The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-01-28

hands BY further iegislation. Had ID been dec
ded that either Congress Of the Territorial I.sa
slsture possess Tie power 10 annul OF impair III
right 70 property In slaves the evil would Is info
cradle. Inihe latter event, there voaid ~
struggle for majority Of The members Of Ii
Legislature At each successive election, and IN
sacredtights Of property held under The Fedora
| c0nsiltntion would depend for the time beng a.
The resU}t. The agitation would thns s. render
ed incessans while The territorial condition -
maiped, aud its baneful influences would kesl
alye q dangerous excitement among The peopl,
| Of the several States. ri d 53s. - f;;I; q
Thus has The status Of 4 Territory. dny;,g III
period from its first eItiemet mil
litshan become state, bseh irrevocablv tixs,
By the inal decision Of the supreme Cont For.
tunale has this been foF the Of Inc Ter
EIltories, aawellaa the tfafqniTity OF the states
Now, emigFants from the North and Sontb. IN.
East and THE West; viii meet IL the 1etf,tatis,
on common platform, having brought wiiitken
that species Of property best sdapss Ia theIl
own opinion, 70 promote their welfare. FForr
natural causes, the Slavery question will. Ia
each case, soon virtually settle ITSELF; a,d befofe
the Territory is prepared Tor admiss al w 4
State into the Unfon, this decision, ONE sray 81
The others " I'D have been f0regone conclusion,
MeanWh tle, the settlement Of d new Territoty
VIII proceed without sefions interruption. and Il.
progress and prosperity moi te 8,
retarded BY violent political Struggles.
When, In the progressed events, tbe lnbab;.
tants Of any Territory shall have REACHED the
number required TO form State, they5 will tfe,,
proeeed IN regular manner, and In the exercise
Of the rights Of Popular Sovereignty. ID, form n
Constin ion preparatory 10 adm sion into ,l,e
ONION. After this has been dois, 10 employ
The Language of the KInsas and IN 8tifaska All !.
they "shall be received INFO the linton with 81
wllhout Slavery, as their Constitution ma f,re.
scribe at the tins or Their admission. u This
sound principle has happily been recoenz4d IN
some form Or other, BY an almost unanimous
vote q both Houses of the last Congress.
THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. e. Il
Unlawful tneans al nv command have bs.,u
employed, and shall continue 10 be ernpioyed. 10
execute the laws sgafnst the African slave
trade. After amost careful and Tigor5as exam.
inalioni OF our coasts and thorough Invssttea.
lion OF the subject, we have not been able 10 tis-
yerthat any slaves hive heen Imported IEto
tbs United States except the cargo BY the Wan
deIer, numbering between three and four hnnd-s
reds Those engaged IN this unlawful tnlerptis-
lisiica rs.ee "a - fhsis
Oar history proves thatthe Fathers OF The Re.
public; 10 advance OF all otter nations, eendefnn-
ed the Atiiehn slavn-trsdt. IL was, tftwith-
standing, deemed expedieRt by the fraHitfs OF The
prohibit 'sthe migration OF Importation Of such
peEsoIs as any Of the States now existing aHal
think proper TO admit tsprioT 10 the year one
Thousand eight hundred and eight,
. IL will be seen that characterization on the pow.
eT Of Congress was confined 10 such States only
as might think properIo admit the impoFtation
of slaves. Itdid not extend 10 other States OF
to the trade carried on abroad Accordingly,
we find that so early rs the AID 81 March, 1874;
Congress- passed an act Imposing severe penalties
and punishments upon citizens and residents OF
the United States who should ergage in this trade
between foreign nations. The pl DIVISIONS OF TIN
act were extended and enforced by the act Of
10Th May, 1900. =s.2s .<&%. u. ;4s5 shEs7:n.
Agains The States themselves had d clear
right 10 waive the constitutional privilege intend
ed for their benefit, aud to prohibit, by their
own laws. this trade Mt any time they thought
proper previous 10 l803 Several Of them Ex-,
frcised this right before that psdod, and among
them some contafning the G. eatest number or
slaves. This gave 10 Congress the immediate
power to act in regard to ali such taiesI hecauSe
they themselves hid removed the constitutional
barrier. Congress accordingly PASSED an act on
tile 2Sth February 1868. "lo prevent the imp0r-
tation Of ceftain persons into esriatu Sf,ites
where, BY the laws thereof their ssdHdssi6n Is
pIohfbited.n In this manneE .ths impotatien- Of
African slaves info the Uafted States was, 10 a
great extent. prohibited some years IN advance
Of 1868. ~ 81. i. = 5s-:I:% -.ee FL j., &
As The year 1908 approached, Congress deter
mined not 10 suffer this trade 10 exist even for
single day after they had the power To- abolish
it, OHstheS2d OF March, 1907 they passed an
act 10 take effect 81 ON and after tte Isfdsy Of
January, 1908, = prohibiting the Importation Of
African slaves into The United States. This war
followed by subsequent acts Of d similar cha &C:
ter, 70 which need not specially refer. Suci