The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-06-27


Its composition Not intending. however, 10 enter upon
constitutional disquiston, will merely add that, in
organizing Territories in some cases has been applied BY
Congress 10 territory north OF 80 deg 80 mn.-the Mis-
sour Compromise line-and in some not, but
cited serious objection attention. until the effort
10 apply il to q bill providing means for lermna.
ting the war with Mexico Il was there attempted 10
provide in advance, before any territory had been acqu
ed and that too in the very heat OF the for the excu
sion OF slavery from any territory which might be obtain
ed The South whose then bleeding by the sides
OF our own the parched sands OF Mexcs, regarded
this as gross insult as well they might and here was
sounded the first conch-she Of sectional sediton upon
this subjecthere originated the flame which has since
spread far and wde and has threatened the very citadel
OF liberty with confagraton. ! have given but brief
and faithful history OF the origin OF the Proviso excite
ment The motives which influenced the movement at
the time and under the circumstances, leave to Him who
tiles the hearts OF men, and TO that country which
tualy does justice 70 all Ia l7s7, when the ordinance
applied to the Northwestern Territory, and until 1908,
the foreign slave trade was authorized, and prosecu
ted with vigilance and success; now II is by law
On - when soS % s
chased for few dollars worth OF trnkets and the fertile
valleys OF the Ohio and Mississippi where he would
command from five hundred TO thousand doIars--and
this nducement was strong enough TO transfer him.
the foreign slave trade being abolished il ii question
between the cotton rce tobacco, and sugar plantations
OF the southern States where il is potable and the gra
zing and gran-growing regions Of the new Territories
where 1t cannot earn its own support and where in the
language Of John Randolph, if the slave does not run
away from the master, the master will away from
him Slave labor. like every other department Of human
affairs founded in pecuniary considerations controlled
in its movements by the principles Of profit and loss and
eventually be found where there is the greatest de-
mand, and where il pays the best profit It may lin
ger In an old settlement, where il has long been,
80 to a unless invited by reward So long
as the spirit OF cnpdity is nseparabe from man, il
will 60 where majority Of the people desire it, and
mental law, majority who favor il will soon be found
where II Is greatly to their advantage When the water
fowls spend their winters at the North and their
mers at the SOUTH we may then begin to appehend that
slave labor will go from where i is profitable and is
wanted to where itmust be Improbable and is not de-
maHded; and those who deem it necessary take steps
70 arrest Its progress. lLangher II il is said either
hand that might TO the mineral regions for the pu
pose OF operating in the mines, and that the restriction in
this respect was material the practical answer is fur
hand and resisted the other with greater pertnacy
before the mineral treasures in the Territories were
dreamed Off and no regard, therefore, had to the
employment OF slave labor in mining. Besides, the
stutional convention was held upwards of year a
ter the mining was In successful operahonnot single
slave was there; and although seventeen Of the forty
eight members OF the convention from slave States,
clause inserted in their constitution prohibiting slavery
passed unanmousy-all OF which shows that il
was utterly unnecessary for the purposes for which il
proposed But all these lessons are unheard or I'M
needed; and we are yet told, with great as
ever, that slavery will now most certainly overlap all the
laws OF nature, OF man, and of demand and supply and
nd its way to the remaining territory unless prohibited
by congressional provso Like the benevolent old lady
described in the early school who feared that the
remnant OF an old gunbarrel, without lock charge,
would 60 OIL az amateur performer, they fear that the
stakeholder will disregard his interests for the sole
purpose OF removing his slave from point where he
Is wanted to another where he is not and subver the
fundamental principles OF freedom by mere change of
geographical position. Another has sometimes
been gravey urged in favor of the application OF the Pro-
viso to Territories which II would perhaps be dsrespect
full to pass by II is admitted that if slaves should pass
from the States 10 the Territories, and leave the States
free would not be an evil Of such crying magnitude
nf inrro nhor. hxf l. hat
the business OF breeding will be carried in the old
States IN greater RATIO as new field opens-he BUSH
ness Of citing the increase in the new Territories
and thus retain the evil in the old settlements and extend
II to the new A magnificent problem truly reducing
the theory of reproduction to exact science He who
first produced this solution shoad like the Syracusean
philosopher. naked through the streets, crying ou
like public bell-man his mighty discovery and achieve
ment in political physiology Hereafter, let the shade Of
Nautilus on Population hide its diminished head remem
berng that by recent discovery, has been asceraned
that unless prevented by restrictive legislation OF Con-
gress, slaves like migratory BIRDS will hatch in one la-
tade and spend the residue Of their time in another
but single instance where procreation prosecuted
separate branch from ordinary affairs of human
my and that was during some Of the desoiaing wars
abroad, and fearing her effective force might be
duced by the casualties of war, detachment was
sent home, to the end that in due time, her armies might
be repenshed But for this sage discovery one would
have supposed that the STAKEHOLDER, like other men,
would desire TO turn the labor Of his to the
greatest account, ana Woud, therefore, place them
where the industry of the father, mother and children
would, according to their ability, respectively contrib.
ute TO the prosecution OF the business Suppose how
ever this idle vagay should be carried into practice lei
US see what would be the operation. We have now
two unorganlzed Territories ony-New Mexico and
Utah Recently, the period of territorial pupiage before
Inc formation and admission OF State, has been very
bre and bills have already been before Congress for the
admission OF both these Territories as States OF the Union
All who have read and understand the constitution
admit that when the State is formed, slavery may be
admitted or excluded may suit the pleasure of the peo
pie OF the State regardless OF federal legislation or pro-
visoes And when reflect how great is the spirit OF adj
yenurous enterprise, how deep the interest our newly
acquired possessions have created, how extensive the
everyday increasing facilities for INSTRUMENTATION
and how numerous that busy, restless class who
that these Territories will be admitted as States at fur
thest, within i've years Those, them who TO rear
slaves in the old States for the territorial markets
send the progeny there at about four years OF agea
period at which, II they deprived OF mothers care
and she lett behind hem they should at least be attended
by some active, and known, and self sgnalized sympa
hzer OF the race, TO serve nurse. But those who
agitation in all its forms from certain quarter sud
denly reminded that the young State OF California is
titled TO unconditional and immediate admission and
every who is not willing 10 disregard all surrounding
and join the steeps chase OF immediate
IS an enemy OF California lmmediaiesm s
word coined in the prolific mint of aboltonism years
since, and has no charms or teriors for me | am,
consistent with the embarrassing circum.
stances from which she is nseparabe and while shall
receive lessons upon that subject from those who
oudest for her immediate and unconditional admission
with great patience, quite ready to compare notes,
examine records and try conclusions with the sefcon.