New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-31

s. s'11ssSn sney appy siaAay 20 @s olss rogssS
Laws OF tae ruitsd Sssss which uetlesay i.sppc
bla shall have the ssse force within the proposes s ~
k Act p. parsloy to tie Adm .sn Of assosrwilsa
srpesse by the proceedings oi is50 ccmn,niy c)s1 TIE
Coapgomsa MESSAGES, and thereby rendered imperative
ya win perceive ho aspect the matter thus assunsse q
Is a. Indirect steit 20 violate or epast is broagSs ~
a. Kind cf rider IL this b - effect the repeal flS
pods OF the great nsa q hs conary;he greafess nv
I tiis country ever proaeeed. The me, OF sne ResyH
'oprIo% all put, o. ne cTG5.y S seu, M q,
! mean. 10 bring shout shan l use the word y
\ Abolition OF slavery in the coanIyl tvhsers and
I hissgs That IS, that slavery was 10 % 81 ae'an,
srA .,ct ibiticrs PLACED ia extension. tina, in
wi1ont violence or ecsri,y between the different par
tie Uuop II was TO do natural death. need noti
i 10 IN vii known yieWs OF the !eadng men of that
daY the leading men o. .be South. viii say n',hrs
ths men Of tae iise States. bur tsAs ne men 81 Sst
/ Ctrolra, Georgia ana FTln.a-Pinsney ana 'aa"aS
and oihe such. nj n,en who were sasang igns 10 u
ruh'n view; WHO all. n.ta cne voice. declared shT
Ssgesy was an EVIL. AMI hat il ought 20 be sooisan4
rrovced Soaa be zone VIZ, ;r. p' ~ -
South. In 1894 this policy was indicated by whi Wa
allied the Jeieron iloflso, w-ich had retsrencs 70
Il tses States. known as he North Wees IeTtorS
from the Ohio e. the Mississippi Rivers. ms trc-
yao and the subsequent ordinance OF 49, passed ~
60. ress convention, referred 10 tails sertry win 70
gard 10 to the subject 81 Slavery. 1t extended nrut.
vest q The Ohio River and the Mississippi Aver
y The provision against Slavery was in substance inst
maj slavery or involuntary sarvue except for he pan
hment of crime should be forever prohibited in tbs tor
rtcry acquired from Virginia rhss not measPeY
PEOPLE Of the Souh IrCer II show the policy OF al
Tire tstomen Of the Union AZ that time IN ard to the
subject Of Slavery This ordinance passed Ia aly
lrs7. II yas soemnly recognized by Congress BY an
Act in 1870 As ii the passing of the ordinance itse by
TIE old Congress not sufficient 70 give l. s'abihy
rhen the Congress under the Constitution 10 art
trey doeuaed Il their duty to recognize sOomny the pu
ciple contained in IT, and they did 50 two Yeas aerwad
We oCqaod b. cesson from France the territory
al .raa lin fa- rHnV
which is he subject Of ills bill before Con ress il
relation to which have met All ihat territory lay wese
Mountains Il may be said 10 have been bounded
on the east by the Nissoui River by the Rocky
Mountains on the wcst; by tho a9h parallel of
latitude on the MOTH and what Il considered the
northern boundary OF Teas the s,sth; terrfcp
larger than all the free States of The Union at ths'
moment, which, when il comes to be paritonod into
Sates OF the average size Of those existing, wpaA
create seycral new aes Il in regard to this torn
toy thus acquired tia. the celebrated Compromise Mea
territory whatever. The fret step taken in regard t.
was the organization Of the present Sia'e of Loaisi-
City of New Orleans. Inhabited and ihicky settle!
portion wherein Slavery had existed Tor long time end
here there was no attempt made to eboht An attsnpe
would perl cps have been Ruthless at all events Wa
made But in admitting Louisiana, Congress- by vgue
Of the power which they had and which until rec"ny.
wac never dsputed imposed certain restrictions which
show only that Congress has right 20 refuse state
admission info the Vn0p but also that Il has right to
impose conditions State whom admitting her. Its
ht requisite That these DC 70
able and proper In conformity with republican fra q
government ard such would meet the approbation e(
the m.ss of the citizens but ths p,wes was never 9ss
tored till these late days On the contrary, II was dem.
cnetra.ed 10y of the greatest men who ever oponed
their Hrs in th' country Among tho conditions Imposed
upon ouissnn one was that all legal proceedings and
al rtbc docurrcns should be in The common language
OF the country French was thon spoken there: lmish
mention many other but II s unnecessary The presone
part that lay nearest the south line above Louisiana and
west of Missisirpi In 1918 the Territory OF Missouri
which grew out of ihl largo territory, OF which tos-
sibnq had composed pert applied for admission as
State The application was made in the House Of
Repit without reference TO Slavery-wach
would have left her FREQ to adopt slavery and Import
slaves if he were admitted in tho form in which the ap
plieslon made But IN the House Of Representa-
tves It wes proposed az condition OF her aiIas,
sion state, ia that year, that slavery should
be pTchbted-with an eye to the future condition
Of Dat ,sni'o.y win p'ops:stks sye, even os,
waseneeted to assume. The me@bers OF Congress "a.
the necessity before any portion ii tho territory adj
mitted begin the work OF checking Slavery at once and
slavery ives introduced in The House of Representative
and with that condition IN It tho bill was pssod by largo
and sverw bemirg majority. II not taken up in he
rext year The application was renewed; bat 1t was NOS
tll ps.o that Tie bill "as finally passed, sier
s,t gele Of giant statesmen which borh out aud do
veoped the Intellect and energy ami oloqusnss o. ~
erestest OF this country ~ that 1ic m.nw',n Slosc
names YOU are n familiar The result wa. that hssean
ssroceyod without the prohibition of Slavery but on
the condition Of Slavery being forever prohibited IN eye
other portion Of The territory acquired tron trane Iho
struggle sti continued more than two years because
Missouri, before being admitted into the tnon, ma "
prestIt her Constitution for the approval Of Conge8
which was not done til February, 1871 Tho history -
orr country does not show another struggle OF such leigh
aidimporonce, nor orc involving NOR, her wen icing
and happirss which displayed 80 ilch e9laence
as this III the Missouri COmrromisc. The coliion 49,
as follows: Ir Emmett read the condition, excluding
slavery forever from the balance OF tao Ierfito /.
Lectsd with this Compromise The men who
were IN power Mt toe time present on eStraoranay -
tuf6 br Monroe Southern man. was ffcsll :bt oi inc
Inj, States John C. Calhoun Secretary Of war Jap
rlauel VIM H. CIaw ford was Secretary Of the tf:aiys
Wm Writ was Attorney General, John Quincy Adsrs5
81, Secretary of state The Cabinet was composer nliu
ly Of Southern mem and when say this measure was sab
United TO every Of hem, 10 test lis copstiiuionihy
each and every one OF them gave bis opinion thaN Wa
consituonel and that Congress had perfect rgns %
rsSs h now mention a fact thet is OF some weight e
10 showing whether Congress had the right or not nn0
this for two becaase was the OPINION OF oosss
ern nel-leading Southern men-whose partaites werS
erj;sted on Tic side win not say OF Slavery but OF $50
meesules as the South might think exPeiient Tor ~
irteIoit olso, because they wero, in ther dsy 80
generation, intelligent men, who underst9od ~
f.pttitrfiop wLose lyes were devoted 10 inc Piouo
service and who were certainly as wei Calculated 70
Conafess as any men who have succeeded uhon,' .p
says lie words Of tho Missouri Act Ibeysre All taas
~ ceGed BY France the United StateS under ho
.1re ~ Icrisiara' II Is hat territory not any iernio
SlstSs In that ter tory Slavery except Tor crime
80 OH he Z rever Prohibited 1 eluds 10 ms PSI
.i,ui, rIv hecarse 4 Is important to bear ,n mm
,laf tie Missour Compromise vas mace ~ rgef
ne cone 10 consider The excuse nov SGT up pf
ioti,c the CorapTolse, tbs consideration vii DO In
rortf,t Now Il Las been said thai Congress has No
is ITO impose conditions On Sa,e ths' Congress ~