Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-03-19

We may Say, toAS WnAeev0 Territorial Le8tolhsmes
may do or omit to do with reference TO slavery that
institution depends for ID spread more upon soil
and climate than upon local legislstion; and this
fact being conceded, We can perceive more clearly
the importance Of tho great principle which via.
Dictated and established in the Nebraska ct
to wit the repeal of the Missouri restriction, which
placed the South the same ground with the North
under the Constitution, opened all the Territories
to her people, and provided that in future no State
should be refused admission into the Union because
of Constitution recognizing slavery.
The Clayton compromise, heretofore referred to,
and which had the sanction Of Mr.. Calhoun, provi.
ded for referring all questions of slavery in the Ter.
ritories to the Supreme Court for decision but Il
also provided that the Territorial Legislatures should
have no power either to establish prohibit slave
~. This is the true ground. There is no such |
provision in the Kansas Nebraska act Under that
act the people are "perfey free to form and rsgu.
late their domestic institutions in their own way
subject only to the Constitution ofthe United States"
To regulate" and not only to regulate" but to
"torm." And this, be it remembered, is intended
to embrace their Territorial condition, Is well ~ the
period when they will assemble in Convention to
form State Constitution.
We hold that the people of the South have as
good right to emigrate to the Territories with their
property rs the Northern people have with theirs;
and that after they get there they entitled I'M
der the Constitution to hold their slaves and enjoy
the benefit Of their labor until the people assemble
in Convention to frame . State Constitution. We
hold that no power less than sovereign can prevent
them from enjoying this right; but, IL the people
in Convention decide that slavery shall not exist in
the Territory, the STAKEHOLDER is bound by the de-
cision, and must remove his slaves Territorial
governments are created BY, and exist At the will Of
Congress; and as Congress cannot constitutionaly,
by unfriendly legislation or otherwise exclude slave
~ from the Territories, SO the people Of the Terri
tories cannot while in Territorial condition But
suppose they attempt il, what then. The question
Of their right to do SO is tried, and the Supreme
Court declares their action unconstitutional and
void. But suppose they refuse to take any action
to protect the slave the master, what then: Sup
pose they refuse even to regulate the institution
as Gen. Cass declared they have the right and only
the right to do-what is the remedy what is the
STAKEHOLDER to do: New Mexico, for example. q
considerable portion Of which lies north Of the Mis-
souri, lnc has just passed act to protect slavery.
anordlng remedies to the master Tor injury to his
properly ana rcdress 10 the slave Il" '"numan treat
"en1-'ne OBJECT OIL inc ACT oe'hs 10 give s'ao'i''y
and value to the institution in that Territory; but
Kansas refuses to pass any such aw. What 10 the
remedy? Must Congress intervene and pass such
an act: Looking above and beyond the Kansas
Nebraska act, as We have right to do-for Con-
gress may repeal that act-can Congress constitu-
tionaly pass law for Kansas for example, similar
to that enacted oy New Mex'co' The Constitution
gives TO the savehoder the ght 70 carry nus slaves
to Kansas, and the Supreme Court expoundlng inc
Constitution decides that he may hold and enjoy
them after he gets there but his rights under the
Constitution and under the decision Of the Court
are practically nullified by the non-action Of the
Territory. There seems to be no remedy short c is-
terrention BY Congress and interre"fioH re may
not hope for. Butfappled. would It be an available
remedy! Could Congress force upon people
the institution Of slavery against their will! And
would not demand for this remedy by Congress-
and its discussion in that body, tend to inamc more
than the North against the South and the South
against the North. Mcssrs. Davis, Brown, Green,
and other Southern Senators declare they must have
Intervention, or in other words, protection" BY Con-
| gress for Stare property IN the 7errifories; and
Messrs. Douglas, Pugh, and other Northern Scna-
tors declare they will never vote this protection
The Northern Democratic press, with almost one
voice. insists that the slavery question shall not h
reopened solcmnly announcing that II it is, and i
they are required to advocate protection BY Con
gess to slave property in the Territories they cannot
sustain themselves and that State after State in the
region will go over to the abolition side.
The Kansas. Nebraska act expressly provides tina
these Territories, "when admitted ~ State o.
States, shall be received into the Union with o.
without slavery, as their Constitutions may prc<crib
at the time of their admission" II the Territorial
Legislatures are permitted meanwhile, however. t