The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-09

gard to the existence of - very IN the States; but tat
pubic domain wing outside M the States? IL must De ar
'argec in some ~ay He ia. oSht We ought to draS
come lessons OF advantage froA our own experience
hnd The history or our country HOW uid our fathers
manage, who established this govct nmenU Nothing cau
be more clear than this they looked TIC institution
sitting the time the convention was hold to form the
constitution, ana In providing a goveh ment Tor the
territory lying outside the States they @eciared 'na'
Leiber slavery nor Involuntary se.'Vilude, OK
cept AZ punishment for crimes, should there "a
let That provision was handed over to the
look upon the subject Of slavery a. moro matter local
interest They thought slavery could be u1ited,s and
ire ss o
aholshiog the tsve trade at = certain period Mr. Cola
uer quoted the remark Of Mr. Hunter this session, who
slavery do out Of ITSELF but yet those who adopt
cd those measures we're not aboltionists Now he de-
by the trainers OF the CONSTITUTION He savocatod no new
policy The leading feature OF the doctrine advooaed by
the republicans was substantially the same ~ tina, OF tho
fathers Of the republic THIS OF the great
leading purposes for which the constitution was
formed; but We have now wandered % far from
policy rs now branded as . dangerous heresy,
threatening tho very existence OF tho Union itself We
have since acquired more territory from France aud
Spain How was this question managed In the louisiana
purchase? He quoted from his minority report on the
Kansas bill in March, 1855, In which this topic had been
considered is true that Congress did NOT always pro
hibt slavery In The Territories for OF DO wer 10
do 20, but because they did not doom expedienk The
rule they adopted ths: where slavery airesdy cx
sted cossderable extent Congress allowed 70 70.
main, bot whore slavery did not II Yves prohibited
30 that things might 60 on as they previously This
Carolina coded territory the United States Congress
was expressly precluded from aboishing slavery there
robon CDsss did exclude ssvsry suSc
u expected tho prohibition 10 be made BY the State.
Congress provided that slaves should be taken
LOUISIANA purchase who had been brought into the
country since 1898. The power TO regulate implies q
power to prohibit Congress regulated slavery In the
Territories, and could have prohibited entirely 10 all
cases if they bad deemed expen.eut Subsequently,
the question arose In regard to the subject Of and
freedom in the vast Territory OF Missouri Il could not
be slave Territory and free Territory at the tme
and therefore they divided il, as Abraham and Lot
did in former rges one section being forever devoted
slavery. That line has been obllterated and the
proposition simply is to restore it, and thereby do
been obuteaed but he had heard it with asoushnent
declared that the establishment Of the line was an in
etance Of Northern aggression. When 1t agreed to-
II Was done with the concurrence of the South Bat IN
course Of time they wanted Texas perpeuate slavery
There was no oirguse about H. 1t not necessary to
go into particulars respecting the compromise measures
slavery 30 that there should DO further contention
about It; THIS was to DO hnaity. The Mis-.
souri, compromise line a sort Of decoy,
quieng the NorhHo enable the South 90 on aud
all the advantages they wanted When was no longer
North accused Of being unfahui to their comosc;
but who bias been faithful who has been upfsthFui
IN regard to that compromise liner Certainly the Moth
were faithful TO It. There obligation the North
to extend that line any farther than originally pro-
vded They were not bound to make any bargain Tho
country acquired from Mexico had slavery in when
was cd and the trouble Is, that when the North
would not agree 10 extend the line newly acquired
territory the South unwilling 10 stand by their old
bargain. The excuse for breaking the acreement is.
that one OF the parties willing to enter
INTO new agreement Mr.. Colamer proceeded to
answer other objections that bad been made against the
Missouri Compromise line, unconstitutonay &C.
BE then took up the charge that the North had resisted
the execution OF the Fugitive Slave law by the passage of
Personal Liberty bills These merely for the pro-
lection Of their free citizens asainst Kidnapping ana it was
the duty o. every STATE 70 take all proper precautions lest
the provisions OF tho constitution and the laws passed
thereof should be used pretexts TO enable
unprncped men to violate tho rights Of free persons He
referred 10 the decision in the Of Prgg against Penn
syvsna, and the legal principles there In
the Fugitive Slave Law Of $780, the Commissioner IL clothed
with final power Of adjudication, which very objec
Mr.. MASON, (dem-) OF va-Thc constitution requires
that fusiivcs from service shall be delivered up Does
the constitution submit any other question than was he
held to service and did he escape, not whether rghy
man was brought before . Commissioner the question
was, ID the man fugitive sayes II no was take him
back not for tr!al-no, this was his trial.
Mr. MASON c,nmed that was no slave State in the
Union but In which negro would have full and ample
uiapM the claim were made that he not fugitive.
BE claimed that the decision oa for oil practical pur
poses. You might say that an eating house Is free
man has DO money! he referred 70 The speech Of The
Senator from Georgia r Tuonbs) and denied that there
wss any law Of Vermont IN conflict any way with the
ccns ututicn Even II law happen to bs, would hardly
justify the charge Of treason aud perjury. The States,
such, did not adopt the consttutioutc people had to
meet and It. THIS is national government and II
the States pass unconstitutional Law, st.l il Is no
foundation for q dissolution Of tho Union Certainly
there was connection bstwecn such lava and
the election Of republican Precedent. Tho Judgment Of
court is binding On the parties IN suit The Untsd
States never we're party in the Dred Scott case AMI the
decision OF the Supreme Court is therefore not binding
the people Judging from the democratic platform
gard the United States Bank the decisions Of the su
preme Court pfaiole. He claimed that by the
constitution Congress has the right regulate govern
the Territories and that there provision in IL that
Congress shal not prohibit Slavery Iaa South claim the
the have decided thai slaves property only By
local law and whtn taken out from such locality hey
are not property. You canrot take slave to free
State and keep bin sell him. Slaves net property
there; 70 they not property 10 the Territories
there no local law in reference to them Slaves canuot
be held common Law, and held lawfully 10
England Slavery forced the colonies by aspec
statute, against the compon law He quoted from
decisions OF English courts 70 show that slaves not
considered legal property. But II slaves property,
we had rsot to take them into the Territories for the
Territories co not belong the several States, but the
people OF the United States If the Territories belong
the States, each State has right to certain portion OF
the land, and sold TO portion Of the money. This s
not the case.
Mr. BENJAMIN desired to reply BE thought the Senator
from Vermont had mistake Ia history, and wished
him The Territory Of louisiana acquired from
France exclusively slave territory. When Missouri
applied for admission the North objected, and asked
division when ali slave territory. The South weak
and fooeb yielded half when might have claimed the
whole The mex! thing was the acquisition OF territory
where there slavery, and the North objected 70
the South having share because it slave ter
ritory The South said continue tho line Of division aud
the North objected, aud hopce the North broke
tract AGAIN in 1850, the North refused TO abide By
geographical ne, and 1854 vent back 70 the line sg.n.
Bad the North carried the line to the Western waters
there would have been csmor day. The South hsd
been right aid generousthe North exacng aggressive
tyraD meal despot He wanted know If the resto
ration o the line ali the republics party wantcdY
That party, he 1t, based oo hosiy to
slavery and would again admit slave State WAC
was the exponent OF that party? He had thought the
Senator would ADMIT that these personal liberty Dls
wrong, but he undertook defend them passed.
TO protect free czeDs. They passed fos such
thing but to keep the South from reclaim
He contended that the negro he wouli have
trial at The South lie claimed that the govern
ment q confederation Of tho S,atrs, aud the
Senator from Vermont claimed, Of tie people The
Senator from Vermont repeated legal hcresy ia saying
that slaves cot property He Claimed TINT from the
that groes rst existed in Euroo the tino of