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"1 : DEBATE IN .THE SENATE, MISSOURI wnsTiay'. In ptier.to. pe our reartrrscme Wea nfihp vmnnilt falcon - iri- this lovz ntf important dehate we propose to srirr them a pefch . , Commence wtb ime by M r: On of .lassa, chutts, '-.in faror of the TLeir'tl'iOT of Slavery in the proposed new-State of Mis can -. r" Mr, Otis said" it tvas asserted by ren- tlmeri, that ;a) more favp. and porten ' tru. questio.Tiad inever been tated within thse?:waUsv This he- Wuld not ieny ;vandYet he coiild not consider it a . new question.:' If a stranger to tir coun try, but familiar: -with our history, upn arriving here, at.this moment,-and wit ressirg the perturb ton of men's minds, within doors Apd witliout fhoutd be told, upon enquiriPKthecause.that itaitisefrom a'difcnssion of V q.iestioa whether slavery should be jnhihWd in-i vonr- terrjtori possessWs ; his first impression would certainly be, J that this question had been pnl- to. rest. some three and thirty years asjo.--I bave " read, (he v would be in clined to say) that the earliest exercise f your authority: over the domain ceded to the U.'.S.;ws manifested in -a, solemn , - protest against theintrwluction of slavery, .'into it, and that you thus afforded an ear-: ' nest 'of. your future policy aiul intentions J in regard to all similar acquisitions of ce ded territory. Wherefore, "in the ordi nance' for,.goyerninp: the north-western territory, did von, withuch grave deji . ..bej-ation establish,as tt -of the da mental principles of 'civil and re-Mous liberty, for the regulation of your territo nries in aH fulure time, the. exclusion of Involiyitary servitude; drd hy would you now- relax a,sytenV established in- the halthfid vigof arid fresh-nessof ouriiewj ly actijiired liberty, and ,bKag into .'doubt. principles "which 'were" then w solemnly determined "-r-T6 these enquiries;, he gaklbe should" onty.be ablcf fo answer; temhera mutahiur ttno miiiuKtur in If the obligations imposed. uptn us-by the constitution ere'rigorotis. to the ex- tent 'which eemiemeh seerted to msist. cir situation was indeed V!eplorab!e . If, wtiileUe nation cf the old. world Werej .pittite heaven by an attempt to atone for past abominations ofl jhat . traffic of the hupjan species ; we are no oniy innmi ted from comifig info - their system, but are realiy. obled, by t rear, .to open a 'new and illimitable' market within our twn territories ; and viine,tney-are con tracting the sphere of human miseryaiKi servitude; we are'compelied tti widen Its expanse from' the' Mississippi to the set tingsnn ; then indeed' fc our situation rrost bumbling:: It will be irt .yain he frared to compare the Vficth i and purity. ef our institutions yith the dtcripitude of the old world, andthe , rot tenners' of tLtlrt fvstems. if this : be -our predicament. If i the President ard Senate can, by treaty, ooii'm. nAcct iclnnc in' 1 iiaft nf tlie i jlobe and bind i& to ad.iit them into our i Union, without auv,rtttrietkmupon their ' tneir Jaws and usages ;; should ty: ciiance ,tQ travel through ahv part of u rope, aft ei alter l 1 these "sht uld be adnntttd as acknowledg ed principles of constitntional'-law, ana hear his country brbded as a region of hy , pcriiy, and its pec-le as a race of men, ho, with liberty hi their nruiuihs, cart krd rods for the backs, ar.d cbaiiks for the feet cf unborn millions, into a new world; r thoniditand in need nf the speech ' of the Iwh. gentlemap from Md.v as rce tmlv panoply, coinpetent to euable him to repel the oint of iKrhhUurws'."11.!0?18 his owp . invention would not supply hjm with a ; satisfactory; answer.; Still, if in ixality cur-. faitlV by treaty; Vwas ahus pbglitedi thocgh be should deenvthe'ac qiiisition cf ; the whole ItertitorV a vital misfortune, and jhould, think it would h:'.ve been harn:cr for us if the liUslp- L pi bad teen an eternal lorrem 01 curmug java,impassauie as ujc iae wiiiuu rates the.evil from tbegood, ahd the re gions beyond it destined ; to be covered rever with brakes and jungles', andif tht iic)cnctrable haunts i.f the welt and pan ther; ytt, he. would not then advocates breaclof the public faith, but he sliuld tbink-if the duty -of j Congress to. recom mend a new' negociatien, with the present beneficent Monarch of France, to the' ebd ct cbtainmg nis'TelCHse Irom the provi fiionsf a treaty fataljto our best inter-: . eats. ; V . ; ; ; - ,1 ' CV In'all the discussions of tbe tnain ques tion. which had cohit under his eye. the disputants on each .bitle bad placed thej consituuon in w ioicgromiu, aiu reserv ed the treaty ' of cession for "subsequent Vxanmmtn. iut to nun it .appeared n ere prepe r to invert this order- of en juiry, 1 lie people -oi iviissourr nau no (iaiuts to a pajticipatuo in' the .benefits of the constitutfefn,1 except jaitb us werer de rixed to them through top medium, of the tr at'vVauu so far, only -as those benefits wire alluvled to, or. secured to the ra-by tij.itss refeieiicc-w iu that lusirumeut forming o mediations in ort.er to ?ex-1 Clude -from the'rr cwn clepeiidencies . the j fo ture introducticn 'of slaves; 'ahdVtb 'prc&' the constitution was, the ' temple; anttttie treaty -the port rcn, though v which alone they "were entitled to "acT mission. In bis view" of the snbiect thL tlistinctmn was ..Wm.vM'' a'nd'bf P.Olild -Wish tO tryXTbe-omain and jurisdictioii i df ;which is , ceded art till sovereignty i to anot ner count r:, can have no claims to partake in its governmenK; which are toot, fo .be found in precise term a and stipufatipns, Tlie right to make warvis art attribute of every sovereignty ' Conquest is incideAt tci wr, hhd the rjght to bold a. confluere.d territory follows Upon conquest, : It peace Is made ori the principle 'Ta'ntifita$tleti, without rmore fwords- thevjetor disposes of-his! conquest and governs it at hi1 plea sure;:" But if the cession of the conquerejd territory (is extended into special articles looking to theifuture cohdilion'and goy" 'ernmen t of the inhabit ants, the rgf' of the'eonquerof is tlien limited and defined by the treaty" alone. V The principles ap plica hie t' a conquered territory are equally so to a territory acquired by ami, cable purchase! v Louisiana was ceded to the United States in full sovereignty, with all i he-rights, over the same which b lonred Jto Trance and - Spain; -Hd " the grant been comprized in these terms orw f.lvvit wruld haVe been absolute, ihr U. States might have held it forever as a co- emt-d it by -a prefect ; and why not have.; admitted it to a partial" enjoymcn't ofj :rs,Taie rignis i ouqn an anivii hmhi well be conceived to le u boon to tile m hUl!tantvs,' It certainly would have been a rtbOKution of tjve absolute ;.n?ht ofj do cintry; thus j; ui condiivnal'y K'ln enderc any. limited ! faculty of pai talcing of the,piwers of your con:tituliii, which prudence and policy migut induce you to grant? Why slvmld you be, conipelled.to1 grantj'j them all or iv -thing ? Why should ihey be restrict ed from accepting of a part1 that would be useful to them,- and sufficient for all, their purposes, because the nhfle vhich miuht be'iirisuitable'to 'their Circiimstan ceA. orunimprtant to uttHhvjble ? -No coi ineir weirariv is tjii.er,' wmcn couui rot oe aicerca or mo mm m - . ' dified bv a faif compact, ; iudhe could i notdpubt that'eittVet the right toacqu re territory juuder the contitutjoti . must be anricurjced,v (a question now too late to Vi stirred,) I r that he faculty of impart ing to the new domain so much and no mure of the absolute power of Yhe?sove. ' reigu as to him -should sevm gomi, raustl Ie admitted. Keeping, then, v in viewv these getieraf-principles: he ws" prepar ed to ex?-Hine the treat y of cession in'de?-.- tail, and ascertain ho.y "far the bv)Ia!t: sovereignty vor tvht-or '.soil and jurisdfc special provisions oTrliar instrunient., It ( would,' .however, fa&lia'te the xplanatidh; of his views, to consider wh o were :he j serVed, :that negatively they weifc not the 5 '.lines vuc iicnij, -; r iu iuir,. iC w wite peopled states on one side, andf then slave-holding slates on : the other, as the c;urse 01 ineargumTent mignt sometimes :d:tost lead us tocociudev 'It would af- i'flSrt him trt srp the Rrnjtd5i'it! tnttt tht factions tif thelGuelfs and 'Gbibe'lihes;or ...t.:,.. :.y the while and'red roses suspended jii the festoons of tneir tapestry. ,icl should not greewithout a struggle, give hp his rjgtit to be considered h$ a citizen of i a common countrv 'of !.wmdb the'cBtle ! - . -t . '. 1 . ' - - . man wno preceaeu mm was sociistmeuisn ; ea an ornament. I lie parties then , were -the United State of Anicnca", in behalf f the citizens who were original parties, to thecrinstitution, the oJdstatesthen In .the Unitvi, on :tiie ' part";-' "and apolcijiiu' first Cousul of France, in behairof the French nation, (of which Louisiana; in cluding Missouri, was a portion,) on' the greater number and most important in cerestsoi me .people at that time inhabir tants of Louisiana; Hhe treaty has been executed to tlteir entire Satisfaction, and they; have nothingr to say. 'They "have been erected into a state without any ex ceptionable restriction. To the residue )f thdse inhabitants; how; hi the Missouri territory S-.wa'suiFient'to'ay'Hhat1t wasViot'!;dsstble;- in f xhe: '-Vbis pf the treaty i to make - them 1 a state -They .were too lew, ana couia nave no pretext i for. claiming this .privileee. HAs to anb- ; rlier, class- those wtio had migrated tli- ther from the.; United States, thev could rl.auii nri rii fit hiIViisw)tirff nnlon tbA fto. - ;,yt correctly speaking: k They caiioot place themselvesHn the situation of the r i euca suujfctis. ;wuo were representeq oy 'NapvIeQn.''eTheywercf Anterican 'xiti--' sens, and as sucli' inhahtnsr the old dor 'nain, they, were -pairties under the Uni 5 i"ed States.. For.any y iolation of the trea ty ,;afiecting the inhabitants of the ceded territorial tlriiiuVe bf Ahe: cession, the French govern inent might demand re dress ; .but i n beharf of Uiosc whbsei mi grativii thither is posterior; that govern ment could not :be entitled .Wo' interpose. It is undoubtedlyvtrt5, bweVer, that if, by.tbe sal- pt your Jantls, or by, pemiit- VVr:-it rclear According to i the nint of, the law of nations a couri- j minicn vested by the ctssionVhat ob ? jection, could be. raised tig proffer: i mist to the inhabitants ot a ijecture couia dc ' . " a raiUd of: any good reason (cr placing a' government, and its newly Required sub jects, in y predicament respecting rach ritorv. exfetnnt from tthe "rtJitriction'of slayeryor: bye anyt 6ther circumstance these persons hnve been induceoit& settle in Misiouri.t tinder an . expect atjfe'nbfHsn tainih their ikyeiv1; woiiM ..f-renHi nant to the pjiriciples of equityftci flrscon cert their plans,' and liberate the'ihegroes already; jthereAnda tney are protected ny tne amenomem. ic touches not the nroreitv In vslaves5 alrea- partie treaty; in the. mpstample sense and'also' to those : whose claims arise ot under that instrument,. gut '.bnder.fUhe, law grants and .acquiescence of the govern meht of the . United States,' 5 Thus not a mortal can make any rea sonable complaint .v Noris the hardship greater upon ' the owner ;of slave, wbo is prevented from ' takitg ,him - hereafter into that cbuntryv than upon ;the proprie tor of a tibuse of a shi(V which cannot -be removed: - Let us then, having designate ed the parties their rights, and their pre sent attiiudes, proceed to those clauses:of limitation - of the absolute right of soye retgntyiwhich the terms of cession used iti the treaty,' ; if noV-qualified, woiild im. ?ort. the enquiry, he readily jrretd.' i sboijltt be appipaclu-d ;with a spirit, 'of 'li' t beraiity and fair "interpretation,' and not with the artifices X lorc.yd constructions, and the haTTowness of i(iriuical fonns. The in'aterial A t nis ate 'tuese - Th ruh-biuinJs of 'the ceded territory sliall b incorporated into the Union of the United grates, and admitted, as soon as possiijle, according to the federal const jtOtton,, to ttie enjoyment of all the jrights sdvanta-" ,gesivd immunities of citizens' of the U States ;Jand, in the mea'u' timesltail be mai'LUied and protected in ine irte en iyfVkf their libiity, pronertvmid the relilw y'ich they pfofss ' Mr. O. would ivM.ahse to 'ccM'sidcr 'whether all these w? JTiight not be satisfied J)y im parting yfcosc , inhabitants a territorial goveni!V"t, such as they iuv etjjoyed, thong'i niuchminht be urg- d jn favor of sqch'-'n -construction. ''The first consul. t Naplew), had indeed, extended bis pit-; ternat care. to niost-iotithenatiotis, in Eu ropejahcl taken a-'least a bird's eve View f vf the ittfjt-s of the ..United .Suites, and ,sht:WTi a c.mdt'scnding,willnncss fo dis ! play his gopl offices in giv ivg tu them a convenient Jii;cp tipv; Bat bed ibd how far it wjas an iiulispeiisble consider;! tfoo I ty, that ! the people Vof biiana : sliould bVxpme'-indt peoleut statesandrinembt :tV' j oft be Federal Union. H;-.yas a greit I giver of consUiutions, jvhich lie too from J nisown-pigeon noiev, .anu nur.g upon tn,e heck 'of Jus allied witlikhain y but they were generally of a ddlvrent" description from thOi&tff.;the:' Umtedi States. 'Rut waviii this considt ration, and accenting the phrabt4)ldg;of the treaty in the most! pxipulari . ant)j hber.il seiisei andgrautiijg 1 tmittiteterniH " nxorporaticu the Ur i:0nv ancfadmissian to be states .are sy iiotiimous' terms, the questjon naaically vccuj s, wiiat was me concution and cha- j-apter of this uuion pf ,S:xtes iit ,the time of framing the treaty firblhi Wlmtcve? it might; be, both fpartie'CtrUinly ' the .ministers the United States, mustbfe, understood; t relej5 'iheref is no rule tnore cs rtaist in the interpretation of h:ea tie&. than that whicii prescribes a regard ami snbiect. maitcr of the rte'eociaUtfa the epoch uot it conclusion. At this ne old United States there wc tc aha Kent tiicky, ;Vermi5ht,- Tennesseei, vho had come iii without Uie restriction upon sla very,' and Ohio,5 which' had ; acceded to ;he restrictiphi pu adopted it jis a pai t of her 'k : Ututuuiw ;Prviionl Was also made by tfie ordinance oi'?$K ( juUljf styled tile; immortal .brdipance). for the ao mission of olftertatesJh the only ter ritorial, possessions pf ; the. United States, subject to the, inhib.tion of seryitude. All thesej states were . ihcorpbrated into the Union at that. time; ' .But as the inferen ces resuiVjug froni thi-. ordinanceV. are.ali important; hdebhclu tion of the suKjeCt, and applicable as well to the construction of the : constitution as of. the treaty,"twhich he should enc! eavor to demonstrate) ' he . nuit crave indui geiice to recapiiulal its history; and; tq sfieWln what manner Jt had become ;erf-' grafted in itp the whole; b)dy of our laws appertainingio tfiis 'rjowey of admittmg new Mates. On this topic, .dates, though dry,"Jbect)me material. The north- west ' ern territory : was ceded' byiVirgiqia, in Maxcly 17S4. Iiv-JulyZirS Congress, passed a resolu ion rcom mending to Vir ginia tp revise her act of cession, &o fr as to empower Congress to j th air li ve or J iessl tbanr't vnot more anrhree states as I future !circuistahces. might require, in the ceded territory, which vshdUld have?.!- the same ; rights pt.soyere:giity, freedom' na tnaepenuence, as ;tpe original states s In Juh 1787, was passed the celebrated' orutpauceior me government 01 inai rer ntory, establishing lundamentaj princi-1 1 Cles of civil and religious Jhberty c as the r asis of all laws, constitutions, and gov- tr nyarrTnucea, out regarasine iuui u. nieutati6tf of their mimt)et:sJS thatns- ice: would ! be3one to all parties to the i Kxi ine -cecKrai uaiou tcr.isisteu ot states H j w hichVj h ad J oihcdUie tifede ra cV tiijfil ey i ' vru ious circunrsturtces. i There werthw formed therein and providing' also fur tUe'cituishmcutk4teiftM. C ! - A " -v---:"-;: mission to a share iii the federatcouhci?; j 6n t bri eqiial .fating ; with i theprigina j states, -Amtneseliinxlanietalirjnv ciples is found a pe'rpetualan'nonffai j'st lnvoIuBryiryitud to observe a most, decisive , and -leudingl tact. December, ir88 UeUte, of irginiab)C an act?: recking; the recomi' mendation of Congress, nf 1736, and,ui express- words.recogn tz rng th vtirdmaneie o.8r,.:assei Congress, and ratifies vand confiHnU tlie articlef of that ordihance r which cont inei i,a repetition of terms of that pfoiios?d : j thti giving its iojenriii sanctldh;and;ail()l) tion to theentire ordinance, to tlie extent of her power. . -No im aginaiionyhp : bei'e' ed, c uld forax an ide of a more, perfect, Compact thafif' i his. litre were, ii, partfe; consideration, solenuuties, cexchahg4 'of of idl parties, of Virginia who made. i "1 congress jvrucn rL ceivecit the c ssipji r r .T ':.". " ;,' . . . . - . .... -.or ithe .prohibition of stavery.to all pefpetu J j tuity, and in all gbverhmehtstii,that ter- - ritory, was hot deemed to impair, in ahv i iyccii uqtw oe periecny coitent witn u the sovereignty, freedom, and iudepen dence" of. the vstate, and the priginalt footingV,upon. wliicli they eve6 te. kd nutted into the union. Yf th js ordibaiice iiad . been !despa:ched' bvthe honorable gentle man who precede $um, ''as an iisur pati'Mi: But itvwas an u.irpatibn. in favor 1 1 ot the riglus uf mankmd, w ith the consent j pt afl parties concerned ; and Mr.pcar- fcd Kvr at this day Whether congress un I' - i t the (old cbnfederattpnh power- tjy u i re . teri itory or : imi. vV if gi nia,v w hp grunted could not have disputeil the tulef and atty" cou ft pf chajiCewuald have dej cided'tbut the grantees. too and heTd-au : est te in trust for; the whole, Amerieap people. If they: -.could not h'ave .held it, tliere was najtitle el.se'-vhefe to be. found. But the recognition of this oi-dinapce does , not rrest ' here. , He w ould demonstrate that it had beeni wrought intouhe entire system of tiie constitution and lawsV and interwuveu with'tlie very warp ana wobf so as t b ha v e become a pa rt .of t he fittric -One of the first acts of thefiHt GoneressH under the new constitution, was frinjd to k infuse neif vigjr into this rdinaiic;; and to give it full effect, Under the. new order oi tlung?. ' . s -'1-v."' -fcV Decemtary U89$i KEorthJ arbliha cedes, yi the United States that portion of her vtef Htoryvsibce coutitu;ed intolthe state of Feiiuessee ; and expressly" refera to, and-estabirshes. w far v as ber psent couWdo.tt;' thissame ordinfltnee," except -ing however tire slave : article, (thus -frnf piving that; without the exception she Wyulu be' bound by. it) and this cession is accepted, bv Congress spo dopti )hdf the new cohstitutipa fii Api'il; nn" a ct. oj Cbi igress ,.f orthe amicable settlement of the limits of G .orgia makfes Hhis ordinance, ,widi the same ecep(ion, the basis of all fhe rights and privileges of the people, of the territory; Ip 't&yi 1800,. the very rst section of tlie act ref lative to the territory ceded by Georgia; sets lip and extends this dinance to that country, by express reference ; agnih; iii Aprili 180. , the articles of agreement be tweeii the LJuited Statts and the State of Georgia' for the cession"jbf " thelllTazop iancts, recpgmze, tne aatnorityrot tne 'saiiie ordinahce'1m sttpuiatpr. tHef u.;: ture admisbibn of ihts'-qeded' terrivi'i)' to the union,' on tire same conditions' and. restrictions, and with. the- same privileges, and in the same manner, as is. provided j by ih. t oi-dlnance.' 8uch being the statg of facts connected with this ordinance, at the time of making the Louisiana treaty; it is altogether inconceivable that the A mevican ministers, in constructing an ar ticle which looked to the faiure rncorpo- i ration of states5 from" a' territoiyrAhich was to oe transterrea to the unitea otates should lose jueUheoC' btiht' or of the practice " under it, which.' coi t tamed the fundamental principles' that t i. . .t I ' : - f. Jl .1 " J . . . J S.. -1 uau ueearecognuieurtnu auopieu in eve ry former instance of. the admission of a UerHi6rial"'state sible thaiThe framers of the treaty should have intended to-lie bp t)ie hands of Cptii gress from the 'jSower of ;5mclporathig the; ; inhabitints "into die union," v in the same mode that the inhabitantsof her terntorialrpbsssibhs, br had been so hCdiporatd.. eiice?jt it resibi.fpWsTlit Cnngreilfcjy. Cqrj&rating jtJ the union, upo tTie same principles and with similar restriciiortto thbs!i yvhich at the time of Chat treaty' had been acta- ally.oioulded into the cnsti ntibn of CHj .'-: , . "tj .. .. ..r . 1. J . 1 ruoi- auu wuicn -.were proumicaieu aiju. lestablishedaundaineniaU for the future stales' to bp erec ed in tije iloi thrwestefii territory .Would execute : the treaty i-irot ; bnij f" tni spTrit, but to tjhe very letter, .f feBut -.they: were 'upt buly to be incorporated I j in the Union : they were to be adinkted, accordBigftb the principles of the federal constitution,; tibe enjoy ment ol jaU tne rtguts, inmuijiuies, anu uovi tizehs ofthe United States.' uivaaiaaes 01 ci :e';Vb4t;'theR 'a 'lnar latf r rtfttinn 'rtTMrvif ft! inr nriilfll tlC -' and -advantages, derivable from : the con stitutiou of' the United States S for it is these alone Which ft;H yuhin?ttie scope of treaty, on your behalf ?:: They vcr in.rJ .-i:r . , S?v; j ... , , .H' itnunith . vater.a;fAter detnednfiiycUyi tii t what 7-y"h ' the: rig tdfgpvrTriniit1b the V- ' jthevfaeuh iSfvPrbceeded fron, .;thd:;p'rinG5--:v;'-V cpntraryv It vas ah ordinal tight thjv i ,.-' f people ;f tbei SeverMl ld -: Dteignty, si'sUttQii n eM.'tdthey-ere rvcrnmen : -4; M 2 ' t 'm ol jnliHitjitarits; was ntra4,V -Y?v , j t0 rTiatiop of the fedoraj . ;..U' ! tudJad;Jeo exerpi5evj before ji - t v bajhed tbreath offe . idaWy jnppstbie;td plate ; tlie p?Jple v . 1 t l?.sH Jlr.cd:dred -terrhoryhn ft: ' " ; states rereAtter-to be f ued; hi thd - ; i w same precise rtiiArion A Ki. ;. V ..-, - r - " nu.- ipe cnijifttia ojipepia states fnfdtathestate etui 1 1 that is not e-ramrtl rr'Vk i:C i seryedt) . the 4UiioriiAjn one.ckse, ifo-': ' -' states are the spurces pf WPP. 4, V i constitution isthere$eryir,; ,-,' tfie otb - v ; ' the people'pf tfieKed3tates arevth'iv-' - ', '; '" fountain;- wiietice must issuXtlw ;streahi:----?. " t-X ucauiicu-iu ieriute eauu irrfete therce -dedterntories, aiidCnresVs thei V ages,;raay:;ind Pught to irlbe-; ti urse aiid diectirn4 o; ervct tfiV mouhda ' and the dykes whfch:.a regard tohecomiX -mop-wpjtare nieniaiidr ' . he. insisted, irt kference to the twoVas, -'that,Hitoiic;thetate v , " t; the.coustihitit theother; the ; grantor U the cnstittlVh K . and the grantees the' territorial sta(ei)y';V' Tiie-principles ofthe onstitutibn bad nA ' V . bednng on One class of .hese'i'rtlaiionwW' ''V Priuc!pes are . jbstuJaiesV ; wljici consti A ; tute the essence of the subject to w,nclj. ; 'J they: relate, ..Which make it rwhat it, is". But.thereare nb principles itouchiilff th ;Vw municipal reljitibrt between rates- an4 ' CitizensJn the federal comact,v e pep: tiat a, republican govermi;nt shall't) qguraateed ,)F;r!the i-estthe treaty pulcitiohs determine. that the irthabUanta t n. V of Lph :.sUn-atit5n jhcbrpbratcd.-Hiiali be ebgiale tpthe;msidenui derits, qiember$ of Co igrss; and cavii f sustaining aCjl'tifhces under the'Ciistl ipuou, civji anfi military,, and entitled t their fair and prbportiate . shafe of :V union in; tnat capacity, tjljat it'; doe.-, no -seOire to theinthat tneyjshaU be admitt 1 2 r the, greai..contract'- and. IitWe-contractr-- : " .apd tp all 'sorts uf privileges and adran 1 : ; tagel eiyoyedby 'inihheiit eitiieu ol tli: U I.W niiuwui. j .bki.tc,' IlIUlLMilUll, (tr WilS , ; i. ' . 1 teiinessee ; iior fabsohitely subject to U v ?! r,fe$B the., north weitlero I; teVrtoriai: . . . siteis:;;byt "thafei her oe bith -! of these ' m odes "of . ad mission shou otherf w c should ba " r adopted in the dujcretiob; bf Congress, vi &v ercise 1 under a future viety of all circtf ; -stances, ; -'fi :-;: Y ;;' .' : r.' f vrhis is uffi6ient for all purposes i an4 . V It is. an unreasonable cbraplaint: firn th lis of those wjiohyebeen the; snbjf ctX of a despotic covdrnmetrt that thev ard degraded b, beiug placed bp alevel witfi ' V - : the vigorous ahd mrishinstates Pf pj . 5 ,'C;- j bib, Indftnai and Illinois ; whose :&,na.'t '.'.'-', ' VV uon hU:eei.ahotvwilii'J : sftoiild he contend that they jjyere not oW ;S : yereign statespn the? same .'foottnwIti thejorrginal associate .ff e $vas Jnpt 4 posed to expatiate., upon the. import q..- ,1 . ' Hher words, used; in the-freitVC-fa4t " : mitted that slaves Considering how valo v 1 able a pbrtionr they consitutel It) a paft ; : of tbuiaianar at thetppch of the; treaty Oiifht tpbe- com prehended he term; . viropertyand pratected a$ such, i ; $ - jus'ifiderice wad efltertHinediho doubt, thai they shouldbe Jireseryed ami pro- tected, and that sja very would be perir ' ' " mitted in that payt of the territory ivhersr " that unhappy cuiditiph'br . iety iJ ' . ed j and that,where, it did not - a sounc discretion would be exercised by C?nsr. 4 gress. Oh tb iV grhundthe Sttei of Q$9 v f siana is 'not iniijbited from hf id.in sjaye ' "and on this sanjejjgrbun : does not alfect slaves already In Miss rtyAUiabstracdiseiissibns. therefnrey on the philological meaning of the tercj . ! r property,' were in hli bumbje'ppinintu . , fpund i.n theareatyof essipnvtq the n: xauon pf the piosed condition to lh ' charter requested-by iMissbrji MriQ, was prepared to iayestfgate ' the obtcj? tions sugguted as arising Jrom the (J0 stituuotu- -.-As bis e.nure; Nuance wa$ . placed upon the express: power, and hp r elt hot the leSst necessity of resortingt'" an amstractive or implied airthoijtyyhci should Advert to jrtairtv ela .of tb .. Constitution cited phbbtbidesi th wiiic r no eafpres oWeras ppWrehf,m fottherp6s4b course. -116;.. these; a&j.th.''artj . cle respecUhg , the igratiu or import? ' t.t mAi:' to.thir'amy . . xojliiiQsi;' vnich tbehal; seen fit tb attach to il ie had hp4ip9y ' fcitiogyta' impaiitHeu.iforce; Tpf .ittp. ifguV .' iientk.pf ibb friehdsi deduced :ron that couclusiive h always belie ' -5-.-': -:" Conclusiv e ip thmcsmatu n; but he jlta 1 always belfeyedlUiat rl)&-J&j&:&iz!i 7 .- i. '' 3 ' i 5- ent. ,iu'otfter.steea to b rccied ia tbe te v;;r:-'-i-::-'v : .'"' - ' ' -;' j-v. -'.;'Ki;, -
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 3, 1820, edition 1
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