The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-21

,,oh.s,ion ~as unconstitutional and thsre 10 no ~
iuis Of limitation protect such Nv Congress is
bis juds snt had no pevsr 70 fgiAsts 90 the snse,t
o. TIE pscls az al the rsrr tcres the ssms. 10
violation ef tr:s jast and els praIrs ne Missouri
sosSs'niss , ssiis o.nsd i1s .. rsn so, g the
the line % $3.50, 70 authorize slavery, ssn-
eeeea :hs right 10 the gecpe In the rsrrtor,es esdsd
e have and establish slavsry, sjsrty preferred to
20 sos Intervention Cd the part OF Congress waa
- thougL %. true p-,Ssips The people q sas Ter
TO fet-e the question o. slavery fcr thsmsesvss. BE
had frequently heard the qaeson asked, why, after
the seu.h consent to the reseA2 He woaA tast
or es,er b. asking another Why after admitting slave
State after slave ssate-K.ntuesy In i7e2 Tsnn:sses
shortly asrwarss aeeep~Dg eession OF territory from
Georgia condition thst slavery should not be inter
fsrred with-the admission without ob5ectos Of the
aite- establishing with
cut objection the rrtofes Of Lousia
ns, Aiiansas Ficr,da and AssseIi herself sss,
sfter al these acts Of Congress- curing psr,oo OF nearly
thirty years proving that Congress uadsss'oo0 Toe son
Eitutior in relation 20 slavery, az we nos unasrss ,aa
No ore eyer II the ordinance OF 1887
passed under the confederation, which procici "a
ssyery in me Northwestern lerrtcry, was precesent
in favor o, the psse. Congress- under the lion
to prohibit slavery in any f.rrsory OF toe Unts1 sses
All the property musn OF when sonsssa n saves,
rnder the treaty 10 the OF the United Stateh
II protected by the lssr.tors governsn:s which
Congress established Louisiana Arkansas aad Mis-
10 protected nov by the States Of Loaisiin1,
Arkansas and Missouri, which admit ed into the
the rsitu.ions o. each Nssturi encountered opposi
ton Of kind made for the first time 10 admission
Slate. tbs Missouri resrictionsts opposed her adnn-
sion unless she would destroy by her constitution the
property Of her people IN slaves spe;es OF property
authorized by the laws OF both France and Spain, and
by the territorial government which Congress- had given
her. They uenied right 20 her, which had been cca
coded TO Louisiaba when she admitted To secure
Tho right Of Nil souri, the Aona compromise
naio tad md n IN
ing Territory ceded by Ffance TIE right OF Territory
TO receive slaves as well as their masters the speaser
the slaves included in the basis OF
in the Reuse Of Representatives upsa the aamssion
tAtvss allowed TO her mus: be made accord ng 70 this
basis. Every Territory had the const ational right,
caste. %y /. hs
basis been ioed fox every Stats new one as we'll
tie ole States for the first sppor comment to
materials for the forIoation Of Fshe basis could
be ADDITIONALLY exacted f,on the Territory ?
Of one had .Isyss spen Tie corstitruon was fSrmsf
and all hsd preserved the Institution Of slavery till
new, the agitation of the question which dstraets the
had acquired territory Immediately after the congGtu
ton took effect, could have doubted the MT Of
as his other property into gu IN Territory the abolition
Of slavery BY some Of the old Stated did not change the
constitution What wss tae true INTERPRETATION o. II
change in an institution by one or all OF the
thirteen States each acting for herself could not and
did rot alter the constitution o. the United States That
be changed in Of the two modes authorized by
that instrument each of the thirteen States had t1s
sSmesqusl rights and the equal po States
after the adoption OF the constitution State ie
upon her admission entitled to exercise aN the rights
and powers which belonged TO the old States under
the constellation they established. As each OF the
thirteen States entered the Union win the inst
tuition Of slavery, and retained the right, under
to restore Il after it had Sesn abolished, the new
states havs the same s founded upoa the squa
ty which the constitution established amcng ali tns
States which intended By the trainers Of that in
old To ad nit State, the cond ton that her
constitution should mot recognize slavery would be TO
deny 10 her TIE right which each Of the thirteen States
had, and has now under TIE constellation OF the untod
States such admission would degrade new Stas and
vest N her Inferior powers II wcnld be maintain
ed by the .dyOc o. such limitation upon the powers
Of new State, that accs ted admission upoa such
terms that she could not exercise any power
prohibited by the limitation that she had right there
FORE e.cs o. the thirteen States has to change her
consetut IN without asking the permission Of C0ogesss
to make the cban tbs APPROVAL Of that body after
tire alteration had been made by which ths institution
of slsvery recognized her amended constitution
orty in Congress- Of tire doctrine that Congress
place uch imitation npon the DO OF Sa.es
before The advocates Of the RESTRICTION woa raise
TO prohibit and any OF the old thirteen that had
abolished slavery from restoring Il by asother change
in her constitu ion The next step which these agita
tors would take would be to abosa slavery in the slave
ioldrg States, upon the pretext that was necessary
to that equality among al the Stles which they
to the new States BY the terras OF their sdmison He
hoped and believed thst by action upon the platform Of
principles which had been established AMI ocaimed
by the crest sn5 growing Ausrcan party, that this
vexaons and aeless agitation would be forever stayed
an that the future of Unon governed by the con-
sftu-on as u.s. and laws AIDE In Of would
happiness and national prosperity tae past had bsen
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