Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1854-05-11

ton of Louisiana between free and slave
soil, and that partition could not have been
made without the addition of the same clause
for the recovery of fugitive slaves. Thus
all these compromises are settlements exis-
ting questions and intended to be perpetual:
They are all three of equal moral validity
The Constitutional Compromise is guarded
by higher obligation in consequence of its
incorporation in that instrument; but it in
no way differs from the other two in the cir
cumstances which induced it, the policy
which guards, it, or the consequences which
would flow from its abrogation. A propo-
sition to destroy the Slavery Compromise in
the Constitution would be an open PROPOSE
tion to break up the Union; the attempt to
abrogate the Compromise of 1887 and 1920
would be virtual attempt to destroy the
harmony of the Union and prepare it for
dissolution. by destroying the confidence and
affection in which it is founded.
The Missouri Compromise of 1920 is a
continuation of the ordinance of l7S7-its
extension TO the subsequently acquired ter
ri'Ory west Of the Mississippi no way differ
ing from it either in principle or detail
: The ordinance of 1887 divided the then ter
ritory of the United States about equally
between the free and the slave States. The
Missouri Compromise did the same by the
additional territory OF the United States, as
it stood in 1920, and in both cases it was
= done by act of Congress and was the settle
7 ment of difficulty which was TO last for
= ever. consider them both, with their fu-
gitive slave recovery clause, and the sim
liar clause in the constitution, as part and
parcel Of the same transaction, different ar
ticles in the same general settlement. The
5 anti-slavery clause in the ordinance of 1857
3 could not have been put in, as was proved
: by IFS three years rejection, without The
fugitive slave recovery clause added to it.
!. The constitution could not have been
= formed without the recognition of slavery
h in the States which chose it. and the right
= of recovering slaves fleeing to the free
e States. The Missouri controversy could moi
n have been settled except by the prohibition
Of slavery in the upper part of the terrific
= ry of Louisiana; and that prohibition coulc
: not have been obtained without the right t.
: recover the fugitive slaves from the par
c made free. Thus the three measures are
l. one, and the ordinance of 1887 is father t.
a the other two. 1t led to the adoption of th'
f fugitive slave clause in the Constitution, anC
al we may say to the formation Of the Con
e stitution ITSELF which could not have beel
ii adopted without that clause and the recog
ii milton of slave property in which it wa
l. founded. This vital fact resulted from th
to history of the case, which he proceeded t.
j. trace, and then remarked that five times il
+ the beginning of this century, five differen
lie times, and without any distinction between
lg northern and southern members, did Con
y gress refuse to impair the slavery Compro
" mise of 1887, notwithstanding it was fv
IN times asked for by the people of the terri
|; tory. Oh! squatter sovereignty, wher
s. were you then? 1t was case for you t
lie have shown your head; to have arisen i
III your might and established your supremac
s. forever. 1t was a case of convention c
Ill the sovereigns themselves, and neither thi
al convention nor the Congress had dream {
Il their sovereignty. The convention pet
'g toned Congress as ward would its guar
Up dian, or children under age would petitio
ig their father, and Congress answered like
- good guardian, or a good father that it woul
ID not give them an evil, although they begge
'y for it. Benighted times these, and infinite
ed ly behind the present age; the mares ne'
had not then been found in which has bee
as laid the marvellous golden egg, out of whic
We has been hatched the nondescript iow
r. yclept squatter sovereignty. Laughter.
ng The illustrious principle of -interventio
We had not then been invented; the ignoran
he uses of that day had never heard of i
he though it is now to be learned in ever
m horn book, and believe in nowhere else
n horn books. Renewed merriment.]
"a Five times IN the beginning of this cent?
'r- ry did Congress refuse to impair the slav,
or ry compromise of 'S7, and now, in the mi,
Iy' die of the century, and after thirty years
nj peace under the Missouri compromise, Il
'se offspring and continuation of that Of l7S
ry we are called upon, not merely to impa
iy, for season, but to destroy forever fl
lIh greater compromise, extending to far MOI
ry territory, and growing out of necessitiC
M far more pressing-and how called upon
OIL Not by the inhabitants, not by any one HI
ell man being living or expecting to live in IL
EN- territory to be affected. but upon a motto
to in Conpress-a silent secret limnino hal