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TUESDAY, MAY 2a.. 1850
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feIohs Lnc 1850 -. :. ox;.t. IN
tfleen Stutes Of The Uuiop, comprises nn i'm.
porsant portion OF ahe'r eon'es's ~ a";.,tas+
the % .sop,iou Of he Constitution, By which il is
Recognized as constitutIng 20 important &C.
~ St..es. and thu no change Of opinion or
feeling on tbs part OF The '.'on ~ sMiaxeholdlpg |
taes ;;a ~ ~ ins,fs .ben o. tIer csea. IN npr or
oor1t dts7ct* khe.to", .oitA riew to its oser:
1afc9 ao1 ~ - an -.
tect and de- ftaa tdeA other, given By The States,
refprct,vey on enerlSs into 1ne coDs.u..ona' d
,xaatf1<t lrtdeA Of faitA and piolation Of tas
ns'tt so'tT"" o1f'g''to"s' :;
Tile South reaches Out 'or 1asofe tesu''s:
hsr pollt'clans anu e'"esnep uo''Se 'uo>e u
ths SoF1''' arc NOT coa'en1 "'tn "fm' Is 'f''ne
o'ate. Aee's'a''oh = e'e'l staoe' auo ti'e q.
tension ahu pefpe'"a!'on q el,'ef5 toe'f oD's
object Our renders arc familiar with tue "a5
oy "n'ca' 'os 1oe po'pose oa p''u1tns 'a'
1asof''o 'os1ftot Oh in A'sseut': .nes plocu'ea
as concession Inc enactfncat ol the A'ssour'
Compromise; and how, when the purposes OF
that legislation were accomplished, it was set
aside AID ecclarcd imperative and rod. The
history Of The pcz.oi is familiar: They COM
meucsd with resolutions ard declarations IN
which the repeal Of the Compromise was not
hinted at, and which tho Democt attic party
was forc=d 10. accept as SO many recosnliions
Of the abstract barren rights Of the, South
Soon they took practical form. The prn:i-
pies which had bscn asseutcd to, became op-
rative, and the North was ferced to submit.
So Of tbs enorr+ity involved in tae Dred Scott
decision. Mr.Calhoun was is author. Through
many allie harapgues aad in many series Of
resolutions the dogma that Congress had no
power over Slavery in the Territories was
maintained. Nobody saw his DRIFT or aim;
and though u few rebel]ed, more submitted,
aud finally all were dragged in; and the Su-
prems Court dictum By which the whole policy
Of the Government in relation to the Terrific
ries and to Slavery. was reversed, became mol
only the doctrine Of the party, but temporari-
1y, the law Of tho land
We point 10 Ills resolution printed at the
head Of this article 4, the oneninc Of a now
chapter in tho history Of the slayery question.
Reaa as such prcnunciameutos usually are, and
It seema ia, mean nothinq hut a oenera1 asser.
tim of tin snnnosed r;ehts Of tbe Smith and
a nlea 1bat their r;chtz ahou.d mt ba disturbed.
Tt .o,e of 3ha se,;aa racent1v aa,n,ad IN ,
D.mocr,,;c Senatorial, ca,,c,,, a;d the o.bar
DIV debated in tie sena.e Chamber ard nassed.
Te look beyond its nresent +dtct and see in
it the bssis Of fu;ura nrtion. y,eged aswa can
now view the earliest EFFORT. 10 ret rid Of the
M;<so,,I; Ci,rnnnonise and IL mt tha nr,d
scott- d,,ona ;,to FIJI, fo,ca and ofact Il Ia.
coma,+he r c,roer.z4one of tha r1a,farn 1v .r,b;ch
tha d;scpss:on or the ar;,ot:o, in anr war NJ
the s1averv o,est;on in the Fnee s,ates w;lthe
male punishable caspce. Mid itpoipts out
or hints at no pt tual,ies now: but he who ac-
cent. its affirm atoms is already committed to
the enactment Of tho pe, al laws as soou as
thew are demanded rha 1fasop;pr hi md
b, will be tbia: "You have assented to these
",acts. Slavery existed at the formation Of the
"Constitu,ion. and as it was not forbidden by
"shat instrument, it was n,anifestfy recognized
.sbv II. henco ,,aves in the ere Of ,he Cons,.-
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