New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-07


lion Of slavehodiDs. IL speech Of bis delivered
lately. at Camden in tbs, State be has taken our
national history in hand, sfttiag form new YER
son Of t. according u which the existence aud
continuance thus fsr Of ,he Union il all owiog 70
the ussrsIimity, munifeence generosity, and
ssorices Of tie sisyet)lttrs.
TIE Union he tells IL, WAS fret endangered,
while the Revolutionary War VS., sill pending, BY
the dispute which arose as TO the back lanfs,
50 called. Ttis Unsettled Western territory Wa
rlaiued IS within tie chartered limits of some Of
the Sstes while the others insisted inst 1t should
be surrendered 10 the Union ss common property
che proceeds Of the sale Of the ,nfs u De spPued
to the ioint benefit: Our South Carollu. Senator
and historian represents Virgins, with GeOrgi,
and the two Carol.nss, as holding the position OF
principal proprietary States, AID SIS having out oil
stthct ment 10 the Union, which they thus saved
10 its Infancy, sppe.ssd toe Jealousy AID quoted
the distrscting clamor of the others by
freely surrenderiDg up their uDdOuo'et property
for tie COMMON benefit. In this narrative,
be is careful, however, 10 forge. Tat the
only State which really stood out upon this
question VI lDc Dath i"IOti UcNi1ihLk W 81 g &c
Articles Of Confederation till some Concession Was
made was the sl,7etodipg S:ste Of Maryland,
and further, that the proprietary S:ate which led
the way in proposing the surrerdeT 70 the Union OF
these lands and which finally brought II about n
satisfactory shspe, was not the State OF Nr9nl.,
but The State of New York The claim Of New
covered the whole territory north west Of the Ono;
Z. ~ cd Irhf
quite ss well founded as thst of Virginia Nor was
Virginia, or any Southern susie, the fret to follow
the example thus set. That State was Connect
cut which claimed under its charter - aud tns
claim was quite IS valid ss sny Of toe Others-a
western extension dc far SIS the Mississippi. III 10
true, al Mr Chesnut mentions, when be allu1e'
slishtioely to this cessi0D, thst Connecticut eI.
copied out Of it the tract ETH known IS the Con
"nec,cut Reserve, Of which SIZE retained her inter
est in the SOIL though che subsequently, rein4al'heo
the Jurisdiction. Bat the exception thus mAce by
Connecticut was smsll in couipsrison With that
annexed to the Virginia cessiOn, Virgins having
reserved to herself not only the entire territory,
both sell aud jurisdiction, now constituting 'he
State Of Kentucky, but also very large tracts north
of the Ono to satisfy her militsr, Land Tsrranss
Nor wa. even this ces.ion made b, Virginia, except
under sor. Of compulsion exercised upon her both
external and internal TIE external cOmpul'i)n
consisted 10 tie invasion Of tba. State by an e1pe
dition led By Arnold. The Assembly Of Viz
gina, deaf formerly TO al arguments hndi1g Tue
war ttus br0ue to their own doors and IN the nope
that the accession of Mary land 10 the Articles OF
Moderation, in default Of whose signature they
reu aimed imperative. Nigh. inspire some energy
into union, Of whose aid they now stood person
al, in need Just be ore they fed from Richmond on
tie approach Of Arnold, passed vote
10 cede to the Union portion of their western
claims But THE session was c'ogged with con-
ditons which the Continental Congress was not
willing to accept, and Virginia was compelled st
last TO put her cession into satisfactory shape
only by the report OF Committee Of Congress up
holding tie title Of New-York as agans. all claim
ants. followed by formal acceptance By Con
gress # s deed Of conveyance from New-lorh, tnus
Indicating the determination OF that body, II the
other claimant States did not make virtue OF
necessity to assume authority over the North West
Territory on the strength of tie New-lork cession
alone This decided measure hai the desired
effect, ard finally By the JOINT sctlon OF New
York, Connecticut, Virginia, and Massachusetts,
AID not as Mr. Chestnut pretends by the gilt
Virginia alone, did the Northwestern Territory
become tie property of the Union.
As to the cession By South Carolina 10 l7o7,
which Mr. Chestnut psrsdes IS great piece OF gen.
erosity that &c ssion included nothing but narrow
strip Ct land, some twelve miles WIDE on the top OF
a rid ge of mountains extending from the western
point Of South Carolina 10 the eastern boundary OF
Tennessee The cession By North Carolina OF
what Low constitutes the State of Tennessee was
not made TIL North Carolina bad found /; too
troublesome to govern the Inhabitants, who had
revoed against her aud Sc. up the State OF Frank
lard.
The cesson by Georgia wss ALEC delayed TIL thai
State had sold large proportion of lands private
Companies, whose claims the United States was
aterwsId obliged to satisfy, beside paying round
sum of money TO Georgia, ard assuming What
sfterward proved to be tae very heavy burden OF
Ell lin gushing the title Of the Creeks end Cherokees
70 the lands within tie boundaTi,s which Georgia
reserved for herself. And yet, according to Mr..
Ctesuut's new readings of our American history
the Union was only saved from persning 10 Us
infancy by .ayeholiiOg magnanimity in the matter
Of Western cessiOns.
The learned Senator is Just about as accurate 10
tie account which be undertakes TO give OF the
proceedings on occasion Of the Missouri Compro-
mise. After referring to the simultaneous spPlcs
ton of Maine AID Missouri for admission inio the