Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-01-01

and enjoy 'he same under The sanclina u
law Yeur. CummilIee do, no, fesl them.
selves called upon 10 enter inio- the discus.
sion of these co,uroyerIed qucs,iops. Thev
involve the same grave, issues which pro.
ducrd The agitation, tho sec,innal strife. ard
the fearful struggle Of l85o."ss1yIP aj 9bg.l
Ftom. this hilbppears that the Compro-
misses of 1890 and $50 involved the ques;
zion Of tho validity Of he law Of Mcxica
Iexc'hding Slavery from the ne~ty.ceaed
Mexican ,er'nory, andahs law Of OH, owl
Cdogres Iudine i, from tho, noTih of,tc
line of ,36 deg 80 min, Mr.: q Dsuglas,s
| Comnilles Tsportvteo eomarndsa ,has ~ -.
| "Congr ,ss deemed, ]. wise. anil prudent Is
refrain from deciding the muiters Id contro.
vcrsy. then, either By offirmiGg or orrrpeatina
the, MexicaD,laws. or by an act dhclsralory
of the true in,en. Of the Constitution. and
the extent of the protection atfrded by il 10
slave,,propeny in the 'Psfiiories.l 50 your
committee are noJPreparcd now TO recon-,
mend, a departure from The course pursued
on thai memorable occasion either by al.
firming or repeating the eighth section 81
H's Mlssourira aci, or by: an actdecla,arury OF
.he mesning Of The Constitution in respec,
,ohhe legal points in d:spu,e." ..,r,
These passages are quoted 10 show ,ha,
the issues made by Mr.. Calhoun ia Ia the
cons,i,uiidnali,y 0f ihe ,w1 compromises OF
1890 and 1850. wsre expressly Ief. open ilor
idicial DECISION BY ihs commiuee.g . who
nevertheless swept away, by clause sub.
seQusnily added 10 their bill, NOT only ,,he
Missouri compromise OF 1890. bu, also the
compromise Of 1850, which l.h untouched
'he Mexicac laws prohibiting Slavery in ihs
coded lTsrrilo'ies, and which w ebs,er,
Clay, Benton, and all ibe leading lights Of
the Senate with the exception OF M. Cpl,
honh) pronounced valid and an tffecGal
restriction YTF .aD~W A1os YI1on
This repealwas the adoption oil Mr.. Cal
houn's nuililying doctrine in ertenso. The
power Of Congress TO make laws excluding
slavery forever from i,s Territories as such,
was denied, and all the Territories wer.
opened to Slavery on Ilhe ground Of ,he ''in.
alienable right" Of every ci,jzen",o move
inIo any Of the Territories with his proper.
w oflwha,ever kind or description, sand
law,oEsqua.ler sov reign,y vas sLperadded,
and substituted for the sovereignty Of The
United Slales over The public domain
Thus fell, at The citation of Mr.. Aicbson,
supported by the coalition effected between
the Wings and Democrats Of the South, un.
der The pressure and through The inlrgues Of
The nulli6ers, Mr.. Jefferson 8 nobls princi.
pie. endeared 10 the country both for its
moral grandeur ard political wisdom. Ii is
tho first thought altered in The declaration Of
Independence; and 10 Tho denuncia,ion Of
The King Of Great Britain for .he crime Of
bringing Slavery TO our shores. i, adds, as
the deepest aggravaiion, iha. "he has prosti.
lused his nenaliye by supprsssing every
legislative auemptt TO prohibit or 10 restrain
this execraSe commerce"
The first legislative attempt 10 restrain
The progress Of The mischief which the King
Of Gre II Britain visited upon this country,
was Mr., Jefferson's resolution excluding
Slavery IRON, tho territory Of The United
States In l764-ihe ncxl was Thai iniro-
duced BY Rufus King in 1885, lhs third that
Of Nathan Dane in l787--nll receiving the
volcs Of ,wo.,hirds OF tho States, of The
Con(eeelacy, and The last the unanimous
vote, ,;' -.tr -,.yq 80
The fourth movement, was that Of The
Convention. in ibe Constitution itself, pro-
vIdiDg agains, the importation of slaves al.
ter 1903. declaring The. binding validity Of
the engagements entered by the Congress Of
the -Coplederacy on the Governmeap Of The
Uniied STATES, 10 exclude it from tho terrific.
~, and securing 10 ahe new Government, the
power Of making, similar provision for future
acquisitions Of Terri,oly. The filth rega
la,ion 10 restrain The progress Of Slavery
vas slhaG Of ihs Compromise, Of l820--lhe
sixth, tho, or 1885, Mad s,rg,s.a :, gi,g
10 is remarkableAhai although these ri eat
mensurfs had their origin wiIhstha Demo
cratic lenders. Federal nod Wing leaders Of
creates, rcnown united in their sGpporii--
The Constitutional provisions on tho subjrc,
had he.unaBimouss suffrage Of all the illus.
GiouS men in the Convention who framed
the Consiiiuunn al, ,iha United States; aud
from the silence on the suhjsc, in The Staie
Conveitionsj jc1lled TO rally fae Cons,i,u
lion, Ii may belwcll presumed thai these
nlsu werB unanimous in their approval OF
what hai been done undeGihe conledrrncy
and in she new Constitution 10 restrain i.he
in,rodueuon andn liIii, the extension OF
Slavery. And may moi men ofdll parties
now u6I,e TO resioie wha. the pairiuIs Of all
parties, during the first, seven,y years Of our
Government, coniribnlodio establish? 4
The work Of restora,iona is simple and
ensy, II the men. who abbor the late inno
vaiion on;,he long settled policy yeo(Y.he. na
ZION can be inducedlo re,ihqpish petty, DIFF
lerei:esion wansilory topics. and give their
united voice, in the next Rresidcniial cleo.
lion, for some man WHOSE cepRcny, fidelity,
and courage can be relied upon 10 oppose
the issue which the present Administration
has mnde-lo- control il. Thu. contest has
grown out Of Presidential aspirations, Tho
decision oflhe people q, the polls, in choos-
ing chief magistrate will end il. Senators
will easily complvlwhen the nations de-
mand is backed by Presidential power and
patronage. and hopes Of The lulure. which
animate The Lending members Of The body
! The Administrator has s,aked itself or
I'he support oi tho parry Of priyiIege--o