The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-06-05

orig,n-l r.rst ..su, ... ..... .. ..
corded that thu "tuirs- 20, ..s.. ....
while engaged on thar .n-ru ut, 81, &C.,
any opiaion on tie pr,ci,D qre-tI'o.
In 1880, by the ir>r ong' "h.cl 'at
uud r The cons mutton, ou a. "aS passed. I"
enforce ,hr orilni zee # 81 iucluA'g thr
prohibition Of slavery in tn nrth-w rr
territory. Tn" bill for this ne, was ? co.,
by one Of the "tbirJy-nin - Thom. ?
simmons then a. member ct IT, 'u.
Representative from Penn-lk ~. ,.-ul
through all It's stages wrhot' e.i Z ~
position, and fnaIl, passed I"tr l.. IA :
without ayes or nays, whcl Z r'
a unanimous las.Hgr. IT, 'hl- { It "
we're sixteen Of tie "thity uu'" f'rur,,'w.o
framed tie original constitution. They "crr
wm.S Jonson, jaime, Mad son. William Patterson
R95St @ Morris, Nicholas Gilman Go,i George Read;
Rufus King. TLos III i,z,immons George Clyner,
Richard Bassett.
Thi, shows that, in their understanding, no
line dividing local from federal authority, nor
anything in the constitution, properly forbade
Congress to prohibit slavery in the federal
territory; else both their fidelity to corr ct
principle, and their oath TO support the con
stitutlsn, would have constrained them to OPP
pose the prohibition.
OPINION OF GEORGE wAsHINGToS.
Again, George Washington, anote er of
the "thir,y-nine," was then President Of the
United States, and, IA such, approved aud
and signed the bill, thus completing its valid
ity as q Law, and thus showing tat, in his
undersan ling, no line dividing local from
fedora authority, nor Anything in the Con-
stitutiun, forbade the Federal Government to
control as to slavery in Federal Teuitory.-
Loud applau-e.l No great while after the
adoption Of the ori gnal Constitution, North
Carolina cedod to the Federal Government
the country row constituting the State Of
Tennessee; and, few years later Georgia
ceded that which now constitutes the States of
Mississippi aud Alabama. In both deeds If
session, 1t was made cardilion by The ceiling
States ;Ha; ,ha Foio,. Government should
not prohibit slavery in the cedrd country
Undei these circumstances, Congress, on Ia.
king charg" of these countries. did not abso
lutely pfohihii slavery within them.
CONGRESS DID INTERFERE.
But they did interfere with it--toko con
troll uf It--even thorc To- Il c'rtaIn extent
', 1-os Corn,ss. o,e,,riz.5 H., Te,,,to,v &C
Mi.s,.,,,; +, ,ho ~, ,,f ,,o,oiq,,;,n ,boy
nr,I,;h;inJ ,La br;,,,',,, e S1,,r. ;rio Mo-
,s,,;tY,r from ,,,' ,,Iac- hon, h, / .,l
ST. ~. g., -, - Fl, -, 49,.
q hr'r-,h, Th,. 49,. .a...l :. - I,mc,..s
,r C,ng n.. wi,h.n, y.,.a ami nag T., tn,
C,ncr $ thcr, wp,e throo of tn "t' irv-uu."
who trar"d the original cons ."
were John Lang l'", 'renige 4 20. r..
ham Baldwin Thy ali, p...
FIR II. G 'tainy they VT &C.
then "p ">i Iona - " up.'. : u ar
understanding aav ~ ~ al "l"ra'
authority, or auytnus h. Constitution
properly irrbsIc .nr Z % "a Hvrrum ut o
control n - SLAYER! Ia F.d"ra Territory -
,APp'an>"
Ia 1903, tn Fedora Governmsn' ~
cl the Louisiana couotry Oar for
tors acquisitions came from c"''u.
o"n States, hut thl- Louisiana ""'r
acquired tro.a 'pr'G urt"
Congress gave Frr'u
'hat part Of !, winch I'D"
Sta'e Of Louis IN. N,w -
wllhjn rha, pat, W. a. u en. .1'r . tie
ly large city. Tn were III r".o> ''i'"
towns and settle enI>, aut slavery vas *
'enslvely and thoroughly Int"rmngled with
ths people Congress did hot IN the terrific
rial act, prohibit slavery: but they did IN
terfere with it-take control OF it-iu more
marked and extensive way than they did in
the case OF Mississippi
THE LOUISIANA pRoviso.
The sph taucs Of ,be n,oyiso tbs,ein ,,ado
in rsIa,;or ,o sjoyos was! ''''
Fir.t--That NO slsvc shouId bo ;mro,,od
in,o ,he lerrj,orv from forpign nar,s
SacopI--Tba, no .loya shnrlI ho o,rr;ol
;,ln i who hoI hoo, ;nnor,eJ into ,ba c,a,os
since the first Of Nav 1898
Tbird. -Tba, no slave .bon,3 bs co,,iod IN.
70 II crcent bv tho owne, and for his owr
nae as a s.,tler: ,be roual,v in .l, tho ., sos
heins fine upon IN. vjolat1r of the law and
tho tresdom Of the slave. Ipr,lo,oad cbaer.
lhls act also was passed without yeas or
wsr, two of IN otbir,v me" Tboy ws,o
Abraham Baldwin and Jonathan Dayior
a. s,.,ed in the case &c Ni..iss;nni i i n,o.
habJ, ,bny bolt voted for j, Tho wdrl1
no, havo ailow,d il To mas. without ,ccoyl,,o