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spsOvilsd he sans shall Be republican. and not
Fspuguant 10 TIE ordiuanes Of July IS, 1871,
IUnitsd States Statutes. vol. z, p. ia, sec. 81
Whsncs did the Congress of1eO2 derive The
power 10 impose this restriction upon the people
Of Ohio as a eosditoa precedent to their organ
srstoa tate 4 State and thti r admission into the
Unioa 2 Not from The ordnance Of 1897 for
that sss superseded BY The Constitution, and
ceased 10 be Law or ths sOurcs Of authority up.
on tbs adoption Of the Constitution. The pow
sr vas, and could be derived only from the Con-
s~titutiOn, 10 impose this restriction. What was
ths effect Of this rssniciOn7 Manilesily, to
impose upon Ohio as a State. terms, conditions
and restrictions, ia which the original States
we're net subjected.
Those terms, conditions, and restrictions,
were that, by her constitution aud Government
Ohio should forever exclude slavery from her
tsrritory except as punishment fer crime Oh
due conviction; that no man, should, within her
limits, Be deprived of life, liberty, or property.
but by the judgement Of bis peers and the Law
of the land, aud that private property should
not be taken for public use, without just COM
pensatisn, and that all the inhabitants should
always enjoy the benefits Of hEbeas corpus and
the trial by jury. H0hiS had tclsratsd inyol.
uutary slavery by her constitution, or had de-
MED to any man prOtacttOn of lie, liberty, or
property, or trial BY jury, her constitution
would have been rspugnant to the ordinance.
contrary to the enabling act of 1909, %viOlaiive
Of the 9Th and and sixth amendments Of the
Constitution Of The United 6tatsI, eAd she could
not have become a State or have been admit
ed int The Union. Her people SO understood
il, and framed their constitution accordingly
What Was the result Of this ? That Ohio was
admitted by act Of Congress into the Union,
.aSt upon the sans terms with the original
States but upon the cypress condition. that a.
a State she should not Engage in the fsreign oil
domestic slave traffic, and, as 8 necessary COD
sequence, that abe should not, Jikelhe original
States. have or be entitled 10 q slave represen-
tAtiOn OF this floor. Call you this equality o.
right Why was ohjoiu the Union five years
prohibited BY iiTes Of congressional enactment
irsn engaging. ia the fOroign,slave trade, which
all that time was being carried On by the origi-
nal States? The ninth section Of the irst ar
tiels Of the Constitution did not obIigs Congress
to'dsBy to Ohio this privilege it only restrained
Congress from prohibiting this traffic in the o.
riginAl States. Why was Ohio prohibited from
importing slaves into her territory from abroad
or engaging ia the domestic slave traffic and
why were sl the States Of the Union, and The
citizens thereof, denied. by force Of this con-
grssiiOnal statute restriction upon the ihstitu.
tioH' Of the new State. the alleged imPrescriptl'
bic right to traffic in slaves therein Mos
certainly because no such right is derived from
or sanctioned by. the Constitution; aud because
new States can only be formed and admitted
upon such terms as will require Of them a full
and cissr recognition Of the constitutional pro
vision. that po,psrIsn shall be St'lsved or de-
priVed Of his property or life, but as punish
msnt for crime upon due conviction.
By the act of April 10, 1916, (approved by
Madison, to enable the people Of Indiana to
form State consultation, and for their admis.
sion into the Union. The same, terms, conditions
and restrictions which were imposed upoa the
people Of 0biS we're imposed, upon that State.
(Unitsd States Statutes, vol. 3, p .288, sac. a.
By the act of April 49, 1918, (qPprOyed by
Monroe, J providing fOF thfs formation, Of a con-
%stitu:ion snd the admission Of lhs Sta!sio of Hi
mis-, The sans terms, conditions, aud rcHtric
tons were imposed upon the people Of that
State. Omitted States Statutes, vol. 3. p, 430,
sec. A. The act organizing the original Ter
ritory OF Wisconsin,. including what is pow the
States Of Iowa. and Wisconsin,, approved by
Jackson, and passed April %. 1886, provides
that Che Inhabitants shall be entitled TO and en-
Joy all right secured to The people Ofthe North.
west Territory by the %aIticlss Of compact Goa.
tanned in the ordnance passed July 10, 1887.
and shall be subject to all the 'ondiiions and
rsstrictdns and prohibitions ia said articles Of
compact imposed upon the people of sad Ter
ritory,i (Upilod States Statutes, vol. 8, p. Is,
sec. l2) The act to establish the territorial
government Of Oregon passed August IA. 10
4e. secures the anne righ.s to, and imposes the
same conditions. restrictions. and prohibitions
npOn the Inhabitants sAd future States Of thai
Territory, (Uuited States Statutes. vol. 9, p
$50, see. H. with The sanction Of PresiIen
Polk, and with the advice and consent Of tht
great godfather of popular sovereignty him
SELF
B7 The ioiat resolution for a~nnexing Texas
to the United stAles, the same conditions and
restrictions, BY The approval Of Taylor and til.
vote Of the rePptsd'aqihO Of Ihs Kansas.Ns
bra'ks act, are imposed upon the future srAtsl