Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1856-02-07

md of tbe UAion nck only " ths IrigItsI
slipulatsd ~ LEN tresl With Loiiisian.,
but 81 tbe Pfinsiple NE equality undsr
Tho constitution y swas .asEsceiyed by
ste Noithsfn States with angry and re-
sengefll condo rnnation, and because ii
zig 6ot cone % dlI which flssy ma as;dl ex-
pactiugiy demanded. Having passsdl
through the forms of legislation, Il took
~ place il the statute hook, standing
open u repeal. like any other act Of
dosbtfai constitutionaiity subject 70 Be-
pruaounccdEnnlLaHd void ~ The course
of Inv. aud possessing no possible Ell
cheney " control ths rights 81 States
which might thereafter be organized OUT
" any part % the original territory of;
Louisiana. H, s5'' III
81 IN all this, Il any agg ression there
vsfsjsor ihsasion Of pre- existing rights
! 10 which portion Of the Union are
they justly 10 be sscribsd ( This con
trsyersy passed away with The occasion.
ndthing surviving il. but the dormant
letter Of the statute but long alter
wards. BY the proposed accession Of lie
Republic Of Texas, the q rs. were to.
AXE n their next step ia territorial great
ness, 4 similar contingency occurred,
and became tho occasion for systematic
attemptsto interfere with domesticsaf-
fairs n one section ofthe Union, in de-
lance Of their ranks al States, and the
stipulations Of the Constitution These
attempts assumed q practical direction
III the shape Of perseyering endeavors
NY some of the Representatives in both
Houses Of Congress TO deprive the
Southern States Of the supposed benefit
fof the act, authorizing the organization
Of the State Of Missouri But the good
sense Of the people. and the vital force
|of the Constitution, triumphed over sec
|tional prejudice and the political issues
|of the day, and the State Of Texas re-
turned to the Union, IS she was, with
social institutions which her people had
chosen for themselves, and with the ex-
press agreement by the re-annexing act
that she should be susceptible Of = di-
vision into plurality Of States.
Whatever advantages the interests 81
tine Southern States gained BY this, were
far inferior ia results to that unfolded il
THE progress Of time, to those which
lsprang from various concessions made
iisy the South. To every thoughtful
/ ffffiiend Of the Union, the true lovers Q
Mi II labor and long
Tor the full success af this great expert,
]ment Of Republican Institutions, sucf
an opportunity had never occurred tt
illustrate our advancing power d: thu
continent and furnish to the world full
i b :. s. .g4s i 3l5iY 50
assurance Of the strength and stability
Of our Constitution. Who would wish
to still see Florida an European colony
Who would desire to Hail Texas as the
lone star instead Of one Of the gal
jaxy Of States r Who does not appreci
late the incalculable benefits Of the ac
QUESTION Of Louisiana ? And yet ths
marrow view Of the sectional purposes
would inevitably have excluded them al
from the Union. -
4 But another struggle on the sam,
point ensued. when our glorious armle
returned from Mexico, and it devolve,
Ion Congress to provide for the terrific
rles acquired BY the treaty Of Gaudd
|lupe Hidalgo. But the great relation
tIoflthe subject had now become clea
land distinct to the public mind, whicl
the evils Of sectional con
'ltroversy upon the question Of the ad
Ir,ission Of new States. Ia that crisis
solicitude peryaded the nation /; but til
!, patriotic impulses Of the popular heart
, guided BY the adnonitory advice Of II
, Ftther of his country, rose superior
lali the difficulties Of the incorporation I
! new empire into the Union. n II
tcsuncils of Congress there were man
] Tested extreme differences Of opinio
and action between some representative
Who desired the unconstitutional employ
, linent Of the Legislative powers Of u
] IGoyernment to interfere ii the cond
! ltion 81 the inchoate States, and 70 il
! pose their own social theories upon Il
j latter. and other representatives wi