The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-15

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IRE same commercial power Of the government, which
was not confined to foreign commerce bat applies 70 the
there IN express reservation. showing the intention
OF Congress TO conne themselves 10 the exercise OF the
eommsseia power: 70 forbid the importation q slaves
into those Territories for the purpose Of sse and not TO
pfohb their introduction BY and Tor the Of the emf
grant That right is reserved The right Of the settler
70 smgials soss WIN h,s slaves y expressly allowed
undersand passed for the purpose OF exercising
the powers just then relieved from the letters which the
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The next thing TO which we frequently referred IN
discussion here. the Missouri compromise That COM
promise, we told, sustained by southern well
- northern men; that was an admission Of the power
OF this government 10 nhib the introduction OF slavery
into the Territories because, BY IT, slavery is inhibited
hbit in any portion OF the territory the admission oil
the power 10 prohibit il in all territory.
Mr.. President in relation TO that subject. take it for
granted was almost about 10 say) that gentlemen who
use that argument do mol deceive themselves into belief
that the power which was exercised in the Missouri
compounds understood by those who sustained it to
Be In any sense within the constitution. In what
considered great crisis, menacng dangers Of serious
nature, they felt that they authorized under the
pressure Of the occasion, 70 assume the power which
they exercised, relying upon the good intelligence
and parotiem Of the people, TO justify the assumptions
power which the constitution did not confer, and which
ssy h:a ~ specific sSt ~ 70 exercise In Other
admitted under the influence Of the principle sas pubca
sSrsma Ter. is principle upon which, desiring al
may 70 NJ
stnks myself in case like that which then pre-
sentsd, or like that which isnow presented While
vction which my mind is capable OF entertaining. that
Congress possesses no such power as that which is
claimed. yet could see prospect Of peace BY con-
these conflicting opinions might be INDUCED by those
terainug them, without disturbing each other would
shesIiuly commit myself to like exercise with
up0a any other principle than that which have stated
Nov, sir, il the power which are considering. to
organize governments in the Territories cannot be de-
dncsd from either Of the three first sources which have
referred. but 10 derived from the treaty making power,
then e either an implied power. and rests upon the
principle that implication destroy that elementary
principle Of equality which entities every citizen Of the
United States to equal participation in the territory ac
qured, or 10 express power derived from the stpula
lions Of the treaty by which the Territories acquired
and then tslmedb the Of that treaty to the uli
ment OF the objects for which II conferred 1t pow
srwhch conferred in terms for the protection OF the c
gems In their persons and property and cannot be extend
I'd beyond those limits to interfere with the essential rights
which belong to every member Of this confederacy
Mr President that may not l. unnecessarily irespass
gence, proceed to the consideration OF question which
has been briefly discussed here already this morning.
the question, whether citizen OF the United States
whoi The owner OF slaves has the right to remove with
hem into the Territories Of the United States more spe
c6cellyy cir, whether citizen OF the United States has
California and New Mexico!
Now, Dir, general proposition, personal property
aends the person OF the owner and carries with i the
rights which pertain to him where he may happen to be-
But IL said that slavery exists only by virtue Of the pos
live law OF the State which olerates II that cannot
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Mexico, because there are existing laws there which IN
Sir Il be possibe, with the indulgence Of the Senate
70 show that these proportions unue-that neither
Of them can be mantained--we shall have taken away
om those who deny fhe right for which am contending
q 10 rs it. and honorable senators must assign some
nsw for the denial 10 the South Of the right which
IN sssering-that OF removing into those Territories
with their property Of every description.
win make brief remark upon each Of those propo
Gona The first OF them il that slavery exists BY force
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really feel some hestaton in yielding to the belief that
il b nscessary in the presence of the American Senae
70 repeat that this proposition is utterly unounded in his
tofica fact. There not British colony in which
slavery existed and into which introduced by author
y Of aw Slavery existed in every one OF the British
American colonies, without being sustained by statute
Statute laws be found regulating pre- existing sla
very but statute laws cannot be found authorizing its
introdaciisn. What them Slavery, does not depend
upon statute laws because il existed before there
any such laws authorizing its existence.
In Massachusetts, slavery existed at very early Pc
any un IN Nay r..
rhymes Of the country were reduced and held in slavery,
and shpped from their ports and sold slaves.
ROW uepenueu
sets, was there any such law which authorized the
ducon Of Indians 10 slavery the transportation OF them
10 the West Indies, and the sale OF them there II there
n0ne did the vendors TO receive the purchase
money for property which neither under their laws,
under any other, they had right to holds To prove
this, siT, consult their own wriers.
In my own State slavery did not exist at the time OF the
settlement Of the colony II a government Of irus
tees, instituted for LIBERAL charitable, and benevolent
purposes. for long time resisting the introduction Of
slaves under the belief that the labor which they wish
ed TO carry coull be advanageously conducted
by white men, Experience taught them the and
such was the pressure upon that that they
found necessary 10 surrender their authority TO the
monxrch, and royal government established. But
even then slavery not established by statute,
not authorized by statute. II many years after
slavery existed in Georgia that you will find the first law
the statute book recognising and regulating the
listing institution, not introducing and establishing
Now, this is true in regard 10 all the States in which
slavery exists, that there no Law authorizing its in
PRODUCTION. Itdepended upon something beyond the limit
OF the State and consequently not confined TO the
limits Of State. II anybody shall desire to trace
the history Of the introduction OF slavery into the United
States, il will be found to have resulted from the cupdiy
Of the English African Company; and those unfortunate
Africans who have awakened the sympathy Of the
people OF the United States especially those OF the free
Saies that under its influence they are ready 10 tram
pie upon the rights OF Others and even upon the cons
tuition self, will be found 10 have been, in their native
land for the most part state OF the most abiec slavery
Il might have happened, in one instance out OF thou
snnd, that free African subjected 10 the violence al
The power engaged in the slave uade but say upon
the authority OF writer OF established reputation-a c
zsn Of free SaieQ refer TO Mr. Bancrofts work upon
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