The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-05


State cdn stitution psope Of the States
bn an equal footip < to those terr tories
and carrying their 1t allowed the Mts-
sould be EXCLUDED nom the territories time
whea the people oed to form Stats govern
ment. 1t therefore put the decision whether slavery
should should ths territories exclusively
in the HANDS OF those who then In the territory and
WHO OF course we're not ,l.vehoiders Possibly they
m ght be people whcse miaes greatly pref udicsd
against the Institution. This being the ELECT Of bill,
he had offered amendrs ut which proposed, directly,
the repeal Of the ssouri prohibition al the
peoy Of the Southern States equal going
those territories with their property Subsequently the
committee reports1 biIl 10 which incorpo
rated substantially his xmend nsnt Wi taa auendms snt
ncor poAtsd In 1t III. bill would receive his hearty sup
port Gnder IL, tbs Missouri prohibition would be
and the people Of the South could 20 there with
their property equal footisy with citizens OF
other States, and would have equal 10 deciding
whether the State constitution should should not per-
nit slavery This provision had not bsn put ioto the
bill for sinister purpose had been supposed By tina
Senator from Ohio l. was the duty OF the eommites
when they reported BILL ani found 1t noom psts de.
fecve 10 take nessures TO make 1t perfect The
ittse actirg npoD the high principle OF doing equal jus,
lice TO tae peopls Of all sections OF the country md pro
posed to amend their bill so TO accomplish that end.
Ths Missouri Compromise made unjust discriuanAt
against the s.,ehod.r as TO his right TO carry his pro
had proposed to repeal They wao proposed 1t not
Shareholders, they who, acting tbs great
Just ard injurious prob ibioo because 1t was uu
just and becsusc 1T In direct conflict with the pn
opl.s of the promise act of $780, The committee,
Of the United States, In all sections, be.
hevsd that this prohibition of the Missouri aot
wrong, and vas Inconsistent with the principles
Of the compromise Of 1885, and ought to be repealed He
examined Mr. h,son's amsndmeps and took the
view Of 1t ~ Mr.. Douglas, He referred the Tex
resolution, and to the provision therein, that
Ates formed out Of her territory north Of 80 80 should
be se and contendsd that that condition absolutely
void. Congress had power to i'm condition upon
any State that it should not Allow slavery III. had such
power it could be exercised In New York we'll 10
Texas Did any believe thrt Congress had the power
to require New York to ALLOW savsrJi And II not how
could that Congress- bad the to require
Texas to be free staeS The States alone had this
power. By them only could 1t he exercised. New
York and Other states had exer, ,ised the pow.
er within their limits OF abolishins slavery.
then place condition on states to be form cd out Of
Texas that they should be either free slave he
gsded The constitution As clearly protecting property
slavehocer had much title to his slaves any
other property the constitution projected property
where could derive The OF prohibit any
particular Kind Of property from being carried to the
rtores belonging In common to the whos people II
said that slAvery Institution which was runous
to the lard and I'm poyerishsd the peope II This yss
suc ent 10 prohibit it, Why not prohibit ths cult
vaion Of tobacco, which vas crop that exhausted tae
spd, and soon out the so The Senator from OH,
lad given the for kee ping ,ayery out OF the
Territories tha. il would prevent their settlement by
Northern people and foreigners from Europe He
understood he Senator in effect saying, that ALLOW
slsvehoders to settle In the Territories aIonxdie OF
species Of moral treason. rbe Senator to sustain this
vier lust 20 further and admit that In order 10 allow
these Territories to be settled by foreigners the people
c The South must Re wholly banshed from the soil par
chased and acquired By the ell fs OF tk
people. TO allow people TO go into thsss Ter
ritores necessarily excluded f1reignsrs, he wou d
say, let them be sxoladed The South Aked
but tqusl rights and privileges, AMI she to be
deprived OF them because it would interfere with
the notions OF Europssn foregsers He referred to the
rany complaints made ,glns slavery and called up>n
those whe denounced II 20 suggest the remedy for the
evil. Emancipation not the remedy The sodLl
ora and political condition Of free blacks we'd that
their freed m was but mockeTy Many OF the free
states by positive enactment excluded them from the
limits. Everywhere they wsrs dsgiaded race the
aboionist themselves shrunk from admitting them TO
social equality he proceeded at lesyh to show the i'm
poaDce o. 10 the various Interests OF the United
states, particularly TO manufactures without slavery
these latter could not exist.
Mr. WADE lfree soil whs) Of Ohio, moved to postpone
the bill till Monday.
Tbs vote upon tn . motion stood:-Ayss IS; noes Is
No quorum.
The yeas and ni!s were called, and the vote WAC
Yeas, 80, nays, IL
After an execntiEa EArsnn The SANTA aainnrnaA