The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1856-01-19


unlled States Of territory 3a the eASs ''"s
OF the Mississippi, IN exchange .o'
large territory which the United osa'es
transferred 10 Spain On the west s,oe u
tina, river, as the entire diplomatic h'sto-
~ of,tbe transaction demanded by me
commercial interes. AM The security "
The whole Union shows. In the mean
ums, the people in ths United states haa
grown up to pr per consciousness. ~
their strength, and a brIet contest WIN
France, and in a second serious war win
Grea, Britain, they had OF, all when re-
maiei o. undue reverence Tor Europe,
and emerged from the atmosphere Oh
those transatlantic Influences winch sur
rounded the infan, Republic, ana haa oe,
gun to ,arn their attention to the iuil ana
systematic Development OF the in'efhai
resources OF the Union.
Among The controversies oil that peri
cd, the most conspicuous was the ques'
ton of the regulation by Congress ot the
social condition Of the future States, to
be founded in the Territory OF Louisiana
The ordinance for the government Of The
Territory nor,h-wes, Of the Ohio river,
had contained 4 provision which promote,
ed The Use 0! servl.e labor therein, ana
was sabisc, TO the condition OF the extra
Ii,ion Of fugit,ves from service due any
other par. Ct tile United States. Suisse
qusatly 10 the adoption Of the conslltu-
| tlon thls provision ceased to remain as a
| law, for It's operation as such was aoso-
lu,ely superseded by the constitution out
the recollection of the fact excited the
zeal OF social propagandis,s IN some sec
| lions Of the Confederation, and when a
second Sla,e-,hat oil Missouri Cane to
be formed from the Territory OF LOUISE
ana, a proposition was made to extend to
the latter Territory tho restriction origin
ally applied 10 the country situated be-
tween the rivers O lio and Mlssissippl.
Nos, Questionable rs was this proposition
in all its constitutional questions, never
theless Il received the sanction oil Con
gress, with seine slight moittlcauon o!
| tone 10 save the existing rights OF Ihs III
! teale! Stale. 1t was reluctantly ac-
guessed ia by the southern States as u
sacrifice 10 the continuance Of peace aud
Of the Union, no: only oil the rlsA!s sip
aia:ed by the treaty with l. u saaa, bal
Of the principle o. equality among The
States guaranteed by the constitution, Ii
was received by The northern States with
angry aad reyeusfal condemnation ana
complaint, because il did nos eonceeI al
wclch they Lad exaetiagIy demanded.
Having passed through tho FERNS Of leg
station, !; look lis place ia the statsts
| book, standing open to repeal like any
other act Of doubtful consllluionalRy
subject 10 be Pronounced null an vot4 "
the courts OF law, and possessing no pos
sibia efficacy 10 couIra! The rights Vi the
States which might thereafter be organiz-
cd oat OF any part OF the original Tern.
tosy OF Louisiana. In all this, II aay az.
erosion there were any ilnJTatl3.s
aPoa pre-exIs,Ing rigAts-'o wusch por.
ooa Q; The Union are they justly charge
ableF tins controversy passed away
VITA lie OCCASION, nothing survived Il
SAVING tue dormant letter ri the statute;
aut toas afterwards, when. by lie pro
| posed accession vi the Rep4l!u. ri Texas
t4s Caied States were to taEe .a@tt ..exl
SEP IN territorial greatness. a stn.al
contingency occurred, aud beam tae -,
eas12a for sytent'le attacks II lutsrvsna
III The 15saeeue aialrs o. one section .!
The Union, III deaaaee II their fights u
States, al! Of the s.lpalaaoas o. the con.
sillaton. These attempts assumed d
practical dlree.4aa il the SHAPE u Der.
seFerlag Va4aa@ors, by some O. tn rep.
fesealaafes n aa+l houses u. C3arress,
ID dspglse the southern states of lie SUP.
| posed beaetl. u saa provisions u the a.,
authorizing the organization D The state
| 81 Missouri: ba: the good sense of tie
| people, sad the vital farce CT tile eoassi.
tai3a, tfataFaed oFcf TIE sectional Pre-.
IJa4lee aaa the political errors OF the dag,
| aa3 tue state OF Texas returned :. tie
Union IS she was. VITA the social ia.tl.
taitoas Haach her people hal chosen fsr
themselves, and With an express agrr.,
tnsni, u tn re-aaEexiug aci, tia. sl4t
should be susceptible Of subdivision late
a plurality OF STAIRS. Whatever als,a,
tages the interests Of the southern stat..
gam b. this, were far inferior in result.
10 that aaloliea IA the progress Of time
= those which sprlng from previous con.
sessions made ty the south. To ever,
thoughtful friend Of tAe Union. ID the
rue lovers of their country, 10 all VIII
labofed ioag Igr tie full success Of TIL.
great experiment Of republican, insti.a.
tons, Il vas cause 81 congratulate.
tl@t saea az opportunity had occurred l.
/ Illustrate our Advancing power oil tn.
continent and - furnish the world aad1
ttonal assurance ct the strength and STA.
bilIty Of our constitution. Who woul,
wis., 10 see Florida still European col
enyt Who would rejoice to hail TexaI
As the Lone Star instead oil one Of fht
Galaxy ot states VINO does not appr.
cate tie lacalealable benefits OF he &C
QUESTION Of louisiana And We, mar
row views an sectional purposes would
inevitably have excluded them all from
the Union.
Bat another s.raggfe ~ tie SINE point easu
- when or victorious Armies returned fr.u
NIX 60, AMI = feyoeta Oh Congress q pro
s,ae i1f to territories acquired by tie treat,
/ I'll Il Iaagl4ye fIt.aiyo Eut tha s'~t.t r.t 80