Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-02-01

iher legislation, Had ir hren decided that either
Congress or tho Territorial legislature pnss 'Se-
the power 10 annul ar impair the right Ia pruI er-
~ in slaves, the eyIl would he inIolHrahle, In
the latter event there would lea struggle Tor
majority 0i the members ol the legislature nI
each sarerssiye election aud the slcr"d rights ol
properly held under tho federal constitution
would duIend Tor the time hcing un the result,
The agiiuiiun would thus hr rendered inceSsAut
whilst the Territorial condition rem lined, uud it's
haneiul iEnucnee wuuli keep alive II dangerous
excitement AMONG tie people of the several
States,
Thus has the status Of q Territory, during tie
intermediate periui trogu its first settlement un-
Ill 10 shall ht uuias u Sta'e been irrryuclhv fixed
hy Ihr final decision of the Supreme Court. Fur.
tunute las been this for the prosperity of the
Territories as we'll n. tho tranquility of the
States. Nnw emgran,s lrom the North and
South, tie East und the West, will meet in the
Territories ON Il common plnrinrn having
brought with them that spacirs ak prnpcrty hast
adnpted, In their avn nIsuiun .Sstq rromute thcir
welfare From natural The slavery qurs-
tirn will in eirh case s,,Sf puully settle itsrlf ;
and buli,r. the Territory iy-IT sired f~'aimis-
sion as "A state into the UniM this decision, une
way or the other, will huye slE.,n n in kae con.
rlusiun. Meanwhile, the settl..hrnt o The INV
Territory will prucerti wi,hnnL serious l. rrrup.
tim ana lis nr.,rrcss and rrusuerity will InC hs
audIupIed or retarded by violent lidli rai slru.-
ylrs
When in the proar.s nf events the inhabitants
of any Territory shall have rem ciad the number
r,ouir,d TO form II Stare. the, will then pror,ed,
in n rryulur manner. and i, th. exer,is. of the
ri,,L,, oi unrulur s,yetrignty. "a form ,onsti-
,utinn rrc,nrI,ury Ia ud,nissIon intn the Union.
,I,r ,his h,. h,c., d,na to eurl,v th,. l,r,,u,ye
r ,i \ I.,,'.,,,,,.J NaLr,.L,, ai, ,Lo, ..sh',u Ia
so,o;r.t in,o ,Ln Irr;n, ,,;,h nr ,r,hn,, SI,ynry
~. ,I'tr ,,,s,;,,,,;,n ,,, ,,,,soriI,, -, th, in,
"S ,I.;r ndmiss;,n y" rL;I snmrl ,r;nc;nlc has
Lnnn;iy hrrn rc,,gniz.d in sn,n, c,rm mr. oth,r
hn n nj nns, nn,,oinon, vora nr ho,h hnusss IF
III, last ,on,;rcss
An o,,r,7 m.n,, n, INV command b,vs h,en
.m,,,,v.L and shnlI cnnt;uu, m he rmnI,vrd IN
rxncute tb, laws p,,,;nst th. African sliv. trad,
A,ter +, most ,,r.,ul and riyorous exu,rinnti,n
or nur c,,sts and !, ,bnrnuyh iuy,s,ignti,u of the
.ub;rct wa hnye not be.n nll. To discover that
uny slaves have been imnort.d into the United
Sts,,.s ,x..,,, tb. c,r,,,, he rho Wnndrr.r mum
heriry h.,rc,n 3un ,,nd Jim Th,ss enUi,grd in
,lis Unlawful .nt,rrris, Lnvs h,en riTorously
nrns,.cuird bu, nnt with n, much success us
their crimes have deserved. 4 number of them
mr.. still un,ier nrosecution
Our historv nrnvrs that thc fathers of the Re,
nulI;r in odynn,e of nil other nations. condemn
ed tbe African ,l.v. trad. H. WIS nutwith
s,,nd;no d,.,r. aynodert hy -hn f. NOR, Of the
constitution To DEPRIVE Corotrss or the raner :,
,,,lft ..rL. Ini..,o,,,,,, ur r.trt,tinn of s,,cb
,.r,,,,,,s ,.,yn, ,b. S,.tas ,.,,v cyi,,i,,, shall
triuk proper 20 admit "prur % the year lSOS.
It Will ha seen that this rrstrictlon on the pow
eF of Congress was confined 10 sucn StHtss only
rs might Jhuk proper 60 gdut the imp p,rrltlDn
DT 'rDso.. Il ali no. e>yrnd 10 "the' st"r,'7' ,r
To the trade clrrie,iou ,shroa1. Accordingly We
find that - eary 80 th' 22i March I'jt Con.
gress passed an net imposing soy re penalties ana
yumshmsnrS upon cIu2sus and residents OF tlt
iuierG Sgatcs WAn auluid engage in this trade
between lOrcigp nations fhe provisions ot thls
act were r.t..Igd ..aI enforced by the acV o IVtn
Nav 1900
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