Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-09-30

HOIuIHE SVWVtS. III UVITVVI, " NNPHIt OF $3.50!
this prepunderancc in ;,e government, for the hfS'
jealousy of slavery was purely political, a surrender
was made by Virginia OF the No;i.- Western territory
which wGs dedicated I" free labor, AID very nearly
eaualiZel the territorial hunts ot the two s%ct!"hs.-
This was the first surrender OF the South, aud tie or
dinunce of 81 absorbed u large portion ot her bir!'i'
light. 1t VAS made not rs n tribute 10 the fell splr't
of aholitiunisln. but IL Il generous political gut 10 the
spirit of fraternal equality.
tThis enuilibrium continued Until Louisiana was OBJ
tanned by the treaty with France in 1903, which added
10 our limits II territory larger III extent ihah Inc
| whole Cui,ed States, including ITS territories was De-
Tor. its purchase. In this new territory slavery WAS
an existing institution, recognized ana protected ny
law, throughout It's whole extent, and actually enjoyed
wherever the territory was settled.
By the treaty Of purchase, VT stipulated that IT'S III,
hnbitants should ENJOY thcir rights OF person ana ~
property, and should be admitted, without RESTRICTION
AZ States into tho Union.
So obligatory was this treaty considered by such a
man H. John Quincy Adams, that rs late SIS io""'
upon the application Of Arkansas Tor admission INTO
the Union, he said, 81 cannot, consistently win my
sense of my obligations u u citizen OF the United
States. and bound by oath to support the constitution
II cam 4 object TO the admission OK Arkansas INTO
the Union as a slave State. She is entitled 10 adinls
SION ia Il slave State, by virtue of that article IN the
treSty Tor the acquisition OF Louisiana, which secures
To the inhabitants Of the cedcd territories ali the
rights, privileges and immuuiiIes OF the original ci;i-
zers "t the United States, and stipulat,7 FOR their ad-
mission, contormablyt to that principle, into the Union.
loulsIaHh was purchased NJ Il country wherein Save
ry was the established Lave of the land. Ii is written
III the bond: and however | may lament it was ever
so written, ! must faithfully perform its obligations
Remember, gentlemen, that Louisiana was larger
than all the rest OF the Cuiied States and it's terrific.
ries. Embracing Texas aud eAtcndin. from the Mis-
sissippi 10 the Rio Grande on tile guilt. and following
those streams, or a line extending from them To the
18th parallel of North latitude, it Included not only
all OF Kansas, but all OF Nebraska, So that justly, by
placing these two territories under the operation "i
the solemn compact portrayed by Mr.. Adams, they
are of right slave territories, made so by treaty, and
being so made by treaty. Congress has no power ~
legisIa;e upon the subject, even though the constltu'
ton conferred a power of legislation us to territories
in terms; for no act OF Congress can repeal a treat!
stipulation.
The Louisiana territory, out OF which the States OF
louisiana, Missouri and Arkansas have been formed
in lSi2, 1921 and 1886. respectively, constituted tie
entire Territory OF the United States from 1913 up Il
1913, Yves. OF the Mississippi, except that territory
Known As Oregon, lying between the line Of IL anu
the present British possessions upon the north, and
extending west TO the Pacific. which was ours by dis
coSery and occupation, II not by the treaty.