New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-11-24

iAs isss !Ant Slavery, srs If a. o-4as... If mn -
Ac' q Congr-. AR H. i-S ~
Thus Massachusetts, Prestien, in i7es AZ,
the act which Virgins Pr--iaest Jeflersce !, -
perfected. And yet THx TKirvsr, cah ng itseu -
p.bl csp. and eHclu ting AL ii us who are Aw~r..
only because we walk in tie ways 4 the Cops,,.sS
and the iaws of our country, forrets all thee e.
and c!sios exclusively to walk IN the xays OF W.
IL gton and JEFF, rson J!
SO far The Express. Now hear THE rR,sr~
II is demonstrsbly true that the origisnl Orin,,.
for the Government Of the Territorc. Of the I',,,
States, drafted BY Thomas Jefferson add .ssctsa.,
By large msjority Of the Continental Coasrr,, !,
Es4. did prorids for he posl,ire asd sIs.l IL =,
elA'ion # Sar,ry by act Of Cosgrsss fro. ALL a
States TO be formed ont Of the T,rriiori, Of a.
CHatd STATS, rhe'her South or N,'ts If Ns,s. .
Diros's tin,. That proposition was su,t,i,ss 4.
the votes Of Elbridgs Gerry Of Mass, Roger 81.
man OF Conn.,. Jefferson Of Va, williamson ofy
c.. twelve other Members. sir,ees in .y-,.v.
only seren votes in all were cas-. against 4 NJ.
York. then Slave State, unaui mou.ls VOTED A..
so cid all the Members present from 81, oA.,
States; yet the proposition was Loot became "A,
Affirmative vote Of nine States (two..Ainl, Of "A.
Thirteen) was required to carp proposition.
In l7s7, the Ordinance WIS revised sud p...a
expressly prohibiting Slavery in all tie Tsrrs.v q.
United States then possessed. Mr.. Dana's bin da
not, like Mr. Jeaersons, anticipate the acqusisic.
of further Territory, and provide for the govern.
inert of that also. But it said with regard "a
every foot Of territory then belonging to the United
States:
"There shall he neither Slavery mr. ipvc,us,.,,
servtude in the said Territory otherwise than tor ~
punishment of crimes, whereof the parties shsn -
duly convicted
For that proposition al the States voted, Ciss,
gia and South Carolina included. 1t goes as fus
ve ask or wish Congress to 20 low. Aud il w
sanctioned and rceuacted BY toe fr.s Federal Coz
gress-assembIed and actirg under TIE Peden
Constitution--and was approved aud signed ~
Washington. No one denies that.
Well says TIL: Express, Congress pracecda
soon after to admit new Slave States. 50 il did;
but they were States formed from territory eeded
BY Slave Sistes on the eTprfss oo"d'i'os tat sreJ
should not be prohibited tAsnis. Kentuchy ~@
sn integral part OF Virginia just as Maine VA Of
Massachusetts,, and just as much s!svehc'lug
her mother She was never Federal Territory.
Tennessee was cedtd to the Union Dec. y, fo9l
BY North Carolina, on this express condition;
Prorided alirays, That no regulations made, ORA
be made, by Congress, shan tend to eusaciPH
slaves"
So Georgia ceded what are now Alabsms al
Mississippi (April 2, 1927 upon certain eooa
tons, one of them being that the sntis'svery pr
viso aforesaid should not be applied to them. q
course, Congress respected the condition.
The EIpress, therefore, has perverted history b
no purpose. Can We induce it TO try ito hand
the repeated refusals Of Congress to crafty "
Sauatter Soyereigns Of Indians By allowing tas
to hold slaves for limited period