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

oonsttuhOn OF Q Ststs aud - ehs assa upuon uPon
q sts4s aeiios eon,iass II sxstssss
spesdest a 0tat1 intsrdieton II follows that It
s. nsnt1dssd ooasisently with the Prnsp'ss of our
DO ot ksev Who claims ths paternity Of this prsssa-
b. vh0 a whsfs 1t originAtsd. Il u certainly OF very
spt No. anknown heretofore In poll dcal ds sus
as Of o. general subject The surprise felt it,
II sppssrsses has net ., all dininshed By tlms or
Il ssd s:.s g, ~; .d
b Afys parton Of the es1stry eAnsos but think
has ~ sndsresas and indssd that 1t sAanot safely
the validity Of great constitutional prstsnsion, 20
cent IN its origin. and 10 mIortantin s
gsslse "a, not 70 b. misundsrstood. Tns qssstion
exAmintng relates to this constitutional right Of IN
neriean eaon to taks his slaves any s.rsrtory" q
unissd 1tatss and Their. to hold them whstsvsr may
the prOhibttiou Of the local law and not to the an
GRITTY Of 0ssSrsn 10 restrain him By legal ssaetmsnN
1eh entirely deny. whether they come In the form Of
ordinsnce, or Of . Wfluot provlso
aints We have heard upon this subjsot Congress hiss
= pissed single law excluding any man or property
"a the Msxissn aoquisislons Not one. New Mexico
Utah remain Just q open to this admission Of slavery
..adoa Of the United States; and Il. exclusion from
p to fszn their oonatiutop and not the cot Of the
pnsral 8 vsrnmsat
.:.n s
hatur Undertook, BY peculiar process to hold this
saogs dsaiy his argument ran thus
You hAvs no right 70 pass the wilmot proviso
You sdmitteo OaMfornia Into the Union
California inserted the wimot proso In hsr constitu
Thsrsfors you passed the wilmot proviso
Huoh are the premises and the conclusion charged BY
Rhett spoa another Senator ~ the doctrns Of the
er, but assumsd BY the former a. his own, when he
kd I" Sir the SENATOR WIS right"
Sir the Senators wsrs wross-both Of them wrong-i,
Rhstt was understood correctly % doubt the Dropo
ton intended 70 be advanced by tbs member referred
hitting il details that the process may bs the more
kppaxent and the conclusion the satisfactory
. 4 4 sppISysa or Si.psr',sa com
ehoos But all the sustlsties OF verbal metaphysics
cm the days Of Aristotle downwards. VII their msj
nd minor terms, their sopulas ana predicate and all
s othsi machinery BY which words usurp Tho place o.
teas, could not establish tie truth Of suea CON-
usioD. nor peranads ths American psop, that secauss
State excludes or admits slavery By iu constitution
opgrss Il responsible for that act when It provides for
be admission OF such Safe into the Union repsst
p. clain In the sshtes. degree and American
ght by law take slaves to any Of the regions acquired
rom aezieo ne may do It 30 ar - regards the opsr
ton Of Congressional legislAtlon. 1t idsisl ques
~ dspsrtmsai Of our so1srnmaat .'''' ~
Of the pans and how far they have any real
The south ID excluded from tn. Territories robbed Of
hem. pundersd Of them and they are appropriated to
Now, IS this 70, Mr.. Psesidsnt9 What prevents =
he sumo circumstances Northsrp man, II h. choose
INV o. nothing Physically one can 60 a. wall s. the
her for II the Language Ct great dramatic sos, both
save eyss. haEds, ergsIs, Dimensions. rorrows. aGec
ona psssicns fed vita the same food hurt with the
sms subject to the diseases healed BY
the SAM means, warned and csoled by the Game winter
there Is no physical irsspseity mel her is there
esI one IN the WAY Of entrants from ths North or
From the South. AL equally Tree TO their plea
sure The statuts book Is without . single prohibton
whore, then, Is this unjust exclusion act Of
XAtr0oiOUe the Of The general
msuts II certainly lie no an act OF commissisn for
congress has not galatst upoa the subjsct at s 1t
must be . robbery by orsion-A sin In the dsca-
Dgue Tho existing laws Of the country rendered the
eoadton ef slavery en- Illegal one; and eoHtended
10y whioi l. its Immediate AID ssessiary
Abfogssd this provsion, and that slsveholt II
hold his peculiar property there the inhsbt
Well this is obvously right which, it saist cannot
bs taken away, and which may any time b. enforced
5, hsi
on Of terms talk Of robbery whore the right aud the
rsnsdy whatever these may BE- IN sst muoh force
|e rsbbsry without robser agsr.mion without an
nssr:ascr IN injury with rons to it, and noas to
rsps,, lin, what prevsn.s Southern man from 60.
Ing to any Of these Mexican acqu!stonsf The only
:sss a :,. ,. assS. = hold .S e ;
:unpEea = sssss.sss.si .sst ca voela "a lsfsss
MsculE may rssolvs itseK into Two objsctocs: Art
. e e.. e
oannot hive where II II not estabhshsd and that TO
oxciuds IT, ID to exclude them from any portion Of
ssn admit 10 sueh positioa have too high IN OPT.
nioa of the people Of the South to believe that they
a.aot accommodates Themselves to any social y,tsm q
hish slavery doss not form essential part This ID
3 very dGbfsnt question from it, estaolished exist
saes In community Of which W are members. There
Ne may we'll uphold t. from the eonviotion taAt imns-
date ruin would follow ia extinction In any mannsr yet
offered to public consideration. Upon this subject
should feel just the South feels were resilient there
md should hoi In ashorrsnos every exssrsal effort to
Interfere with this QUESTION Bat far other
wise the proposition, that 70 live In avsh odiss
against enterirg int IT. utter exclusion from is i'd
y.nag., Why, ~, people from sisvesoIdog States
migrating TO other States where slavery doss exist
~ thsy continually Going and presume that NO one
yin deny that human comfort and the blessing, Of civ
ized life to be found in many uoties ct no me
and abroae from which slavery has b.en excluded OF
where II never existed 1t than idle advance
sueh proposition II ia rsbukea by the experience Of
The second objection connected with this alleged seizure
Of the public domain s. that Southern cannot 60
e6sre beea.ss be cannot take his property with hn and
excluded BY peculiar from his share
30 far Is this bransh Of the subject connects ts with
shas the nsssssty Of leaving and Of dpssas Of the
may put the owners to tsconvsnisnoe, TO loss indeeda
stAts Of things incident to all emigration to Distant
constitutes the common stock Of society that can be
eaken there S,me tecsuss they prohibited by the
laws OF nature as houees AVID farms Others because
3hey are prohibited By the laws Of man. slaves
porAed companies, monopolies, and many intsrdctsd
nztices and others again because they prohibited
~ stAtstich laws which regulate the transportation Of
property, and virtually condnc much Of IL within certain
limits which cannot ovecoms in consequence Of the
expense attending distant removal; and among thsss
htter arasles are eattls and much Of the property
which is everywhere to be found. Tas remedy in al
these cases the ssne and IL equally spplica bic to ali
elasses OF proprietors whether living In Massachusetts
New York, South Carolina and that H. to convert
MI thess various kinds Of property into the universal
rsDresen tstvs OF take these
new regions, where 1t will command whatever may be
necessary to comfort TO prosperous enterprise In all
these iEstaDces tbs practical result the same and the
sane Ia the eoaditioa Of equality.
listened Air, with great interest to the eloquent 70
marks Of the eenAtsr from North Carolina (M. BAdse
upon this whole subject and especially TO those In wnoh
he depicted with equal force and feeling the panuj Off
espssotrd with tbs disruption OF Of
habit and Affection which bind every just master to his
slaves and particularly to those domestic slaves most
traely assocaatsd With hs family. This Is sir bs