The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-10-18
Fsom the Dserios rrss Ps.ss,
THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE NOT A
COMPACT

Fsoa the Dstrios Free Prsss
THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE NOT A
COMPACT.
It's convenient, since the passage Of the
Nebra sl.a bili for 'hr enemies "f popular sovcr-
isniy I" insist iha, the Missouri Compromise
&c. was a compact between e Nurils and
-ouih !, was n" such thing, and has never
De-. n regard. d by the .N"rtk, TO say nothing
| 4 TIM S'a'h. II was simple act IF Congress,
-p~a;ahie Ike aay o.hrr act. Tn 4 i, was not
tigihaly deemed a compact is conclnsively
| vident from the fact that The northern mem.
,ers almost IN b'dy opposed il, AMI from the
further fact that the few northern m~,,bers rho
did va,e f,- it--twslve IN nnint~r- ,ceye all af-
fef, cnras u,Aiered By their ahol tim eomsti
inents, MT nnc nt :hem helm. able I" r-.en,rr
public life fur ni1ny years afterwards Who
| doubts that at any time, from leg until l55I,
| the nurth,rn aboli,ionists would ha,, rep. alcd
the Missouri Compromise, and established lie
Wilno, provis" in its st-a'' il they had POSSESS
| ell The power.
II truth is, the North has MGR recognised
tn. NJ ssuri Compromis- as a compact. On The
alter hand, :h- legislatures Of soGe ot Tho north
EN- Sta es, among them New York AM N'r-
.n"nt nd u ii solutions repmdiattng the Com
promise at their very ne t sessions after II was
ass-d, and New York instituted her senators,
and requested her representatives." vote against
he admissi"n q Missouri a State IN the terms
| Il the con pronis-
| Thu. the blnd .an seq tina, the prc,cnc. non
set up, that the Missouri Compromise was
compact, il h ll.w and heartless
| Lest II may he denied tha' al least two nnr'h
e:n Sta,, rrpud atrd the Compro,nis~ the vrrv
year it WAS passed and declared, IN effect, III t
It was MT u compact, We .ubjoin the resolution
of the New York and Vernv'nt lryi.l ,tnres -
| Those If New York " re- adopted on the 18th
day OF N"vrmb-r, 1879, aud arr as follows:
"Whrr-as III. legislature Of this STATE, at it.
last session. did instruct their senators. and re-
quest their rsprese ntativ-s, in Congress (" OPP
pose the admission ("f Miss"uri) as a S,at- into
the Uni"n,"i any Territory not comprised within
the original b ,undarics of the United States
withou, u,ak ng the prohibition Of slavery there
| IN an indispensable condition OF admission aud
whereas this legislature is impressed with the
| correctness al the sentiments communicated
tour senator's and representatives, therefore,
"Resolvrd, That this Legislature does approve
OF the principles contained in the res"lu ions OF
The las; session; and, further, If the provieions
contained IN any proposed constitution Of new
State deny To any citizens Of the exi>tag Sta e
the privi yes and m.nun.,iss of citizens Of such
new STATE, that ouch proposed constitution
should MT be accepted or confirmed; the same,
in the opinion III this legislature, being void b.
the constitution OF the United States. Aud ,ha,
our senator's be instructed, and our representa-
tives in Congress be requested TO their ct
! most exertions To prevent the acceptance and
confirmation ot any such constitution.
On the 18Th Of the same moth and sam.
year the Vernon, Legislature declared rs fo!-
lows:
ji"That the Legislature views with regret and
alarm tine attempt Of the Inhabitants of Alissou-
ri to cb:ain adaii ssi N into the Tn IN as one OF
the United States under a cnnstiiution which
fegaiizss amd secures the Introduction and con
tinmance Of slavery, and also contains provisions
to prevent freemen OF the United States from
emgrating - and sett'ing in Missouri on &C.
count ~ their origin, color, and features aud
that, in the opinion Of this legislature, there
principles, power, and res,r,ct,n con, aimed m
The reputrd constitu ion Of Missouri are anti
republ'can,and repugnant I" the constitution Of
the United States, and subversive of the ina
iienable rights ut man."
Let hear no more about The Missouri Com
promise being compact. II it was such, il has
been too many times violated by northern States
and northern people to have been binding upon
anybody.
II is very proper 10 state in this connection,
that Missouri was not admitted under the act
ut 1920, comm ,nly known As the compromise
and IN VIII CHI there was a stipulation that slave
~ was forever Inhibited north of So 30; but
was absolutely rj-ctrd under that act by
Northern votes and was brou ,ht into the Union
under an act of 1921, which made provision
for Line dividing free # nm slave Territory but
simply required such an alteration in the state
constitution Of Missouri, ~ TO admit tree me-
groes 10 the rights OF occupation in the state
Il is tn retore missioner to call the act adj
milling Missouri compromise or compact. II
was simply and purely an act of Congress, re-
pealable a. will Of the body who created
il.
In the ab,ve extract from the Free Press
facts are submitted to the public, which cannot
be got over. 1t my be we'll for those who
cr0ak n much about the sacredness and inri
olatiiay "f the Missouri Compro Mise, to perr.e
and carefully red ct over the PROPOSITIONS laid
down in said extract. Especially do we re-
commend our Know Nothing and Abolition &C.
temporaries in t"wn, to give the subject their
II will pay them better ard prove
far more profitable to their readers, til an long
Arguments in behalf Ut religious Intolerance and
sophisiical appeals TO the Addition pr. JUDGES
Of the immunity. Here is co,nm,n ground
for our two Doctors To- meet on, where they can
lest and display the kill IF tkei: profession.
without disgusting the public with the daily
re petition of,heir qma:k "ost,ums IN prfi.,es