, 1861-01-14

i IS degrees 80 minutes, commonly known IS
h9 Missouri Ce1aBromlsallns shall aE Pc admit; IT.
Id peopis iii Z aifaissioh may yaeaire.p Both |
ddraco Mann, predecessor Of Mr. AdaIns, and
Nd Seward in Congress denied in 1850, any OBJ
lg{tion tneamtta Mo5a e1ave States! IRON
Tefaa-aud If there was no obligation ID tnaI
,a4, thar certainly u pone In thi1 besides.
10 bne Congress has the Constitutional power
10 make sueh proyisfon1o anticipate and fet-.
Ecr3the powers of its succcssora: The free
3o1 Convention at Pitta6n1g In lSas, charae-
ker41ed that provision In the, compromise
Of 1850 rs an aate mpt to impose uf-
lin,ilatioak On the power Of Con.
greAs and Of the people: Mr.; Adams was
that Conventionj and we hare some
rcahon. to suppose +hat. the declaration OF
principles met his convictions then.
But lf,1pon any ingeniouS theory, Q contrnct
ca3 be found in the acts .referredlo5 y could
only be mnda.with ~the slareholding interest.
the Missouri 81 sasa rGonproRi; Con on the :6th day
Of May, 1851, . tabula rasd Was m11e.- Hence
for faid tad slayeholding interest could stand !
only on constitutional rights: and no longer
on ttatutes.ar ompromfsesassumed to have
cous situt1ond sanctity. on.1henight Of March
80, hs54, as the bin was about: TO pass the Sen.
protest: Through all the darkness and gloom
OF The present hour, bright stars arc breaking.
that inspire me with hope, ;nnd excite 1ne to
per}everance- They show TINT the day Of com.
prohisesha past forever, sid THAT hence1or-
watl all great qnesttona between Freedom,
and Slavery. Llegitu1atcly cuming herc-and
none other Gun come-shnll be decided, as they
ought to be upon their merits, ,bI fair eSer:
cise Of Legislative power aud not by blrgalrs
Of dqniyoSA prudence, if NOT Of doubtful NOR
alitf." Such words. spoEh. the judgment
and) determination Of Tho Freq States at that
Plssing' from the question Of obligation, 1t
Is sdid that slavery cannot 50 into New afexi.
CO, because Of climate, OF population. small
number OF slaves, aud The influence OF Ptesi-
ident Iinco1n's administration !; and therefore
VIC {an afford to make the concession, even
though It conflicts with QUE declared policy"
Whp has authority to give that pledgc? We
kno}v tho well the influence Of q slavtholains
capiialistin new communities where the nom
SHAREHOLDERS axc poor. We cannot trust much
q population sd little enlightened as TINT of
New Mexico, If Congress. ! ad already, as
New Mexico: and the people thereof were
not now embarrassed. by" its. presence,
there would be-. 4 more plausible prc-
text for submitting, tho Question to the
accidents of a popular. vote. Besides,
1arget thdI na aas5e Is Is 70 Nspne
establish one there under the prcsInt code.
Even though We had the appointment Of The
officers, We know not the local influences
which might operate upon them, and make
THEM wink at tie initiation Of slavery into the
Territory; and We protest aguiEst Congress
coin with duties Which belong to themselves.
We do know that slavery. exists there to-day,
by the will Of the people, expressed in their
laws and those Laws Of the most barbarurs
chardcter--doomlng white men 10 scridou ~
well rs black men. to. slavery, and ALLOWING,
them both 10 be foggea with .mcrci!css crur!-
-ty. We want to SEES those laws repealed before
VIC can trust o free State sentiment which may
beIeported to exist in New Mexico. And be-
siles} III Offering this proposition to tic slave
States, as an induccment to them to submit to
the authority Of President Lincoln, 1t is as
stntee. who understand New. Mexico better
than nc do, expect that they hnve at least u fair
chance OF making slave States out Of it bv
meana ofsuch q measure.
No; slavery Gu 20 where sin can GO, and
the codes and customs Of 4 thoroughly ureal,-
lzed Christian comnonwealth hayeno, already
Ma1c;it impossible. At this moment, t.:,r eye
glahcts along the burning page of Horace
Mann-our Representative Of blessed i,:'.,nory
where, with ! rhetoric which ouIy H. could
command, and In relation to this .N..; New
Mexico, hc riddles the fallacy Of r....oniug
from physics to METAPHYSICS; of Determining
the law Of the spirit by geographical! 'phcuo-
mena; Of settling by sn,ounlAi,i< :.,,d rirers,
and not by the Ten Commandments, great
/ question OF human duty, We wi !: we could
quoteithe pertinent language: .t a:r. Seward
on the same subject, in bis -,~,a'tcl on the
/ Compromise measures Of 1856, Int space does
not permit. Finally, on III. ,,,int, setting
aside calculations. OF chanc:S;'ss our fathers
lid in the case Of tho Nor,hncst Territory, We
prefer to tread In the well-H urn paths which
-lhcy first marked out
There arc,thoser We know, who approve Of
the position OF a1E. Adams. The IIst and
Courier have given him friendly recognition.
cans who are Wiling to accept: it.. Some men
without convictions may rejoice, for it leaves
!. them free to barter away opr cause, no break.
water as they think, being left to. resist the
swell Of q reaction.. Eut from the West, from,
the Republicans who have Erownup under th-
-entroicc. They tell US that they matte mere
votes in Egypt by tie odious tllve coJc oil New
Mexico than ly ell other. ,rc:ssuls, aad tLry
stand amazed At Mr. Adams! positor~'=
It is said by q Washington Correspondent ol
| tho Tr1sIler that business inrn bavc written
to Mr. Adams, ilaplotiug him to do something
TO a5suayc the storm. It may be 20. But MI
Adams should uphold the courage OF such
| He tan sec lights they canuut see, and hear
| voices they caunot llsuT. From tile Ecren'. u.
tt,lt:cs of history and. philosophy he can hrcl.
on them to be OF good cheer. Historian rs h,
| :s, statesman as be should b., lie Knows that
| in times like this, when ulcre cXptdient ulaA
Geie;lt the very end 1t Wis designed to ttl.c.
| principles alone ase the ;cf: guide. Tho .,cu.
| per OF his constituent r. Hr1n- Even an,nng
merchants with southcru trade we have heard
| it said, with beautiful hc:osln, I'VE will lose
| Al rather than conf r5Inisc tho + I'll Of fri G
do1u." 1t was the most glorious day i'll I'll
life Of John Adams, not when liz stool iu the
! presence Of George ILL.,, .tle first am mbassa;iol
| ofthe triumphant colonies, or later, whcA lt
took tue oalh as President Of the United Safes
but when In the darkest Of colonial strueg
| lie set his face ag,inst compromises. and WA,h
cd the streets ol Philadelphia, tue couutcuauc.
Of John Dickinson avtrted iroui hisu. Al
+ Adams never won fame In making eoanpromi
Said Abraham; Lincoln i'll Ills spccc,, at iii,
Cooper lnstitute, the hest considered speccl
Of bis ,t. Try, ia>l Of wisdom and hope, aud iii
Wrong IS we think slavery: Is, VIC ca;,, ye,
;1Fora to let If alone where itis, because tina
much is due, 70. tpe necessity arising from i.<
actual presence In the nation; but Gu VT
"iljlc our votes will prevent it., allow it t.
oyerrun rs here IL these free Statcs. Ii GU
sense Of duty forbids this. then let us Ian,
by our duty, fearlesa1y anti effectively. L.
us be diverted by none Of those sopAistieel Goa
tf1rances whcrewith VIC arc So industriousl,
I piled ard belaborcd- -eontrirunccs sucn d
the right and the wrong, vain as th,
search for ~ man who Stall be ncithc
living Elan nor dead mnn-such as POLE,
OF don't care on'a QUESTION about witch al
true nicn+do tarc-s1ich a. Lnion nnpedls d
xeeehing z,ue Union n,en to tvtit9dIo lisWuioutts
sinners, but' the righteous to repcntaHcc-enel
j na invocations to Washington, iinploriliw 1ncI