, 1861-01-03

| ty-one years Of age, may proceed to, form
constitution nod government for themselves
aud exercise oil the rights Of selcgoyernmen.
"corsi.t<,s u9:h Tho pcaaitutiors Of 1.s Uniser
Staas.". But the Constitution, according t.
the Supreme Court ii Dred Gcott's case, car
flcs slavery along with 1t hence slavery woul,
still exist thsrs, and 1t would be !ncon.lstcu
"lth the CoEsutution to exclude itr-aad ilf
l''o'!s4on, 70 Ar Us slcrs7y Is concerned, wou1s
/ 7ea anlllty. In Other wards, the Dfed Scot
.!ecision, upon which q large rertion Of Ar
oonglas'a political associates have wuged va.
and which he has opposed By his scheme q
on1riendly Legislation" is incorporates
,adtly in'o the Constitution. Not thu. only
! !c establishment Of slayerr Ii the Territories
carElcs with 1t the rseessity and obligation 10,
:: protecting It when established, hence 4 TIL
''of1A Slave Code must inevitably and lloEi
"'t!y follow. These arc clear, fair mud indis
:'s;table>deductions from the Senator's propos
'':ion. Is this that for which tue Douglas meu
y the Northwest hayc been contcnding. il
"'t, are they willing to pay this price for the
! r 'ncsslation Of tho Cotton Statess |
!; &c. No more territory shall be eacquarcd BY the
~ sea e. ssates .1cspt By treaty or BY The concur
~ wa:a 20 acquired the status thereof in respdct
1" sefntnae, H It existed At the time Of acQtsf
~ sna!l remain unchanged until It sta;l contaiu
::tpopnlatlon Aforesaid for tka formation Of new
yes. Whcn 4 ehna1 be eCbject to the terms cdn-
t.ions ana privileges herein prosioed for the qx-
ing Territories.
Now this will be no limitation upon the
lower to mike slaye Territory. The chlynlry
aase only to dismember some part Of 2fcxiro
r central America. and establish slavery
:'eEc u ia~, and then make trtaty with our
I'm 'cnlatc Senate, and any quantity Of slave
.sr1tory may be added, aud conssitu.iouaiyy
Z cannot be prohibited. This will be the pro-
'':sst A party Of dlibustcrs make raid into
onora, chihuahua, Coahuila, or any other
"'rder State Of the Mexican Republic; tempo
satuy establish themselves in some horder
town; declare revolution; set up proris-
:'nal government ; go through the motions or
*!eet:nga Legislature; pass an act, In some
':oeesy or in camp, legalizing slavery author-
= the issue Of a few millions Of bonds; ap-
,oint Commissioner to 60 to Washington
I'd trect with some Presidential Buchanan;
''id at once, by the concurrence OF pro-
avery Senate, become an integral part of thc
United Statcs-thc public debt of the Terrific
y, as in case Of Tc1as, being assumed BY Con
less. The South stands ready to play tl.at
game just IS many times is may be necessary
10 siye the required enlargement to her area.
We ask the men Of the West-men Of: al par
ios--1 they are willing to open that door?
Seq The area Of all new Statcs shall be as
nearly uniform IN size ue may be practicable, hay
Ing due regard to convenient boundaries and uatu-
ri capacities: and shall not be less than sixty nor
more than eighty thousand square miles, except iii
case OF Islands, which may contain tess than rE3t
anount.
The island Of Cuba has only about 4, 600
s'luare miles, and consequently 1t is necessary
10 provide for that new State.
:'.c. 1. The SECOND and third clauses Of the Sec
nad section Of tho fourth article Of the Constftu-
t:oa. which provides for delivering up fugitiyes
from justice aad fusitives from service or labor.
mall have the same force in the Territories aud
acw States as in the States Of the Union; and the
eafd clause IN respect to fngittres from justice
!:.ll be construed to include al crimes committed
which the fugitive fed, whether the acts charged
he criminal or not In the State where the fugitive
was found.
The second and third clauses Of the Conssi-
tuition read MS follows: "Scc. 2. a person
charged in any State with treason, felony, or
"other crime, who shall flee from Justice, and
be found in another gtate, shall, On demand
"of the executive authority Of the State from
which he fled, be delivered to be removed to
the State having Jurisdiction Of the crime"
sTc3 "ho person held to seryico or labor in QUO
= State, under the laws thereof, escaping futo
another, shall, In consequence Of any law or
regulation therein, be discharged from such
service or labor, but shall be delivered up on
" claim Of the party to whom such service or
4" labor may be due" The design Of the I'd
section is plain, as the Constitution 7.oso reads
The Governor of the State will not surrender
up to tue authorities down South any North
afn man, unlcs he has committed crime,
:las Is some offence, which, at common law,
amounted to crime. But this amendment to
the Constitution requires ercry Governor to
surrender up the Northern citizen, to be sent
o"n South, for any matter or thing which
south Carolina or Alabama mar please to make
criminal Suppose that law is passed in South
Carolina makingit it imprisonment for life to
take or read any Abolition or Republican
newspaper, or to have any such paper in ones
possession. By this amendment to the Consti-
tuition, such person would be required to be
surrendered up to be sent to South Carolina,
there to be tried for such offence by their laws,
iul by South Carolina mob or jury.
In like manner he would bo required to bc
-cnt back to answer for any matter OF thing
whatever that South Carolina Legislature
might call crime. In our Judgment moro
Ins!dlous or dangerous power is not contained |
IL any Of the proposed amendments. rs for |
HAT which concerns "fugitiyes " from service
NJ labor'-in the name OF nil that's decent, is |
'snt the Fugitive Slave Law all sufllcicnts
SEC. 5. The second section Of the third article i
r of the United States shall be deemed applicable
"a the Territories and new States ~ well Is to the
states Of the Union.
The object Of this section is ito rxter I'll.
natter to The Supreme Court." This IL the old |
lodge. i
This concludes al Of article Nv. Conscrya-
i've Northern men can readily see'how much is |
secured to them by these provisions. "7n<y
ha1v e0ideaty bern dra,'n, says the Chicago
: Times, nth great strength and care, and with
: patriotic desirc to ''attt the emergency"
ARTICLE XIV.
SEC. !. The elective franchise and the right to
lul office whether Federal State Territorial, or
nnniepnl, shall not be exercised By persons Of the
African race, III waolc or in part.
This provides that the elective franchise anl
he right to hold Office, whether Federal, State,
Territorial, or Municipal, should not be c5cr-
Used by persons Of the African race, In whole
II IN part. Personally, VIC have no particular
objection to this as {d,c; but We ask what right
las South Carolina to interfere with orr DO
'sea.ic Institutions? She has no more right to
ay who shall hold Office in any Northern State
han VIC haye to interfere with the existence
# slavery in Georgia, 1t Is unnecessarily in
erlering with the sovereignty Of the States.
SEC. . The United Statcs'ehAll have power to &C
nzc, from time 10 time districts ofcouutry In Atf
Il and South America for the Colonization at tho cS
c1sc Of the Federal Treasury Of such free negroes
ave removed from their limits, and from the Dt.-
rct .! Columbia and such other places is mar be |
Endcr the Jurisdiction Of Congress.
This Will be Z very convenient clause, for
lumber Of purposes as the f1re-catcrs desire
o colombo aud mcguire Central America. They
IN pay their flllbustcrs out Of the Federal
:tcasury, for territory acquired By them, and
Iso hare free negroes removed out of their
7ay, and the expense thereof paid out Of The
''cderal Treasury. OF these free negroes thc1e
re in the slave States 233s, 200, By the census
I 1850. For years past their presence has
cen regarded Us inimIcal to slavery, and the
asenuity Of legislators has been tA1cd for tho
est method Of getting rid Of them, ut the
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