The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-04-12
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ing the governments Of the American colonies Adven
turers who 10 exercise political on proprietary
rights independently Of any recognised orgapizauoh oi
government may be denomnated sqnatteTs but 'he az
nomination Is not applicable 70 settlers under .s
ton OF organized government merely because ~ is
government Of delegated subordinate character or De-
cause the settlers are originally few in number
The organization Of these governments had Already oeen
too long delayed The paths Of great avenues leading
westward In the direction OF the Paehc ocean were 70 DC
laid out within and their borders Other circum
stances indicated the necessity OF eXpediung their ogan
cation There were il is true, but few settlers already
within their limits The reason was mat pioneers VINO
desire make permanent and useful settlements Ia inc
wilderness are not the present day willing 10 cross the
frontier until they assured OF the protection and seeu-
rty OF regula organized government They compose
class OF altogether different from those OF former
generation who were less improperly perhaps, denom
mated squateYs There very few squatters upon
any part of this continent majority OF the men OF the
last Congress practically conversant with the subject
the settlement of the Territories They knew that thou
sands ready TO become settlers had long been waiting 10
the line Of these Territories until their governments
were organized They knew that these were not OF
class become squse but that they would never enter
the Territories until they would be at liberty, when there
enjoy the blessings OF segovernmen to such resona
BILE extent at least might enable them TO regulate the
own domestic Institutions without congressional contro
or interference
The whole Of what comprised under the names of
Kansas and Nebraska had until 1854 been regarded as
single Territory and had borne the of Nebraska The
present chairman of the Committee on Territories com
plains because in that year. Kansas was carved out OF th
Territory and separately organized His complaint IS two
fold FIRST that the whole of this vast country was not or
gained under single territorial government; next that
two such governments were organized tue line between
them the Platte river instead OF the parallel OF a
tude of 40 deg.
TO this twofod complaint there is ready answer The
portion Of The Territory lying q ~ asg coSs
find suitable sites for settlement Between 40 deg and the
latitude of the southern boundary Of Kansas slavery al
ready existed in Missouri Virginia. Kentucky Maryland,
mn al Shareholder
been expected to establish himself We have already seen
that the whole had formed single Territory the area
of the portion the norhward of 40 deg would have been
about four times that Of the portion the Such
organization would have been fraud upon the slave
holding States Emigrants from their country would in
eviably have been outnhmbered by majority from the
non-slayeholding country.
Should Kansas become slavehoding Territory and ul-
tmatey be divided into two three saveholdng States
Nebraska aud Minnesota must nevertheless be divided
into eleven non-saveholdng States. 1t should De
hope and prayer that these future States may be organ
lied in such manner that their inhabitants may retain
the good will and fellowship of the people Of the savehod-
ing States and maintain the stability Of the Union what
security for the preservation OF the Union In peace
and harmony when the chairman of the Committee on the
Territories desgnates legislation by which the principles
of the constitution honestly carried into effect con-
spiracy against freedom? What would be our security il
majority Of both houses of Congress to sympathze
with bis landerous nsnuaons against honored Pres
dent of the United States for carrying out and sustaining
the constitutional rights OF the slavehoding portion oil our
Union? the policy upon which progress
has hitherto depended abandoned under suggestion that
all which tends to common right OF enjoyment OF
property to all sections of the Union alike is conspiracy
against freedom
Those mpractcable casuiss and those transcendenal
opmsts who, in mad crusade against slavery, would
violate the guarantees Of the constitution and wholly dis
regard Obligations of comfy between the conederaed
ereigntes Of ppon happily few in number and
feeble in influence This wac at the last presidential cleo
tion attested by the votes Of of the thryone
States cast in condemnation of their perncous dogmas as
will again. in like be attesed before the close OF
the present year. Their force, composed in part of in
gung dsmagogues who take advantage of every passing
opportunity nae the passions Of the hour for the
motion Of their selfish political designs also composed in
part Of nnoceny disposed citizens who are mperecty in
sTucted in the principles Of our constitutional frame OF
government The Inter class acting under mistaken ideas
of benevoence may be the easily excused becase he
framework of this government is of necessity very com
pcaed from the inherent difficulties of system under
which several soveregnes are for specified purposes only
united into one and for all other purposes as distinct
and independent as If no such union had been form
ed. Circumstances however, from time to time, COM
pei every citizen to picture his mind the state of
things which would exist II there constitution
al union of the States Let these casus and transcanE
denasts chen suppose under such state of things the
Of proposal form confederation of the States for
certain limited purposes recognised by all as mutually
beneficial but upon condition that the subject of slavery
be placed beyond the coDrol Of the proposed united
eminent They will then less mperectly understand the
position which occupied by the trainers Of our present
constitution and will be less unable to comprehend the
principle of nonnerventon with slavery which they
nconsderately condemn They will then understand that
II there constitution they would be incapable as
they are OF intervening TO alter the condition OF
slaves within the States incapable as they are of
preventing the STAKEHOLDER from emgratng with bis slaves
ounoccuped wds beyond the borders Of the States inca
pabe Of preventing him from making and maintaining set
Elements there, and from participating in the ssabsh
ment Of permanent local Institutions on all domestic sub
ects Those who cannot understand that the settler from
saveholdng State must then be able participate with
his fellow-seers from non vrholding States in the
local establishment the local exclusion Of domestic
vude Of these institutions must have been en-
ranced and led captive by the force of reason but by
such chairman the Committee
Territories and his associates in the crusade against
constitutional rights which would overwhelm these most
sacred rights " remedy could not be found in the
else OF the elective franchise.