Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-12-19
WHOLE No. aea. {.

Nothings, and the fury OF Abolitipnists.
And however Sigilant the bearers Of The
dark lsntetn. aud however sIeked The
conductors Of the under ground tsitEead.
can sny sensible man helieVe that COp.
gress has the poaer, while The trseIy
continues in tnrer, 10 yroa albit Ih6sfree en-
loyment Of the Romen Catholic religion.
OF OF slave proper j ? la order u abolish
avery. or to prohibit th, exercise Ut the
Rnman Calhnlie rshg glou are be Abolition.
l.ts. Free s ilsrs aud Know No,hing 5 rea-
riy 10 abrogA,eI the treaty, aud return Loui-
siana, Arkansas, M,Ssouri. luwa. Allswes.
'ern Mlnheso ., Nebraska, Kansas, ore-
gon. and Washington 10 France. she re-
paying the Sl5 900 600 ! II they, can.
not keep the treaty. Il they cannot bon
esty fulfill is sIipuIaponss II eetlsNniJ
we're better honestly 10 sbrogate It. aud
each nation take, the one ils country. aud
the u her It's money, Il Congress can.
under the treaty, prohibit slsvery and re-
lgiOn in pdrt, u can in the whule of
the ceded territory. II Congress can
Prol.ibiE the free enjoymeut". OF ons kind
OF property, il can prohibit the Tree sn>
joyment oi all kinds Of property ia the
Territories where il has expressly sgTeed
To "mainlain aud protect" properts OF all
kinds without limitation OF Feslfic,ioa.-
Slave property existed in Louisiana as
in every natioh) in aec"Idance with law
Older than o GuhsFnmelt. ,Ihst Mop
eItN, aS | have sail, Congress had, no
power TO banish. ut u GestTOy; on she
contrary. a> have shawn. u agreed "
maintain aud project i, ~ long as the ce-
drd country remained Mnorganisvd into
S'"Irs. This Sir~ 10 sU>taiued even By
Judge McL"an. the g-ntIemnu who was
svintn,ly tue Sro"nd nh'ice Of The Black
Republicans for President
In N communication unpublished in The
National lnIelligeUcsr Uf May IS, 1855.
(ti'st publi~hsd D1cvmler se. Is47)
Judgr Mclean hulds This very explicit
lapguag":
- 10 she Territories Of I.ouisiana and
Florida. Congress recognized. and 10 .
limited extent regulated, slavery. BuI,
rs before remarked. slavery EXISTED IN
those Territoriss NJ the time they were
ovded to the. United States. and 10 tha
treaty Of cesSion Of L,uisiAna the Uni,ed
States bound themselves to protect she
property. Slaves in that territory we're
considered rs property, And WeIS within
The treaty" .s
Slaves were considered property" ia
that Territory; and, ''in the treaty Of CESS
SION Of l. 'uiSiana the United States bound
themselves to protset the property OfLhs
citizens" So SAID Judge MoI,raa 10
I847, before the Kansas gnssIIup had
Soms up Tor discussion. Hence the Uai,
ted States could not destroy. abolish. or
even rndAngrr any kind Of property 10
Louisiana. bot are "bOund" to pr..IreI Il I
Why. then. wAs the Stale Of Missouri
refu-ed admi,sIU IN The Union. Tor =
long time, unIe,s che wOuld. ~ cOndi>
ton. GRIT agree 70 sci her slaves iFve--
unless she would throw away many mill
ions Of dollars worth q" "yropUtty" which
as Julg. Mclean says. was solsmnly
guaranteed by treaty only . xGeVn JeArs
before? Because iAnAlieism is stronger
than reason. aud can always satisfy defy
II. and defeat it, and IramplV Il nndsf iIs
feet Its representatives listened 70
catch iIs fAintssL whispered biddings. bu.
were unable TO hear The trumpet t0n6s VI
reason and honor and Law
Judge Mel an. Hfer stating that ''pro-
perLy" MAS, by the treaty, to DO ''pTOEsoI.
ed" BY the Uniie4 States; and that
"slares were property 10 Loui.ians;" aad
that slave property was. therefore. 20 be
''mainIaiurd HnJ protected" !" sdds livery
naturally 'his "rcibIe r-mAGk
- And u is sin. uinT ~ 81 IhTa TACT ia The
Missouri cOn,rOY-rsJ WHs DO, l bslieS..
relied upon by tie SIS b. Il wa. the
s'ronEsr: P.'"''i"n ths, e"uJ hare been
taken an that side of ire question:"
~
ii"n thai could have hrsn taEsa;" the
UnileI St"tes hayiny expressly eEFssd.
by solemn treaty covenants. u both
"maintAin and protrcL" She ihIabilnnlS
Of LOuial.DA 10 Lhs trsr eniII meat Of tbsiI
property, and to alIos States formed ont
OF she ceded country ~ be admitted ipto
the UoiDn With "sH the rights. adyAnta,
yes. and immuniIiss" of Iiss other States,
among phieb rights" vas The oOs 70
have slaves or MOT ~ they plraseds nth.
out asking the eonseRI Of RsigitbOnng
States. 10 ths treaty Of eessioB % LDui.
siana, the UniIrd States b0uad LhemsslyOa
70 pTOtecI The property Of she ciIizsps.
/" and slaves 10 thaI Territory. were eOn.
sidsred as property, and we're uithia Ibs
trsaly," says Judge MCL0aa; and hs ex,
ptesses surprise thaI this plain and clear
legal EighI vas HVt. IA ulO his language.
relied upon BY the Soeta.' = This ShoSld
excite no su,p,i.s. Whea did an agree
nspt, riSht. ~ . dpsy, arrest n. rsssen
or stsI ihr sggre -sivps Of faaa,icism p
iHhrn hs, so1pd Ssa.oa ~ tue rsl,,,oo
isi hOuI be cid q miFAeirsl susersied
10 preventing fanatic from putting =
knife b 'hs IhT6at ol his fellow ? Tarre
nesrI has been = tims. anI. usdl lbs nea5
adSrnI Of Ihe mill. nuium. thsrs 0svvr viii
be time Whes large masses Of men have
not been. and viii n.'. eOniinps to be.