Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-01-03


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Florida, that but the transfer by Spain to the
Of rights the sas SSG Of the vsr Mississippi
spsn side Of that river and the entire apoma
Commercial interest ard security Union
In The mean time the people Of s up to
France and second severe war With Great had hak
gd the atmosphere Of those transatlantic lnueneea
their asssnsiou to the faii end
international of the Union Among the
the regulation BY Of The condition of the future
The ordinance for the territory north
west e the Ohio river had contained provision which
cn Of the extradition of tgtivss from slavery due in any
this provision ceased 70 for its
Of TIE past esetd The zeal Of s"eia in
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proposition made extend it the latter territory
Tween TIVE S ob sT nd a
in all its relations nsyertheisss It
lions of line the existing rights Of the intended new
as to the nee 81 peace and 81 1e mo.
principle equality der the constitution Il
the Northern With angry and cpn
expectingly demanded Having passed through
the forms of legislation, it took its place in the
statute book, standing open to repeal, like any
other act of doubtful constitutionality-subj
to be pronounced null and void by the course of
law, and possessing no possible efficiency to
control the rights of States which might thereaf-
ter be organized out of any part of the original
territory of Louisiana
In all this any aggression there were or invasions Of
preexistng righto which portion of the Union are they
to Justly ascrbed? This controversy passed away with
the occasion: nothing surviving the dormant letter OF the
statute afterwards when by the proposed
Of he lie of
step in territorial greatness similar contingency occurred
and became the occasion for systematic attempts to inter-
ere with domestic affairs in section OF tue Unon III de-
fance of their rights States and the stpuaons OF the
Constitution These atsemps assumed practical direction
the shape of perseyerng endeavors by some OF the Rep
resenatves in both Houses Of Congress TO deprive the
Southern States of the supposed benefit of the provision OF
the authorizing the organization OF the state OF Missouri
good of the peupe and the vital force OF the
Constitution tumphed sectional prejudice ana the po
tical issues Of the day. and the State returned 70
the Union as she was, with social Institutions which her
people had chosen for themselves and with the special
ment by the reannexng act that she should be suscep
Bile of division moo plurality Of States
Whatever advantage the interests Of the southern states
gained by this far inferior in results to that unoded
in the progress of time to those which sprang from tne pre-
vious concessions made by the South To every thoughtful
friend of the Union the true lovers OF their country to all
who labor and long for the full success of this great expert
Of Republican Institutions such opportunity had
occurred Illustrate advancing power on this
continent furnish the world full assurance OF the
strength and stability of constitution who would WISH
to sti Florida an European eolony Who would desire
to hail Texas as the lone STAR instead OF one 81 e gar
axy of States? Who does not appreciate the ncaeuabe
benefits of the acquisition of louisiana? And yet the mar
view of sectional purposes would inevitably nave eA
cluded them all from the Union
But another struggle the point ensEed when our
glorious armies returned from Mexico and deVoved on
Congress provide Tor the territories acquired by the rea
y Of Guadalupe Hdago But the great relations Of The
subject had become clear and distinct to the public
mind, which appreciated the evils of sectional controversy
upon the question Of the admission of States In that
crisis solicitation pervaded the naton but the patrotc
impulses of the popular heart guided by the admontoy ad
of the Father of his Country superior to all the
difficulties of the Incorporation of new empire into the
Union In the councils of Congress there manifested
extreme differences of opinion and action between some rep
resentatves desrad the unconstitutional employment
Of the legislative powers of the government to interfere in
the condition of the nchoae States and to impose Their
social theories upon the latter and other representa-
tves who repealed the nteposton of the General Govern.
ment in this respect and maintained the sef-controiug
rights of the States In truth the thing attempted
form alone, the action of the General Government; while
in reality it the endeavor by the abuse Of legsauye
power force the ideas of internal policy entertained IN
particular States upon allied independent States
Once the Constitution Of the Union triumphed sig
nay the territories organized without restrc
tons upon the disputed point thus left Judge in
that particular for themselves and the sense of conviction
and faith proved vigorous enough in Congress- only
accomplish this preliminary object but also the incidental
and hardly less important of amending the PROPOSE.
tons of the statute for the extradon of ugves SER
vice. place that public duty under the safeguard of
the general government and thus relieve il from obstacles
! raised up by the legislation Of some of the States
Vain defamation regarding the provisions of law for the
extTadion Of ugve from service, with occasional epi-
sodes of fanatic efforts obsuct their execution by riot or
murder continued for b9f time to agitae certain locai
ties But the true principle Of leaving each state TO regulate
its own laws of labor according to its own sense of right and
expediency had acquired fast hold upon the public judg
ment to such degree that by common consent was OBJ
served in the organization of the Territory of Washington
When recently, became necessary 10 organize the
two territories of Kanzas and Nebraska it the natural
and legitimate not the merabe of previous
and legislation that the great and sound prin
cpe which had already been applied to Utah and New Mex
leo should be applied to them, and they stand exempt
from the restrictions provided in the act relative to the
State of Missouri These restrictions in the estma
ton of many thoughtful men, null from the heginnag un
authorized by the Constitution contrary to the treaty spu
atons for the cessation of La and inconsistent with the
equality of the States They had been stripped of all moral
nv
peal through contradictory enactments
They had been particularly abrogaed by the legislation
attending the organization of Utah, New Mexico and Wash
ington If any vitality remained it would have been taken
away in the effect Of new territorial acts in the form orig
inay proposed in the Senate at the first session Of the last
Congress 1t was manly and glorous well as patriotic
and just to do this directly and plainly and thus relieve the
statute books oan act which might be Of future possible in
jury and Of possible future benefit and the measure of
its future repeal the final contamination and complete
of the powers Of the General Government to dictate the
cial institutions of any portion Of the country
The scope and effect of the language of repeal was not
left in doubt 1t declared in terms to be the true intent
and meaning of this act not to egslae slavery into
the people thereof perfectly free form and regulate their
does institutions in their way, subject only the
stood its merits alone it attacked with violence
the false pretext that constituted breach of faith Ne
Justincaton when before was It imagined by sensible
men that reguative decorative statute, whether
acted ten or forty rrepeaabe? that act of
Congress is above the Constitution?
II indeed there in the act any TO imagine it,
time Of the enactment of the restrictive provisions to
and condemn iand who have constantly refused
to complete by the needul supplement of any legislation,
who have again and again attempted its repeal by the
acment Of Incompatible provisions and who by the newt
able reactonary effect of their violence the subject
awakened the country the constitutional principle of lea
wing the matter involved to the discretion of the respective
existing incipent 1t is pretended that this
principle any other precludes the possibility of evils in
practice. No form of government is exempt from incon
veniences the result of abuse and not of the legitimate
ercse ofpower conferred in the legitimate organization Of
territory.
They not he charged with the great principle Of
popular sovereignty the contrary they disappear be-
fore the intelligence and patriotism of the people, presenting
through the baotbox their peaceful and silent, but ire
sabs power If the friends of the constitution TO
have another struggle its enemies could not present
acceptable issue than that OF state whose constitution
braces Republican form Of government, being excluded
from the Union because its domestic institutions do not in
all respects comport with the ideas entertained in
of the other states Fresh from the groundess mputaons
of breach Of faith against other they will the
agitation of this question: with the violation Of express
compact between the independent sovereign powers of the
equally solemn compacts which the equality Of the
States.
But deplorabe would be such violation Of compact
in itself with all its direct consequences that Is the very
of evils involved When sectional agtators shall have
succeeded in forcing this ssue their pretensons fail
to be met by -preensons VIII different States
be compelled with extremes? and If either
extreme carries its point what that far forth but the
dissolution Of the Union If State, formed from
territory of the United States be absolutely excluded from
admission therein that fact of itself constitutes the destruc