Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-01-06

cess as their crimes have deserved number {
them are still under prosecution
Our history pro yes that the fathers Of the re
public. in advance of all other nations, condemn
ed the Africln slave trade. 1t was, notwithstant
ing deemed expcdient by the trainers of the const
tuition to deprive Congress of the power to prohib
"the migration or importation of such persons a
any of the States now existing shall think prope
to admit" "prior to the year one thousand eigh
hundred and eight"
1t will be seen that this restriction on the pow
er of Congress was confined to such States only n
might think proper to admit the importation o
slaves It did not extend to other States or t.
the trade carried abroad. Accordingly, WI
find that so early rs the 22d March, 1894, Con
gress passed atRgqYs IMPOSING severe penalties ant
| punishments kfls 6itizens and residents of tn,
United States VIII should engage in this trad,
between foreign natio 49, The provisions of th
act were extended ana enforced by the act of 10ti
may, 1900.
! Again. the States themselves had clear righ
to waive the Constitu ional privilege intended fol
their benefit, and to prohibit, by their own laws
this trade at any time they thought proper to pre-
yious to 1903. Several of them exercised thi,
ight previous to that period and among them
some containing the greatest number of slaves
This gave Congress the immediate power to act in
regard to all such States, because they then-
selves had removed the Constitutional barrier. Con.
gress accordingly passed an act on 2Sth Of Feb.
! ar,or, ;,a oart,;n s,ots ,yhera bv tho law.
thoronf tho;- odrriseion ia nrobibitei In this
manner the i'm 1ortatan of African slaves into the
United States was, to q great extent prohibited
some years in advance OF 1905.
As the year 1908 approached, Congress deter
mined not to suffer Il is trade to exist even for q
On ,ha u - u,r1h Iso7 thev nassed a, act IN
tai ofoc, ..rrn,s and aftor tho fret dov of lam,
NV Isns,, nrnh;hj,;,, tbc i'm ,ort,tinn of Afric,,,
slaves into The IInitei states Tbjs was followed
bsoc,,,n, ,cts nr similar ,b,racter IN which T
I = =, ,,,oo;,II,, rof,r- S,.h nara tho rr;no;
Jesan spct thc nrac,ice nf o,r a1,crs,ors mara
tba an, enrs on i, rs,,ar rd to tho african sIave
ti
I, i;d ,.,,t .,o,,.r to .bo ro.oro5 ratr;ots vho
t,l t,o, iar 70 t,a C,nvan,iap a,,d ,rta,,
,,I i,,,,, ,,o,,hn,s f (, ,,,rass ta,t !, ,,.s,-
ina, t.sa Ia,ys thev had yioI,ted t5e Cnnstitntion
i7; Oh H., bl f,or,aJ ,vitt, ~, ,,,,ob c,ro ,nl 10
Iih.r,ti,' Tba,, s,,,,rn.ad tbot ,o rroh;hi, c,,-
,,rcss ;,ernrass ms from exercisin, n snccifad
. =, , ~, ~, ,I,,,1;,nd Io nocessariry -
y,J tho ribt Ia cx,rcis "a tbis newer after that d
h,J ,rr;,J
II ,,,i ,,ro ma, Tho c,so tbe fr,mors of ,bo C,n
s,it,tinn b,5 ovn,njeI ,,,oh I,har :, voir Uaa
tbcv i'm, ,incd that lnnoress ,sonId nossess no
,,,ycr ~ 6fabibi rho trde either befors or affer
isJs t,cy wnuld not have taken 80 mncb c,re tn
,to,, ,6a St,tcs o,,ai,st tho axare se al hi. na,v
ar h, FIR. that neriod Nav morn tbev wnuId not
E,,o a,t,cfed snrb vat ;mnort,nco ~ th;s nro
lilo, ,o b,ve cxcl,led IL fron, tho noss;hiT;tv
offuture rencpl o. amendment, To- w,ifl, other no :
.i,,s ,f th. Constitution, ,v.re cxnoscd II wanlI
tton b,,e baan ,yb, p,necnss..ry +, orr,,ft an
IN. Grtb orticle of tho CONSERVATION nrescrib;,,
tho ,ro1o of its o,xn Future ,n,,nenj,ncnt tbe
nra,i., utLnt M ,nmenIr,ont which mo-, ha
made nrior 10 the vear Is0s shall in no manner
aFcp' tho nrevi.ion i, the tronsti.ntiop socrri n,
to the states the rght to admit the imporation Of
Afric,n slaves Drcvious to tbot ,ari, Il
According to the adverse construction the cIapsa
itsnlf on which so ,nurb ,ore and discussio, nod
been amulnved nv the mon, ,b.rs of tho convantio,
,EsI,te ,',,it,. fro, tho he,,;n,i,,, a,l III
that has sine. hoen done updcr !, !, more rsur,,
tinn
Il VII and ,visa 10 confr This ,oyver an f,ap
cross h,c,usn had II baen lnf, 10 Tho states ;,s
,,ii.iept exerci.e ,ynnld have bpen ipnossihIe In
thot avcnt any ON. St.tc could bav. etT,ctnotlv
contc,dl far th fra e not on1v for but for
tbc other slave states tbnEgb meyer an mnch
,g,inst thei, will And whvp Rec,usc African
slave. when ono, bronrbt within the limits of
,i, ,no S,ote In accor1a,cn win ;ts laws cannot
nryctiroIlv he eveInd,d from anv other Stnte
,ybrrc 81 tyerv cxists, And even if all tho states
had sonnr,taiv nnssed laws nrohibitinc tho inner
ration nf slaves these laws would have foilad Of
oa,ct sr want Of fnov,I forcn tn contrro tho sIov.
ors and Ia gpnrl the coasts Sucb n fnrcc no state
cap o,,,loy in t;,,o Of reoc. yitbnn, Tho conson,
nf
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