New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-28

Territory covered 81 TIE Mhsou!' oonp. uI-'g
rug eventually bsccIre free States. Minresota acd
Oregon are FREE Sta'ee already. Washington ard Ne
bfssss are equsl Ger an 70 become co. Were teen
10 re cont Of DEL ser 10 he toaId Is n Iten OF
Nev.ke1ico7 WHO cs1 serlCnsy believe Il
possible to csrry Slavery into those remote AM inac-
cesslbIs resi Il /. IS represented that tleTe Is
sp.ck CT trou5'e IL Mexico, and trat rs
Legislature have passed law !egshziug SsveTy.
tie Ierri-triaI Legislature Is lncAted 10 p.sy
fsttsstc trcks il1-trstiie tie docrrte Of sqrsttef
soyeIeisniy. Bot al TIE sgislet've poTer on oartn
would prove Insufficient 10 establish slavery II
Ne1.Mt1ico. Th.7s is bur SINAI! par. o. ttL' vist
and 6asolsrA regOn which bfor sust-naroe for MAG
nv heat Wt04veT hesTG of STAKEHOLDER VINO Ir.
terdsor cesIes 70 remove Lis slaves into NeEMezco,
ard what Hould he do wltn .fem tat,e IheJ TiCld
not be worth the cost n! tbel GaI sportanon thi'er
Ircest the sOlnCest stste m ~ ire S9at1rI Ss'es,
n all us--s ros confess test there u 70 space IN OCr
vacant Territories WHERE i cen be msde pr0ttabe 0!
desirable to Introduce Slavery. When i1ey gaze up
tie contest is j, wise for Is 70 allie ourselves El'h
needless sisrns ard insist on s1tfering imaginary
woes In point Of fact. 20 "a as We can aogs from
recent eIoeiience the o.snOT G., tae South, favor
OF extending Slavery, would SCENT have bsen chiefly
cOntneo 70 sgl'6t = sad pohticisos who have
slave, q then owe. This is made spparen, b, the
hi.tory Of Kansas They passed 'gus Avs, egs.iLsg
Saver there The prtss ard the party leaders made
the aekn rpg with appeals 10 tte Shareholders % IN
wade Kansas and make Il Southern State. Toe
Fsoers Executive favored their mschir stions. BIZ.
quietly a, home W't all the coGvu sive efforts th.t
= ere made hes .Lan 30 slaves were .moved across
the Missouri lire but tePt 90 resr The border ttat
they coud be broHgtt back 90 very short notice The
~ frpt 10 make Ia sIsas Slave 81 ste was IN cOutc.
With Iatufal laws too powerutO be counterscted by
the Efforts Of any political combination
1t ell strike our readers, We doubt not, that
tbev have heard tbs sort of talk several times be-
fore, but We think never under circumstances
which 70 fatty eDphaticaily exposed its fdtilty.
When Gov. Seesrd, more toan year ago, was
somehow imptllei 70 assert in the Senate that the
contest respecting Slavery Extension was over
that Slsysry had Tescted tue end Of It's tetLeI-.hat
1t could never make another conquest or scIusi-
t;op-@e dliseDttd quite as pointedly and positive
Is as we do TOW to Gov. Hurts dctun. Bat toen
il was possible to tske that hopeful and balmy view
Of the matter: now how is il , Here is New
Mexico-a country larger than France, with
scarcely buusn lnhabtant 70 the square mile
which bss Just, by the uDanimOus act Of It's Legs
loture passed &" Al Act 10 provide for the Protec'
"tlon Of Property in Slaves" which more thorough
" legslzes and establishes Slavery within her vast
tOurds than il was legally established in any part
OF our country during TIE first century Of lis exist
ence here. IL makes the act Of aiding a slave TO
escape from Die master felony and Furnishes It by
Il fiue Of $500 10 $1,000, and BY imprisonment o.
from four to ten sears. 1t makes bdyl0g Of or
selhDg 10 slave, or meeting him to disobey
and resist the authority OF his master,
a crlne 70 be punished with fee aud imgri.ol
ueut; authorizes any person TO apprehend Any
slave who nay have escaped from bis master, and
to use whatever force msy b. necessary for that
purpn,e, and To clam Of said master q reward Of
hot lees than SO Tor ,ucA service; It Furnishes any
sheriff ato shall refuse to receive imprlson and
safely keep such runaway slave. making him pay
$500 and the value Of the slave or slaves thus al
lowed to escape; directs the sheriff 10 advertise
any runaway 60 lodged with him for SIX months;
ard, if no owner snail thereby be scared up lie
shall advertise tue chAttel again and shall there
upon (" at the door Of biz al or oil the cOurthouse
Of said county proceed to seH the sad Stare for
whom no master can any how b. found TO Tie
highest bidoe, foy cash, and to give 'aid buyer
bill Of sale which shall be sc good aud intefeaslbe
"title' to tie pegro "against al persons what
"eyeI"-the procteds, after deductiDg costs, 10
be paid into Tie Territorial treasury. (If there
we're no slaves already 10 New Mexico, and none
should be brought in, they could hardly fail to ne
manufactured under such internal legislation as
tbs, and ssc. % provides that :" The emancipation
"of slaves within this Territory is tot.lIy prohib
lifted. } If Slavery exists any where on earth, it
exists throughou; Nv. Mexico under aud by viz
tue OF tie provisions Of this act, provided we admit
the right Of the Territorial Leg stature TO pas, it;
aid tie fact HAT there as yet very few slaves
there renders this set only the more wantOnly, dis
boncslIy wicked.
Gov. Hunt, indeed, tells rs that no stakeholder
will ever tske his slaves into New.Ne1ico. We
refute his prophecy by tact-saees har. been
carried 10 New-Mex.co by Federal fuuctionaries,
Federal Army off :era, Federal contractors and
suffers, have been held there, are held there row.
ard VII, Of course, be It'll more abundantly taken
tbther, and held there under the protection and
invitation embedded in this law. And il will be
fourc profitable business TO bold slaves in New
Mexico, if only ss breedlng-siock for the plains
aud ,wsmps OF tropical Louisiana and Texas. 1t
Is this lucrative business OF slaye.breeding which
keeps Slavery vital and powerful to-day in MARY
land Virginia and North Carohna; and New
Ne1'co is tsh and healthy, and is destined TO
'deyeop OF her soutt western border great Mining
Interest, IL which her stock Of .aSes wil be mort
convenient and acceptable. Unless Slavery shall
be oislodged from her soil before she ssal
be admitted asa State, We spprehsnd toat it Will
survive 10 NeN Mexico It's downfall IN Virginia.
Bot via, We or Cor. Hunt msy expect or sppre-