Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-06-11

ment created soelyby the Constitution could By lsfa
treaty, acdre territory which the acquiring power
Instrument under whose authority the country vas 60
CURED and the hreg0ng the conclusion g this court
the proposition. What was there announced was most
deliberately done and with purpose The only question
here is as think how far the power Of Congress is lin
lied.
As to the Northwest Territory Vireisa bad The right to
abolish slavery there and she did agree in l7T, with
the other States in the Congress Of tho Confederation By
asserting to and adopting The ordinance Of l76T for the
government Of the Northwest Territory She did this also
By act Of her legislature passed afterwards, which
Before tbs new Constitution was adopted, she had as
much right to treat and agree as any european Govern
msnt had Aud, having excluded slavery, the new Gov
enment bound BY that engagement bT article six Of
the new Constitution This only meant that slavery should
not exist whilst the United states exercised tae power o.
government IN ibe Territorial ior for, when new State
came ID, itmight do SO, with or without slavery.
My opinion is that Congress had nc power, n TAGS Of
the compact between Virginia and the twelve other States
to force slavery into the Northwest Territory because
there, 1t was bound 70 that engagement and could not
break IT,
In 1880 North Carolina oeded her western territory now
The State Of Tennessee and stipulated that the Inhabitants
thereof should enjoy al the privileges and advantages Of
the ordinance Tor governing the territory north Of the
Ohio river and th at Congress should the govern
ment and accept the cesOn uader the express conditions
contained in the ordinance Provided "That regulation
made Be made By Congress, shall tend TO emaDepats
slaves.
In 1902 Georgia ceded her western Territory to the
S. with the provision that the ordinance Of 1857 should
10 slis parts nd to the territory ceded that article
only excepted which oFbios slavery. Congress had
power to slate slavery cut from the North CARROLL
and Georgia essions, than had to legislae slavery
in north Of The Ohio. Nc power existed Congress 70
le3islae ALL affecting slavery, in either case The in.
habiutS, respected this description Of property stood
protected whilst they governed By Congress- like
that they projected before the eesi0n
made, and when they we're, respectively, paris Of North
Carolina aud Ge9Fgii.
and how does The power of Congress stand west Of the
Mississippi rivels The country there was acquired from
France Oy treaty, in 1903 II declares that the First
Consul in he OF the French Republic doth hereby
Cede 70 the u full Iverenty the colony province
Of Lrui ma with ell the rights and appurensncs Of the
said Territory. And BY arcle 3rd that the Inhabitants
Of the s., and admitted as possible according
the principles Of the Federal Constitution the enjoy
ment Of all the rights, advantages and mmunies Of ct
zsu5 Of the United States and in the mean time they
stall be maintained and protected in he free enjoyment Of
their liberty property and the religion which they profess"
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