Passing from that tirae and over acts in
tervene g. we come do*n to 1845, when we
acquired Texas. One ol tbe conditions upon
which she was annexed to tbis Union and be
came one of tbe States, is found in these
words:
"And in sueb State or States as shall be
formed out of said Tsiritory north of said
Missouri compromise line, Slaverv, or invol*
uutnry servitude, (exoept fur crime), shall be
prohibited."
an-
That was Southern measure, iniorsudby
Ca&oun in lb-15, and tie great measure of
Democratic party. xa« came into the
Union upon an express reoognttioo of the
power in th« Congi oss of tbe United States
to exclude Slavery, not only from the Terri
tories, but from her own limits and no voics
was raised against it. It was a Southern
measure, und tbe rebduticn was framed by a
Southern man.
Posing from that period, we come down
to 1850, when we were again oalled upon to
compromise and this ndition upon whiob
Texis was admitted was again expreesly re
rmpd. Conyress then passed a series of
eompr jm: e mensures, one of which gave
$1J,000,U0 to Texas to reconcile ber to a
obange of boundaries. It wis expressly in
eorp^ratt'd in that aot, that it should not in
terfa^e with tbe conditions upon which Texas
was originally auosxed to tbe United States.
sum for tbe recognition of this great privi
lege of tb i (jovernraent to exclude Slavery
from tbe Territories of tbe United States,
und was a part of tbe compromise measures
of 1^50.
