Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-09-19

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proved BY the President on the ist day Z
March. l845, has provided that |. sue
States as may be formed out Of that Dor
ton ofsaid Territory Texas ] living soutl
LOT thirth-six degrees thirty minutes mort
latitude. commonly known as the Missouri
compromise line, shall Be admitted int,
the Union with or without slavery, assth,
people Of each State asking for admission
may desire. And such State or States Il
shall be formed out Of said Territory
North Of said Missouri compromise line
slavery Or involuntary servitnde, (exeep
for crime, } shall be prohibited. -
And Congress, BY the 18th section j
the act creating the Territorial govern
|ernment for Oregon, extended tie ordi.
rance Of 1887 over that vast Territory,
and thereby prohibited the people d
the South from immigrating with theii
property to thatrich and healthy country,
This act. of Congress was approved by
President Polk, August 18th. l848, Be!
cause the whole Of Oregon was North 81
the Missouri compromise line.
y This compromise made no provision
for special protection Of slavery in the
Territories lying South Of the line Of thir-
ty-six degrees thirty minutes north lat
itude, but the people living therein were
only left perfectly free to follow their own
incHnations on the subject. and were to
come into the Union with or without sla-
very. as the people Of the Territory de-
string admission IS State, might, At such
time, determine.
When vast Territories had been Co.
quired by treaty from the Republic 81
Mexico the people Of the South expected
the Missouri compromise line to BE- run
through to the Pacific Ocean, but such
an act. Congress, seeing that the AGRA Of
slave Territory would be extended, REL
fused-in fact. 4 strong party 10 the free
States took the position that no more slave
States should ever be admitted into the,
Union. Bitter, indeed, was the sectional
strife which followed. The Union was
only saved by the timely compromise Of
1850, which conceded the principle that
when 4 Territory is admitted as q State,
it shall be received into the Union with
81 without slavery, as its constitution may
prescribe at the time Of such admission,
until which time, its local Legislative pow
sr. shall extend To all Yrightful subjects Of
consistent with the constitu-
lion Of the United States, and the provis-
ions Of the act creating such Territorial
goyernnent-and that in all cases involyt
ng the title to slaves. writs Of error oE
appeals shall be allowed and decided by
he Supreme Court Of the United States,
without regard to the value of the matter,
property or title in controversy. And
his compromise was fully accepted and
made part, Of the Democratic platform
,y its national convention in the year Of
1859, and acting in good faith thereto,
he Democracy, in pursuance ofits prin-
;ipfes, in the year 5of 1854, established
Territorial governments for Kansas and
Nebraska. And the compromise Of 1890.
icing Inconsistent with the principle Of
lon-intervention By Congress with sla-
yery in the States and Territories, as re-
,ognized BY the Legislation Of 1850. the
anne was by the Kansas Nebraska sct.I
declared imperative and void, it being
he true intent and meaning Of that act
lot TO legislate slavery into any Terrific
y or State, nor TO exclude il therefrom.
nut to leave the people thereof perfectly,
rec to form and regulate their domestic
nstitutionin their own way, subject only
3 the constitution Of The United States,
,Eevided, that nothing therein contained
hall Be construed IA. revive or put in
orce any law or reg lation which may
ave existed prior to The act of March 9th,
500. either projecting. establishing, pro-
libiting Or abolishing slavery.
And the Democracy in their national
Invention at Cincinnati in the year Of
856. reAafirmsd the doctrine Of nom
In these words /.
Z. The American Democracy recognize
nd adopt the principles contained in the |
rganic law establishing the Territories
{ Kansas and Nebraska as ambodying the |
My sound and safe solution Of the sla- |
cry question upon which the great ma
onal idea Of the people Of this whole |
ountry can repose 10 its determined con-
erYatism Of the Union. Non-interven-
on by Congress with slavery in State
nd Territory. or in the District Of Co
lmbia.' 2
Il. That this was the basis Of the com-
romises Of Is 0-confrnled BY both the