Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1856-09-03

which came . us free. or which was made 20
BY the Ofdinanee q 81. the Missouri CON-
promise. or The resolution adaiiuing Texas,
should remaa %. 10 that sense. the people Of
this country. AZ all times. have been. aud all
bUi old liners noN are free soilers
a 10 the measures TO be adopted to keep
slavery on q free territory. that - different
matter. and the means to be employed must
Be determined by circumstances. what's ex
pedieni at one time may not be At another
The principles Of right. o natural justice. and
Of tie common law. which declare slave free
when carried into free territory. ought to be
sufficient 70 keep slavery out. but. like the
old man in the fable. III neither words nor
grass will do we must try what virtue there is
IN stones" We must resort 10 something
stronger. and restore or apply prohibition
We may find il necessary. We find it now ne.
eessary; for Il j. too plain to be denied. that
the slave power will stop at nothing to gain
is ends; and that its most available insiru-
men,s for attaining these ends are Northern
dosghfaces. who will tear down Compromises
or do whatever else may be required OF them.
Who could have suspected. when we all acqui-
esced in the Compromise Of 1850, that so soon
this outrage would have been psrpetrasedf
Bat the writer attempts to defend this meas
ure. on the ground that the Compromiss Of
1850 was opposed to the Missouri Compro-
mise. Will he inform US whether he perceives
any difference between running line through
slave territory and setting part Of to free.
dom: and either refusing TO line through
free territory. which would devote part OF il
TO slavery. or refusing to say any ching about
II; but leaving it As we found il, free soilf II
he can see no difference. it would be a useless
waste Of labor TO address al argument 20 such
mind. Who heard Of the abrogation Of the
Missouri Compromise. when i, is pretended to
have been done? Nobody. Nor can man
be found, OF any character. who will risk his
reputation by saying he understood it at
the time. We challenge Mr. sc TO sey il. II he
dare. The Kansas Nebraska Ac. cane up
with lie in It's right hand. when II asserted
that this vas done. The Compromise meas
ures Of 1850 would never had passed had they
declared such purpose. The language relied
on to sustain the assumption, is the pro,isioa
that Utah and New Mexico, when they came
10 be States. might have slavery or not. as they
should please. Could that language. by pos
sibility. have directed the mind Of any body TO
the Louisiana territory North Of sc deg 30 min.
IL did not either declare or admit that Con
gress had no power to prohibit slavery, even
ia tis0ss tsrrstorfes. The most that eau be
made Of il. is. that il vas not deesed erpedi.
ert At that time to srpiy the prohibition: SO
that Nr Usher. or any one else. may. With per-
feet proprieiy and consistency insist upon any
and all measures that will. while they are ter
ritcries. keep slavery out cf them: especially
80. since The r~pe.l of the Missouri restriction
We utterly rrpudiste the doctrine that party
csn violate = compact. aud claim the benefit
Of Il al the sane time.
But Mr.. SO hss doubtless rad Mr.. Brirht's
circular. and follow ing the fuglcman. he comes
out for the doctrine ~ squaiter sovereignty.
All ia to be lef, to me people, the sesr people. to
form their own institutions in their own way.
Here We have short process with the gentle.
man. We shall clee this article by putting
aiev questions TO him: and shall reserve our
conclusion for a repiy 70 his snwers: Does si.-
very now exist in Kansas. or does IL not, We
do not ak. whether persons are held there a.
slavc-; foF We know they are: bu, ~e ask does,
or does not slavery exist there. and II YEA or
nay. ~hyf
Admitting for the present. that the Kansas
Legislature vas duly elected. sni that It's acts
are a. valid as suoa acts can be. without the
sanction Of the General Government. are those
acts which prescribe tAe penalty Of death for
interference with slave property in force. or
are they not. and iiyea or nay. whyf Fur,h.
cr. are the acts Of the Kansas Legislature. (ad.
uniting the body legally constituted.) which
punish by imprisonuicnt FOR life. IL may be.
fer asserting. printing or Publishing. that
slaves cannot be legally beld in Kansas. in
Iofee. or are they not. and IL yea or nay. vhyi
Nov air. you have entered the lists. and
have taken ground flavor of what you pro
fess 10 regard a. this most equitable doctrine
II allowing The people 10 govern themselves.
lou have no excuse for refusing TO answer
DO not. like Cs'n. v hen ssksd N here his broth
eF vas. except 10 the i,ierrogatory and say
vou are not bound To inswer. Lot as hear
from you.