New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-03


no. o. rieh, clam the benes, Of the eonpronissscf
tbs, instrument which nevertheless. have been
r-r.,i,,uslv extended 70 them. And one Of those
Eve S,stes hss come into the Unioa with a clause
- ,hs reS.,.-r,ans whereby it WAS annexed uad-r
yxh..h II some future day. tour additional slave
holding states may ask sdulttsnce into the unioa.
However deeplv New.York nay have regretted
the extension Of an insatuton whA'n she soemn'y
believes 70 involve a ereS, moral ~rons' ana 70 N
attended with sociL aud political us 10 nes o5Ay
a2d devotion 70 the nNn, she has reused 70 con
s.der the podsscL alvaots-es which have been -
repeatedly o,nceded. and has ssseased 10 an ek1en
son Of the compromises q the Constitution, n OF
der "a hrtaS N o tire non clements O; sfronsin
AMI q sreafness. 70 open hesis nr enterprise.
and - develop tie a1.Oasl power and the capacity
y. man .or set soy egnment
Ia this assent 20 extension q the conpro
n ses OF the Constitution while again and sSsin
yle.dIng important political advantages. New.lork
has made Ia coDcessOn o, principle. The insttu
non % Slavery existed within the territory Ogt "
which these new States were tornei before Il
came under the Jurisdiction OF the United STATES
and bv virtue OF previously existing ordinances OF
the power nom which our Government derived tie
tile
Holding hat the Government, OF tho United
States has no night interfere either towsrd tho
cstabh shmcnt or the abolition Of tins domestic rela
uoa within the limits Of tho ssNeTs! Siatos. New
renewed tho evidences Of her attachment TO tia
aion. AMI of her disposition 10 yield advantages,
BY sssennag 10 the admission Of these new states
She dsd not stop 10 consider the msgnltgde noC
tho tSquency .; the concessions which she wss
making and The merely political advantages which
she was voluntarily rehnqulshinS nor does she
now consider them. But she does stop before ON
sca;Irg 10 be party To what she deems a wroag
ant such she crusaders would De the attempt to %
taolsh slavery under the sanction or with tho as
sent NJ the General Government, within any pos
tioa OF the Territories OF tho United States whesrs
It i, now legally excluded,
The General Government has msde four separate
acquisitions Of TERRITORY ~ each OF the three
former slave territory was acquired, and from these
a. llisit,ons five new slavcholding States have a.
ready been admitted into the Ualon. with m implied
PROMISE OF four more, az some future day The last
AGGRESSION Of territory IL ,he only one whereby wa
have acquired iur,sdictiun over soil whence Slavery
was. by ex sting laws entirely prohibited Nv thu
treaty with Mexico. the territories ct New Mexico
and CahiOruia came TO us free and the laws o, Mex
100 abol.shing slavery. which were'in mrce a, ths
time OF the ccssion continue 10 he operative aud
no, affected 10y the transfer OF sovereignty over tia
territory.
The people oi California have recenly taken ,n
tial steps toward admission into tho nioo as soy
ereiyn State By the Constitution which thcy have
adopted they have embodied M their organic law
the prohibition OF slavery o. involuntary peryItude
Nud petition was presented to Congress. during
tho past Winter in behalf Of portion OF the people
Of New Mexico. asking for the establishment OF
Territorial Government which should protect them
against the institution OF domestic slavery. Tho
voice Of tho people o., California has thus beon en-
pressed m favor of Freedom aud there Is httle
room or doubt thst New Mexico sNmpsthises In
sentiment with Caiiornn. Congress cannot, with
ont trsnsgrossion OF Its constitutional powers,
establish slavery within this territory nor can AZ.
tha nia ri fle sufn And
su utter disregard cf tho wishes Of the people. and
of the protectiou which II Is bound To extond oyes
the territory to which t has acquired the title. fe
fuse admission "a tho new State. or coantsnancs o.
sanction, in any wsy, the Introduction Of slavery
within the territory And without the sanction and
the assent ct Congress. these newly acquired terri
tories afc secured % Freedom. and must remain.
as they now are. exempt from the institution ct
slavery
Tho emphatic voice OF the Legislature Of tho
state ct New York. expressed in the resolutions
passed ~ their last two sessions, aud tho nearly
unanimous sentiment Ol tho people oi our state.
have dcCla ell that, under no circumstances, VIII
their assent bs given 10 the extension OF Slavery
into those territories from which t u row sx
cluded
New York loves the Union OF the States She
wiil not contemplate the possibility OF It's dlssoln
ton and sees no reason to calculate the cn@mity
Ot such n calamity.
She loves also the cause Of Human Freedom. add
sees no reason TO abstain from an vowal OF he,
attachment. While, therefore, she holds fast 10
the one, she viii not iorsekc the othor
The .orecl0sure of a msrtgsge given 10 thu Com.
lis ,.oners ,or oaing cert AIN moneys OF the United
States has vested VA tie ,to the ute 10 small
piece Of land and 70 the stone building usar New
bur-il ia the County Of Orange, known as =" lash
mgton's lieadqusrters' | respectfully submit
that there sssociRtIOus connected with thus
crabc edi-s which riso above tho consideration u
dollars aud cents, and which should distinguish 1t
from other acquisitions aud property Of tho State
nud should prevent its beng disposed Of unless hr
objects ia some degree cOngenIs. with It's past his
tory. 1t is perhaps the last relic within the bounds
~ the State and the control OF It's LEGISLATURE
connected with the history Of tho illns,r0us rusa
who eil usthis patstic sdmOnitoE
J, IT minnie you should properly esti
me value Of national union 70 yoT col
eeuvo aid individual happ hat should chc sh
cordial habiulL and mnoyHbe attachment 10 is .cens
ioing yourselves 10 mink mi 10 spoak OF palladium
II your political safety aud prosperity watching for ne
preservation with JEALOUS anxiety dscOunienancnR what
suggest oven a suspicion that Il any event
oe abandoned, and Indignantly fownins upon tbs hrs
iawnng OF every attempt 70 senaie any portion u our
country from hs rest 10 enfebo tbs sacred trS which
now Auk together he various parts
In contemplating cause. which may disturb
Union, occurs matter Oi serious concern that any
ground should have been furnished tor charactesIng par
lies by geographical discruinsi ons northern snd so'h
EN- Atlantic and western whence des gnng men "lsy
.ilesyor 10 excite belief that a real difference ~
interest and views One VI tho ekpedens % party
acquire indaeBee within particular districts IT, 10 misfcp-
resent The opinions aud aims u other dsiIcs Yea
sal.d yourselves too much sgsnst he icalouses and
earbunngs which sPrng from iheso ml.repto.oalaoas
They lend render each other hose who ought 10
be- bound together By ffalsrnal snectlon.E
II our deliberations and actions arc governed By
the spirit bresthed forth in this admOnitIOn, We may
confidently hope Tor the continuance 10 us. as Ma
ton. Of those blessings which the wise and bount
ful Ruler of the Universe has hitherto sbundsniiy
granted HAMILTON FISH.
EIhcUrIvs CHasBES Albany, January /, ls,o