Demoine courier., 1856-03-27

uOH W a tcttttoIys dHu WINE Svnx'osS
refused To enac. a POSITIVE prohibi,'on OF
Slavery in the Territories Of New Mex
leo and Dcseret. il was provided that.
when the, should apply Ior admission az
States, they should come In with or
wi.hou, Slavery, as their inhabitants
nigh, decide Additional aoaesss,ons
were made To Slave Power:-'he Gene
ral Government, assumed the recapture
Of fugitive slaves, and passed laws far
the accomplish mrnt of thai end. subver-
. We al orce Of Stale sovereignty. and VI
the established safeguards Of civil free
dom. Then the country sgain had resi-.
Wearied with lis efforts. or content with
their success, the s~lavehoIdlng interest
proclaimed a Muce
When Esankl,a Pierce, on the 4!h Of
March. 1854. became President Of the
Uai,ed States. no controversy growing
out VI Slavery was sglta,ing The country.
Es,ablishec laws, some ot them enacted
with unusual so;emnny and unfer cir
cumsiances WHICH made them of more
tna ordinary obligation, and fixed the
character Ut all the States, aud ended
The contest concerning The Terrltoriss.-
Sixlern States were Free States, and ff-
teen States were Slave States. By the
Missouri ComDlnmise of 1920 Slavery
was forever pr"hibned from all the Lou
islana l'ernlory lying north u The line
oi So 30. while over that Territory ly
ing south Of ,hai line, aud Ovei The Ter-
r,,orles vi N Mexico and Desefi. no such
9rphlo,uOn had been extended. The
whole country rep"sed upol this az
rangemeil, All sec....as and all inter-
ss's, whether approving 1t or not. seemed
Ia acquIrscs n ,,s terms The Slave
no eng Interests through all IT'S organs.
aud especially through the General Gov
ernDent, proclaimed that This was a IL
nal aud mreparsble adiustment between
Freedom aud slavery for poin,csl po~.
Or; ,hstn had been effected by mutual
CONCESSIONS aud in The spirit Of Compro
mise; and II should be as enduring AS the
Union. aud sacred as the Constitution II.
Sc {. Both poIineal parties gave u their
sanction IN The National Conventions; The
whole country asserted 10 it's validity;
aud President P,1rce. 10 his mrs. Official
message to Congsess. pledged himself 10
use ali The power Of his position ~ pre-
ven. il from being di.turbed.
ButalI these pro:es,a,ions proved delusive
The and acqulesrence and conien'nsnt
which they produced afforded ,he oppor
,unl,y. no, only for new aggsess,ons on
The part VI Slavery, but tor The repudla.
lion OF engagements ,nso which IFS agen,s
had solemnly entered. Less ,hsn a yeas
had elapsed beiors these pledges we're
broken. and the advantages which they
secured 10 Freedom Withdrawn by the
Slaveholdlne Power
Repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
In The course OF time and the ma urs
progress II p~rppiasion, that portion OF
the Louisiana T%errHory, lying ives, 81
The Mississippi Ri,er, and nor h OF Sc
80 came 10 he de.ie ed tor occupation.
and on he 24sh day Of May, 1884. all
act passed erecting upon IL the Two ern
tories OF Kansas and Nebraska. and or
ganIzing Governments for ,he IN boih.-
From This whole region the slaveholdlng
interest "a years before had agreed ,ha,
Slavery and involuntary servi.ace, 9TH
eiwise Ina. IN The punishment Ut crime.
shoDId be forever prohiblted.'-and had
received as the ?r,oe al iais agreemen,.ihs
admission Of Missouri. anS subsequent
IL The admission Of Askansas. By ,he
kansas and Nebraska bill, .hIs proh,bi
lion was declared 10 be 'iaoperafiUe and
U0id.' and The intent aud meaning Of the
bill was further declared to be Got TO
lrg,sla,e Slavery into any Terr,ory or
Stale. nor to erciude Il Mersfroa; bu
=, ieavs The reopls thereof perfectly tree
to form and regulate their doDesIic IN
s,i,auons IN their wi way, s%uhjsc, ON
" 10 he C.n.mvnon Of The Unned
S,a,as,' Thus, without a singIe petition
for such acton Iram xnv quarter ut the
Union. but agairst The earnest remon,
Instances of ihousands of eur citizens
Against the settled and profound cons,c-
tons VI the ersa. body OF The people IN
every paruon Of the couLny. aud Ia
'van'on Disregard of The ahi,s a,l9ay nj
justice and Of good fa,,h. the Missouri
Compromises OF 1920 was re pex,ed and
the ssal which had guaranteed Freedom
10 tina, vast Territory, which The Unilsd
States had pprchased from France. was
snslchsd from The bond. Oregon, Wssh
lngion. New Mexico, Dessfs, aud The
new State acquired from Texas. nor,h OF
36' 30. by this compact. were all open
ed up 10 slavery. aud those who nigh,
frs become The inhabitants thereof. YER
au,nnrlz Cd 10 make laws for lie eslab-
lishmeni and perpe.ua.ion.
The invasion Of Kansas and action Of
the Geaerai Governmeni.
Nor did the Slavehaldiag ,B.eTes, stop
here in iis crusade Of mi us:ce and wrong.
The irst election Of members for ,hs
Territorial Legislature Of kansas WAS
fixed for the Sg,s Of March. 1885. and
the law Of t,o,igrsss prescribed that .,
tha. election n0ne but actual reslcents Of
he Territory should be allowed 10 vote.
Yet, to proven; people OF the Tsrruoiy
hemselves from exercising the right /, o
prol.ibi, Sls,sEy. which The &C, Of Con.
gress had conferred pppn them. the sisve.