The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-08-25
From the Boston Post, Aug. 20.


The platform set up by the wings their convention is
pat forth the basis of united action of the North
against slavery II is alleged express the sentiment of
the wings Of the free States II is avowedy and neeessa
ry the platform Of geographical party sectional party
northern party Wepropose toexamine of the panks
of this platform and how il harmonies with the basis
principle of our existence nation. One of the resolu
tions reads We uH oppose The admission into The cofea
eracy Of any State formed out Of any Of territorial
possess0ns unless sagey prohibited therein In accord
with such principle the cry is going through
merely the Garrison presses, which boldly dis
union whose motto for years has been no union with
Shareholders of the eeso presses the tendency of
whose sentiment is directly to dsunion but this cry
in the wing presses The party that claim be able
to control the desnies of this nation pledgng them
selves TO the principle of NO STATES This is
the portion of this platform which propose look at
We dealing with States, not with Territories ;
with the basis of their existence with slavery In pass
ing remark that this is the first time that the prn-
cple of No stare States has been made the basis of
a northern movement For orty-three years, however
from ne to ls20-no attempt made to invade the
basis principle which the colonies first agreed to unite
and declare independence and subsequently,, to form
perfect unionnamely their perfect equality as to
each other Nor does the recognition by Congress of the
restrictive Northwestern ordinance which enacted by
the Congress of the old conederacy form any exception
this remark for this ordinance regarded and acted
could be made applicable after States had been admitted
the Union Even territorial restriction it proved, in
many respects dead letter The Illinois territorial egs
ature passed law after law recognising and authorizing
slavery. When this State applied for admission to the
Union slavery recognised in its constitution and
when objected to its admission that the slave clause
of its constitution inconsistent with the restriction in
the Northwestern ordinance the reply was that at most
that restriction could only be territorial rule and could
not in the of things extend to States The House
sustained this prneplell7 to 34and the objection
not made in the Senate After this time slavery also
listed in Indiana and it stated in Congress in 1920
illinois and Indiana have slaves and always have
had them
was when Missouri applied for admission the Union
that this phrase No slave States" first made
element of public opinion and fanatca rally cry 1t
then proposed invade the basis of the original
pact by putting restriction this State slavery
the condition of her admission into the Union. This
proposition and pressing it shook the Union to its
But it successfully resisted and those who got
up the popular Compromised" by obtaining the
rtoria Missouri restriction 1t is however well estab-
shcd that President Monroe had prepared veto for the
bill containing restriction State and would have GER
tanly vetoed the bill and g that he signed the bill for
restriction territory the Interpretation which all the
members of the cabinet but put the Missouri terri
torial bilof its being applicable only to the country
ph Territory From that time to this no condition as
to slavery has been imposed State and from 1889
the action the admission Of States has been uni
form consistent constitutional and in conformity to the
original principle Of equality and sovereignty which the
old thirteen agreed unite and to declare independence
this principle that in seventyegh years the States
have increased until they thirty-one in number
The constitution contains definition of what State
shall be other than that it shall be republican Its phrase
is that new STATES shall be admitted This term Estate
stands for something established, understood and there
fore as sometime Nat did not need to be defined What
then constituted and up this time constitutes State Z?
Though the States at the time they established the cons-
tuition were many independent sovereigntes
tons yet in order get at this definition of State and
| what it may do we need cite Grous, or Vael or
any other naonalaw writer to what States nations
We considering communities pecuiarin word
American What then is American State? To
swer this may appeal TO sixty live years experience
the present constitutions to our seven years expert
under the articles of confederation to our six years
experience under Congress- and indeed the whole
terminating period of colonial experience One principle
through the whole of it, From these may
eliminate the internal local condition of these commune
ties and gather what constitutes that scormed original
and peculiar organization American &atthe primor-
dial element of the American nation
An American State is territory in which people live
who have established their government made their
own laws and exercise all the worcestershire, legsla-
tive and to protect them in life liberty
and property who based their claims to complete inter-
inal of affairs from the first mainly the
ground of natural right it and who when it became
necessary to assert this right held that power earth
had right to interfere with their exercise of this internal
local government The people, coonists admitted
the right of any foreign power whether another colony
Great Britain Congress to interfere with their local
Germs and acknowledged declaring Independence
any other sovereignty than that their colony State and
when acting separate colonies States they agreed to
unite and declare themselves absolved from allegiance to
the British crown they stipulated to retain in the strongest
manner each for itself "He sole and ercusye right q
forming constitution and dacs When they formed con-
Stution they agreed to delegate certain power relating
to matters of to ALL to form power
general government but those powers which they did
not delegate or prohibit themselves from exercising they
expressly reserved 1t such they have existed wheh-
colonies States Each separate community has
claimed and exercised the right of applying the principles
liberty freedom of the whole catalogue of human rights,
in the manner that it judged best adapted to its condition
of social life and when the fathers of the republic asserted
these great principles they claimed the right to apply them
only within the boundaries of the State in which they
lived This was American liberty limited by American
law.
This exclusive right establish local constitutions has
been recognised since the establishment of the pres
ent constitution As citizens of the old States emigraed
from them and formed themselves into societies. they
carried with them into the colonies the rights
which they possessed in their old residences and when
after their territorial wardshps the time arrived for the
fun exercise of this right they together in
ton made constitutions, and then applied TO be admitted
as States Such the case among Others with Arkan
sas Michigan and California which formed constitutions
without any permission being given by Congress. And