New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-26


commob mer. they knew thai IN every Instrument IN
the world, used words eppr0pn.te 10 tbe seuss
intended 20 be conveyed, ard the, they uiu7.
those words appropriate TO the sehse
they would convey. II YOU ~sre writing aoou, hSc,
tine ana u1derstOOi xhst fracture wa, you T0ui
ufe the sords Of the books treating Oh fractures out
81 uulearb- man. by the sane words, might neaa 4
very different thing. These men were lot only Nse
men thew were lssrnet men. The man VINO
reduced that Constitution into words, was PROOFS
Div oie Of the most leaned men that ever hvei un'er
this Governmental refer 10 Gouvereur Morls, then Oh
Nes-York a very distIngulsbtd Dan. Ihey gave u
10 committee OF when be wss chsrn4n, 70 pa. IN
the ,igrt Er ghsh words aud you viii observe, there
not half a. mnc1 " blfalutn IN II s. you nave heari
fom ire since stood here. ,ughier.l e'ou'sfI eur
Morrs knew tn; SD William Blackstone hsl Hh',gn
tour volumes OF commentaries on lay IN England. lie
knew inst al the lawyers that would expect 70 use ths
instrument Law, would expect 20 zee IN II tho-e
go,ds co mn on 10 la T. md he would look to see Whist
Black store meant by rnle when spoken OF 10 refer;
.nce 10 the legisla ure. Congress was the hatonai
legislature SI William Bia ,kstone asks tue qles'
the question What IL Jaw and says II 10 rue OF &C.
ton pie.cribed by the superior power OF the state,
ccuranding thst which is good and prohibiting that
which IL evil Law is only a" rule, presented by the
leps alive power. When they sad then thai Congress
should have pos to make a. neediul rules, they
sdd.I repul.iions" which is bat synonym for
s-for the Latin WORD rcgpid Interpreted 20 %
rule. VIVA, did they mean BY that word when tney
cuue 10 act upon i, That is the question would
mound TO my friends the river. I'm: qles
hon oflag about which % side they hold one opn'
i'm Al on this side entertain snO'her. appeal from
any pu, upon 1t 10 the sitter Gays OF me
Cburcb, End go back - the Apostles and see what
teey mean. Ii can find that GU, no man shsh come
in the wsy of u following them II
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
They say now that Congress ma. no power 70 make
laws for the Territories That IL Mr. Douglas liea
beleve-not that understand Il so-out unoerstand
some Douglas Democrats think il is. j have been
irving to ind out from my felow-czens OF the Dem
ocratc creed what they mean by "Squstter Sover-
eigutv" Now. in the year lsO3, yon Know We nc
nHrec the Territory Of louisiana from France AT that
me slavery eas u il a. one of the domestic lnsitu-
tiors saw they had right by the terms OF the
treaty under which ecqufed 1t to come mo
.ha Union with Slavery, for Napoleon the FIRST
Consul would not sign the rssty unless that was IN u,
slavery berg in Louisiana Congress thought by tue
terms Of the treaty, that they had no fSh TO eApe
The treaty the supreme Law of the lsno tue Rum
TO the ration required that they sbou come H. bal 10
the meantime they were Territory. Now you VIII
observe HAT by the Constitution, the slave TRACE wae
allowed to go for tseny years, within State ont
in 1904 getting hold of this Territory peculiarly inter-
eted in the import son OF negroes congress, 1enes
ing slavery ought not TO be extended, pssse1 law
bitiI the importation of slaves into the Ierrto-
! ~ of Louisiana Many men were IN Congress that
| Year that helped TO make the Constitution. WnN
thew understood by Congress making rules and regua-
tons for the Terr-ory vas that C9pges should ake
laws They understood that, aud prachced upon 1t,
ard prohibited Lomsiaoa from Importing slaves. they
| did not say to the Territory OF Loul'isns, you nave
SquaueI Sovereignty, do as you please, did they
! Such thing never wes thought of. There was not
even den agogue wild enough 10 utter such tmns.
The old that made the Constitution were there,
aud they knew they were present to confront them
| They acted Law, saying that any man Tno took
negro il to that Territory fof sale, should pay ine OF
three hundred dollars which then about the value
of a negro They did hot do thaS III SIate-they did
not pretend to doit but they had omnipoten power
over the Territories if they were in legislative ca
! paciy making laws for State III the State.
MONROE AND HIS TINES.
That they did in $685.. They ha1 also so ne little
experience at later date. This came territory OF
Louisiana forms State and calls 1t Missouri. Their
Southern line was described by saying it should BE- on
80 deg 80 uin-that it the Southern line OF the
State Of Missouri part Of this Louisiana purchase
This was about the year $50. You know who Vas
then President. 1t was during one of those hacyon
periods Of our country which all Of us so much love
TO refer: We bad gone through the second war with
Great Britain ana although not always 9qmphaRt we
that she should not impress our seaDen and compei
them to serve in her navy. We made peace upon
honorable terms at last. Mr.. Madison had retired
from the Presidential Chair and it filed by Mr..
Monroe Missouri was told by the vote OF Congress
that she must take her constitution back ana eXpunge
from it The article concerning slavery. The country
WAS then IN state of great citation. IL was then held
that Congress might or mig ht not admit State as she
pleased know she has power TO declare war against
the whole human race, tomorrow know che has the
power to refuse any Sate-she might have refused al
mission to Ohio 1893 but the question Is whether II
ia her cu,y or right to do say State has right
when she forms constitution for her internal govern
ment to make il after her own wishes. That s not
matter Of much account now, because the question
will never arise.
SOMETHING FOR A KENTUCKIAN.
want now TO have little free conversation with my
brother from Kentucky, after awhile, for believe al
ter all, although he has been advocating one doc
trine eide of the river, while am advocating
another here that when come 70 have class meet
ing two that shall so convince him of the apostolic
Interpretation of this thing that he will be brought to
sense Of his own unworthiness. Laughter
JOHN @. ADAMS on TREATIES.
In 1921, therefore, Missouri came back and said, we
Will lot expunge that article, and we demaUd sdmis
zion upon cur CONSTITUTIONS because it was in the treaty
that we should be admitted upon equality with the
other States of the UaoR and the Constitution says
that treaty shall be the supreme law of the land.
can show you that old John Quincy Adams held to the
truth Of this. suppose that my friends who are very
much given to Free soism-who are strong Abolition.
ists-will not deny that old Mr.. Adams was "some
pumpkins in bis way, that he even backed Slavery;
he had gone through terrible conflict about the right
of petition and if angry opposition could have moved
the understanding Of that old man, he might have
changed many opinion upon that subject but when
Ark came to be admitted that very man. sitting
by the side Of me- up at O'Clock in the morning
quoted the treaty, and offered resolution in about
these worcs
Union do intend say that approve OF Slavery"
The resolution, OF course, was voted down. lie then
sad must vote for Arkansas TO into the Union
with her Slavery. Why! Because my couutrys
honor is concerned in the matter. The treaty gives
them the right to come in with or without Slavery
and he voted for the admission of Arkansas as did
as the Quakers say in their discipline, 81 did it by
confinement although don approve of Slavery
in any country where a white man can live. II don't
Say thst approve of it any way, and may give my
reasons by and BY
ADVICE GRATIS.
We must understand this subject. All of you have
to act upon it at times Legal questions require pro-