iDcubtcb to politics, literature, Agriculture, Srieuce, illoralitij, anh eucrnl jhitciUgcncc. STROUDSBURG, MONEOE COUNTY, PA. DECEMBER 15, 1S59. Vol is. iPiiblished by Theodore Sclioch. TERMS. Two dollars per annum in advance Two dollars anil a quarter, hair yearly and if not paid be fore the end oi the vcar, Tw o dollars and a hair. So riapers discontinued until all arrearages are paid, fcxccpl at the option of the Editor. ID Advertisements of one square (ten lines) or less, tone pr three insertions, SI "0. Each addilional inscr ton, cents. Longer ones in proportion. Having a general assortment of large, plain and or hamental Type, e are prepared to execute every dc scription of Cards Circulars, Mil Heads, Notes. Blank Receipts Justices, I.egfl and other Blanks, Pamphlets- kc, pi in, ted with neatness and despatch, on reasonable term nt this office. i. Q. DUCKWORTH. JOHN HAYN To Cousafry Dcski'S. DUCKWORTH & HAYN, WHOLttSALU DEALERS IN groceries, Provisions, liqttorSj&c. No. 80 Dey street, Now York. June 16, 1859. ly. A Railroad Adventure. A lesson for "Women. "Is this cat engaged?" The quc.-tioner was a gentle voiced, modest looking woman in very plain though neat travelling attire. The scene was a railroad cur, with passengers two and two occupying every settee except one, which contained only a lady and her j et cetera?. She could scarcely have failed to observe the other as j-he entered ! at the front of the oar and passed through j the entire length, casting her eyes right ; , , - r..: .1 u v., ii. I ann leit in uiisucccsmui seicu, wui made no movement until addressed with n proposal for a seat by her side. She responded by gathering up, in no very amiable manner, an exquisite trav eling ba.-ket, a paratolet, a boqut, a fan, a bottle of a mid ling 9alts, and au embroi dered hankerchicf, last of all, uarrowing the sweep of her rich silk flounce. The little womauquietly took the vacant seat. Work-box, boqu-t, fan, and handker chief were now displayed in the lap of the owner, who from time to time brought them severally into requisition; uow draw ing up from the box a little mirror by which to examine her eyebrow. and wa ter ringlets; now fanning her bead affect edly, now Miioliing daintily at the flowers, and now applying to her lips the cxtrava gaut lit of go-sauicr. It was fortuuate that she who shared the settee with her required but a limited space, for the mass of flounces, though drawn back periodically, would still come in contact with the dress of the plebeian neighbor, aud at times threaten to quite envelope and to hide from view the little person. A daniy sested immediately before, occasionly threw a glance back; the mag nificent lady was evidently creating a aens?tioo under his latest style hat. lie shortly managed to begin a convcr-nticn Facing aboutwith a touch at the minute uft of furze, that might have been mista ken for a hair mole, at either corner of his mouth, end a bow and a senile intend ed to be charmingly irrcsistiide, he in quired whether the "aiah di not eutaw too freely to suit her plea-haw!'' Receiving a smilo in return, and being graciouy permitted to serve the rejzal lady by lowering the window, the exqui uite felt at liberty to pronii-o further ac quaintance After au allusion to tho merits of 4riot Corn' a copy of which ho held io bis bend, the scented gf title man iutro-inced more perianal tuples, when it was presently elicited that the Iady was destined to the village of N , to vifit a friend. Here the little woman in the Quaker like habit iooked up with sudden inter est. The grat lady curled up her lip, her new devotee twisted his feeble tnous ttehe around his finger aud affected a irk of conceit. The" little woman then looked down again. "I think you infawaied me," drawled the dandy, upon sufficiently recovering himself, "if I rightly understood you, s moment riuce, thtt you were, au intend ing to visit relatives at N "Not relatives,'' corrected the lady, sweetly smiling, "I said friend-; I. should rather have said a friend it is the lady of Judge S ; I shall probably spend some weeks with her." "Ab how foin how very foin," re marked his daudyship. "I have had the honor of a passing acquaintance with his hooaw, the Judge that is, an I have frequently seen him ou the bench, having been myself an impawtant witness in sev eral impawtant oases which at different times were tried before hi bonaw.'' The lady rejoined that she had never seen the Judge or bis lady, but that some recent circumstances induced a corres pondence between the latter and herself which resulted iu an invitation with which she was going to comply. She ended with a toss of the head, such as indicated that she was fully aware of the self a grandizement attached to so delightful a aaission. Beforo-tho dandy bad time to respond, the train baited at a station, and his at tention waa diverted to the business of investing a bright copper id an evening paper, offered by a newsboy. The plain little woman embraced the opportunity when it would not be interrupting to in qnire of the peraou at her side: "Were you over in N V adding (my home is there. Not a evllable of reply waB deigned, D.t tue propne or o. ,u. U."tSra;U'".1 clT . . 1 fliMi',nnia tcnance expressed most palpable eon- s tempt. Hor adtnirer returned to his i privilego seasonably to reinforce her by on exhibition of positive disgust, and is sued a corresponding exclamation against. rustic torwaroness The little woman leaned back in her article on "Popular Sovereignty in the seat and very singular evinced quiet a- Territories' has already received ade Diuemcnt, rather than any stronger sen- quate attention. That it has failed to tinq rnthnr in I. A.. 1 . n tl,rn.,.,h NT " RB ll thp. r fl ,ABA "it wn.iM t-AJntlv . bo the hiho-t pleasure to attend you from the depot to the Judge's ah-re,i- liyhtfulto call upon the lady, aud lean purpose whatever, earnestly desire eilher conditional deed of cession to the Con J The Ordinance of 1787 just referred to, go on-that is, I can proceed in the next bat slavery should or that it should not be federation of her claim to territory north aml 00ntninin? the inhibition of Slavery train. ' 'enabled to diffuse itself through the Fed- est of.thc 0Iilll,ver; ow. quoted above, passed Congress on the 13th The offer was coquettishly accepted. cnkl Territories, growing with the growth Connecticut, and Massachusetts had al 0f July; and. on recurring to the journals, In a hhort time the whistle sounded, the ' ot,d being ftrengthened with tho strength .. "adJ ma s,'n,1Ia.r concisions to the I fiad the vote on its passage recorded as v i,t. A t, r,riMJ .t,.. a t v.i: Vr inrr Confederation of their respective claims to rn)nWH , train began to break up, and the conduc-0f the American Rcpublio. Very few tor put his head in at the door to an- are indifferent to this overshadowing issue; nounce, in a shout, that they were ar- few except professional politicians even rived at N . The dandy stood up affect to bo. You preach, therefore, the with his slender cane and hi fchowy ci-1 gospel of indiffereuce, of negation, of ini rrar case: and tho train stopped: the great notence. to mainlv unwilling ears. I can- UAr kW..nf. nnst in fhn nili.. delivered "V- Tr,r "'" f:L, I' " :. cles to the care of bcr new attendant, took his arm. and was conducted to tho , -j 'IT J Indies room, to wait while a carriage , cially apprised that a majority of the should be ordered. (Squatter Sovereigns of one of our Terri- They soon had seats in the coach, andjtoriee we will say Utah, for example the exquisite had exerted himself beyond j l,ad voted that tho minority should be what had before seemed possible, to in-j reduced to and held in Slavery for the duce the dritcr to set off without aDy j benefit of tho majority, and had proceed other passengers. "It is so exceedingly j ed to enforce that determination by Ore annoying." he declared, "to be coutinu-land sword would you, as a Senator, hes awly forced into contact w ith vulgaw peo- ;itato to decide aud declare that this rapa ple." j ctous, iniquitous purpoe must be resist- But the coaohman either considered ; ed and defeated by the power of the Fed too well what was for his own pook-t in- j oral Government ? I know you would not. terest or indulged a de-ire to torture ourj You would, in that case, inevitably recog-fiuc-grain'd hero, so the wheels never ; uiz- and affirm the duty of Congress to moved till the coach had a large fill of j maintain Justice in the Territories to passengers, among them u dirty Irish j protect every innocent man in the peace woman, and a fragrant nce.reis with two', ful cniovmect of the fair rewards of his or three woolly headed responsibilities. Even then he did not drive directly to to the house of Judfce S , which was no more than a quarter of a mile from the depot, but wound round, leav ing n passenger here and another there, until, perhaps, two miles had been trav ersed. "That is the residence of his honaw,' lisped the dandy, directing the eye of bis con panion She breathed an admiring exclamation. "Very foinc very elegant indeed," coincided he. At tho moment before tho carriage drew up at the step, they recognized their their fellow passenger of the car,- ju-t en tering the house, having walked from tho depot. "Some servant undoubtedly," observed the dandy; "or panthih'ly," he eoutinucd, tappinir the head of his came, "some sea mires' or governess." A pleaf-aut looking Irih sirl opened the door, and on Mrs. S being asfced for, invited them into the parlor, withdrawing, fcsid sho would speak to her mistress. A moment after, the identieacal little woman. stil 1 wearing her traveling dress, entered the room, with much sweetness of manner, bowed to her guests. The person who had all along imagin ed herself so illustrious a lady, drew au audible breath and dropped her face up on the arm of the sofa. The double re fined gentleman started and colored aud touched his pet mustache with the tip of a gloved finger, stammering: It au cannot bo. you madam ex cuse it was Mrs. S we desired to Bee." "That is my name," said the little lady with perfect self-possession The dandy sprang up from the arm chair, and made-bewildered strides to ward the hall door, which before he cou; i reach it was opened by Judge S , ,who f having received from his lady a brief ac count of the afternoon's occurrences, was fully prepared for the present aspect of things, except that ho had not expeoted to identify, as he instantly did, one of the two visitor. "Ah, Mr Fizzleton," he said purpose ly standiug in the way of tho fellow's e gress, "it is sometime since we met. I trust you found your term in the peni tontiary not over tedioun." "Sir," returned the other; struggling for a bold face, "allow me I assur your honor my name is you are jslightly mistaken '' 'Yes. yes, I quite comprehend, re - joined his honor, losing bis professional ! insisting that no Government has any gravity, "I never forget a face I have j right to deprive innocent human beings once seen iu the prisoner's dock. 'Twas0f their liberty, accounting and holding a larceny of jewelry, I woll recollect. A them the mere chattels of others. They couplo of years and an incipient mous-fdeoy-the right of any Territorial Govern tache, have not changed your appearance nient to uphold fucb Slavery, insistiug so much as you imagine. If by any good that Cougress is in duty bound toprohib fortune you grow a wisp of hair ou the jt and present auy such injustice and tipeud of your nose which, by the way tnisohief in the Territories whioh are tho appears rather red I shall still know conjU)on domain of the whole American you at a glance Young man," concluded People. On this main questian, wo are .Tndio S . in a tone of cutting re- ntterlv. irncoucilablv at variance. I do buke, "you well known why r - . . . -r 1 have al- luded to these things." He moved his eyes from the quivering beau, and stepped aside, permitting him to make bi-j exit, which be did without ceremony. Tbo po,i.ioo of the lady h. left behind Rftrnlv more enviable. But she. instead of attempting to escape from the scene of her humiliation, begged forgive- ness in the deepest abasement, and gave uf.ua iu iu v . . ; - f () , ind- baaiil. i JJrfa- tbo I A, .bo ba6d corned. the best evidence pi uer siocereuy m uu HISTORY VINDICxVTED: A LETTER TO TIIE nON. STEPHEN A. DOUGLASS ON ms "harper" essay. Mr. Senator: Your late magazine rV,5r nnmlr nnd nnfirmfid their k .... -i.,.;r, TO 0;,lnt T has hnd this re,it both at tho North and attbc South a, for a very intelligible reason. Most ri t. unr , f..,.l Jn Pn.n., vnnr lnhrinfti.ion. that : : 1 ';:i:?:u . uncharitable, but answer to yourself this , J - " " ' - ; nuestion: Sunnose that vou were offi- owu industry, ann in me possession auu eujoymeut of Liberty. Family, and hon estly acquired Property. The matter is too plain for argument, too certain for doobt. If then, you uphold the right of some men to hold others as slaves in the Territories, you do it on the at.uiuption that tho-e ought to be masters and these slaves that the Slave laws of Virginia or Texas hv rightful force and effect in Knsa or New-Mexico or on some oth er ground than the naked assumption of "Popular Suvereignty" in tho Territories. That you must allow mo to tell you, is , . i . i . . j but a politiciuu s dodge, devised in IMS by Gen. Cass, under the ppur of a pressing essity. and only ac- danger, au urgent uece cepted ty tho-e wbodi iscern in li a means of escape frosi similar perils a handy neck-yoke to enable them to carry water on both shoulders TIr Sovereignty you defer to is that of a political necessity, not that of the People of the Territories. But I do not propose totraxer-e all the logical subtleties and hair splitting dis tinctions of your late elaborate cstay. I di i, indeed, at one time cherish a btrong desire to reply to it bt length through the pages of tho magazine which gave it to the world; but, on iutimating that pur pose to its editor, I was denied a hearing iu his columns, thoub it was graciously intimated that a similar demand from one of ''the leading Republicans" might per haps be favoraly considered. Of courso, that put mc out of court; but whom does it l"t in? I cannot tell. Republicans are rather unu-ed to being led; hence a natural scarcity of Republican leaders. Gov. Seward, to wuom you seem willing to accord the character of a leader, is known to bo absent iu Europe, and not likely to return for two months yet; so is j Mr. Sumner; otner "leadmg Republicans are hardly within easy reach of the doc uments essential to your systematic refu ' . . . c c . , r , , . ; that vour misstatements of faot should bo I l i . , ... . i, tation, xet it seems to me importaut c ear y poHBu. eveu iu K tu a leader. Though the pages of Harper are shut against me, and those who have read your monstrous perversions of Hin tory will never see their exposure, I am impelled to undertake the task, confining myelf strictly to the historical features of your cts-ay. Your fundamental proposition is thia : The genius and spirit of our free institu tions plainly require that the people of a j Territory should be enabled and eneour aged to establish and maintain Human Slavery on the soil of suob Territory, if ( they see fit. The Republicans deny this, ' ' not nronoso to artrue it. nor to review But you pro- jour arguments upon it. i r c- . ceed to assert, and to make history up n0d y0Ur assertion, that your doctrine is tDat of tbo Revolutionary Fathers that the Revolution was made in Its fcehalf th.t it wa. p.ram io to earlier and purer days oi tne itepuniic. un mis point I take issue, and appeal to the in- dubitable records. Here U their test- timony : rru ly.u niinAn (InnnmR nnr ww..-w-.-. b.-f tU A,.licce 0f Confederation, assembled , at Philade.pbia, No,. 8, 1783, brt ,d - journed next day to Annapolis. M1., : "The word 4StatC3' is used in the same where it was to havo convened on the 26. sense in tho Ordinance of the 13th Jnly,1787, but a quorum wa., not obtained until Deo. ff the aoverniiient of the territory northwest io.u j . i .t ,i .- , of the River Ohio, which was passed by the 13th, and the attendance continued so remnantof lhe Congress nf the Confederation, mcger that no important business was.sUtinff in New.York while its most eminent taken up until Jan. I3th, 184. Tho mfimi,firfi .nrf, Philmlplnhin. as delegate- xreacy or xnaepenucnoe ona reacu wuu Great Britain was unanimously ratified on the 14th nine States represented. The flousc wa? soon left without a quo- fll . r T .1 J J I UUU HO COUllUU,!U lu - - rv fl T T f Vl 11 a 1 """" ill f 11 1 or course, uoing no uusineai uu mi ii f hen the delegates from A ir- gInlJ in pursuance of instructions from the liecislaturo oi that State, eitrned toe spective territory westward of their prcent ent limits. Conifress hereupon appointed Messrs. Jefferson of Arirgmia, Cha-e of j Maryland, and Howell of Ithode Island,! a Select Committee to report a Plan of I trovcrumeut tor tne veiern xerruory.-- yi . r . I TIT . m This plan, drawn up by Thomas Jefferson , ' for the Government of all the Western i erritory, inoludiog that portion wmcn n au not yet ueeu. out wuiuu, ii. as reasonably cspeetf-d, would be, irurrender- ed to the Confederation by the State- of North Carolina and Georgia, (and which j now forms the States of TeDnessseo. Ala- . bama and Mississippi), as well as that which had already been conceded by the more northern States. All this territory acquired and as yet unacquired, Mr. Jef- fnr.nn nnrl hi asMocintea on this Select; Committee proposed to divide into seven-1 ting unanimously Ay. The only negative teen prospective or new (embryo) States, j vote cast came from New York, It is to each of which the lleport pave a name, quite true that New Hampshire, Rhode eight of them being situated below the Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and parallel of the Falls of Ohio (Louisville, I Maryland were not represented on this Ky.), and nine above that parallel which i vote; but the first four of them unani ia very nearly the boundary between tbemously voted to su-tain Mr. Jefferson's present Free and Slave States. To all ; original restriction, and no man can doubt these embryo or new States, the Commit- that they would have voted in 1787 as tee proposed to apply this restriction : jthey did in 1784, now that even the Car- -That after the year 1800 of the Christian I oliuas andf Georgia had come over to the era, there shall he neither Shivery nor invol-j pport of tho policy of Restriction. The ; untary servitude in any of the said States, J members absent from their seats in order otherwise than in punishment of crimes to attend the sittiugw of tbo Convention at whereof the said party shall have been con-; Philadelphia were Rufu- King and Na victed to be personally guilty." ! thaniel Gorham of Mnssaebu-ptt, William April 19, this reported plan came up ! Samuel Johnson of Connecticut, Mr.Mad for consideration in Congress. Mr. j ion of Virginia, and C. Pinckney of South Spaipht of N. C- moved that the above-j Carolina, and possibly one or two others quoted passage be stricken out of the plan 1 whose names I have not detected for I or ordinance, and Mr. Read of S C. see-jean find no list of the members of the onded tho motion. The quostion was put Congress, save as I pick it up from pajje th, form : "Shall the words moved ! to paae of tho journal as they severally ' to be stricken ' out stand !" and on this ; uubmiwu iu ""' j "-", j . and resulted a? follows : k. Hampshire, Mr Foster, lQ..TPTTi 5J nLn11, Mr Partridge, Mr.EIIery. Mr. Howell. Mr. Sherman, Mr. Wadsworth Mr. De Wilt, Mr. I'.iuie, Mr. Dit k, ' Mifllin. " Montgomery, " Hand, " McIIenry, " Stone, " Jefferson, " Hardy, " Mercer. Willi:) msoiii Spaigiit. " Kestd, " JJercsford RHODE ISLAND, CONNECTICUT NEW-YORK, - N FV JERSEY. l'KiVNaYLYANiA, MAltYUKDj . VIRGINIA , SI ir-ay- ay i ay ay) Ay no no ay no No no ) ny no j so N. CAROLINA, S. CAROLINA, Divided. no no no No quorum. Here we find the votes sixteen in favor of Mr. Jefferson's restriction to barely seven against it. and the States divided six iu favor to three againt it. ISut the Articles of Confederation (Art. IX) re- quired au affirmative vote of a majority of all tho States that is, tho vote of sev- on States to carry a proposition; -o this olause was dofeated through the absence of one delegate from New Jersey, in spit of a vote of more than two to one in its favor. Had tho New-Jersey delegation bcenfull.it must, to a moral certainty, , m i t j n i tu have prevai ed; had Delaware been then . u woul(J prohably faavo car carried even without New Jersey. Yet, it is of this vote, ao given and recor-, ded, but by you suppressed, that you nay, frstned aud adopted: perhaps this aboLh in your account of the action of Congress e(j or modified the power over Slavery in on the bill, after amplifying on the oral-, Territories claimed and excroised by the ninoo an it passed, and claiming it as iu- Contiueutal Congress. Certainly, the pre dorsement of your viows : i sumption is strougly the other way; for "The fifth article, which relates to the prohibition of Slavery after the year 1S00, havincr been rejected by Congress, never be- ; came a jtart of lhe Jejfersonian plan of Gov- 1 eminent for lhe Territories, as adopted A- pnl 26, 17S4. bers tho following had been also Mein- Is this a statesman's reading of A- bora of tho Convention which hud just be merioan History for the instruction and fore framed the Federal Constitution: guidance of bi oeuntrjmen I It certain- ly reminds mo strongly ot a niacmcg tur- ning up tno Knave irom mo uuhuui middle of his pack as tboagb it came from tho top. Who could not prove any thing bo wmhed by such unscrupulous j manipulation of his authorities ? j But there is no denying tho faotthat the last Continental Congrofs that of , 1787 -did unanimously pass Nathan. Danes Ordinance for tho Government of . the Territory Nort-west of the Ohio, whereby Slavery is peremptorily excluded from said Territory in tho following terms : "There shall he neither Slavery nor invol untary servitude in the said Territory, other punishment of crimes, whereof "Wr& i ' How do you got along with th I I will quote your very wo rd u o u are seemln to argu. that by the, term b Utes nr "new Sla es." the Congross of that day - - nt oft.r, impl,. . Territor.es, ni r u n vii in icii mu 1 1 1 wv i- f lj la kw - and you say to the Federal Convention, aiding in the for mation of the Constitution of the United States." Let os see about this : You give us your bare word for this belittling and set- ni.:.in of ti.e nonro8S Qf 1787. as a ;ciero remnant." There may be thoe witb whom your MSPrtion suffices, but 1 ,.MrQ, i follows Mass. Mr. Hoi ten Mr. Dane, Mr. Smith, Mr. flaring, Mr. Yates, Ay. New York, Mnn. I nn I 1 rl..lr y ? r. beneurman, -T - UUAttAKt Mr. Kearney, fv Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Grnyson, Mr. Richard II Lee, ay Ay. Mr. Covington, ay ) Carolina, Mr. Blount, Mr. Hawkins, S. Carolina Mr. Kean, Ay. Mr. linger, Mr. Few, Mr. Baldwin, G F.ORGIA, Here was Arirginia and every Stato i . . . . . south of her represented and votins vo- dropped in from day to day ihat a few tuber of thi Congress were transter- red to Seats in the Convention is true; but in no single iustance was a State left by such transfer unrepresented in Congress nor is there a -hadow of reason for suppo sing that the Slavery Inhibition embodied in the glorious Ordinance would have been struck out or modified bad no Convention been sitting. What becomes, then, of your sneer nt "the remnant of the Con gress I" Here, then, we have two distinct dec larations by overwhelming majorities of the Continental Congress in favor of the principle of Slavery Inhibition the first, by more than two to one (though not e nouj;h to carry it under the Articlos of Confederation) acting under tbo lead of Thomas Jcfforson, backed by such men as Elbridge Gerry and Roger Sherman, assembled directly after the close of the Revolution, and while New-York waa Btill . by 0 British army; tbo second by a Tlite 0f ejht StaUs to none in the last Confederated or Continental Congress, J sitting in New York simultaneously with tne Convention which framed our present : Federal Constitution at Philadelphia. . Tere aro two explicit affirmations of the Revolutionary Fathers of the right aud Jutv of Congressional Inhibition of bla- , m n l i j ver jn tne Trritort?. Can there be any hon'ti8t doubt aB to their views on the sub ;octj But . the. Foderal Constitution waa the Constitution was framed to strength. en not to weaken, the Federal authority. I Let us again consult the records : j The firit Federal Congress couvenpd at jjew York, March 4, 1789; of its Mem- FrQm ew ffampShire John Langdon.Nich old s Gilman. " Massachusetts Elbridge Gerry, Caleb Strong. " Connecticut Wm. Sam'I Johnson, Ro ger Sherman, Oliver Ellsworth. New York Rufus King. New-Jersey William Paterson. Pennsylvania Robert Morris, George Glymer, Thomas Filzsimons. Delaware George Read, Richard Ris sett. " Maryland Daniel Carroll. " Virginia Jtunes Madison, Jr. " Georgia William Few, Ahr'm Baldwin Elected to the Convention from Mass. In the first Congress under tho Fed- eral Constitution, composed to arge mea- e.L mp. F;iK,im0ns of sure ot tne moi ciuiucui. u u. ...- oi iu. , w . q wo v, j r government of a bill to pwiur iu ,ilfl Territory. jNortnwest oi mo umo, i which wad then read for tho firit time; the next doy had it eonri reading, and was committed; on the 20th was consid ered in Committee of the Whole, reported and engrossed; on the 21?t read a third time and parsed without dissent. It waa ri-ceived that day in the Senate, and had its first reading; was read a second time on the 31st; wa further considerrd Aug. 3d; and had its third reading next day, when it parsed without a voice raised it. A you do not seem to have heard of this act, allow me to quote it. It is a good deal shorter and sweeter than your Nebraska bill, and refers to the same sub ject. Here it is : An act to provide for thcGovernmont of the Territory northwest of the river Ohioc Whereas, In order that the ordinance of the United States, in Congress assembled fur the government uf the Territory northwest of the river Ohio, may continue to have full effect, it is requisite that certain provisons be tnade so as to adapt the same to the present Constitution of the United Stales.- Beit enacted, &c. That in all cases in which, by the said ordinance, any information is to be given or communication made by the Governor ot said Territory to the United States in Co.ijiress assembled, or to any of their officers, it shall be the duty of the said Governor to give such information and to make such communication to the President of the United States; and the President shall nominate, and by and with the udvice and consent of the Senate shall appoint, all offi cers which by the said ordinance were to havo been appointed by the United States in Congress assembled.and all officers so appoin ted shall be commissioned by him; and in all cases where the United States in Congress assembled might, by the said ordinance, re voke any commission, or remove from any of fice, the President is hereby declared lo have the same powers of revocation and removal. 2. And be it farther cnncled, That in case of the death, removal, resignation, or necessary absence, of the Governor of the said Territory, the Secretary thereof shall he and he is hereby, authorized and required to execute all the powers and perform all the duties ot the Governor during the vacancy occasioned by the removal, resignation, or necessary absence of said Governor. Approved Au. 7, 1759. GEO. WASHINGTON. Are you reading, Mr. Senator? Here is the act parsed by the first Congress under the Federal Con.-titutioa James Madison, Roger Sherman, RuU! King. Elbridgp Gerry, John Langdon, Robert Morris, and oth r eminent members of tho Con-ti utional Convention Icing also mem bers of this Congress o give Jull effect to the Ordinance of "67 .and to adapt it to the Federal Constitution not one voice being raised from any quarter against either the avowed purpose or the especial pro- vision? of tho act. Do you doubt that Washington. Madison, Gerry, Sherman, &c., understood the Constitution which they had framed scarcely two years be fore I This, st least, was no tlrannant of a Congress.' Its members were not ab sent from their srats concocting a new Constitution. Why then, iu giving what purports to be a history of the action ot Congress on this subject, do you ignore them and their act of '89! Are they beyond even your power of manipulation? Yet once more, and I leave you to jour reflections. The matter on which we are at variance is no vague attraction but a grave practicality. Indian Territory, embracing the State you now represent, and all else between the Ohio and the Missi-sippi except ihe State of Ohio, ear ly evinced dissatisfaction with the Sla very Inhibition embodied iu the Ordi nance of '87 and kept in force under the act of ;89. Her former settlers wore nearly all immigrants from Slave States, and they hankered after negroes. They held a Convention iu 1602 Geu. Harri son, their Governor, presiding and me morialized Congress iu favor of tempora ry removal of the Slavery Inhibition. That memorial was presented to tho Cou gress of 1P02-3, Mr. Jefferson being then President, and Congress largely Republi can. It was referred by tho House to a Select Committee of throe, two of them . from tho slave States, Johu Randolph beiug Chairman. March 2, 1803. Mr. Randolph pro.-ented their unanimous Re port, denying the prayer of the petition era, aud sajiug that "The Committee deem it highly danger ous and inexpedient to impair a provision wisely calculated to promote the happiness and prosperity of the north-western country," &c , &c. Congrefs thought so, too, and refraiued from any action on the subject. The next year, tho memorial aforesaid was referred to a new Committee Ctesar Rodney of Del , Chairman tsbo (Feb. 17, 1804) reported in favor of the prayer of the petitioners. No use I the House took no notion on tho hubject. Feb. 14, 1800, another Report waa made this time by Mr. Garnett of Va., in favor of the tem porary suspension prayed for; but Gon gress persisted in its polioy of uon-actiou. b'eb, 12. 1807. a third Report was made. by Mr. Parke (Delegate) of Indiana, in favor of letting tbe squatter sovereigns. of Indian Territory have liberty to hold slaves, therein for a limited term; but Con gress still declined lo take tho subject up for consideration. Finally, a memorial of the Territorial Legislature of Indiana, asking permission to import and tempo rarily hold slave-, was submitted, dan. 21, IH07, to fho Senate, by which it waa re'erred (Nov. 7) to a Select Committee, of which Mr. Franklin of N. C. was Chair uau, who reported (Nov. 13) thut " it ia not expedient' to let up" on the sjlavcny Rustrii'tton; and there theuHjcttoted forever tho Indiana FoveraigusvuaTing V
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