Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-05-06

every horn book and, believe, no where else but
in tho horn-boUks.
Five times in the beginning Of this century did
Congress refuse to impair the slavery compromise
of 'S1 and now, in the middle of the century, and
after thirty years of peace under the Missouri com
promise--the offspring and continuation ct that
/ of S7-we are called, not merely to impair, for n
season, but to destroy forever, far greater com,
promise attending to far more territory-and
/ growing ont of necessities far more pressing
! And how called upon2 Not by the inhabitants
not by any one human being living, or expecting
to live on the territory to be ctected-pnt upon
n motion il Congress- silent, secret hmping'
haltng, creeping, squirting impish motion-con-
\ ceiyed in the lark-midwiiod in committee ROOM
and sprung upon Congress and the country IN 'he
style which Guy Fawkcs intended 10 plo" up
the Parliamentary house, with ms h'o hunu,so ,to
barrels Of gunpowdcr, hi1 IN ihe ceii"r uiiuoi '
Mvanswer to such motion is TO be found in
. the Whole volume Of my practical lite. nave
/ stood upon the Missouri compromise ior ABOVE
thirty wears and mean to stand upon 1t to the cnd
or nv life and in doing shall act not only ac-
rordine to my own cherished convictions OF duty,
hut according TO the often declared convictions OF
the General assembly Of my State. The nWoia-
bility of that compromise line has often been do
clared by that Geneal Assembly and us late rs
ls47, in these words:
/ Resolrsd, That tho peace. perinanency, and vel
fare of our national Union depend upon strict
ndherance to the letter and spirit Of the eighth
section of the act of Congress Of the United States
entitled An act 10 authorize thc people Of Missouri
! Urryi,orv 10 form q consultation and State gorerR
meni, and for The admission Of such STATE into The
/ Union on Gn equal footing trih he original States
and 10 prohibit sldreTy in certain territories, approx
ed March 6, 1890"
with an instruction TO tho Senators, and q re.
quest to the representatives in Congress, to vote
accordingly.
The peace, promanoncy, and welfare Of the
Union depend upon strict adhcrance to the Mis-
souri, compromise Of 1920" SO resolved the Cen
eral Assembly of Missouri as late as lI7;. be-
7 leyed the Assembly was right then believe il
now and so believing, shall adhere" to the COM
promise now as them spirit and in letter"
a should oppose any movement to impair that
4 compromise, made in open, direct manly, man
!, ner much more shall | oppose 1t if made in a
covert, indirect, and unmanly way. The bill, OF
bills before u.s. undertake to accomplish their OBJ
n iect without protesting t--upon reasons which arc
contradictory and unfOunded-in terms which are
a. ambiguous and incousstcnt-and by throwing on
i others tho responsibility of its own act. 1t pro
. fcsses not to Interfere with tho sovereign right o
!, the people to lcgisate for themselves and the
very first limo of this solemn profession throws up
y ON them a horse-load Of law, which they have nC
- right to refuse, or time to read, or money to pur
r. chase or ability to understand. 1t throws upor
- them all the laws of the United States which are
not locally inappcablo and that comprehends al
10 that are not specially made for other places: also
it gives them the Constitution OF the United States
70 bat without the privilege OF voting at presidential
M congressional elections, or OF making their ON
judiciary. This is nOn-interfcrcnce with ven
geancc. A community to be burned under Q
~ mountain of strange law, and covered with con
III sttution under which they are not to have on
N single political right Why this crcumlo;uton
u this extension Of mountain Of irrelevant law
o, with the execution Of the only one relevant an,
LAP ia fbo ed
rs pusillanimocs way Of chccting the repeal OF th
y Missouri compromise line. IL includes all law 10
DC the sake Of leaving out one law and effects re
p neal BY an OMISSION and logslates by an exception
ne 1t is new way Of repeating law, and bunghnI
II attempt to smuggc slavery into the Territory
or and MI the country out to the Canada line and vi
or the Rocky Mountains. The crooked line Of th
Is smuggling process is this "abolsh the compro
=; mise line. and extend the Constitution over tn
~ country: the Constitution recognizes slavery there
NJ fore, slavery is established the line
Isl abolished, and the Constitution extended: an
" being put there by the Constitution it cannot b
ID legslated out" This is the English Of this SNUG
y Cling process; and certainly nothing more un
~ worthy of legislation-more derogntory to leg
20 islative body-was ever attempted TO he made int
ie law. Sir, the Constitution was not made for Tor
IL ritores but for States. Its provisions are all az
~ pcablc to States. and cannot be put in operation
"a In Territories. They cannot vote for President,
'h Vice President, members Of Congress, nor elcc
"
voters, or administer their own laws by their ow
= Judges, shcrs, and attorneys, and the clause eS
~ tending the Constitution to them is cheat and a
90 illusion, and n trick to smuggle slavery into tn
~ Territory Nor is il intended that they shall hay
any Legislative right under the Constitution, eve
ro in relation to slavery. They may admit it bocaus
it is to be there by the Constitution; they cannt
w Wv exclude it because the Constitution puts it ther
ID That is the arguments and it is juSgle worthy
cd the trick Of egg under three hats at the san
be time--ana under neither at any time. Beside
- the Constitution Is organic not an administrati
~, ~ act. 1t is O code of principles, not Of laws Not
M clause in it can be executed except by virtue Of
~, law made under it--not even the clause for reco
a. a. ering fugitive slaves.
But am not done set with the beauties Of th
mode Of repeating law by an exception. Ihei
9 is further consequence to be detected IN It, III
US Missouri compromise consists Of two distinct part
as frst an abolition of slavery in all the ancieT
en- Louisiana north and west Of Missouri; secondl,
Icr provision for tie recovery Of fugitive slaves
the territory made free. BY the omitted extensio
nc Of this section, both these parts are repealed.
u.s. tract Of country larger than the old thirteen Aa
N, tic States and bordering thousand miles on d
L British dominons is made an asylum for fuSiti'
re- slaves There will be no law to recover n sa'
&C. from all that vast region, The constitutional pr
no vision is limited to States; the provision in the Il
10 Of 1857 is limited to the Northwest Territory
70 second part Of the Missouri compromise extend'
IN this right to all tho territory north and west
its Missouri aud that being repealed, that right
di- recovery is lost. ! object to this on the part
M the State Of Missouri the State to be most injur
ty by converting all the territory north and west
CIV her quite out to the British line, into an asylu
for runaway slaves. The blundcr cannot be &C
he rected lat least in the opinion Of those who del
ne the constitutional ipower of Congress to legislo
ur on slavery in Territorios by an act of Congress-
re- Then comes the reason for excepting the NJ
en- souri, compromise from the extension which
Ii. n nfl la nj there.
ma denied to itself which is there IL the reason n
of been because il was already there, it would la
it. been logical and comprehensive reason !
IS; that is not the cause assigned; and those viii
in are assigned are actually numerous and curio'
use and worthy of examination. First because II
nd superseded 10y certain acts OF lSoO next that
ice inconsistent with those aetsi then that IL inoI
oss -a,;. and finally that IL never was there bel