Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-16

ton Of The Caitrtl States on precisely the same
footing 10 exercise exclusive legislation in
: al cases whatsoever over such district rot *
casiing ten milrs square Us may, b. c.Ssion oi
; paric liar States and the acceptance CT Con-
gress, become the scat of GOrc-imcn. Of the
Gnted States, and 10 exercise like authority
nTer all places purchased by the co"scnt oi tie
Legislature Of the Sistr in which the SAME Shall
he or the erection Of forts, magazines, arSe1als.
:iock-yari:, and ether needn't buildings"
The Constitution af the United States makes ali
these o!ts, u-svna,~, magazines and dock yards
ns,onal.
There is no such thiag ia the contemplation
of the Consultation of The United States, rs 4
difference between enc tors and another They
are all purchased and cCucd lOr nutiunal Eur.
poses iyr Federal uses There is no such
thing Is q local fort u& distinguished
irom national ior!- Then the question is
whether there is any distinction betw,ca
| SnGIter and Frckens on the one hal.G, atri
h"y "cst and Tie Turtugas on the other
Does any one here nc,d 10 be SCH: 10 e irlme.
ry school TO learn from Mitclci'S Geography,
ina. Key Vest Is in F.o,ij, AID that The Tor.
tng2s is III Florida AN just told by friend
thu. Senator Mallory, Of E'!oIis, lives a, k.y
West; that it u in the couniy O. Monroe in The
Ssaie of F.oriia. Nom, viii the gentleman
sag that the iJ.t ,iieir is more lalo.a. ;bar
Tort picken*?
There is 10 such jGt-ence b,tsecn the
nntioaa and the local forts. and address my
Sell 10 him rs lawyer 10 ask wh.: matters Il
"retn"r the United States ha! occupied tho
s!tes Tor the forts before F!oi i;l:. was State.
! Or tier Florida became u State first ard
cedld j: to the United States afterwards,
call the attention q the gentleman 10 the
iact thf; they arc ell lAcct. exactly upon tn,
same !,,ot.n:; whether ,hey bo held br :csc-.
vl;ion or BY crsS!nn. thy are uaGcr Federal
Jurisdiction, simply for na,Ioncl PURPOSES
Will re please tell tie, hos couueice. soiay
into Charleston, is; nJt as na,io:al us com.
li:.Tce entering the Gulf: Here comes ship
from Hhr2al-!roin Liverpool suppose, ..
| rom ilsSrc, uadrr tue French or Eavlis:.
| !iaG--she IS bound 10 ia.!sston-is Is it
not just As much national corimc,c. az
If she sailed around the reefs II E,oli,ls,
bound fer New Orleans Now, viii
he gentleman stsUS lie tho difference, after
:ns ship enters the Gull an, passes the Tor.
,ugas, and when she ehIers The bay where
Fort Pickens is ? ask he gentleman 10 SOY
whether this ship, after she enters the Turlu.
:aS. Is 10 &c regarded rs engaged in national
commerce. anG the same ship rnterir. Mt the
bay where Fort pickens is located, is To- &c re.
garded as engaged in inaa commerce? Does
iot the gentleman see the ab:urdliy tu ahich
40 reduces himself in The Identical case Z
Why Is i t':ai iie Viii not cracua'c ToftugaG.
because, he says tie Commerce OF the Guli il
at!onal commerce ? Is hot tho same c, III
ncrcc entering Noble l!.:5Jr or the mouth OF
,Ae Mississippi as much national Commerce IL;
when passing the TortugaS :
Does he call this coDne:cc which passc.
"itn Moiii'e barber, local; and that passing
ssthn the TurtuGas, nationai: Certainly, this
'oGic and these views viii not endure exslni.
nation. All your commerce is na,iora,; al!
iJur forts are nationa and il, upon the ground
Il nationality, you hold one, you are bouI.l tG
!oid all, upon lie same Gruund. il, Ep1n th,:
:rGu3d oi It's being lucal-tiiat il is within the
limits ot tic Sta:e-you Cvscu"tc Fort SUE-
CT, ior Instance, then you arc bound, LT tic
iaLne ruie, 10 cracUa;c all There is d. i,.
eroncc there is 10 Distinction
never heard Of any Island in The Gulf Grxi.
c. that did not belong either To Florida, A.
p.rii, Mississippi, louisiana, or Texas, as lar
:s !,:e c ms: of the United States is concerned.
Ea:e examined. with great deal Of par;lcu-
iarlty, these trcuirs, with Z view to trace SACK.
.harr examined With grrG: care Tie treaty o! <:
tirioIlso II regard 10 the boundary line Cf
Florida; ana | fad that this boundary en-
hracrs a;l Last Elurlda-eTery foot oi ground
i! :hat part Ci Tue territory; that lhc Cni cd
states acquired ltom Spain. Louisiana, &c =.
GA Mississippi. Alabama and Flori;;a, to,elre.
.In5r&ce nj % the ie,r.iorY which We acou red
rom france and Spain under two separate iica.
les with these tw0 powers. Wien 3tItc e
made STATE, The reservations vi the United
;ts!eS ioT Forts may exist; but when n State
comes In, she COMES in exactly as ORE u
The original States, and she has rnG iess
7owc. ovtr ter Forts than the ,i: lhir.
:een States have over theirs. That IS cln.
oTaced i'll tile genera! recognition Of the Sia,c
and liz tho admission of tire State into
he Union Her rgLs Of Jurisdiction are the
sat"e. They had ferris in ny Wrst ttfo,u
H!"ri'ia became State at AL. The United
States required no ces,ion by tie States o: lh.>e
!or;s. Hhy: Because they had Inc State
already laid oh, ard X hen the State wae ed
Mlttcd into The Union, 1t was necessary cniy IN
me act OF admission, that they .houd resume
he rish; ossr them. But tho reservations IN
lie Case Of the admission OF new Suites, arc
placed, after Their admission, precisely on The
same footing US If the cesslon were made whcn
thr Stats is State, and not territory. There
is no manner Of dl<tlrc,lon then, in tie sense
IN which he would make Fort Sumter aud Fox
P;ckens local. In the same sense the Tortu.
gas and Key West are local; ard as they a:c
Doth alike within the jurisdiction Of the Sta:c,
:hry both alike revert 10 the Stae vixen shc
~i:hdraws ircm the Union, pr,cI-cly as ,ho
marine league itself, beyord the shores of all
ON ,Sln .SSulI r,, Nfntn fI,nt
I d. mol sec Tint my friend is gaining nyttins
by this distinction he makes without differ
ance; and. let me tell him. that if lie claius
that he TOrtugns aud Key West forts are for
national purposes, the Confederate States will
claim tieG for their national rurroses; ard
thus nationality and jurisdiction will h-
brought !nto co: dtct with nator al,y ard jI.
risdI"'!on, and ~ once you invite war
Ore word more, sir. wcu'd say 10 gcn,lelef.,
il you are going 10 deal aDiicstly and peacca
bly,, CO it in manly, oper and sincere way at
once; that y i'll ne the nest grace ul form in
WHICH you can do it
Mr.. BALDWIN Ct Augusta propose to
smcnd that amendment by inserting after tic
word ought" tho words ''in tho interests CT
peace"
understood tho gentleman from Princess
Ai!.!e, !" pi"''nS MS aHithuAeH', hol u otslrC
to express aoy opinion in regard to the matter
OF right; bu, simply to express ard earnest de-
sire ior the sake of peace that this step s:aould
DC taken, and I coucur very heartily in TIA.
desire.
There are differences Of opinion, 81 we al!
know, in regard 10 the question which under
lica all these resoulions-.he right Of scccs-
sion and the question growing Of the attempt
| TO exercise that right. But suppose, il the
question is fairly and distinctly presen,ed ,c
this body, there will he no difference Of opa-
| ION upon the question whether sound policy.
and just regard to the interests Of humanity
and peace do not require that the FcdcraI Coz
ernmen! shall wi!hora@ its troops, which CSC
serve 10 purpose, so far as can see, but that
| Of unnecessary irritation.
Sir. while unnn thi, srnisct Uili state ih-t