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recovering fugitive slaves.
NEBRASKA AND ASYLUM ron RusAwAY SLAVES.
But am not done yet with the beauties of
f this mode o. repeating a law by an eHecP-
tion. There is further consequence 10 be
detected in IL. The Missouri Compromise
CONSISTS Of two distinct parts; firS;, an aboli-
ton Of slavery in all tho ancient Louisiana
north and west Of Missouri: secondly, pro.
vision for the recovery Of fugitive slaves in
the territory made free. by the omitted ex-
tension Of this section, both thcso parts arc
repealed. A tract Of country larger lhan the
old thirteen Atlantic States, and bordering a
thousand miles on the British dOmi.iors, is
made an asylum for fugitive slave There
,'ill be no law TO recover a slave ffor all thai,
vast rcri"n.
The constitutional provision is limited 10
states the provision in the act Of 1887 is
limited to the Northwest territory, the second
part Of the Missouri Compromise extended
this right to all the territory sorlh and west
of Missouri and thai being repealed, that
right Of recovery is lost. object to this on
the par, oriho state Of Mssouri-ihc state TO
be mos, injured by converting all the territory
north and west Of her, quite ont ofthe British
line, into an asylum forrunaNay slaves The
blundor cannot bc corrected (at least in the
opinion Of those who deny the constitutional
power Of Congress TO lccisla,c on slavery in
lcuiorics) by an act Of Congress,
Then comes the rcasoa for excepting the
Missouri Compromise from the extension
which i, given to a mass Of laws which are
not there, and denied to iiselfwhich is there.
/ II the reason had been because twas already
there, it would have been logical aud com.
prclcnsable reason bot that is not the cause
assigned and those which are assigned are
r. actually numerous and curious, and worthy
Of examination. First, because it vas super
sodcd by certain acts Of 1850 next, that It is
Inconsistent with ;hosa acts then that It Is
imperative and finally, that it never was
there. being dead in its birth under the con.
siitu,ion, and void from the begining.
.. TIE ccurromsr or 1850 Dp sor srrrE'ror
n THAT oT ls2O.
Let US look into these reasons, seriaiin, a.
the lawyers say and frsiofsupeBossion. IL
said that the measure of 1850 superseded this
compromisc Of 1870. lfso, why tre',it nov
as still existing, and therefore to 10 repealed
by an exception in order to get I'D OF IL II
] it was repealed in 1850, Why DO j, over ,cain
in 1851 Why Kill the deadi lIu, It was
not superseded but acknowledged and con-
fr,ncd By every speaker in 1850 that referred
To the subject, and by every act tina, mention
: edit This being matter of fact, and proven
d nv an sorts oficstimony-parole, written, and
: Icconl--it had to bo given NJ, Though test
J ofpollical orthodoxy as long as ,s,ood, and
: something else pa, in It's place. ThcrcuPon
suppression was itself superseded by y'ncon'
,-icnl" Oat Of the fryinC.pan into the
fire [Iaurhicrl
Inconsistent signifies inability to ,Iand to.
gcihcr-two things which caEusl stand to-
Ccihcr-from con and nsio. Nov, what j.
= the fact with rcspcr, To the compromise ui
ls2O and l-jO' Can they not stand iogcthcr'
. And Il nut, why knock the one down that is
, already jown' II is now tour years since
b this inability to stand together took effect
and how DO the two sets Of measures make
. out together at the end Of ili, timc' Per-
f, fccily well. They are both on their feet
q standing bolt upright-and will stand 50 forcv-
. or. unlcs. Congress knocks one or the other
/ of them down. This is fact, known to
+ everybody, and admitted by the bill itself
for II the first is Inconsistent with the second,
and unable to stand, why all this ttorblc to
put il down. Why trip up the heels Of the
/ man already flat on his back on the groundI' /
Then comes another rcason-lhai this compro.
mise Of ls2O j, imperative and void. leo,
those Who ate against lis operation should be
content. II is in the very condition they
wish i,-uscless, powerlcss, inactive, dead
and no bar to the progress Of slavery to the
T North. Void is vacant, empty, nothing OF 1t.
! Now ifthc line Of 80 deg. 30 mia. Is inoper-
a,iyc and void, it is in the condition OF airncc
pulled down and the rails carried away, aud
+ tho field left open for the stock to enter. hut
the fence is not pulled down yet. The line
!. no, yc, imperative and void. Its an eN.
isting substantive line, alive ard operating
+ and operating clTeciualy to bar the progress
Of slavery to the North and will so continue
to operate until Congress shall stop its oPer.
alton.
Then comes the Gnal reason, that there
never was any such line in the world-ihat
it was unconstitutional and yod-ihat It had
no existence from the bcgiuing and that !,
must no, be repealed by direct act, for that
would be to acknowledge its previous cXis.
tcncc, and to nullify tic constitutional agree
ment and what is more terrible, involve the
authors OF ,h, doctrine in ah inconsistency OF
their own and thereby make themselves in
operative and void. And this is the analysis
Of the reason for the Nebraska l'Ill-tha, part
Of i, which is TO get rd OF the Compromise Of
\ ls2O ; untrue, contradictory, suicidal and pre-
posicrous. And Why such iarrago Of null
li,ics, incongruitcs, and inconsistencies
\ Purely and simply 10 throw upon others
upon the Congress of 1850 and tho innocent
.-,;,,,;oo- a., Ll,r,o of what the bill itself