The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-11-09
BIpDEFORD MAINE, FRIDAY NOVEMBER o. 1855.

? down on The west bank Of the Mississippi
I s, Louis and its environs malured rs 9
, Stale in 1918, aud demanded admission
; with slavery into the Union. Then, only
'hiriy.,wo years afer the passage Of the
Ordinance Of 1887, and after lis unanimous
ratification by the American people, the
privileged class made common cause with
the new sIaveholjing State, and assuming
a tone at once bold, insolen, and menacinc,
they deried The power OF Congress, although
in the territories il was supreme aud eyclu.
sive, and equally supreme and exclusive in
The admission OF new Slales, 10 legisla,e at
all against their privileges in the territories,
or 10 refuse admission 10 new State, on
The ground OF It's refusal 10 surrender or
aba'e those privileges, and they threatened
IN one loud voice 10 subvert the Union, IL
Missouri should tc rejected. The privileged
class were backed then by the Senate Of the
United States, as they have been backed on
all similar occasions since iha, time. They
were met, however, with frnnsss and de
cision by the unprivieged class in the House
0p1'' ""' - 'a ~,
privileged class resortei to a new form Of
strategy, the strategy Of compromise. They
be admitted as slave State, while Congress
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b,r. oo,r III. or,bo,;,y of rsnoaIob,e oc,
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W;ss and ,re,, man con,r;vcd ertraorJinarv
farm. :, birI ,bs faith os tho nriv;,e,ed
class n ,b,. re,,c,p,l joh;bi,;on They
g,v. 10 the com npromise The nature and form
Of contract, with mu,ual eopiv,l.n,s be-.
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class n, any time on any grounds or nnder
any circumstances. 10 annuI or revoke. or
ava, IN draw /, ope,,ion. They nrocl,im.
ed !, 10 be a contract, proper 10 be submitted
10 The peoplc themselves for their ratification
in The popular elections. I, was so submit.
,ed 10 The peoDlc. and so ratified by them
r.. r;,u. of,bis com,ro,pisc Missouri came
;rn,rsd;,,.,v i,,o IN, JTnio, as n slave State.
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sounds IN iavor OF INC humanity o' u, "''
privileged GAS, F." "'' u ''e', P''''"''
'n" 'ncy "e'"'' ''"''N '' '
piaihca o' 'ha' ueu''''c".
The success oil the pr''i'eseu c'as'' III sc'
curing to themselves immediate possession
of Missouri and Arkansas IN exchange LOT
the r,versionary interest OF tho unprieSed
class in tho remainder oil tho LOUISIANA pur-
chase, simulated them to move ior new ma
'ional purchases OF domain ~olch 'n'sh'
yield them iurthcr acquisitions. SPAIN was
unable to retain longer the sIavcno'uer PROV
inces of East Florida and West Florida
which lay adjacent 70 the slave o'a'es'-
They lcll to the United sa'cs oy an easy
purchase, and the privileged class with que
diligence procured their orSan'z'hon !"
State and its admission into the Union
The spell of terr'sorial aggrand'somens had
fallen on the United s'a'es oi America anu
simultaneously the spcll OF dlss''u''o" l'i'
, fallen on the United States ol Mexico. Inc
, privileged GLASS Oh our sue o' '"e '''ue'
, entered Texas, established slavery mere if