New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-28


whole nulifipg South. and sympsshetcsll!
Pierce. Douglas, Cs.s & Co. Isw,,. '.Thasthey,
!. e 1.-The States to be for med. shall forever re
"main part Of this Confederacy of the Unite'
States Of America. Another condition
equally objection able in the same quarter Wa
That after the year 1900 Of the Christian era
there shall be neither Slavery nor iuvoluutar.
"iervitude in any Of the said States, otherwls'
than in punishment of crimes whereof the
party shall have been convicted TO have beer
personally guilty" On the question Of retain
ing this latte. clause SIX States, (the four o.
New. England, With New-York and Pennsylvauis,
voted Yes; North Carolina WAS divided; New.
Jertey vac represented only ~ a single member,
whose vote in the alternative did not cS0t. Del
.Tsre and Georgia were unrepres~6sed; M,ry-
! lard, Virgins and South Carolina voted in the
ne satige-yirgibia being carried against Jelfer-
son by the votes of his two colleagues; aud go
the proposition failed. The scheme, thus cur.
tailed of its best feature, bu. otherwise some
what amended by additional restrictions on the
| leeislatinn of the new States that were to be.
! was adopted on April %. 17Si--fourteen days
for France, whence ne did not return till after
the adoption Of the Federal Contribution.
About year after the subject of the survey Of
the public lands being before Congress, Rufus
Kipg lately become delegate from Mtssachu-
set.s, moved On March l6, l7S5, the reference 10
Committee Cto consider me expediency of adding
il 10 the articles of compac. and funta mental
principles already ogreed upon,) OF the folio wing
proposition: That there shall be neither
Slavery nor involuntary servitude in suy of the
States described in The resolves Of Congress
Of April %, l73i, otherwise than in pm
istme ut Of crime whereof the party shalt have
been personally guilty, "a proposition evil
de.ay copied from Jefferson's rejected one le,v-
ing out only the postponement Of the prohibition
to the yesr 1900 All imnaterally modifying the
concluding phrsse. This motion Of reference
wss adopted; bu. the very imperfect journal Of
CopgTefs either shows 10 what committee the
proposition Vas referred nor what action that
committee took. Ii would appear from let'e'-
nov first published 10 the historical disqdisioon
upOo which we are commsntDg-that report
WIS speedily made; but Of that report-nowhere
else Manufacturing other trace exiss, AMI We
are Tholly ignorsn. Whist il was. 1t appears
too, from other letters-now, slsO, first pub
.sted-tbst tSs Slavery restriction, in the shape
in which King offered 1t, bad been strongly urged
upon bis attention by rinothy Pickering. Mere
IL q so az other circumstance connected With this
motion of KiDg't, lot mentioned by his biogra-
pher but which seems 10 us lot without slgud-
c6Dce s;z: that both the motion and the report
upon il preceded, by short interval, the eKecu-
ton by King ard bis colleague. on behalf Of Mas
% ousetts of deed fcesson from that State Of
her claims 10 part of the Western Territory
the extent Of that ces.ion, and the manner aud
conditions Of makiI il beiog lefs by the M-sss-
cbu.,. Ieeisia.u.o t. 10 J,svr yttvn vf tno dele
gates Tile affords ground to suspect thstthe re-
consideration Of tsis Slavery question might have
beeu msde On to part of King and his colleague,
spd Gu coDfoInH 10 toe known wishes OF Nsas.-
CHI .eite in soH sort condition OF that cessiOn
ius, o. Maryland bad sde the cesson By Vlr
gin cOucition pgecedeG. 10 her ratlfylng the
Articles Of Confederation. However thar may
be, Kings direct connection with tbs subject
ends tere-as when the Ordnance Of - WAS en-
acted be was absent at Pbilsdelphia, attending
the FEDERAL Convention
Surveys ard explorations having shown thst the
scheme of the Division Of the Western Territory
irto States as prescribed in the Virginia act Of
cessou and adopted in the resolve Of 1884,
would from its Disregard Of the Typographical
features Of the country, be attended with grea.
ircop yeniences; ard the consent Of the ceding
States to an alteration ia that respect having
been obtained: and the OHIO Company being
81 Iious TO complete their purchase of lauds and
% commence settlement an Ordinance, the
fan GUS one of 81, was passed for the government
of the Territory. This Ordnance, as appears
from the now fret published letter OF Mr.. Dane
-i..-s. .sss.-s1 to. drawn by him. and
% adopted, varied only by the alteration of
few words from his draft. AS frss offered, so
this letter states, it did not contain the Anti
Slavery prcyiso. Only Massachusetts,, of the
New-Englsnd States, being represented, Dane
had 10 idea that tae States present would
agree 10 il, but finding the " House favor
ably dsposed," after the other parts had been
Disposed Of be moved tie sixth article Of COM
pact which was agreed 70 without oppO-
" sit.on which article vas Xmas mOdif,a-
tiOn Of Jeierson's original proportion, with the
additional provision annexed to i. for the law.
full" reclamation of fastiyes from service,
and their conveyance TO tie person lawfully"
claiming such service.
Upon toe question, Of vastly more interest than
the share of individuals il flaming .his clause
what i. Vas tbst brought round the folf southern
most States to vote for il; whether she slive.
catching proviiiop, Low first iItroduct6-.s Mr.