M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-08-21
rhaLnnl.innn Purchnse.

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Louisiana territory was purchased by ThOs.
Jefferson and that the two territorial acts
signed by that great Statesman left the peO-
pie Of that territory free to regulate their
own domestic concerns in their own way.
On the outside Of to-day's paper will be
found two letters from Mr.. Jefferson rela.
tive to the Missouri Compromise, the repeal
of which our opponents declare was such q
gross outrage. We commend them to the
careful attention Of Black Republicans who
announce their intention to bring back the
government to the principles Of Jefferson"
We wish to notice at present the terms
upon which Louisiana was purchased. AT
the time of the treaty, and in fact since its
first settlement, Louisiana had been a slave
territory, and France in ceding it to the U.
s., provided for the protection of the inhab-
itans in all their rights, privileges and i'm.
munities. 1t was not the intention Of either
party to rob the people frights which they
had enjoyed while subjects Of the King Of
France and to make this plain and unniis-
taxable, the following article was incoPo.
rated in the treaty between two governments:
CART. 8. Tho inhabitants Of the ccded Ter
ritory shall be incorporated in the Union Of the
United States and admitted as soon as possible,
according to the principles Of the Federal Con-
.ssk.. h al H. u
vantages and immuniues Of citizens ofthe United
States, and in the meantime they shall be main
tained and protected in the free enjoyment Of
their liberty, property and the religion they pro-
fess.
Mr.. Ynple, in his speech before the Fre-
mont Club in this place, claimed that ac-
cording to this Article, negroes as well as
white people were entitled to citizenship,
and that Mr.. Badger of the U. s. Senate,
entertaining this opinion, had endeayored to
have an act passed giving the treaty DIFF
ferent construction.
It is very propuble that Blr. Yaple did
great injustice to the intelligence ofSena-
tor Badger, for the above quoted article ex-
pressly guarantees to the inhabitants of the
ceded territory their property. Now, il
slaves were not property, under the laws of
France governing Louisiana, then we con-
fess that the treaty did not mean to recog-
Mise slavery.
The anli-slavery sentiments Of John @.
Adams are we'll known. He was one among
the first agitators of the subject in the coun-
try, but we are willing to place his opinion
against that of Mr.. Yaple. The following
remarks were made by Mr.. Adams, in 1886,
in the House Of Representatives, when Ar
kansas presented herself at the door of the
Union and knocked for admission. See
Gales g. Seaton's Register Of Debates, VOL
IL /; page 6Sl !;
"MR. CnARMAN-I cannot, consistently with
my sense of my obligations as o citizen Of the
United States, and bound by my oath to support
the Constitutional cannot CJset to the admission
Of ArkaaSGs into The Union as Stare State; !
cannot propose or agree 10 make IL condition Of her
admission that a Gonuentioa Of her people shall ee-
punge this article from her CoStitatioa She is en-
titled to admission as Slave State, as Louisiana,
and Mississippi aud Alabama, and Missouri have
been admitted, by virtue of that article in the
treaty for the acquisition Of Louisiana which Sc
cures TO the Inhabitants Of the ceded Territories
all tho rights, privileges and immunities of the
original citizens Of the United States, and stipu-
lates for their admission, conformably to that
principle into the Union. Louisiana was pur-
chased as country l0hereiB Slarerytcds The eStq5-
IisAed lao of the land AS Congress has not power
in time ofpeace to abolish Slavery in the original
States Of the Union, they are equally destitute of
tho power in those parts Of the Territory ceded by
France TO the Uuited States by the name of Lou
isiana, where Slavery existed at the time of the
acquisition. Slavery is in this Union the subject
of internal legislation in the States, and in peace
is cognizable by Congress only as it is tactly tof
Grated and projected where it exists by the Con-
stiution Of the United States and as it ningles in
their intercourse with other nations. Arkansas,
therefore, comes and right to eone into the
Union with her Slaves and her Slave laws. tits
written in the bond, and, however may lament
that It was ever so written, Imust faithfully per-
form its obligations"
Mr.. Adams position is the true one. In
all the territory west of the Mississippi, in
cludng the present States of Louisiana,
Arkansas, Missouri and Iowa, and the ter
ritories of Kansas, Nebraska and Mnneso-
ia, extending from the Gulf of Mexico to
the British possessions and from the Mis-
sssippi River to the Rocky Mountains, Mr..
Adams says, slaUsry ,Oas the established laU
Of the lOndi He further says that Slavery
is the subject of internal Legislation in the
States and is cognizable by Congress only
as lis tacitly tolerated where it exists by
the Constitution and as it mingles in our in
tercourse with other nations, All treaties
made by the United States, the Constitution
provides, I" shall be the supreme law Of the
land" Let old Wings refectupon the re-
marks of Mr.. Adams and then decide wheth-
er the Democratic party is correct or not ii
allowing the people of Kansas and Nebras
ka to settle the question ofslavery for them.
selves.
The Ironton Register says "the Demo
! crat has short article in reference 10 the