The daily union., 1856-12-30

a large portion Of the people Shareholders What
asserted By That ena1tmsntP That We owned that
Territory 10 sovereignty and forbade the eKtensou o.
slavery into H. We have the power and the right 70 do
so-uay We Judge il our day 70 do IL In tho reguar
organization Of the Territory Of Tennessee which
ded By North Carolina 70 the United Stairs with eondi
ton IN the deed Of oeson that Congress shoed not soo
sh slavery BGt IN Mississippi which ceded by Geor-
ga slAyehoidlng State, Ike condition what did they
do Did they not interedds with the subject Of Avery7
Did they not exercise power itf take IL that
power 70 regulate power 70 prohibit and has often
bern decided They did regulate il there Congress
had power prohibits the Importation OF slaves into
aIes then existing until 1903 bot in 1898, they pro-
hibted the importation Of slaves into the Territory Of
Mississippi.
The in the order Of time the act forming he
rtoral government q Indiana IN 1900 Ia the formation
o that Territory The provisions which aimed
in the ordinance % 1877 redecAred reenacted and
made operative upon that Territory. That act ap
proved by the elder Adams
Ia 1903 was formed the first government for Orleans Ter
ory, part Of the Louisiana purchase What done
then What sort Of sovereignty did the United States
exercise in that case Did they leave anything 70 the
people there Did they put into that act any feature Of
squaer sovereignty popular sovereignty for the people
there1 So Ear from IL the st provision that the gov
should be appointed by the President and he had
council Of the inhabitants Of the Territory appointed by the
President who had the making all the laws and the
the did something the subject Of slavery Slaves were
existing there Congress did interfere with that state
Of things they had attempted do in Tennessee
They did not attempt disturb il in Mississippi for
already there They prohibited BY the terms Of the
cesson from doing But what did they do in Louisi
aua? They did that which they then supposed would
work Ultimately entire abolition Of slavery there.
They ali tine time supposed that for the slaves then in
the country the people owning them would provide
for them BY aooshng slavery, Congress could cut Of
the foreign supply That their idea and therefore in
Mississippi they prohibited the importation Of from
sbroad and Louisiana they only prohibited the i'm
portanon Of slaves from abroad but actually said You
shall not carry y5ar slaves from other States there at an
for sale II the people right carry their property
into Territories they have right carry il both
and 70 ssas much the the other But thSTe Con
declared that slaves should uet A carried into Loul-
siana except members OF families for settlement and
carried in any other way the Of taking them should
work emancipation and the parties offending should be
subject 70 penalties
Further, they declared this to the world We told y0u
said the government Of the United StGea early 1893
IN resuon to the Territory Of Mississippi and told yOu
as early As 1883 in relation ali territory beyond the
Ohio, everything then within jurisdiction that no
slaves should be imported all now il you have iu-
ported any into your States from 1898 IN 10 ISS they
shall not ne carried there eithe- 0E as members of
families Those waICh aad becn Imported into Georgia
me Iasoiaas Or elss~ere much the property Of
OeE oW5ers A. any they owned and yet they abso
lueiy prohibited from carrying them all nto the Terri
tory q Louisiana. Who did this II was done by the
united exerton and undivided action Of the whole Con-
gress and the act was approved aud signed BY Mr. Je
The in date i lhe case 81 Michigan That was
formed into Territory il 1908 aui there the ord
nance Sas re-cuacted That all the laws appertaining
70 the Territory Of Indiana from whli i taken
declared operative IN the Territory ct Michigan That
rearmauce u the same principle azd re-erercise
o. t6e same authority That act approved by Il Je
ferson-
Illinois in 1909 formed i ts same way and there
wa another redecGrstSE OF The principle which
approved by ar Jefferson.
In the act for the admission Of Mssoart-which 7 do
not choose 70 go into paFtcuarone Of It's essential a
lures the Of which mainly talking; Con-
gress there provided BY majority and especially By the
astou Of the southern people themselves that slaves
should be allowed north Of latitude Of &c deg 90 min
Il COugTess nAd the power prohibit all in one
non they bad the power to prohibit il any section Il
was an exercise Of The act Of sovereignty which hsd
been exercised from time time up 70 that period
The Missouri line vas affirmed BY Nr Monroe and bis
cAbioet
The next ihe case Of Wisconsin which ia lsss vas
organized a Territory lying upon both sides o. the Mis-
ssspp covering part of the territory which hHE
acquired no France and sc-a which w- ha3 obtained
from virginia Iet the same ort.nasco of 1857 was
tsnded AL il BY o. Congress believe without
division aud without objection. That approved By
Gen jackson.
In 1888 The Territory of Iows was established beyond
the Mississippi and there again Il provided that the
same lava sbonld be suiorced and the rights
once been a part ThiS act approved BY Mr. Van
Burrn.
In 1915 the Territory Of Oregon was established and for
tast country the ordinances was re-enscted In rrrE -
cause II bad not t-a extended there befof savsT
rever prohibited That sc; approved A. rBsd 81
Mr. Polk
In s47 and ls4s and 10 1850 repeated attempts were
made In Congress sIsud the Missouri Campromse line
bad then recently acquired from Mexico.
ar BU TLRR VINO ohjscted 70 running that line
Mr. COLLAMER UBaOubtrdly I'D but pot for the
vant q power The question q power i the point which
am nov discussing.
Mr. CASS objecsd to !, 'or he want o. power
Mr. COBLAMRR ] VII not say that thsrs was no, su
individual exception 70 Be found but this cay that bs
great body Of the southern thoss who
complain of the of power were hs very po
pie who advanced and voted for that proposition and
uho oonplsiued bscsuss Il was no, adopted
Mr. BUTLER ! cannot Be mistaken thst subject
for here and took active part IN thnt contro-
versy We were willing x the sske o. peace II the gen
uemen from the North would consent ruu that nue 4
We thought that prhsps might make psacs By s1ch
line bot y0u refused IL
Nj. BRoDHRAD II ras only offered a. = peace msa.
SURF.
Mr. BUTLER Il vas presented simply a. a peace msa-
sure We were willing 70 agree 70 Il FOR ths sake Of peace
taDsd-a We will sxtsud he Wilmot proviso North and
South East aud West The only power which northern
gntsnen would then exercise that of
hbiuou everyvhsr and thsy would spply The Ms
seuri rule anywhere.
W. COLLAMER If the gentleman bad listened to me /
With the powers Of apprehension which know be pos
ses and The caudpr which ne ought exercise be would
have sen that unnecessary for bm make the
marks he has made have cited the instances which
have naaed for The purpose Of shaving that until with
ve period Congress has uniformly exercised
the power sDsstionsd-the power prohibit. the
PRODUCTION of slavery into the Territories and that with
perhaps single sruep,iOu thsrp never question bot
OCCASION o. exercising the poSr = he parpose ~ which
the proposition made ] speaking Of the erer-
cise Of the power itself II gentlemen oss-pd prom
osou for the exteaEiou o. that line a. th~T saT r
ne sake Of Pssoe Gid they Offer il when tbsy knew