The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-03-20

6'he seen. u he saolh,
Thea. or. shes oils Constitution Wls
framed. lhis IS he LII n which ne
convension siswed i. The ConVeniion
reflected he j1dxmsnl and sentiments Of
The great men Of ~ south. A member
Of he osher House. whom have nog he
honor 70 krow, IN . recent speech has
cailected sxtrscss from lhese public doeu-
menls- They prove The truth OF Whist |
am saying. and lhe question iheH vas,
how 10 deal with il. and how 10 deal with
il a. an evili Well. they came 10 This
general result They shoughl that sIsss-
nv could not be continued ia ihe country
IL the importation OF slaves were made 10
cease. and therefore they provided liai
after certain period The importation might
be prevented by the ars Of The new Gov
emmens. Twenty years was proposed
by some gentleman. Northern gentle
msn.I think. and many Of The soulhem
gentlemen opposed il rs being mo long.
Mr. Madison especially vas something
warm against il. lie said IL would bring
too much of this mischief into The country
10 allow The importation of slaves for such
period. Because we must take along
with Us. ia the whole of this Discussion.
when we are considering The sentiments
and opinions in which dis constitutional
prosision originated. that Inc conviction
Of all men was that IL The importation OF
slaves ceased, the white race would null
liply faster. Than The black race. and that
slavery would therefore gradually wear
out and expire. Il may not be improper
here 10 sllude 10 lIlst. | had almost said.
, celebrated opinion Of Nh. Madison. You
observe. sir. that the term slave or slavery
is not used in The constitution. The con.
sliiulion does mol require that fugitive
slaves" shall be delivered up. Ilrequires
that .persons bound TO service in one
State. and escaping into another. shall be
delivered up" Mr.. Madison opposed
the Introduction of The term slavery INFO
The constitution, for he said he did not
wish 10 see il recognised by The United
States Of America that iherecould be pro.
perry in men. Nov. sir. all this took
place NJ the Convention in 1887 but
connected with lhis-roncnrren and con-
emporaneous-is another important con-
sideraiion NOT sufficiently attended 10.
The Convention for framing This cansii-
tuition assembled in Philadelphia in May.
and sat until September. 1857. During
all That time The Congress of the United
States was in session in New York. II
was matter Of design. as We know. that
the Convention should not assemble in
The same city where Congress was holding
its sessions. Almost all The public men
of The country, therefore. of distinction
and eminenre. were in one or the other
of these two assemblies; and think il
happened in some instances that the same
gentlemen were members Of both. II |
mistake not. such was The case of Mr..
RUFUS King. then member Of Congress
from Massachusetts. and at The same time
member OF The Convent n 10 frame The
constitution from that Stale. Nov. il was
in the summer Of 1887, the very time
when the Convention in Philadelphia was
framing this constitution. that The Con-
gress in New Yoik was framing The or.
dmance Of 1857. They passed that or
dinance on the 18th July, 1887. at New
York, the very month, p ihaps The very
day, on which these questions about The
importation OF slaves and the character
Of slavery were debated in The Conyen-
ton a: Philadelphia. And..so Ear as we
can nov. learn, there was perfect CONCUR
renee of opinion between these respec-
tive bodies; and il resulted in this ordi-
nance Of 1887, excluding slavery as APP
piled TO all the territory over winch The
Congress Of the United States had juris-
diclion. and that was all the territory north
ives, of the Ohio. Three years before,
Virginia and other states had made ces-
sion Of that great territory 10 the United
States. And inost magnificent act il
was. | never reflect upon il without a
disposition to do honor and Justice = and
justice woulI be The highest honor--io
| Virginia for that act of ression of her
northwestern territory. / will say, sir. il
is one of her fairest claims TO The respect
and gratitude Of the United States, and
that perhaps il is only second to that other
claim which attaches 10 her; That in her
counsels. and from the intelligence and
patriotism Of her leading statesmen, pro-
ceeded The first idea put into practice for
The formation of general constitution Of
the United States. Now, sir. the ordi.
nance Of 1857 applied thus TO The whole
territory over which The Congress Of the
United States had jurisdictions. II was
adopted nearly three years before the Con-
siilulion Of the United States went into
operation: because lhesordiuance took
effect Immediately on its passage, while
the Constitution Of The United States.
having been framed. was to be sent 10 the
States to be adopted by their Conventions;
and then Government had TO be organ
lied under il. Yhis ordinance. then. was
IN operation and force when the consliiu.
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