Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-11
WHEELING, Va, THURsDAY I -M0PNlI5NlG= !

and dangerous
- Tile choice of fuuctionaries OF a common ~,
ernment establishG1l for the common 9ood Gor fbe
reason that they entertain opinions N avon, mr.
posss hostile TO the insttutloPG Of sOmo of the StteI
participating in the nilhfnist ration ni ths SbIcr
ment subjects the weaker to the tbiinntIon ~ a.
s seStioh leads to abuse, and & incompatible
win the safety of those whose Interests are ipeFjI
ed the formation, therefore or geo ,rsn6ieI ~ &
tloll parties ia respect to Federal pptics Is con.
tendS TO Its overthrow. 5Tli
~. The Territories Of the kevtrnl Sta ~,
,cat ' ~ 20 Se admnlstered by the 0suerRl GoYern-
United StRt1S, and any policy In reSpsce "a Eneb ,r
Lor,es eseuhte'i to confer Rraater beurlts on the
people ol another part Is contrary rs "a naiit and
pFejudelal to the rights VI tome Ar ,FboSe ,,nnNi
Sem ny me trust was created II the equal admits
eXcttes unfriendly conflict -beEWeen tbe svstayns =
.alt Of the TerritUrie ought to be made be-
tween item and each systsai Cd to be protectel.
within the limits Hssigned 10 II bV fI,S IS,'1S
sary for its proper deVeIOpmenh' = ;
II meet all thischain sf subtletics with
n single fact-a fact whieh even vou will
mot controvert nor declare Irrelevant /
rest on the naked truth that VGReIS1A.
mtrongh her greatest st0EesmkH, melted and
0F0g1At " to-do just tVhdt yOlS here state tps
ou9dt not and hare no right 10 do. Yon
cannot ca uspy that Thomas Jefferson, in the
hrst dratt ever mado ofsRu, Ordinance for
"the several" hut of theeUnited StNtes
framed this provision, making it applicn-
hIe not to n part but TO Az the common
territories, down even To- the southern
unit of the Oonfederatiou--not 1nerely Of
such as had already been ceied by the
States respectively claiming thcm, but of
such also rs should be eededl thereafter
Hs lie presumed and Intended that all
should be. Here arc his very words:
''Tiat after tho year 1900 81 tho Christian era.
there shall be neither Slavery nor involuntary SER
pnntFhmtnto OF crimes, whereof the party shall have
been convicted to be personally guilty.
Mr. JetItrson's bill divided all the terri
tories within our conceded limits into
seventeen embryo Slater, and made the
above provision extend TO and cover them
all. More -th1n two thirds of the members
then in Congress---when nearly every State
neid slaves-<voted for the above provision.
IL barely thiled then because of tile re-
qnlrement of a majority ofa quorum from
seven of the thirteen States to carry n
propositions; but the essential restriction
was renewed three years later, carried by
a unanimous vote of Congress, Virginians
included, and ratified next year by like
vote of the irst Federal Congress, George
Washington siguiug the bill.
These are very old facts, Mr.. Summers.
You are donb1dss familiar with them.-
You know also that it was John RaudolDh
-anpthcr Virginia STAKEHOLDER, who re-
ported against and defeated tho unanimous
prayer of tho Governor and Territorial
Legislature of Indiana Territory, that
Slavery be permitted therein for limited
period. Slr Randolph resisted this ON the
Ilstpct ground that slavery is an evil and
curse-aul Congress said Amen. There
n o No Iii r Ffe- -