The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-01


ss virtually to destroy the value Of the property.
do rot urrs these considerations objections to the
ssisssass Of the nassd tight but a grAeeA aisaltss
Bat in the .ssntins, and without local Issisl.t.s.
and what law governs fl How II the property TO Be-
cld?-how distributed S-how protected wat In fact
becomes q the var variety Of subjects connected with
slave Ststssf Does the Ax accompany the properly As
4 IT. and secure Its eDjoyn snt In It's new dousD
from the estailisbment Of the fun rght Claimed but
vnion, after ~ must dsgend essentially upon the local
lssis.;uIs acting within the limit: Of It's constitutional
discretion No system Of jurhprudsnos prevail with
require further examinaiisn
And what would b the condition Of the residents Of
country immediately on it, annexation to tbs United
States and Of European emigrADts who might remove
Yules carried this doctrine to s leg innate coacnson
and said that Canada purchased or conquered
morrow though Its laws prohibit slAvery yet slaves
States, the local prohibition being prosatsd BY this
equality Of enjoyment" In that svsat what would
con come o. the Canadian and ths Earops.n sngt.nti
fer they have no constitutional equality OF snjoymsnt
~ belonging to co equals in the oonfsdsracy. Ths old
vision in the treaty. bn, without it they would ard them
selves subject to the pre- exhing lava, and might b. sur
THIS sn ..s. 1s. as
And what would be the operation the existing Terri
tories for they havs no 'eonsttutonA equality" no
able considerations for equality, bu, In pont Of ooasti
tutional right By which alone such question be
o no the ssSs:
any person after becoming citizen Of any Territory In
troduse or hold 1t, and he would thus and himself In
tabsosd oass little suited the pride or fee pss of an
American state Of things indeed which could not last
the grant ), these bids to the Tsrs
legislatures over the subject Of slavery Is psnsry one
restr.hsd only BY tn. constitution. They have, Of
oourss the power to control By aboshing, By esao
shns and regulating It, just far ths constitution
does not stand In thsr WAY And how far is that when
constitutional exemption presents himself for
into Of these com munites He claims that the
and that hs Is thus placed beyond the reach the ,es
nter6ictisn. Sti, however, the law remArs to
ts power upon all who not freed from ta operation
by higher authority. II this would mot make q prvi.
legged In this country Of boosted equality do not
know what would Hereditary arstosratc distinctions
have often owed their origin to far trivial
feel that should waste my own time and that Of the
Senate by the further conadsi alton OK proposition
Quoting TO such results.
another aspect Who the robbers aud Who are tho
robbedthe plundsrsrs and the punderedS Who the
a en- e
teal rapscy, without excuse without example in the
history human sslashnsss There WAS no strife bs
tween tbs herdsmen" 10 the days Of Abrsm, though
now Is then all parties were brethren, nor was
their Iubstapcs 60 great that they coud not live
before u.s. and Is enough for Us ans surs 10 tbs
rsnsrsfion rsnsst hv whom and o.jnut vho IL this
gratuitous injury committsd9 1t 10 tas South upon
= part the property which belong. 10 the whole Nov
STR it Ia me st ussless Djustss-a arrsachog injury
tor b
wesfcr lorg ages TO coma Folly and crime 1t Ia true
whose advantage Ia to enure to remote poltery Is
even in the catA. eue Of human snormtisa Ispsak Of
berry q, mt out OF view consderAti ms havis relation
10 political balance That no such plan q perpetual
equsY 10 the coufederacy Was in praipsct any more
tian in exatenoe when the convention sur,sadsred ia
work TO the people il obvious from which
make part OF our history and which show that the
to be formed from the then existing territory within the
original limits Of the Urtsd States would necessarily,
from sranssn epts previously made ANA which the con
numerical superiority Of the non slavehoiipg states
Eut what Il the Soutb which is thus deprived sf ts
just rights BY an aot Of rapaoty its work
BY tho exclusion OF slavery MOI all the people Of ths
s,uth for all are net and those who are nc
are not prevented from snigang because they cannot
carry their property with them which tine gsa dis
that deprv.s them Of their rights Il ia not
the South" to which tbs entrance Of the territory and
nteYdcisd but the Southern sAveholaer while It IL
81 tie North The nassss srl Or IN ,n. pssssasa 4
local exclusion will become more oSvous w %
ths r4opczsioa between those who do those wao
not hold slaves whore the institution Of slavery ex
order 70 show which Of ths parties may, With the
poprtety, be called the Soath 30 far numbers
sttute political immunity and far indeed d,es thai
element OF power reach 10 this the great day Of
has bsen good enough to answer certain inquiries mad
10 him, the result Of which viii briefly stAts:-
The number Of sIsves in the Upisd shtss b, 1901
The white population OF the slAvehcldfpg
Statss 82224 AIS
How are these slaves divide among the whites2
By an spproxmative estimate IL appears that
the whole number OF slsveho.dsrs l. about. $50 900
or these rome are Of course females and under
age . that the adult male fA short ot that
number but 1t il sufficiently the truth for all tbs
purposes have IN view II would Of course b. usust to
institute comparison between this class Of prop rty
holders and the ST. Alb persons who do not fall within
that category when lookI TO the effects OF emigration,
because OF the latter minors and eAls whoss
residence or removal is independent OF themselves Bat
assuming the white male population above the age OF
twenty years the GLASS responsible for sgra,ien
By tanning what proportion the shareholders bear
this class shall Be able to form, not Accuras bu,
tsfactory estimate Of the effect Of this supposed inter
cieton upon the South.
There in the slavsholdng States about I3s9 836
white male persons above the age Of twenty che ears
which divided b. $50 0c0 the number Of slayeholders
gives about three admit white mas for saa