Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-02-25

was admitted with slavery. The portion north, Ar
kansas was made Territory in 1919, and State, with
slavery, in 1886. Missouri in 1918 asked authority Of
Congress 70 form State constitution. The House oil
Representatives gave permission on the condtoa Ina
the constitution should abolish and prohibit slavery That
4 provision defeated the bill in the Senate That was
point near midway in the history Tour constitutional ex
stence Both the slavery and antisavery sentiment had
vastly increased since lS9 but neither had reached one
half Of their present strength; and IL is to no plea
SAINT anticipation that the subject Of this discussion 50
needessy introduced will augment the violence OF those
sentiments The attention Of the whole nation was called
to the subject believe every free State with Della
ware by legislative resolutions shown against It,
Large Of people in all parts assembled TO utter
their large meeting Of the citizens oil
Baltimore which the mayor presided, expressed
themselves the purpose. Mr.. Niles, then N MS
ygor welded his wide influence and powerful AMI giant
strength against the introduction Of slavery The reo-
utions of States the other side almost II not quite
SIS unanimous in favor. The excitement OF course was
intense and extensive will 90 the history Of
the struggle It ended by admitting Missouri as slave
State and providing that slavery should never be per-
mitted any of the Louisiana territory north OF 30 ~
north latitude. That was called compromise anu was
introduced by member of the Senate who was friendly
to slavery The Cabinet of Mr. Monroe were INIT on
the consttutionaty of the and that laoaet
consisted of John q. Adams, John c. Calhoun William
H. Crawford, and William Writ. The signature OF the
President is evidence of his Four Of those
men from slave States and probably they never had
four less likely to misunderstood or abandon their
rights. ,..
look on that compromise as contract thing done
for consideration and that parties that contract
bound in honor execute it in good faith. Thu consi
deraton the side paid and received in advance
shall wait IN great hope and may not add IN great
confidence, of seeing it honestly and honoraby fulfilled
That compromise has stood for thirty four years No
has proposed torepeal it, till this bill maket void
No act has been passed Intentionally believe really in
consistent with it. Think it incorrect and unws to say
that it has been reafirmed There need of 1t;
and believe the friends of this not much in
the habit of reafrming compromises Confusion is eaus
cd by minging terms, calling two acts passed by differ
ent bodies and in regard to different territory and twenty
FIVE years apart, by the name. Let US see If we
cannot strike up light to get out Of the fog There Is
map, large SCALE of the United Sites between the
Mississippi river and the Pacific ocean 1t was marked
and shaded for this subject Thseye will adthe
to learn the boundaries That broa red line is the
old Louisiana purchase the west and outh. tbegins
in the the mouth Of the Sabine Iyer continuing
north along the bank Of that river the 32d degree
of latitude thence by line due north the degree of
latitude where it strikes Red river; tim following the
of the Red river westward to hedegree Of iong
tude 1902 west from London and 23o finn Washington
then crossing the Red river and runnngdue north to the
river Arkansas thence following the Of the Arkan
its southern bank to its in latitude 42o
north thence by that latitude to the Suh sea, or Pa
| cifc ocean The eastern boundary is the Mississippi
river the British possessions the nort and the Pacific
on the west for all north of 400.
Where then, is the Missouri compromise line Here
it is start the 90tho of longitude the parallel of
90 oU ana run west TO the lUOth or vest Longitude
That is the length and the whole length IF the Missouri
compromise All of the Louisiana purchae north of that
line is to be free from slavery forever extends only
to 1902 of longitude for the plain tat had
thing beyond that when the compromis was made.
Twenty-Five years afterwards another Territory in
as State. She claims, the Gulf of Meico from the
mouth Of the Sabine to the mouth of the Rio Grande,
and up the main channel to the boundary # Louisiana,
then backward on that boundary to the mouth Of the
Sabine. ... -, @...: H.
This is the only matter affecting the present. question.
Texas had other claims. When admitted it settled
that line should be from the 100tho tothe 06tho
or to the Rio Grande, west longitude the parallel of
o6 5V and that slavery should be allowed south of that
line and forever prohibited north of it. Wss that the
Missouri compromise? Not at all it was the Teas com
promise. In the resolutions for admitting "exas the
Missouri compromise named and thereby recognised IN
legal existence but it only for the easy deni-
ton OF the boundary between slavery and free territory
IN Texas. The Missouri compromise was from 900 to
lO0' west longitude; the Texas from 1905 to 1862
west, the parallel Of $50 30/ north latitude Keep
that in mind, and shall not be confused to how the
spirit of the act of 1850 repealed the Of 1920 That
piece OF red paper the territory made free by the
Texas compromise of 1916. Its length is about six de-
grees OF longitude its width about and half degree
of latitude will remove the paper representing the
portion taken off and given to New Mexico in 1850. 1t
has the same width and just half the length OF the
whole That paper remaining the map represents the
free territory in the State Of Texas The first Nebraska
bill would have taken the whole of it into that territory
by running eco 30 The present takes two-hirds of
IL INTO hansaS TAKE OH the paper representing IT. ana
you see how much free territory remains in Texas strip
or land half degree of latitude in width and three
degrees of longitude in length wish there was
much good faith there is good free land remaining Of
the transaction Of 1916.
You may very justly say that the Texas compromise
has been broken that compromise. That piece of
free soil, now nearly wasted trapped member from yer
mont to vote for the admission Of Texas You have
that not one ot title of the Louisiana purchase has
been transferred to New Mexico OF course it has not
affected the Missouri compromise; but there is other
point, very small one, demanding attention. The boun
Gary OF LOUISIANA ran from the of the Arkansas
due north to parallel of 400 of north latitude The map
shows the source parallel 1909 west longitude that
following the ridge of the mountain will take very small
part OF Middle Park. fac sile Of that part of the
map you can see looking that piece of court plaster
on that piece OF white paper 1t is about large
to make pair of fashionable patches for the chin Of
Top and the cheek Of hirt That land is hardly large
enough to make decent sepulchre for giant,
Western giant If one should go there, and from Pisgah
get peep at the land then die and be buried in that
distant region, the world would be ignorant Of his
grave as the grave of Moses But suppose it true that it
be cut off, what them Does it repeal the compromise
over the whole? Certainly not. The law suppose to
be this that second in regard to any subject which
does not expressly repeal previous act the same sub
ec repeats only tdno, far further than the
second ntrnges and overaps the first Apply that law
TO TINS subject Certainly will declare that the
act OF 1900 expressly repealed that of 1920 How much
then does it repeal? Just much and no more the
Utah boundary overaps the Louisiana boundary, which
on oil hands is confessedly small
Turn from the law to the morality of the thing. In
1871 you and settled and marked the boundary between
our lands That stood unquestoned till 1850 In
we 1irpct IN rup he