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4 public security.
: 1t has been matter of painful regret to
. States, conspicuous for their services in foul
{ ing this Republic, and equally sharing its
! yantages, disregard their constitutional oil
: CATIONS to it. Although conscious Of th
i inability to heal admitted and palpable soc
evils Of their own, and which are complete
within their jurisdiction, they engage in
offensive and hopeless undertaking of refor
ing the domestic institutions of other Stat
wholly beyond their control and authoriI
In the vain pursuit of ends. by them entire
upattanable, and which they may not legal
attempt to compass, they peril the very ext
ence OF the Constitution, and all the countlc
benefits which it has conferred. While q
people of the Southern States coufne their q
tention to their own affairs, not presumil
officially to intermeddle with the social ins
buttons of the Northern States, too many
the inhabitants Of the latter are permanent
organized in associations to inhict injury G
the former, by wrongful acts, which wonld |
cause OF war as between foreign powers, an
| only fail to be such in our system, becaul
perpetrated under cover Of the Union
1t is impossible to present this subject 3
truth and the occasion require, without M
tlcing the reiterated but groundless, alleg;
ton, that the South has persistently asserte
sele nus AMI xebtained AlpantAyas IN the adm
tIsH the general government, to til
prejudice of the North, and in which til
latter has aequieseed. That is, the States
which either promote or tolerate attacks OF
the rights of persons and of property in othe
States, to disguise their own injustice, pre-
tend or imagine, and constantly aver, tina
they, whose constitutional rights are thu
Systematically assailed, are themselves thu
agsgressors. At the present time, this I'M
puted aggression, resting, as it does, only in
the vague, declamatory charges of political
agltators, resolves itself into lnisapprenep.
son, or misinterpretation. of the principles
als. facts of the political organization of the
new Territories Of the United States.
What is the voice of history? When the
ordinance which provided for the govern
ment of the territory northwest of the River
Ohio, and for its eventual subdivision into
new States, was adopted in the Congress of
The Confederation, it is not to be supposed
hat the question of future relative power as
between the States which retained and those
which did not retain numerous colored popu
alton, escaped notice, or failed to be CON
'idered And yet the concession of that
rast territory to the interests and opinions of
he Northern States, a territory now the seat
# five among the largest members of the
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he State of Virginia aud Of the South.
When Louisiana was acquired by the
Jnited States, it was az .tiisItio1 less
o'eese Sofsa nan 70 the South; for while it
vas important to the country at the mouth of
he River Mississippi, to become the empo-
ium of the country above it, SO also it was
ven more important to the whole Union to
ave that emporium; and although the new
rovince, by reason of its imperfect settle
nent. was mainly regarded on the Gulf of
Iexico, yet, in fact, it extended to the oppo-
tie boundaries of the United States, with
reater breadth above than below, and in ter
tory, as in every thing else, equally at least
nd accession to the Northern States 1t is
,ere delusion and prejudice, therefore, to
peak of Louisiana as an acquisition in the
oeciaI interest of the South
The patriotic and just men, who partic-
ated in that act, were influenced by motives
II above Ill sectional jealousics. 1t was in |
nth the great event which, by completing
v us the possession 1ofs the valley of Bhe !
with commercial access to the
ulf of Mexico, impaired unity with strength |
the whole confederation, and attached to-
ether by indissoluble ties the East and the
lest, as well as the North and the South
As to Florida, that was but the tranfer by
pain to the United States of territory on
e east side of the River Mississippi, in ex-
lange for large territory, which the United
;ates transferred to Spain on the west side
that river as the entire diplomatic history
the transaction serves to demonstrate
oreover, it was an acquisition demanded by
e commercial interests and the security of
e whole Union.
In the meantime, the people of the United
ates had grown up to proper conscious
IS of their strength, and in brief contest /
tn France, and in second serious war
tn Great Britain, they had shaken off all
lich remained Of undue reverence for Eu- !
pc, and emerged from the atmosphere Of I
ose transatlantic influences, which surround
the infant Republic, and had begun to
IN their attention to the full and systematic
veopment of the internal resources of the
1ion.
Among the eyanescent controversies of that l
riod, the most conspicuous was the question !
regulation by Congress of the social con-
ioi of the future States to be founded in
9 Territory of Louisiana. '
Tie ordinance for the government of the t
.ribry northwest of the River Ohio had q
nt;ined provision which prohibited the |
E bf servile labor therein, subject to the ]
ndtion of the extradition of fugitives from 9
vile due in any other part of the United a
ata. Subsequently to the adoption of The '
institution, this provision ceased to remain t
hw, for its operation as such was abso- s
civ superseded by the Constitution. But +
recollection of the fact excited the zeal Of S
,iaI propagandism in some sections of the
federation; and, when a second State, that t
Missouri, came to be formed in the Terri
y of Louisiana, proposition was made to ?
end to the latter Territory the restriction il
giaally applied to the country situated be- Q
zen the Rivers Ohio and Mississippi. ]
Most unquestionable as was the PROPOSE b
D lin all its constitutional relations, never t
less it received the sanction of Congress. il
l.ssane SLIGHT notifications of the line, to Z
q the existing rights OF the intended new
tie. It was reluctantly acquiesced in BY i
athern States, as sacrifice to the cause Of L
ce and Of the Union, not only of the G
hts stipulated by the treaty of Louisiana, j
Of the principle of equality among the j,
tes guaranteed by the Constitution. It b
/ received by the Northern States with Il
nv and resentful condemnation and COM a