Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-12-19

aged J. ierson was aroused. as though
"by tile bell in the uight." As Non
,eauma, when making his last stand
svainsL the invaders OF his CO hntry,
brought "u, the great banner OF The Ep-
pire, SO did the patriots of 1919. passing
over treaties snd laws, bring out the Con-
slitutiun ol the United States, and made
sbatils= Misunderstanding glorious principiest
s ss% INA ia i0h9s us & sU nj
passed over the land like .. flood. .disress
gsrding religion, constilutons, treaties.
Snd.IawsS An alike @eTel Borne away
And when. bY the wisdom Of q courage:
Gus few, the Hood was at last 50 directed
rs Is save'a small portion Of land from in !
undation an Butbutst Of thankfnlness and
gratitude oSerspread the country, that all
Was not yet ruined! The patriotic South
Caroliuian WHO SO greatly distinguish :
ed himself on that occasion. IN the excite
ment of the moment wrote thus:
~ GoHGREss HALL, March 2, 1920,
3. -. - THREE O'Clock at'nigM q
DEAR SIR II hasten to inform you
that this moment We have carried the
question to admit Missouri, aud all Lou
isiana to the southwark Of So deg. 80
min, free Of the restriction Of slavery,
and give the South, 10 a short time, an
addition Of six, pethsp s eight, members
20 the Senate Of the United States. 1tis
considered here. by the slaveholding
StGtes2as great triumph aug a.. .l,.'
TWth respect. your obedient servant.
1ua II -.''ig CHARLES PENCKNEY.
h,sTboush the honor Of the country was
hound" to maintain and protect"
southern property throughout the Louisi
ana purchase. yet SO much stronger was
fanAiiciSm than national justice, the
South, like men prosecuted by despots for
their religious opinions, were glad TO find
Itst and quiet and safety in an allotted
province and they rejuiced that any
thing was saved from the 'rapacity Of the
oppressor who had violated their rights
They breatbed freer and deeper, mas
much A. all was not lost. '''
Nor WAS the danger of the entire de-
Struction Of the Government unreal. The
men who ruthlessly trampled under foot
the treaty stipulatons of 1908 we're ca
pAbe OF ANY constitutional outrage. They
feared not God. nor regarded man. They.
us do the Black Republicans, placed the
value OF the experiment Of putting the
uEgro upon level with white man.
abOv. tie example of the Hebrews as
authorized by Jehovah. above the require
meDts Of treaties. above the rights Of the
States, and above the sanctity Of the
Constitution of their country. with
such. property. reason, religion, and God.
1baSs Il; ,,SI s1no IF
what is the best for the children Of Ham.
We're a law passed by the present Con-
gress prohibiting the Roman Catholic re-
ligion in the Louisiana purchase north Of
SO deg. 80 min.. and even were the
Catholics themselves to vote for it, in or
der to prevent their expulsion from Mis-
Souri. as we'll as from the rest Of the Lou
isiana territory, who at the next session,
Or thirty sessions hence. that has any re-
gard for the treaty of 1903, which stipu
lated - to maintain and protect the Ro-
man Catholic religion. would fail to vote
for a repeal7of the unjust and illegal pro-
hlbiIion What honest man would fail
to vole-the rereaF Of law which viola
ted a solemn stipulation
And so With property 1t has al
ways been puzzle to me how intelligent
men have been able to satisfy their con
sciences that it was moral and right to
seek TO cxpel from the ceded country
property which the United States have
agreed to maintain and protect therein
10 expel the property they must violate
treaty obligation how. can good cou
science do this ? 1t is puzzle. ''h cd
At this point come very properly Il
consider the churge against the South o
yfepudiatiug a sacred compromise of it
"bWh procurement, and 10 which il was
party. refer to the Missouri compro
mise. -'.'' -t 100
BY the Missouri compromise act o
1920, slave property was excluded from
all that part of the Louisiana purchas
which lay above the line of So deg. 80 min
north latitude. The act OF exclusion wa
in direct violation of the third article Q
the treaty OF 1903. and therefore was nuI
aud void a5 initio. The inhabitant Of Up
per Louisiana was not maintained ant
protected BY this statute in the free en-
JOyment Of his property but was assail
I'd and injured by it: for by resorting Il
the Missouri compromise act, his Slav
could sue for his freedom. and, before tn
case could be carried through all tn
courts. and q decision had from the Su
Preme Court annuHing the statute. tn
costs Of suit would. amount to more thai
the value Of the slave The act, there
fore. though unconstitutional. practcall,
answered. the end Of the Abolitionists ant
Free: Sellers. But it was an outrage up
On the Inhabitants of the coded country.
Who can say that the outrage commit
ted 6y the passage of the act Of exclusion
no matter by whom the act Yves passed
or By whom praised. ought not to hav,
been promptly redressed by Congress