Allow me to ask the Senator, whether, in his opinion, the Ordinance governing the Northwest Territory, prohibiting Slavery, and declared to be a perpetual compact, could be set aside by any one of the States formed out of the Territory now.
Sumner inquires about the permanence of the Ordinance prohibiting slavery in the Northwest Territory and its implications for state governance.
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