The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-03-01

d spniY 70 ill die Territory q he UNI
III states. live had lad other terri
tory aeqnirrd from spain, Or conquer
ed ifrsm Mexico. or coded By Mexico
Al that time, this line w0uld. Of course.
have been extended 10 il. ! tbink a
i decentralization the grounas Of
dietatisu aud resistance On the one
side. and on The other from the terms
In which this contest issued. from the
reason IL the case. and from the sub
seqaent legislation Of Congress. for
which no reason under Heaven can be
given. except that they we're carrying
out an established prineiple-that the
principle Of legislation embodied m the
Missouri compromise 9as this: That
q line in The Territories should be Sc
Iected, and slavery excluded on the
one side. and implicitly allowed ON the
other and that as we acquired future
territory. we should apply that line
One modification Of this existing power.
which has been one. think. not Of very
long discovery, is this: That in truth
and reality any exclusion Of power Of
a State either to admit or 10 exclude
slavery imposed by the Government Vt
the United States must be vain, idle,
aud imperative. as an act Of power.
II is obvious. as have said. that the
men Of 1870 thought otherwise. Whe-
Their they intended or supposed that
this restriction would operate proprio
rigore, without further legislation. as
an exercise Of rightful power on the
part of Congress, binding by It's own
proper efficacy; or whether they ex-
pected as each new State within this
domain 10 which slavery was prohibit.
ed should come into the Union, a " fun
damental condition." a il is called,
should be annexed TO It's admission ;
and whether they supposed that that
fundamental condition would itself OPP
crate SO as, in proper sense. 20 restrict
the power, or would merely impose an
obligation Of good faith upon the au.
thorities OF the State, we know not ;
bur. Il, my understanding, Il is plain
that they intended the exclusion 10 APP.
ply to this domain under all political
organizations, aud for all time, to be
carried out in one or other OF these
manners.
i Now, Mr.. President. | propose to
show that this principle, upon which
the legislation Of 1890 was based, was
repudiated by the legislation of 1850
propose to show that the application
Of the Missouri compromise to State
aud Territory was insisted upon BY
the southern members of the Senate in
MANY. very many cases; that We asked
nothing, we sought nothing, but the
J, simple recognition Of the Missouri
compromise line, as carried still fur
. Their out upon its original principle. and
that il was refused US; and that the
Territorial governments established in
/ 1880 were constructed in utter disre-
gard OF the Missouri compromise. il
| can succeed in showing that, shall
: then contend that it is unreasonable
; that il is idle, it is absurd use III,
!. terms in no offensive sense-for gen
, tlemen to call upon US to maintain /
: compromise which has been repudiatet
r and disavowe, by themselves.
e. But betore proceeding to cxamin,
I. that legislation, | wish to call the at
, tention Of the Senate, for moment, I,
4 what consider the very small respec
{ that was paid to what is called tn
Missouri compromise in less than
D year after il was enacted. On the 6tl
of March, 1920. this bill was approved
: and under it Missouri was to come in
to the Union as State, on an equa
I footing with the original States. Well
(; sir, her convention met; they f0rme,
: a constitution they sent it here. Ma
t body disputed that it was a republican
a constitution. and the Senate passed
S bill Immediately for the admission q
: Missouri, or declaring her admitte,
: into the Union. upon an equal footin,
{ with the original States. 1t went dow
I to the House. What became Of it
| 1t was rejected by the House. Upo
5 what principle was it rejected:
v Now, sir, consider for one momen,
e We are told that in the session {
j l8l9-'20 there was difficulty abou
{ the admission of Missouri, because til
4 representatives Of certain portions ,
i the United States wished to dictate {
l. that State the exclusion of slavery
j. and finally it was agreed that the Stat
It should be admitted into the Union wit
the exercise of her own power aud dis
). cretion upon that subject, provided tn;
j, slavery should be excluded from I'll
g rest Of the territorial domain acquire
ii by the cessiun from France. That WI
j. the bargain. Well, then, dues it n,
% follow, beyond all doubt, that if tn;
IS bargain was to be carried out, Nilsson
e ri should have been instantly admitle