Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-12-11

.A.ha,sd Union. Thus hers. also sEgrsssisr
wss fsIlOwsa 81 reaction; and he at,aoks uPoi
The CensGssliOn ct this point diS bpt serve Y
raise up pev barriers foF lie dsieuce and sesgri
". al Nra
TAs third stage Of this unhsppy sections
sonaoFsrsy uas u connection vith Tie orgAniEa
zion oftsrritoTial governments and the sdmissoI
otsns1 Statss into tbs Union. When h va
proposed 70 s1lait tas S.Ais Of 1sine, by sspsT
alone q territory frpn tkst Of HSssEchusstis
.os he Sgats Of Missouri burned Of pofGoE
.oI he Territory pi Frarss 70 shs United Ssals
rsprsssaiasivss in cOnEFsaa OBJ sOtsd 70 the ID
missiOp Il the latter, unless With condition
suiisd 70 FArisulT views Of thsir public policy
The imposition Of such a condition was success
fuuy resisted. Bat. Al the ssGs period, the
question was prs.salsd OfimPOsing restrictions
upOn The residue CT tie Territory eeded BY
France. The ,Qgssii0n sas, for the time dis
posed Of By the adoption Of geographical line
Oflimsisliqn. -.... 80 - ....-...i ,.ef
10 this eopusxiOn L should not be forgotten
that France, Of her own accord. resolved, from
sOusidssa,ipss Of the most hr;sighlsd policy,
10 eede Louisiana TO the United Stats. sndlhat
accession Wss accepted BY the United States,
the latter expressly engaged that "ths inhAbi-
taAls Of the Oedsa territory shall be ,incOrpOra-
ted in. the Unisn o. the United States. and ad-
miitsd As saon a. possible, according 70 the
principle, Of The Federal Constitution, to the
sniOymsui Of llI the rights, ADJ rnthges, and i'm
muhitisp Of ciliEsLI Of The United States, and
In tbs ntsntinS they IhGIi be maintained and
protected in the frs' oniOyPspt Of their liberty
property. and the religion which They prOissa"-
that il to say Wills i remains in territorial
condition n iaAabitvnb are nAiOtAined and
protected in lhs Irss snioymsnt Of their liberty
and property, with aright then 10 pass into th'
condition Of statss 90 SiooIing pf perfect equal
ity with The original BtAts. i.s-,.-
The snAetmspt which established The re
striolivs geographical line, .sAs acquiescsd II
rather than approved BY the States Of the y
niOn. II stood on the statute book, however
for number of Jssr'; and the people Of the
respective STATED aequisscsdin the re.snactpent
of the prinsiplst. applied lOshs State Of Texas
and it wac prsppssd to acquiescS in its further
application to toe territory acquired BY the U
nitsd s,aiss irtm Mexico Bat this proposition
was successfully resisted BY the representatives
from the northern States, who, regardless o
the statute line. insisted upon applying re'tric
ton, whether lyCE nsrd or south oft. there
BY repeating H. ~ = legislative comprO a is'
and, on u part Of the North, per,Stenlly vic
latng the compact, II compact thsrs was.
Thersnpon this enactment ceased to hay
binding ,yiftrs in Lsy sense, whether as re
spssts the North or soHlhi and so ip eject
was treated on the eqpaIion Of the admission Q
the State Of California, and tbs organiz Ahon Q
New Mexico, Utah. and Washington,
spch Ev the Stale Of this question, whe
The ums arrived for the organisation OF th
Territories Of Kansas AAd Nebraska In th
progrsss Of constitutional inquiry and reflection
i. had new at length come 70 DO seen 'lsa:
that Congress does not possess constitutions
power 10 impose restrictions Of ihis cbsracte
upon any present or f4turesp!s Of the Union
In long series Of dssiSiOns, on the fullest ar
gumsnt, AHd after the ros. deliberate consider
alton. the Supreme Court Of the Uuitsd States
had finally determined .hs point, in every form
HndSr which The question sppld arise, whether
as affecting public or private rghts-in ques.
lions Of public ,doppin, Of religion, Of naviga
tiOn, and Of ssrvituds. ,.......,..
Ths Severai States Of lhs Onion aEs, By fore'
OF the Consultation, co-squal in domestic lsgis
laliys power. Congress eSDnot change Law
Of domestic rslsGo:. 10 tie State Of Maine y,
more eaA Il in th, ststs Of Missouri. Any Stit
ate whiSh propOaS' 10 % this is Rsre nuity
it takes away no right, ii 'ronfers nons. II !
remains there only Hs = monumept OF error. and
beacon Of vsrniag to the iseislstor and the
statesman. To repeal it will be only TO remove
imreriectiOn froM the statutes, without affect
iAg either in the Iepss Of permission or OrprohibI-
tion, The action Of the States, or Of their citi.
gers. .....
Sill, when the nominal restriction Of this ma.
ture already dead letter in law, was in term,
repealed by the last oonglsss5 in clause O
che act organizing Vie territories Of Kansas and
NsbraskA, that repeal was made the occasIot
Of wide spread and dsNgsrous agitation,
1t WAS alleged that the original euactmen
being compact Of perpetual moral obligation
its repeal constituted an odious breach Of faith
An act Of Congress, while il rsmains unrspeAl
ed, nOrs especially il il be consttutionPlly val
Idin The iudgAsnt OtthOss puSlc fupcdonarie
whosp duty tits TO pronounce on that point. i
undoabtsdy bidding on the conscience Of Saol
good citssa ofthO Republic Butin What sens
xan il he xs.srtsd that the enactment in d1e,