Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-09-11
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authorized the President to establish there
| in a Government similar to that in the Ter
ritory northwest of the Ohio river, except.
1 ing: the Jefferson proyiso of 1887. 1t ther
Eprohi5ited the, importation of Slaves from d
J any place without the limits of the United
. States. This act passed about ten years be-
fore Congress was authorized by the Con-
lstitution to prohibit bringing slaves into the
States which were originally parties to the
H Federal compact. This act passed under
the Administration Of the elder Adams.
i 8. At the first session of the Sixth Cons
gress, chapter forty one, laws of 1900. an
act was passed creating Territorial Gov
eranen, for Indiana, out of the Northwest
1 Territory --rsetirming The Ordinance Of
i I7s7-and was signed by President Adams.
4. On the 26th-of March, 1904, an act
was passed, dividing Lonisians into two
Territories, and providing that all that part
tof the Territory Sonth of the thirty-third
i parallel Of latitude, now the Southern
j boundsry Of Arksnsas- should hs e<ected
/ into the Territory OF Orleans. In this act
there are three provis IONS in respect TO Sia-
very in the Territory: 1.-The importation
from any place without the limits of the
United States was prohibited; Q. The inn
portation from any place within the United
States, ofsIaves imported since the Ist of
May, I7ss. was prohibited; 3 The impor-
tation of slaves, except by a "citizen Of the
United States removing into said Territory
for actual settlement, and being st the time
] cf such removal bona .fda owner of such
slave" was prohibited. This is one Of the
strongest cases on record to show, the con-
troll OF Congress over Slavery in the Terri
tories. It was direct prohibition Of the
domestic slave trade. This act was signed
by President Jefferson. -,
| 8. On the l1th of January, 1905, an act
was passed establishing the Territory of
Michigan, reafirming the Ordinance of
1857. .s...- = {. =
6. On the Sd of February, 1908, similar
Government was established for the Terri
tory of Illinois, recognising the same Ordi-
nance. These, two last acts were under
the administration of Jefferson.
Z. On the 4th Of June, 1872, an act was
passed roviding for the Government OF the
Territory of Missouri, and the laws and
regulations in force in the District of Louis
lana were continued in operation.
g.. On the Sd of March. 1877, Govern
ment was formed for the Territory of Ala
bama, and the laws then in force within it
as part of Mississippi were continued in
operation These acts were passed under
Mr. Madson's Administration.
9. On the 9th of March. 1919, the Terri
tory Of Arkansas was formed from the Ter
ritory Of Mississippi, and a asGovernmen: es-
tablished for it.
I0fOn the 9th ofMarch, 1920, theinhab--
itants of Missouri were authorized to form
State Government, and Slavery prohibited
in all that part of the Territory north of
36 . 80 North latitude.
ii. On the 10th of March, 1922, a Ter
ritorial Government was established for
Florida, containing provisions making it un-
lawful "to import or bring into the said Ter
ritory, from any place. without the limits of
the United States" )" any slave or slaves
These three acts were signed by Mr.. Mon
roe.
10. On the eoih of April, 1886, an act
was passed establishing the Territorial Gov
eminent of Wisconsin. req6frmiRg the Ordi-
nance of 1857. This act was signed by
General Jackson.
. l3. On the 18th of June, 1898, a Terrific
rial Government for Iowa was established,
extending the laws ofthe United States over
the same, and signed by MIR. Van Buren,.
ID On the Sd of March, lS45, an act
was passed establishing the Territorial Gov
ernment of Oregon, with the proviso for
ever prohibiting Slavery in the same. This
act was signed by Mr.. Polk"
In this opinion men of all parties, have
heretofore been unanimously agreed. Not
good Democratic doctrine to exclude Sla-
very from the Territories! 1t is not Pierce
& Douglass Democracy but it is the Dunno
cracy OF the Constitution and American
Independence. --r;.s -aa
Where stood the Democratic party, let
the following resolution speak, r., 4sE |
"In Is4S,wheE the WilmotProviso was one
of the great political questions of the day,
the Democratic Convention which assem-
OlGQ at SOluuUus Ou tHS GiSut vi Sduudiy
passed the following resolution:
Resolued, That the people of Ohio now |
IS THEY HAVE ALWAYS done, upon the in
stitutio of slavery AS An EVIL, AND UN-
FAVORABLE TO THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF
THE SPIRIT AND PRACTICAL BENEFITS OF
FREE INSTITUTIONS and that, entertaining
these sentiments, they will feel it to, be
their duty to use all power consistent with
the national compact TO PREVENT ITS. IN
CREASE, TO MITIGATE AND fISALLY TO ERAD-
IcATE THE EVIL. 531ste ..aH ra. - -.- ii
This resolution was reported by Judge
Thurman who is now making stump speech
es for Buchanan and slavery extension.
In 1850 the Cincinnati Enquirer, paper
which now good the whole figure for slavery,
used the following language: -.s.taE II,
| "What does the South wunte Her rights
in the Territories! She has them. Her
citizens are as free to 60 with their wives
and children, their wagons and horses, as
the citizens of the North. Will that not
satisfy the South! Has she come peculiar
rioht which the North does possesstand does
not wishl Hasshe the right to take into
free Territories a species of property which
the free labor of the North regards as pes
tile nee, and which il knows to be its natural
enemy! Most certainly not. There is a
right stronger than that claimed by the
Sopth--the natural right of men. 1t is a
right which oyerrides all other. 1t is omni-
! potent, irresistible. 1t acknowledges an
equal right, but no superior. 1t goes hand
in hand with its equal, but not with the
slave. 1t breathes and lives in the pure air
of freedom, and sufocates in the atmosphere;
of slavery. 1t only asserts the great princi-
i pie of life-thai of self-preservation-w aen
it says, The fertile plains and smiling valleys
of our new lands shall be free. eff the South
is eontented with slavery where it now ex-
lists, we are. All we ask is that 1t shall re-
main where it is" er.
In 1852 Gov. Wood, in lis inaugural ad-