New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-22

tors 20 free dom stands at this Day g Pesn-oe ~ III
~ senators about me not disturb It. sp
nal 70 The Senator'S from Virginia 70 keep invioHe TIE
connect made in their bthslf by JANEs BARBOUR e1d
Culprrs FFvToy MERCER. | appeal 20 the Seniors
fr1r south Carolina 70 guard the work Of Jous GAIT
r,UD ana WILLIAM Lows DIES appeal to tao senators
rom MARYLAND 10 uphold tho CoInqromse which eli led
~ eurrort # SAMUEL SEITH. All was fret tn
urfhorily prcscd b. the unsuassd ioia nee u riS
sly I5oalio tie Seuaor from Delaware - MAINTAIN
tie lsndnark Of Freedom in tue territory 81 L9usaaa
early tfpoused by LOUIS McLAsE appeal to tn S4ni
ffrsrorl Ker.rcky not 70 rerudate The ICES Of HsN
~ CL.Y Iorpeal 60 tie Senators rom AlsDanl not 10
~, ne oc, nert fruc.oned ~ the earle - vote il
he senate # teir LAKE most ehenshed fellow citizen
WuLIkN RUIUs KING >.
Sir Congress may now set aside this o6hsaon Repaid.
nte fl rliei;ed fh sunu this compact; ald's)ne Of
yen forectiui OF the rGje o ho7e degiH N order 70
fulpo slavery ty consder II ambiguous 10 use tl'
power 10 al such let me c0ulIn III ianiuar story An
areUt leader In antiquity Thcms'oces, once announced
to Aheuian egIbly th4t he bid scheme 10 propose
ei ly beneficial TO the state Dnt which could not be eK
~ the many. AIisficcs, suTramed the just
srroi.ted O. receive The secret ami report upon H. us
bfefa ard memorable Judgment was that while noia,ns
coud be more advantageous 20 Athens nothing could be
more inst: ard tie Ahenian multitude, responding AZ
once, rejected the proposition II appears ha' j. was pro
POSED to bum tie combined Oleek ti Wnch ten rested
h the eCcuIty Of peace IN De-hborne sea- AL COZ
finn H. naval supremacy 4 Athens similar PROPOSE
ton Is now brou III, before the American Snate IO1 is
aEef 10 Cosiroy guard ~ Freedom coIsccrlel oy
solemn compact under which the couRt! is now reP,,ns
in tie unity Of peace snd thus confirm he supremacy
Of slavery 10 Ills institution end iis partsans il may
Z
l.. tie judgment OF tie Athena mul-ita4c DC s0lf-
1ls II what have 10 say on this had. a1T psis 30
tie second branch IL he srdmeni.
il Ar. President If - Mt only Pc ou l-.reetion d
solemn COMPACT bodied in ancient l4 - arrai-n
nislil Ia4ui-L !, also as grant aud oAuavagint
1eTa.a.o Aou III O.is la AHA slavery policy OF our
lee ST. sr with me in brief recital Of admitted
fact. Atthc Ielod OF ile Declaration Of Independence
tluo voTc rl"-It o. ha ml.91 esl1'eI p fon5 ho'l
IL Slavery Lfouc te tn.co Colonies These uah1ppy
rCo,1o woe originally .oien from A'"ea, Or were tae
cIdreu O. iLoe nhO bad been stolen ami though ore
trlutCd throughout ne oe country r. O. De fdnd N
llfft nun bcr IN tie S,utLen States Bur the spin. Of
F1ec5on O. CD royal,d IL o. nd. The fathers OF tue
Errl eadt4s u the war Of INDEPENDENCE were stuck
I'm tie Inconsistency Of crpes for their liberties
W lie holding En- bondage their elbow men, guilty OF
"iIiu H.. slC ilAe Incl. own The same conviction
or South. 4, q town meeting. at Dlnbury, Com held
on lie -h December l'e the following declaration va
urce:
socto' IN bsh o. Is 4sed to lot 10 rcie nero say = ~
trtn li' I" '9 e H. q T'es ''l' ''''''-S ~"
~ soutl responded in similar straias ~ meeting
IN Dfrcn Georgia, in 49, tie following m'ran. rezo-
lldCn vos f.t 4ol,t:
CT roiv, ut general PIN .nthroPy o all Haniind,
q 49,, ei IN ~ 100 %, ~ ,3gftld e,-| 81 Sir,y
stare Of he country or oa-r 'pe0us
a. nm daa erf eal Are a51ag part o1y
~ r,Sg te ht 10 eo,aae to The lstest pos.atT upon
y,si lr1ttrs i.5 Chi. Colony To-
tie Ic ife tna footing M ne masters aud the
The soul of Virginia during this period ou1d also fervid
utozarco through jefferson, who by his precious and
immortal words has enrolled himself among the earliest
Aboholsts Of tie country In hi address 70 the VIZ
niig Convection Of 1874 he openly GyOged while yin1i
eating the rights Of British America that the Gboi n Of
"doeftc slavery is the greatest object of desire in these
"CGoICs, ahcfe 90 ra5 aAAaFpy itr0daced "a thar an
"toat state" And then, again. in tho Declaration OF
HteTeD3erce lie embodied sentiments which, when prdc-
tcay applied win give freedom to every slave through
out The loLd 1--WE hold these truths TO be self evident
Saws cur country Speaking by the voice Oi Jefferson that
ali men created oQual-hat they are endowed wi!h
"ctrtau inalien0Llo rights that among these are lie,
"EI6rfc and tie pursuit Of happiness Aud again, in
the Coetss 81 the Confederation he brought forward, -
carly l7s4 reEoluOn TO exclude Slavery from all the
Territory "ceded e. be coded BY the States of the
ECderel Government including the whole territory nov
covered 10y Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama Lost at
FIST ~ Gle vote oDy this fsure was subsaraiy
renewed Of O subsequent day by Of hassachuses,
8ud 1857 vas hns! confirmed in the ordinance oi he
North western teniIoTy By unanimous vote OF the
St,tCs. go
character o the founders q Republic AMI their de-
termination to place the National Government, within the
Fl here OF its Jurisdiction openly actively and perpetuGy
The Federal Constitution adopted in l7ss. And
here we discern the init The emphatic words OF
the Declaration of Independence, which country took
upon liz HTs Is bapismal vows when it claimed s place
among tic nations Of TIE cath, MT forgotten The
lroeMble 10 the Constitution renews them when i de-
C6rs is object 20 be, among other thng' 10 establish
uftce 70 promote the general welfare and 20 the
BLESSINGS Of liberty 10 ourselves and pOstery Ibrs,
according undeIabe words the Constitution was or
daned 1T 10 establish, secure or sanction Sayery-not
TO promote the special interest of sayeholders-not to
make Slavery national in any way form or manner-not
10 foster this great wrong tu; 70 establish justice pro
mote the general welfare and the blessings OF
"IihtItH" Tie discreGiiGble words Sldre AMI Sd1Ty
were no allowed 70 find place in this instrument while
clause was subsequently added by way OF amendment
and therefore according 10 the rules OF Interpretation
particularly revealing the sentiments q the founders
which is calculated, Ike the Declaration OF IndePend
erce PRACTICAL, applied 20 carry Freedom all within
tie sphere Of its influence. IL was specifically declared
that mo person shall be deprived of fe liberty or prop
"ery without due process of law that Is without due
proscutrent, indictment other Judicial proceeding
Here is express guard of personal liberty, and
press inerdic upon its invasion anywhere within the ma
tiOn0l jurisdiction.
Is evident from the debates on the National Constitu
ton thar Slavery like the ayetrade, regarded as
temporary and il TO have been supposed by many
that they would both disappear together Nor do any
words employed in day denOunce Il with ndigna
ton more burning than those which gowed the lips OF
the Fathers. Early in the Convention Gouverneur Nor
fs Of Pennsylvania broke forth in the language OF en-
AbOlitionist He never would cOncgr in unfolding
domestic Slavery. twas nefarious institution IL
"he curse Of Heaven. In another mood and with mild
uridca phrase MIR Madison thought wrong to admit
in the Constitution the idea of property in man. And
Washington in letters written this perod-which
completely describe the aims Of Aboliti0nist-avOwed
that II among his first wishes TO see some plan
adopted by which Slavery may be abolished by law
and that 10 this end his suffrage should not be wanting
IN this spirit the National Constitution adopted In
this spirit the National Government FIST organized
under Washington. And here there IS fact Of peculiar
senifcGnce, vel worthy Of perpetual remembrance AZ
the Constitution OF the United States The national ensign
HoTkeTs EiuiR The national Territory corers9 SsHgk
STARE On the execrabe piracy the trade in slaves.
was m the National scandal tolerated under the Ma
toral hag In TIE States, sectional institution be-
meath the shelter of local laws, Slavery unh sppy found
home But in the only Territories at this time belonging