Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-03-29
For The Oxford Democrat.
Who 10 In Favor Of the Union !


those who 10 the abstract arc for Freedom
and free territory, one and inseparable. nov
AMI forever. that there 10 such thing {"
love Of country for lcslandsrs. Swiss aud
Indians. . thing that NOBODY has denied.
And imagine the principle might 30 ex.
tended even farther, cay to oursns outans'.
Owls and Monkeys M we'll rs to New Zeal.
andsr. and Fcejeeans; but for the lie OF me
I cannot eco why such an argument refutes
the fact that Washington. jefferson, Madi'
con and Monroe, all either sanctioned or I'D
mittei Slave States into the Union.
Il 10 denied tina, jefferson ever admitted
a Slave State. claim that no did more.
lie advocated and signed treaty which has
slrcadv furnished TO the United States three
Siars States. Every inch OF the French
purchase. oil the land west Of the Mississip.
pi. except Texas. New Mexico. California
and the Mcsilla Valley. was subject to the
law Of slavery when Mr. Jefferson signed
the treaty acquiring 10. The Ordinance OF
1887. excluding slavery from the North
West Territory. was the act Of Jefferson.
hut tho treaty. Il should DO remembered.
which gave US Louisiana, Arkansas and
Missouri. was his darling act without pre-
cedent or constitutional sanction. Itshould
ais DO remembered. that when the Missouri
Compromise vas opened. and before that
time. Mr.. jefferson was hostile TO any eier.
eise o, power on the par. Of Consrc.. which
should exclude slavery from any portion OF
this immense acquisition, or IN any way d,.
ugna'e wba, kind OF population should
dwell on one side OF the other Of scogra?h.
zeal line. lie says;
What doe. the holy alliance in and out
Of Congress mean TO do with us on the Mis-.
soari question: The real question. as seen
in the States, affected with ,h'. unfortunate
population e. Arc our slave. to be pre'en-
ted With Freedom and dagger For II
Congrc.. ha. tho power to regulate tho con.
ulllou- " tNc inNau'ea0S W WV Ss'Ns "'N"'
in the states. Il will - but another exercise
Of that power TO declare that oil shall DO
free. Are We. then. To see again A,henian
aud Iacedemonian coniederaeies' To wage
another pelopope-ian war TO settle the a'-
ccndaney between tsem' 0rw IL che toe
,in Of merely q ser,ils war;
Tn. /. plain. too plain to Do mistaken by
any man WHO desires 90 see. or to b. govern.
ed by the truth. ~ that time. when all
the Louisiana purchase except Louisiana
herself, WAS understood N be subject TO the
law Of slavery. and an effort, called BY JET.
fer.on q f" holy alliance, was being made
% secure freedom north Of go 30 he says
in the mc-, emphatic language, that 81 eh
an caor, on tho par, OF Congress Is only
cqualei by an a,,enp, " TO regulate the
condition Of the Inhabitants OF the states
within the states Now |, mus, be admit.
ted that II Jefferson !. one Of the fathers,
and hi. advocate. will insist that his exam.
pie and preccp,. arc and were freedom and
ire, -o,l. there arc some important incou's .
encie. and ineompaiabili,ie. 10 reconcile.
hereby a.seri in contradiction % much OF
the prc-cn, forensic politics, that Mr. JEFF
fsr,on signed . treaty which admitted q lar.
GER amount Of slave territory into the union
than l. found in all the .,a,es east ot the
Mississippi; and ,ha, whan sbe question
came up whether any portion Of IL should
be secured to freedom, he wrote, argued and
gave his voice asaius, IL.
In n letter to John Holmes. hc argued in
favor no, OF mastery inactivity. but ior
slavery expansion a' an aneliOra,ion OF 'la.
very. 10 sad
"Of QUO thing am certain, that as the
passage Of slaves from one state to another
would not make slave Of u single human
being. who would no, b. 30 without It. 80
their diffusion over greater surface would
n.ake them individually happier, and pro.
poriiona,ely facilitate the Accomplishment,
Of their emancipation. BY dividing the bur.
den on greater number Of coadja,or..
q" An abstinenc-, too. from ,h. act Of
power (,he passage OF the Missouri Com.
promi.c) would remove the JEALOUSY excited
by the Undertaking Of Congress to regulate
the condition OF the diGsren, descriptions Of
men composing q state. This certainly is
the exclusive right Of every state, which
no,hin: in the Constitution ha, taken from
them and gwen the general government"
Can any man after learning thus much OF
Mr.. JeGer.on's opinions, contend tina, he
would a, all event. secure all the territory
20 Freedom To thus contend would not
only 10 unreasonable but absurd.
There i. much zeal exhibited by those vino
advocate 10 more slave territory or slave
states by apolosirns for, and bowling on,
Of sigh, the act, Of Washington, Jefferson,
Madison aud Monroe. They admitted slave
states only IRON necessity. and because sla.
very had already got possession OF the terri.
tory but did It oil very much against their
PRINCIPLES, their practices. and their con.
sciences. II would he instructive, on this
head. to know how many slaves there were
in the territories OF Kentucky, Tennessee.
Missouri aud Arkansas, when Washington
Grst became President; and how strenuous.
ly he and his associates then, and thereafter
opposed their increase and emigration. Ac.
eordins to the present exclusion and res'ric.
ton doctrine these fathers oush, to have
declared these ,erri,orie. free, and prohibit.