New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-08

S.c'es Tie language is not By any means so pointed
rs hat Of tie Receive Of 7e): and yet Il has bees
toen hat that Resolve never supposed to qhibt
tie authority Of Congress. as Ia the introduction Of
slavery And il is clear upon the panest role o. con
strUcton. hat in tie abcRcc of all restrictive Ian
cusec clause, merely providing ior tn admission OF
y T.ryitory into the Union, must be construed
TO authorize an admission in the manner.
and uron The terms which tie Constitutions
: ftser would justify. his construction derives
s6ficE- support from thc next clause The inhsbit-
ans ,lsl be admitted as possible, according
20 the principles Of the Federal Constitution 10 the
,isvent faH he Tgh,s Gdrdnfs and imnHaites Of
eE..rs of dc Jaid States. The rights, advantages
srd iumuuitics here spoken ct must. HON the very
free of The terms fthe clause, be such as are r0cog
rised or communicated b. the Constitution OF the
Tinted States; such as are common to All citizens snd
are uniform throughout the United States The clause
cannot be referred to rights, advantages and immunt
ties derived exclusively from the State Government,
i'm those do not depend upon the Federal Constitution
Resides Il would De impossible shat all the rights, ad-
yanisees ard immuntes Of citizens OF the diterent
States could he at the same tlne e2Jnyed by tho
same persons These rights are different IN diterent
States rlht exists in ore State which IS deaed IN
otIers ors rprcnaut 10 rights enjoyed in Others
In s,ue al the States freebooter alone entitled 10
vote in eoctons in some qualification Of peFs0nai
property Is sufficient and in others age snd treeiom
are the sole qualifications OF electors In some o'aes
no citizen is permitted 10 hold slaves IN others he
possesses that power absolutely in Others is limited
lie obvious meaning therefore, Of the clause Is that
the rights derived under the Federal Constitution shaii
be eroyed by the inhabtant OF Louisiana IN the same
manner as by tie citizens OF other States The United
States by the Constitution bound 10 guarantee to
every state in the Union republican iorm OF govern
nent: and the inhabitants Of Louisiana SIRE entitled.
Ntonn State, 70 this guarantee. Zach State has
rlt to two Senator's sud TO Representatives accord
inc Ia certain enumeration ofpopulat0n pointed cut
m tie Constitution. Tie inhabitants Of Louisiana,
uron their admission into the Union are also entitled
20 ;lese privileges The Constitution further declares,
e. 81 safa e1an Ia NM m all
the privileges and mmunlties Of citizens IN the sew
.c,oI States II would il the meaning OF this
clause could not well be misnterprGed 10 OBJ
yousIy applies TO the case of the removal OF citizen
Of one state to another State; and in sach case It
secures to the nil rating citizen all the privileges and
iu,munjtes of citizens the State 70 which he re-
moves Ii cannot surely be cOntended upon any ra-
tions interpretation that Il gives to the cuzens OF
each state all the privileges and mmuniies OF the clt'
1,rs every other State at the same time and under
ali circumstances Such a construction would lead to
tie most extraordinary consequences 1t would al
once DESTROY all the fundamental limitations OF tho
State Constitutions upon the rights OF their own
citizens; and leave all those rights at the mercy OF
tlb citizens of any other State which should adopt
different limitations According TO this construction,
If all the State Constitutions cave one prohibited
slavery IL would be in the power OF that single State,
by the admission OF the right OF is citizens to hold
slaves 10 comun cate the same right to the CITIZENS
ofa the other States within their own exclusive limits
IN defiance of their own constitutional prohlDltlons'
nd render the ahsufilfY sun more apparent
sane construction would communicate the most opPo-
lite grd rreconcable rights to the citizens OF dher-
,rt States at tie same time IL seems, therefore,, 10
he undeuiablc upon any rational interpretation mat
this clause Ct the Constitution communicated no rights
tn any state which its citizens do not enjoys and
that lie citizens of Louisiana, upon thelr admission
INTO tie Union in receiving the beeht OF nls clause
would not enjoy higher or more extensive rights man
tLc citizens of Ohio II would communicate to the
tornor no riaht OF holding slaves, except IN states
ylere the citizens already possessed tho same right
under their own State Contributions aad laws.
Upon the whole the memoralists would most 70
rroctfly submit that the terms OF the Constitution.
- v,u as the practice of the Governments under 10,
,rrst as lev hnmbl, conceive entirely justify tho
conclusion that Congress mny prohibit tie urther in-
PRODUCTION Of Slavery into lts own territories ana also
make such prohibition condition oil the admission Oh
any rev State into the Union
"If the constitutional power Of Congress to make tho
pr,ros,d prohibition be satisfactorily shown, tho JUS
lice and policy Of such prohibition seem to the under
si,ued 10 he supported b. plain and strong reasons.
The permission of Slavery in new State necessarily
draws after II an extension OF that inequality OF repre-
sertatcn which already exists in regard to the orig
ira States l. cannot be expected that those OF tho
original Sates which do not hold slaves can look on
such an extension being politcalyjust As between
the original States the representation rests on com
pact aud pllhted faith and your mem0iiallsts have
no wish flat that compact should be disturbed, or that
plpLtfd faith in the slightest degree violated But
The subject assumes entirely different CHARACTER
when a rev State proposes 70 be aIrmted; WIN
her there is 10 compact, and no faith plightedi
and where Is the reason that she should come
into tie Union with more than an equal share OF po-
lticaI importance and political pOweri Alr ady tle
r,tio Of representeon established by the C0nstitu-
tion has owen 10 the states holding slaves twenty
neubels of tie House of Representatives more than
tley would have been entitled 20, except nnler mo
rartcusr provision Of the Constituton In all prob
eb;lt, this number viii be doubled In thirty years.
nder these circums deem It notan unreason-
oIle exuectaton that the inhabitants OF Missouri
Il ould propose to into the UnOn ren0unclng tho
RIGHT IN question, nnd establishing constitution pro-
bibitiro forever Without dwelling on this topic we
have iii, thought it our duty to present It to the CON
alteration of Congress We present 1t with adeePand
earnest feeling OF its importance and we respectfully
cit r il the full confederation Of the National Leg
islsture. .....
Your mcmoralists were not without tie nope that
tie tine had at length arrived when the inconvenience
.rd the danger Of this description of population had
Locore .uraront in al parts OF this country and In
IN nsTfs Of tie civilized world. II might have been
L,eJ that the rev States themelyes would have had
s,rb n view of their own permanent interests and
rosperity as would have led them 10 pTObiDit tS eA
t,nsiop and increase. The wonderful increase ana
prosperity of the States north OF the Onio unquo
toriblv to be ascTibed in great measure 70 the con-
ererces of the ordinance Of l1o7 and few, indeed,
- the occasions in the history Of nations in which SO
n uch cau be done BY single act l0r tle Dcnehs y,
future generations, was done by that ordnance anu
"A mas now be done by tie Congress OF the Gmte1
ctstCg We appea 20 tie justice and 70 the wisdom Oh
tie National Councils 10 preyent the TURNER PIogSs
~ c,oet and serious evil. We appeal 70 those VINO
- f,r,,ard To- Tie remote consequences OF ther
resfures md who cannot balance emP"ia'y o'
trffrc ccn1eBence If there were such against per
lint ,ro,,iro md desolatiDg evil We cannot for
@ ~ ~ MID the two Houses Of Congress that the
,ri and decisi,e measures adopted by tie American
rr,r,ert Tor the abolition Of tie slage-trade ara