Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-30
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TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 50. 1854.
Mebraska.

The Mt ofaSka bHl rs II passed The House OF tte1
pgeseniatiyes. has passedslI lie Senate by vote Of
IS To IS, and is wanting only The assent Of the
President TO become the law OF the land. Tie
posti5nof the President is too well known 10 nd
nit of doubt as 10 his couise IN the matter, and
ere this he has most probably given his assent 10
the measure. The bin as passed is the Senate
hill as went to the House, with the exception OF
the Clayton amendment, ~ hieh eslnctea The right
of suffrage TO citizens of The United States.
This was stricken Out, and few there ore who do
notregretit. No one can safely sanction:tLe pro-
position that the ngh of suffrage should be exer4
cised in Territory any more thaniin State by
persons ttoreign born who have not taken the
oath to support the Constitution oil. the United
States. tits a principle whichis dangerous and
inexnedient, and though no practical inconyei
nience Will directly result from il in this case yet
il is the introdpeton of a principle which Eek
tendetwould ultimately work wrong 10 our insli-
tntions Some naturalization is necessary and
proper, aud we hope that as this is the first SO il
viii be The last instance of such legislation. Few
foreigners will profit by lis insertion IN This bill, as
that pottono our population rarely reaches the
frontier, but IS confined tooar Giles and farming
disticts.
4 Nov thatthe din7of strife Is pSsssdaway. itfnay
not be Improper to pause and take our reckoning.
and learn; hat are The merits Of this measures and
see what force there is in the objections urged
against ii by men ollel Than fanatics. Such tlisIe
are, and W hat nIe their obieelionss The National
may Justly regaIdedas The head Of
the opposition 10 which we aIude, rs It's opposi
ton las no connection whatever with that hostil
its 10 The institutions OF lie South, which is the
only element Of opposition in Tie Nofthern press
" hch opposes II, and in Tue slavery organ
this city. The National INTEL opposition
based upon its yiews of natsonal policy, in al
conscientions conviction of the mex edisncy OF
theneasure, and, we doubt not in an abiding ds-
size to promote and subserye tile peace, harmony,
and Iospstity Of the hole country. Is leaning
objection is that it t.repeals Compromise
GIant II, and what's the consequence. Asa gem
ernl ptoposition should be niaihlain
ed by The pariies thereto, but equitable con-
dition precedent, the compTomise must be lsgiti-I
nately made, upon proper subject Ter, HbyI
parties competent 10 make il. DOES The so-calledl
Missouri Compromise answer any one o the condi
lions 10 which I'VE refer Was IT itimate fnade9
Be5cannot admit thntlit was. II was passed with
reference 10 country not then before Congress
for egislation: twas passed as a condition In-3
tended TO have a beafng np6n The admission of al
STATE inio The Unlo not Affected pro visions
and constituting no part of The Territory viii re-
ference TO which the iciion was dsd tobe
oferatve gall conceived illegally
brought iorlI, and foisted upon The sopth as o1n-
fiItion for the grant Of constitutional hi TO
Missouri, which iGongTess Ind no Constitutional
night to refuse. The condition, lad ii been such,
would have been void even lad the adnis of
Missouri been coupled with and dependent upon
provision for the pelpetlily OF the line Sc.sef
36deg 40 min. The subject lnatterwas not props
erIy before Congress and it had mo- couple
flfe Territory with the Slate. s.ieg 6
But the great question IS. was Congress coppe-
tent TO MAXI snchIa compromised We thinksnot.
W canaet for admit HE pie IS a
constitutional one that Congress has lie to-
legtslaie the subject of slavery tHerfito-
mes. " are bound to look at the const lation Of
tie Federal Convention, we cannot be blind to the
fact that was composed of men who would ney-
e. have surfendefed this rg TO Con who
foresaIy and WHOSE experience Taught them that
flisswhs Question for the States alone.
We cannot fofgetithe discussions of that body
OF Close our eyes to the clause in
giving REPRESENTATION TO the entire populatioh of
the south. In such state 81 facts, 70 suppose
for instant that those delegates would have
sanctioned the proposition, that ths Federal Gov
eminent might have the pelgsE 70 Pen in nd hem
forever The slave opnlation Of the south. its
limits at the date of the consi tutipF, he
10 suppose bat coiItempf ateI making a
Haytf of the southern States, confping to them
the slave population, which must ult imately have
more than filed Them as HEY the were. There
is no express grant of the power claimed, aud.
principles of national law are apneaisa To 70 sup
ply the deficiency. Let II but be remembered
thntno former government has been oTganized up
ON the principles which control Ours, and tie in
applicability of general principles Irrational law
derived foHn theiusage, customs and practice of
lnonaEc heal nroPe, wi be TOO apparent tolnsed
argument. Ours is a limited goyefaIneni!g The
powers not granted are in The States and moi IN
the Federal power and this consists the great
and leading reason why the rules of construction
whichsgiYe powertoi kings and tespots. are iIsap-
pliedble to give the 10 our Federal
government. I5sf s5sis
Hence Congress, we 6concInde, has no right of:
legisIahoi lie and her act on
the subject SHOULD be repealels w hat has the
south gained by i This is The knock down cues
ton put by The opponents of the bin Of The Ma
tional lnieli gencer school. answer. that as a
question Of power, The south has gained notliing,
but that he Union las gained all by the Return Of
% the principles Of the Constiiu-
lion. We have never advocated this question us
one of power. We do not believe that any slave
siaseEEiH ever be ftrmed Notthof Sc deg. so min
and we DO believe thsl free states will De formed
south OF that. line. phis could have been done
under 'actof 20 and can YET be done Tile
soilth can luse nothing by the removal uf the re
strIction while The nation illnesses tbe rt.=estns
lishrpent Of the ltue prciPl OF the constitution
on ibis subject thai staies may be admitted
into tile Onion. that 10. .tbeh Congress Shall
:. ltcnii FIN, of