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we Hhh 70 impress one view Of this kansai
Z issue distcdy upon The minds Of our people.
We are told that all our efforts to restore the
Missouri Compromise line viii be unavaiing. in
asmueh as the Presided and the Senate are
against US, an d. before the people can reach
j them. the territories Of Kansas and Nebraska
will be ready 10 come in as States, either with
OF without slavery.
i This has the appearance Of plausibiliiy, and
may possibly induce some unihinking man 10
withdraw BIS opposition. and TO aequiesee in this
great fraud upon the North and freedom. But,
let al such remember that the people have re.
solved upon two points Ist. 10 admit no slave
State or States from this territory, covered by
the Missouri Compromise, on any terms OF con.
dtions whatever and 2nd, 10 restore this re.
striction so soon as the various Departments Of
the Government can be reached BY the reform.
Jag hand OF The people. By The FIRST resolve We
shall edeetually keep out Kansas, hit should
present itself as a slave State.
1t may be asked, why insist on the second
proposition when the end is accomplished by
the FIRST? Let US explain to ouv readers the
way that States are generally formed from ter
ritories. Kansas, as at pTesens organized. is
long, and mparalively narrow strip Of land
IL extends on the western borders Of Missouri,
from the 37th TO the 10th degree Of latitude
This is about two hundred miles in breadth.
But il extends westward 10 the mountains, at
least, thousand miles 1t has an area Of 1885,
238 square miles, or 80, 8sl, l20 acres OF land.
1t would make three States of about the size OF
Of Ohio, and twelve States Of the size of Massa-
chusetts. Nebraska, is similar in its shape, be-
| ing long and narrow. 1t has 343.438 square
miles, or 2l9, l60, 283 acres of land. This
would make ssven States Of the size Of Ohio, or
hirty,fve of the size Of Massachusetts.
Now, it is evident that no States Of the s'ze
of these territories are to be admitted The
process will be briefly thus: The people in the
eastern portions Of them will soon find them
selves numerous enough to from State They
will organize, and tract Of perhaps 200 miles
square will ask for admission. III its cor stitu-
ton does not allow slavery, it viii be admitted !;
but the balance Of the land will still remain as
a territory. In time, another tract large enough
for State will be settled and, by similar
operation, will be admitted into the Union.
1t is worth while for The North to restore the
slavery restriction as it was granted to us thir-
ty-fOur years ago by the South, so that we may
have peace and quiet So long as it is left an
open,question, there will be uneasy Shareholders
and propagandists who will be trying to push
slavery into these lands. But If the Missouri
restriction had not been removed. or If it il
again restored, that question will be put to rest
1t is not, them, by any means, dispOsing of the
difficulty, when States, called Kansas and Ne
braska, are admitted Other lands will remain
just as it was with the territory north-we Of
the Ohio river when Ohio was cut off and form
ed into State. These remaining lands must
be protected in future, as they have been in
years past Freedom must be the flag under
which they are to grow up to future States.
This was granted as right to us by the South.
1t has been taken away BY base fraud; but it
must be restored, and no Southern nan can
have just cause to complain for single mo-
ment.
We admit that the resolution 10 admit no
Slave State from inc territory north of sc 80 is
Of more immediate and practical Importance
than that of restoring the slavery restrictiOn.-
It's also more easily accomplished. TorestOre
the restriction, we must have both Houses Of
Congress. and the President 70 keep out
Slave States, we only need one of the two
Houses of Congress But we are ready to do
battle for both these measures; and we mistake
the signs ofthe times if the people Of the Free
States are not fully resolved to demand both Of
them at the hanus of their representatives.
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