The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-06

dion continues If slavery Is an evil, aud believed by
Congress To he preuocia 10 the oet interests OF Terri
tory, In its ouy u ex ude republicans believe ami
many democrats called profess believe slsv ry
wrong ana prompt to declare that in re tory they
would oppose It's introduction To be consistent they should
be ready when performing their cont itiona outy Of
presenting form of government for Territory to pro
VIDE against the Introduction o. an admitted evil among
thofe no there. they would against it, admis
sior into their osn local community. man who would
his locality against slavery as pest TO society,
and who refuses when in hs guard infant
munit committed temporarily 10 his charge against tue
pest, shows that he governed wholly BY selfish mo-
ves This i. precisely the CONDITION OF these self yled
democrav who, while advocating the Of Cpgres.
the Territories and protesting TO abhor slavery will do
nothing prevent its expansion The denial OF tue po ser
is Of very recent origin II Is not only expressly given
has been shown by the constitution, but 1t has been
always acted and sanctioned the fullest extent BY
the for decisions of the Sure Coir OF the United
States In the case OF the American Insurance Company
against Cantar, Pet 54l that court in discussing the
of Congress the Territory of Florida long
continues Territory he United States governed
by that clause of the constitution. which empo
Congress to make all needful rules and reg isti,ns
respecting the Territory other property Of the Unit
ed -aiee, which has not by becoming state acquired
the of self government may result necessarily from
the fact that within the Jurisdiction or any parcu
United States. The right TO govern may be the inevitable
consequence of the right acquire territory Whichever
may be the from which the power is derived the
possession Of 1t il unquesonabe 10 another part Of
their opinion In the the Court says In legis
a,ng for them he Terrories) Congress the
combined pc of the General and State
This the language of the Supre Court Of the United
States when II was presided over by Mr.. Marshall, who
wrote the opinion full aud con elusive as to the power
Of Congress over the Territories That WAS the question
before the Court They investigated fully lay down the
gener rule thai Congress combined pc
rt0es and decide that in exercising that Congress
had authority TO establish Territorial courts In Florida
Of different character from these required by the con
stituton TO be established In the States Many other
decisions Of the Supreme Court. AMI of different
State courts might be cited to the effect aud II any
question under the constitution could be regarded as set
rev n ~ m al n
Cong ess to legirate for and govern the Territrie
posse, sed this power to the extent as state
establish Of courts must possess also to the
the exclusion Of slavery unless there Is
thips in the con uton of the United States ao wing it,
such cau,e can be -four nd Thai Instrument contains no
provision establishing slavery If 1t did slavery would be
ennsv iacS nr NJ n ppoSS, IL in State az in
Territory With plain provision of the constitution tue
p,actice Of the government under for than sixy
country all In its favor Il would zee that the republican
creed Asserting the power of over the
and n eyclude slavery tbererom rested oon
which could be especav IA under this
of the Constitution the Uuited States had
gone on peacefully settling TERRITORY after Territory ana
adding State after Stale 10 the repnbic nil the
mum Der had more than doubled the popula,on wealth
and re.ources of the country Increased many fold aud
when n as in the fI toe of prosoerttv Advancing win
rapd strides in ali the elements Which ooptr butte TO the
greatness of nation AND ADD to the and
or lie people But 10 1854 new policy was
and since then ne has been given TO the
copsu,op and these are The Causes of ali the woes which
have since befaeu the country and threaten With de-
The Sss and
former policy OF the government in 1854 consisted in tue
repeal OF the Missouri compromise whereby the Terri
tories of kansas aud Nebraska were ooened to slavery
although In consideration of the admssop of Missouri uto
the Union as q slave state they had in 1920 oeeu set
apart for freedom The Northern prtence under which
the Missouri COMPROMISE was repealed ia no Abandoned
We no longer hear lis repeal jusdea on the ground that
was necessary in order establish the principal OF fer
roris self government, enable the people of Ter
rtory TO regulate the subject of slavery for them
selves through their Ter tofial Legislature The adyo
Gates Of the repeal now insist that the while in
that In the formation OF State constitution they will pos
that right The repeal, FORE conferred add
that the Missouri compromise would not have prevented
an exclusion OF slavery by the people In the for nation or
nelr Saie government me on! enec' nereo,e, Q, us
repeal was to open Kansas and Neoraska while Terrific
res 10 and not TO confer pom the people oil those
Territories any great principles q se government or any
thing else except slavery Mr. Bzchauan tells US IN his
inaugural that IL h Of but little practical importance ct
what time the people OF Territory are permitted TO decide
the question of slavery for whether while the
Territorial condition continues or not And he ami the
lesser Lights OF The selfsled democracy, including Gov
Walker, OF Kansas sui k about the great principle OF
self government and popular sovereignty, which allows
people when they come 70 form state 10 reg iate the
subject OF slavery Tor ves ~ that were ques-
lon be~ten parties NO man OIL ether party denies ,ns
ght-certanly no one Of the republican party though
may be necessary com equence OF recent decision that
the people OF State cannot exclude slavery The whole
controversy Is about slavery In the Territories OF the
United States and not In the States Of the Union aud what
mockery for men 70 harp about the great principle OF
popular sovereignty being guaranteed 70 the people OF
Territory when they deny them the right to act Ter them
selves long rs the Territory lasts, even II be thirty
years, a. was the case with Michigan the republican
party differ with Mr. Buchanan as TO the Importance OF
keeping slavery out OF the Terrores Inc poet tells US
that las the t~g Is benttne tree inclined wiser than
be has ssid train up child In the way he shJud 70,
ond vhen he Is old he viii not depart from H." We be-
heve II slavery Is tolerated In Territory will most Ike
y be continued into the Safe When the people OF .
ssvehoapg Territory form State government, what Is TO
be done with the slaves among thems IL would be
unj1t TO deprive their owners Of them without
compensation, which may be incobvenient Ter
the people TO provide. Free negroes are onjec-
topabe. Il 10 alwsys difficult to change exist
iny institutions. All these considerations combined sil
be very apt TO make slave States out OF slave Territories
How many OF the ten styled democratic party in the
North would have sanctioned the repeal OF the Missouri
compromise had been capddy avowed at the time that
the consequences would be what We now secf Many good
men depored the repes who subsequently &C uesced In
the measue under the belief that The people OF tue Terri
tory bad the power, aud Toui exercise H. keep slavery
out and had they then been told that toe authors or tue
repeal seud eveau iy deny them that right aud insist
upon the doctrine that slavery could be taken into Terri
tory D spite Of the wishes OF its Inhabitants 10 the con
ary, they would have sanctioned the deed call