The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-29

ees~W We make the following Quotation
from the Berks Coun,y (Demoera,ie)
Press:
The Missouri line is one which de.
fines the limits of slavery. As such II
has been observed and respected by the
North and So0,h up to tie present mo-
mela 1t is Therefore vested right which
neither can evale or destroy. That line
was In force before the territory referred
TO could be settled upon by the United
States, and all persons north OF 30 deg
30 min. are free, while slavery, south OF
it, agreeably TO the terms OF the Missou-
ri Compromise, is permiued. Lapse OF
time, rs well as the solemn enactment OF
the law Of Congress in 1920, has vested
it upon the territory, which no action on
the part of those who now settle in it can
impair OF render void. We think the late
/ Convention was right in regarding it as
settled question, which 1t did by en-
dorsing the compromise measures oi 80,
and the resolutions Of the Baltimore Con-
ventton. We ask our Democratic friends
to preserve these resolutions, as In the
approaching canvas they may be OF es-
sential service, as there is design on
the part of some to misrepresent the ac-
ton of the Convention, which ought TO b.
guarded against.
Our opinions upon this subject are IL
accordance with the resolution OF the CON
.ven,ion, vet we are in favor of establish
ing territorial governments, for the pro
lection oil the tights and property oil the
citizens of Nebraska and Kansas, wht
can frame their own laws without intrin
ging or disturbing the settled action o
the government upon the slavery ques
ton. A compromise made under cir
cumstances which involved the connnu
ance OF the union OF the States in 1870
and which i was then believed settled
the question forever, and was regarded
BY the statesmen who framed 1t, ough
not to be broken or repealed for any Sigh
causes. We are welded to the principl,
OF the people framing their own laws
and never for q moment doubted ,hel
ability to govern themselves, as freemel
ought TO be governed, without let or hin
Idrance from any quarter or power, ant
for the advancement OF their own politi
cal and social happiness, principle tina
we at frs. supposed was at stake Ia tn
Nebraska-kansas bill, and for this rea
son were inclined to give il our support
but Oh reflection. i. was plain to be seen
that on the Missouri Compromise, Con
gress had acted as the representatives G
the people, and settled question, whicl
did not simply relate to q single State
bu; all the States, which the vote OF tn
people in territory then untrod by Whit
iusen, but now emerging into existence
ought not to have the power at this day
Of disturbing or repeating. The Nilsson
) ri Compromise extends over portions @
these territories. Legislation has bee
had as to the parts now proposed to b
organized, and this Legislation has sloo'
for thirty-lour years, because il was adop
ted for the preservation OF the country
and both parties looked upon the lin
agreed upon as full and sacred settle
ment of the difficulty, which the peopl
of no State or territory can righttui!y O
with safety vote upon, affecting as the.
would by SO doing, the interests am
rights OF the whole. The voters OF Ne
braska should leave this line as the
found it; the country is large enough t
accommodate all Of opposite views on ei
Their side OF the line, and one side is a
good as the other, and on either side the
can legislate for themselves as they thin
proper, except not in violation Of the con
s,I,utlon OF the United States and i,
compromises.
! These are our views upon this question
and we express them OF course with be
coming difference for the opposite opin
ion Of others. We mean to adhere I
them as long as we believe them rgh
and SO believing, we are opposed to an
Legislation upon the Missouri Compro
mise by Congress, convinced that for a
Ipractioal purposes, such Legislation is en-
lirely unnecessary.
/ Nrv apyrass Aor,l