdt NAlsSou-
ri should be admitted into the Union on an
equal footing with the original States, in all
respects whatever, upon the fundamental
condition that the fourth clause of the 26th|
ction of the Sd article Of the constitution
submitted on the part Of said State to Con-
gress, shall never be construed to author
ise the passage of any law and that no law
shall be passed in conformity thereto, by
which any citizen of either of the States OF
this Union, shall be excluded from the en-
of any of the privileges and immu-
to which each citizen is entitled I'M
der the constitution of the United States I:
Provided That the Legislature of the said
State, by a solemn public act, shall declare
the assent of said State to the said funda-
condition, and shall transmit to the
President of the United States, on or be-
fore the first Monday in November next, an
authentic copy of said act; upon the re-
ceipt whereof the President BY proclama-
ton, shall the fact, whereupon,
and without any further proceeding on the
part of Congress, the admission of the said
State into this Union shall be considered
complete: And whereas, by a solemn pub
lie act of the Assembly Of the said State OF
Missouri, passed on the 26th of June, in the
present year, entitled, "a solemn public
act declaring the assent of this State to the
fundamental condition contained in a reso-
luton passed BY the Congress Of the Uni
ted States, providing for the admission Of
the State of Missouri into the Union on a
certain condition. an authentic copy where
of has been communicated to me, it is SOL
EMMY and publicly enacted and declared,
that that State has assented, and does as
sent that the 4th clause of the 26th section
Of the Sd article of the constitution of said
State, "Shall never be construed to author
ize the passage of any law, and that no law
shall be passed in conformity thereto, by
which any citizen of either Of the United
States shall be excluded from the enjoyment
Of any of the privileges and immunities to
"hich such citizens are entitled under the
constitution of the United States: Now,
therefore /, James Monroe, President of the
United States, in pursuance of the resolu-
tions of Congress aforesaid, have issued
this my proclamation, announcing the fact,
that the said State of Missouri has assent
ed TO the said fundamental condition requir-
ed by the resolution aforesaid: Whereupon
the admission of the State of Missouri into
the Union is declared to be complete.
In testimony whereof l have caused the
seal of the United States Of America to be
affixed to these Presents, and signed the
same with my hand. Done at the city Of
w Washington, the 10Th day Of August, 1921,
and of the Independence Of the United
States of America, the 46th.
JAMES MONROE"
By the President,
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
Secretary of State"
Now, this proclamation was issued from
the cabinet of which MI. Calhoun was q
member, and appears to have been as COM
pletely forgotten by him as were the cabi-
net decision Of the same year in favor of
the power Of Congress to legislate upon the
subject of slavery in Territories, and to
abolish it in territories: for that was the eff
feet of the compromise act of 1920. He
actually forgets that Missouri was admitted
upon a Proclamation, issued from the cabi-
net council of which he was a member! and
goes on to substitute the wanderings Of his
Imagination for the legislative history of
the country, in giving a supposed circum-
~stantial account of what took place between
himself and Mr.. Lowndes, after the second
rejection of the Missouri constitution, and
which led to the conclusions which, accord
ing to him, produced the compromise. "7O
back out, or compromise, tc0s the only al
terndt,Ue left; and the latter tUd eagerly
seized upon to Avoid the disgrace IF The
Gormer." So says Mr.. Calhoun: and so
saying he postpones the compromise a whole
year, and couples it with an event to which
it does not belong and makes it the effect
of q cause which never existed. 1t is post
poned from the session 1870 to the ses-
sion '20-2l; and it is connected with the
final admission Of Missouri, after she had
become q State, instead of being connected
with the preliminary act which authorized
her to form a State constitution. Never
was such laundering Scent 1t is even
questionable whether he is not mistaken in
the statement that he and Mr.. Lowndes re-
sided together at the time that Missouri
presented her constitution. He says they
did. My impression is to the contrary
that MI. Calhoun lived with his family at
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