Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-12-01
From the N. Y. Evening Post.
COL. BENTON'S HISTORY.
I AMMO 1920. JAMES MONROE,
PRESIDENT
Admission of the State Of Missouri.

question Of restriction, that is, Of prcscrib-
ing the abolition Of slavery within her lin
its, had been ''comp promised the session
before, by agreeing to admit the State with
out restriction, and abolishing it in all the
remainder of the province of Louisiana,
north and west Of the State Of Missouri,
and north Of the parallel of SO deg 80 min.
This "compromise" was the work Of the
South, sustained by the united voice Of Mr.
Monroe's cabinet, the united voices of the
Southern Senators, and majority Of the
Southern Representatives. The unanimtv
Of the cabinet has been shown, implicitly,
by letter of Mr.. Monroe, and positively
by the diary of John Quincy Adams. The
unanimity Of the slave States in the Senate
where the measure originated, is shown by
its journal, not on the motion to insert the
section constituting The compromise, for on
that motion the yeas and nays were not
taken but on the motion to strike it out
when they were taken and showed 80 votes
for the compromise, and 10 against it eve
ry one Of the latter from non-slave-holdng
S.ates-the former comprehending every
Slave State vote present and few from the
north. As the constitutionalily of this
compromise, and its binding force, have, in
these latter times, begun to be disputed, it
is well to give the list Of the Senators
names voting for it, that it may be seen that
they were men of judgment and weight, able
to know what the Constitution was, and not
apt to violate it. They were Governor
Barbour and Gov. Peasants, of Virginia;
Mr.. James Brown and Governor Henry
Johnson, of Louisiana; Gov. Edwards and
Judge Jesse B. Thomas, of Illinois; Mr..
Elliott and Mr.. Walker, of Georgia.; Mr..
Gillard, President, pro temporo, Of the Sen
ate, and Judge VIM. Smith, from South Car
DINA; Messrs. Horsey and Van Dyke, Of
Delaware; Col. r. M. Johnson and Judge
Logan, from Kentucky; Mr.. VIM. R. King,
since Vice President of the United States
and Judge John w. Walker, from Alabama;
Messrs. LealIe and Thomas II. Williams.
of Mississippi; Gov. Edward Lloyd, and
the great jurist and orator, VIM. Pininey,
from Maryland; Mr.. Macon and Governor
Stokes, from North Carolina; Messrs Wal
ter Lowrie and Jonathan Roberts. from
sylvania;Mr. Noble and Judge Taylor,
Of Indiana; Mr.. Palmer, from Vermont; Mr.
Parrot, from New Hampshire. This was
the vote of the Senate for the compromise.
In the House there was some division among
Southern members; but the whole vote in
favor of it was 1874 to ~ in the negative
the latter comprising some northern
members, as the former did majority Of
The southern among them onc,whose opinion
mad weight never exceeded by that of any
other American statesman, Wm. Lowndes.
OF South Carolina. This array OF names
shows the Missouri compromise to have
been southern measure, and the event nut
the seal upon that character by showing If
to be acceptable in the South. But it had
not alayed the northern feeling against an
Increase Of slave States, then openly
avowed to be question of political power
between the two sections Of the Union
The State Of Missouri made her constit,.
ton, sanctioning slavery, and forbidding the
Legislature to interfere with it. This pro.
hibition, not usual in State constitutions.
was the effect Of the Missouri controversy
and OF foreign Interference, and was QloDt.
ed for the sake Of peaco-fcr the sake Of
internal tranquility and to prevent the
agitation Of the slave question, which COIL,
only be accomplished BY excluding it Who'll,
~ from the forum Of elections and leg:sa
ton. / was myself the instigator Of thai
prohibition, and the cause Of its BEING IN
into the constituliou--tAoughn not Tr,raIo,
Of the COMMUNICATING equally opposed
to slavery agitation and TO slavery extension
There was also a clause in it, authorfziD,
the Legislature 10 prohibit the emigration o
free people of color INTO the State; and thi,
clause was laid hold Of in Congress to re
sist the admission of the State. It wa,
treated as a breach of that clause in III,
federal Constitution, which guarantees coua
privileges in all the States to the citizens 0
every State, of which privileges the RICH
of emigration was enc; and free people 0
color being admitted to citizenship in SOM
Of the States, this prohibition Of emigration
was held to be violation of that priyiloq,
in their persons. But the real point Of Oh
lection was the slavery clause, and the ex
istence of slavery in the State, which
sanctioned, and seemed to perpetuatc. TIL
constitution Of the State, and her applioa
tion for admission, was presented bv on
late delegate and representative elect Mr.
John Scott; and on his motion, was referre
to q select committee. Mr.. Lowndes. G