The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-06-06
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= lie close, Tvs ~
y c..s,B1aain, and insulated BY her,
y" attackel The frontier settle
s ss'. # Virginia, in the present limits Of
:. ,'s Safe, : aud in wh', now constitutes
.',sts and Ohio. Ia l77s' Virginia
9. sp' =, =. Amy under Gen. Clarke sub
I. Indians, and conquered the whole
.,ri,ofy eat d The Mississippi and Morn
!, o(,h, Ohio river. When the UNION
.s,n, 10 b. formed. il was objected
y. awe d Virginia, 10 a lew years.
q, immense territory, came to be
w,uld o~vershadow every other
!, nd that there could be no Fqual''N
] nOioa. Eyer patriotic, regardless
bu, nj jful OF others, Virginia
III, ceded The whole OF that terrific
: =, United States, out of which Ohio
Illinois. Michigan, Wisconsin and
49,. hive since been carved. She
:. j aopease the early JEALOUSY q
y u s~tates-then industriously
IA slave trade. she consented
- c.,ubrated Ordinance Of 1887, by
,ieb slavery was abolished in that terri
~ She gave this cons nj, however o"
onditiou that no more than hve STATES
Lo,ld ever be formed OUT OF the territory
onceael. This, however, has been vIo-
IA. by setting apart a 'crri'ory Of over ~
AZ square miles 10 form The future State
( Minnesota.
III. nexl great concession made by the
Eo.th Gt the sake of Union, was when Tue
resent Constitution wa. in process o. Ior-
,,lion. The Nor b, in I'd rting ara ! 81
pOrysentai:on, Insisted that three OF h'r
~ negroes should count AS much as lVe
fam slaves. This vas manifestly unjust,
. an able writer obs nv $, THE Federal
,oyernm mt had no concetn with TelltI9As
tween blacks and whites, the di1 rcHt
lssrs of population in the South" II
As no right 10 inquire whether che negro
as A slave or Tree. The slave were then,
nd are now a better population than the
re negroes, AID if the latter were 70 be
united Il THEIR full numbers in the appor-
on nent Of represeHtation. SO ought the
rmrl. The light could not be r.tusrd,
cause The slaves were naturally 0, legal
uneqlalto the whites, for 50 ave the free
Pgr0es.
II could tol b. refused bccaus they have
b political rights, for d, iIhtr have Irre
pgrpss, criminals. wnnen or chill IrPn.-
lav's are an rs n,iAl part of population:
abs ut lhyW pa Is must be hIl"d by
aer laboter,, aud # they are property as
I'll as fop lafion, il i an aGitional reason
II giving tieir owh,rs the security of full
presentation for them. But for the sake
uaiod an compromise. the South Weld
this equity and agreed that five laves
lvrs should count no more than three
&c negroes! This at once produced, and
~ keep IN a disparity in representation
favor Of the North. Our population in
casps only from natural causes. Theirs
pl only from natural causes. and multl-
ned immigration, but they steal our slaves
I'D add hem 10 tue number Of their free
Fgroes, thus fclonlousR augmenting their
presentation at cvcry apporlionmpnr!
Ut not satisfied wit TIL great %coneessi n
the part Of the South, and with the
thence with whlch We >ubmiuo robbery.
e North now makes il aqlestion Of con
Aence that, no new State, no matter how
7 South il may lie, shall b. admitted into
+ unlon, ~Nithoutibe pohihllion Of slave
thus openly svowing a resolution to
Ftpthat South which voluntarily surren.
Pred SO much, in a perpetual minority and
assalage.
hen the South made this surrender
save representation she stipulated flsl
az direct taxes should be levied or ap-
p'"o0ed the states in the railo OF their
presentation, II his had been confuIm.
10 we ought now 10 raw but a little
one-'nlrd Of the national taxes; we
F'uStY pay over three fourths II is Is.
mated That since the foundation Of the
aras .fn huudtedand forty seven
l'l''' o. dollars have ben ev,c,sd r.
.Som house duties. li.d4he.e been ~.
u compliance with ,ha c,ns,i,n.
4. s'Pu't'lou, we should have maid
~ HUNDRED and ior,y.,w. n,iIlio,s
|, "o,'n ',1 hundred and five millions.
h. p'a q 'lr tariff system, forced o,ou
u Z : !. o. North, we have been com
,i.n.' 'n''fl'd, and have paid into h.
,%a' Treasury = nine hundred and nine.
p 1sa, millions while the North, with
\ h"s, f'pf'senlaliOn, has only raid
nuOdfed and cn.,n