The Territorial Question
The Territorial Question
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If the people of the territory had no right to hcjld slaves, why should the legislature of Virginia attempt to debar them from doing so? If it required an action of congress to establish slavery in the territories, why should the Republicans ask congress to prohibit it there, when all that was needed was for it to refuse to estab- lish slavery, and it could not go there. When Virginia transferred her title to the North- Western Territory to the United States, the rights of the people in such te...riltory became subject to the laws of the United States and not to those of Virginia. That state and her people lost their local rights in the territory, only retaining their rights as citizens of the United States. Now if the right to hold negroes as slaves is only a state right, all that Virginia had to do to abolish that right was to place the territory under the conti'ol of the national government, and thus place it beyond the control of the state. It is evident, then, that the Fathers held that the rijiht to hold negroes as slaves was a national right, the institution having been established by the national government of England when the states were merely colonies belonging and subject to that government.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
If the people of the territory had no right to hcjld slaves, why should the legislature of Virginia attempt to debar them from doing so? If it required an action of congress to establish slavery in the territories, why should the Republicans ask congress to prohibit it there, when all that was needed was for it to refuse to estab- lish slavery, and it could not go there. When Virginia transferred her title to the North- Western Territory to the United States, the rights of the people in such te...riltory became subject to the laws of the United States and not to those of Virginia. That state and her people lost their local rights in the territory, only retaining their rights as citizens of the United States. Now if the right to hold negroes as slaves is only a state right, all that Virginia had to do to abolish that right was to place the territory under the conti'ol of the national government, and thus place it beyond the control of the state. It is evident, then, that the Fathers held that the rijiht to hold negroes as slaves was a national right, the institution having been established by the national government of England when the states were merely colonies belonging and subject to that government.
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