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

TUE Of limitation 70 protect such Congress is
S .,sVs.S IN me rsr1osss n. rsss
n the psc;ls az al the rrtc-es the SANS. 10
violation Of tr:s jo,t and eA1 prinsps ne d.so,ri
people Of these rsr:snss iyias north Of
the lire az $3.50, 70 authorize slavery, EN-
BE- sI...e and lying q the sam. hns Il sads
"a have aad establish slavery, majority preferred TO
sea % the gs, .. osasr.ss was
risoriss rad the right when they formed eoasttrtens
TO tstIe the question OF savery fer thsmsssvss. BE
long aeqeisscencs in the Missouri eonpromiss, did
the Scu.h consent to the reseA2 He wouA TIA.
IsI May T.
Georgia condition thst slavery should be in.sr
ferred with-the admission without obectsos o. sbs
slaveh od:rg sstss Of Miesssipp Lousass sni Aiaba
Dawhy, aite- establishing Tsrritor governments with
cut objection the Territories OF Lonsia
ns, ArkanlAs, Flcrlta and M4ssaI herseA-wby, ssk
ser al these acts OF Congress- ourpgs psroo OF nearly
thirty years proving that Congress understood the ,e
E.itu ton in relation slavery as we nos undsra aud ~
was thAs nterDrateh o! toe ener congresses csaisa
bvsnyY No supposed thar the ordinances o. 1851
passed under the confederation, which prohiei cd
slayery in Inc Northwestern Ierrtory, precedent
in favor psseZ Of Congress- under the Consultation
All the property much Of which consisted in slaves
il the territory ceosG ~ BY France, was entitled
Hne.I the sa 70 10 'es s q ,ns asih
Congress established ever Louisiana, Arkansas and Mis-
seur It ia protected n0s by the States Of Loaisiina
Arkassas and Missouri, which were admit ed into the
Union with constitutions recognising slavery OF
the Invitations Of! each ksstur encountered opposi
ten Of Kind made for the first time to admission
State. The Missouri rss.rictonists opposed her adns
sion unless she would destroy by her constitution The
property Of her people in slaves speses OF property
authorized by the laws OF both France and Spain, and
by the territorial government which Congress had given
her they censd right 20 her, which hsi been con.
the right Of Nj. souri, the unconstu aonal eompromse
adopted, and slavery was prohibited in The reman
to receive slaves well their masters the speaker
said demonstrated by the fact that three 6tbs Of
in the Mouse Of Representatives Upaa TIE aamssion
% State the 6rs spportonment Of the rapresen-
T re mus Ds mn mae ns 70 t
while she existe territory, TO receive residents
both these classes ofpepaAtion Why, be asked had
the ole States for the first sppor onment to
State as wen as every subsequent part Of the
be stitutionally exac.ed f,on the rerritoryY
All the old thirteen States, with the exception perhaps
., Sns, n,a savss wen ass e.ss,Son was o,msi
now, the agitation Of the question which d,straets the
country would not have arisen. II the uatei Setes
ton took effect ems could havs donhted the at OF
any inhabitant Of any STATE to remove his slaves . well
slavery b. seme Ii the old States did nat change the
constitution What the true Interpretation Of IL
when Sss FIRST adopted s tie true OF 1t
now. change in an institution by one CT all OF the
thirteen States each acting for herself could not and
did rot alter the constitution OF the Untsd States That
can be changed in OF the two modes authorized BY
that instrument each Of tie thirteen States had tas
same equal tights and the equal po States
after the adoption OF the constitution each State lie,
upon her admission entitled to exercise all the rights
and powers which belonged TO the old States under
the constitution they established As each Of the
thirteen States entered the Union win the insh
tuition Of slavery, and retained the right, under
the constitution. To- eontinue or abolish II, and
to restore IL after IL had been abolished, the
States havs the right is founded upoa the equa
~ which the constitution ESTABLISHED amcng all tao
States which intended By the trainers Of that in
stument to be secured we'll for the nsvStates the
old. To ad nit ne State, the cond ton that her
constitution should not recognize slavery would be to
deny 70 her tie which each OF the thirteen States
had and has now uudsr the constitution Of the United
States; such an admission would degrade new Sta.s aud
vest IN her inferior powers y woud be maintain
ed by the sdvoc o. such limitation upon the powers
Of new State, that accs ted admission upoa such
terms that she could not after wards exercise suy
prohibited by tho limitation that she had there
CONSTITUTES without ASKING the permission Of Congress-
to make the cbGn tbs approval of that body after
tire alteration had heen made by which the institution
OF flsFtry Was recognized Der amended Constitution
Il woul1 not &c long after tho establish nent by
jorty in Congress- Of tire doctrine that Congress
pAce such imitation npon the powers OF new States,
the aavoates OF the restriction woad raise new
question for agitation, and calm power for Congress-
prohibit and proven. any OF the old thirteen th.t had
abolished slavery, from restoring It BY asother change
in her constu ion The next seep which these Agita
would take would be to abohsa slavery the
Gliding States upon the pretext that |, necessary
to that equality among al the stltes which they them
the States by the terras Of their admission He
hoped and believed thst by action upon the platform of
principles -hich had been established AMI pre- claimed
by the great and growing American party, that this
vexaons and lacess agitation would be forever stayed
and that the future Of Unon govsrasd by the
stitu.on as 1t is and laws sde in pursuance Of would
happiness and national prosperity tae past had bsen
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