M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-10-23
The Missouri Compromise and
the Free States,

Politicians have a great deal to saw in
denuncation of the repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise and it is gravely contended
that by this repeal slavery may now 90 into
territory that was, under the Compromise,
devoted to freedom. These politicians over
look the important fact that sla,e cry. as an
institution, is kept or rejected as it is profit
able or otherwise ; and that there is law
of climate, which forever. prevents the black
man from being taken into territory north
Of attitudes where his labor ceases to be
profitable. Hence, by the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, no territory north of
the latitude TO which that Compromise re-
stricted free as well as slayo soil can be
proftably used for slave labor But no such
law Of climate operates against the whto
man he may proftably employ his labor in
almost every degree of latitude on the globe; +;
hence the repeal Of the Missouri Compro-
mise, by opening territories to free labor
which before was devoted to slavery, is an
advantage to the Free States and disad-
vantage to the Slave States. The white
population is infinitely more energetic and
enterprlsing than the black, and aided by
the constant stream of emigration from Eu-
rope, it will overrun all the unOccupied ter
ritory in this country unless the South, in
self-protection, asks the restoration of law
like that of the Missouri Compromise. Mr..
Allen, in his recent speech, sets this fact
clearly and pointedly before his hearers
He said - ......
'The Missouri Compromise line operated
ia scare-crow to keep North of the line
iecea awhole tide of population from the free
X inaeSYho wanted to settle within the iu-
p to ridtS free States, an1 not to GO with
III great State jurisdiction. Every Yankee
m m Tifying u9P, who did not want to settle
T. lord aFo'ptate, went north OF that line.
Vie tookit for granted that all territory south
bf that line was to be slave territory, and as
\ pae did not want to live among slaves, he
kept North. Thus the limitation was on
the white population, not the black. The
law was no limitation against the negro
because he could not go north Of the line,
law or no law-the climate stopped him
but the law did impose a limitation on the
white settlers, because they could 60 south
of that if the law were not there. Hence,
by the removal of the Missouri Compromise
line, larger space OF country has been
opened to the settleme mt of people from the
free States than there were before. Now
they can 60 around the upper end Of Texas
occupy the whole broadside and centre sur.
face of the territory Of New Mexico. They
have actually gone $50 miles south Of the
line in the lower end of California. There
is nothing to prevent the whole population
of the North from sweeping the whole re
gion from the northeastern end Of the FIRE,
States to the Gulf of Mexico, and thereby
outhanking the slave States. You hav,
this increase of area over which the fire,
population can spread without the interposi
ton of the black men. By taking away tn,
line you remove what was an obstruction t
the white man, and not to the negro, be
cause the climate, in the absence of this law
amounted 10 a sufficient obstruction as t
| him."
This is as true as preaching,-PhilGdeI
| phia Led0cr.