The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-28

federal eevernnene purchased IL LeuiAaa oosnry Or
States, but ths LoaAaa country was ACQUIRED ioa
foreign nation In 1904 Ooagrea gave Territorial e.
.ss q Ioa.a. New ossns sSv vn sSs Ss
VS. :. Old a.a Ss@ sss . sss CITY mere we're
Uss s1ssoTsy and horoueSIy ana slsv; ~
people Congress did not IN tho Territorial aes, prohbS
aAvssy; bat thsy did intarere with it-aaks oosiscl q
tSs oss. q n..sp Tns subssnos q shs Sy Ss
therein made In relation 70 slaves was
lir That no slave should b imported into To Tend
Seoond Thas no save should be carried into WIZ h.a
ben imported into the United saes snce tho sst dv Z
Third That slave should be carried into H. sxospG ~
ns ~, SS.n:r and for hso.n uses settler ne pe..
freedom % ths slave. e ePlCoass d cheers 40 -
SSsss Ssoa pssd 4 there we're two q ne "shy
they both voted iOr 4 Tney would ncs have Allowed
sSst e os ps g d,' 49,
local from federal authority any provscn * The con.
question Many votes taken, BY yess md nsyS. r
both branches q Congress upon the various phases q he
King and Charles Pncknsy-wsrs members 4 -
Consresa Mr. King steadily voted for slavery peohiHi-
ton and against ell compromsss while Ar. Pnoknsy =
). oo%prom.ss cnss1s By this NJ King ing : iss''
that, IN his understanding, no line dividing local non
violated by Congress prohbitns slavery in federal ssr
tory; while M Pnckncy, BY nis votes showed that In
wa' ss for
any Of them, upon the direct issue which have Bee.
.utsd being four in lisa three In i7s7 seventeen n
1859, three in l7oe, two in 1904 and two In lsioSo-
there would be thrtyone Of them. But this would be
counting John Iangdon, Roger Sherman, william Tsw.
Rufus King and George Read each twice, and Abraham
ssdT -four mS: apRasss H ~:
of those Of the thrty nine whom have shown 10 have
acted which by the text they Understood
70 have acted upon 1t in any way. Here then, We have
twenty three Of "thrty nine fathers who framed
their official responsibility and their corporal oeths acted
upon the very question which the text afrms they Gun
derstood just as WELL and even better than do now
and twenty OF thema clear majority Of the whole
"thrty nine-so acting upon TO make them guilty
Of gross political improperly and wilfu perjury, II. il
and federal authority, or anything IN the constitution thsy
had made themselves and support forbade the
federal to control to slavery in the federal
Territories. (Cbeers Thus the twenty one acted and
actions speak louder than words actions such
responsibility speak still louder Two Of the twenty
three voted against Congressional prohibition OF slavery
in the federal Territories in the instances in which they
acted upon the question But for what they %
thought proper division local from federal authority q
some provision or principle Of the constitution stood In he
the saoe
to Be sucent grounds Of expsdiency Ne one who -
sworn 70 support the constitution conscentousy vote
for what he understands TO be unconstitutional
sure, however expedient he may think but may
and ought 70 vote against measure which he deems
constitutional H. a the time, he deems It inexpe-
dent It, therefore, would be unsafe TO Get down even
the two who voted against the prohibition having done
~ he
ton, forbade the federal government TO control -
slavery IN federal territory daughter and prolonged
far have discovered have left no record Of their
understanding upon the direct question Of federal control
reason 10 believe that their understanding upon that ques
ton would not have appeared different from that Of their
~. compeess nad oeen manifested 1t AL Fer
have Purposely omitted whatsoever understanding may
have been n Manifested By any person however dis.
the original constitution; and, for the reason,
have also omitted whatever understanding may have been
other phase Of the general question Of slavery I'VE
should look into their acts and declarations on those other
phases as the foreign slave trade and the morality and
the direct question federal control q slavery in federal
Territories, the sixteen, they had acted al all, would
that sixteen several the most noted anti savorT
men Of those tmes-as Dr. Franklin (Cheers) Alexander
known to have been otherwise unless i may be
John Rutledge OF South Carolina. lAppause) The sum
Who me the o9sn q
q clear majority Of the whole-certainly under
stood that no proper division Of local from federal
authort, nor any part Of the constitution forbade tho
federal government 10 control slavery in the federal Tor
rtores, while all the rest probably had the Same under
our fathers who framed the original constitutional and
he text arms that they understood the question better
bsen I ana s1 50 M have
tested by the trainers Of the original constitution In and
BY the original instrument mode WAS provided for
amending It; and, AZ have already stated the present
frame Of government under which we live conslsts Of
that original and twelve amendatory articles framed and
Of slavery In federal Territories violates the constitution
point "a 70 the provisions which they suppose thus vo
a snd q they al fix upon provCas
strument The Supreme Court, In the bred Scott casa
plant themselves upon the fifth amendment, which pro-
without due process Of Aw;'' while Senator DsuRlas
and his peculiar adherents plant themselves up
powers not granted by the constitution are reserved =
the States respectively and 70 the people" Now, II -
happents that these amendments framed by tho nrs
congress which Sat under the consttutonhe Identical
Congress which passed the act already mentioned enorc
ing the prohibition Of slavery in the Northwestern Terri
they were the Identical individual men Who st ths
tae session. ct the same time within the session. had un-
these anne sns 10, Gw: y: s
slavery In all the territory the nation then owned Tho
Constitutional amendments were introduced before and
passed ter the act Of enforcing the ordinance Of 49,
ordinance the constitutional amendments were also pend
Members including sixteen Of he trainers Of the orr
ginal constitution, a. before stated, pre- eineny
fathers who framed that part Of the under
which we live which IL now claimed is forbiddins the
federal government 70 control slavery the federal Ter
ritores not little presumptuous in any one at this
day 70 arm that the two things which that Congress do
beratey framed and carried to maturity at The same
te are absolutely inconsistent with each others And
when coupled with the other affirmation from the samo
mouth that those who did the two things alleged be
sTs sssr o whether they really were
are Inconsistent Applause and great merriment) y